Look who is 60!

Charlotte's Web is a classic children's story that was first published in 1952. It's hard to believe it is sixty years old. The story seems fresh each time it is read aloud. There is someting about friendship that is timeless.  The  setting is the least familiar space for most sub-urban and urban dwellers - the barn.  Michael Sims, blog author, wrote  The Story of Charlotte's Web [PS3545 H5187 Z925 2011]  which he began by noting he was "standing in the barn that had belonged to E.B.White". The real barn where E.B. White discovered Charlotte, Wilbur and Templeton.

Find out more about "E. B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic" by reading The Story of Charlotte's Web [PS3545 H5187 Z925 2011].



-kss

The Alexandria Link

Plucked randomly from the shelves is a book I couldn't put down. It's a mystery that twists and turns with good guys being bad and bad guys being good. The ending leaves one breathless. The point of the mystery is to find what was once the worlds most complete library, the library at Alexandria.  Does it really exist? Can it be found?

The author, Steve Berry, notes Why Preserving History Matters in his blog entry at the Huffington Post. Libraries do preserve history. Librarians share that information. The real mystery is why our culture doesn't value the collection and sharing of  knowledge?

-kss