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Celebrate Authors and Reading at the Hoboken Library Festival

4 Sep

On September 21 2024 from 11 AM-3 PM, the library will have our annual Hoboken Library Festival in Church Square Park across from the Hoboken Public Library’s Main Branch. We will have music and a tent full of local authors who you can meet and purchase their works to have them signed. We will also be featuring author talks from Lauren E. Rico, Nathalie Alonso, and Rudy Gutierez. We hope you can join us for a fabulous and fun event celebrating the joy of reading!

Familia
by Lauren E. Rico
A great choice for the upcoming Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15) is Lauren E. Rico’s Familia. Isabella Ruiz has been desperate to reunite with her sister who disappeared as a baby from San Juan over twenty years ago. But when a genealogy test finds a match in Gabby DiMarco, Gabby seems in denial that they could be related, though she is willing to come to Puerto Rico to try and solve the mystery between them. New York Times Bestselling Author, Abby Jimenez, describes it as “a masterfully woven tale of mystery, reconciliation, and familial love.” Residing in the NY metro area, Lauren Rico is an award-winning author and a top classical music broadcaster. She is scheduled to be at the Church Square Park Gazebo at noon.

Call Me Roberto!
written by Nathalie Alonso
illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez
Nathalie Alonso is a NY based, Cuban American writer and journalist whose writing has appeared in National Geographic, Outside, and Refinery29, among other publications. Rudy Gutierrez is an award winning artist and children’s book illustrator. Their inspirational picture book, Call Me Roberto!, tells the story of Roberto Clemente, the Puerto Rican, Major League Baseball player who despite racism and discrimination became one of the greatest baseball players. The book includes a mix of English and Spanish and explains Clemente’s importance to Black, Latino, and American history. School Library Journal describes Call Me Roberto as “an appealing and beautifully illustrated biography.” They are scheduled at the Gazebo at 2 PM.

Local authors currently scheduled to be in attendance at the local author’s tent include: Miriam Allenson, Ken Altabef, Russ Colchamiro, Mary Fan, Amy Gash, Catherine Greenfeder, Elise Howard, Caryl Janis, Jeremiah Kleckner, Penny Lane, Linda Parisi, Joan Ramirez, Eileen Sanchez, Ken Schept, Alex Shvartsman, Peter B. Stone, and Nidhi Thakur.

Local Authors from the Mystery Writers of America NY Chapter who will be rotating being in the local author’s tent: Carole Bugge, David Bushman, Philip Cioffari, Peggy Ehrhart, Mariah Fredericks, Jim Fusilli, Elle Hartford, V.S. Kemanis, Tom Lubben, James McCrone, Patrice McDonough, Sarah-Jane McKenna, John O’Rourke, and Theasa Tuohy.

Local Authors from NJ Romance Authors joining us in the local authors tent: Maria Alexander, Beck Erixson, M. Flagg, and Carol Hende.

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Aimee Harris
Information and Digital Services Librarian

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Dyslexia Resources to Make Reading Accessible for All

7 Jun

You might think as a librarian reading was something that came easy to me, but in fact I struggled with reading early on. The letters d, p, and b were pretty much interchangeable to me and it often felt like words would rearrange themselves out of order on the page. I was lucky to have a great first grade teacher that helped me get diagnosed with mild Dyslexia and with a lot of hard work and help from teacher’s and my parents I was able to adapt and not only learn to read but excel and love doing it. I hope these resources will be of help, if you, yourself, or a loved one is struggling with Dyslexia.

HelpNow is a good resource to get homework and skill building help for all children and adults. 
As part of Brainfuse’s Skillsurfer they have an article for parents about how to potentially identify what might be a learning disability: https://www.brainfuse.com/jsp/skillSurfer/LessonDetailPlace/2183/294/8830/77186

Universal Class has a course on Building Children’s Reading Skills which includes a lesson to “identify, define, and describe what may be indications a student requires additional interventions with his or her reading development”.

Both Hoopla and Overdrive/Libby for eBCCLS and eLibraryNJ have options to read with a Dyslexic friendly font which include things like having bolder bottoms which help prevent letters from being turned upside down so they make reading books easier for people with dyslexia; I wish this was around when I was younger.  Another of our librarian’s, Steph Diorio, had done a blog post about some of the features Libby added recently to make it more accessible.

Through eBCCLS or eLibraryNJ’s magazine collection, patrons can access Dystinct Magazine which describes itself as “the ultimate resource of inspiration and expertise for families and educators of children with learning difficulties.”

PressReader another magazine/newspaper service available to our Hoboken residents offers a built-in Text-to-Speech feature that allows you to listen to any of their articles! You can learn more about other PressReader accessibility features here.

We have several print books in our collection on the topic of Dyslexia and other Learning disabilities:

For Adults:
Dyslexia advocate! : how to advocate for a child with dyslexia within the public education system
by Kelli Sandman-Hurley.
371.91 SAN

Language at the speed of sight : how we read, why so many can’t, and what can be done about it
by Mark Seidenberg.
428.4071 SEI

Overcoming dyslexia : a new and complete science-based program for reading problems at any level
by Sally Shaywitz.
371.91 SHA 

Learning outside the lines : two Ivy League students with learning disabilities and ADHD give you the tools for academic success and educational revolution
by Jonathan Mooney
371.9 MOO

The complete learning disabilities resource guide.
REF 371.9 COM 2019

For Children:
Dyslexia
by Ann O. Squire.
TRUE-BK J 616.85 SQU

How I learn : a kid’s guide to learning disability
by Brenda S. Miles, PhD and Colleen A. Patterson
J 618.92 MIL

Beyond these, another great service, we help connect patrons with is materials from The New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC). Founded in 1967, TBBC is a library that provides no-cost, home-delivered services, on behalf of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled to children, teens and adults in New Jersey who have difficulty reading standard print or trouble holding a book. For more information about signing up for the service, you can email reference@hoboken.bccls.org We have demo versions of their audiobook players at the information/reference desk at the main branch and at the Grand Street Branch, if you are interested in seeing what the service is like.

Written by:
Aimee Harris
Information and Digital Services Manager

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