It's gray and overcast today, but will not rain, because ...
It's gray and overcast today, but will not rain, because it will never, ever rain again here. I also have a dead tree in the backyard that really needs to be removed, before hurricane season and we end up with it in the living room.
From Liz Hand: Guys Lit Wire Book Fair for Ballou Senior High School in Washington, DC
At the time the video was made early this year there were just over 1,150 books on the shelves at Ballou; there are over 1,200 students in the school. So there was barely one book for each student (the ALA standard is 11:1). The WaPo ran an article about Ballou in January and I have seen a few follow-ups here and there (National Geographic sent over a bunch of books) but what struck me in all the efforts to help is what always hits me - people send books they have (publishers do the same) which is lovely, but not necessarily the books that the school needs or, most importantly of all, the students want. That's where we come in and why we keep doing this, and loving it, every single year.
The article has a link to the school's wish list on Powell's online bookstore, plus the school librarian's address. You can purchase a book they need/want and send it directly to the school's library.
From Jody Hedlund: 10 Simple Ways to Support Authors You Love These all add up to basically one thing: tell people about the book you liked if you think they might like it too.
Speaking of which: the third book in David Anthony Durham's fantasy trilogy is coming out in a few months. If you loved Game of Thrones, the books or the show, you'll probably enjoy it, and it's all finished. The first book is Acacia.
From Liz Hand: Guys Lit Wire Book Fair for Ballou Senior High School in Washington, DC
At the time the video was made early this year there were just over 1,150 books on the shelves at Ballou; there are over 1,200 students in the school. So there was barely one book for each student (the ALA standard is 11:1). The WaPo ran an article about Ballou in January and I have seen a few follow-ups here and there (National Geographic sent over a bunch of books) but what struck me in all the efforts to help is what always hits me - people send books they have (publishers do the same) which is lovely, but not necessarily the books that the school needs or, most importantly of all, the students want. That's where we come in and why we keep doing this, and loving it, every single year.
The article has a link to the school's wish list on Powell's online bookstore, plus the school librarian's address. You can purchase a book they need/want and send it directly to the school's library.
From Jody Hedlund: 10 Simple Ways to Support Authors You Love These all add up to basically one thing: tell people about the book you liked if you think they might like it too.
Speaking of which: the third book in David Anthony Durham's fantasy trilogy is coming out in a few months. If you loved Game of Thrones, the books or the show, you'll probably enjoy it, and it's all finished. The first book is Acacia.
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