Treat yourself today by going on a visit to your local library. If you haven’t got a card it’s probably free – (mine was) – or if not free, then it will be inexpensive for all the reading pleasure it will afford you.
When’s the last time you visited your library and took out a book?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
I just found THIS VIDEO on my local library’s Twitter feed. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
My library is still bringing books in for me for ReFoReMo, and I’m analyzing the few I have to take back soon. The challenge was a great learning experience for me; I thoroughly enjoyed it.
My fourth giveaway draw is tonight, but it seems I have to change the stipulation that I’ll send only to Canada or US for this one. This nice little photo pen is great as a Mother’s Day gift, or a gift to a grandparent – with the children’s photo in it.
If you aren’t interested in this item perhaps you know someone to pass it on to, or you can send someone here to enter the draw for themselves?
Are you a lover of your local library?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
The challenge has ended, sort of. ReFoReMo may be over in one way, but I have a lot of work to do yet. On our own we were to read through each book and then analyze it – study how each was written, observe the POV and universal theme, choose our favourite line, write a little about the story’s main character, and more. It’s been educational for me to find out what is popular now, the many different types and themes of picture books, and the variety of ways to present stories. I’ve learned what type of book I’m not interested in writing and what style I’d like to try. A few I didn’t enjoy reading, a couple brought tears to my eyes, a few were educational and I learned fascinating things I didn’t know before; some stories were funny, a couple were hilarious (to me), and many were sweet stories in a variety of ways. This has been a great experience. (Thanks Carrie Charley Brown!)
I got more books from the library on Saturday and I’ve also started returning books. That’s the sad part.
Here are some of the latest ones I borrowed, I have a few others to photograph, and there are more on hold for me.
Have you read any of the above? They are:
I’ve read over eighty picture books through March because of Reading For Research Month, and I’m not done yet. That’s more books than I would normally read in a year! Some people have read many more than the 100 suggested, in only this month.
Now we’re learning from the special posts written for our further insight and inspiration. I’m so glad I did this, although now I’m behind in some other things I was doing – blogging and 12×12, to name only two. What I’ve gleaned through ReFoReMo should help in my writing though, so it’s all good. 🙂
On Sunday eleven of us shared Easter dinner at my dad’s, then I came home for my week off. I have a lot of reading, writing, revising to do and also publishing to finish! I am a writer and lovin’ it!
When is the last time you read a picture book to a child or for your own enjoyment?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
For a week I haven’t posted the newest books I’ve received from the library for Reading for Research Month! The librarian has been faithfully bringing them in for me and the notifications have been popping up in my email. (I currently have 64 out on loan.) Even though today’s mail brought another notice, I am posting a photo of the nineteen books I haven’t shown you yet. The others can wait – I’ll show them to you later since I haven’t been able to get them today anyway.
They are:
Aren’t they beautiful? 🙂 Some I enjoy more than others and for different reasons. I’m impressed by every one … and for different reasons.
Have you read any of the above books?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
Reminder: As you can see by my countdown counter on the right, the time is nearly here for my 3rd giveaway. If you haven’t yet left a comment on my February 18 post to enter the draw, please don’t delay. I will again use Random.org name picker the evening of March 9 (Wednesday) to select a winner. The next morning I will be announcing here who will be receiving my giveaway this month! Go HERE to check it out.
I’m continuing to read lots of picture books this month – and loving it! On Saturday my husband and I stopped in at the library to collect more of the books on my list. They always send me an email when more are in and being held for me, so I am visiting the library more than I have in a long time.
This trip I came home with seventeen more books. 🙂 Now I have on lend forty-five picture books. Later that day we had visitors, one being a twelve-year-old who enjoyed reading many in my stack of books.
Have you read any of these?
If you are a reader, do you change it up once in a while with a picture book or any other genre from your usual?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
Gosh, I love any excuse to read! Wednesday evening I made a second trip to the library for another load of picture books brought in for me. Fourteen more. I now have twenty-eight of the books I’m to be reading for ReFoReMo. Gotta love it!
Have you read any of these?
Several weeks ago I’d donated a poster to my grandson’s school’s library, a poster of an artist’s painting. Yesterday the librarian sent a book with my little guy for him to show me. She thought I’d like to see it because it is about that renowned artist – Ted Harrison! My grandson brought it by tonight and we read it together since he has reading homework every night.
This is the book, and next is my favourite of his paintings in it.
I used to want to paint. I liked to sketch and draw. Last year I even started to sketch a little again and got tips from an illustrator, but I don’t know how to fit that creative study into my life right now. Maybe one day … eventually … once I have books to illustrate or I’m on a writing pause so I can pursue that study. 🙂
What creative study have you wished to pursue and haven’t yet? Or maybe you have, so what led you to do it?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
Hi, Everybody! How are you doing as we start our journey through March?
Since this is Leap Year, Monday was February 29th – our extra day this year. How did you fill it?
That was my first whole day home during my week off from Dad’s, and … know what I did with my extra day? I read my Bible, vacuumed my house and did a little tidying up, watered my two dozen or so plants, and so on … and prepared a story that had to be ready for 12×12 check-in by midnight. I’m finding it to be quite the balancing act, and my balance isn’t what it used to be or should be, but I haven’t been knocked off track yet.
Early Tuesday evening we made a quick trip to the library where I picked up fourteen of the over 100 books I have to borrow for ReFoReMo. I won’t be able to get them all as not all are in our library’s system, but I will gather many of them over the month. Our librarian put them on hold for me so that when the books become available they’ll be brought in for me to borrow. I must say, I was excited to get my hands on those fourteen beautiful books!
Top to bottom they are:
Of all the many, many books I’ve read over the years to my little girls, my nephew, my grandson, and occasionally other children – the only ones I’ve read that are on ReFoReMo’s list of (over 100) books assigned us for the challenge are The Monstore by Tara Lazar and I Am Otter by Sam Garton. Gosh! It seems I’m waayy behind when it comes to reading picture books, at least the newer ones. And I love picture books!
Of that long list the only one I own is: 
Gee … I’m on my way! I have to get reading. Gotta love that. 🙂
Have you read any of the above-mentioned books?
How did you use your extra day this year?
Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings! 🙂
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