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Do you have any biographies of Sherlock Holmes? (asked by a 12-year-old boy) Lynne Campbell John Curtis Free Library Hanover, MA Sherlock Holmes – the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – was “born” sometime in 1887 and featured in more than 50 novels and short stories and dozens of other works. His [...]

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Do you have the book Ricky Ricardo’s Mighty Robot? Anne Kennedy Licking County Library Newark, OH The “Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot” series is the brain child of children’s author and illustrator, Dave Pilkey, who’s authored numerous book series for children including: “Captain Underpants,” “Dumb Bunnies,” “Big Dog and Little Dog,” and “Dragon.” Most recently he’s [...]

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What other countries celebrate the Fourth of July? Virginia Hopkins Texas A&M University Corpus Christie, TX Three days before July 4th, in 1867, the British North America Act went into effect on July 1, 1867, uniting Upper Canada (now called Ontario), Lower Canada (now Quebec), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into a British dominion. Canada [...]

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Do you have any audiobooks about sign language?  Anne Kennedy Licking County Library Newark, OH. We don’t have any eAudio books but we do have a eVideo! Easy Sign Language Learn sign language and communicate with family, friends, and co-workers!In this interactive video, professional sign language interpreter Renee Moore will show you a simple and [...]

Mermaids

Do you have any animated mermaid books? Not mermaid biographies. Madison Ediger Olathe Public Library Olathe, KS. Before the age of 50, composer Alan Menken had won eight Academy Awards and four Grammy awards. He gained fame for his work on Walt Disney animated films, beginning with “The Little Mermaid,” which won the Oscar for [...]

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What type of books does Jane E-y-r-e (patron spelled out) write? Are you familiar with her? Madison Ediger Olathe Public Library Olathe, KS In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane moves gradually from primitive and occasionally violent reactions to a more rational and civilized response. Eventually, both Jane and the novel evolve to the point that [...]

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I’m looking for a book about Sucrets. He’s a philosopher. Carlos Fernandez Miami, FL Socrates, whose name literally means “revealing excellence,” was born in Athens around 470 BCE and is considered the father of philosophy. He is known to modern readers only through the written works of other philosophers and historians. In fact, it’s unclear whether [...]

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Where are the science fair project books about dragons? Lorie O’Donnell Jervis Public Library Rome, NY In ancient times, dragons often represented evil, destruction, and death. In some cases, as in Norse myth, dragons represent greed. They are usually portrayed as frightening and destructive monsters. Gods and heroes must slay them in symbolic battles of [...]

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Do you have any books on the beginning of language, like in the Renaissance? Judy Terry Victory University Memphis, TN The Renaissance – beginning in Italy in the mid 1300s – was a time of change for Medieval Europe. Known as the golden age of art and architecture, the Renaissance was also a time of [...]

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We offer free WI-FI at the library. A patron called and asked if they could access the WI-FI from their home. Kenneth Kugler Queens Public Library Queens, NY Wireless networks for computing, such as Wi-Fi, are isolated and limited to a radius of around 50 to 100 feet. This limitation is quickly being overcome, however, [...]

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I don’t remember the title, but it starts with an “S.” I think it is orange and blue. (The book had recently come out and was on the New York Times bestsellers list. We found it.) Suzanne Guinn Rogers Public Library Rogers, AR Books & Authors offers new ways to explore the endless possibilities and [...]

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What do the aliens call their own planets? (Internet search by a sixth-grader) Stella Gonzalez Providence Catholic School San Antonio, TX When astronomers were first observing the solar system, they were uncertain how many planets it contained. Planet X was the name assigned to a hypothetical large planet orbiting somewhere beyond Neptune according to World [...]

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Do you have the book,“Diary of a Wimpy Worm”?  (Combining the children’s book “Diary of a Worm” with the popular “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) Discover more than 250 “diary” titles, including “The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life through the Pages of a Lost Journal” about a diary found in a Manhattan dumpster and [...]

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Do you have any books on Genghis Khan and his Mongrel Hordes? Linda Adams Gibbs High School Corryton, TN Our Gale Virtual Reference Library has a host of information on Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. There are a variety of reference books with information including: The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students Encyclopedia of [...]

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Do you have this audio-book in large print? Sounds were recorded for the first time in 1877 on an experimental machine that Thomas Edison hoped would translate telephone calls into telegraph messages. It recorded the calls as indentations in a strip of paper passing under a stylus. Edison noticed that when he passed the indented [...]

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“Do you have any books about World War III? How about World War IV?” (Asked by a first-grader) Susan Kempel Kennedy Elementary Fargo, ND

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Where are the anthropologies? (She meant “anthologies”) Judy Terry Victory University Library Memphis, TN The Literature Resource Center has a host of anthologies as well as information about them. Also Student Resources in Context is a good source for anthologies. Besides the anthologies in print the eMedia Catalog has 25 anthologies in ebook and eaudio [...]

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“I need to look up this word in the booktionary.” (From a first-grader needing a dictionary) Joanie Ramos Fort Worth Library Fort Worth, TX

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“How old do you have to be to be a teenager?” Karen Clodfelter University City Public Library St, Louis, MO The concept of “the teenager” developed in the United States during the 1940s. Since the 1600s, it had been common to refer to youths as being in their “teens,” but it was only during the [...]

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“I need a copy of ‘Robert’s Rules of Order,’ I’m going to start a band.” Beth Gilbert Mountain View Public Library Mountain View, MO Henry Martyn Robert, a military engineer with a long and varied career, began to seriously research and study parliamentary law after being asked to preside over a meeting at his church [...]