tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3548767172236547585..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: No library on the Prairie ...... Miriam HalahmyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-12652618175183033082012-07-17T11:56:42.495+01:002012-07-17T11:56:42.495+01:00Sue and I have decided we could be related and tal...Sue and I have decided we could be related and talk about lots of things Hyams anyway, Heather. Very enjoyable.Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841164190139769948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-68848291168850602812012-07-17T10:16:39.841+01:002012-07-17T10:16:39.841+01:00Oh dear and Obama is supposed to care about that k...Oh dear and Obama is supposed to care about that kind of thing, it wasn’t really a surprise here with the Tories in power. Are you related to Sue Hyams?Heather Kilgourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07553036216216310308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-5283453404340505662012-07-15T14:39:43.603+01:002012-07-15T14:39:43.603+01:00I was certainly very impressed with the Oxnard lib...I was certainly very impressed with the Oxnard library and do hope all the American libraries survive their cuts.Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841164190139769948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-6151364733045448412012-07-14T17:49:54.177+01:002012-07-14T17:49:54.177+01:00I've had good experiences of Californian libra...I've had good experiences of Californian libraries too - I was members of both Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara public libraries.<br /><br />I remember discovering Judith Viorst's wonderful "Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day" and many other fantastic American classics which are not well known in the UK. But I was intrigued that they also had many older British books too - like the Church Mice books by Graham Oakley, which I suspect are now hard to find in UK libraries.<br /><br />And one thing I really loved about them - the picture books were in alphabetical order! <br /><br />My favourite of all American libraries though is in Boulder, Colorado, and includes a bridge over Boulder creek...Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-49574063143227081152012-07-14T12:55:11.893+01:002012-07-14T12:55:11.893+01:00Laura was my imaginary friend through thick and th...Laura was my imaginary friend through thick and thin, all through my growing-up, and I still feel a great bond with her now. Did those stories of building houses out of logs and sods and planks lead me to marry an architect who has now built me a house with planks on the outside?! She's precious to me, so I very much hope that library can be saved ... as well as for the more obvious and pressing reasons, of course.Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87370699922005788802012-07-14T12:55:04.196+01:002012-07-14T12:55:04.196+01:00Laura was my imaginary friend through thick and th...Laura was my imaginary friend through thick and thin, all through my growing-up, and I still feel a great bond with her now. Did those stories of building houses out of logs and sods and planks lead me to marry an architect who has now built me a house with planks on the outside?! She's precious to me, so I very much hope that library can be saved ... as well as for the more obvious and pressing reasons, of course.Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-12253640231225957972012-07-14T11:03:26.106+01:002012-07-14T11:03:26.106+01:00Hear hear Miriam. Thank you for highlighting the p...Hear hear Miriam. Thank you for highlighting the particular talents of the children's librarian whether it be corresponding with authors in the 1950's or finding new voices for their readers today. Once they're gone......Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.com