Yesterday, I tried to be good and read a book about the Common Core. If you don't know what the Common Core is you probably live under a rock, don't have any children/teens or work with children/teens, or both. Actually, you should know what the Common Core standards are just because you're an American and … Continue reading Don’t throw out Anais Nin, it breaks my heart
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I love to throw away crappy books
Especially when they are like the one above. This was a find from the YA section this last week. Here's the description from Amazon: "When her father's decision to quit his lucrative job to "find himself" as an actor changes their family's finances, pampered sixteen-year-old Carole is dismayed that she must give up her credit … Continue reading I love to throw away crappy books
An ode to weeding
Ahh weeding. Who doesn't love it? I don't mean weeding in a garden, I mean getting rid of the crappy books in a library's collection. They might be crappy because they are old or because they got destroyed or they are ugly or offensive. Circulation actually goes up after you weed because patrons can see … Continue reading An ode to weeding
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