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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Holiday Music

The holidays are upon us, but there is still time to get the sounds of the season. Not talking cash registers and noisy toys, no we're talking about music. Whether it is traditional favorites, new songs, or favorites done in a new way, the library has your holiday music covered. So come in and browse the collection before the pickings get slim.

Browse the collection online.

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posted by Audiovisual Librarian

Category: Music

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

TumbleBooks

Wright Library makes reading fun with TumbleBooks!

TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks consist of animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

TumbleBooks provides enrichment to students who are reading independently with a variety of high interest material. They also provide support to readers, who require skill building, with a variety of exercises. TumbleBooks are terrific for encouraging any reader to spend more time with a book whether on their own, with other children, or with a parent.

Look for the link to TumbleBooks on any of our Youth Services pages.

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posted by Reference Staff

Categories: Reading, Featured Resource

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Run by Ann Patchett

This month the On-the-Road at Starbucks Book Club will revisit a favorite author, Ann Patchett. Join us on Tuesday, January 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Starbucks in Oakwood to discuss Run, a tale about the Doyle family of Boston, Massachusetts.

What a difference a snowy night makes. Bernard Doyle was a proud American Irishman and served once as Boston’s mayor and wouldn’t you know he’d like his children to follow in his footsteps. But his adopted African American sons, Tip and Teddy, have other interests. When they tell him that neither of them want to attend a Jesse Jackson lecture, Bernard blows his stack, Tip steps off a curb into oncoming traffic, and things veer wildly toward domestic mayhem.

To learn more about Run, take a look at the Reader’s Guide and read reviews from journals and newspapers:

New York Times (Janet Maslin)
New York Times (Leah Hager Cohen)
New Yorker (John Updike)
Washington Post (Jonathan Yardley)
The Guardian (Patrick Ness)

There is also an Audio Book Review you might enjoy by Maureen Corrigan from NPR.

For a bit more background bone up here on the Irish Americans, Jesse Jackson, and see a map of the Harvard Campus.

You will find more information about Ann Patchett in biographies from Bookbrowse.com and Barnes & Noble. Patchett received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002 for her novel, Bel Canto, which was a favorite of our own book club readers.

You will find these Ann Patchett books at the library:

Did you know Ann’s mother is the novelist Jeanne Ray? The library has several of her books also:

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posted by Wright Reference Staff

Category: Book Club

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

Digital Newspapers

Wright Library has added digital microfilm to our collection of online resources. Now patrons can view scanned back issues of the Dayton Daily News and the New York Times on any Internet connected computer. The Dayton Daily News archive consists of issues from January 1, 2010 through the present, while the New York Times begins with January 1, 2008 and continues through the present. These scanned copies provide access to the complete newspaper, not just indexed articles such as appear in other databases.

To access this resource from outside the library, simply provide the barcode number from your library card. Select or type in the newspaper title to begin your search. Continue narrowing your search by year, month, day, and section of the newpaper. To view earlier editions of these newspaper, visit the library to peruse our microfilm collection.

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posted by Reference Staff

Categories: Featured Resource, Online Resources

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