Storytime: One Day, Zane

One Day, Zane Zane wants to see animals. His parents say one day they will go to the zoo. Finally they go to the zoo, and Zane sees a baby bear that will be released to the forest one day. Is Zane going to go live in the forest one day too? Maybe one day, Zane.

History Day

Since History Day is just around the corner, and we've heard from many of you with questions about your research, we've invited a special guest from the Minnesota Historical Society Library to discuss History Day resources. Have a listen and get started on those projects!

History Day

Amber Gatherers MusicReview

Amber Gatherers

Alisdair Roberts' newest album fortells a good future for those who enjoy music with roots. Roberts channels the spirit of the Scottish hills while creating a poetic and melodic landscape rich with imagery and subtle energy.

Tantalize BookTalk

If you like Stephenie Meyer or Annette Curtis Klause, you might to check out this tantalizing read featuring vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters. Have a listen to the booktalk to find out more about Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith. This book is recommended for ages 14 and up.

Tantalize

Numbers in the Dark BookTalk

Numbers in the Dark

Number in the Dark is a collection of stories by Italo Calvino that brings wit and a superb lightness of touch and acuity to the beauty and oddity of life. Many of the stories are only a handful of pages long--perfect for coffee break or the bus ride.

Godless BookTalk

Hey excited readers! This week we're featuring a booktalk for the novel, "Godless" by Pete Hautman, a favorite local author. Have a listen to the booktalk to get a synopsis of the book. This book is aimed at teens, but is a fun read for ages 12 and up.

Godless

Eat Cake BookTalk

Ruth lives, breathes, and bakes cakes! When Ruth's cantankerous family brings more challenges than she can manage, Ruth uses her talent for baking the yummiest of cakes to help save the day. For an easy and light-as-an-angel-food-cake read, check out Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray.

Podcast Feed, etc

Hi all,

I have recorded three files, which I will add to what you all have already done. I may re-record at some point, because I wasn't able to get a computer with GarageBand, so my material is without music, and my story doesn't have the animal sound effects.

What I propose we do is to delete the other posts, post each file as a separate blog post, and then embed the feed chicklet in a dummy library page (which I will create, or, if I don't get to it, at any rate we still have the blog and the feedburner feed).

I have put the files up on my server space, except for Heather's booktalk, which I somehow missed, but will do shortly. I am going to post each file as a link in a separate blog post, so we should therefore create a separate instance of each in a reader. Voilà, a podcast.

I took the liberty of doing a little editing (e.g. smoothing the music to voice transitions and adjusting the levels to make the vocal louder relative to intro/outro muzak). A little more editing probably wouldn't hurt. I also added a bit of metadata to identify the tracks, which will show up if the user is playing them in iTunes or MediaPlayer. For instance, they will all be grouped as an album now, so they won't get spread all over the music library if they are downloaded.

What we have left, I think, is to see about getting them to work in the Apple Store, to create a presentation, and maybe to give the project a bit of context and theoretical sustainability.

Will

Udated Podcast

I changed the link to my podcast in the previous post titled Podcasts from Sunday. The podcast for Tantalize now has music.

Podcasts from Sunday

Here are the links to the podcasts that we created on Sunday. To download the podcasts, click on the link below. Then click on "download your file" here.

Heather's Teen Book Talk for Tantalize
History Day
Carolyn's Adult Book Talk for Eat Cake
Jennifer's Teen Book Talk for Godless