40 degrees

Sydney sweltered with two days above 40˚C this month, but within this country some life encounters these temperature regularly. How does life survive and thrive there?

This children's book on life in the Simpson desert resulted from the author volunteering with research conducted in the location by scientists from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney, where I completed my degrees. The link provides more on this interesting story, and the book is one I am looking to add to my shelves.

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Lance Armstrong's fiction

Sydney's Manly library gave people a giggle with this sign on Saturday relating to the recently Lance Armstrong events. The photo was taken and posted on twitter by @Dane_Murray and interest has spread across the globe - with some media outlets seeing the humour and others missing it completely, such as The Guardian in the Uk that boldly announced once they discovered it was a "hoax".

Happy Monday

 

Happy Monday readers,

I haven't made many posts in a while, so here are a couple of things from elsewhere:
+ gorgeous previously unseen images in Charley Harper's Animal Kingdom
+ the first library without books
Including some focused on the new year ahead:
+ coming attractions for the shelves
+ five movies coming out that are based on books

The last link mentions The Reluctant Fundamentalist is being made into a movie. This book was amazing. It was one of the best written books, with so many layers in the simple narrative. It was amazing how your feelings and opinions of the character changes as the tale progressed. I highly recommend it.

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Happy Monday

From elsewhere:
+ our censored history :: the discovery of over 700 boxes of banned books
+ a discussion on digital vs paper books :: two gorgeous images included

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Happy Monday

Dear Readers,

I love this row of colourful books. I had the "Pond Life" book from this series when I was a small child and spend hours turning the pages slowly to see the images inside, as it was well before I could read. What a great series it must have been.

This weekend I spent many hours in the sky, flying home from New York to Sydney via LA. It was a welcoming sunny and warm city today and great to be seeing family with chocolate croissants and coffee in the park and excited children receiving their presents (including books of course, I was excited to find This is New York, from a great series I posted about previously).

Here are our great posts you may have missed:
+ clutches & handbags
+ on the walls :: artwork
+ hearts and books :: Valentine's day on the walls
+ last week revisited

Enjoy your week!

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Clutches and handbags

This gorgeous clutch appears like a copy of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird, with a gold trim and Liberty print inside. If this option from net-a-porter is too pricey, there are a number of alternatives from Rebound Designs, which we have featured before, shown below.

On the walls

These letters made of rolled book pages would make loved gifts for a reader, librarian or teacher if framed.

This last image was taken in a Kate Spade store. I love this idea, with objects added as illustrations, and I hope the quote is from a real book, because I want to know more about this girl.

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