Hello Everyone!
I haven’t posted here for a few months but tonight I would like to share something you perhaps have not seen.
I hope you enjoy it!
Do you have a favourite Tom Cruise movie?
Thanks for coming by. 🙂
Tom Cruise & James Corden join ‘The Lion King’ cast:
Had you seen any of LadBaby’s videos yet? One of my daughters introduced me to these and they are HILARIOUS! A young British couple have their own YouTube channel HERE, so you can go THERE and see their crazy antics.
Watch this Hallowe’en one first, though. I think they’re so funny and I hope you enjoy it.
Be safe if you are involved with any Hallowe’en activities at all. I’ll be at Dad’s and maybe we’ll have a little one visiting same as last year. One cute tiny little girl brought by her parents, besides our grandson later.
What do you do for Hallowe’en? Do you get many trick-or-treaters?
Thanks for reading, and Creative Musings! 🙂 ♥
Book: Pirates in the Library Author: Nadia Ali Illustrator: Jake Tebbit Publisher: Star Bright Books Date: November 30, 2016 Genre: children's picture book; age 5-8; Pre-school-3 Pages: 40 Price: $16.83 hardcover My rating: a delightful story to encourage interest in the library
Pirates in the Library by Nadia Ali is a delightful story to encourage interest in the library, starting with that title.
Ms. Benitez, the librarian, thought of a way to get people interested in visiting the library. She sketched out a treasure map, made copies of it, and stacked them on her desk by an open window. The map was the Dread Pirate Dewey’s decimal map and showed how to find his treasure.
A storm came up and out the window blew many of her maps! Out on the wild waves was Captain Jake, and one of Ms. Benitez’s maps stuck right on his face. Of course, once he saw what it was, he was determined to find the treasure.
Fierce Captain Jake, his bold pirate crew, and their parrot too, came looking for the treasure. Ms. Benitez happily welcomed them, warning them not to shout or squawk, but to be quiet, and then directed them to rows and rows of “treasure.” Captain Jake was aghast that there were no rubies or diamonds or doubloons! Only books! Many books. When he realized all his crew had disappeared Captain Jake suspected the Dread Pirate Dewey had captured them, but then he found them all reading books about things that interested them, such as … cooking, navigating by the stars, learning to take charge, biographies, fiction, sports, and even the parrot was looking at a book of pictures of birds.
At the very end of the story … well, that’s funny, too. You’ll have to read it for yourself.
The fabulous illustrations for Pirates in the Library were created by Jake Tebbit and add depth to the story. The way Nadia Ali told the story is entertaining, with repetition in such a way that adds to the humour.
Pirates in the Library is an enjoyable book for children and the adults who read to them. In the back of the book is the Dewey decimal system – which shows how it is worked out. Also, the end pages are fun with maps and X marking the spot where the treasure can be found.
You can find Pirates in the Library by Nadia Ali on my BUY THE BOOK page. I also post my reviews on Goodreads, and when available on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and Chapters.Indigo.
Your comments are greatly appreciated by authors, illustrators, and this blogger. ♥
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
Here is your laugh for the weekend. Not only is it funny, it’s touching and wonderful.
If you know who Stevie Wonder is you probably have enjoyed his music. I wasn’t familiar with James Corden before this, nor had I heard of his carpool karaoke, so this was a great first for me.
WATCH HERE and enjoy!
Have you ever watched James Corden’s TV program before?
Have you ever met a real celebrity? How did you handle that?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
I think I’m back in fashion! You know, if you hold onto things long enough, they come back into trend?
Today I am sharing with you a You.Tube video .. an IKEA ad .. that is so well done. It’s both amusing and right on the mark. I hope you enjoy it.
Click here for the VIDEO and experience the power of bookbooks and join the revolution.
Now, what do you think? Are YOU back in fashion, too? 🙂
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!
So far 2015 has consisted of family challenges – some of which I will mention later – but today I want to tell you about something that will probably – hopefully – give you a good laugh.
One of my daughters received a small microwave potato chip maker last Christmas, one of those fun little gifts added in. I was admiring the item so she gave it to me to take home to try, saying she would likely never use it.
Late in January I decided to give it a try. The little gadget has a cutter on the top lid, a sharp blade that slices the potato very thin. Then the slices are set on edge into the slots in the bottom section and placed into the microwave. I used sweet potato and followed the instructions closely … as you will see.
I am going to share with you our exchange via texting. In order to maintain her privacy I had to photograph our conversation and then print it out, and then cut and paste because I just could not figure out how to crop it on my computer. (Sorry! A techie I am not.)
My words are in the blue bubble, my daughter’s are in the yellow one.
You can see she was very amused upset by my glowing report embarrassing confession. I think it helped to send the image of crispy potato chips dumped into my kitchen sink. (A microwave chef I am not!)
Although the little dish didn’t look quite the same as when I started, I launched into making potato chips a second time.
Here’s a close up ^
My last attempt still wasn’t exactly right but it was much even better than the two previous ones. (Notice below how yummy they look when not burnt to a crisp a little over-crisped.)
And they were good. Here’s a better look.
This is what the handy-dandy little gadget looks like now. *sigh* Still usable but it will never be the same. 😦
Oddly, my daughter really didn’t want it back, nor did she want it replaced. I can’t imagine why! Now the little potato chip maker sits in a place of dubious honour in my cupboard awaiting the next opportunity to risk further disfigurement prove its worth. mmm I’m getting a hankering for sweet potato chips just thinking about it!
What wonderful gadgetry have you tried that didn’t quite work out the way you expected?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
This morning I want to give you a laugh. It’s a YouTube video. These two guys are hilarious in their enactment of how animals eat their food. I watched episode two afterward, but in my opinion it’s not as good. I think there is a part three out now, but if it is similar to part two this first one has yet to be matched.
Click here to see how animals eat their food.
What do you think, do you agree with their interpretation?
Would you have the courage … or the oh-well-attitude … to entertain people through YouTube?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
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