Barb's Birthday Blanket

I am a Starfish Rescuer

Home Safe

by Elizabeth Berg

Books don't take time away from us. They give back. In this age of abstraction of multitasking, of speed for speed's sake, they reintroduce us to the elegance - and the relief! - of real, tick-tock time. (pg. 229)

This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

by Marilyn Johnson


"In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste." ~Marilyn Johnson

"Librarian's values are as sound as Girl Scouts': truth, free-speech, and universal literacy. And, like the Scouts, they possess a quality that I think make librarians invaluable and indispensable: they want to help. They want to help us. They want to be of service. And they're not trying to sell us anything."
(pg. 8)

Marilyn Johnson made me fall even more in love when she states that "cupcakes were the official snack of young librarians." (pg. 211)

Forge

by Laurie Halse Anderson

We wore all manner of shirts, waistcoats, breeches, and shoes, tho' some were barefooted. Looking down our lines, I saw every possible color of hair and eye (tho' some were missing an eye and others were bald-headed), as well as all colors of skin, ...more We wore all manner of shirts, waistcoats, breeches, and shoes, tho' some were barefooted. Looking down our lines, I saw every possible color of hair and eye (tho' some were missing an eye and others were bald-headed), as well as all colors of skin, from the darkest black of men born in Africa to the snow-white pallor of the Scotsmen, and all shades in betwixt the two. The appearance of our army recalled the variations of the trees and leaves in the forest behind us. Each soldier stood tall, each soul afire with pride. (pg 50)

Chains

by Laurie Halse Anderson

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? And if a girl was to seek her freedom, how could she do such a fool-headed thing? Especially a girl trapped in New York? Best thing would be to break into the desk of a British commander, ...more If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? And if a girl was to seek her freedom, how could she do such a fool-headed thing? Especially a girl trapped in New York? Best thing would be to break into the desk of a British commander, steal a pass and forge her name and his name on it, and act free. (pg. 272)

Momma always said that common sense was far from common, that's why it was so special when you found it. (pg. 240)

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