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Books on Foot
This year-round reading challenge is designed to encourage you to enjoy a local pathway or trail while listening to an audiobook. Every month there will be a theme and a suggested route. A recommended list of audiobooks, including the digital service in which you can access them, wil be provided. You are not obligated to follow the suggestions!
Below are previews of monthly themes and suggested titles and walking routes. Register for the challenge and log your titles via Beanstack.
Location - View Map
300 W. Merrill St.
Birmingham, MI 48009
Library Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Closures
June 19: Closed
July 4: Closed
AUGUST – SHORT STORIES
![Short Stories books on foot August Short Stories](https://www.baldwinlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Short-Stories.png)
Suggested Titles
The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Tenth of December by George Sanders
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
How Long til Black Futures Month? by N.K. Jemisin
Florida by Lauren Groff
Suggested Walk
Walk Douglas Evans Nature Preserve on Evergreen Road north of 13 Mile
SEPTEMBER – BANNED BOOKS
![Banned Books books on foot September Banned Books](https://www.baldwinlib.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Banned-Books.png)
Suggested Titles
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
(also on hoopla)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
(also on hoopla)
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Suggested Walk
Walk Greenwood Cemetery on Oak Street, west of Old Woodward
Parking
Free Two-Hour Parking in Chester Street Deck
Metered street parking around Library
Free Parking on Sundays
Library Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Closures:
August 31-September 2: Closed
September 20: Closed