I happened upon some lovely book-related things… a picture and a poem. I am not certain who wrote the poem, I found it in a book but it says it was written anonymously (I found out who it was, see below). I will share them both with you. I hope you like them.
The photo is property of Rune Guneriussen (http://www.runeguneriussen.no/wallno02/02_02.html)
The poem:
I’ve travelled [sic] the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners.
I’ve been where no one’s
been before,
learned secrets from writers
and cooks,
All on one library ticket
To the wonderful work of books.
– Janice James (I found the author…with a little google help…)
This one is even better than yesterday’s! I love love love it… so cute! They put a lot of time and energy into this, bravo!
The people who made it posted this,
After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), my wife and I (Sean Ohlenkamp) decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973).
Everything you see here can be purchased at Type Books.
Grayson Matthews (http://www.graysonmatthews.com/) generously composed the beautiful, custom music.
Oh. My. I love when creative people think of us bookworms and create cool things like this…
This book tent is made by FieldCandy. You can find it here. This fantastic tent is named “Fully Booked” and the description reads:
Are you a big fan of books? We mean, are you a really big fan of books. Because this is, well, it’s an enormous book. It looks like a giant has dropped his favourite best seller. Plus, it also lets you meet up with other book fans on the campsite. You can even hold book groups in your tent and discuss whether Twilight is better than Harry Potter.
I came across this brilliant idea by accident and I absolutely in love with it! The Little Free Library is a network of people putting up tiny little libaries where people can come by and take a book or leave a book! What a way to promote literacy and a love for reading! You can build your own or buy a kit or one already made from them directly! How cool is that?
According to their website, their goals are:
To promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide.
To build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity and wisdom across generations.
To build more than 2,510 libraries around the world–more than Andrew Carnegie!
And so, from their brilliant minds to yours…click here to go to their website and learn more.
I was looking at some stop motion animation and came across some great book stop motion animations out there… here are a four book or book-related animations worth seeing.
I know I have not posted in far too long but I have been reading and finding little gems to share with all of you. I also have been taking lots of photographs! Some are fantastic. I recruited a friend to take some book photos of me. They are risque and so I am nervous to post them but they are fun and in good nature. They were intended to encourage reading as sexy but I am not ready to share yet. I will try to be more consistent posting here. Bad me. I owe you some book reviews, for certain!
Book Mooch
A place where you can give a book and get a book or two or three. (Soft Capitalism and eco-friendly reading)
Curious Pages by Lane Smith
A site for all your reading disorders. Here we celebrate the offbeat, the abstract, the unusual, the surreal, the macabre, the inappropriate, the subversive and the funky.
Google Books
A search engine just for books! You can search books and even read a chapter in some before buying them!
Shelfari
Online book-lovers community, a place to hang your bookmark.
The Kindle
The most common wireless reading device.
The Nook
The latest and greatest in eBook readers! You can even loan books with friends!
