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READING Winter
MATTERS 2021
WASHINGTON TALKING BOOK & BRAILLE LIBRARY
2021 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121-2783
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
Phone: (206) 615-0400 • Toll free: (800) 542-0866
wtbbl@sos.wa.gov • www.wtbbl.org
That All May Read
FROM THE DIRECTOR
by Danielle Miller
For our braille readers, we are excited
to participate in the second phase of the
National Library Service for the Blind and
Print Disabled (NLS) Braille eReader pilot.
We will loan Zoomax braille eReaders
to interested patrons so they can access
our electronic braille collection. The
devices have 20 cells, connect to Wi-Fi,
and are USB- and SD card-compatible for
downloading books directly from BARD.
For patrons without Wi-Fi, or who do
not use BARD, we can send books on a
cartridge that will connect to the eReader
As we reflect on this past year, it is very with a cable.
clear that in times of uncertainty and stress
the need for our books is even greater. We In order to make more titles available
frequently receive notes from patrons or in languages other than English, we
family members letting us know how much are also participating in an NLS pilot of
the WTBBL service means in their lives. the Global Book Service hosted by the
We hear comments like, “Talking books Accessible Books Consortium. In this
are a lifesaver,” and “[WTBBL] gives me a limited pilot, we will be able to access
whole new world out there.” About BARD: audio titles in many languages under the
“I used to always have a big, fat book with Marrakesh Treaty. We are extending our
me. Now I still have that, in my iPhone!” Bookshare pilot another year and adding
We are grateful for the opportunity to 50 more memberships. We are committed
provide such valuable services to our to providing as much access to reading
patrons. While 2020 was a challenging material as possible, and in the formats
year, it was a year of growth, and there are that work best for you.
exciting things on the horizon.
I wish everyone all the very best for
We are well underway in our transition 2021, and I hope you’ll join us for our
to duplication-on-demand service for our book club meeting in March.
audiobook patrons. This service provides
multiple books on one cartridge and
makes our entire collection available to On the cover: WTBBL’s Alycia, Shane,
readers at all times. Danielle and Sally Jo in the
Duplication on Demand station
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(see page 3).
Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
YOUTH SERVICES NEWS
by Erin Groth
Winter is wonderful at WTBBL Youth So That All May Read” was a project
Services! fueled by our youth patrons’ creativity.
Children and teens from across the state
Late November saw the launch of made tactile handprints and sent them
Virtual Multisensory Storytime. Each to WTBBL for framing. We got so many
week, excluding holidays, we posted a hands back that we were afraid they
new 20-minute program with singing, wouldn’t fit on the wall in our public
dancing, storytelling, and more. Patrons area! We made it work though, and
interested in early literacy were offered this truly inclusive project showcases
free Multisensory Storytime Kits to be our youth patrons’ diversity and artistic
used while viewing the programs. These talent. We cannot wait until we are open
were so popular that we had to restock to the public again so that visitors can
our materials twice! Kits included egg experience the art installation in person.
shakers, dancing scarves, dinosaur
puppets, playdough, bubbles, and a Our first-ever virtual Braille
list of songs and action rhymes. If you Challenge will be held in late February
have a preschooler or toddler at home for participants statewide. We will have
who would like a kit, please contact information from the Braille Institute,
Youth Services for more information. virtual Zumba classes led by members
All Multisensory Storytime videos are of the Northwest Association of Blind
available to watch on WTBBL’s YouTube Athletes, and, of course, a fun celebration
and Facebook pages. of braille literacy. If you’re a braille reader
age 6-18 and would like to participate,
In December, WTBBL hosted a virtual contact Youth Services as soon as possible
dog mushing event with former Iditarod in order to register.
competitor Karen Land. The hour-long
program was full of information about Want more information on Youth
dog sledding, how the dogs stay warm Services? Subscribe to DOTS: WTBBL’s
by wearing boots, and how the race Youth Patron Newsletter via the link on
works. Attendees loved “meeting” the the Youth Services page of the library’s
sled dogs and learning all about this very website for more information on the
cool sport. goings-on at WTBBL.
The Teen Advisory Board met again
in January, and the spectacular art
project they had a hand in creating was
displayed at WTBBL. “Lend a Hand
Reading Matters — Winter 2021
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CUSTOM CARTRIDGES ARE HERE
by Alycia Ensminger
Last fall, WTBBL implemented If there is a change of status to your
custom cartridges for over 6,000 patrons. account, call the library and speak to a
Instead of receiving one book per readers’ advisor. Notes placed inside the
physical cartridge, all patrons who signed cartridge container may not be seen by
up for this service are now receiving staff. Writing notes on the container label
multiple digital talking books on a single damages it and requires us to replace the
cartridge. If you haven’t received your entire container. We need your help keeping
first custom cartridge, but would like the custom cartridge materials in good
to, call us. This new delivery method condition for reuse.
will increase access to our collection for
patrons who prefer to listen to books We hope you are enjoying the new
through our mail delivery service and service, and we are excited to hear from you.
enables us to leverage our resources in Call us at (800) 542-0866 or (206) 615-0400,
new ways. weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., to discuss
your service and to add more books that you
When you call and speak to our enjoy to your account.
readers’ advisors, be sure to tell them
about the types of books you enjoy.
The titles on your custom cartridge
are chosen from your preferences and
requests, so the more information you Check out our 2020
provide, the better we can serve you.
Annual Report online
Returning your custom book at wtbbl.org!
cartridge is simple: instead of turning
over the mailing card, just remove it,
as the library’s address is printed on Print copy available
the container. If you find the cartridge
is broken or there is a problem with on request by calling
the digital talking book, please wrap a (800) 542-0866.
rubber band around the container so our
shipping department can pull it out of
circulation.
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“HAVE YOU READ”
by Keleigh Russell
Luckily there was a project that had
already been envisioned — a collection
that could give anyone a story to love.
I had some big questions on my mind
when I started. I wondered, “How can I
balance the diversity of topics that interest
readers? How can I account for the genres
that an individual might not like?”
I started by analyzing the most
popular genres by looking at which
books get checked out the most. While
the collection is meant to give anyone
something they’ll like, I knew that it was
important to tailor it to the people that
From classic to contemporary, the new “Have
read books from WTBBL. Based on what
You Read” Collection has a little something
I found, I proportionately represented
to interest everybody.
the most-loved genres and books. I also
heavily considered popularity. Books that
I am a library science graduate from the
are wildly popular can often transcend the
University of Washington, and I have been
boundaries of genre, even for those who
working hard to create an assortment of
may feel strongly about fantasy novels or
books that will have something to offer for
memoirs, for example.
everyone who likes to read. It could be a
mystery novel about a cat, an adventure set
There’s a lot of possibility in the
in the Pacific Northwest, or a riveting political
“Have You Read” tag. It can be a great
biography.
way to revisit old favorites or explore a
new genre. Because I chose books that
The project began late last summer when
are popular, you’re sure to find something
I was looking for an idea. I needed something
to buzz about, whether it’s a hot-on-
to work on for my culminating degree project
the-scene science-fiction book like An
but was overwhelmed with possibility. I was
Unkindness of Ghosts or a well-known,
lucky to meet WTBBL Director Danielle Miller
romantic favorite like Pride and Prejudice.
at a career fair, and for months I couldn’t stop
Why not roll the dice and find what
thinking about the library. I knew I wanted to
awaits?
do something that involved talking books!
Reading Matters — Winter 2021
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NEW BOOKS IN BRAILLE
by Ed Godfrey
WTBBL’s Braille Production Department wild in Mexico. For Grades 2-4 and older
and its volunteers have been working hard readers. 2018. Also available in audio as
to make more locally produced books DBC 15737.
available to our patrons. Here are some of
the latest titles: BRW 8693 Eggs and Chicks by Fiona
Patchett.
BRW 8729 A House on Stilts by Paula Which bird lays the biggest egg and how
Becker. do chicks learn to fly? Learn all about
Hunter was a bright kid with a loving eggs, chicks, and birds in this nonfiction
family, but he pushed boundaries until book for beginner readers. For grades K-3
he pushed too far. His mother describes and older. 2003. Also available in audio as
how he lost himself despite all the efforts DBC 205.
to save him. Strong language. UEB. 2019.
Transcribed by Joan Moritz. Also available BRW 8696 Hazel and Twig: The Birthday
in audio as DBC 15699. Fortune by Brenna Burns Yu.
Twig’s first birthday is coming up, and
BRW 8721 Harry Potter and the Order of her whole family — especially her older
the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. sister, Hazel — is eager to see what she
The first part of the summer after his will choose at her Doljabi. Whatever item
fourth year at Hogwarts — covered Twig chooses will tell her fortune, but what
in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will she pick? For preschool-grade 2. 2018.
(BRW 8720) — finds Harry back with the Also available in PRINT/BRAILLE as BRJ
Dursleys, isolated in the Muggles’ world. 1517, and in audio as DBC 15744.
But that changes after he is attacked by
Dementors. For grades 4-7 and older BRW 8732 Let’s Talk About Body
readers. 2003. Transcribed by Karen Hara. Boundaries, Consent, & Respect by
Also available in audio as DB 92233. Jayneen Sanders.
Teaches young children about body
For Younger Readers: boundaries, both theirs and others, and
explores these concepts with children
BRW 8687 Lobos: A Wolf Family Returns in a child-friendly and easily understood
to the Wild by Brenda Peterson. manner, providing familiar scenarios for
The true story of a Mexican gray wolf children to engage with and discuss. For
family, known as lobos, with pups born at a preschool and older readers. 2018.
sanctuary in Washington State near Mount
Rainier and their eventual release into the
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BRJ 1528 C is for Consent by Eleanor about how each creature might be as a pet.
Morrison. PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool and older.
A simple lesson about body boundaries 2017. Also available in audio as DBC 15739.
appropriate for a wide range of ages.
Boardbook. PRINT/BRAILLE. For BRJ 1526 I Think I Can by Karen S. Robbins.
preschool and older readers. 2018. Also Aardvark and Mouse learn to sing and read
available in audio as DBC 19052. in this conversation-style book. Simple text.
PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool and older
BRJ 1513 Paul and His Ukulele by Robert readers. 2019.
Broder.
Paul receives a ukulele as a gift and falls BRJ 1523 The Gentleman Bat by Abraham
in love with music. His travels take him Schroeder.
to a new town — and an unexpected Join the charismatic gentleman bat and
adventure. PRINT/BRAILLE. For K-3. his friends on a night time stroll down
2018. Also available in audio as DBC cobblestone streets where the town is lively
15736. and energetic. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades
2-4. 2014. Also available as BRW 8683, and
BRJ 1516 Chibi Samurai Wants a Pet by in audio as DBC 15747.
Sanae Ishida.
Meet Little Kunoichi’s buddy, Chibi BRJ 1529 The Skin I’m In by Pat Thomas.
Samurai. Inspired by Little Kunoichi’s A simple explanation of racism, its basic
relationship with her pet ninja bunny, causes, and the ways in which it can lead to
Chibi Samurai sets off to find a unfair practices. For preschool and older.
companion for himself. He explores PRINT/BRAILLE. 2003. Also available in
many possibilities from Japanese culture audio as DBC 19051.
— both real and mythical — thinking
Reading Matters — Winter 2021
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NEW AUDIO BOOKS FROM WTBBL
by John Pai
With the change in seasons, it’s a good DBC 7125 The Smiling Country by Sally
time to rediscover some older titles that Portman.
are newly available in the NLS catalog. A comprehensive history of Washington
Here in WTBBL’s Audio Book Production State’s Methow Valley. Includes information
Department, we are in the process of on the geology, wildlife, Native Americans,
uploading local books produced before early explorers, settlers, and development
BARD was available. Now older titles will of the Winthrop area. 2002. Narrated by
be available to all patrons. Here are a few Floyd Hutton.
classic highlights.
DBC 7065 The Smoke Room: A Novel of
Suspense by Earl Emerson.
Some might call it a sign that Jason Gum
began his new job as a firefighter with a
call to clean up the remains of a pig that
had fallen 11,000 feet through the roof
of a Seattle home. Mistakes and social
foibles compound as this noir mystery
unfolds, introducing the star-crossed Gum
to villainy, life-threatening challenges, and
a love affair with a seductive older woman.
2005. Narrated by Steve Hunziker. Also
available in braille as BRC 1197 and BRW
1301. DBC 16933 The Kiss of the Bees by J.A.
Jance.
DBC 16871 Greywalker by Kat Richardson. Diane Ladd Walker and her family are
When Seattle private investigator Harper again pursued by a vicious killer, tutored by
Blaine is brutally assaulted, the two the villain in the previous book, Hour of the
minutes she spends clinically dead alters Hunter (DBC 12861), as the story alternates
her perceptions. Her new ability to move between the past, the present, and tales of
in between the world of humans and Arizona Indians. 2000. Narrated by Eileen
the Grey, the world of ghosts, begins Gruhn.
to attract otherworldly clients. 2006.
Narrated by Mary Schlosser. DBC 7121 The School of Essential
Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister.
Eight students gather in Lillian’s Restaurant
for a weekly cooking class. Each one seeks
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a recipe for something beyond the kitchen. eat them. Book includes recipes to cook
Claire, a young mother, struggles with for cats and dogs. 2008. Narrated by
a demanding family; Antonia, an Italian Holly Chaffin.
kitchen designer, adapts to American
life; and Tom mourns the loss of his wife DBC 16847 First Person Plural by
to breast cancer. Chef Lillian helps them Cameron West.
create dishes whose flavor expands into the A candid memoir by a psychologist about
secret corners of her students’ lives. 2009. his development of Dissociative Identity
Narrated by Karen Manarolla. Disorder, the experience of living with
multiple personalities, and his treatment.
DBC 7135 My Name is Mary Sutter by 1999. Narrated by Ed Kennedy.
Robin Oliveira.
Traveling to Civil War-era Washington, D.C., For the younger folks we have:
to tend wounded soldiers and pursue her
dream of becoming a surgeon, headstrong DBC 16860 Gilda Joyce, Psychic
midwife Mary receives guidance from two Investigator by Jennifer Allison.
smitten doctors and resists her mother’s During the summer before ninth grade,
pleas for her to return home. 2010. intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the
Narrated by Rick Sipe. San Francisco mansion of distant cousin
Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old
DBC 16879 A Life Wild and Perilous: daughter, where she uses her purported
Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific psychic abilities and detective skills
by Robert Marshall Utley. to solve the mystery of the mansion’s
This vivid and heroic chronicle about the boarded-up tower. 2005. Narrated by
exploration of the American West tells Jennifer Harkins.
the story of a small but distinctive group
of mountain men whose knowledge and DBC 6769 The Return of the Killer Cat by
experience of the Trans-Mississippi West Anne Fine.
extended the national consciousness to Ellie’s cat, Tuffy, always claims innocence,
continental dimensions. 1997. Narrated by or at least justification, in all his actions.
Carter Bentley. This time a vacation caretaker seems
to think dried-out food is edible and a
DBC 16850 Food Pets Die For by Ann M. neighbor girl manages to waylay him for
Martin. a humiliating game of dress-up. 2007.
The author reveals the unsavory ingredients Narrated by Laurie Bialik. Also available
found in commercial pet foods that are in braille as BRW 1300.
potentially dangerous for the animals who
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NEW AUDIO BOOKS (CONT.)
DBC 16859 Geography Club by Brent every year her new class will be the best
Hartinger. one ever. Every year, she is right! 2009.
Russel and other closeted gay students Narrated by Zoaunne LeRoy.
form the “Geography Club” at their
intolerant small-town high school as a way DBC 7120 The Runaway Princess by Kate
for getting together in secret to talk. They Coombs.
welcome several straight kids, too, who Princess Meg resents being the prize
feel pushed out and pushed around in the offered to the prince who rids the
sometimes mean social scene. Through his kingdom of a witch, a dragon, and
rise to popularity as a “straight” jock and Robin Hood-like bandits, and besides
his fall to exile as “the gay kid,” Russel would rather protect those things than
learns about love, betrayal, cruelty and destroy them. With the help of friends,
forgiveness. He figures out what kind of she escapes the tower where she is
person he wants to be. 2003. Narrated by “sequestered” to take on that challenge.
Robert Phillips. 2006. Narrated by Sydney Allrud. Also
available in braille as BRC 624 and BRW
DBC 16865 Grape Thief by Kristine L. 1274.
Franklin.
1925, Roslyn, Washington. Twelve-year-
old Slava Petrovich is upset that he must
soon leave school to help support the
remaining members of his coal mining
family. Joining other boys in stealing
grapes from a yearly freight train, he
and a friend decide that riding the rails
back to California might offer them their
best chance to find well-paid work. 2003.
Narrated by Marilyn Mason.
DBC 7104 The Magical Ms. Plum by Bonny
Becker.
The third grade students know two things:
there is something very magical about
their classroom and Ms. Plum knows that
9 Washington Talking Book & Braille LibraryQUARTERLY PATRON BOOK CLUB
by Danielle Miller
he finds himself hailed as a prophet. But
Miles is really just a kid on the verge of
growing up, infatuated with the girl next
door, worried that his bickering parents
will divorce and fearful that everything,
even the bay he loves, is shifting away
from him. As the sea continues to offer up
discoveries from its mysterious depths,
Miles struggles to deal with the difficulties
associated with the equally mysterious
process of growing up.
WTBBL Director Danielle
will lead the Book Club Let us know if you would like to
participate so we can contact you with any
The WTBBL Book Club is a fun, updates or schedule changes. You can
entertaining and lively discussion of request a copy of the book or let us know
a book by a Northwest author or with you will be joining us by calling (800) 542-
Northwest interest. The titles we read will 0866 or emailing wtbbl@sos.wa.gov. We
be available in audio and braille, both on look forward to talking about books with
BARD or for you to order from the library. you!
The next meeting of the book club will
be Wednesday, March 24, from 2 to 3
p.m. Patrons can participate by telephone
using our free conference-call service. You
can join the discussion by calling (800) 920-
7487, participant code 39258344#.
We will read The Highest Tide by
Jim Lynch (DBC 15783/BRC 733). One
moonlit night, 13-year-old Miles O’Malley,
a speed-reading insomniac out looking for
tidal specimens in Puget Sound, discovers
a giant squid stranded on the beach. As
the first person to see a giant squid alive,
Reading Matters — Winter 2021
10Thank You to Our Donors from
Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020
Thank you to all our donors, patrons, and champions. The past year has been
challenging for all of us, and we appreciate the amazing support we’ve received
from all of you. Every donation is appreciated, no matter the amount, and helps us
better serve you. You can send a check to: WTBBL, 2021 9th Ave., Seattle, WA
98121-2783, or you can give securely online at www.wtbbl.org.
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Jeanne Dunnewind Susan & Bjorn Gjolmesli Susan & Robert Hendrick Melanie & Randall Johnson
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Stella Eckley Julie Goldbeck Tara Hendrickson Erich Johnston
Edmonds Lions Club Laverne Gonzales Phyllis Henrickson Shawn Johnston
Nancy & David Edwards Jane Goodridge & Margaret Henson Catherine & Joffrey Jones
David Egan Herbert Johnson Diane & Darrel Hester Marie Jones
Shirley Elliot John Gorow S. Hevel Shirley & Daryl Jones
David Elliott William Goss Betty Jo Hibbetts Valdean Jones
Will Elliott Lea & Burt Gossard William Higgins David Junius
Burnedine Elmore & Elizabeth Gould Elizabeth & Ken Hildebrant Helen & Thomas Juris
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Janet Elmore Sybil Graham Pamela Mach & Paul Hoerlein Hannah Karis
Isabel & Gary Ernest Reubena Grant Judy & Ronald Hoffman Doris Katagiri
Gerald Ervine Carrol Gray Ruth & Gerald Holdren Shirley Katrobos
Helen & Robert Ewald Diane & Clement Gray Katie & Frank Holland Jana & Jerry Kauffman
F5 Networks Debra Brozovich & Delores Hollowell Kaethe Kauffman
Maria Fabian Frank Green Sharon & Donald Houck Patricia & Robert Kautz
Anita Fahnlander Michele Greenky Susan Houk KCS Music Ministry
Julia & Robert Fairchild Devorah Greenspan Dorothy Hughes Bernice Keller
Harriet & Richard Farman Gloria & Lyle Greig Rosemary Hunt Shirley & William Keller
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