Summary: Podcast the 35th in which Siân travels to BPL Copley to chat with children's librarian (and generally awesome human being) Laura Koenig. Laura Koenig Interviews with Laura: http://www.bpl.org/press/2015/04/30/central-library-renovation-profiles-laura-koenig-team-leader-central-library-childrens-services-2/ \ http://simmonsslis.tumblr.com/post/121221184412/alum-laura-koenig-talks-about-the-new-childrens Laura Twitter and Instagram: 2Nickles (https://twitter.com/2nickels \ https://www.instagram.com/twonickels/) Boston Public Library BPL Children’s: http://www.bpl.org/kids/kids-at-bpl/childrens-room-copley/ BPL Teens: http://www.bpl.org/teens/at-the-bpl/teen-room-central/ BPL Calendar: http://www.bpl.org/central/calendar.htm BPL twitter and Instagram: BPLBoston (https://www.instagram.com/bplboston/ \ https://twitter.com/BPLBoston) Virtual Tour: http://www.bpl.org/bplreno/ Boston Public Library to Commemorate 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death with Two Exhibitions in Fall 2016: https://www.bpl.org/press/2016/04/22/boston-public-library-to-commemorate-400th-anniversary-of-shakespeares-death-with-two-exhibitions-in-fall-2016/ Books we talk about Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Marcelo in the Real World, Francisco X. Stork Blueberries for Sal, Robert McCloskey Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson American Gods, Neil Gaiman Dark Is Rising series, Susan Cooper People we talk about Margaret and H. A. Rey (pic of chairs!) Jane McCloskey: http://www.pressherald.com/2015/08/23/robert-mccloskeys-secret-art-explored/ Margot Harrison: https://margotharrison.com/ \ https://twitter.com/margotfharrison Dawn Kurtagich: http://www.dawnkurtagich.com/ \ https://twitter.com/dawnkurtagich Kim Savage: http://www.kimsavage.me/ \ https://twitter.com/khsavage Maggie Stiefvater: http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/blog/in-which-i-am-earnest-about-the-barns/ Links Carleton College: https://www.carleton.edu/ Simmons GSLIS: http://www.simmons.edu/academics/schools/school-of-library-and-information-science “According to the website State Symbols USA, only two others have a similar symbol. Alabama has as its official Bible a historic one purchased in 1853 that’s used for all gubernatorial swearing-in ceremonies. But that’s an official Bible, not the official book of the state. Massachusetts has an official children’s book, the popular 1941 picture book Make Way for Ducklings, written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey and set in Boston Public Garden’s lagoon. That’s it for official tomes. (I’m sure readers could have a field day coming up for their own picks.)”: http://thehumanist.com/news/religion/officially-quirky-aside-from-the-bible-some-states-official-symbols-will-surprise-you State Symbols: http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/ Quack, Mack, Jack, and Pack have all been stolen: http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/07/make_way_for_a_duckling_search/ Arrowstreet: http://www.arrowstreet.com/ Vintage Library Card Catalogs Transformed Into Awesome Furniture: http://dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com/2012/01/vintage-library-card-catalogs.html WGBH studio: https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/09/26/wgbh-studio-and-cafe-open-boston-public-library/zVATkWfkiOs55oQ44aVnEK/story.html The House on the Rock: https://www.thehouseontherock.com/
