Morning Notes: One Coin, Two Coin, Red Coin, Blue Coin Edition

CALDECOTT SECRETS

Or rather, why are there so many? Click here to read.

NPR ON SENDAK

Morning Edition recently used the occasion of Maurice Sendak’s final work “My Brother’s Book” to talk about the man and his legacy. Click here to listen.

THIS BOOK NEEDS A HOLOGRAM

What is the wave of the future when it comes to libraries? This comic is not the answer. But is it fun. Click here to read.

GENTLY USED E-BOOKS?

It appears that there’s a growing push to allow consumers to resell “used e-books”. Amazon recently caused a stir in this arena by securing a patent on a marketplace for used digital content. Click here for that. paidContent has a nice overview of the whole concept of used e-books. It will be interesting to see where this goes. Click here to read.

NINTENDO BOOKS

In mash-up news, someone went and created a sampler of well known children’s books re-imagined with Nintendo characters. This only provides more fodder for my “there should be an entire blog that only posts about Dr. Seuss mash-ups” idea. Click here to read.