Favourite book title of a Friday afternoon:
Animals worth knowing, selected from "Life histories of northern animals" (1934), by Ernest Thompson Seton
I'm thinking that a lot of animals are worth knowing, 'cause ya know, they're all cute and stuff! Some animals may be less cute than others. For instance, if you compare a koala with a cockroach, well, okay, I guess it depends on your definition of cuteness. For some, feelers and fluttery cockroach wings may be super cute. For others, like me, fluffy koalaness is more cute.
But this isn't even about what's cute, it's about what is worth knowing. I'm curious about this book. We supposedly have it on our library, so I'm going to have to check it out and see if I agree with Seton's opinion on which animals are worth knowing.
A slight spanner is thrown into the works, however, when we see that on Amazon.com, this book is listed as Animals (worth knowing), rather than Animals worth knowing. This suggests to me that the book could be basically about animals, and the information we're given in the book is worth knowing.
I'll let you know what I think when I find the book.
Showing posts with label Library Treasures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Library Treasures. Show all posts
Friday, May 4, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
"Microbes and men" by Robert Reid
Anyway, this is all I have to say today, but I want to explain that this post is part of the Library Treasures blog post series we will be featuring here. Great authors, great book titles, and great other things (authority records perhaps?) that we stumble across in our lovely dusty grimy library and its...errrr, "quaint" catalogue.
One down, many thousands to go!
P.S. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
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