In Episode 63, Call Number with American Libraries looks at outdoor-related activities with conversations about bugs, beach reads, and outdoor learning. 

First, ALA Editions Senior Acquisitions Editor Rachel Chance speaks with Erin Rothenbuehler and Sean Duffy from Ohio County (W.V.) Public Library about a series of programs the library offers on bugs, most notably the Brood Ten cicadas. Next American Libraries Associate Editor Sallyann Price talks with Susan Maguire, Senior Editor, Collection Management and Library Outreach, at Booklist, and host of the Shelf Care podcast, about this summer’s best beach reads. Finally, American Libraries Senior Editor and Call Number host Phil Morehart speaks with Denni Grassel, director of Delmont (Penn.) Library, about Delmont's new outdoor learning center.

Episode 63: Getting Outdoors

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to two of her Friends, the co-chairs of the annual book sale at her local branch library. They talk about being picky about donations, pricing, layout, and the treasures they found at the sale. Then, Susan chats with new Books for Youth Associate Editor Kelly Ferreira about what they’ve been reading and loving lately. 

Here’s what we talked about:

85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy, by Jules Witcover
Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus 
Janesville: An American Story, by Amy Goldstein
The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer House, by George Howe Colt
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell, read by Juliet Stevenson
Central Park West, by James Comey
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, by James Comey
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love, by Marianne Cronin
Are You My Mother? by Dr. Seuss
Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke
P. C. Cast
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Casey McQuiston
Bigfoot’s Big Heart, by Sarah Glenn Marsh, illustrated by Ishaa Lobo
Compound Fracture, by Andrew Joseph White
Ariel Crashes a Train, by Olivia A. Cole
The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag, art by the author
The Sweetness between Us, by Sarah Winifred Searle, art by the author


Episode 38: With a Little Help from Our Friends

Where we talk all things readers’ advisory, collection development, reference, and other library-related bookish stuff, from your friends at Booklist. Want more? Is it even possible? Go to www.booklistonline.com/newsletters to discover the magic.

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