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Newsline
Do you need to keep up with the news for your current events class at school? Now, it's easier than ever with information provided on Newsline!
Newsline is an electronic system that allows users to listen to newspapers and magazines through synthetic voice output via any touch-tone telephone. It is free of charge to registered users and is accessed by calling either a local or toll-free telephone number.
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Time Magazine for Kids
Did you know you can listen to Time Magazine for Kids on Newsline? Written by young reporters, Time for Kids is a division of Time Magazine published especially for children. It is available in editions for grades 2-3 and for grades 4-6. Dial in to listen to the newest issue, along with the Boston Globe, USA Today, and many other newspapers.
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Newspapers in your Inbox
Don’t want to listen on the phone? Newsline can e-mail the newspaper to your inbox in DAISY format. Then you can read the newspaper on your PC or portable device.
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Television Listings
Have you wondered when and on what channel Glee airs? Through Newsline, you have access to local TV listings to find out when your favorite shows are on. You can also customize the channel lineup to find out what is on your favorite channels.
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Contact the Library to sign up for Newsline. Your information will be sent out to you in a large print or braille letter or via email.
 BTBL Magazines
The BTBL provides free subscriptions to cassette and braille magazines to registered patrons.
Stay up to date with the monthly magazine National Geographic World(for ages 6 & up). It features articles for children about people, places, customs, animals, and plant life.
Cassette magazine titles from the BTBL include Cricket, Humpty Dumpty, Odyssey, Sports Illustrated for Kids. Braille magazines available are Muse and Stone Soup. Seventeen and Spider are available on both braille and cassette. Cricket, National Geographic for Kids, Odyssey, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and Spider are also available for download through BARD. Contact the Library for more information!
Disability Friendly Colleges
 Did you know that of some 2,500 four-year colleges in the US today, only four provide academic and personal services comprehensive enough for a student with serious physical disabilities to live on campus?
As you begin your college search, be sure to visit www.disabilityfriendlycolleges.com for useful links, interactive charts, and college information. Read the blog, tell them about your experience, and help build the first interactive “college guide” for students with physical disabilities!
New Digital Player and Books
Have you requested your new digital player yet?
This new player is the smallest unit ever offered by the National Library Service. Patrons can’t say enough about how easy it is to use, and it provides listeners with superior sound quality. And best of all, it is free and ready to be sent to you right away!
Stay up-to-date with these new digital books! Contact the Library to order these titles, or any other titles.
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How to Scratch a Wombat: Where to Find It, What to Feed It, Why It Sleeps All Day by Jackie French.
DB 69072
Australian author recounts meeting her first wombat, Smudge, thirty years ago and tells everything she's learned about wombats since then from her furry neighbors Bad Bart the Biter, Mothball, and Sneezy. She describes their burrows, love of carrots, ways of rearing their young, and reasons for avoiding the sun. For grades 3-6.
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Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales by John Matthews.
DB 68649
Twenty folktales featuring tricksters from around the world--Japan, Canada, East Africa, the United States, England, Russia, and more. In the Irish tale "The King of All Birds," a tiny wren outwits the mighty eagle to win the title. For grades 4-7 and older readers.
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Three Cups of Tea (Young Readers Edition) by Sarah L. Thomson.
DB 68651
Recounts adventures of Greg Mortenson, a mountain climber who became lost in northern Pakistan in 1993 and was cared for in a remote village. Discusses Greg's promise to build the children a school and his ongoing efforts to establish other schools where they never before existed. For grades 5-8.
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Current Events Websites
 Still thirsting for more news? Keep up with current events at these cool websites.
http://www.cenewsblog.com/
Check out the news blog of Weekly Reader magazine! Check out in-depth articles and speak out about current events.
http://www.cnn.com/
CNN presents the news in a timely, organized fashion.
http://abcnews.go.com/
ABC news website includes a fact-of-the-day box.
http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/
Explore human rights issues relating to children or take quizzes and play games to help you learn about the countries of the world.
Family Fun: Beep Baseball
Our Space Our Place, Inc, invites families with youth who are blind or visually impaired, ages 6 - 18, to play beep baseball on Saturday, June 12 from 10 am to noon.
Beep baseball is a form of baseball adapted for the visually impaired. The game is played with standard softball bats, a ball which emits an audible beep tone, and two bases which emit an audible buzzing sound. All players are blindfolded to equalize each player's degree of visual impairment.
The game will be held near Cleveland Circle at the Chestnut Hill Park/Cassidy Playground. This is located at the corner of Beacon Street and Chestnut Hill Drive in Brookline. RSVP to (617) 459-4084.
For more information, visit www.ourspaceourplace.org.
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