Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

After hearing about this book from some of the other librarians I ordered it for Mummy Dearest's kids, Big Fish and Little Fish, for Christmas; and as Amazon was shipping it south, I was eagerly awaiting a copy from another library. Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back  was an epiphany for me. It made me feel like some of my adult rages have been justified: you ask nicely so many times, allow for others to do the right thing and then when they don't, you lose your damn mind a little bit. Don't get me wrong, kids won't walk away with that message, well, just read it, you'll see what I mean.  This book was such a riot. We follow along as the bear goes from animal to animal asking if anyone has seen his hat. My favorite part is when the bear dejectedly lays on the ground and laments the loss of his hat, that emotion that we've all felt: a favorite possesion gone, possibly for good. It is when he is lamenting that he happens to remember someone WEARING HIS HAT!...

In our daily searches for the right materials to use during storytimes, we Librarians sometimes run across real gems in our collections, items which are found by the grace of God or a keyword search. One of the other Librarians found this gem today: Shut Up, You're FINE!   Her just reading the poem titles was enough to make me laugh like a lunatic, included are such touching poems as: Had it coming Kiss grandma goodnight The starving kids in Africa One, two The moon Magic The tooth fairy Hide-and-seek with mommy and daddy Daddy, are we meat? Rover The Schlitz malt liquor bull Apostrophes to lunch The old dog The glass hammer Playing dead The cow My bed is not a boat I rode my bike over hill and dale My last dream The night wind The thumping of the bed Witch The dying boy's lament Prayer before bed The circus in the trees Swashbuckler Why I love Ruby Dead things I have seen Spit shine I think of being in the grave Margaret a...