[NFBNJ] tbbc newsletter inside

[joe ruffalo]

Greetings to all!
Please review and share the TBCC newsletter.
Great info!
Joe

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Subject: tbbc newsletter
A MESSAGE FROM THE NEW JERSEY STATE LIBRARIAN

This is our fourth newsletter to help you stay informed on the current 
situation. Nothing has really changed in the past week. Governor Murphy is 
leading the state’s efforts in this crisis and he will safely get us back to 
the library.

Books are not being duplicated and mailed out to you but staff is returning 
telephone calls.

In this newsletter, we want to entice you to consider downloading books. My 
thanks to Liz Kelly for taking the New York Times Best Sellers listing and 
giving everyone the book numbers to download.

For children and the young at heart, Jen has complied a link to books being 
read by some famous people.

We have also provided some information of podcasts from the Hadley School of 
New York that may be of interest to you.


Take care and please be safe.

Thank you,

Mary

Mary L. Chute
New Jersey State Librarian

FAX MACHINE UNAVAILABLE

Please do not send any requests or applications to the library’s fax number. 
No one is at the library to receive these requests. Requests and 
applications can be scanned and emailed to the library; simply send them to 
the email this newsletter came from, tbbc at njstatelib.org

CHILDREN’S BOOKS READ BY CELEBRITIES

Michelle Obama, Levar Burton and characters from Disney each have a link 
with them reading a book.

Join former First Lady, Michelle Obama, for a story time!  "Mondays with 
Michelle Obama" began on April 20th.  You can catch the livestream at PBS 
KIDS’ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PBSKIDS/ page and YouTube channel 
https://www.youtube.com/pbskids, and on Penguin Random House’s Facebook 
page. If you can't make the livestream, don't worry, the story time will be 
available at each of those locations right after the livestream.

April 20, 12 pm ET:  THE GRUFFALO by Julia Donaldson

April 27, 12 pm ET:  THERE’S A DRAGON IN YOUR BOOK by Tom Fletcher

May 4, 12 pm ET:  MISS MAPLE’S SEEDS by Eliza Wheeler

May 11, 12 pm ET:  THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle

Join Reading Rainbow's Levar Burton every Friday (and some other days) on 
his Twitter page @levarburton as he does a livestream reading of different 
stories.

The Disney Bedtime Hotline is back to help parents get their kids to sleep; 
more information is at 
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/18/us/disney-bedtime-hotline-trnd/index.html.

Now through April 30, families can call 1-877-7-MICKEY (1-877-764-2539) to 
hear one of five special messages from Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald 
Duck, Daisy Duck or Goofy.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING

Little Fires Everywhere DB89018

The Woman in the Window DB90036

Everything I Never Told You DB80393

Normal People DB94878

Before We Were Yours: A Novel DB88202

City of Girls DB95563

The Nightingale DB81189

The Overstory DB91490

Then She Was Gone: A Novel DB93135

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: A Novel DB87829

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel DB85533

The Outsider: A Novel DB92110

Where the Crawdads Sing DB92245

American Dirt DB98146

The Silent Patient DB93996

The Giver of Stars DB96907

The Dutch House DB96739

NEXT WEEK NON-FICTION. THANKS TO LIZ KELLY FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.

COVID-19

The Hadley School has created two episodes of a podcast focusing on the 
current COVID-19 crisis and offers resources and strategies for individuals 
who are blind or visually impaired that might be particularly helpful during 
this time.

Hadley Presents COVID-19 (check out 2) Podcast Links:

https://hadley.edu/hadleypresents/episode.asp?episode=COVID_19_and_vision_loss

https://hadley.edu/hadleypresents/episode.asp?episode=COVID_19_and_vision_loss_part_2

BARD MOBILE APP

With BARD Mobile for iOS or Android, you can play the audio materials on 
your smartphone or tablet. If your device is connected to a refreshable 
Braille display through Bluetooth, you can also read the Braille materials 
available on BARD.

The BARD Mobile app is available as a free download through App Store or 
Google Play.

Before you can use BARD Mobile, you must be signed up to use BARD. You can 
apply for BARD at:  https://nlsbard.loc.gov/NLS/ApplicationInstructions.html

Notes on Using BARD Mobile:

Sign in with your BARD user name and password. You'll only need to do this 
the first time you use the app. The BARD Mobile app will remember your BARD 
user credentials.

Books and magazines can be quite large to download (50MB - 200MB), so be 
sure to manage downloads carefully, especially if you have a limited data 
plan. You can set BARD Mobile to only download over Wi-Fi.

Your progress through a book is not updated across iOS devices. So, if you 
start listening to a book on your iPhone, your progress will not be updated 
on your iPad.

You can have up to 5 iOS devices registered with the BARD Mobile app.

TALKING BOOK & BRAILLE CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION

Toll-Free Number:  (800) 792-8322 ext. 861

Local Phone Number:  (609) 406-7179 ext. 861

Email Address:  tbbc at njstatelib.org

Website Address:  www.njstatelib.org/tbbc

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