Author Cassie Veselovsky creates sing-along Bingo Books

Making reading time a bit more musical with Bingo Books.     Author librarian Cassie Veselovsky makes reading time a bit more musical in her sing-along books for the five-year-olds and under crowd, and their grown-ups. "I've taken my old rhymes and converted them into books," she said in the podcast interview. A librarian of 40 years, Veselovsky also loves pairing books with readers to see the joy in kids' eyes when they say, "I loved the book." In her sing-along books, Veselovsky matches up the rhymes with online purchased illustrations. "Rhyming books are not easy," she said, "so they don't sound silly." She would like to disperse a common misconception about her Bingo Books that they are like a bingo game. "They're not a game," she said. "They're sing-along books with five-letter words." Veselovsky will be at Winter Whimsy in Hartford on Dec. 8. She has attended Reading Rocks in Rockford, hosted by the Rockford branch of the KDL system. Listen in for a chance to win a signed copy of 'Tis the Season." Happy Holidays. Sponsored by Doc Chavent and author Ed Bentley.