JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.
Books & Bites Podcast, Ep. 115
This episode, we mark the 250th anniversary of the United States with books about American history, one of the prompts on the Summer Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge.
Carrie and Michael share nonfiction about people and events that are often left out of the historical record, while Jacqueline discusses a teen novel about the more recent past. Listen below!
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Carrie’s Pick
Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles
Wild Girls, by the National Book Award-winning author of All That She Carried, explores how trailblazing nineteenth and early twentieth century women became leaders thanks in part to their girlhood experiences with the outdoors.
If you’re put off by a 400-plus page book of history, Wild Girls offers plenty to think about in its compact size.
Pairing: Hibiscus Mint Tea from The Blue Zones Kitchen One Pot Meals by Dan Buettner
Jacqueline’s Pick
Two Degrees is a novel targeted toward a middle school audience, set in the United States and Canada.
The story follows four different teens and is told through the lens of real climate-related events—fire, water, and ice.
Pairing: Chai Latte
Michael’s Pick
This nonfiction book explores the events leading up to and surrounding the assassination of President James A. Garfield by Charles Guiteau in 1881.
It shines a light on a fascinating but often overlooked period of American history and on a president whose promising career was tragically cut short.
Pairing: Squirrel Soup