scratchpad jr. (2nd import)

Who else would ship a bunch of trades across the country for me to read? Man, you so rock! *j starts carving time out of the schedule for reading

Library Link of the Day selects this commentary on Banned Books Week expressing concerns about the lack of literature expressing conservative viewpoints, like books about family values and heterosexuality.

For my potential trip to the library today, I listed some books to read during Banned Books Week based on the American Library Association’s ten challenged books for 2004, the 100 frequently challenged books during 1990 to 2000, and what my library has available. I’ve already read four of the books on the list of [...]

Banned Books Week, one of my favorite librarian, uh, holiweeks(?), celebrations(?), occassions(?), begins Saturday, September 24, and goes through Saturday, October 1. The American Library Association has lots of materials for the week (linked above), including a list of popularly challenged books between 1990 and 2000. I had already lined up my reading for next [...]

Library Link of the Day chose this article about the current state of electronic books and what needs to happen before they become very popular. I like the section on Marketing tie-ins. Remember sneaking other fun things to do inside books you had to read? (Yeah, me, neither.) You could do that automatically because of [...]

This afternoon (Saturday, September 17), the Boston Public Library is holding a special celebration in honor of Curious George’s birthday from 1 to 4 pm. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino declared September 17 Curious George Day in honor of this famous children’s book character. Other Curious George stuff on the scratchpad: ->Curious George Goes to the [...]

I found the portrayal of the Vatican archives in Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons quite fascinating. I have no idea how the described archives reflects reality. However, the book is not for those of you who are faint of heart when it comes to archives and special texts. In the course of the story, the [...]

at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art until December 5. Oooh, thanks, v! Field trip, anyone?

The November 26 issue of the Internet Scout Report highlights this Web site featuring thousands of magazines, newspapers, and other reading material from around the globe.

I’m not sure which is more tantalizing: the thought of Nancy Pearl recommending children’s fantasy books or v blogging again. Of course, LISNews points to the NPR piece, too.