Some quick bits on this slightly frenetic Thursday:

• Banned Books Week starts on Saturday! Go read something controversial!


• A look at Galveston County libraries after the hurricane.


• Lucy Maud Montgomery (the creator of Anne of Green Gables) suffered from depression. So does Maurice Sendak. This seems horribly unfair somehow.


• Via the Morning News: in 1931, a fifth-grade class put together a book of very short stories. Now the book has been scanned so everyone can read it (and you should, because several stories are hilarious).


• News libraries are now offering to answer reader questions! This is my kind of dream job. Take a look at one example at the OC Register's weblog.