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Shelftalkers

January 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Shelftalkers: Off the Page

Once upon a time, there was a book.  Not content to just be a book, it decided to come alive.  Its characters jumped off the page, defying convention.  They chose to be other than what they were written to be.  They chose to make the fairy tale come true. Some fairy tales are so magical, […]

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