Who remembers Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! program? It is turning 35 this year. It is the best! Kids meet their reading goals and get a free personal pizza! I wish a similar program existed for adults. Ha! 🙂

Have you ever wanted to stay the night in a library? In this library in Wales, you can! It has its own B&B and is the only residential library in Great Britain.

Do you enjoy visiting other libraries when traveling? Check out these awesome libraries that are tourist destinations in and of themselves.

The American Library Association would like your best library photos! Make submissions by August 16th. You could win an ALA store gift certificate!

Are you a Harry Potter fan and traveling to the UK sometime soon? Buzzfeed has put together a fun Harry Potter road trip! Start at Platform 9 3/4 and end up in the Scottish highlands. 🙂

Many of the old New York Public Library branches were built with apartments in them for custodians and their families. Coal was used to heat many of these buildings and the custodians needed to be there day and night to keep the fires fed. Atlas Obscura has a fascinating article about these old apartments.

Do you need more reading goals? Goodreads has a fun new Summer Reading Challenge.

Don’t forget to sign up for summer reading at DBRL, too!

Can we get enough pretty pictures of libraries? Absolutely not! Feast your eyes on these gorgeous libraries around the world, from National Geographic.

Can’t get enough of these gorgeous photos of the insides of libraries around the world! They were taken by architectural photographer Reinhard Görner.  Do you take photos of libraries when you travel?

Have you visited any of these extreme libraries?