Best of BARD: January 2018
This year started with Fire and Fury! We received so many calls from our patrons who wanted to listen to this book, we had to hire 100 little gnomes who … Continued
Best of BARD: December 2017
And here is finally our Best of BARD list for December 2017! At number 5, we have a book with an interesting title – Quick and Dirty! It’s the latest … Continued
Drive Time French: Beginner Level
Are you interested in learning a new language? According to the Living Language website, their method has been a proven and effective language learning instruction for over 65 years. Using … Continued
Citizenship Through Naturalization
If you are on your way to becoming an American citizen, Library for the Blind and Physically handicapped offers Barron’s U.S. Citizenship Test (DB78027). This audio book presents the procedures … Continued
History Puzzles
NLS acquires audio and braille titles in many foreign languages from various domestic and foreign producers, as well as from cooperating agencies serving people who cannot read standard print around … Continued
The Power of Now
If you spent your whole life reading books on spirituality, meditation, trying to “figure it out”, I heartily recommend The Power of Now (DB 55646) by Eckhart Tolle. The author, … Continued
Candide, or Optimism
Do you think that we live in the best of all possible worlds? I don’t. And neither did Voltaire. Although written in the 18th century, his novel Candide, or Optimism (DB31736) … Continued
Throwback Thursday: Travel Here, Travel There, Travel Everywhere… With Books!
The one thing that I have learned through my travel experiences is that you can have fun anywhere you go; it’s all in how you plan it. Make sure that you are prepared for that plan to fall apart entirely, and then you will be able to explore. Some books that I have found helpful, either because they are awesome reads and take place where I was traveling, or because they provide loads of information.
Three Fairy Tales to Read After You Watch Beauty and the Beast
Did you see the Beauty and the Beast live action film yet? I recently did, and it made me think of all the fairy tale retellings that are published and made. Fairy tales were first told to teach children lessons; it wasn’t until Disney’s series of animated films like Snow White and Cinderella that they became more like the stories we see and hear today. That hasn’t stopped people from retelling them in a variety of ways. Here are three recent retellings that you may find interesting if you love Beauty and the Beast.
Inspirational Girls
Marley Dias started 1000 Black Girl Books and has been an inspiration to me (also, her website is an amazing book resource!). She exemplifies how much we—not only as individuals, but as groups—can do to help and support others, starting from a young age. I feel as though so often many of us feel that we have to wait until we grow up to do something extraordinary. I thought that it was important to talk about someone who inspired me and didn’t wait until she grew up to do it.