<story><title>An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/31/library-book-idaho-dillon-helbig/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>schoen</author><text>My elementary school had a unit (I think in third or fourth grade) where each student made and illustrated a book, which was then bound by the librarians and temporarily added to the school library&amp;#x27;s collection, on a special shelf (for books by current students). Other students could check it out during the school year, and I think there was even an assignment where you were expected to check out one other student&amp;#x27;s book and give some kind of report or presentation about it!&lt;p&gt;At the end of the year, you got your own book back to keep.&lt;p&gt;This was a really great school project.</text></comment>
<story><title>An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf</title><url>https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/01/31/library-book-idaho-dillon-helbig/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tacLog</author><text>This reminds me of how instrumental just going to the library was as a kid for my love of reading. It was the only place that was like a store to me at the time where I could have anything I wanted. It felt like a fun challenge to find as many books that I might want to read as possible.&lt;p&gt;I wonder how we can create this experience more easily remotely. There are tons of library eBook apps that are all pretty awesome, but discovery of new content just isn&amp;#x27;t the same. I find myself going to the library still. Or even to book stores to write down interesting looking titles.&lt;p&gt;I know this seems like a boring problem because you can just go in person then put a hold on the eBook version while you are there. But there has to be a way to present a curated selection of books that inspires children to:&lt;p&gt;- enjoy the adventure of finding a good book&lt;p&gt;- fosters the idea that reading unlocks knowledge or stories about anything they want&lt;p&gt;- makes the process of sampling a book as easy as it is on Amazon, or in person&lt;p&gt;Why? When schools are remote, or to serve children that don&amp;#x27;t have a local anything nearby.&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know of services that provide this now or have any ideas for how this would best work as an enhanced UI over say Libby or overdrive, or even hoopla all of which are great for if you already know what you want to read.</text></comment>