Library Chat Podcast: May 2023

May’s Library Chat is all about Mother’s Day and a chat with Josh Estabrook, the library’s newest staff member.

For more information about the library and our podcasts go the library’s blog.

Check out these resources that go along with May’s Library Chat:
Books

  • Left to Die by Lisa Jackson  LT11431  DB67407
  • The Walrus Was Paul: The Great Beatle Death Clues by R. Gary Patterson
  • Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums by Travis Barker
  • What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

Series

  • Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
  • Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan

Authors

  • Sarah J. Maas
  • Andy Weir

YouTube

New Program! IDB Parent Toolbox

Image IDB Parent Toolbox logoThe Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled is excited to introduce a new program that will encompass a variety of supportive, enriching opportunities designed specifically for parents of blind children. The IDB Parent Toolbox Program will combine a newsletter, virtual meetups, and a subscription box to provide parents with information, activities, and a network of support.

Upon registering parents will have access to three programs:

  • Monthly IDB Parent Toolbox Virtual Meetings
    Staring May 22, 2023, at 6:00pm, parents are invited to a monthly meetup with IDB staff, guest speakers, tips and more on various topics and upcoming events. Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of the month.
  • Receive Monthly IDB Parent Toolbox Newsletter via Email
    Parents are kept informed about current and agency upcoming events, activities, and helpful topics.
  • IDB Parent Toolbox Subscription Box
    Sent quarterly filled with activities, information, and fun and helpful items for parents and families.

Online Registration Form

May Story Box Program

Image of Story Box Program Logo with text Stories and fund delivered to your door!Did you know Chimpanzees can communicate by using Sign Language? This month, get excited about learning how bubble gum is made, and not just bubble gum, but learn the step-by-step process of what it took to build the Empire State Building, which by the way is 1,454 Feet Tall! From a jaguar to basketball and music, this month’s Story Box Program covers all the bases.

Each month young patrons in the program will receive a special box filled with books – audio or braille or large print – and goodies centered around a neighborhood theme. 

The audio books included in this month’s Story Box Program focused on Neighborhood Collection – Our World!

  • DB102343 Above the Rim by Kimberly and Jen Bryant
  • DB104782 Areli the Dreamer by Areli Morales
  • DB71676 Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy
  • DB101604 At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell
  • DB37297 The Bicycle Man by Allen Say
  • DB102068 Hair Love by Matthew A Cherry
  • DB105270 Grandude’s Green Submarine by Paul McCartney
  • DB85028 I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel
  • DB60652 A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
  • DB82083 A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz
  • DB78118 Sky Boys: and How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson
  • DB95332 Guitar Genius by Kim Tomsic
  • DBC20076 The Elephants Come Home by Kim Tomsic
  • DB19679 The Boy Who Spoke Chimp by Jane Yolen

If you are interested in subscribing to Story Box Programplease complete this registration form or contact Denise Bean, Youth Services Librarian, at 515.452.1338 or email denise.bean@blind.state.ia.us to subscribed. 

May Peek-A-Box!

Peek-A-Box Logo, blue polka dot with a stack of books.It’s Cozy Mystery May!  This month we will dive into the world of cozy mysteries.  Where we will find murder and mayhem surrounded by baked goods, tea and cute puns (pay attention to some of the titles of the books!)  Curl up with your blanket and start reading!

Agatha Raisin and Quiche of Death by MC Beaton DB38163

Aunt Dimity’s Death by Nancy Atherton DB49384

Bait and Witch by Angela M. Sanders DB107259

By Hook or by Crook by Eva Gates DB96256

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke DB54603

Clammed Up by Barbara Ross DB103404

Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay DB91431

Crewel World by Monica Ferris DB96611

Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake by Sarah Graves DB96481

Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett DB91058

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala DB106466

Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chien DB109058

Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass DB92106

Meet your Baker by Ellie Alexander DB94440

Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett DB70453

Murder Once Removed by S.C. Perkins DB95092

The Plot is Murder by V. M. Burns DB106307

Them Bones by Carolyn Haines DB98088

A scone to die for by H.Y. Hanna DBC15122

Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allen DBC01759

Peek-a-Box offers patrons who subscribe a monthly box of books and goodies just for them.  Each month patrons in the program will receive a special box filled with books – audio or braille or large print – and goodies centered around a theme. 

Books to borrow and goodies to keep!

If you are interested in subscribing to Peek-a-Box, please complete this Wufoo form or contact the library at 515.281.1323 and we can help get you subscribed. 

Sign up today!

This Week: May’s The Many Faces of BARD Virtual Program (Thursday, May 11th at 6:00pm)

On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 6:00pm (central), the Patron Engagement Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) will hold its monthly virtual program called The Many Faces of BARD on Zoom.  The event is free to attend.

 

The topic for the May’s Many Faces of BARD program will be BARD: Fire Tablets Do Work. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern time and last for one hour. This program will be recorded.

This session will include a discussion and demonstration of how to use BARD on an Amazon Fire tablet. After the presentation, we will answer questions about the presentation and general questions about BARD.

 

To learn more and join the conversation, visit The Many Faces of BARD page from NLS.

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Announcing a New Program! IDB Parent Toolbox

Image IDB Parent Toolbox logoThe Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled is excited to introduce a new program that will encompass a variety of supportive, enriching opportunities designed specifically for parents of blind children. The IDB Parent Toolbox Program will combine a newsletter, virtual meetups, and a subscription box to provide parents with information, activities, and a network of support.

We know your life is busy, when you register and become part of the IDB Parent Toolbox journey, you gain another set of helping partners to assist you along the way.

Upon registering parents will have access to three programs:

  • Receive Monthly IDB Parent Toolbox Newsletter via Email
    Parents are kept informed about current and agency upcoming events, activities, and helpful topics.
  • Monthly IDB Parent Toolbox Virtual Meetings
    Parents are invited to a monthly meetup with IDB staff, guest speakers, tips and more on various topics and upcoming events. Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of the month at 6:00pm starting May 22, 2023.
  • IDB Parent Toolbox Subscription Box
    Sent quarterly filled with activities, information, and fun and helpful items for parents and families.

Online Registration Form