7 Great Bluegrass Records | Appalachian Music
What is Roots Music? The catch-all classification of “Roots Music” seems to imply that all—or most—of our current music comes from this genre. Indeed you can hear echoes of roots music in
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Top 5 Books Set in Appalachia | Librarian List
Like the landscape of the area itself—from the coal mines to the rugged wilds of the Appalachian mountains, with parts of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and
Orem Reads 2021 | Our Favorite Sharyn McCrumb Novels
Our Favorite Sharyn McCrumb Novels In addition to The Ballad of Frankie Silver, here are a few of our favorite Sharyn McCrumb novels. The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter By Sharyn McCrumbAdult
Essay Collections | Librarian Lists
Essay: The word might bring up memories of high-school English, of three-point thesis statements, supporting arguments, and conclusion paragraphs. But outside of the classroom, essays and
What to Watch After Black Widow | Powerful Women in Action Adventure Films
Marvel's Black Widow hit theaters earlier this month. Here are some of our other favorite action adventure films that star a female lead.
Shark Week | Favorite Shark Books and Movies
Celebrate Shark Week by chews-ing one of these jaw-dropping library items selected by our fin-tastic librarians!
Fantasy Booklists | Librarian Lists
This year, the Summer Reading theme is “Once Upon a Library.” To go along with this theme, the librarians here at the Orem Public Library have created a few fantasy booklists that will
Top 10 Bollywood Movies
Bollywood creates movies to appeal to an audience who generally live stressful lives. They go to the movies for fun!
Rainbow Book Month | Read with Pride
Happy Rainbow Book Month! June is Pride month, which aims to increase awareness of LGBTQ+ history, identity, and community.
Novels Based on Fairy-tales | Summer Reading
Want to join in with your book club in this year’s summer reading theme? Novels based on fairy-tales make for some great discussions! The following books from our book group collection are
Five Favorite Audiobooks | Librarian List
If you’ve never given audiobooks a try, now is a great time. After all, with summer underway and vacations coming up, an audiobook might be just what you need for that long car ride. Here
Top 5 Things to Love about Large Print Books | Librarian List
I recently cleaned out all of my mass market paperbacks at home because frankly, after having reached a certain age, I found them just too much work to read, and, I found something better.
15 Books for Raising Resilient Kids | Librarian List
The past year has been full of unexpected challenges and adversity! Whether it’s the global pandemic or personal and family challenges, having resilience can make the unbearable easier to
Anti-Racist Asian Reading List
This anti-racist Asian reading list covers a wide range of nationalities, identities, and experiences to help #StopAsianHate.