First Book has teamed with the eBay Foundation, the charitable arm of eBay Inc., for Community Gives, an “online fundraising campaign designed to engage the eBay Community in supporting First Book’s mission […]

Today is the last day to get bookmarks to participating shops for the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy 2008 Bookmark Challenge. Shop owners will be delivering the bookmarks to their libraries, […]

On May 13 & 14, librarians and library supporters will descend on Washington D. C. to advocate for libraries. Did you know that: U.S public library cardholders outnumber Amazon customers worldwide by […]

During the 2007 Bookmark Challenge, stitchers and independent needlework shops donated 429 bookmarks to libraries, schools, and literacy programs. Nordic Needle collected 171 of those bookmarks. Naturally, I hope the program will […]

Everyone, meet Kat Rocha. Kat, this is Everyone. Sorry, no pics of a cat close at hand, so here’s Cat’s-Best-Friend. Or something. Kat is a needlework designer and owner of Cross Eyed […]

What’s on my mp3 player? The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with […]