Madigan Reads

There's been a bit of a brouhaha over some drama with YA author Stacey Jay's recent Kickstarter campaign. After her Princess of ...

I've seen plenty of wordless picture books in my day, but this is a first... The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak sure looks like fu...

This week's topic from The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Authors I Own The Most Books From. Well, I must admit - if I were to pick...

Top Ten Tuesdays is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish . This week's topic is:  Top Ten Best Bookish Memories . I'v...

Are you asking the right questions? Or all the wrong ones? Go to Lemony Snicket's website to find out.

Merry Christmas! Here's another awesome Mother Goose rebus that I received from author/illustrator Will Hillenbrand. Enjoy!

Who are the top ten authors that you'd DIE to meet? Wow, what a tough question. In part, this question is tough for me, because I'...

I challenged myself to read 12 debut authors in 2011 and I'm simultaneously surprised to be finished so soon, and shocked that I didn...

How cool is this? Plenty of authors and illustrators getting together to remind gay teens (or anyone who is being bullied) that "it get...

I've been meaning to post about how the Alex Flinn signing I went to went for about a week now! She came to speak at The Little Shop of ...

In celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday today, I thought I'd share this Wordle. It's the full text of Green Eggs and Ham.

I've been on a Meg Cabot kick recently, when one of my colleagues overheard me saying this, she corrected my pronunciation of the author...

I'm excited to try  The Story Siren's Debut Authors Challenge . I figured I'd like to mix it up, and make sure I'm reading ...

As if I wasn't busy enough with opening a new library, last week I also had the opportunity to volunteer at a book signing for The Gathe...

The crowd at this year's Children's Literature Council Fall Gala seemed a little smaller than it has in years past, and just a litt...

I am on vacation, breathing in the mercifully less smoky air of Atlanta, GA. There's lots on my agenda for the long weekend. I'm g...

Well, if this isn't the most unique thing I've seen in a while!  It's a convention , July 17-20 in Mankato, Minnesota, completel...

Well, here is my report on the Festival of Books from this weekend. It was tremendous. Very interesting, very overwhelming, fortunately not ...