Recent protests throughout the country have left me feeling the need to educate myself more about issues surrounding racial justice, and how I can make a difference. Here are some resources I’m finding useful – maybe you will too.
Books
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Reads for All Ages
I love the month of May because it’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Every May we celebrate the contributions, influence, and achievements of Asian and Pacific Islanders in America. Even though the month is almost over, you can read books by and about people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage anytime! This month and these […]
New Kids and Teens Reads Now Available on cloudLibrary
Looking for that just-right eBook or eAudiobook for your child or teen? Try searching cloudLibrary’s all new digital shelves curated by our BCFL librarians for a variety of interests, subjects, and reading levels. For school-age kids learning at home, engage in the beautiful outdoors with an exciting backyard adventure, nature project, outside maker lab, or […]
Instantly Available Titles for Your Virtual Book Club
Virtual books clubs have grown in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. While book clubs have long been popular, during this difficult time, more and more people have turned to book clubs to share quotes from favorite reads, discuss important issues or even dish on their favorite beach reads. If your book club has moved online […]
Books of the Times: What to Read During a Pandemic
What to read during a pandemic? Some readers turn to books that are optimistic. Others turn to books about plagues, pandemics, and disasters to try to make sense of what they are experiencing — if you’re in this category, check out these fiction and nonfiction titles, all available as eContent in cloudLibrary. Pandemics in Nonfiction […]
Here Are the Optimistic Books You Need Right Now
How’s you’re reading life going? Let’s be honest – there may have been a time when the idea of staying at home with unlimited time to read sounded like a dream come true. But that dream never looked or felt like our current reality. So while we are at home, our reading life may have […]
cloudLibrary Update: Hold Pickup Period Now 2 Days
In order to reduce wait times for cloudLibrary eBooks and eAudiobooks, we have reduced the hold pickup period for cloudLibrary materials from 4 days to 2 days. How to Receive Notification of Holds in cloudLibrary In a browser: Sign in to cloudLibrary, then click on Settings. Make sure the option “Yes, notify me” is selected […]
Titles to Add to Your TBR Pile
Many of us are finding it easier to tackle our TBR piles, now that we’re practicing social distancing. Here are some suggested titles to add to your reading list — most are available as audiobooks. FICTION Something She’s Not Telling Us by Darcey Bell Charlotte has everything in life she could ever want — an […]
Update: BCFL Resumes Purchasing Macmillan Titles
We are happy to announce that we are again purchasing titles from Macmillan Publishers now that the company has lifted the embargo on eBooks it instituted last fall (see BCFL’s original response here). A major publisher, Macmillan is the parent company of several popular imprints such as: Tor; Henry Holt; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; St. […]
Seven Biographies for Kids for Women’s History Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month with these new children’s biographies written about brilliant and courageous women who have made a difference in our world.
