Ed. Note: This is the 3rd in our series of books we’d take on a deserted island if we could only pick 10. Thanks again to Time Magazine for the idea! The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Stories don’t get more compelling than this. I plan to read this book once a year and no desert… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: August 2015
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein: A perfect back to school book club read
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein is a New York Times Bestseller and has received starred reviews from both Booklist (“An ode to libraries and literature that is a worthy successor to the original madman puzzle-master himself, Willy Wonka.”) and Kirkus (“Full of puzzles to think about, puns to groan at and references… Read more »
Emma’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 2nd in our series of books we’d take on a deserted island if we could only pick 10. Thanks again to Time Magazine for the idea! The Likeness by Tana French Tana French is one the best mystery/thriller writers that I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. If I… Read more »
My library and me: making life better one book at a time
This video was a big hit at DigiPalooza, so I wanted to share it with you, and tell you a little bit about the inspiration behind the video. Does anyone out there remember “My Buddy?” It was this doll with one of the most persistently obnoxious TV commercials of all time. It was always there,… Read more »
My 10 deserted island books: Cindy Orr
Recently Time Magazine has released a series of wonderful articles where they asked famous people their ten favorite books or the “ten books they’d take with them if they were marooned on a desert island.” We simply love this idea and wanted to share Team OverDrive’s deserted island reading selections. This first list comes from Cindy… Read more »
There’s something for everyone in our Back to School sale!
As August starts to sundown into September and the back to school season kicks into high gear, it’s time for librarians and educators to turn our attention to the great mission before us: engaging young readers. The voracious readers are easy, but how do you encourage the more reluctant ones? Or how do you support… Read more »
When public libraries and community schools work together everybody wins
I’m lucky. I grew up in a household that believed in the importance of reading every day. Our mother, a teacher for nearly four decades, instilled in us how books can enrich our lives. We went to the library often, participating in reading programs like “Book It” and “Accelerated Reader”. We got lost in the… Read more »
We want you to choose the next Big Library Read!
The next Big Library Read is coming this October and we want your help in selecting the title the whole world will be reading! The genre this time around will be Juvenile/Young Adult and our publishing partners have provided a number of great titles to choose from. Now that we have the submissions from the… Read more »