Lemuria Bookstore Blog

Saturday mornings at Lemuria Books have a new activity to boast of! Story time at Lemuria is back up and running, and we encourage children (and parents) to come hear a story and participate in a fun craft Saturday mornings at 11:00 a.m. This past Saturday (11/26) we read from Loren Long’s Otis, a beautiful [...]

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The Cheshire Cheese Cat is a delightful story written by Carmen Deedy and Randall Wright with beautiful illustrations by our favorite Barry Moser. Set in a London inn during the time of Charles Dickens and Queen Victoria, this story begins with the introduction of Skilley, the main character and resident mouser at Ye Olde Cheshire [...]

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Instead of presenting a new piece of literature, I am presenting an old favorite with a beautiful new cover. In my first post, I told you about the book shower my sister hosted for me. As a gift, one of my greatest friends gave me a copy of Anne of Green Gables, recently republished by [...]

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If nothing else, I was drawn to this cover. All those books? And the title? The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared. Perhaps I love the thought because my father and I are on the same path of reading. Generally, we read the same type of books. It is fun to read [...]

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It is such a hard question when someone asks you to name your favorite book. I have so many and  often that depends when I read the book. I feel certain that some books I liked at one time tend to have to do with when I read them, how old I was, what mood [...]

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I didn’t know about the Llama Llama books before coming to work at Lemuria, but this little guy is a staff favorite so it wasn’t long before I was familiar with all of his drama. The Llama Llama books chronicle a little llama and his relationship with his mama. Little llama is perpetually losing his [...]

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In July I wrote about defining children’s classics, and here I am with a semi-related topic.  New books by authors that I already consider to be classic, which just adds to the conundrum of defining children’s classics.  Are they automatically given classic status?  At this point it doesn’t matter, I’m just excited that I’ve been [...]

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I’ve been working back in OZ lately, mostly with the classics section, and I’ve realized how much of a conundrum this section really presents.  What actually constitutes a children’s classic?  Is it the number of years it has stayed in print?  Is it based on fads (for example, will the Harry Potter series eventually be [...]

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So, I know I’ve blogged already on my love of illustrators, specifically Carson Ellis, but I just wanted to tell you that I’ve found a new favorite.  Her name is Julie Morstad, she’s Canadian, and her artwork is wonderful.  I first saw her work on the  cover of my advanced reader copy of  Kevin Wilson’s [...]

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You may not know it, but lurking in the neighborhoods of Jackson, MS are….kids who are amazing readers! That’s right! I have had the privilege to meet with some of these kids and not only do they read and comprehend beyond the normal range, but they also know how to talk about why they liked [...]

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