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The Women’s National Book Association honored Nancy Pearl with their 2004 WNBA award on Friday, according to this USA Today profile of her and her interest in reading.
“It was painful to live in our house, and consequently I spent most of my childhood and early adolescence at the public library … It’s not too much [...]

Jann Malone of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports what librarian Nancy Pearl and the action figure modeled after her have been up to lately. Pearl’s been inspiring readers all over the country. The action figure is one of the top selling toys at Archie McPhee.
You know, it’s close to that time of year when people expect [...]

at least in terms of action figures, according to Jessamyn. I need to investigate this, but I can’t do it right now.

but not quite. Actually, it’s almost making me want to see the film.
(What was it someone was saying to me about Noah Wyle the other day? Someone’s brother going through med school on the same timeline Carter was on ER?)
Thanks for sharing, Ryan, and thanks for the feed. I already subscribed. Are comments next?

Bob Stepno writes some nice thoughts about National Public Radio’s segment with Nancy Pearl, model for the action figure librarian, who shared the first lines of books.

I caught up on my Get Fuzzy reading tonight. This past week’s strips had the theme of Bucky the cat wanting a statue of himself. He claims, “Statues show people who they need to idolize. The are visual aids, if you will, to show the idiot masses who their betters are. For only perfect people [...]

for the librarian action figure instead? Or is it more like Where’s Waldo?
(No, I’m not saying the librarian action figure looks like Waldo, though it does bare a distant resemblance to a Waldo I once knew …)
Addendum 8/8: Having posted this yesterday, it was a rather odd experience to watch the Flat Stanley portion [...]

"This week Pearl, the country’s most famous librarian (there are no candidates for second place), is retiring from her job as director of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library."
Nancy is the model for the librarian action figure. I had the honor of hearing her speak in April. She’s made many [...]

Librarian.net and LIS News claim Nancy Pearl, model for the librarian action figure, is retiring. Now don’t you wish you would have bid on the autographed one I gave to the Special Libraries Association News Division auction?
Best wishes, Nancy!