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Growing Readers, Growing Leaders

In late June, LBPH hosted the BELL Academy’s 2017 Growing Readers and Growing Leaders program. Short for Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning, the BELL Academy is a program facilitated by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) that targets blind and low vision children. The program provides Braille and nonvisual skills instruction to children over the summer […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/growing-readers-growing-leaders/

Databases for Young Researchers

Information literacy is becoming an increasingly important topic among students immersed in the digital age. While information becomes more widely available online, it has become increasingly difficult to not only find the right information but also accurate information, especially for school work. The research process and locating credible information sources are becoming pivotal components of […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/school-databases-for-young-researchers/

Holiday Music from eCLP

It can be a drag trying to find music to spice up your holiday party or family gathering. So many compilations seem like they have either been overdone or don’t quite set the mood. Other recordings may be more appropriate for the car ride to grandma’s house or a family sing-along that come with the […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/holiday-music-from-eclp/

Reading Together: Using Digital Audio Books to Read with Children

Studies have confirmed that when a child is read to, not only their reading improves – so do their confidence, social skills, vocabulary, and behavior.

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/reading-together-using-digital-audio-books-read-children/

A Blind Guide to Stinkville

It’s not very often that I come across a children’s book that accurately, authentically, and respectfully depicts a disabled protagonist (if I can find a children’s book with a disabled protagonist). Early last week, I picked up A Blind Guide to Stinkville—a middle grade novel with a protagonist who has albinism and a visual impairment—and was taken […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/blind-guide-stinkville/

“Knowledge You Can Touch” at Your Library!

When I first found out that a series of braille books for children was being published by a big name in the publishing industry, I thought it was too good to be true. A print publisher delving into the world of braille? And for kids? Believe it or not, it’s not too good to be […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/knowledge-can-touch-library/

Book Clubs of CLP

The Carnegie Library has numerous book clubs for a variety of hobbies and levels of commitment. The Light Literary Lunch Club is for time-pressed readers: It meets at the Downtown & Business branch to discuss a short story over lunch; Light refreshments are provided. Let’s READ English meets at the Main Library in Oakland: It […]

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Rocky Mountain High

I recently returned from a two week trip to Aspen, Colorado. Nestled in a remote valley in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains, Aspen is best known for its ski slopes and ridiculously high cost of living, but it’s full of quaint and unexpected treasures, too. I expected to fall in love when I first […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/rocky-mountain-high/

Mary Gaitskill and the Art of Progressive Perversion

Prudes beware: Writer Mary Gaitskill—once called the “Downtown princess of darkness”—earned her nickname from the oftentimes “taboo” subject material showcased in her books: drug use, prostitution, sex work, and sadomasochism. But while her writing is indeed dark, it’s funny too; It’s her raw characters—and her utter nonjudgment of them as a narrator—that makes her work […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/mary-gaitskill-and-the-art-of-progressive-perversion/

Elie Wiesel: An Author Remembered

Last week we lost author, activist, and humanist, Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel (1928-2016). In addition to his prolific career as a writer, Wiesel was a professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. Remember Elie Wiesel with the titles below. DB 42074 The Night Trilogy Night is the story of a Jewish boy who is deported […]

https://www.carnegielibrary.org/elie-wiesel-author-remembered/