Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

In Steam Train, Dream Train, Sherri Duskey Rinker and illus. Tom Lichtenheld ( Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site ) pair up again to give us another book that kids will love. The story is a fun, rhyming adventure ride on a train crewed by animals of all sorts: monkeys stow cargo, bunnies load freight, camels fill the boxcar with bikes, and more! Like Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site , the story flows smoothly and the pictures are great--what I really enjoyed is the soft hues that Lichtenheld chose for this book, giving it that sleepy, nighttime quality (obviously the story being set at night helps too!). This book will enchant any child who's ever wondered what's inside those train; and as the story winds down the animals themselves prepare for bed, making this an excellent bedtime book! I love this book! Age: Preschool+

Wednesday morning I caught a midnight train (no, not to Georgia !) to Penn Station, NYC, then boarded my next train from NYC to Charlotte, NC (the closest major train stop to my sister and her family who live just over the line in South Carolina). You can see from my route that I spent a lot of time on trains all day; going from Connecticut, to New York City, and on through Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Fortunately I had a 4 hour stop in Washington D.C., which gave me enough time to walk past the Capitol and to the National Mall (although I didn't make it all the way down to the new Martin Luther King Jr. Monument, I did get to walk past the Library of Congress though!) Thursday morning, after not enough sleep, my Mom and I roadtriped 8 hours to OhCity, OH, home of my new library job. After looking at one apartment we headed down the street and found an apartment with soul (this was one of M's requirements for me). My apartm...