The Blueberry Awards, including the 25 honor Books and the Blueberry Changemaker Books, are given to children’s books for 3 - 10 year olds in a certain year that help kids love nature and act on its behalf.
Read moreConversations: Jamie Lou Thome with Kerry Littel
As a person who interacts with books in multiple ways, I’m constantly interested in the reasons why a person chooses to surround themselves with books, in whatever ways they do so. I’m fascinated by the variations of ways that books might show up in people’s lives: as escape through story, as art pieces, as objects of desire.
Read moreEp. 32: Betsy Bird
On November 19th, 2020, we spoke with writer and librarian Betsy Bird! Ms. Bird was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which is a town that's not too big, not too small, not too fast, and not too slow.
Read moreEp. 24: Maria Burke
On September 24, 2020, we talked with the ever-fascinating Maria Burke! Maria has been called an Entropy Fighter and a Professional Googler. In other words, she works as a librarian, which means (depending on whom you ask) she is either "someone [who] has integrity and pluck and has read a great many books in the hope of repairing the world," or a "hideous creature of unimaginable power." Perhaps both.
Read moreEp. 09 : Kevin Kelley
On 11 June, 2020 we visited with Kevin Kelley, the Coordinator for After School Programs at the NYPL.
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