Tile Competition Results!

Well, the Competition of Awesomeness volume II is over, and we've got the tiles in! They are gorgeous, too! We just wanted to give you a glimpse of what they look like, so here are the 13 entries we got:

And announcing the winners:

1st Place: Ozma of Oz (2nd row down, right column)
2nd Place: Christmas Elephants (bottom row, middle column)
3rd Place: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events  (top row, left column)

Awesome Patron Art Work

by Rob Stephens

If you don't know, in the back of Goldstein we have some Whiteboard tables in the back of the library for our patrons, YOU, to write/draw on, and lately you've been really knocking our lights out with some AMAZING illustrations that I want to share.

"Holmes" with some crazy awesome characters

The Hunger Games!

Write with the Light / hola me llamo Leo

TROGB ORR!!!!

Carson and A forever!!!

Someone actually doing homework? (I don't know what it means)

 Oh! And the puzzle: it's Mickey and Minnie, but they need your help to figure out where 
they are...

LMNO Peas

Who doesn't love a good alphabet book? LMNO Peas by Keith Baker is about all the "work and play" the alphabet peas get into.  Baker uses the alphabet to stand in as part of the environment, having the peas interact with the letters as they go about their work and play.  For the letter M, the miners are mining down into the M, while for the letter K, the kayakers are kayaking down the K.  Each letter also has its own texture, for example, the letter P has paint dripping down the letter.  

Baker also uses little details on each page to keep the reader intrigued.  Whether you are trying to find the little red lady bug hidden on every page or understand the play on words, like the difference between a King of the Kingdom and the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Baker captures the readers eye on every page.

Check out some other cool ABC books the next time you are in the Goldstein Library.

A is for the Americas by Cynthia Chin Lee and Terri de la Peña

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

Gone Wild by David McLimans

The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier

 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6949680-lmno-peas

Boating Squirrels

I want to tell you about The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. 

This was a book written by Beatrix Potter and some would consider the book a classic.  A lot of people think that classic books are boring, but the illustrations are so cute and there isn't much text at all!

Check this out, this is what a whole page of text looks like:

"They made little rafts out of twigs, and they paddled away over the water to Owl Island to gather nuts.  Each squirrel had a little sack and a large oar, and spread out his tail for as sail."

National Bathroom Reading Month!

Mr. Archimedes’ Bath by Pamela Allen

Did you know that June is National Bathroom Reading Month?  Come into Goldstein to see the sweet display featuring “Mr. Archimedes’ Bath”  and other bathroom themed books.  Even though they’re in a display case, you are welcome to take them home.  It’s probably the closest you will ever come to bathing with a Wombat.