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A collection of recommendations, lists and articles from our staff for reading online. Perfect for if you’re stuck at home.

A Moon Girl Stole My Friend written by Rebecca Patterson and read by Eloise Mignon

Children’s eAudio title for June: A Moon Girl Stole My Friend
The Elmer Treasury by David McKee

Unlimited Elmer the Elephant eAudio collection
A Darkness of Dragons by S.A Patrick

Unlimited eBooks for kids and YA
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Unlimited classics
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Unlimited eBooks
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Unlimited eAudiobooks for May
Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell

Unlimited children’s eAudiobooks for May
Moone boy: the Blunder Years, written and read by Chris O'Dowd and Nick V. Murphy

Children’s eAudiobook title for May: Moone Boy: The Blunder Years
A Chill Weekend

Weekend anthems
Walk it off

Walk it off: Walking playlist
VE DAY: A celebration

VE Day Playlist
Van Morrison

Into the Music by Van Morrison
Big questions of Philosophy

The Big Questions
Route US 66 Highway to Hell

Songs about driving
Work from home: The Social Distancing Playlist

Work from Home: The Social Distancing Playlist
Issue number 180 May 2020: Sky at Night, the UK's best astronomy magazine anniversary special.

Science and astronomy
The View. Same jeans.

Same jeans by The View
Paterson: a film by Jim Jarmusch

Paterson by Jim Jarmusch
Only lovers left alive

Only lovers left alive by Jim Jarmusch
BBC Wildlife

Nature magazines
It's Bliss: Nourishment for the Mind, Body and Soul

It's Bliss: Mind, body and soul playlist
Men’s Health June Edition

Men's Health
Stress and your body by The Great Courses

Managing stress
Mediterranean cooking by The Great Courses

Everyday Gourmet Cooking Courses
Closer

Celebrity gossip
Eaten alive album. Ramones. 14 November 1977.

California Sun by Ramones
The Great Courses: Understanding the World's Greatest Structures

Understanding great architecture
Meadowland The Private Life of an English Meadow by John Lewis-Stempel

Wild Reads 2020
VE Day: The People's Story by Russell Miller with Renate Miller

VE Day
The Great Courses presents: The everyday guide to wine

Top 10 Great Courses on Kanopy
Dr Strange by Aaron Bachald and Irving Nowlan

Superheroes
Star Wars: A new hope

Star Wars courses: Good v Evil & Big Wonder
Great Courses: How to draw

Great Courses: How to Draw
Vogue Australia

Fashion
Your Horse magazine

Equestrian
Castle by the sea by Lucy Strange

Castle by the sea
The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith

The Diary of a Nobody
The Reading Agency Presents: World Book Night. 23 April 2020.

World Book Night
The Sky is Mine by Amy Beashel

The Sky is Mine
The Shepherd's life: a tale of the lake district

The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District
Solitude: In pursuit of a singular life in a crowded world by Michael Harris.

Self-help and mindfulness
The international bestselling author Steven Pinker 'Enlightenment Now: the case for reason, science, humanism and progress' by Allen Lane.

Non-fiction eAudio
Nightingale by Fiona Mcintosh

Historical and family sagas
Christopher Paolini: Eragon

Fantasy for young adults
Sherlock: The Great Game

Comics for adults
Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Harley in the Sky
Patrick Flanery: Fallen Land

Fallen Land
This is going to hurt: Secret diaries of a junior doctor

This is going to hurt: Secret diaries of a junior doctor
Poets and writers magazine

Writing courses
When the world is ready for bed by Gillian Shields

Picture books to share
Walk it out: A walking playlist

Mood-boosting music playlists
The Great Courses: Yoga

Meditation and yoga courses
Mastering tai chi

Stream martial arts courses
Cover of The Dunwich Horror.

Horror classics
Health and fitness

Health magazines on PressReader
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The Philosopher’s Stone – Unlimited!
The Great Courses: Food, science and the human body

Food courses on Kanopy
Anna and Elsa collection: The Arendelle Cup, the Secret Admirer, Return to the Ice Palce, Anna takes charge. Picture is Anna and Elsa on a shed with a dog.

Disney eAudio storybook collection
Richard Scarry‘s Bunnies. Cover depicts a large rabbit eating lettuce.

Easter themed eBooks
Wed Wabbit: Don't laugh, it's dangerous

Wed Wabbit (unlimited copies!)
Russell Kane sitting on a chair under book title

Latest eAudio for April 2020
Funny, you don't look autistic: A comedian’s guide to life on the spectrum

Big Library Read
Cover of Lee Child’s Past Tense

Crime & thrillers
1930s style illustration of children having an adventure in a desert

Comics & graphic novels for kids
Cover of David Mitchell’s Dishonest audiobook

Comedy eAudio
1950s poster of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window

Classic film