“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison
May 17, 2025
“An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” – Lydia M. Child
May 16, 2025
“It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars, and then back to the tide pool.” – John Steinbeck
May 15, 2025
“A soul is like electricity. We don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.” – Ray Charles
May 14, 2025
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly now, love mercy now.” – Rami Shapiro
May 13, 2025
125 years ago today, L. Frank Baum's first children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in the US. The first edition was printed and bound by Baum himself for presentation to his sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster. The first 10,000 copies sold out fast, and by 1938 over a million were sold. Telling the story of a simple farm girl from Kansas being swept up by a twister and landing in a mysterious fantastical world, it was the first novel in a series that would extend up to 14 entries. READ more... (1900)
