Children and onlookers bemo-an the fate of Jakarta’s three-wheeled library
You’ve got to love librarians — especially the ones who find creative ways to get books to underserved communities. Unfortunately, one such community in Jakarta, Indonesia may find itself without easy access to books soon, after… Read more »
Nashville’s Parnassus Books is firing on all cylinders
These days, it’s almost hard to remember that for a brief moment, the Athens of the South was (basically) without a serious bookstore (sorry Books-A-Million). Between 2010, when Davis-Kidd closed down… Read more »
Vermont bookmobile is back on the road
Last month we told you about an NPR story about the number of bookmobiles dwindling across the country—this Sunday, Weekend Edition announced that at least one of these trucks will… Read more »
Bookmobiles vanishing from the roads
National Bookmobile Day is coming up next week — on April 11 — but according to NPR, bookmobiles are becoming a thing of the past. Once a popular way for… Read more »