Comments on: Seattle library hides 1,000 books around town for young people to find

By: Ben Chatterton

Ben Chatterton — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:19:00 +0000

Bibliocaching FTW.

By: Chauncey Scott

Chauncey Scott — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Cynic here, find said books, sell on ebay. Make quad-drillions.

By: ofasudden

ofasudden — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

I’m sure ‘read them’ is implied between ‘find’ and ‘re-hide.’ It’s like Pay it Forward, or Read it Forward.

By: Culturedropout

Culturedropout — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:02:00 +0000

It’s all fun and games until the bomb squad detonates The Berenstain Bears. Well, actually, that might be kind of fun too… XD

By: hartpandrew

hartpandrew — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:33:00 +0000

Dig this.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:56:00 +0000

Stuff like this just really makes me smile.

By: David Wright

David Wright — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:10:00 +0000

Every Night is World Book Night at the Library!!! This year the project is being done in conjunction w/ BookCrossing, which is basically this whole idea all year round, everywhere (and they have plastic bags for rainy climes).

By: Dan Quixote

Dan Quixote — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:43:00 +0000

This is an awesome idea. I’m going to see if my library can do something like it.

By: Amelia_G

Amelia_G — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:17:00 +0000

je suis interested in how they are protecting the books from rainwater? could be very cool & useful

By: vytautasmalesh

vytautasmalesh — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:19:00 +0000

I would like to gay marry the entire city of Seattle plz!

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:14:00 +0000

“Young people are encouraged to scour the city’s landmarks for 1,000 books hidden throughout town, and then to re-hide them for other kids to find.”

Wait. So when do they get read?

By: Timmy Corkery

Timmy Corkery — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:11:00 +0000

This doesn’t surprise me in the least because the SPL totally rules. I reserve my books from home and check them out via RFID and (frickin’) laser beams. It’s like living in the future and/or magic, depending on your grasp of the tech involved. I feel completely comfortable making the blanket generalization that all folks at the Seattle Public Library system are awesome, fun, really smart and creative.

By: Robert Cruickshank

Robert Cruickshank — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:06:00 +0000

I’d have to agree with you there. Sooner or later some hysteric is going to report one of the books as a ‘suspicious package’. Cue bomb squads, mass sackings, Fox News waging its own War on Libraries, etc. etc.

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:21:00 +0000

This would never work in Boston, you know.

By: John McCracken

John McCracken — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:27:00 +0000

They should hide the books in the library. Good luck finding which books are the hidden ones.

By: Paul Woodford

Paul Woodford — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:15:00 +0000

I blog about banned & challenged books. I have also done a little geocaching. I’m having a chocolate truck/peanut butter truck collision moment here!

By: Daniel Earwicker

Daniel Earwicker — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:15:00 +0000

They did the same thing in my town, except they hid all the books in one building.