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Oodles of caboodles of strudels and noodles for you today…. poodles.  Lots of stuff to get through, so let’s make it short and sweet.

• First and foremost, SPOGG has taken my suggestion (so to speak) for a second name.  And with a name like SPOGG, it’s gotta be good.

• I just found me a new Mock Newbery blog.  Sharon’s Mock Newbery is brand spanking new and, happily, is considering many titles I already adore for their mock award.  If you know of other Mock Newberys (can we call them MoNes?), please write their name in my comment section but NOT their URL.  I’ll find them as long as I know their names.  URLs send this blog into a tizzy and cancel out comments quick as a wink.  FYI

• Speaking of pretty blogs I’d never seen before, check out author/bookseller Sarah Miller and her lovely layout.  THAT is how you do it, people.  Authors who haven’t made their own blogs yet, take note.  Mighty nice template, don’t  you think?

• Recently I received an e-mail from Anne Marie Pace.  In it, she mentioned the following: ""My family recently vacationed in Chincoteague, home of Marguerite Henry’s MISTY. I was struck by the irony that this beautiful island, which gave its name to such a well-beloved children’s book, has the highest illiteracy and poverty rates in Virginia. The Chincoteague Island Library is in the midst of a fund drive to garner funds to build a new library building with room for literacy programs and children’s programs, among other things."  To bring more attention to this issue she is now discussing The Chincoteague Island Library and its current fund drive on her blog.  Be sure to give it a peek.
  

• At some point I’m just going to secretly hide a direct feed from Eric Berlin’s blog into my own.  I may as well.  At this point I’m just stealing all the stuff he finds anyway.  For example, it’s not kidlit related but how the heck am I supposed to resist something called The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks?  In college a friend of mine would go about putting quotation marks around certain words that appeared on flyers.  "Study" Hour This Sunday.  Call Me For a "Free" Couch.  I loved unnecessary quotes ever since.

• This is a note to my fellow librarians out there.  Has anyone else noticed the increase in bizarro patrons in the last week?  Is it just my branch or is it more widespread?  I tell you that reading an article like Working in the public library can be strange certainly puts my mind at ease.  It’s not just us, it’s not just us, it’s not just us . . . .

• Then we start to get silly.  For example, there is this item that comes in handy when holding a book is just too damn hard.  And again from Eric Berlin it’s Stephen Colbert! In Rubic Cube form!

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