Library Opening Gifts

Grand Opening

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

'My reading comprehension is so-so, but I do make up for it with my highlighting skills.'

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

Frontispiece to the first volume of 'Master Humphrey's Clock'

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

"Meet the scribe"

"Meet the embellisher 3-5 pm"

Little dog in Romance section in bookstore under sign: 'Puppy Love'

"I imagined the Library of Congress would be much bigger."

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

Paranormal A-Z...

Gen-Next Library

"I give up. Where's the power button?"

"Max! Oh, my God! There's like a billion moving ideas in there!"

'And the cat is due back in 2 weeks.'

"Yep, I've read this chapter before."

'Is that where you keep the banned books?'

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

"Author does not do tricks."

Another Bigfoot sighting...

"Never mind, Harry. Just remember, the 'Saturday Review' loved it."

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

"The library rejected your request to ban all books on cats and squirrels. But, to be fair, it was no dumber than all the other book ban requests we get."

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

Myths and legends...

'Trouble is they always forget to return them...'

'I know it's overdue but I've been in Intensive Care.'

'Neither a lender nor a borrower be.'

'Have you got the book 'After the end of the world'?'

Catalogue of little books.