Join the Audiobook Trail Challenge at the Toledo Library

Daily Dose | 06/06/2019 10:00 am

The Toledo Lucas County Public Library is proud to partner with Metroparks Toledo for the Audiobook Trail Challenge as part of Summer Read. Walk, run, roller-blade or cycle at any Metropark location while listening to a downloadable audiobook from the Library. Then log your finished audiobooks and be entered to win great prizes.

Fun Facts About Audiobooks:

Audiobooks have been around for more than a century.
In the United States, audiobooks were introduced in the 1930’s by the “Books for the Adult Blind” project after President Herbert Hoover signed into law the Pratt-Smoot Act, which granted funding to libraries for providing books to the blind.
The first audiobooks made available in the US included The Bible, The Declaration of Independence, George Washington’s Farewell Address, and selected works by Shakespeare.
At first, audiobooks were recorded on 12-inch phonograph records, but have also been offered on cassette tape and CD (compact disc). Now, they're readily available to download or stream on any smart-device.
The first audiobooks recorded in the UK were Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon.