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Spooktacular and Scary Stories for Kiddies!





The Scary Stuff



Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3 - More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz.



Scary, Scary Halloween and In the Haunted House by Eve Bunting; The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams; Bruce Coville author of the excellent "My Teacher is an Alien" has a series, i.e. Book of Monsters: Tales to… Continue

Added by katydidit on October 7, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Books About the Golden Age of Radio

1. Sound and Fury

By Francis Chase Jr.

Harper, 1942



Francis Chase Jr. wrote his "informal history of broadcasting" at a time when broadcasting meant one thing: radio. With our lives now bombarded by television, satellite radio, the Internet and cellphones, it is difficult to imagine the technological breakthrough that radio represented and how it transfixed listeners. "Sound and Fury" beautifully captures the significance of radio's arrival and conveys a deep appreciation… Continue

Added by Robert on November 6, 2008 at 6:22am — No Comments

The Top 50 Children's Book

Children's Books - Telegraph.co.uk - February 26th, 2008



The Telegraph reports another list, this one of children's books: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Winnie the Pooh and the Famous Five all finished above the only Harry Potter book to make the top 50.



The results are a surprise because the last four Harry Potter stories were the fastest-selling books in history. The poll was conducted among 4,000 parents - suggesting most believe in the superiority… Continue

Added by katydidit on July 27, 2008 at 11:03pm — 3 Comments

NPR's List of Books for Kids

Series to Keep Kids (and Adults) Under Books' Spell by Lynn Neary at National Public Radio (NPR). Great list for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles to encourage reading and to keep them busy during the summer vacation.

You can find the list here .

Added by katydidit on June 5, 2008 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

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I’l like to invite all my friends from the Library to go to www.otrrpedia.net and join the forum there.  It’s small now, but I believe that it will rapidly become THE place for information on series and their stars.  We will need people who can contribute bits and pieces of information to be added to [...]

To Scott H.

The drive you sent me isn’t large enough to hold all the SNT files I have.  Not even all the ones I’ve posted to the Library and I still have six disks I haven’t posted. jimb

10 gig per month

Ten gig per month is set aside as long as we have SNT.

Friday Night Surprise

Saturday Night Theatre is now available.a:-S

Agatha Christie

The agatha Christie shows are now under ‘Agatha Christie’ and I’ll leave them up through the week-end to make up for my mistake.  Watch for another Friday Night Surprise later tonight! Injoy! jimb  

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