Some Bookery...

Paris Hilton reads...

Get a free Children's Book Week poster here... Vote here for the first Children's Choice Book Awards... and Celebrate May 12-18!

From Librarian Judy Silva, beautiful children's books from the Prange Digital Children's Book Collection, 8,000 books published in Japan between 1945 and 1949...

Some are still talking about what type of book should be on your bookshelf, read or unread....

NPR reports on social networking and bibliophilia (not as dirty as it sounds)...

Watch National Library Week videos here... This one celebrates the 7.2 million reference questions answered by librarians weekly and they are very funny... like "would you take a look at this rash?" and "how do you spell one?" and "what size ring would the Statue of Liberty wear?"

The third installment of The Librarian is on the way....

Blessings on Stephen A. Schwarzman, who just donated $100 million to the New York Public Library...

National Book Critics Circle awards have been announced...

Last but not least, check out LibraryThing Local, where you can track events, etc. at your favorite bookstores and libraries...