Podcasting from the Nappanee Public Library, Wanda, the owner of Bella's Books & Curiosities joins Maggie in conversation about books set in small businesses. Included in this episode are: Before We Were Us by Denise Hunter The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson A Death In Door County (Monster Hunter Mystery series) by Annelise Ryan The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy by Nora Roberts Just For The Summer by Melody Carlson The Librarian of Saint-Malo by Mario Escobar Lulu’s Cafe by T.I. Lowe The Secrets of Old Depot Grocery by Amanda Cox Sunday at the Sunflower Inn by Jodi Thomas Multiple Cozy Mystery Series

Podcasting from the Nappanee Public Library, Kelbi and Maggie are in conversation about some of their favorite Parenting Books. Titles in this episode include: The Artful Parent : Simple Ways to Fill Your Family's Life with Art and Creativity by Jean Van’t Hul Bringing Up Bébé : One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman The Danish Way of Parenting : What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids by Jessica Joelle Alexander & Iben Sandahl Declutter Like A Mother : A Guilt-Free, No-Stress Way to Transform Your Home and Your Life by Allie Casazza Expecting Better : Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster Outdoor Kids In An Inside World : Getting Your Family Out Of The House And Radically Engaged With Nature by Steven Rinella Preparing Your Daughter For Womanhood : A Guide For Moms by Robin Jones Gunn Raising Worry-Free Girls : Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World by Sissy Goff To Have and To Hold : Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma by Molly Millwood Until The Streetlights Come On : How A Return To Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids For An Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich

Podcasting fromt he Nappanee Public Library, Brittney and Maggie are in conversation about books with a shared Climate Change theme. Titles in this episode include: A Bold Return to Giving a Damn by Will Harris Fire Weather: A True Story From A Hotter World by John Vaillant Haven Jacobs Saves The Planet by Barbara Dee The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects For Creating Self-Sustaining Garden Ecosystem by Stephanie Rose The 21: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government over Climate Change by Elizabeth Rusch Two Degrees by Alan Gratz

Podcasting from the Nappanee Public Library, staff have shared a few of their childhood favorites. Titles in this episode are: The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Graham The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene Ruby Hollar by Sharon Creech The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Blueberries For Sal We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Holes by Louis Sachar

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Victoria are in conversation about books that have twisters inside. Titles included in this episode are: The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana by Janis Thornton F5: devastation, survival, and the most violent tornado outbreak of the twentieth century by Mark Levine Chasing Helicity (series) by Ginger Zee Into The Storm by Reed Timmer Jack Vs. The Tornado by Amanda Cleary Eastep The Mighty Whirlwind by David Wagler The Man Who Caught The Storm : The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras by Brantley Hargrove The Rescuer by Dee Henderson Scream Blue Murder by Susan Page Davis The Secret World of Weather: How to Read Signs In Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop by Tristan Cooley Shatterproof: Three Deadly Tornadoes and the Towns that Survived Them by Katrina Hoover The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South’s Tornado Alley by Kim Cross The Weather Could Be Verse (Poetry) by Gary Sieber, Meteorologist The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Pat are in conversation books with an animal on the cover - an Expand Your Horizons task. Titles included in this episode are: Coyote Lost & Found by Dan Gemeinhart (Coyote Sunrise #2) Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals by Laurie Zaleski The Line Tender by Kate Allen Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (series) Piglet: The Unexpected Story Of A Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family by Melissa Shapiro Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts Shark Heart by Emily Habec The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler (Moose Springs, Alaska series) Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions From Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Sarah are in conversation about books sharing a common topic of gardening. Titles included in this episode are: A Bit of Earth: A Year In The Garden With God by Andrea G. Burke (July publication) The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World by Camille T Dungy Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimerer Flower Farming for Profit: The Complete Guide to Growing a Successful Cut Flower Business  by Lennie Larkin A Garden Called Home by Jessica Lee (picture book) Garden Wonderland: Create Life-changing Outdoor Spaces for Beauty, Harvest, Meaning, and Joy by Leslie Bennett Gifts From Georgia’s Garden: How Georgia O’Keeffe Nourished Her Art by Lisa Robinson (picture book) The Girl from Earth's End by Tara Dairman The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd The Keeper Of The Bees by Gene Stratton Porter The Red Garden: Stories by Alice Hoffman Simply In Season: Recipes that celebrate fresh, local foods in the spirit of More-with-Less by Mary Beth Lind & Cathleen Hockman-Wert Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T Dungy Until The Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich The Words In My Hands by Asphyxia

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Jan are in conversation about the Expand Your Horizons task of watching a movie or reading a book featuring, authored by or narrated by Tom Hanks. Titles included in this episode are: The Dutch House by Ann Prachett (narrator of audiobook) Forrest Gump, and Gump & Co. by Winston Groom Hits & Misses : Stories by Simon Rich The Making Of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: A Visual History by Melissa Wagner Uncommon Type : Some Stories by Tom Hanks Waiting For Tom Hanks & Not Like The Movies by Kerry Winfrey The World According To Tom Hanks: The Life, The Obsessions, The Good Deeds Of America's Most Decent Guy by Gavin Edwards

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Cherie are in conversation about books featuring Olympians & Athletes. Highlighted in this episode are: 9 Lives By 35: An Olympic Gymnast’s Inspiring Story of Reinvention by Mary Sanders The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Boys of Winter-US hockey team defeats Russians in 1980 Olympics by Wayne Robby and Mike Eruzion Chariots of Fire. This a movie about track athletes, one Jewish and one a devout Christian, in the 1924 Olympics Hard Pivot: Embrace Change. Find Purpose. Show UP Fully. By Apolo Ohno Just Don’t Fall: A Hilariously True Story of Childhood Cancer and Olympic Greatness by Josh Sundquist Olympic Portraits by Annie Leibovitz The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State by Aime Alley Card Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitlers Olympics 1936 by Jeremy Schapp We Are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History by Stephen Guinan Women in Sports: Fifty Fearless Athletes Who Played To Win by Rachel Ignotofsky

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie & Martha are in conversation about books featuring dragons. Highlighted in this episode are: The Book of Dragons (short stories) compiled by Jonathan Strahan A Death In Door County by Annelise Ryan Dragon Masters (series) by Tracey West Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin A Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Regan Barnhill Eragon (series) by Christopher Paolini Fourth Wing (series) by Rebecca Yarros Harry Potter (series) by JK Rowling The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien  How To Train Your Dragon (series) by Cressida Cowell A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan Nimona by Noelle Stevenson The Rain Wild Chronicles (series) by Robin Hobb The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons (expected July 2024) And They Found Dragons (series) by Ted Dekker The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung (2024 Caldecott Honor) When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, Cherie & Ginette are in conversation about book to screen adaptations. Highlighted in this episode are: All  Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland The Maltese Falcon by Samuel Dashiell Hammett One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Sullivan’s Crossing (series) by Robyn Carr Sweet Magnolias (series) by Sheryl Woods To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  Wool by Hugh Howey

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie and Micheala are in conversation about our favorite reads in 2023, so far. Highlighted in this episode are: The Devil’s Highway by Luis Albert Urrea Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails by Camper English Fourth Wing & Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Happy Place by Emily Henry Hello Stranger by Katherine Center Holly Stephen King How To Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison In Waiting (a short story inside Scattered Showers) by Rainbow Rowell Indigo Isle by T.I. Lowe Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond Solito by Javier Zamora  Spare by Prince Harry Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich Wildfire by Hannah Grace

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie and Micheala are in conversation about Cozy Holiday Reads. Highlighted in this episode are: A Court of Frost & Starlight by Sarah J. Maas A Royal Christmas Wedding by Rachel Hauck A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams Becoming Us by Robin Jones Gunn Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan First Christmas on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand Finding Father Christmas, Engaging Father Christmas, Marrying Father Christmas by Robin Jones Gunn Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling Lease on Love by Falon Ballard Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Library Board President, Julie, are in conversation about books with an investigative journalism theme. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow The Cadaver King and The Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko The Girls Who Fought Crime by Mari Eder I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search For The Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Sadie by Courtney Summers She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor Slanted: How The News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism by Sharyl Attkisson The Word Was Murder by Anthony Horowitz We Carry Their Bones: The Search For Justice At The Dozier School For Boys by Erin Kimmerle What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of An All-American Teen by Kate Fagan

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Frontliner, Cherie, are in conversation about books that feature characters tackling censorship. Answers In The Pages by David Levithan Attack of Black Rectangles by A.S. King Ban This Book by Alan Gratz Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook Banned Books: The Controversy Over What Students Read by Meryl Loonin Banned Books: The World’s Most Controversial Books, Past and Present by DK Publishing The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of Censorship in the West, from the Ancients to Fake News by Eric Berkowitz Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradberry For the Love of Books: Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More by Graham Tarrant The Librarian Of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age by Amy Sohn Slanted: How The News Media Taught Us To Love Censorship And Hate Journalism by Sharyl Attkisson Suggested Reading by Dave Connis

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Business Manager, Garrett, are in conversation about books that set on the high seas. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer    The Daughter of the Pirate King by Trishia Levenseller    The Daughter of the Siren Queen by Trishia Levenseller    Deep As The Sky, Red As The Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig    The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor    The Lost Boy by Christina Henry    Mermaid and Pirate by Tracey Baptiste    Never, Never by Serena Valentino    Pirate Latitudes by Micheal Crichton     Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared To Rule The High Seas by Leigh Lewis    The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story or Sarah Kidd by Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos    Prince Of Song And Sea by Linsey Miller Sea Serpent's Heir: Pirate's Daughter by Mairghread Scott              The Siren by Kiera Cass              Those We Drown by Amy Goldsmith Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson              Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic by David Lester

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Stephenie, the Youth Services Manager, are in conversation about books that have and are red, white, and new. Happy Place by Emily Henry Yours Truly by Abby Jiminez Hello Stranger by Katherine Center   The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff   The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese  Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo     My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by 18 Afghan Women     You: The Story by Ruta Sepetys Borrow My Heart by Kasie West Tap! Tap! Tap! By Herve Tullet When Clouds Touch Us by Thanhha Lai Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley Weather Together by Jessie Sima The Lake House by Sarah Durst Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu An Appetite for Miracles by Laeken Zea Kemp Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken We Don’t Lose Our Class Goldfish by Ryan T. Higgins Hoops by Matt Tavares

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Micheala, the Communications Manager, are in conversation about books that have and are trending on BookTok & Bookstagram. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (series)    Bergman Brothers by Chloe Liese (series) Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney     Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid     Every Summer After by Carley Fortune     Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros     Funny Feelings by Tarah DeWitt     Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (series)    I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette Mccurdy     It Ends With Us and It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover     Spare by Prince Harry     Sugaring Off by Gillian French     The London Seance Society and The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner     The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks     The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides     Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas     You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Sandi, a local paramedic and avid reader, are in conversation about books with a medical theme. Anatomy & Immortality (Duology): A Love Story by Dana Schwartz     When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi     Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David Oshinsky     Hidden Valley Road: Inside The Mind Of An American Family by Robert Kolker     Harvest (Medical Thrillers series) by Tess Gerritsen     Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni     Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta series) by Patricia Cornwell     Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails by Camper English     Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin     Fatal by Michael Palmer     Extreme Measures by Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life by Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D.

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Sarah, former library staff and avid reader, highlight books featuring road trips or traveling. -Alice Across America: The Story of the First Women’s Cross-Country Road Trip by sarah Glenn Marsh     -Between Two Kingdoms by Sukeika Jouad     -A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti     -Into the Wild by John Krakuer     -The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles -Maps For A Getaway by Annie England Noblin     -Paper Towns by John Green         -The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinheit -Sister Chicks On The Loose by by Robin Jones Gunn     -Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share     -You Are My Sunshine: A Story of Love, Promises, and a Really Long Bike Ride by Sean Dietrich

Podcasting from Nappanee Public Library, Maggie, the Youth Services Assistant, and Victoria, the Technology Specialist, highlight books featuring remarkable women. -Barbizon: the Hotel That Set Women Free, The by Paulina Bren -Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World, The  by Shelley Puhak -Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage and Justice, The by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Victoria has this checked out from another library) -Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier, The by April White -Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII, A by Sarah Helm (Victoria owns this book) -Moment Of Life: How Empowering Women Changes The World, The by Melinda Gates -Secret History Of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed The Power Of Home And Changed The Way We Live, The by Danielle Dreilinger -Secrets Of The Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing The World by Eliza Reid -Shadow Warriors of World War II: The Daring Women of OSS and SOE by Gordon Thomas and Greg Lewis -She Came To Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar -Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II, The by Svetlana Alexievich (Victoria has this from another library) -When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong -Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage by Nathalia Holt