The New York Public Library has listed its most checked-out books of all time.
— CNN (@CNN) January 14, 2020
1️⃣ "The Snowy Day"
2️⃣ "The Cat in the Hat"
3️⃣ "1984"
4️⃣ "Where the Wild Things Are"
5️⃣ "To Kill a Mockingbird"
6️⃣ "Charlotte's Web"
7️⃣ "Fahrenheit 451"https://t.co/AnptdVEOx6
The New York Public Library shared its 10 most checked out books of all time. Taking the #1 spot was "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats. It has been checked out a total of 485,584 times since 1962.
Other books on the list included "1984" by George Orwell at #3 with 441770 borrows, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie at #8 with 284524 borrows, and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling with 231022 borrows.
"Goodnight Moon" is given an honorable mention because it would have been on the list, but the children's librarian in charge when the book was published in 1947 hated it so much she refused to carry it. The library didn't carry it until 1972.
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What was the last book you checked out from the library? Favorite children's book?
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January 14 2020, 05:29:07 UTC 1 year ago
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January 14 2020, 06:17:04 UTC 1 year ago Edited: January 14 2020, 06:58:41 UTC
*wtf at this:
"If Anne Carroll Moore didn’t like a book, she could effectively kill it.” Marcus writes that “editors, authors, and illustrators routinely stopped by to visit with Miss Moore and seek her counsel on their works in progress”; she supposedly had a custom-made rubber stamp reading “NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PURCHASE BY EXPERT,” and she was not afraid to use it."
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January 14 2020, 05:32:55 UTC 1 year ago
I'm currently reading a book I checked out, lol, The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials). I read the first book last year, and recently watched the HBO series so I was interested.
I'm gonna have to pause on checking anything out for a while though because the piles of books on my dresser are getting dangerously tall lol
January 14 2020, 05:36:39 UTC 1 year ago
Also reading 11/22/63 a couple times a week. This is on the back burner since all of the other books are borrowed from the library.
January 14 2020, 05:37:58 UTC 1 year ago Edited: January 14 2020, 05:39:12 UTC
Also I have 17 books checked out of the library and am feeling overwhelmed lol. All my damn holds come in at the same time!
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January 14 2020, 08:25:57 UTC 1 year ago
She probably thought it would displace the "importance" of nightly prayers with a picture book.
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January 14 2020, 05:38:36 UTC 1 year ago
i have a bad habit of buying books and not having the time to read them
January 14 2020, 05:41:51 UTC 1 year ago
I have read most of these books through school curriculum though lol.
January 14 2020, 05:47:06 UTC 1 year ago Edited: January 14 2020, 05:51:29 UTC
You know what children’s book I really can’t stand though? Love You Forever
January 14 2020, 05:52:30 UTC 1 year ago
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January 14 2020, 05:54:23 UTC 1 year ago
Most memorable:
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January 14 2020, 06:03:05 UTC 1 year ago
Also, fuck those pigs!
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January 14 2020, 05:56:46 UTC 1 year ago
All I remember is when reading Fahrenheit 451 my lit teacher was telling us what a big asshole Ray Bradbury is (which is true). So I always let people know what an ass he is when they discuss his books.
January 14 2020, 05:57:09 UTC 1 year ago
im less interested in owning books as i get older, too. especially books ive never read before
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January 14 2020, 06:00:29 UTC 1 year ago
not a kids book, but I think i can trace my Leftist bb politics to reading the grapes of wrath in HS
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January 14 2020, 06:02:34 UTC 1 year ago
looooved the witches, the bfg, george's marvelous medicine
my other favorites were narnia, harry potter, nancy drew...nothing too crazy
other fav was this
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Lol just last week my bro and I were talking about the teacher with the third ear on her head that could read minds.
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January 14 2020, 06:13:00 UTC 1 year ago
My favorite children’s book is the giver. I remember reading it in school and loving it. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I found out there were other companion books. I immediately checked them out from the library.
January 14 2020, 06:44:47 UTC 1 year ago
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