Red Tash's Blog, page 272
September 13, 2011
September 12, 2011
Red Tash Trick or Treat Bash
"Literature was not born the day when a boy crying "wolf, wolf" came running out of the Neanderthal..."
September 11, 2011
Pulp Fiction?
nerdylikearockstar:
This year's display! I've fallen in love...
This year's display! I've fallen in love with removable labels from DEMCO. The top is the adult display; each book has a label with a bright red slash/circle (what are those things called?) with some of the reasons the book was challenged or banned. This is the question we get asked the most—particularly when someone finds a classic or a beloved book. I got all of that information from the ALA website and the 2007 Banned Books Week Sourcebook. The close-up is LOTR which was burned with many other books for being "satanic".
This year I kept the YA display separate, to encourage people to browse the books with the intent to check them out (which I think is easier when they're browsing their reading level). For the teen books I went for a more provocative "Are you brave enough to read a banned book?" and a modification of the message from last year.
So, are you brave enough to read a banned book?
September 10, 2011
utnereader:
Andrew Carnegie built an impressive 2,509 libraries...
Andrew Carnegie built an impressive 2,509 libraries around the turn of the 20th century. Now Rick Brooks and Todd Bol are on a mission to top his total with their two-foot by two-foot Little Free Libraries.
The diminutive, birdhouse-like libraries, which Brooks and Bol began installing in Hudson and Madison, Wisconsin, in 2009, are typically made of wood and Plexiglas and are designed to hold about 20 books for community members to borrow and enjoy. Offerings include anything from Russian novels and gardening guides to French cookbooks and Dr. Seuss.
