Multnomah County Library Podcasts

Anne Rutherford returns to Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Festival in 2009 for its 10th Anniversary. In this interview Anne talks about how she became a storyteller, where she finds her inspiration, and more. Learn more about Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Festival.

To get you excited for the fifth annual Zinesters Talking series of events in October and November 2009, Christopher Cuttone, library assistant at North Portland Library and member of the Zine Library Group, reads zine reviews and teasers.

• Phase 7
• Argyle
• The Way Things Used to Be
• The Fart Party
• Hey, Tim: Five Letters
• Somnambulist
• Crudbucket #6, the Hodgepodge Issue
• The Constant Rider
• The Superman Stories 2, the Second Coming
• Weird Sea Creatures of the Sea: Focus on Narwhal
• Homobody
• Steampunk Magazine: Lifestyle, Mad Science, Theory & Fiction
• Mary Van Note's Experiences (of the Sexual Variety), vol. 1
• Mishap #21
• Standard Deviation, Issue #1, Summer 2007
• Glossolalia No. 9, Long Distance
• Messenjerk: Lords of the Extreme
• Go Fuck Yourself
• Applicant
• The Secret Files of Captain Sissy, No. 5

Hey Kids! Listen to an interview with Amy Sachs of the Pixie Project, and learn all about adopting and taking care of cats and dogs. Then check out these great books on cats and dogs, which you can find at the Multnomah County Library:Shelter DogsThe Bravest CatEverything cat : what kids really want to know about catsEverything dog : what kids really want to know about dogs How to talk to your catHow to talk to your dog

Welsh language poetry with John Good. John was born in South Wales, into a house where the Welsh language was spoken. Over the past twenty years, he has given bilingual presentations on Welsh culture, sharing poetry, music and literature. This program was presented to celebrate Left Coast Eisteddfod, Portland

In March 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a mostly white bus...months before Rosa Parks made the news for doing the same thing.

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez. After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.

Masterpiece by Elise Broach. After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mostly True Adventures of Homer P Figg by Rodman Philbrick. Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.

Groan! Fall's here and it's back to school. But in your spare time, check out these books about book crafts: things involved with writing, making and publishing your own books. Books reviewed include:

Indie Publishing; How to Design and Produce your Own Book ed. by Ellen Lupton

In Print! 40 Cool Publishing Projects for Kids by Joe Rhatigan

Cool Calligraphy by Anders Hanson

Making Books that Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist and Turn by Gwen Diehn

T-shirt reconstruction is the new knitting! Listen to some great book and online resources for turning your t-shirts into fabulous things to wear, including T-Shirt Makeovers, Generation T, Tease, and threadbanger.com.