Jack Kerouac (/ˈkɛruæk/; born Jean-Louis Kérouac (though he called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac); March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian descent. Kerouac was born on March 12, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts to French Canadian parents, Léo-Alcide Kéroack (1899–1946) and Gabrielle-Ange Lévesque (1895–1973). He is considered a Read more
Staff Reviews: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Last Sunday night I made a terrible mistake. I started Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood just thirty minutes before bed and then I didn’t want to put it down! I stayed up way too late night after night as I became caught Read more
The Book Was Almost Thrown Away Friends of the Memphis Public Library Sold it for $1,250 You never know what you’ll find in a bin of old books. In the case of the Friends of the Memphis Public Library, you might just find a book worth $1,250. That’s how much Read more
A 30-million page library is heading to the moon to help preserve human civilization The massive archive is aboard Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft. Feb. 28, 2019, 2:58 PM CST By Corey S. Powell – NBC News When Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft launched toward the moon last week, it was carrying a mysterious cargo. Mission planners Read more
Your Kids Can Now Watch Astronauts Reading Stories From Space Reading to kids is wonderful and everything, but reading to kids from space is super awesome If you need to mix up your bedtime story routine a little bit, the Global Space Education Foundation has just the thing for you: Story Time in Read more
100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Helen Fagin Reads Her Letter About How Books Save Lives “Could you imagine a world without access to reading, to learning, to books?” Helen Fagin, who poses that question, doesn’t have to imagine it: she experienced that grim reality, and worse besides. “At twenty-one,” she continues, “I Read more
Posthumous Dr. Seuss book coming Sept. 3 NEW YORK (AP) — There is no muse like Dr. Seuss. An unfinished manuscript by the late children’s author is the basis for “Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum,” coming Sept. 3. Random House Children’s Books announced Thursday that illustrator Andrew Joyner completed the text, Read more
The Iuka Public Library has a great Bulletin Board for Black History Month
Female Librarians on Horseback Delivering Books, ca. 1930s In the 1930s, many people living in isolated communities had very little access to jobs, let alone a good education for their children. In Kentucky, they had isolated mountain communities which could only get their books and reading material from one source… Read more
Luka, The Picture Book Reading Robot Luka is a little owl shaped robot that reads picture books to your kids. Literally, it reads the book—you place a picture book in front of Luka and it reads the title. You turn the page and it starts reading the words on the Read more