BTBL Book Buzz: April 2023

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APRIL 01, 2023

Book Buzz

 A Monthly Collection of Librarian-selected Books by Topic

Book Buzz Bee

April 2023: The Yolk's on You!

Dun Dun Dunnn... The Plot Chickens
Egg-cellent Mystery Series

  • DB 85350 - Cackleberry Club, Books 1-6 (Cackleberry Club series) by Laura Childs.
  • DB 109482 / BR 24344 in process- The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken (Vish Puri series) by Tarquin Hall.
  • DB 99687 - Strangled Eggs and Ham (Country Store series) Maddie Day.
  • DB 97888 - Murder Flies the Coop (Beryl and Edwina series) by Jessica Ellicott.
  • DBC16354 - If Fried Chicken Could Fly (Country Cooking School series) by Paige Shelton

Great Eggs-pectations
Scrambled Classics

  • DB 105273 - So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow. Based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
  • DB 99609 - The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow. Based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
  • DB 87102 / BR 21783 - A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock series) by Sherry Thomas. Mystery based on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
  • DB 97936 - Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry. Based on Classic Greek myths.
  • DB 52549 - Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire. Based on the Cinderella fairy tale.

Chick Out These Eggs-traordinary Books!
Non-Fiction Chickens

  • DB 109236 / BR 24311 in process- Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem by Marcus Samuelsson
  • DB 91830 - Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude: 101 Stories About How Being Thankful Can Change Your Life by Amy Newmark
  • DB 57434 - Keep Chickens!: Tending Small Flocks in Cities, Suburbs, and Other Small Spaces by Barbara Kilarski
  • DBC16635 - Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats by Maryn McKenna.
  • DB 109770 in process / BR 24484 in process - The Chicken Bible: Say Goodbye to Boring Chicken with 500 Recipes for Easy Dinners, Braises, Wings, Stir-Fries, and So Much More by America's Test Kitchen.

These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/

Is there a topic you would like to see featured in a future BTBL Book Buzz? Email your suggestions to the Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library at btbl@michigan.gov.


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