Where holiday fun is always available! 2018
Devices sing, are you listening Outside, the snow is glistening A beautiful sight
We’re happy and bright
Browsing in a hoopla wonderland… Discover a holiday wonderland of audiobooks, eBooks, comics, music, movies, and TV available instantly — anytime, anywhere, with no holds or waiting. The holidays are a time to connect with family and community, sharing in the gifts of the season. hoopla has holiday content that everyone can enjoy, from classic movies to romance audiobooks, and cookbooks to help prepare the perfect get-together. Whether exploring great content at home, on the go, or as part of your library’s holiday programming, this look book will help you discover top seasonal titles and more that are always available on hoopla to help celebrate this wondrous time of year. We hope these showcased selections make your holidays more merry and bright.
Happy holidays,
Jeff and the team at hoopla
Holiday Music
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Holiday Entertaining
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hoopla Book Club
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A Very Special Christmas An all-star holiday collection featuring: Pointer Sisters, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Madonna, and more!
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Holiday Music
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hoopla’s Read-Along eReader
makes hoopla an even better destination for young readers, with improved picture book and read-along functionality. Children will enjoy their favorite holiday classics even more with our upgraded reader. Picture eBooks come to life as the Read-Along eReader technology allows graphics to appear as they would in a physical book. Read-alongs on hoopla are accompanied by audio tracks synchronized with the book; text will highlight in red in sync with the narrative audio for better reading comprehension.
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Kids Mode empowers kids to explore
titles on hoopla that are made for them. When Kids Mode is activated, hoopla will only show content that is appropriate for kids, allowing them to read or watch the many family-friendly titles available, for the holidays and every day.
New from New York Times bestselling author Adam Wallace!
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Comics The heat is on! Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown is now available on hoopla.
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Christmas & Hanukkah for Kids
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Patrons can browse by newest releases, publisher, and series, making discovering their next favorite read even easier. Available on hoopladigital.com with new browse functionality and our Action View panel-by-panel guided reading technology—hoopla is perfect for first-time comics readers, die-hard comics fans, and everyone in between!
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Holiday Romance
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‘Tis the season
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MOVIES TV MUSIC
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Go beyond the ordinary World Cinema
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Documentaries. World Cinema. Classic Films. Modern Indies. Stream or download a diverse group of films with innovative storytelling and vision.
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Coming Soon... Announcing the January 2019 hoopla Book Club Hub Spotlight Selection!
Spotlight Selection Starting in January
“Jenoff has written a tribute to the human spirit that soars in the midst of epic despair.” - NPR
“In a world where there is always war, Jenoff seems to be saying that sometimes we must make our own happiness.” - Washington Independent Review of Books
“Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. “ - Library Journal
“Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion...I read this novel in a headlong rush.” - Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff The New York Times bestselling story of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan’s Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival.
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The Wittels had to navigat e grief with the added comple xity of Harris being a very of Stephanie’s analysis of public figure. What do you grieving in the age of social think media?
Has the opioid crisis affected you? If so, what impact did this book have on you? Stephanie Wittels Wach’s Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful is dedicated to her brother, Harris Wittels, a star in the comedy world known for his work on shows like Parks and Recreation, who died at just A January 2018 article in the New York Times by writer Meghan Daum age 30 of a heroin discusses the unique challen elaborating on “a certain overdose. Sorrows Stephanie, nor the 115 families every day who lose a member to heroin,genre, Punyneither MyWhile All ges of the memoir can make kind of memoi a in r—call it the hardest kind ie sisters raised sense ofYoli such aretragedy, we can remember those lost too soon and honor their memory with thebut, to write—that sets out Elf and Whiskey and Charl joysrather, they to tell why a story cannot adequa not to tell a story the surface, tely be told. To even reach that Whiskey has My Sister brought house ourhold. lives.On Harris brought joy not only to his family, but to the world. His comedy career niteto Menno whethe When Charlie hears this point, the memoirist was r the complications Riding the Bus with Yolandi's is a mess. le and are worth unraveling...” must decide accident and has arming memoir legendary, and he contributed life is enviab to our collective laughter in a myriad of ways. Elf's been in a terrible There are big themes in must Yoli An incredibly heartw pt, make en attem death— can't betwe this book—grief, addictio that will never be ‘nicely Charlie bond After Elf's latest suicide her family from n, untimely packaged’ or ‘solved.’ Still, slipped into a coma, about the unbreakable ey? to keep what new insight or informa he without Whisk how club sisters takes the inebook offer regarding those themes determ In your meeting, following sense of it. Who is to love your discussions around grief and addiction, we invite you two very different tion does Stephanie’s book ? to lighten and what it means unforgettable novel tional journey that apartwith falling the mood A compelling and these complementary reader on an inspira titles available on hoopla. This collection, created in memory of Harris, to die. redemption. and universal. someone who wants about rivalry and is at once unique features not only his own book—Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty— but movies, albums,Do you think writing this book audiobooks, brought Stephanie closure and more by those Harris admired, adored, and worked right alongside. Planning a menu? Harris’s ? In your opinion, what (sometimes do you think it is about wonderful, sometimes unapologetically horrible) favorite dishes are discussed in the book, andwriting that can be so therapeutic for many people the act of if food is part ? of your book club meeting, we you to enjoy some fun, not-so-gourmet snacks from hoopla just – we’re allencourage le and wond cookbooks whileerful you discuss Stephanie writes in a convers Everything your Is Horrible and Wonderful. can be both horrib warm day and ational, each break candid, lives, both and poignant style. What our own that will such a personal, heartbr do you think gave her the ing, funny stories anie’s book, and in touch Steph from these d of eaking courage story out in the world? to put As we’ve learne memoir, try one raph. loved our Spotlight within a single parag figuring it out. If you heart – sometimes The book deals with the grief of suddenly losing a loved one to an overdo overlaps with other experie se, but the author’s experie nces of grief or trauma. nce also Even if you have not gone did you recognize or could through a loss similar to you relate to any of the Stephanie’s, emotions she describes here?
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Did you know?
A Note on the Title of our Spotlight Selection Harris Wittels not only inspired his sister’s book, but the title. Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful is derived from a tweet from Harris’s —@twittels — much adored Twitter account. In Stephanie’s book, she says of the quote…
Why We Love Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful Q & A with Author Stephanie Wittels Wachs
The memoir delves deeply into the author’s person al experience of grief, but reader in all of his brillianc also powerfully reveals e, charm, and flaws. After Harris to the finishing the book, how depiction of her brother would you characterize ? What impression do you Stephanie’s have of Harris?
Book Club Companion: Celebratin g Harris 2 Plan your Book Club meeting
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Stephanie shares not only her own navigation of Harris’s addiction, and later her parents. Discuss how each grieving process, but that family member handled of her these challenges, and whethe Harris, etc., affected their r age, gender, relationship processing of emotions. to Coexisting with Stephan ie’s grief over Harris is her experience of motherhood. mother to Iris affect her How does Stephanie’s role during this time period? as a Harris coined the term “humbl ebrag.” Had you heard the term before? Take turns non-!) humblebrag. crafting your
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Perfecting the art of the #humblebrag Have you used the #humblebrag? #humblebrag is one of the Internet’s most storied phenomenona, going so far as to be recorded in none other than THE DICTIONARY (with the likes of catfish, YOLO, and hot mess) and originated by none other than Harris Wittels himself. In 2010, Harris jokingly made a Twitter handle devoted to braggarts who publicly call out, yet somehow downplay, major achievements. Suspicious, eh? Harris surmised they were quite conscious of what they were doing, and absolutely attention seeking. Its trajectory went so far that Harris committed it to a book; the audiobook, Humblebrag: The Art of False Modesty, is available to hoopla!
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Looking for something fun to do with your book club? Take turns crafting your own fictional (or not!) humblebrag. If your book club is online, we’d love to see what you’ve got—just #humblebrag and #hooplabookclub too!
“Wachs writes with immense love, humor, and humanity.” - Booklist
“A powerful debut.” – Kirkus
“[A] touching memoir…a story ultimately about renewal and hope.” - Houston Chronicle
“This remarkable and movingly told story will break and mend hearts.” -David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy
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