Hi everyone, this week’s post is dedicated to an author/speaker. She is known for her amazing books on happiness, habits, and most recently, the five senses. If you think you’ve guessed who she is, then click the button below to find out what I think about her…
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Hi friends, this post is one I have been itching to write about ever since I finished the last book in this hilarious and hugely enjoyable teen series!! Well, to find out more you’re going to have to go on blind faith and press the button below…
Continue reading “A hilarious teen series to enjoy”Five tween titles that bring happy smiles and laughs
Hi everyone, welcome to the month of October. We have not long to go until Christmas, and summer is not too far away for us here in New Zealand. That should have brought a smile to most of you who call Auckland home!! So, in ensuring you keep smiling, even those who are facing autumn or fall, here are five tween titles that kept me smiling and laughing, sometimes even out in public!!
Continue reading “Five tween titles that bring happy smiles and laughs”Exploring Happiness this October
Hi everyone, this October I’m delving into the theme of happiness and all the side effects of it. Yes, you read that right, the side effects!! I hope you and your tween aren’t under too much stress with school and such to venture a little into my blog and explore what I’ve learned about happiness. My father would have wanted me to stay positive and blog about the things that spark joy in my life. So to find out more, why not press the button below…
Continue reading “Exploring Happiness this October”Some sad news to share…
Hi everyone, I begin this post with some sad news for all those who take a few minutes to read this blog and my words. I am also taking a short pause in posting for a little while. To find out the answers to these, please press the button below…
Continue reading “Some sad news to share…”Tales from this librarian’s vault…

Hi everyone, I hope you all enjoyed this month’s posts. This last week’s post is one I thought of late at night. Yes, as the title suggests this will be a post on funny or quirky things I’ve heard or seen around in the libraries I’ve worked in over the years. Yes, it would be telling tales, but then, where else would you expect to find any??
Continue reading “Tales from this librarian’s vault…”A short poem of mine

Hi everyone, this week I’ll be sharing a short poem of mine musing over thoughts I had as a young student. You’ll find this poem fairly simple, describing a glorious sunset I witnessed as a university student. I hope you enjoy it!!
Continue reading “A short poem of mine”Classic reads and their modern adaptations

Hi everyone, this week I’m sharing a bookish advice post on the various adaptations we find these days based on classic reads. We get many different forms of media that provide our youngsters these days with not just graphic novels of classic reads but with adapted versions into musicals, movies, and all sorts of other streaming platforms such as Netflix and Disney plus. If you’re curious and want to find out more why don’t you press the button below…
Continue reading “Classic reads and their modern adaptations”A booklist for Enid Blyton fans

Hi friends, today’s post is a booklist of read-a-like suggestions for fans of stories by Enid Blyton. If you are like me and grew up in the 1980’s then you most probably enjoyed these as a child I presume. Would you like to know about the modern equivalent to those stories you read? You would? Then this booklist is for you and your tween to enjoy…
Continue reading “A booklist for Enid Blyton fans”My Top Five Time-Slip Tales for Tweens

Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the build up of suspense I’m planning for you this month of August. Well, as the title reads, this week’s post is a short booklist of my Top Five Tween Time-Slip reads to date!! If you want to find out which titles made the final list, go one, press the button below…
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