From the Mid-Winter Exhibit Hall

School Librarians remember a resource for librarians and teachers called Marco Polo? It has been redesigned and is now called thinkfinity.org. It is a free resource for librarians, teachers, students, and parents. You will find lesson plans, websites, activities, games and more. Check it out.

I saw a new book on the Holocaust titled Hidden Letters. It is a book of 86 letters and postcards that a young Jewish Man wrote in 1942 in the Netherlands. There are extensive annotations, many photographs, maps and other documents. This book is not just about Flip Slier but a history of the Holocaust in Holland. It is a large book and each letter is reproduced and translated. From Star Bright Books the cost is $35. Visit the Hidden Letters website for a peek inside the book.

The book that almost didn’t get publishes. The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials by Steve Vander Ark. From RDR Books The Lexicon is now available. The authors were at ALA selling and signing the book.

Do you have readers who need print in a font size larger than that found in regular large print books? Check out the Company Read How You Want. They call themselves a customized book source. If you are looking for alternative formats of books for your visually challenged patrons. This is a company to investigate.