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Netherlands University May Lose 17th-Century Books After Fire (Bloomberg.com)

May 17 (Bloomberg) -- A fire that destroyed the architecture- faculty building at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands may lead to the loss of 40,000 books and illustrated works from as early as the 17th century.

School librarians do more than loan books (Rapid City Journal)

Every week Cheryl Brenden touches the lives of more than 650 children. From the moment kids enter Brenden’s library, her excitement about books and reading is impossible to ignore.

Thousands of books : Bentonville schools have gone all out in a book drive for South Africa. (NWAnews.com)

BENTONVILLE — Ninth-grader Ewald Visser said he would have been happy with 500 books as a result of his second book drive for South Africa, but when he heard the six Bentonville schools involved in the drive collected around 8,500 books, he was left speechless. (Benton County Daily Record)

Childrens' books to take on vacation (Detroit Free Press)

Heading for the beach, hopping a plane to France or hitting the American road with your kids this summer? Some books to prep or pack: "Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach" (Kids Can Press, $15.95, ages 4-8), written and illustrated by Melanie Watt.

Got Books places new containers (Scituate Mariner)

Looking to get rid of used books? There are now two new places in Scituate to drop them off with Got Books. The town transfer station and Christ Lutheran Church are collecting used books, compact discs, DVDs, videos and audio books. Each has placed a drop-off donation and reuse container for residents, businesses, schools, libraries and other groups who wish to contribute books they no longer ...