Wonderful City of Novelist

        After a disappointing visit to the village of Hobbies and Crafts, Little l.a. followed the yellow brick road to the City of Novelist. Reaching the city was not easy for there was a powerful hurricane that tried to throw her off track. Little l.a. was persistent, she trudged on and made it to the City of Novelist. Novelist was a city Little l.a. had been to before but she absolutely loved the city! Every time she visited there was always something new to learn and find. Novelist seemed to be always growing and it always welcomed her with open arms. On this visit, Little l.a. was excited to learn that Novelist could create a world especially for her with all the thing she loved. As much as Little l.a. loved Novelist she knew she had to continue her journey in the Land of Marvel. After much rest Little l.a. continued down the yellow brick road too her next adventure...

        Having had used Novelist before I was interest in seeing what new things Novelist had to offer. I did a search of the book series "Wildwood" by Colin Meloy. I like the "sort by" and "view" components that displays the results in various ways that are easy to read and understand. This will make it easy to help patrons look for particular books in a series or to find out what is the correct order of a series. By selecting a "brief view" Novelist makes it easy to print off a list of titles for a particular series for a patron to take home with them.  All of this can be done quickly.

        The "Read Alike" tool is awesome for finding authors to recommend to patrons who are looking for something new to read but want to read something similar to what they have been reading. This tool is also helpful to us as librarians in learning about different authors and series we were unaware of.

   Novelist is great for seeing the connections between old and new books. A lot of times older books get forgotten about and by using Novelist we are reminded of those books and are able to recommend them to patrons. I really like how Novelist allows you to search using "Appeal Terms". This allow you to look for books in a more detail way verses by just searching by subject. This way of searching opens up a whole new world. If you can't tell I LOVE Novelist!

        My book recommendation this week is "Silly Doggy!" by Adam Stower. I love the story and illustrations in this new book about a little girl who finds a doggy (really a bear) in her backyard and wants to keep him. A very sweet story that the children enjoyed at storytime.