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News from Ohrstrom Library

August 2020

News fromOhrstrom LibraryAugust 2020

Did You Know...

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...Ohrstrom Library hosts a live, virtual storytime?

Led by Karla Kittler, Ohrstrom Library regularly hosts Storytime Live, a virtual activity and storytime session for the younger members of the St. Paul's School community. A perfect activity for families with children, this program encourages our young people to engage with and thoughtfully consider the world around us and our place in it. Please contact Karla Kittler to be added to our library email list. You will get up to date information on all of our children's events.

Collection Spotlight: The Junior Collection at Ohrstrom Library

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Statista consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources. Its collection includes well over a million global, corporate, non-profit, economic, trending events, governmental, and educational statistics. It provides:



  • Analyses of consumer behavior and media usage in the on and offline world based on the data of 700,000 consumers from 55 countries, who were surveyed about 50 topics and 6,500 brands.
  • Market sizes, forecasts and other indicators for the digital economy, key consumer markets and relevant automotive markets for up to 150 countries.
  • Insights into detailed revenue information of 20,000 online shops worldwide.

Recommended Reads

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"Such a Fun Age"

"A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains’ toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store’s security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right." --From the Publisher

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"March: Book One"

"March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis’ personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans John Lewis’ youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book 'Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story.' Now, his own comics bring those days to life for a new audience, testifying to a movement whose echoes will be heard for generations." --From the Publisher
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"Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory"

"Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg delivers a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe.
Featuring:

*A young engaged couple forced to deal with interfering relatives dictating the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices for their wedding.
*A pair of lonely commuters who ride the subway in silence, forever, eternally failing to make that longed-for contact.
*A struggling employee at a theme park of U.S. presidents who discovers that love can’t be genetically modified.
And fifteen more tales of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary, and crushing emotional vulnerability." --From the Publisher

Notice: Ohrstrom Library will be closed for the month of August!

While we are closed, please feel encouraged to make use of our eBook collection via Overdrive (click here for more info on connecting to this resource). We are happy to accept material returns through our external book drop just outside the main entrance. Please continue reaching out to us with any questions you may have regarding programming, services, and our collections.