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Joan Gannij

Book Reviews

The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha (Adult Non-Fiction)
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer (Adult Biography)

Christmas is Good! by Trixie Koontz (Adult Non-Fiction)

The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Adult Science Fiction - Audiobook)

Peeps!: Recipes and Crafts to Make with Your Favorite Marshmallow Treat by Charity Ferreira (Adult Non-Fiction)

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer [illustrated by Christopher Bing] (Juvenile Non-Fiction)

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer [illustrated by Gerald Fitzgerald] (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand by Gail Carson Levine (Juvenile Fiction)

My Kingdom for a Horse [edited] by Betty Ann Schwartz (Juvenile Non-Fiction)

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony Diterlizzi (Juvenile Fiction - Audiobook)
You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Titanic by David Stewart and Antram (Juvenile Non-Fiction)

Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish (Picture Book)
Camille's Team by Stuart Murphy (Picture Book)
Elusive Moose by Joan Gannij (Picture Book)
Gray by Patricia Stockland (Picture Book)

Hidden Hippo by Joan Gannij (Picture Book)
The "If You..." series by Laura Numeroff (Picture Books)

Little Honey Bear and the Smiley Moon by Gillian Lobel (Picture Book)

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (Young Adult Fiction - Audiobook)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Young Adult Fiction - Audiobook)
Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (Young Adult Fiction - Audiobook)
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (Young Adult Fiction - Audiobook)

This Full House by Virginia Euwer Wolff (Young Adult Fiction - Audiobook)

Game Reviews


Monopoly Deal (Card Game)
Pictureka! (Card Game)
Scrabble Slam! (Card Game)

Movie Reviews

Avatar (PG-13)
A Walk to Remember (PG)

Other Reviews

Bayshore Landing Cafe (Restaurant)
RobiComb (Product)

For those of you who do not work in a library, "Program Ideas" are the special programs (not necessarily  storytimes) you could take your children to at the library. These activities can (generally) be modified to be done at home or elsewhere outside the library. You can also (usually) make the activities more difficult or easier to use the programs for most age levels.

Program Ideas

Berenstain Bears Picnic (Child)

FLYP Summer Reading Program Workshop (Child/Tween)
May the Force be with You (Tween/Teen)

Ready, Set, Go Camping (Child/Tween)

Stormy Weather (Child/Tween)

Resources

Black Friday (various Websites)

GameSpot (Website)

I Love to Create (Website)
Kevin & Amanda's Fonts (Website)

The OWL at Purdue (Website)

Scouting Web (Website)
Something Funny Happened at the Library by Rob Reid (Book)

Starz Bunnies (Website)
Tynga's Web Design (Website)

Series Features

"If You..." by Laura Numeroff

My storytime suggestions are generally for ages 3-5 and created and tested by me. Storytime suggestions marked with an asterisk* are ideas I have found in books or on websites that I have not created or tried yet.

Storytime Suggestions

Chameleons

Colors
Pigs*