You wouldn't want to live without Libraries written by Fiona Macdonald and illustrated by Mark Bergin. This is a great book about the history and importance of libraries. It is a children's book but all great children' books hold infinite knowledge for the old and the young alike. It included beautiful illustrations and text features that incorporated a lot of useful and factual information. It answered some questions I had about the importance of libraries throughout time and cultures; like how royal scribes kept records of government business, scientific discoveries, myths, legends, and etc around the world. It explained how early libraries and libraries today are the guardians of national culture and history.
The Man Who Loved Libraries-The Story of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Larsen. This book is also a children's book is written as a narrative telling how Andrew Carnegie grew up from humble means and ended up building over 2,500 public libraries around the world. This book is a great book because it shows how one person can make a difference.
Schomburg The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford. This book is a children's book but it gives some incredible information about the amazing and worldwide contributions of African people around the world. Arturo Schomburg was a black mailroom clerk at BankersTrust who managed eleven white men. Schomburg of Puerto Rico who was a book lover became a heritage detective who spent his life collecting books and hunted for clues. He was a zealous reader who was looking for facts and artifacts affirming the "role of African descendants in building nations and shaping cultures." Some of them were a surprised to me. This is one book you have to read and share with the younger generation and those around you. It should also be included in every library. I was excited to learn that there is a Harlem library named after Schomburg and is a reminder of how persistence, knowledge, and courageousness can inspire, uplift, and challenge us to follow and chase their dreams. This book is definitely a keepsake.
Good Girls, Bad Girls of the New Testament by T. J. Wray features twelve biblical stories that was engaging and inspiring. The author was extremely knowledgeable about biblical history and it was evident in her work. She took extreme care in presenting the information and challenging and inspiring the reader at the same time.
Bad Girls of the Bible-And What we can Learn from them by Liz Curtis Higgs. The author elegantly blended fiction with nonfiction and made the Bible come alive. She introduce each chapter using a contemporary fiction story that made the Bible applicable and relevant to those who may consider it outdated and then took the reader back in time to biblical antiquity. It was well written and very moving and life changing.
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