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DB034746 The Frugal Gourmet Celebrates Christmas by Jeff Smith

More than just a cookbook, this collection offers a celebration of Christmas--and for good measure Smith adds stories and recipes for Chanukah and dishes for some European Christmas Eve feasts. As he tells the Christmas story, Smith provides foods appropriate for members of the manger scene--milk and honey for Jesus, honey cake for the angels, and lamb meatballs for the three wise men. Holiday recipes follow.

Thanks for signing up for our Winter Reading Challenge. To get you started, we've prepared some curated lists for you to order from us or download!

Youth Winter Reading List

Young Adult Winter Reading List

Adult Winter Reading List

Are you participating in our Kids Winter Reading program this year? Enjoy this guide of cooking/food themed titles you can download or order from us today!

Youth Ages 7-13

Lights, Camera, Cook! by Charise Mericle Harper DB089255

Are you participating in our Kids Winter Reading program this year? Enjoy this guide of cooking/food themed titles you can download or order from us today!

Ages 11 & Up

Slider by Pete Hautman BR022132, DB089272

Starting this Thursday, August 11, 2022, a monthly program called The Many Faces of BARD will be offered to our patrons! Every second Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time the program will cover one aspect of BARD (the Braille and Audio Reading Download) usage. Each program will start with a brief presentation, followed by a Q&A session about the presentation and BARD related questions for the remainder of the hour. At the end of each program, next month’s topic will be revealed.

We’ve added four new titles to our NOBLE collection! All recorded in our studios, these newest additions include The Life and Times of Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe, Longneedle, Adulting at the Moto-Lodge: A Humours Family Life Romp, and our Writing Contest Winners from 2020 and 2021! Download them and listen to them on your talking book player or give us a call and we can send them to you on your next cartridge!

The Life and Times of Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe DBC06120

We are pleased to present the stories from the 2020 and 2021 Writing Contests in an audio format! Each of the entries were judged based on their clarity, spelling, grammar, creativity, and impact. We received so many fantastic entries and the judging process was difficult.

ABLS Adult Summer Reading List for 2022. This year's theme is Oceans of Possibilities.

Books from the Black History Month Read-In 2022 in accessible format from ABLS.

Happy BARD Day for October 2021. September 2021 was a great month for downloading audio and braille