Posted on 01/15/2020 11:24:34 AM PST by steveben
At the top of the list is a diverse children’s book titled ‘The Snowy Day’ about a boy enjoying the snowfall. Since being published back in 1962, it’s been checked-out a whopping 485,583 times!
You’ll also be happy to know that mah homie Harry Potter, the incredibly talented Boy Who Lived, wizard extraordinaire, and slayer of evil forces, also made it to the top-10 list. Meanwhile, there are rumors floating about that the #1 slot would have been taken by a book other than ‘The Snowy Day.’
I know “The Snowy Day” very well, having read it to my children dozens of time in the late 80’s when they were small. It’s a lovely little story about a small boy who goes out to play in the snow, making footprints, etc. At one point he puts a snowball in his pocket to put in the refrigerator later, and is sad to find out it had melted. It’s very innocent and non-ideological. The little boy In the story happens to be African American (thus the “diverse” label, I suppose), but it has no bearing on the story.
I guess the reason Dreams from My Father and It Takes a Village didn't make the top ten is that most New Yorkers bought their own personal copies.
with the exception of Harry Potter, these were required reading material in school. Whether it was grade school or high school.
I do wonder, which books were least likely to be returned? (Bundy’d)
“I’ve been to the Central Lib in downtown LA. which is 8 floors. You are correct. but you forgot one thing: it’s also known as the Homeless Hilton.”
The local public library is an after-school social hall and drug bazaar for kids from the nearby high school.
Rules For Radicals
It hits me as odd each time someone walks into my den/ office ands sees the wall to wall floor to ceiling books, and it taken aback. Invariably one of the questions will be “have you read All of them?” To which my reply is: yes, and most of them several times.
These exhibit a wide range, from textbooks, technical manuals to some fiction, a book or few on photography interests, though better than half are history and commentary on history. There are even books by FReepers.
Giving up watching TV was such a boost in my reading time.
Interesting... To Kill a Mockingbird.
I believe that it is banned our grade school.
Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers are often the public library's best customers. They don't have to buy the books they read to the kiddies every day, and the selection is better than the school library.
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