A Secret Elvis Presley Property Has Surfaced in Mississippi—and It’s for Sale He was “the King” of rock ‘n’ roll, but Elvis Presley also loved land. The late legend’s prized mansion, Graceland, sits on over 13 acres of land in Memphis, TN. Living surrounded by nature was his reprieve from a life Read more…
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Since it was first detected in Wuhan, China in December, COVID-19 (commonly referred to as simply “coronavirus”) has spread to other countries, including the United States. Cases of the virus have been reported across the country, with some areas declaring a state of emergency. As such, it’s Read more…
Stephen King’s home 👻 will become a museum and writers’ retreat Today in “Stephen King is a good literary citizen” news: the writer’s home in Bangor, ME (the AKA the real-life Derry, where the sewers are perfectly normal thank you very much) will soon house an archive of his work and a Read more…
Who doesn’t read books in America? BY ANDREW PERRIN PEWRESEARCH.ORG Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 8 to Feb. Read more…
One-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks BY ANDREW PERRIN PEWRESEARCH.ORG Americans are spreading their book consumption across several formats, and the use of audiobooks is on the rise. Roughly seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say they have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has Read more…
Does Reading Literary Fiction Improve Empathy? Reading fiction has been said to increase people’s empathy and compassion. But does the research really bear that out? By Claudia Hammond • BBC 3 June 2019 Every day more than 1.8 million books are sold in the US and another half a million Read more…
September is Library Card Sign-up Month! This month, Disney’s Toy Story has teamed up with the American Library Association (ALA) to promote the value of a library card. Library cards give you unlimited access to knowledge through books, movies, databases, programming, and more! We want to see YOUR library card during September! Read more…
New Children’s Books Funded by an LSTA Grant You will be seeing many new Children’s book titles coming to your library in the coming weeks thanks to our receiving an LSTA Grant from the Institute of Musuem and Library Services. Here are a few of those titles… Rabbit Magic Read more…
THE APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING The 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing is Saturday, July 20, 2019 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, both American, landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle Read more…
The Tree That Inspired Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” Has Fallen Over The seaside cypress believed to have inspired the fanciful Truffula trees of Dr. Seuss’ classic 1971 children’s tale “The Lorax” has toppled in Southern California. The Monterey cypress stood 80 to 100 years in Ellen Browning Scripps Park in Read more…