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Katie sent me a video of Drew looking at a recordable book Dale and recorded last Christmas. These books are such fun because the text can be read by anyone through a recorder built into the book. Then your child or grandchild or niece or nephew or friend can listen to you read him/her the story. But the fun part was Drew knew my voice and actually said, "Oma" Oma. This post is probably a family thing, but it's also cute to see Riley laying next to Drew.
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This is very cool. click on the image of any of the books and you'll get the first lines. So many well known they've become part of the vernacular. Makes me want to reread some of them and maybe try some others for the first time.
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A Charlton Massachusetts police officer was sent to the home of a five year old to collect money for the child's overdue library book.
Nothing like scaring the enjoyment of reading right out of the kid.
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An excellent discussion on why the Kindle is the e reader you should choose by Paul McCain.
If you still aren't convinced, take a look at the new Kindle Fire.
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On Wednesday a new book will be available, Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy.
The book is based on 8 and a half hours of audio taped interviews she gave to historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. shortly after the assassination. It looks as though Amazon is not only selling the book, but including the audio tapes.
Excerpts which have been leaked make purchasing the book very tempting.
It's hard to believe it's been 50 years since JFK's inaugural.
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According to Amazon which tallied all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since January 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents.
Not only did they compile data on book sales per city, but they took note of what kind of reading was done by buyers in those cities.
Cambridge is number one and selects a lot of non fiction. Duh. Harvard.
Alexandria Virginia is number 2 and gets a lot of children's books.
Boulder Colorado is into cooking, food and wine.
I'd like to see what is most popular for the other cities, St. Louis is Number 20.
The entire list can be seen here.
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Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman, has a new children's book out today-The Charlie Book.
The book about her Bassett Hound Charlie is terrifically written and illustrated, so enjoyable that adults will love it as much as kids, maybe more so. If you've ever read her blog posts on the real Charlie you are probably heading for Amazon or Borders to get the book right now.
At our house we'll be getting one for us and a couple for the grandsons.
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Yesterday we went to the Rockville Town Center and the MAtH thought it would be nice to spend some time in a bookstore while I grocery shopped. Turns out the town center has about every kind of shop and restaurant but no bookstore.
On the way home Dale said it was odd there was no bookstore. Seems the future is bookstore-less And maybe library-less.
Bollingbrook Illinois opened a new library yesterday, possibly a glimpse into the future of libraries. IPads, Kindles and Nooks replace many books. The building is filled with flat screen TVs, computer terminals, self-check-out stations, automated book sorter and a cafe. There are books, but they are not the main event.
Does this trouble you? Think of it as libraries doing their job as depositories of information in ways their customers want it.
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