Biblio Tech :why libraries matter more than ever in the age of google by John Palfrey. Basic Books, 2015.

I read it.

More Ready-To-Tell Tales From Around the Word by David Holt. August House, 2000, 256 pages

This is my favorite storytelling book! I stumbled across it by accident in Borders and have been raving about it ever since. It is my bible. Each multicultural tale is fully indexed to audience age, type of tale, and country of origen. All tales are donated by world class professional tellers who not only put their stories in the public domain, but also add story background information and tips for telling the tales. Small list of acknowledgments serves as a mini-bibliography. I have turned to it many times when I need a story for a quick tell or a more involved program. While I love them all, "The Barking Mouse" and "Dog Tails" are now part of my permanent repertoire.

Young, Gifted, and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African American Students. Beacon Press (2004), Paperback, 183 pages

Written by three prominent black scholars, this series of essays presents three different points of view regarding the achievement gap between black and latino students on the one hand and white and asian students on the other. Points of debate include the history of the gap, the numbers behind it, the fallout in popular culture associated with the achievement gap and ideas on what works. It is an interesting and thought provoking series in which the authors sometimes compliment each other's viewpoints and at other times almost contradict each other. My only disappointment was that the promised listing of programs that work was more theory than nuts and bolts examples of what works for whom. Still worth keeping.