Great Writers as Finger Puppets

Item URL: http://www.shakespearesden.com/gwfp.html
Price: $19.95
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So William Shakespeare, Viriginia Woolf, Charles Dickens, and Leo Tolstoy walk into a bar... and... okay, I've got nothin'. But you can come up with you own comedy using these finger puppets from Shakespear's Den. Every book lover needs small, puppet authors to discuss the merits of Stream of Consiousness vs. Realism...right?

Hardback Book Pinhole Camera

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Price: $190

Item URL: http://www.etsy.com/listing/59013324/claudia-hardback-book-pinhole-camera

The art of repurposing books is it's own craze! Have you seen one? Comment and let us know!

This one of a kind handmade pinhole camera is designed and crafted from an upcycled vintage hardback book. Designed to take standard 35mm film, it's easy to shoot a whole roll of film and rewind it back into the canister for development. This unique camera has a slide shutter and is nicely finished off with beautiful ebony and pearl knobs. The camera comes with it's own set of instructions on how to load, shoot, and remove film, approximate exposure times, number of turns to advance each frame, as well as sample photos taken.

A Card Catalog for your CDs!

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Cost: $189.95
Item URL: http://www.signals.com/signals/Item_Library-CD-Storage-Cabinets_HA2002G_ps_srm.html

I want this! I would buy more CD's just to need this!

Inspired by classic library fixtures, this solidly built birchwood card catalog has vintage-style finger pull/label holders. Each drawer holds 19 CDs. Paper labels included. Comes fully assembled!

Alice in Wonderland Cocktail Napkins

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Price: $30

Item URL: http://tartx.com/item/Alice_in_Wonderland_Cocktail_Napkins/1799/c65#

The perfect accessory for you own mad tea party! This set of six classic napkins features various characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland along with some of your favorite quotes. Now all you need is a dormouse...and maybe Johnny Depp.

Bookcase Murals

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Price: $81.57
Item URL: http://www.creativewallcovering.com/pc/cwid401/240/Bookcases+Photo+Half+Murals.html

Have you ever wanted a library in your home, but not wanted a library in you home? Now you can have exactly that! With this creative wall covering, you can have all the library and none of the hassle! No books to collect, no shelves to construct, no dusting to do and most of all you don't have to dust a thing! These wall-sized murals can make any room look like it is stacked top to bottom with books! All you need now is...something to read.

Catalog Card Generator

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Created By: John Blyberg
Blog Homepage: http://www.blyberg.net/
Contributed By: Lisa Herning

Do you miss the old catalogs? Are you nostalgic for the thoroughly-thumbed scribbled over catalog cards from your youth? Do you wish you could create just one more record the old fashioned way? Grieve no more for the Catalog Card Generator is here! John Blyberg has created this novel little plug-in so one and all can create library catalog cards once more.

"Librarian: The Game" - An i-phone/i-pad app.

Retrieved From: http://speakquietly.blogspot.com/2011/01/librarian-game.html
Price: $0.99
Item URL for i-phone: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/shelved/id412103332?mt=8#
Item URL for i-pad: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/shelved/id412103332?mt=8
Contributed by: Lisa Herning

Are you a librarian at heart? Do you have what it takes to work in a library? This game is your test! The point of the game is simple: put the books in order--but any librarian will tell you that's not as simple as it sounds. The game is iPod/iPhone/iPad compatible.

Shelving books may not sound very sporty, but if you have ever wondered how fast can you shelve a cart of books, then there’s now an app for that. The game features three different modes of play: LOC, Dewey, and Alphabetical.