Here at Bowker, we’re mad about Mad Men. For those of you not in the know, Mad Men is the AMC drama that has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy for  best drama on television. The story revolves around the fictional Stirling Cooper Ad Agency and its employees in the golden era of American [...]

While I don’t usually read books about romantic relationships, nor do I typically get involved with series, I had to make an exception for this one.  I find it difficult to resist purchasing from the travel section of bookstores, and as a former French major who studied abroad, I have a particular weakness for anything [...]

This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in Tudor England.  I have read many books about Henry the VIII and his wives, about Queen Mary and especially Queen Elizabeth I.  There are not many that detail the timeframe of Lady Elizabeth from when her mother, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded (age three) [...]

While I was working in the children’s department of the public library, we used to have a group for parents and their children. The groups would gather in a circle and read board books that helped the children interact with everybody, one of the popular books to use for this group, Head, Shoulders, Knees, [...]