About Me

I'm the school librarian at G.S. Lakie Middle School. As you can see - me, reading and comfy chairs go way back. I still enjoy Asterix and many other graphic novels. My main reason for blogging is for reviewing books for the students and anyone else that might be interested in YA literature.
Showing posts with label Characters in literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Characters in literature. Show all posts

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Cloaked in Red

Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde

Vivian Vande Velde has taken eight new looks at one of the world's most beloved (and mixed-up) stories. You may never look at fairy tales in quite the same way.
So you think you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl with the unfortunate name and the inability to tell the difference between her grandmother and a member of a different species? Think again...

If you like the idea of recreating stories you grew up with (fairy-tales, nursery rhymes, myths and legends.), whether you like putting these characters in a modern setting and seeing how they'd cope, or perhaps just seeing the story from a different characters perspective, then you will definately enjoy these eight retellings of Little Red Riding Hood. I especially liked the author's note as to why she felt she needed to recreate the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

Total fun.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Book People Unite

Hi,

This morning I'm off to meet other librarians and bookish people at The National Reading Summit (Gilbert Paterson is hosting via telecoference.) This conference is important because it's about developing strategies to keep readers reading and come up with new strategies to help non-readers discover reading. Not just in our schools, or in our community but across the whole country. Are there community functions that we should be a part of? Are there province wide initiatives that we could be involved with? And as a country do we inspire lifelong readers?

Lots to ponder.
Here's something I stumbled across this morning that I think relates.