Brrr It's Cold Outside

Happy birthday Mary Mapes Dodge who was born today, January 26^th, in 1831. Mary wrote one of my childhood favorites, Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates. Have you read it? Her novel, published in 1865, became an instant bestseller and is considered a children’s classic. The endearing tale of Hans, the young Dutch boy with wooden skates who yearns to win the annual skating race prize of silver skates, was later adapted for film and television.

 

                 

            By now everyone has heard about the blizzard that hit the East coast this past weekend and how all the shelves were cleared of bread and milk. Did you know that libraries also experienced an increased number of checkouts in anticipation of the storm? I can’t think of a better way to ride out a blizzard than cozying up with a good book and apparently quite a few others thought so too. Cecil County Public Library in Maryland even went so far as to post a weather map on their website.

Weather events that come with enough warning are an excellent opportunity for libraries to pull books and set up a display with featured titles. What books do you think would make a great blizzard read? Do you want to read a story about winter survival or a novel set in a warmer climate?