Madigan Reads

Check out this article just published on CNN about how to raise a reader . I'm quoted in it as a children's literature expert. T...

Hexed by Michelle Krys Delacorte Press June 2014 Sixteen year old Indigo Blackwood wants nothing more than to focus on her role ...

Library fines are just a part of my everyday business as a librarian. Why do libraries have them in the first place? Really, the main rea...

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Skottie Young Harper Collins September 2013 First line: "There was only ora...

This week's topic from The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Bookish Things (That Aren't Books) That I'd Like To Own. I know ...

Written in the Stars by Lois Duncan Lizzie Skurnick Books March 2014 This collection of hard-to-find short stories written at th...

I had so much fun with this felt board. I tried something new, and instead of doing a song or rhyme to go along with this activity, I just t...