WCLS Collection Development Librarian Mary Kinser returns to interview Blaine Library patron and supporter, Melanie May, who tells us all the ways the library has been an important part of her life and her family.
Also it’s time for part 2 of Executive Director Christine Perkins’ conversation with America’s Librarian, Nancy Pearl. Stories and book recommendations galore in this reunion of old friends.
- 75 WCLS Library Champions News Release
- Library Champions Booklet
- Storytime Videos
- WCLS on Facebook
- Whatcom County Library Foundation
- Friends of the Whatcom County Libraries page
Melanie May’s Book Recommendations
- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
- Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
- A Quiet Place: Part II (DVD feature film)
- Washington Center for the Book
- Whatcom READS
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Library Journal Book Reviews by Christine Perkins
- Cascadia Weekly Book Reviews by Christine Perkins and Lisa Gresham
- Nancy Pearl on Twitter
- Nancy Pearl on NPR’s Morning Edition
- Dean Street Press – Furrowed Middlebrow
Nancy Pearl’s and Christine Perkins’ Book Recommendations
- Funny books
Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s by Tiffany Midge
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle - Scary books
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
Unforgotten (DVD)
Jack Irish TV series
Jack Irish Novels
Jackson Brodie books and DVDs by Kate Atkinson - Audio Narration
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead audio by Cassandra Campbell and Alex MecKenna
Discworld books by Terry Pratchet, audio by Stephen Briggs
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes, audio by Juliet Stevenson - Hopeful Book
The Way of a Boy, a Memoir of Java
A Town Like Alice by Nevile Shute
Three Came Home by Agnes Newton Keith
The Moment of Lift by Melinda French Gates