false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094913m/138442.jpg 138442 3 Adult/High School–Since elementary school, Rothbart has been collecting things he finds–in the trash, on the bus, on the ground. When he decided that others might be interested in them, he cut and pasted the best ones into a fanzine called Found. Other people quickly began sending him items, and the magazine grew into this "best of" collection. It contains predominantly handwritten notes, but there are also photos, drawings, e-mails, grocery lists, and even a picture of a kitten that was found in a library book drop. Many of the finds are compelling on their own, but what really entertains is the imagined possible backgrounds. One must wonder about the story behind the note, "Don't take matress. Leanne died on it. Shame on you. Apt. 306." There is also an interview with cartoonist Lynda Barry, and a poignant one with a man who found a message in a bottle 19 years after it was sent to sea. Though many of the items will bring laughs, there are also sad ones–lots of breakup notes and those written by children to their estranged parents, and some moving flyers from the World Trade Center collapse. Some of the pieces were obviously written by high-school students and passed in class. Reluctant readers will enjoy browsing through the silly, the sexy, and the scatological, but this book will appeal to anyone's inner eavesdropper and packrat instincts.–Jamie Watson, Harford County Public Library, MD Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 133447 19 4 2004 Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World total:696|5:290|4:259|3:116|2:23|1:8| 696 2888 957 90 3 6 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 18:38:44 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 19:47:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 12 08:47:11 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 08:20:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Mar 23 18:51:43 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 23 19:02:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 08:16:18 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 13:16:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 18:29:32 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 19:33:44 -0700 2008 1
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Unfortunately, I have found myself going over numerous pages while reading this book and oftentimes thought that the items found were boring. ]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 11 10:41:42 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 10:43:02 -0700 2007
God almighty, WHAT IS THE CONTEXT for that note???]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 22 22:59:52 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 23:04:36 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 02 19:50:14 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:07:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 04 22:21:28 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 22:21:40 -0700 2008
I don't read non-fiction all that often, but I was intrigued by FOUND when it was nominated as a 2007 Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults. And I'm very glad I picked up a copy!

FOUND is, quite simply, a book filled with notes, letters, lists...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 13:47:37 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:34:41 -0700 2009 Was She Pretty? and PostSecret Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives, both of which I enjoyed more. I found it very hard to ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 08:19:42 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 08:22:46 -0700 2009
This book has really great stuff in it: notes of love, notes of anger, letters that will break the heart, shopping lists, lists of things to do, photographs, art by kids and art by adults, interviews (including one...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 14 12:49:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:55:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 13 12:07:53 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:53:44 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 12:07:53 -0800 2008 www.foundmagazine.com) - ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 09:06:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 09:22:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 09:49:44 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 09:52:39 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jun 13 23:11:38 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 23:15:48 -0700 2009 some one else can find them
some one else can decide to do
what they do with our things

its always what you find
thats important
and looked after

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