Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith We all need a place to escape from the real world. For Divya and Aaron, it’s the world of online gaming. While Divya trades her rising-star status for sponsorships to help her struggling single mom pay rent, Aaron plays as a way to fuel his own dreams of becoming a game developer–and as a way to disappear […]
The Lincoln Award is designed to encourage teens to read for personal satisfaction and become familiar with authors of young adult and adult books. The award is named for Abraham Lincoln, one of Illinois’ most famous residents and himself an avid reader and noted author. The Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE) sponsors the award. For a book to […]
Are you an avid gamer? Whether you like games such as Pac-Man, Super Mario, Call of Duty, or Animal Crossing, our modern version of video games would not exist without the pioneering efforts of a black engineer named Jerry Lawson. In 1976, Lawson helped oversee the creation of the Channel F (for “Fun”), the first-ever home video game console that […]
It’s National Library Shelfie Day: What do your bookshelves look like? You know what a selfie is, but have you heard of a shelfie? Held on the 4th Wednesday of January since 2014, Library Shelfie Day was created by the New York Public Library. On this day, book lovers share selfies of themselves in front of library shelves and […]
