Failing by Default

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default."

-J. K. Rowling

Art by Lynd Ward

Midnight Inspiration

"You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write."*

- Saul Bellow

Bookplate of Lydia Brewster Hubbard
Engraved by W. F. Hopson
Courtesy Bookplate Junkie

*Courtesy D Biswas on Amlokiblogs 

Reading Expands Our Horizons

Reading is a way to live more lives, to experience more worlds, to meet people we care about and want to know more about, to understand others and develop a compassion for what they confront and endure.
― Roxanne J. Coady*

Roughly "Cleverness with humility conquer all."
from the The City Museum of Leipzig 

*From The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them

Not In My Nature

"Never read a book through merely because you have begun it." 

- John Witherspoon

From the Pratt Libraries Collection

Independent Reads for Independent Readers

Happy Independence Day! 

Celebrate America's birthday with these patriotic kids books.

Jean Fritz's essential book series

56 one-page biographies

A blast from the past,
beautifully edited & illustrated

Pictorial / historical

Fact-filled picture book

Not-to-be-missed

middle grade favorite

Which books will you read to celebrate American independence?