Buttons and Boo Redo!

This February, Coraline, the movie, is haunting theaters near you! Last year, I told you about Neil Gaiman's bootiful book and warned you'd never look at buttons the same way ever! Now, I'm afraid, I'm actually looking thru buttons! Help! Where'd my eyes go!?!

Well, you've got to read the book, watch the movie (in that order!) and explore the fantastic world of Henry Selick's Coraline and find out for yourself!

Here's lnnking at you...

So You Want To Be President?

Well, it certainly isn't for the faint of heart! But for those aspiring wannabes and presidential hopefuls, here's a hilarious LyyK book on the Presidency of the United States. Full of comical anecdotes and dead-on caricatures, So You Want To Be President?, just might make a presidential candidate out of you.

And why not? The job may be stressful but there are advantages to living in the White House. For one: you never ever have to make your own bed! Excuse me, but there's always room for a pet menagerie! And sleepovers? You'll be an instant hit with friends and family! (Imagine your very own movie theater and bowling alley, Tudygirls. And that's just for starters!!!) But what really makes Judith St. George's book sooo presidential is this: you'll view world history from a lofty pedestal. From George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton, there are enough political facts and foibles to keep the curious reading and the pundits gasping! So on this Inauguration Day, be the belle of the Washington ball! Brush up on your history with this nonpartisan, political round-up.

Quack!

Paris has Madeline, New York has Eloise and Boston has... Mrs. Mallard! Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey is a picture book that will warm your heart like a down comforter! In her search for a perfect home for her ducklings - Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack (Phew, are you with me?!). Mrs. Mallard will brave Beantown's traffic to get to the right place. But will she and her brood make it?!?

Filled with heart-warming illustrations by the author and based on an actually observed scene of travelling ducks, Make Way for Ducklings is truly an oldie but goodie!

And if you ever find yourself in Boston, check out the beautiful Public Garden! You just might run into Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings (in bronze, that is)!