New Locally Produced Title: Still Walking
LBPH is proud to share a new locally produced title available for loan or for download from BARD Still Walking by Rob Oliver was narrated by Tony Chiapetta and edited by Tony Chiapetta and … Continued
STEM: All Hands on Tech – Super Science Kits
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math…those words make up the acronym for STEM. The words and acronym have been household terms for several years. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh does its part to make sure your kids build on what they know about STEM, and have fun, too!
Shakespeare Retold
This past month I saw my first live performance of a work by William Shakespeare when I attended the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production of Hamlet. Prior to seeing the production … Continued
Krista Bremer on Love and an “Accidental Jihad”
I recently returned from a writing retreat in the Great Smoky Mountains. One of the teachers at the event: Krista Bremer, associate publisher of The Sun Magazine, taught workshops about … Continued
STEM: All Hands on Tech – App Evaluation and Selection with Tools You Can Use!
What goes into selecting an app on the iPads available in each of the Library’s children’s sections? We treat apps and any new media just like the books in our collection. Read on to learn more about this rigorous review process.
Travels to Latin America Through Magical Realism
Last week, at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Downtown and Business, we held the first session of the new Spanish bookclub Circulo de Lectores, where we discussed Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Chronicle of a Death Foretold (DB … Continued
Best of BARD: April 2018
It seems like female authors are taking over! In addition, James “the King” Patterson disappeared from our list. Here is our Best of BARD for the month of April, starting … Continued
Comics at LBPH
Comic books and graphic novels are often not the first thing many people think of when they think of the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. However, there are … Continued
The Issue of Disabling Pain
Recognizing another individual’s disability may not always be straightforward, and understanding the experience of a disability can certainly be elusive. This is especially true of “invisible” disabilities that involve chronic, … Continued
A Tale of Multiplicity
My Goodreads account has many shelves. There is a myriad of non-fiction titles, memoirs and novels that I have placed on endless lists for both myself and for the library … Continued