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
May 25-27: Closed
APRIL
Suggested Titles
The American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Thistlefoot by Genna Rose Nethcott
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
Suggested Walk
Walk the Booth Trail
MAY
Suggested Titles
Soil by Camille T. Dungy
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Suggested Walk
Walk the Cranbrook Japanese Garden in spring!
Parking
Free Two-Hour Parking in Chester Street Deck
Metered street parking around Library
Free Parking on Sundays
248-647-1700
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 to 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Closures:
May 25-27: Closed