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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams’s Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration, by Elizabeth Partridge
BR 24856
For grades 6-9
Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed the Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches and different results. This nonfiction picture book for middle-grade readers examines the Japanese-American incarceration and the complexity of documenting it through the work of these three photographers.
Superfan: A Pop Culture Memoir, by Jen Sookfong Lee
DB 112244
For most of Jen Sookfong Lee's life, pop culture was an escape from family tragedy and a means of fitting in with the larger culture around her. And yet as Jen grew up, she began to recognize the ways in which pop culture was not made for someone like her-the child of Chinese immigrant parents who looked for safety in the invisibility afforded by embracing model minority myths. Jen weaves together key moments in pop culture with stories of her own failings, longings, and struggles as she navigates the minefields that come with carving her own path as an Asian woman, single mother, and writer. She draws direct lines between the spectacle of the popular, the intimacy of our personal bonds, and the social foundations of our collective obsessions.
Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang
BR 24934 ; DB 114930
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I. Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
You Are Here: Connecting Flights, edited by Ellen Oh
BR 24935 ; DB 114037
For grades 4-7
In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power of words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in the interwoven stories of young people whose family roots may extend to East and Southeast Asia, but who are themselves distinctly American.
May/June 2024
Mystery and Detective Stories
The Flower Master: Rei Shimura, Book 3, by Sujata Massey, narrated by Susan Rittenhouse
DBC 12482
While struggling to adjust to the nuances of Japanese propriety, trying to keep her business afloat, and dealing with veiled messages left under her door, Rei Shimura sifts through the bones of old skeletons to keep her family name clear and her own life safe from an enemy with a mysterious agenda. If Rei doesn't want to be crushed, she must walk a perilous line and uncover a killer with a dramatic flare for deadly arrangements.
Program runs from June 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024.
Join us on a virtual hike through Western Maryland’s Appalachian Trail!
You can walk, run, jog, listen, or read through 40 miles of the scenic Appalachian Trail. If you complete the program, you win a prize!
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIhi4o-dO5_txJ3L6f88i11MmXUuWhk7y8ViiosFmI-9YMmw/viewform
Here’s how the game works:
Learn more about the game here: https://msla.maryland.gov/Pages/Virtual-Hike-Through-the-Appalachian-Trail.aspx
Summer is a great time to learn and explore new interests! LBPD joins with other MD Libraries to promote the Collaborative Summer Library Program to encourage our patrons to keep learning over the summer. Our summer reading program will kickoff in June 2024! Continue to check back for program details and summer challenges for our adult and youth patrons.
2024 Theme:
The 2024 Summer Learning Program theme is Adventure Begins at Your Library. This year's theme focuses on adventure.
Registration Starts: May 25, 2024
Program Starts: June 1, 2024
Talking Book Topics is released every other month and contains highlights of new additions to our collection.
- Talking Book Topics can be read and enjoyed in several different ways:
Online at https://www.loc.gov/nls/new-materials/talking-book-topics/
- Audio cartridge - comes with a print order form
- Download from BARD and BARD mobile
- Braille Book Review’s Talking Book Topics Abridged section
- NFB Newsline - contact LBPD to subscribe to Newsline to access Talking Book Topics and other publications through the phone
Adventure Begins at Your Library!
Start your summer adventure with the 2024 "Adventure Begins at Your Library" Summer Reading Challenge at the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled. Join us for fun, excitement, adventure, and learning. Youth and Adult programs are offered.
Visit our website to learn more at:https://msla.maryland.gov/Pages/LBPD-Summer-Reading-Challenge.aspx.
Summer Reading Registration begins: May 25, 2024
Get Adventurous and ATTEND our Summer Reading Kick-Off!
June 1, 10 AM- 2 PM
Join us on June 1st starting at 10 AM. Begin by making a tactile treasure map with the Tactile Art Club. Next, come by the summer reading registration table as you enjoy an afternoon snack. At noon, join REI instructors as we learn how to camp under the stars in the Beginner's Camping Workshop. The description of the program is below.
Beginner's Camping Workshop
It's always the season for campfires, s'mores, and spending time in nature. Join REI facilitators for this hands-on introduction to tent camping. Sleeping under the stars has never been easier. In this workshop, you'll practice setting up tents, get help selecting the best sleeping bag for you, and get practical experience to help you camp for the first (or second, or fifteenth) time. No experience is necessary. All gear will be provided.
Registration for this event is required, with a maximum of 8. Registration closes on May 15.
REI Beginner's Camping Workshop Registration: https://forms.gle/aXthGJJRvUAMp2NaA
The next three Technology User Group meetings will be held on:
All meetings begin at 10:00 a.m., and can be accessed by either calling in or via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/6562037293
Meeting ID: 656 203 7293
Call in Number:
1-301-715-8592
Meeting ID: 656 203 7293#
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Telephone: 410-230-2424
Email: reference.desk@maryland.gov
Website: https://msla.maryland.gov/Pages/LBPD.aspx
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