#bookmobiles

The History Of Bookmobiles: Bookmobiles Are Here, And There And Everywhere, To Stay

From its inception in the 1800s to the library and bookstore bookmobiles still operating today, here is the history of bookmobiles.

Biblioburro Librarian Needs a New Leg

Help the Biblioburro librarian purchase a new prosthetic leg.

Library Style: Looking Good for the Bookmobile

Take a look at some of the amazing fashions people have worn to visit their local bookmobile!

Poetry and Station Wagons: What Happens When Books Hit the Streets

Jeremiah Walton wants to “give art a good kick in the balls.” He wants to inspire us all to shout, ...

Enviable Bookmobile Fashions

I’ve spent the past seven years researching bookmobiles. I’ve learned a lot in the process—facts, figures, stories, interpretations—but one thing ...

Finding Libraries in Unexpected Places

We usually think about libraries as staid and steady buildings, safely immobile on our city streets. Like, say, this rather ...

Penguin Launches Book Truck

Meet the Penguin Book Truck. It’s like a bookmobile that’s been crossed with a food truck and turned into a bookstore. A ...