Between my local library's online request service for hardcovers and its digital service, I hardly spend any face time in the library these days.
With the cooler, rainer weather, the library has been a welcome alternative to the park. So, after school lets out and before the first volleyball practice, music lesson, or choir practice begins, we can spend a few minutes perusing the shelves.
Thus, we've discovered several of our favorite authors have released new books.
The Marvels by Brian Selznick
The fifth-grader (and her dad) love Selznick's other illustrated books like Wonderstruck and The Invention of Hugo Cabret. This one combines two narratives (in pictures and prose)that the reader must puzzle together.
Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
His forward to these two connected short novels was almost more fascinating than the stories themselves.
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
This novel tells the story of Camille Pissaro's mother. What could be better for a gloomy, wintry day than a novel about a scandalous affair set on a tropical island?
Friday, December 4, 2015
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