Collection Development, Collection Development, Featured, Featured-LL, Guest Post, Guest Post Picture Book Power: Early Learning with Audiobooks Submitted by BOT Contributor on December 12, 2019

by Sarah Hashimoto

As a public librarian, I often hear parents and even teachers telling kids that the only reading that “counts” is traditional reading—reading with your eyes and sounding out the words independently. Read more

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Collection Development, Featured Titles, Featured-LL, Guest Post, Guest Post FOUR DEAD QUEENS Author Astrid Scholte on The Power of Storytelling Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on February 25, 2019

Debut author Astrid Scholte’s novel Four Dead Queens is a thrilling young adult fantasy everyone’s buzzing about. Read more

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Property of the Rebel Librarian Allison Varnes

Featured Titles, Featured-LL, Guest Post PROPERTY OF THE REBEL LIBRARIAN author Allison Varnes on How Audiobooks Make Reading Fun for Students Submitted by BOT Contributor on September 20, 2018

During my eight years as a special education teacher, I frequently worked with high school students who struggled to be independent readers, due to disabilities and weak decoding and fluency skills. For them, reading meant devoting their energy to decoding the text, leaving no room for expressive reading. Read more

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Featured, Guest Post, Interview A Discussion With the Talent Behind The Distance Home Submitted by Erin Murphy on August 22, 2018

The Distance Home, the debut from author Paula Saunders, has been called “an exquisite, searing portrait of family and of people coping with whatever life throws at them while trying to keep close to one another,” in a starred review in Booklist. Read more

Tagged: Guest Post, Paula Saunders, Rebecca Lowman, The Distance Home

Eagle & Crane author Suzanne Rindell and narrator Elizabeth Romanski

Featured, Guest Post, Interview Author Suzanne Rindell and Narrator Elizabeth Romanski Chat About the Recording Process Submitted by BOT Contributor on July 12, 2018

Eagle & Crane author Suzanne Rindell shares a peek behind-the-scenes of the creation of her audiobook by asking her narrator Elizabeth Romanski about the recording process. Read more

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