Brooklyn Public Library operates bookmobiles to impacted neighborhoods

My public library, Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is one of the public organizations in NY offering help and support to neighborhoods in the city that have been effected by Hurricane Sandy.

These efforts include the operation of bookmobiles in sites that need help most.  Each bookmobile has charging stations, free books for children (over 1,200 books to date) and The Great Storm and Flood Recovery (children’s Story and Activity Book in Spanish and English.

The Bookmobiles according to the BPL website will be in the following locations:

Coney Island
1901 Mermaid Ave. (in front of the Coney Island Branch)
Wednesday, November 7, from 11:00 - 4

Red Hook
7 Wolcott Street (in front of the Red Hook Library), Brooklyn, NY
Since the Red Hook branch is opening as a warming station (see below), the Bookmobile will be dropping off supplies for use and distribution from within the branch.

You can find more details on the BPL's efforts at http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/hurricane

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris

Eco-Libris: Promoting sustainable reading!

The best books to read during Hurricane Sandy

If you're somewhere on the East Coast where Hurricane Sandy has been or still is "visiting" you might be looking for another day inside the house with or without electricity. In any event, you might be looking for ways to entertain yourself and/or your kids until you can finally get outside, and what is better than a good book to help you forget about Sandy? 

Even Gov. Cuomo knows it, asking fellow New Yorkers to "stay home. Be prepared. Enjoy the family. Read a book"

So what are the best books to read during an Hurricane? As Victoria Bekiempis of DNAInfo.com New York noted the best answers came from twitter, where  hashtags like #sandyreads, #hurricanereads, #booksforthestorm, and #stormreads featured a wide variety of printed and electronic picks ranging from Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim" to E.L. James' "50 Shades" series.

Here are 10 of the latest recommendations:

SchoolLibraryJournal(‏@sljournal)

Need something to read during the storm? How about Hereville Bk 2? http://ow.ly/eRnbR  Good Comics 4 Kids #sandyreads

Harvard Book Store ‏(@HarvardBooks)

For your #hurricanereads. "Jim Shepard's short stories deal expertly with disaster." http://ow.ly/eRCBx  in @slate

One Teen Story(‏@oneteenstory)

Alternatively, a comfort book while the storm ravages: Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli http://bit.ly/9xLha2  #hurricanereads #yalit

Northshire Bookstore ‏(@NorthshireBooks)

Gentleman with a baseball cap bearing the Armenian flag. Michael Connolly's The Reversal. #booksforthestorm

BOOKCOURT ‏(@BookCourt)

man in green jacket. no dog. 100 years of solitude #booksforthestorm

Ruth Franklin ‏(@ruth_franklin)

@tnrbooks the new annotated Grimms fairy tales. For the kids & for me! #StormReads

N. Wellie ‏(@MzWellie)

Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught • RT @Bookophilia: What are u reading during #hurricanesandy? Tweet us with hashtag

Wellesley Books ‏(@WellesleyBooks)

Lisa is reading COLIN FISCHER by Ashley Edward Miller & Zach Stentz #stormyreads #sandy @colin_fischer @PenguinTeen

Daniel Roberts ‏(@readDanwrite)

switching back n forth btwn "The Collective" and "By Blood." both fabulous. (plus a book for work) #stormyreads #sundayreads #sandy

auRAAAWRav ‏@sonicboomgaurav

@The_Millions Zeitoun by Dave Eggers should also be required reading. #STORMYREADS

So read a good book or two and most importantly stay safe!

If you're looking for recommendations on green books and ebooks please visit our website at http://www.ecolibris.net/greenebooks.asp


Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris

Eco-Libris: Promoting sustainable reading!

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