All Hallow's Read, My New Favorite Holiday

What do you think of when I say the word "Halloween?"  Ghosts and goblins, spirits galore, witches on broom sailing over full moon skies?  What if I told you you could think of all of that and books?

Author Neil Gaiman has come up with a great idea to share scary books on Halloween.  There are other holidays, many where you give gifts.  Share kindness and warmth on a cold Christmas.  Put your heart on your sleeve on Valentine's Day.  Show dad you can remember how to find the tie department on Father's Day.  But All Hallow's Read... that's where things get intimate.  Because what is more intimate than telling someone that something scares you?  Give the gift of what scares you this Halloween.

Go to the All Hallow's Read website or Neil Gaiman's journal entry to learn more.  Check out one of my favorite scary books, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.  Or watch the video below to learn more.

Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out: A reading from Huckleberry Finn

So we at the Banned Library enlisted the aid of our friend Boba Fett and made a little video of our favorite banned book "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" for the Banned Books Week Virtual Read-Out.  See more videos at the Banned Books Week's Youtube channel.

And yes, I know the audio quality is bad.

Awesome Sauce AKA Old Spice Library Commercial

This made me laugh so hard I sat up and coughed up the embedding code.





Although I have to ask:
1)  Does he need a polo shirt to go to the library?  That just seemed extraneous.
2)  Should he be talking that loud around others trying to study?  I think that guy threw him a lap top to shut him up.
3)  I feel bad for that book cart, it was designed to carry books and may be warped by using it like that.  (you should always have 3 things on a list.  Otherwise it just looks silly.)

Shout out to The Wee Librarian, where I first saw this.