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Children's Books for Cross Cultural Understanding: Islam and the Middle East

Children's Books for Cross Cultural Understanding: Islam and the Middle East February 7, 2017 In this country’s present political and cultural climate, there are some people who think it’s acceptable to discriminate against people who may be Muslim…

Game over, Super Rabbit Boy!: Press Start! Series, Book 1

Game over, Super Rabbit Boy!: Press Start! Series, Book 1 February 13, 2017 When my son discovered video games I thought we'd lost him to the world of pixels and sprites forever. Games were like candy for his eyeballs, and what kid doesn't like candy…

Dancer

Dancer February 23, 2017 The Bad Boy of Ballet! Wait...is that even a thing? I think my favorite things to check out from the library are things about food. Cookbooks, chef memoirs,…

Talking as Fast as I Can

Talking as Fast as I Can February 9, 2017 MOREGILMOREMOREGILMOREMOREGILMORE...WHOOOOPPPPPEEE! It’s that time of year again. Time to be with the one you love and buy them cheap candy…

History, Horses and Cartoons

History, Horses and Cartoons March 11, 2017 Color printing in a newspaper comic strip from 1895?! Significant examples were recently discovered in a Nashville scrapbook.  The…

Like local music?

Like local music? March 19, 2017 Then you need to check out BoomBox, NPL’s local music streaming service. Ben Swank from Third Man Records is our first guest curator for BoomBox, which…

Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s

Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s March 13, 2017 I work in a library, so maybe it’s no surprise I’m not much of an athlete. In fact, I’ve never truly understood games at all, including video…

Sara Brindley

Sara Brindley,