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Outside the Box episodes:
July 20, 2022Book Bans This week Melanie is joined by Alex Andrasik, Adult Services Librarian from Penn Yan Public Library and Sally Jacoby-Murphy, Library Director of the Hammondsport Public Library as we discuss book bans, and the role of librarians on the front lines of these discussions.
https://pen.org/banned-in-the-usa/
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/freedomreadstatement
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom
...more June 06, 2022Summer Reading Programs Library Director Melanie Miller sits down with Children's Librarian Kate Miller (Wellsville-David A. Howe Library) and Youth Services Coordinator Cherilyn Wise (Cuba Circulating Library) to discuss all things summer reading! Learn how little your local librarian sleeps during the summer months!
...more May 26, 2022Reading Through Africa: Walking on Cowrie Shells Learn more about our Reading Through Africa Challenge. The first book we read was Walking on Cowrie Shells by Nana Nkweti.
...more April 09, 2021A Box of New (Children's) Books w/ Kate Miller Kate Miller, Children's Librarian from the David A. Howe Library in Wellsville, NY joins us to discuss some new children's books and author, Beverly Cleary.
...more March 22, 2021The Stranger Beside Me w/ Ann Rossington- March True Crime Episode This month we discuss Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me about her friendship with infamous serial killer Ted Bundy.
...more March 01, 2021A Box of New Books February Hear about some of the new books we've added to the collection in the month of February. Everything from picture books to adult non-fiction, young adult, to adult fiction.
...more February 12, 2021Just Mercy- February True Crime Episode True Crime Selection this month is Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson.
SOURCES:
Stevenson, Bryan (2015) Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption New York: One World
Walter McMillian - Wikipedia
...more January 23, 2021A Box of New Books (January) Check out what's new in the Box of Books this month!
...more January 23, 2021Know My Name- January True Crime Selection Our True Crime Book selection for January was Know My Name by Chanel Miller. We give you a summary of the book, a summary of the case, and a few questions to thinking about.
Sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/22/chanel-miller-brock-turner-rape-survivor-sentencing-memoir/2412608001/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50196744-know-my-name?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bT6CdTqzT3&rank=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner
Miller, Chanel (2020) Know My Name: A Memoir Penguin Books. London, UK.
...more January 23, 2021Outside the Box Trailer Welcome to Outside the Box!
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