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April 13, 2016 • Television, Classics, Fiction, Fiction: MG & YA
This year we thought we’d celebrate National Bookmobile Day by placing some fictional characters in charge of some real life libraries on wheels. While Kimmy Schmidt is still one of our favorite imagined librarians, we couldn’t picture her driving a bookmobile through the streets of NY without ending up in an accident. So we left her happily working in the public library as we set out on the road.
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April 12, 2016 • Quirk Kids, Fiction: MG & YA
Happy 100th birthday, Beverly Cleary! Thank you so much for writing the wonderful books that have defined so many people's childhoods: Henry Huggins, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, and, of course, the Ramona Qimby series. In honor of your special day, we would like to imagine what Ramona Quimby would be like at the age of thirty.
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April 11, 2016 • Fiction, Fiction: MG & YA
In honor of National Library Week we thought we’d help dispel the pop culture stereotype of librarians being elderly women shushing kids. Instead, we've rounded up some awesome, real-life, librarians and library workers to follow on Twitter. Hopefully in the process we’ll also convert Leslie Knope into loving libraries like we do.
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April 7, 2016 • Classics, Fiction: MG & YA
Inspired by the fox in The Little Prince, we’re taking a look at our favorite vulpine creatures in literature.
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March 31, 2016 • Classics, Fiction: MG & YA
The Statue of Hans Christian Anderson in Odense, Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen is best known for bringing us fairy tales such as “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and “Thumbelina,” among many, many others. His likeness has been memorialized on everything from a Danish postage stamp to statues in cities around the world. To celebrate his 211th birthday, we’ve picked out four young adult novels inspired by his stories.
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March 31, 2016 • Classics, Fiction: MG & YA
It's the time of year that every student loves: Spring Break. Before you pack your bags for the trip to Mexico or Florida, we would like to make some recommendations for literary travel companions to take along with you on the journey.
