Day: August 18, 2006

Cooking Up a Storm

| Tasha

Cooking Up a Storm by Sam Stern.

This cookbook written by a British teen is getting a lot of media attention in the U.S. right now.  The book is full of easy recipes that will pull teens in but also has some more complicated recipes for teens to stretch their culinary skills.  All of the ideas are appealing as are the photographs of the food.  Adding to the appeal are the photographs of Sam with his family doing perfectly normal things like munching while playing video games.  This is a successful, teen-friendly cookbook that is low-key and not intimidating at all. 

Get this one while it is hot!  Stern has a new book coming out in the next few months as well.  Oh, and adults as well will enjoy the recipes.  I am hoping to make the delectable-looking Lemon Souffle Cream Pudding for my family this weekend.  Yum!

OPAL Presentations

| Tasha

I was just scanning through the list of upcoming Online Programming for All Libraries: Events and Programs and discovered that in mid to late September and early October, they will be featuring some programming for librarians interested in children’s lit.
Saturday, September 16th – Meet the Author: Kate DiCamillo
Thursday, September 21st – Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey will be discussed.
Monday, October 9th – Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman will be discussed.
The programs are all offered online. You just need to download a quick plugin and you will be a participant. Very easy to do, plus it is often something you can earn continuing education for, if you need those hours like I do. OPAL offers other items of interest to children’s and school librarians, so make sure to scan the list for other programs as well.