April’s Library Chat celebrates National Library Week by reviewing books and a podcast about libraries and librarians. Library staff also discuss an episode from the podcast 99% Invisible hosted by Roman Mars. Episode 415 titled “Goodnight Nobody” explores the complex figure of Anne Carroll Moore, a New York Public librarian, and her role in making libraries accessible to children.
Library Chat: April 2021 Book List
The bodies in the library DB97038 by Marty Wingate
The giver of stars DB96907 by Jojo Moyes
Her perfect affair DB100847 by Priscilla Oliveras
Information hunters: when librarians, soldiers, and spies banded together in World War II Europe DB98976 by Kathy Lee Peiss
The Library of the Unwritten DB96922 by A.J. Hackwith
Reading behind bars: a true story of literature, law, and life as a prison librarian DB96548 by Jill Grunenwald
Upright women wanted DB98684 by Sarah Gailey
The midnight library DB100906 by Matt Haig
Syria’s secret library: reading and redemption in a town under siege DB97420 by Mike Thomson
The library book DB92869 by Susan Orlean
The midnight library DB100906 by Matt Haig
Ink and Bone: the Great Library DB85432 by Rachel Caine
The time traveler’s wife DB57102 by Audrey Niffenegger
Dewey’s nine lives: the legacy of the small-town library cat who inspired millions DB72898 by Vicki Myron
Children’s Titles
The boy who was raised by librarians DBC06351 by Carla D. Morris
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s library DB77918 by Chris Grabenstein
Goodnight moon DB24603 by Margaret Wise Brown