Hello and welcome to Episode Fifty-One of Page Turn: the Largo Public Library Podcast, the very last episode. I'm your host, Hannah! If you enjoy the podcast subscribe, tell a friend, or write us a review! The English Language Transcript can be found below But as always we start with Reader's Advisory! Today’s Reader’s Advisory is a little different that usual. I decided, selfishly, to share some of my favorite books this year and talk about why I liked them. Just share a bit about my personal reading preferences and how all these, seemingly different titles, all caught my eye and my love. The titles I decided to share about are Unbias: Addressing Unconscious Bias at Work by Stacey A. Gordon, Crip Kinship: the Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai, link to their performances can be found here, The Forgotten Dead by Jordan L. Hawk, Creepy Cat by Cotton Valent, and Water I Won't Touch by Kayleb Rae Candrilli. Happy Reading Everyone Today’s Library Tidbit is all about our new butterfly garden! The idea to change our courtyard from its previous version to the butterfly garden came from an article in the March/April issue of American Libraries magazine. This article, titled, “Where Monarchs Reign” by Emily Udell, describes how the Kokomo-Howard Public Library created their butterfly garden, how that garden inspired other gardens in the area, and also about the importance of butterflies and butterfly gardens to the ecosystem. Butterflies, and other pollinators, are deeply important to our planet and are some of the first to suffer from climate change and human caused destruction of habitat. For too long humans ignored native flora and fauna not understanding why it was important. In recent years we have seen a growing understanding and push for replanting with native plants to encourage native wildlife back into the ecosystems. Some minor inconveniences and costs is worth it to have a habitable planet for our descendants. Casey, the Library Director, read this article and was inspired to change our courtyard garden into a butterfly garden! It was also important to her to make sure that our butterfly garden was a certified butterfly garden through the North American Butterfly Association. This association is a non-profit organization that focuses on conservation, education, and research. NABA is the largest butterfly interest group in North America. Geri, the Assistant Library Director, contacted Taylor Kahn from the Recreation, Parks, and Arts Department to work with them on creating the new garden. Taylor was very enthusiastic about it from the beginning. Keeping the criteria for a NABA certified garden in mind they purchased native Florida plants and also renovated the pond and waterfall. Once the preliminary changes had been made the garden was submitted to NABA and received certification! Some of the plants added to our butterfly garden include: milkweed, false heather, firecracker, penta, lantana, and porterweed. Phase II of the garden was kicked off by a Greater Largo Library Foundation donor who spoke to Elliot, the Director of GLLF, and Casey about how much she enjoyed the new butterfly garden and how much she loved gardening in her own life. She suggested, planned, and funded additional renovations to the courtyard including more trees and plants, boulders and ground coverings. As well as, furniture, a shade structure, lighting, new artwork, signage, and a new paved area for additional outdoor programming space. We’re so excited and pleased with how the butterfly garden came out and we hope you come out and enjoy it as well! And now it's time for Book Traveler, with Victor: Welcome to a new edition of Book Traveler. Today I will be talking about a new book in the Spanish collection, called Aristotle and Dante Submerge in the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáez. Synopsis: In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the ...