You already know Nashville Public Library holds enough books, audiobooks, movies, and music to last a lifetime. But, did you know there are plenty of options to access without ever stepping foot into one of our buildings?

Do you ever get to the bottom of a page and have no idea what you just read because your mind was wandering? While the book may be interesting, you find yourself worrying about the future or dreaming of the past? Come back to the present moment with the simple practice of mindfulness. 

One of my favorite illustrators is Lauren Castillo. I love the playfulness in her art. The friendly, open faces of the girls and boys make her illustrations very accessible to both children and adults.

Deadpool likes to kill things. Ok - who turned him loose in the library?

Ralph Roberts cannot sleep, but that is going to be the least of his worries because his town appears to be breaking apart at the seams.

As Stephen King once said, “Books are uniquely portable magic.” Every time you crack open a book, you enter a new world filled with adventure and possibility. Imagine the sense of wonder a child feels each time they discover a new book they just cannot get enough of! 

98 years ago today, one of the deadliest train wrecks in American history happened just West of Nashville.

Are you anxiously awaiting your copy of The Girls? Here are a few suggestions to tide you over until your hold arrives.

At NPL’s recent International Puppet Festival, we offered a shadow puppet craft and set up a shadow room for children to play with the puppets that they made.  The question we were asked repeatedly was, “How can I do this at home?”

Music has played and continues to play a vital role in civil rights movements, uniting and inspiring activists in their pursuit of justice and freedom.