Blogs & Podcasts

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Dog Days of Summer

August 8, 2025

Joy Porter

Sit, stay, and beat the summer heat with these canine-themed reads!

Podcast

Ghosts of Saltmarsh | Episode 4 - The Baewatch

August 7, 2025

Visit Nashville Public Library on YouTube to watch the video recording of this episode.

Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear

One For Your Watchlist: Cape Fear

August 7, 2025

Ben English

Nothing will ruin your summer quite like a recently released psychopath deciding to pay your family a visit.

Podcast

The Marvellous Musician

August 6, 2025

A lonely fiddler’s music attracts three interested pupils – a wolf, a fox, and a hare – who are not his ideal students. How will he get out of teaching them?

A log for Wishing Chair Productions' production of Goldilocks. Picture includes a color drawing of Goldilocks entering through a wooden door, framed by a circular golden border.

See "Goldilocks" at a School Near You!

August 5, 2025

Klem-Mari Cajigas

Have you heard? "Goldilocks," Wishing Chair Productions' newest puppet show, is visiting schools and childcare centers near you! Find out how BBTL can bring this classic tale to your school.