Becky and Jey talk about books of the 1930s including: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, and Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. 

Check out American Indians in Children's Literature here: https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/ 

Find our reading challenge here: https://longviewlibrary.beanstack.com/ 

We are counting down to the Longview Library's 100th anniversary in April 2026 by reading and discussing books from one decade each month. You can read along with us and track your participation on our Beanstack page: longviewlibrary.org. 

This month, Becky, Jo, and Austin talk about books from the 1920s:

Millions of Cats by Wanga Gag (Wanga Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw by Deborah Kogan Ray and Before They Were Artists: Famous Illustrators as Kids by Elizabeth Haidle)

The Brownies' Book

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery

and more!

Becky, Austin, and Holly talk about the work of National Book Award winner Percival Everett, including Erasure (and the movie adaptation "American Fiction"), God's Country, Watershed, So Much Blue, Telephone, The Trees, James, and more!

Becky, Jennifer, Jo, and Jakob talk about library book club selections from September through November 2024!

Including:

Becky and Jakob talk about Christmas books, including:

Santa's Gotta Go by Derrick Barnes

A City Full of Santas by Joanna Ho

Love, Santa by Martha Brockenbrough

One Foggy Christmas Eve by Kerilynn Wilson

Santa's First Christmas by Mac Barnett

How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney by Mac Barnett

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Natalie Andrewson

Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky

Flopping in a Winter Wonderland by Jason June

Make My Wish Come True by Rachel Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

and more!

Becky, Jenny, Jakob, and Heather talk about the work of Stephen Graham Jones including:

The Only Good Indians 

My Heart is a Chainsaw 

I Was a Teenager Slasher

Mongrels

and more!

Becky, Jakob, Heather M, and Jennifer talk about Misery by Stephen King, the 1990 movie starring Kathy Bates, and season two of Castle Rock. Plus more! Spoilers abound, plus some discussion of graphic violence in the book, movie, and show.

Becky, Jennifer, Austin, Jakob, and Jo talk about library book club selections from summer 2024.

Becky and Austin talk about the work of Ann Patchett including:

Introductory reading from Commonwealth.

Listen to Ann Patchett in conversation with Cheryl Strayed at Literary Arts here: https://literary-arts.org/archive/ann-patchett-cheryl-strayed/

The Tom Lake jam is no longer available, but other Michigan jams are from American Spoon: https://spoon.com/collections/cherries

Visit Parnassus Books here: https://www.parnassusbooks.net/ 

Becky, Austin, and Jakob talk about the work of M.T. Anderson including:

Feed (2002); 

introductory reading from Feed. 

Wired article: https://www.wired.com/story/m-t-anderson-feed-20-years-later/