Frustrated at being unable to get your hands on the newest bestsellers because our buildings are closed? We’ll be offering curbside pickup soon — keep an eye out for the announcement. In the meantime, these recent/upcoming titles are available in our cloudLibrary digital collection, ready to be downloaded to your favorite device.
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Resources for Learning More About Racial Justice
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.
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 […]
Online Storytime Round-up: Celebrity Edition
Missing storytime? We are too! Although there is absolutely no substitute for gathering together to read each week with our library friends, we have been excited to see some of our favorite celebrities and authors stepping up to share stories and activities while the world is hunkered down at home. Stories can provide comfort and […]
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 […]
Badge Squad: Spotlight on Crafty Creator
Are your kids working on earning badges from Badge Squad while they’re at home? Here are some ideas they can use to earn the Crafty Creator badge. Remember, once the library reopens, children can visit their branch to pick up a cloth patch for each badge they earn. Explore: read An Eye for Art to […]
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 […]
Download and Browse eMagazines That You Can Keep Forever
Digital magazines contain more than beautiful photos and easily digestible articles — they also contain interesting ideas and tips for ways that you and your family can pass the time, stress less, get creative, eat better, take up a new hobby, and just plain be entertained while you’re staying at home. Your library card gives […]
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 […]
