SUMMER FUN AT THE LIBRARY
from the bookshelf
Travel with your family in your own city this summer on the cheap, using the New Orleans Public Library’s Culture Pass program. This service allows Orleans Parish residents and Library cardholders to visit a variety of attractions across the city for free. Culture Pass Partners include: The Audubon Nature Institute (the zoo and aquarium!), the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses, National WWII Museum, New Canal Lighthouse Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Passes for all partner organizations admit two
adults and up to seven children, depending on the location. All Culture Pass partners require advance reservation for admission. Passes can be reserved online at culturepass. nolalibrary.org. Staff at all Library locations can also help you book a ticket. Just call or stop by your local Library for assistance. If you’re craving sights further away from home, check out these books sure to inspire the travel bug in your family: Children: Expose your young ones to the beauty of their own country with Stefanie Payne’s National Parks: Discover all 62 parks of the United States .
For each park, readers will discover special features that make them unique, like hidden caves, rare plants, or endangered species living there. From the geysers of Yellowstone to the ancient rock formations of Arches, your family will love exploring the natural wonder of the United States, no matter where you are. Middle Grade: For kids itching to immerse themselves in other cultures, try out The Travel Book: A journey through every country in the world by Malcolm Croft . With this updated second edition, this best-seller now features the entire globe with full pages dedicated to every independent country. Between its maps, full-color
photographs, original art, and accessible text, this much-loved book is sure to inspire the next generation of world travelers. Young Adult: If your teen is an anime fiend that lives for all things Japanese, they’re sure to love Evangeline Neo’s A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide . This charming graphic novel includes humorous drawings and stories that are as useful as they are entertaining. Teens who can’t quite get to Japan just yet can take a peek into modern Japanese culture with this amusing and
We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year by Charlie Wheelan , parents can get a first-person take on what it’s like to actually do what so many dream of: packing up your family and quitting real life for a year. In a pre-COVID world, the Wheelans did just that. This book offers a balance of “how-to” and “how-not- to,” sprinkled in between Wheelan’s observations of the world. The family of five–including three teenagers–spent a total of nine months traveling across six continents. Depending on the person, this book will either inspire envy or a deep sense of appreciation of home. Either way, it’s worth a read.
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Kacy Helwick is the youth collection development librarian for the New Orleans Public Library’s collections and acquisitions department. Marie Simoneaux is the media and communications coordinator for the New Orleans Public Library.
10 JUNE 2023 | NOLAFAMILY.COM
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