books are forever

Thursday 9 May 2013

i found out the is manga name Library wars about librarian who are soldiers protecting rare books and books in general

the manga also have anime series to it fun to look at since i will become an librarian

Tuesday 19 March 2013

Famous poets
http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous_poets/most_popular_famous_poets.aspx

Angelou , Maya

Dickinson , Emily

Silverstein , Shel

Jonson , Ben

Poe , Edgar Allan

Abercrombie , Lascelles

Frost , Robert

Adams , Sarah Fuller Flower

Shakespeare , William

Neruda , Pablo

Cummings , Edward Estlin (E E)

Agustini , Delmira

Tuesday 5 March 2013

comic book all over the world

In 1837, "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" was published by Rudolphe Töpffer and it is considered the earliest known comic book. In 1842, "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" became the first comic book published in the United States. "Obadiah Oldbuck" was a forty page book. Each page had several picture panels with accompanying text underneath.

the Platinum Age - is the birth of comics around 1842 these are some of them

Golden Age of Comic Books it continued 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s.At this time America was fighting war and used the comic to give hope to citizens .This gave birth to the super heroes

Superman
Green Lantern
Justice Society of America
Batman
Flash
Hawkman
Black Canary
Aquaman
Doctor Fate
Doctor Occult
Green Arrow
The Spectre
Superboy

Silver Age of Comic Books is were the DC and MARVEL began to introduce new super heroes and change some the drawing of the old ones . 1960's . The Bronze Age of Comic Books merge real stituation in comics to help young people that were having trouble in their life .

The X-Men

The Fantastic Four

The Amazing Spider

The Incredible Hulk

Modern Age of Comic Books came out in the early 1980's

Watchmen
Spawn

Japanese comics or manga have been around sine 1950 their are many types of mangas and it is very popular in the north America and Europe

Monday 4 March 2013

Trinidad and Tobago folk tale

http://www.tntisland.com/folklore.html

http://berdina.tripod.com/folklore.htm

Superstitions and Folklore Characters in Trinidad & Tobago well be similar to other Caribbean countries with slight variations in name of the character.

libraries all of the world

China national library http://www.nlc.gov.cn/newen/
http://www.nlc.gov.cn/old/old/english.htm

The National Library of China Zhōngguó Guójiā Túshūguǎn or NLC in Beijing is the largest library in Asia,[3][4][5] and one of the largest in the world with a collection of over 26.3 million volumes of books by 2007.[1][6][7][8] It holds the largest and among the richest worldwide collections of Chinese literature and historical documents.[4]

The forerunner of the National Library of China, the Metropolitan Library (Jīngshī Túshūguǎn), was founded on 24 April 1909 by the Qing government.[9] It was first formally opened after the Xinhai Revolution, in 1912. In 1916, the library received depository library status.[4] In July 1928, its name was changed to National Beijing Library and was later changed to the National Library.

Japan national libraries is called National Diet Library. House of Peers, the library of the House of Representatives, both of which were established at the creation of Japan's Imperial Diet in 1890; and the Imperial Library, which had been established in 1872 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.

Tokyo Main Library of the National Diet Library

Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library

Main building in Tokyo

http://www.librijournal.org/pdf/2003-2pp130-141.pdf

The National Library of Korea is located in Seoul, South Korea and was established in 1945. It houses over 6.5 million volumes, including over 844,000 foreign books and some of the National Treasures of South Korea.

It was relocated within Seoul, from Sogong-dong, Jung-gu to Namsan-dong in 1974, and again to the present location at Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, in 1988. It was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Culture in 1991.