#Booki Vivat

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Meet Me on Mercer Street is a cute graphic novel about observation and community

Meet Me on Mercer Street is a cute graphic novel about observation and community #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel #ncbd

Aspiring artist Kacie spends most of her time on Mercer Street with her best friend, Nisha, people-watching and doodling whatever is happening in their neighborhood. But when she comes back from a summer away, the local corner store is boarded up, the adults in town are all on edge, and Nisha is nowhere to be found! Everything is changing, and Kacie’s not sure what to do about it. Especially…

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Meet Me on Mercer Street by Booki Vivat

Meet Me on Mercer Street by Booki Vivat. Scholastic, 2024. 9781338788709 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: ARC (publication date 4/2/24) graphic novel Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book?  Kacie’s parents own Smiley’s Cleaners and her best friend Nisha’s dad owns Khanna’s Grocery and Deli, both on Mercer Street. When Kacie returns from a…

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My October TBR

TBR:

Nightfall and Flashback by Shannon Messenger

Alone in the Woods by Rebecca Behrens

One Jar of Magic by Corey Ann Haydu

Frazzled 2 by Booki Vivat

So I CAN paste images??? IDK anymore...

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Julie Murphy sent us a Christmas card! We are so excited! Also, aren’t Booki Vivat’s illustrations the cutest? 

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Good book mail today.

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Do you have any recommendations for relatively recent (maybe past 5ish years, but that is arbitrary and flexible), happy MG books? A lot of the new MG I'm seeing centers around very serious issues (such as abuse), and I understand why. At the moment, though, I am looking for a cheerful escape - I want to smile/laugh/be happy, damn it! :) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you so much!

Not being in the bookstore means I can't think of the names of ANY books - so I texted my friend, Bookseller Nicole, since she can just look at the shelves. She recommends: 

NESSIEQUEST and other books by Melissa Savage

THE LAST-LAST DAY OF SUMMER by Lamar Giles

STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG by Jessica Kim

I’M OK by Patti Kim 

THE INCREDIBLY DEAD PETS OF REX DEXTER by Aaron Reynolds

FRAZZLED (series) by Booki Vivat

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Sixteen Comedic/Humorous Fiction Chapter Books for Kids by POC (People of Colour) Authors

In this week's episode, RJ mentioned doing a lot of humour fiction readers' advisory for young readers. "My child likes Diary of a Wimpy Kid - what else do you recommend?" is a perennial request. To help other library workers who work with youth diversify their recommendations, here are 16 humorous/comedic kid's chapter books by authors of color. We also did a booklist of titles for adults.

Also: most of these books are the first in a series, so there's even more titles to check out!

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow & Sheena Dempsey

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

Stand up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim

Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai

Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca

Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look

Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look & LeUyen Pham

Sherlock Sam and the Missing Heirloom in Katong by AJ Low

A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano

Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian and Nasaya Mafaridik

Jake the Fake Keeps It Real by Craig Robinson, Adam Mansbach, and Keith Knight

Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of the Dark by Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang, and Nathan Reed

Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson

Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee

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What We're Planning to Read For Asian Lit Bingo Challenge

During May is the Asian American Heritage Month! Together with a couple of bloggers, we are hosting #AsianLitBingo.  Asian Lit Bingo is a reading challenge aimed to support books with Asian main characters by Asian authors.  The project was created by Shenwei from READING (AS)(I)AN (AM)ERICA. You can visit their blog for more details about the challenge.…

What We’re Planning to Read For Asian Lit Bingo Challenge was originally published on Hollywood News Source

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7/24/18

WRITER OF THE WEEK Alexandre Dumas père was the author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, among many many other novels, plays, and nonfiction works.

 BOOK SALE  The Friends of the Library Summer Book Sale continues Monday – Friday this week. Prices will be $1 for a hardcover, 25 cents for a paperback, 50 cents per CD, and $1 for DVDs.  We also have puzzles, games, and magazines.  The last day (Friday the 27th) is the bag sale: $4 for as many books as you can fit into the bag we provide (and you can buy multiple bags.)  Proceeds from the sale fund programming and other purchases throughout the year, so come out to support the library and pick up some great deals.  

 LIBRARY CLOSED  The library will be closed this Saturday the 28th.  Enjoy the parade and other Seaway Festival activities!

FAMILY BOOK CLUB  Join us this Thursday the 26th at 5 PM for a discussion and activity.  This month we’ll be talking about the graphic novel Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat and creating our own secret languages.  New families are always welcome (even if you haven’t read the book yet.)

 TIE DYE  Bring your own clothing (white shirt, bandana, etc.) and take it home as a colorful work of art.  Weather permitting, we’ll be tie-dying in the park this Friday the 27th at 2 PM.

 REGULAR PROGRAMS  Music and Movement for toddlers is Tuesday at 10 AM.  Stories and Songs, for ages 2 – 4, will return next Saturday at 10:30 AM. Drop-in computer help will be tonight the 24th from 6 – 7 PM. Call the library or check online for all of the details on all of our upcoming events.

 JUST ARRIVED  Remember summer vacations past with Richard Ratay’s Don’t Make Me Pull Over: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip.  You can learn more about two common road trip destinations in The Promise of the Grand Canyon by John F. Ross and Anywhere that is Wild: John Muir’s First Walk to Yosemite.  Read the history of the US-Canadian border, as written by a man who traveled its length, in Porter Fox’s Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border.  If you’d rather stay home, break out your crafty side with some of our new books: The Joy of Acrylic Painting, by Annie O’Brien Gonzales; Snuggle and Play Crochet, by Carolina Guzman Benitez; Making Mini Food (out of polymer clay) by Lynn Allingham; or Radiant Quilts by Elsie M. Campbell.

 We welcome your QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, PURCHASE REQUESTS, AND PROGRAMMING IDEAS.  Contact us at 312 Washington Street, ogdlib@ncls.org, 315-393-4325, or through any of our social media sites (you can do a search for Ogdensburg Public Library or find the links on our website, ogdlib.org.)

REGULAR HOURS are 9 AM to 8 PM on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 9 AM to 5 PM on Wednesday and Friday, and 9 AM – 3 PM on Saturday. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at your library!

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My FAVORITE Books So Far This Year

Title says it all! *From least to most.

5. Frazzled by Booki Vivat

4. Wings of Olympus by Kallie George

Bronze medal...

3. A Wilder Magic by Juliana Brandt!

Silver medal...

2. Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger!!

And drumroll for gold metal...

1. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale!!!

Comment your favorite books so far this year!

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If you went to school in San Diego, you should read this series.

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The Best Halloween Ever | Frazzled | Almost Super

The Best Halloween Ever | Frazzled | Almost Super

[book-info number=”1″] The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson is essentially a sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It features the same cast of characters, just with a different holiday. I felt obligated to read this book as there are definitely not enough books out there that are themed around Halloween. Overall, The Best Halloween Ever is the sort of audiobook that I’d recommend…

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Booki Vivat: How I Got into Publishing

Associate Publicist at HarperCollins Children’s Books

Let’s get this out of the way first.

Yes, I work in publishing. Yes, my name really IS Booki.

Sometimes I joke that I got hired because of my name. Who knows, that might be kind of true.

To be honest, I didn’t plan on working in publishing. Actually, I didn’t plan on studying writing or literature, or anything book-related at all. At one point, I was heading towards biochemistry and pharmacy school. To be fair, at another time, I was thinking pretty seriously about becoming an elephant trainer.

Things change.

One constant, though, is that I have always been a book person. When I was forced, (as we all eventually are) to really consider the future, I thought about what I liked and what I wanted to spend my time doing. It always came back to books.

I had no idea how to turn that into a legitimate career, so I combed my college database for even a whiff of the word “book.” For a while, I worked at an aquarium gift shop and bookstore which, despite the cute sea animal plushies and fantastic ocean view, was not exactly what I had in mind.

Eventually, my search led me to a literary agency in San Diego. I interviewed with the agent there and convinced him to let me hang around that summer as his intern. The office was like a gold mine of children’s literature—shelves filled with my favorite authors/illustrators, picture book artwork lining the walls, that sort of thing.

I had somehow stumbled into this world where I finally felt I belonged, and by the end of the summer, I was SOLD.

When I graduated, I contacted him again with an eager, but admittedly clueless email that went something like this: “Remember me? Your old intern? I still like books! I still want to work in publishing! What should I do?” Okay, a little more professional and a few less exclamation points, but that was the gist of it. He gave me some encouraging advice and made a future in publishing seem like a real possibility—not an impossible pipe dream, but something I could actually do (and do well).

The fact is, though, I was in California and most of publishing was not. Moving to the other side of the country sounded hard, especially with student loans and no savings or job prospects. Plus, ever since I said I wanted to work in New York, it seemed like everyone felt obligated to warn me about how ruthless the city was and how difficult it was to get a job, let alone one in publishing.

So I moved to a different country. No, really, I did.

I taught English at a public middle school in South Korea partly as a post-grad quest for life experience and partly to save up money. Turns out, it also expanded my appreciation for children’s books and their ability to reach readers on such a profoundly massive scale in such a deeply personal way. My students and I bonded over stories that transcended our language barrier, age gap, and cultural divide. I never expected my extensive knowledge of the Wizarding World to earn me any sort of street cred, but hey, life is weird.

After two years, I moved to New York. I worked at a bookstore in the city and reached out to the agent once again: “Remember me? Your old, old intern? I still like books! I still want to work in publishing! I’m in New York—now what?”

Even though it had been years, my short summer internship helped connect me to former interns who made the same move and were now working in the industry. They then recommended me to an internship program at a prestigious literary agency in the city. There, I met even more amazing book people who helped me channel my love of reading into a more informed enthusiasm for the publishing world.

There is a lot to be said about cultivating relationships with people who recognize your potential and want to see you do well. These people are the best. They are the whole reason I’m even working in publishing now.

When a position at HarperCollins Children’s Books opened up, I applied despite knowing very little about book publicity. Somehow I got the job, and I’m sure it had a lot to do with the people who had been rooting for me the whole time.

My name might have helped too, so thanks Mom.

I realize my short “how I got into publishing” post has morphed into a rambling, nostalgic diary entry about how much I love publishing and the people in it, but maybe that’s okay.

After all, the one unanimous thing people told me when I said I wanted to work in publishing was, “You have to love it”.

And I guess I really really do.

Booki Vivat is currently an Associate Publicist at HarperCollins Children’s Books. She grew up in California and graduated from University of California, San Diego with a double major in Literature/Writing and Communications. She now lives in Brooklyn and is now steadily amassing her own personal library on the east coast. She doodles a lot.

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Books for ten year olds who are advanced readers

The 13-Storey Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton Avatar the Last Airbender graphic novels by Gene Luen Yang Finding Fortune by Delia Ray CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington (comes out in April) CatStronauts: Race to Mars by Drew Brockington (comes out in April) Click Here to Start by Denis Markell The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon The Fog Diver and Lost Compass by Joel N Ross Framed! by James Ponti Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat The Great Shelby Holmes by Elizabeth Eulberg Harriet Hamster Princess series by Ursula Vernon