This may or may not be International Hug a Librarian Day. There’s some confusion online but then, librarians are too busy to keep up with fan clubs. These human search engines don’t just find information, they also review, organize, assess, explain, figure out, calm small children, put up displays, run programs, read aloud, expand collections, […]
Continue ReadingOne of the things I miss the most about working in a library is the picture books. I loved shelving picture books, because it meant I could flip through those colorful stacks of gems. I was thrilled when my fifth grader’s teacher recently added “2 picture books” to the list of his assigned reading. It […]
Continue ReadingTess of the D’Urbervilles or Tess of the D’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented, was one of the first books that introduced me to literature at the tender age of 14. A life long reader, I had always read age appropriate fiction, Sweet Valley High, The Baby-Sitters Club, and anything by Enid Blyton or Roald […]
Continue ReadingA press release titled “Amazon.com reveals the most well-read cities in America” amuses me the way corporate spin tends to do. In this case, a few statistics mixed with hype creates “facts” that aren’t. Based on sales of books, magazines, and newspapers in print as well as Kindle format, Amazon concludes that residents of Cambridge, […]
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