[…] • Governor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine, for their continued enthusiastic support as champions of reading and books. • The Ohio General Assembly, especially this year as they passed a new biennial budget, signed by the Governor, which provides the core operating support that maintains the library and makes our programming possible. • Ohioana’s Board of Trustees, comprised […]

[…] more unjust convictions in the future? Raasch, Sara. Ice Like Fire. Balzer + Bray (New York, NY) 2015. HC $17.99. In this sequel to Snow Like Ashes, three months have passed since Meira and the other Winterians were freed and Spring’s king disappeared—thanks to Cordell. However, the Winterians’ debt to Cordell is quickly becoming oppressive, and a powerful source of […]

[…] December being “Read a New Book Month,” I hope these wonderful books and many others by Ohio authors will be part of your holiday reading list. Remember, books are the perfect gift! Thanks again for your friendship and support—you make what we do possible. From all of us at Ohioana, best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a happy […]

[…] fit; Jeff, a recently divorced man who has become a theorist of marriage; and many more. Over the course of a weekend, the men reveal their secret hopes, fears, and passions as they choose roles, spend a long night preparing for the play, and finally enact their bizarre ritual for what may be the last time. Along the way, mishaps, […]

[…] came to be. Neyer, Andrew. Letters Are for Learning. Blue Manatee Press (Cincinnati, OH) 2015. BB $9.99. Illustrations combining action words, animals, and lots of objects for each letter are perfect for young readers just learning the alphabet. Norman, Dean. City Birds: A Nearly True Story about Peregrine Falcons Who Nested on a City Building. Star Bright Books (Cambridge, MA) […]

[…] us proud! Since December is “Read a New Book Month,” I hope some of these wonderful authors will be a part of your holiday reading. After all, books are the perfect gift! Thank you again for your friendship and support. Best wishes for Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! David E. Weaver Executive Director 2015: The Year in Review […]

[…] day included thirty author panels and roundtables, a book fair, food, music, and a children’s activity area. A reception that evening held at the Ohio Governor’s Residence made for a perfect end to the day- and by then, even the weather was cooperating! The week prior to the main event saw a number of our authors doing radio and television […]

[…] the story of an activist’s struggles and triumphs as they fought to make the world a better place. Beautiful illustrations and a short biography accompany each poem, making this the perfect book to introduce upper elementary readers to civil rights leaders. Adults will surely enjoy Lewis’ work, too, and appreciate the care that went into each verse. The poems truly […]

[…] 1800’s? Place: Cincinnati, OH – Date: – Number of items: one – Size/pages: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 31pp R02. Rev. H.E. Rogers – The Way of God Expounded More Perfectly – unknown Place: Cambridge, OH – Date: 1942 – Number of items: one – Size/pages: 6 x 9 132 pp R03. Rev.Wesley T. Runk – This Meeting Was Held […]

[…] in the use of poetic prose to awaken an intellectual and emotional response in others by a tasteful, restrained description of the state of her own mind and heart. Other passages about other subjects are equally well done. Miss Johnson’s Inland Island, physically, is her own Ohio farm, ac­ tually a wilderness. On another level it is the sum of […]