After Twilight?
What next after reading the Twilight books? A group of school librarians from across the country listed books that they suggest to their students. Ones at the... Read more
Marker Remarks
What's a remarkable reading Marker to try next? Thoughts about reading, memorable characters, and our favorite books from the Nerinx Hall Librarian and her reading friends in the Nerinx Community. Please use the link below to add your comments and to suggest more books for us to read.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 
A Fellow Just Like Him
Some of my very best friends have never lived. But they are no less real. They are with me all the time. As I go... Read more
Great and Terrible Need to Read
When I was in 6th grade the teacher made me finish a wretched book that I did not like. She had the nerve to tell... Read more
Marker Librarian
- Mrs. Carol Ann K. Winkler
I have been in love with books from a very tender age and I owe it all to my mother. She always bought a Little Golden book as part of the weekly grocery shopping. There was a time in my youth when I saw no problem with floating books in the wading pool. (She liked to show that photo to people when I graduated with my Masters in Library Science.) When I was in the primary grades, there were so many children in Webster Groves that the shelves in the public library were often pitifully bare. There was a limit to how many you could take just so there would be something left for the next person. The Librarians had no problem dusting the shelves. By the time I reached the upper grades I was spending my summers reading 3 books a day. By then my mother began to worry that she had created a monster, one that never got enough exercise. I made a deal with her to get up every fifth chapter and go out and hit a tennis ball against the garage door for a while. Oh, that was a hard promise to keep. I still notice today that often the fifth chapter ends with a nailbiter!!! Keep an eye out when you are reading. You will see what I mean.
