Category Archives: Librarianship

Dear Mr. Hubby

Sometimes Hubby goes to elementary school classes to talk about what its like to be blind. Recently, he attended a fourth grade class (organized by the school librarian). He got a stack of thank you letters and here are a smattering, on stationary that gives the kids a bunny, a bug and a big pencilContinueContinue reading “Dear Mr. Hubby”

Toronto librarian admits shooting Chicago cop in ’60s

The saga of an American who spent 39 years on the run for the attempted murder of a Chicago police officer, most of it hiding under an assumed name in Mississauga, Canada, ended today in a U.S. court, where he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years probation and a $250,000 fine. “IContinueContinue reading “Toronto librarian admits shooting Chicago cop in ’60s”

Ann Arbor book dealer steals books to sell for heroin

Prosecutors charged the owner of a long-time Ann Arbor used-book store and three other individuals in a book-selling scheme that involved hundreds of stolen textbooks from a nearby store. Police said in court Tuesday that the owner of David’s Books requested a “shopping list” of books from the three other suspects, and they stole theContinueContinue reading “Ann Arbor book dealer steals books to sell for heroin”

First, They Came for the Pengiuns

“And Tango Makes Three,” the award-winning children’s book based on the true story of two male penguins who hatched an orphaned egg and raised the chick together, was removed from general circulation in Loudoun County, VA elementary school libraries. Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick overrode the recommendations of both school and district-levelContinueContinue reading “First, They Came for the Pengiuns”