E Z Peaces wrote:

Accurate but not true. "Cat in the Hat" has been on library shelves
50 years, but the copy you see was probably purchased in the last 3
years. Books remain popular because kids tend to check out what
adults recommend. A book like "Cat in the Hat" may go out more than
30 times a year, getting dropped, sat on, handled with dirty hands,
etc, etc. In 25 years that would be 750 cycles. Do you really think
libraries have many children's book that old?

I heard that The University of Texas was warned it must not only keep its
copy of the Gutenburg Bible under glass, but it should not even think about
giving the thing away!

It's for the children.