Bibliophile (bĭb’lē-ə-fīl’) n.
- a person who loves or collects books, esp. as examples of fine or unusual printing, binding, or the like.
- A lover of books.
- A collector of books.
NOTE: The adj. form is bookworm. While ‘bibliophilia’ has recently entered the common vernacular, it is not an accepted form.
I am a self professed bibliophile. It is a trait which appears to be hereditary. As proof I grabbed my cell phone, snapped some pictures, created a new tabblo account for the site, and in under a minute I had something which looks like it took hours. I do love tabblo! I was planning on adding a ‘books’ page to the site this week in celebration of National Library Week. Unfortunately a stomach virus threw all schedules out the window as childhood ailments often do. The Worcester Public Library has a fantastic children’s reading program with music and local artists every Friday morning from 10:30am until noon with a playtime afterwards. Our son picks out ten to twelve books and we end up reading each at least three times over the week. This week is special in that all activities will be accessible to the deaf and hearing impaired.
10:30am Just Drop In Sing-a-long & Storytime
Kids of all ages are invited to. The program will take place in the Children’s Room ‘Ellipse’. Enjoy picture book stories, nursery rhymes, poetry and live music with instruments provided for children. Each week’s program is followed by an optional playtime for which the library provides coloring sheets, book displays library and literacy information for parents and children, toys for play and ambient music. The program is free, for ALL AGES and is open to the public, no registration required, just drop in ! Come early for best seats! Kids can bring their own instruments to help mr. frank play songs! Call the Main Library at 508.799.1671 for details. If the Worcester Public Schools are delayed or cancelled ‘Just Drop In’ our program will be cancelled for that morning.
