

Some of the authors on Dodson’s list are so familiar to me now that I habitually stop where their books are shelved and paw at them awhile (say, Sharon Creech or Nancy Farmer, Jean Craighead George or Virginia Hamilton (I’ve read some of the latter pair, but Creech and Farmer are still on my TBR list). I have my favourite branches, but often this is a hasty act of desperation which involves stopping at my local branch, on my way home, and browsing for 15 minutes or so.

When I’ve had one of those soulfully-exhausting days (or weeks), one of the things that I like to do is browse in the children’s library.

Camille Yarbrough’s The Shimmershine Queens
