Ballston Reader
What's Happening at the Town of Ballston Community Library
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
**COVID-19 Library Update**
Even though the physical space of the Library is closed, we are striving to continue any services we can to our patrons in this time of social distancing. If you have any questions about services, please email web.toblibrary@gmail.com, or to contact the director, Colleen Smith directly, email csmith@sals.edu.
Remember to check our website often for new resources, and our Facebook page is being updated multiple times a day with various types of things to help you find information, have fun, learn something, or get the latest updates. Next week we hope to expand further into virtual services!
If you don't already have a card, or need help with your account, please email web.toblibrary@gmail.com, and we will be happy to assist you!
Check Out These Books!
Each of the titles below is available on Hoopla for digital download. Each title lists the formats available. Remember, there are NO WAITS on items on Hoopla! If it is there, it is available!
Things That Go Away by Beatrice Alemagna (Available as ebook on Hoopla)
"From once-green leaves turning brilliant hues each autumn to our own eventually graying hair, our brief time together is marked by constant change. Pausing to reflect on life’s transience may inspire sadness, but in Things That Go Away, author-illustrator Beatrice Alemagna reminds us that change isn’t always an occasion for sorrow.
Things That Go Away uses simple, image-driven language and engaging artwork to explore its titular concept. Between each spread of Alemagna’s signature oil paintings is a sheet of sparsely illustrated onion paper. With each turn of this translucent paper, Alemagna reveals things that vanish or are transformed, from the relenting pounding of rain that gives way to sunshine to music that fills a room only to dissolve into silence." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore (available as eaudio on Hoopla)
Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang (available as ebook on Hoopla)
"Alexandra Chang’s debut novel, Days of Distraction, offers a thoughtful reflection on gender, relationships and racial and ethnic identity in 21st-century America, as seen through the observant eyes of a young Chinese American woman.
Employed as a Consumer Technology Reporter for a San Francisco-based publication, Chang’s narrator Alexandra (Jing-Jing to her family) writes “about gadgets for people with money to spend.” Between her dissatisfaction with the emptiness of her job and the not-so-subtle discrimination against women working in the tech world, she’s ready for a change." - Excerpt from Book Page Book Review article
Hoopla BONUS Borrows!
https://www.hoopladigital.com/collection/8364
(You can search Bonus Borrows in the search bar as well! It will come up as an option when you start typing it. See screenshot below!)
Town of Ballston Community Library
Email: web.toblibrary@gmail.com
Website: toblibrary.sals.edu
Location: 2 Lawmar Lane, Burnt Hills, NY, United States
Phone: 518-399-8174
Facebook: facebook.com/toblibrary