The Deseret Alphabet came about on January 19, 1854 when the Board of Regents of the University of Deseret announced that they had adopted a new phonetic alphabet. The new alphabet consisted of 38 to 40 characters as part of a project to help simplify spelling in the English Language. Really neat info here. You can even download the font! picked by muppet 7 months ago

Blackalicious' video for his alphabet song. Teach this to your kindergarten class. picked by em0ney 1 year ago

Jared von Hindman's latest alphabet. It's pretty... special. Yeahhhhh. I did enjoy "T" though.
(His other alphabets linked at the bottom.) picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Photographer Kjell Sandved has made it his life's work to capture them and create this amazing butterfly alphabet, with every letter from A to Z and every number from 1 to 9. picked by MissWinkle 11 months ago

’In 1973 I set out to do drawings of women’s genitals for use in sex education groups. I wanted the drawings to be lovely and informative, to give pleasure and affirmation. I organized the drawings into a coloring book because a major way we learn to understand the world, as children, is by coloring. As adults many of us still need to learn about our external sexual anatomy.’ -Te... read full post picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

I don't know if anyone on Plime likes her (I don't, particularly... ), but my mom asked me to download the book so she could read it.
Suze Orman's book, "Women & Money", is being offered for free download from Oprah's site until 8pm tomorrow. Link is to the PDF file for the English version, but you can also find the Spanish version through Oprah.com. picked by Marli 10 months ago

Find 'wild' books in your area or release a book into the wild for someone else to find. picked by Boomshank 2 years ago

Rove in new book: "Bush is needy"

Obviously not a groundbreaking book, so Bush is a needy cry baby, BIG SURPRISE! picked by buddha 1 year ago

Problem, how do you get children, especially minority children to read? Not sure the best method, but this video running on Black Entertainment Television that teaches kids to read "Not a sports page, not a magazine, but a book n****r, a f**kin’ book n****r" is probably not it. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The world's oldest ocean-going passenger vessel still in service has been converted into a floating Japanese bookstore. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

An Arizona man is celebrating a special day to promote comic books as engaging educational tools. Free Comic Book Day is set to take place the first Saturday in May. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

This fake book is a way of hiding your PSP and making people think you are reading a book. This is the perfect disguise. :) picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

From the book Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die, a sampling of A-Z excerpts of the things to look out for if you feel the Grim Reaper creeping around your door. (link from Oct. 06)
Who knew you could die from Halitosis?? picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

Here is a carefully planned reference book which will help to answer the many questions that lively children ask. picked by MissWinkle 6 months ago

A spate of suicides and attempted suicides by children in China’s biggest city at the start of the school year has prompted at least one bookseller to pull a popular cartoon book off the shelves. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Cryptic graffiti popping up in London and beyond strikes fear among her fans. picked by suebe 2 years ago

"I couldn’t decide between CRYMPH or DLECH," said Chengdu high school student Mingmei Lee. "I know they both mean beautiful flower dancing in the wind in American, but I can't decide what looks prettier." picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Most parents don't know what they're doing -- They try their best to screw up their kids, but most still grow up to be normal adults.

Well, this indispensable book takes the guesswork out of raising a dysfunctional child. picked by DaftGretel 4 weeks ago

In addition to creating the letters, Mason's research group can pick up letters and reposition and reorient them in a microscale version of the game Scrabble

Those kooky scientists are always coming up with new ways to have fun. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

The Accidents of Youth is a 1819 book of short stories to warn children of the dangerous temptations they should avoid and the gory consequences for not following their mother’s advice. (In flip book form)

Really weird and quite disturbing picked by doggylives 8 months ago