Jay Walker’s Library of Wonders - I read with awe at the amazing collection of historical artifacts amassed by Jay Walker, founder of Walker Digital. Equally fascinating is the 3,600 square-foot library, specially designed and constructed to be an “engagement space”. He called it “a room, a library, that would be about human imagination”. I could spend days reading/marvelling at, inter alia, the scholar’s rocks, celestial atlas (first non-Earth centric drawings), Nuremberg Chronicle (first illustrated history book), Enigma code machine.
Biblioburro - This inspiring story is about a different kind of library: a one-man operation aided by two donkeys. On weekends, the trio bring books to remote villages in Colombia. And Luis Soriano has been doing this for the past decade, driven by the belief that reading can make a positive difference to childrens’ lives.
30 Simple Ways to Get Your Child Ready to Read - Great list of easy tips.
October 25, 2008
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