One For Your Watchlist: Scrooge

One For Your Watchlist: Scrooge December 20, 2024  Like Ebenezer collapsing under the weight of his self-loathing and misanthropic approach to life, you too might feel overwhelmed by the choice of Dickens adaptations this…

Armistice Day

Armistice Day November 9, 2015 Ever wonder why Veterans Day is always November 11?  It seems a little odd when most of our other national holidays are the second Monday or the…

Terri Thomas

Terri Thomas, Librarian

The Nightingale

Wed, 01/08/2025 - 12:00 The Nightingale Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang's Yellow Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.  Today’s…

How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 12:00 How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Lilac Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.…

The Seven-Headed Serpent

Wed, 01/22/2025 - 12:00 The Seven-Headed Serpent Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Yellow Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.  …

The Troll's Daughter

Wed, 01/29/2025 - 12:00 The Troll's Daughter Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.  Today’s…

The White Dove

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 12:00 The White Dove Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.  Today’s story…

The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther

Wed, 02/12/2025 - 12:00 The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main…

The Fairy of the Dawn

Wed, 02/19/2025 - 12:00 The Fairy of the Dawn Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Violet Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.  …

The Shirt Collar

Wed, 02/26/2025 - 12:00 The Shirt Collar Family Folktales This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book.Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library.  I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library.  Today’s…

Chase Caudill

Chase Caudill, Library Associate

2024 Backlist

2024 Backlist December 27, 2024  A year of reading brings titles new and old. Here are a few of the best books I read this year that weren't new releases…

Read Banned Children's Books

Read Banned Children's Books September 21, 2015 Next week is Banned Books Week – a holiday with which you may not be familiar, but trust me, it’s big news around libraries.  …

The Rewind Button

Tue, 12/24/2024 - 12:00 The Rewind Button Truth B Told: Conversations About Culture and Power