Water is one of the worst ways to damage a book. Once the book dries from the water damage, it’s left with completely wrinkled pages.

Photograph by Daniel Oines

The next thing that happens is mold sets it. Mold is highly infectious–it spreads widely and can destroy an entire library collection.

Water damaged book from Hurricane Katrina, photography by Karl Niederer

The best protection for books from water damage is to never mix the two. Keep a glass of water away or below from the reading material. When carrying books in a bag or backpack, don’t add a water bottle to the bag. Hold the water bottle separately or in a separate bag altogether. Never bring a book into a body of water, a swimming pool, or bathtub. Basically it’s best not to mix the two.

Unfortunately, spilling water while reading e-books on an e-reader will also result in water damage for the device!

Water Damage, Repair Zoom. Digital image. RepairZoom.
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A terrarium is actually a form of a vivarium. A vivarium is an area that has been enclosed where animals and plants are raised for observation. Terrariums usually starts as a dry inhabitant but then with watering it creates its own water cycle! Terrariums are watered by being misted.

The Terrarium Man has created the step by step procedure for creating a terrarium in under an hour!

Here’s a great video showing how to create your own terrarium.

And here’s an amazing interactive terrarium that responds to people’s voices! It was made by Emily Gobielle and Theo Watson for a biome show curated by Tatiana Arocha.

Terrarium – Interactive Installation from zanyparade on Vimeo.

Yes, for these five titles there are!

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While this isn’t necessarily a book trailer for The Secret Cave, it does give more factual information about the prehistoric caves in the book:

 

Would you like to make a book trailer for a Panda Book? Send it to me if you do….