Puppets Go To Church Perry and Perry 1975 Puppets, clowns, and mimes are my personal trifecta of evil. However, when one is in charge of collection development at a library, it is essential to set aside one’s personal issues with
Category: Fine and Not So Fine Arts
This category includes dance, art, theater and music related posts.
Jamming on the Harpsichord
The Harpsichord Owner’s Guide: A Manual for Buyers & Owners Kottick 1992 Submitter: Zero circs in about 9 years. Why on earth does this need to belong in a rural medium-sized library? Holly: This was published in 1992?? Was
Dance the night away
The Official Guide to Latin Dancing Dow 1980 I was weeding the 700s the other day and look what I found. This book is the companion to this Disco book we featured a while back. I am not a dancer
Clowns for Jesus
Clowning for Christ (Revised) Christensen 1986 Without a doubt, this is my worst nightmare in book form. I gotta say I am not a big fan of the clown as a Christian emissary. Maybe I am going out on a
Real Men Like Poetry
Rough Men, Tough Men Poems of Action and Adventure Cole, ed. 1969 This book caught my eye for both the title and the cover art. I think the orange pirate look on the guy is a bit creepy. I also
Mediocre Magic
Nothing’s Impossible! Stunts to Entertain and Amaze Sheridan 1982 Need to up your entertainment skills? These guys have the solution. Basic magic, stunts and some positive affirmations are what this book offers. The tricks aren’t well explained either and others
Funny Ha Ha?
How to be Really Funny Stolzenberg 1988 I’m not sure a book can tell you how to be funny, whoops, I mean really funny, but this book does. It literally tells you what is funny. Example: simple mindedness also known
Dancing in the Stacks
Tap Dancing Atwater 1971 I am sure that all the kids will lining up to pick up some tap dance tips from this attractive book. I initially thought this book was much older than 1971 given the somewhat 50s-looking cover