From Sherry Early, Meriadoc Homeschool Library: Blessed are the men of Noah’s race that build their little arks, though frail and poorly filled, and steer through winds contrary towards a wraith, a rumour of a harbour guessed by faith. ~Mythopoeia by JRR Tolkien Like Noah, I am building an ark. My ark looks more like…
Category: Librarian Notices
The Genesis of Covenant Family Library, Elizabeth Jones, Librarian
We set up bookcases at one end of our walk-in basement, the end with the door. Over the years the library space worked its way around until it took up two thirds of the basement. My husband built nice brick steps to get people safely down and around the house, but on snowy days I had people come in the kitchen door and down the basement stairs so they wouldn’t slip and die.
Jeannette Tulis’s Library Journey
From Jeannette Tulis, Green Door Children’s Heritage Library, Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. My love affair with libraries began early. I was the youngest library card holder in Elmhurst, IL. I think the librarians had pity on me as I checked out stacks of books and so they relaxed the age restriction for qualifying for a card….
Sara Masarik of Plumfield Living Books Library in Wisconsin
I have always been a collector of books. My whole family is full of readers – my grandparents, aunts, uncles, parents, cousins, and siblings. We all read. And read a lot. My grandparents and my parents each had rooms in their homes dubbed “the library” that were packed to the gills with books of all…
Robin Pack of Children’s Legacy Library in Tennessee
“Robin, have you ever thought about opening a library?” That simple question, asked on a hot, muggy day in August, 2001, changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of the families who would someday walk through my library door. My husband, 10-year-old son, and I were attending a living books gathering “on the…
Kathie Johnson’s Library Journey
From Kathie Johnson of Neighborhood Children’s Library in Berkley, CA. How My Library Came About I began collecting books as a young 5th-grade teacher. My principal’s wife was big on book fairs, and I got hooked. This was in the 1960’s, and many of the large publishers were just coming out with paperback versions of their children’s…
Hall’s Living Library, from State to State Over Five Decades
Growing up, I loved to read. I think I read everything in our school library, especially the elementary school library. Both of my college degrees are in education, and my favorite courses were Children’s Literature. As I began teaching school in upstate New York and in Pennsylvania, my knowledge of children’s books, authors, and illustrators…
Michelle Howard’s Library Journey
From Michelle Howard of Children’s Preservation Library in Michigan and Living Learning Libraries in Florida. Check out Michelle’s Plumfield Moms podcast interview here. Michelle’s website is a treasure trove of library resources. So you’re starting a “living books” library, or prayerfully considering such a decision! Wonderful! It might surprise you to know how great is the need. It…