A Reader's Advisory, readalike and new book blog. From Long Island with a Brentwood slant.
“America’s school libraries are an inexhaustible fountain of knowledge. They provide today’s students with the skills they need to achieve great things in their lives. School librarians help children develop a love of reading and teach them to become critical thinkers. In other words, they are essential to building a child’s greatest asset – their mind.” - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Wise words, Kareem!
“The Federal Government has stepped in to save banks, and the automobile industry, but where are they on the important subject of books?” asks bestselling author James Patterson, who took out a full-page ad in The New York Times Book Review on April 21.
“If there are no bookstores, no libraries, no serious publishers with passionate, dedicated, idealistic editors, what will happen to our literature? Who will discover and mentor new writers? Who will publish our important books? What will happen if there are no more books like these?”
| — | On the Road, Jack Kerouac (via ralphjames) |
On this day in 1964, the New York World’s Fair kicked off in Flushing Meadows, Queens. And we were there!
Above, the brochure for the fair’s smallest pavilion.
Why not Pick up Latin American Writers at Work, a collection of interviews found in the pages of the Paris Review from the library?
