Celebrating Children’s Books!
Over 25 years ago now (or a quarter of a century…which seems even a bit stranger), I started teaching Children’s Literature to Elementary Education majors at Southwest Missouri State University…. Read more »
Category: Book Talk
Be Kind…Volunteer
March is such a good, forceful, energetic verb (and the name of the month), so what better month to focus on volunteerism. March 13th is Good Samaritan Day, although we tend… Read more »
All the words… (Weekly update 2/4/2017)
February Special I can’t believe I’m writing this, but from Christie and Cornwall to Patterson and Woods, we have way too many mysteries and suspense. We could triple the shelf… Read more »
When History Reads Like a Novel…
One of the joys of a used bookstore is discovering wonderful books you would never think to read or new genres you would never explore. While I have long been… Read more »
Maps are Us (January 1-7, 2017)
In 1562, Diego Gutierrez and Hieronymus Cock created a map of the Spanish Empire for King Phillip II. Gutierrez was a cartographer and cosmographer for the Casa de Contración (a government… Read more »
Whistle Stop Weekly Reader – December 26, 2016
Tis the season of self-help books. If you have wandered down the aisles of your local bookseller (at least the purveyors of new books, sheets, tires, and assorted other household… Read more »
The Cabinet of Curiosities
It was a dark cabinet in the far corner. An enoumous cabinet that would creak and groan with age and weight. As a wee elf, I was terrified of my… Read more »
Our Weekly Reader: Gearing up for Winter.
It’s that time of year…September 3, 4, and 5th For twenty years, we published The Scale Cabinetmaker. Publishing a quarterly journal, or any journal, is a lesson in Sisyphus rolling the… Read more »
Goodnight to Lake Wobegon (Weekly Reader 20 July 2016)
This week’s newsletter centers, it seems, on a central theme–Be Nice! Every four years I watch two series of events: the Olympics (as a Montana native, I tend to be… Read more »
Our “Weekly Reader”: July 6, 2016
July’s Writers Challenge : Have some fun and win a free book. This month, something slightly different. Your contest entry must contain the following words or terms: nail polish a VHS… Read more »