If you’re not off to Florida or points south for spring break, we’ve got just the thing to keep your kiddos entertained. Over the last 18 months, we’ve installed four Storybook …
Linda Sullivan recommends Book of Ivy series
Our Book Whisperer, Linda Sullivan, recommends The Book of Ivy series by Amy Engel to keep us stimulated, especially during Women’s History Month.
Linda cautions to not be thwarted by the …
Linda Sullivan recommends haunting novels
Our Book Whisperer, Linda Sullivan, says these novels will keep us turning pages in our minds even after we’ve replaced When We Were Worthy and The Unseen World in their …
They sang what they lived: The story of Carl and Pearl Butler
Carl Robert Butler (1924-1992) and Pearl Dee Jones Butler (1927-1988) emerged from the vibrant tapestry of local country music to become one of the nation’s most beloved and enduring country …
Linda recommends two in honor of Presidents Day
This week’s recommendations by Linda Sullivan, a lecture by President Jimmy Carter and a book on the Kennedy women, remind us not only have we had many remarkable presidents, but …
Library, WBIR develop Black History Collection
Housed in the East Tennessee History Center, The Knox County Public Library’s Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS) preserves East Tennessee’s cultural history through film, video and audio. …
Launch a rocket ship from your table
The library’s new twist on Mayor Jacobs’s Read City challenge is gaining some big fans. From launching rocket ships and creating avatars to drawing a scene from a book, the …
Linda Sullivan recommends Highway 59 series
Book Whisperer Linda Sullivan recommends another fictional series this week: Highway 59 by Attica Locke.
Attica Locke is an American fiction author who was named after the 1971 Attica Prison rebellion because …