Welcome to Audio File, a podcast dedicated to providing audiobook recommendations from Camrose Public Library’s collection. In our second episode, we recommend five titles with a winter theme in honor of the upcoming holiday season. Thanks for listening! 

Welcome to Audio File, a podcast dedicated to providing audiobook recommendations from Camrose Public Library’s collection. In our first episode, we recommend four titles with a spooky theme in honor of Halloween, though these books can be enjoyed whenever. Thanks for listening! 

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture surrounding it.

This week we are off to Spain, where we will hear the tale of Perez the Mouse. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that can be downloaded for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

Happy travels! We hope you have enjoyed our podcasts this summer. Stop by the library to let us know what you thought and see if we have more in the making. 

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture surrounding it.

This week we are off to Norway, where we will hear the tale of The Seventh Father of the House. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that can be downloaded for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture that surrounds it.

This week we are off to Ukraine, where we will hear the tale of The Goat and the Ram. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that you can download for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

Happy travels! 

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture surrounding it.

This week we are off to Kenya, where we will hear the tale of Simbi and her sister, Nakitumba. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that can be downloaded for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

Happy travels!

Welcome to the final episode of our Read Aloud of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie.  If you would like to read The Mysterious Affair at Styles yourself, it is available, for free, here: The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie.

We hit 100 downloads today! Thank you so much, this would not be possible without you. Georgia and Tristen have finished their summer working for the Camrose Public Library and this is their final podcast episode. They would like to thank you for coming along with them over the summer on this podcast experiment. We hope you've enjoyed it.

Young adult books featuring LGBTQ2S+ characters have exploded in number over the past few years! From books exploring the lives of LGBTQ2S+ teens to fantasy stories where the characters just happen to be part of the LGBTQ2S+ community, here are 10 of our favourite young adult books featuring LGBTQ2S+ characters from our collection!

• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M Danforth (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Dreadnought by April Daniels (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• I’ll be the One by Lyla Lee (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Crier’s War by Nina Varela (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))
• Once & Future by A. R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy (Parkland Regional Library System (prl.ab.ca))

Welcome to the penultimate episode of our Read Aloud of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie. The investigation takes a surprising turn and we go to trial.

If you would like to read The Mysterious Affair at Styles yourself, it is available here: The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie

Email us your thoughts, theories and predictions, we'd love to hear them! You can contact us at [email protected].

In our Tales and Travels series, we visit a new country each week and discuss one folktale and a little about the origins and culture surrounding it.

This week we are off to China, where we will hear the tale of the Flower Elves. Enjoy the story alone, or check out our companion materials. We have a read-along booklet of the folktale and an activity packet that can be downloaded for your enjoyment. A full transcript is also available!

Happy travels!