I found a new picture that needs more study! The following image is sold by The Literary Gift Company. It is filled with the names of authors somehow affiliated with the section of the USA in which their name is located. The picture needs more study because I’m not always sure why or how the author is linked to the region. I think it’s just a sign that I need to become more familiar with American authors. 
Discovered via the Dakota County Library Facebook page.
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, ‘Les Miserables’ travels with prisoner-on-parole, 24601, Jean Valjean, as he runs from the ruthless Inspector Javert on a journey beyond the barricades, at the center of the June Rebellion. Meanwhile, the life of a working class girl with a child is at turning point as she turns to prostitution to pay money to the evil innkeeper and his wife who look after her child, Cosette. Valjean promises to take care of the child, eventually leads to a love triangle between Cosette, Marius who is a student of the rebellion, and Eponine, a girl of the streets. The people sing of their anger and Enjolras leads the students to fight upon the barricades.
| Title : | Les Miserables |
| Director : | Tom Hooper |
| Year : | 2011 |
| Rating : | PG-13 |
| Duration : | 158 minutes |
| Main Actors : | Russell Crowe Hugh Jackman Amanda Seifred Anne Hathaway |
I discovered this paper craft on Pinterest; it is originally from the Fiskars website. It looked simple and fun, so I gathered the supplies. I did this craft with my nieces and nephews; there were five children, ages 5 – 13 years old. This craft can take 15 – 45 minutes to make, depending upon the level of prep work done by the adult prior to the craft and the time taken by the children to create embellishments.
You will need:
Instructions
I moved a few weeks ago. After the movers took my furniture, I was left with dozens of furniture marks in the carpet. I used an old toothbrush and rubbed against the grain of the pressed down carpeting. With a little effort, I was able to greatly improve the appearance of the carpeting. (I didn’t have any ice cubes in the house or I would have tried a technique I learnt from Pinterest.) However, I was pleased with my results.
It’s the middle of the twenty-first century and the elite children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens. Maxwell Connors, a seventeen-year-old prankster, misfit and graffiti artist, observes the changes with growing concern, especially when his younger sister, Ally, is targeted. Max and his best friend, Dallas, escape the treatment, but must pretend to be “zombies” while they watch their freedoms and hopes decay. When Max’s family decides to take Dallas with them into the unknown world beyond New Middletown’s borders, Max’s creativity becomes an unexpected bonus rather than a liability.
| Title : | All Good Children |
| Author : | Catherine Austen |
| ISBN : | 9781554698240 |
| Copyright : | 2011 |
| Pages : | 300 |
I found this image on Tumblr. It’s a book, cut and folded and then painted to resemble lips. I think it’s really cute. It would make a nice prop to be used in a library display in February or any time of the year about romance or even favorite books.
Via abadova on etsy.
Nieces and nephews
Tumble around the old house;
Time to play with them!
Construction paper,
Scissors and glue make their art:
Pink monkey faces.
Moving into old
Place where I grew up is good;
I still fit with them.
With her boundless curiosity and wild spirit, Fer has always felt that she doesn’t belong. Not when the forest is calling to her, when the rush of wind through branches feels more real than school or the quiet farms near her house. Then she saves an injured creature—he looks like a boy, but he’s really something else. He knows who Fer truly is, and invites her through the Way, a passage to a strange, dangerous land. Fer feels an instant attachment to this realm, where magic is real and oaths forge bonds stronger than iron. But a powerful huntress named the Mór rules here, and Fer can sense that the land is perilously out of balance. Fer must unlock the secrets about the parents she never knew and claim her true place before the worlds on both sides of the Way descend into endless winter.
| Title : | Winterling |
| Author : | Sarah Prineas |
| ISBN : | 9780061921032 |
| Copyright : | 2012 |
| Pages : | 245 |
This is a illustration showing how I cleaned the cat hair off my rug. I used a simple squeegee and a lot of effort to scrape the hair out of it. The first picture shows how much hair I got off of it. The second picture shows one of the culprits that shed the hair. In this picture, I had scraped half of the rug. I scraped it clean after I had already vacuumed it twice.
Cobwebs and spiders
Leer from corners and ceilings;
Never cleaned before.
Banana boxes
Snagged from behind a Kwik Trip:
Sophisticated!
Belongings stuffed away;
My U-Haul truck is waiting.
Boxes piled high!
