What I’m reading : Flying Lessons

One of my absolute favorite genres is the short-story anthology; it’s a great way to be introduced to new authors, as well as explore new facets to your favorite writers and the worlds they build.

Flying Lessons, edited by Ellen Oh, features “some of the best children’s authors including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, Jacqueline Woodson, and many more.”

Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this collection of stories “celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.”

Video review: ‘Crunch’

Video: Get to know my latest read-aloud, Crunch, by Leslie Connor.

Productive start for new school year

Video: There’s plenty to do in SRCSA library, to get ready for the beginning of school.

What I’m reading : Name of the Wind

The rural Waystone Inn is tended by a humble innkeeper, Kote — but peril stalks the land, and a pursuer of legend has followed stories of an infamous adventurer, Kvothe. Those stories have led him to Kote, who proposes to tell him his life-story over the course of three days.

The Name of the Wind, published in 2007, was the first volume in what author Patrick Rothfuss envisioned as a trilogy. It was followed by The Wise Man’s Fear, in 2011, but The Doors of Stone, third book in the series, remains “forthcoming” as of 2021. While fans wait, the earlier books are worth being read again, for the depth and richness of the story.

Return-to-school for 2021-2022

Video: Classes begin Aug. 12, 2021 in Santa Rosa City Schools.