Peculiar questions and practical answers...from the files of the New York Public Library

 

This is a fun book that showcases the huge variety of questions received by librarians at the New York Public Library from the 1940s through the 1980s. Each question is shared verbatim, including errors, and humorous answers are supplied; each question and answer is just a page or two (in fairly large font), so this is a quick read. The book is illustrated by cartoonist and illustrator Barry Blitt; these illustrations are very well done and some of the best parts of the book.