Blogs & Podcasts

Find early literacy tips and children's books on the Children's Blog. Discover your next great read on the Books Movies Music Blog. Dig into Nashville history with the Community History Blog. Listen to stories, history, and culture on NPL Podcasts. Please see this Note for Readers.

Defend Yourself at All Times

December 2, 2022

Lavelle Miller

Self-defense is one of the most important skills I believe anyone should have. I like to say, “better to know but not need.” In 501 Unarmed Self-Defense Skills, Chris McNab gives you simple techniques you can use to ward off an attacker.

Best of 2022

December 1, 2022

Beth Deeb

These were my personal favorites of this reading year.

Thanksgiving table with turkey, potatoes, pie, and other dishes.

Fun with Foodies

November 24, 2022

Amanda Dembiec

This holiday season, let's have some fun with food!

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Little Wildrose

November 23, 2022

A prince falls in love with a girl who lives in an eagle’s nest on top of a tree. Will she ever fulfill his heart’s desire and marry him?

Simplistic painting of an adult and child in a sunny garden.

We Are Still Here!: Contemporizing Indigenous Life through Children's Books

November 22, 2022

Caroline Cronin

November is Native American Heritage month. Here are some Children's books that give voice to modern indigenous communities, who have humbly withstood the many challenges and violences of Western colonization. 

A person wearing black fingerless gloves holds a cardboard cutout in the shape of a house

StoryCorps Highlight: Homeless in Nashville

November 16, 2022

Kate Wingate

November 12-20 is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Listen to a couple of Nashville StoryCorps interviews, from a formerly unhoused person and an activist for the poor and unhoused.

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