Today computers invade and enhance our classrooms, but these old readers have captured an audience of collectors. Many were discarded and destroyed, but thankfully a lot were also saved by nostalgic teachers or found hidden in closets and trunks. As another school year begins and computers once again take center stage, stop and look at this exhibit and see how children learned generations ago. The display features readers from the 17th century, a period of religious emphasis, to the early 20th century, when the emphasis was on silent reading and speed. This exhibit may be viewed during regular library hours through the month of September.
Intellectual freedom is the right of every individual.
A Daughter's Memoir by Ianthe Elizabeth Brautigan in which she remembers her father, the writer Richard Brautigan, and his untimely death at age 49. Richard Brautigan was an American novelist and poet whose life still remains a mystery. If you are unfamiliar with this author's work, you may want to read Hawkline Monster, Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork, or Dreaming of Babylon available at the library. This database also contains indexing and abstracts for 4 national newspapers. Among the 159 full-text regional newspapers is The Philadelphia Inquirer.