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WWJC?
What Would Jesus Craft: 30 Simple Projects for Making a Blessed Home MacDonald 2015 If you are Christian and easily offended, please stop reading right now. This book may push you right over the edge. For everyone else, here goes nothing. Here at ALB our standard fare consists of “it’s…
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Phonics Phun
The Fantastic Phonics Food Factory Wilkes and Grogan 2000 Submitter: The Fantastic Phonics Food Factory is neither savory nor sweet. It is overly spicy and not fit for human consumption. Usually cucumbers get a bad rap but this book equally sexualizes all foods, fruits, vegetables and processed meats. It has…
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Friday Fiction – Meanest Doll in the World
The Meanest Doll in the World Martin and Godwin 2003 Submitter: This book is probably not as bad as it appears, but the drawings creeped me out more than anything. It is written by Ann Martin, who has written several popular titles that circulate well in our library. Brian Selznick…
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Time to Dance!
Mambo Made Easy Book Guild of America 1956 Submitter: Though the information in these books are still relevant, and four of the five books still have the original 45 RPM records (!), the books are in rough physical condition and they never circulate. In addition, 60 years after their publication,…
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Managing Periodicals
When I started my current job, I was assigned a collection to manage: periodicals. Honestly, I was less than excited about that. I was responsible for periodicals in my old job too, and was hoping to get away from it! I have a lot of admiration for librarians and library…
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Dealing With the Staff Hoarder
Holly and I are fond of telling people in our presentations that every library has at least one hoarder on staff. The punchline is, if you say no, then it probably is you. Without fail, at every presentation we have given, there is someone who wants to talk about a…
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