tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post8777094385511257615..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: LMN...Peter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-22783495630922240412009-05-23T04:32:49.173-04:002009-05-23T04:32:49.173-04:00I had a copy of Corcoran's novel Sam when I was in...I had a copy of Corcoran's novel Sam when I was in middle school. I loved it. Still remember that orange and blue cover.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-55669169201141539642008-10-11T15:46:00.000-04:002008-10-11T15:46:00.000-04:00Catching up on your blog on a quiet day at work......Catching up on your blog on a quiet day at work.......<BR/><BR/>OP books is a subject near and dear to my heart. As a librarian there's nothing I hate more than trying to replace treasured, ratty copies when there are simply no replacements available. I've blogged about it myself (sorry! blatent SP!) and keep a running list of books that I'd love to see someone reissue. My current hobby horse is The Church Mice books. It was a mortal sin to let those got out of print!<BR/><BR/>Love the blog! You make me smile.Kara Schaff Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14799940457339268070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-41918338964685211142008-09-26T15:58:00.000-04:002008-09-26T15:58:00.000-04:00Until recently, I'd been under the mistaken impres...Until recently, I'd been under the mistaken impression that any Newbery or Caldecott winner would be granted in-print status until the Kingdom Come. When I weeding my library's picture book section recently, I pulled out <EM>Nine Days to Christmas</EM> because it hadn't circulated in several years. Its inside was in good shape, but the outside was totally grody. "I bet if we had a fresh copy, people would check it out," I thought... but you already know how this story ends. I put <EM>Nine Days to Christmas</EM> back on the shelf. My library, at least, will not pulp it, not yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-14330515933709973182008-09-26T11:06:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:06:00.000-04:00As a seller of books both new and used but mostly ...As a seller of books both new and used but mostly the latter, I am often asked why so many good books are already out of print. I'll have to follow the link you gave to educate myself. <BR/><BR/>On a more general note, I have to say it amuses me to hear people say in hesitant, dubious tones, "Change is good," as if they are trying to convince themselves of something they recognize as a generally acknowledged truth. Change is change, period! (Or exclamation mark.) Some change is good, some bad, and most is bad for some people and good for others or good in some ways for all of us and bad in other ways. Yes, much change is inevitable, but not all proposed changes must be uncritically accepted, in the book world or any other corner of human endeavor.<BR/><BR/>(Stepping down from the soapbox now....)P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-57200724753420615932008-09-25T18:40:00.000-04:002008-09-25T18:40:00.000-04:00I've given your blog an award!Thanks so much for w...I've given your blog an award!<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for writing such interesting stuff. Yours is the first blog I read every day.<BR/><BR/>http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/2008/09/gee-shucks.htmlCharlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-14678471186436134492008-09-25T11:36:00.000-04:002008-09-25T11:36:00.000-04:00That is unfortunate, May I Cross Your Golden River...That is unfortunate, May I Cross Your Golden River was one of those books that I've never forgotten—probably because it's pretty frightening to read about a young person's death in the first person (as I remember). The other book in this vein is charmingly called A Summer to Die. I've got to confess that I had no idea, until this very moment, checking Amazon, that the book is by Lois Lowry—which probably accounts for its still being in print.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-77636560392579993912008-09-24T17:55:00.000-04:002008-09-24T17:55:00.000-04:00Not only authors hate to hear it lol. Good books a...Not only authors hate to hear it lol. Good books are so hard to find once they become out of print! I have several copies of books that are OP that I've held onto over the years and many more that I wish I still had :(Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.com