Alice — Mark It With a Water Stone
Jul18

Alice — Mark It With a Water Stone

    “I mark this day with a white stone.” – Lewis Carroll On a special day in the town where Lewis Carroll (aka Charles Dodgson) lived and wrote his famous fairy tale, where would an author dream of sharing her book? Where would an author want to show off her carefully selected outfit while browsing through hundreds of other books thoughtfully and tastefully displayed to complement her book event? Where...

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How Will We Read: Children’s Books?
Nov29

How Will We Read: Children’s Books?

 “In 5 years you will have an entirely new marketplace of digital reading material for young children, in all new forms” – Karen Lotz  Karen Lotz is the Group Managing Director of Walker Books Ltd., a London-based company that includes the children’s publishing companies Walker Books UK, Walker Books Australia, US based Candlewick Press, and a children’s television development unit, Walker...

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How Will We Read: In Public Libraries?
Nov21

How Will We Read: In Public Libraries?

   “When asked to support local library funding measures, communities have done so, voting in favor of 87% of operating funding measures last year.” — Molly Raphael   Libraries across the United States need our help as they are being closed or having significant cuts made to their budgets. The public library service has impacted each of us at some point in our lives whether as a child, a student or as an...

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How Will We Read? – The Book Given
Oct26

How Will We Read? – The Book Given

 The book given by Lewis Carroll to Alice Liddell for Christmas  On November 26, 1864, Lewis Carroll gave my relative, Alice Pleasance Liddell, a book he had written for her.  He called the book Alice’s Adventures Underground after considering titles such as Alice’s Golden House, Alice Among the Elves, Alice Among the Goblins, and Alice’s Doings In Wonderland.  Carroll had spent over two years writing and...

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