updated 6/13/19 Matey, did ye know June be National Audiobook Month? What a perfect time o’ year too, when people be roadtrippin’, an’ travelin’, an’ exercisin’. Ye can take an audiobook anywhere! Now, ye may be sayin’, “Captain Cache, I don’t own any audiobooks.” Don’t ye worry, me friend. Thanks to yer local library, ye have …
If you missed the earlier post on diverse picture books, start there for the full background on the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign. The short(er) version is this: the majority of books published, reviewed, and talked about are books about the majority view: that is, Caucasian, able-bodied, heterosexual, average weight, of a two-parent family, and with no discernable …
Read more “#WeNeedDiverseBooks – Middle Grade Reader Edition”
Just six years after building Council Tree Library some updates were needed. Anyone that has built a custom home can attest to the fact that no matter how many times you stare at the blueprints, there is always the realization after the house is actually built, you wish you had changed a couple of things,,, …
Our Programming Team is hard at work on the finishing details of the “Discover Your Power” Summer Reading Challenge. Ever since we came up with the theme last year, everyone has been so excited about how they can add their own powers into the program to make it the best yet! Getting those folks …
If you’re a parent of little ones, or even little ones big enough to resent the term “little ones,” you may have noticed a problem with the books available for children. Or maybe you haven’t. It took me awhile to catch on because the books available largely reflect my own experience. The problem is this: …