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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward_at_aclibrary.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:30:50 -0700
My husband and I were discussing the terrible lack of kid-friendly nonficti on books when we were children in the early 1960s....neither one of us coul d get to the library easily. Our elementary schools had no school libraries either. Occasionally, our public school would take a field trip to the tin y public library branch but not very often.
While we grew up in different states, we both lived too far out of town for frequent trips to the main library. And forget about the bookstore-not eno ugh money for that. So, that meant we cherished the one or two favorite ite ms we owned (I know, it sounds like Little House on the Prairie)...my cheri shed book was a collection of folk tales from India. It was an oversized bo ok with gorgeous illustrations. The other books I often thumbed through out of boredom was our old set of Funk and Wagnell's encyclopedias. It's no wo nder I became a librarian.
Oddly enough, my husband confessed that his cherished book was a collection of Disney tall tales-Pecos Bill, Brer Rabbit, etc. He read it over and ove r again...The other book he loved was Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy H olling. While not true nonfiction, the story satisfied his curiosity about Native Americans.
Children today are so fortunate to have the variety and depth of nonfiction (as well as their parent's disposable income to buy books or the family's ability to get them to a public library for more!). My own children cannot believe that my husband and I had to reread our books because the wait betw een new books was a long one.
Celeste Steward Collection Development Librarian IV Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 (510)745-1586
Received on Mon 11 Oct 2010 09:30:50 AM CDT
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:30:50 -0700
My husband and I were discussing the terrible lack of kid-friendly nonficti on books when we were children in the early 1960s....neither one of us coul d get to the library easily. Our elementary schools had no school libraries either. Occasionally, our public school would take a field trip to the tin y public library branch but not very often.
While we grew up in different states, we both lived too far out of town for frequent trips to the main library. And forget about the bookstore-not eno ugh money for that. So, that meant we cherished the one or two favorite ite ms we owned (I know, it sounds like Little House on the Prairie)...my cheri shed book was a collection of folk tales from India. It was an oversized bo ok with gorgeous illustrations. The other books I often thumbed through out of boredom was our old set of Funk and Wagnell's encyclopedias. It's no wo nder I became a librarian.
Oddly enough, my husband confessed that his cherished book was a collection of Disney tall tales-Pecos Bill, Brer Rabbit, etc. He read it over and ove r again...The other book he loved was Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy H olling. While not true nonfiction, the story satisfied his curiosity about Native Americans.
Children today are so fortunate to have the variety and depth of nonfiction (as well as their parent's disposable income to buy books or the family's ability to get them to a public library for more!). My own children cannot believe that my husband and I had to reread our books because the wait betw een new books was a long one.
Celeste Steward Collection Development Librarian IV Alameda County Library 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 (510)745-1586
Received on Mon 11 Oct 2010 09:30:50 AM CDT
