Because this past weekend was busy (and tons of fun) I am going with two juvie readers with this post. (Also tons of fun)!

Did you know there is one more Seuss book? The manuscript and ideas for illustrations for a book about art were found when his wife was cleaning out his studio. Seems he never did well in art class (his drawings were rather, um, unconventional for that time), but he loved learning about art. Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum, with illustrations by Andrew Joyner, is a wonderful, quirky introduction to art and it’s many variations (cave art, impressionism, surrealism, etc.) using the horse as an example.

Mary Lemist Titcomb was often told she couldn’t do something because she was too young, or from a poor family, or a woman. She didn’t listen, but at that time the two professions available to women were nursing (she didn’t like being around blood) and teaching (she felt she lacked the necessary patience). Fortunately just about that time, a school of librarianship opened up and the rest, as they say, is history (just one we didn’t hear about until now). Mary loved getting books to the people. She set up small outposts where people could come and check out a book when they weren’t near a regular library. Then she had the idea of taking books to the people (how radical, yes?) It started with a horse-drawn custom made (her design) carriage. Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America’s First Bookmobile, by Sharlee Glenn is an amazing biography (with incredible research) of an amazing woman. I read it twice in one sitting!

Reading Hermit With Dog