Karen Jensen, a member of the mail group YALSA-BK, is a young adult librarian and has a
blog covering all types of topics that relate to teens. She generously offers her ideas to anyone who would like to use them. Looking through her blog could spark some great new idea! We all borrow, adapt, and share – it’s great to find another blog that makes it so easy to do!
I
borrowed
Arbor Day Square by Kathryn O. Galbraith from the library recently. This picture book is a gentle story about a newly settled prairie town (no state is named) whose residents want to continue to improve their town as it grows. Katie helps her father mark out a section of the town square – the town is buying trees and what a difference it will make. Katie is surprised the trees are so small when they arrive, but they will grow! A one-page Author’s Note at the back of the book tells about Sterling Morton and that the first ever Arbor Day was in Nebraska.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
