Feel like wasting some time and having a good laugh? Go to YearbookYourself.com and have at it!
Thanks, kick butt librarian Richelle, for sharing!
Archive for Where I’m Surfing
Knol: Google’s Wikipedia
According to Google, “a knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.” Read all about Google’s answer to the online, user-edited encyclopedia at ABC News.
The actual Knol site is right here.
I like the idea, of course. I lost a lot of faith in Wikipedia when I was looking for information about Dance Dance Revolution and learned that it’s a game involving used contraceptives. Knol is pretty darn new to the scene, so I guess time will tell how many butts on the kick butt scale it will earn.
Thanks to kick butt and very tech-savvy Adam for sharing!
The Sisters Grimm
What fun! The Fairy-Tale Detectives kicks off The Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, and it is certainly a treat for fairy-tale enthusiasts of all ages.
I just finished reading it and wanted to share some cool links that the author included in the extensive guide at the end of the book.
Brother’s Grimm: Fairy Tales, History, Facts, and More from National Geographic
The SurLaLune Fairy-Tale Site by Heidi Anne Heiner, a very kick butt librarian!
Can’t wait to do some exploring!
Eight YA Books I Really Want to Read
I’m inspired by a lively book discussion the youth staff had about the Texas Lonestar Reading List this morning. The following books aren’t necessarily on any Lonestar list, and many of them are several years old, but the meeting got me thinking about all the books out there that I still really want to read! Too bad I’m such a slow poke. Here they are, in no particular order…
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale
Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
By the way, I highly recommend Goodreads to organize and track all the books you’ve ever read and ever want to read!
Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
A kick butt librarian friend sent me a link to these absolutely breathtaking pictures of the world’s most beautiful libraries. The extraordinary images were gathered by Curious Expeditions, a very cool site for armchair travelers and library lovers!
The Austrian National Library (Vienna, Austria)
