Film and Fiction Suggestions from the Staff

You may have noticed that our libraries were closed this morning for staff training. As a part of our staff training, we shared some of our favorite books, movies, authors, actors, in many different categories. It was a fun, fast event, full of memories and laughter. I’m sure that I missed many great suggestions, but you can enjoy these, or any ask any one of us our favorites next time you are in the library.

The first one that we discussed was: Favorite Childhood Book. This is a great icebreaker topic. Everyone has one, and often the favorite of one person would evoke fond memories in another person. Here’s our list:

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (It’s a movie, too!)
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Anything by Shel Silverstein – especially The Giving Tree
War of the Worlds
The Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (start with Little House in the Big Woods)
Tawny Scrawny Lion
The BFG (It’s a brand new movie!)
Alice in Wonderland
Nancy Drew Series
Boxcar Children Series
Good Night Moon

How can you look at a list like this without childhood memories?!

There are just some authors and actors who can do no wrong. We’d follow them over a cliff. If you have one of these actors or authors in your life, you know what I’m talking about – you don’t care what the premise of the movie or book is you are going to see it, and probably on the day it comes out. This was a fun one to talk about, even if some of our answers were fairly predictable.