{"id":26711,"date":"2020-11-05T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T20:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/?p=26711"},"modified":"2020-12-01T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:18:52","slug":"new-bapl-book-tug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/new-bapl-book-tug\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW BAPL BOOK: TUG!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>BAPL Books is happy to announce the publication of a new children’s book: TUG! by Catherine McCafferty.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Bethlehem\u2019s history comes to life in this picture book brought to you by the Bethlehem Area Public Library and the National Museum of Industrial History. TUG<\/a> is a tow tractor helping Bethlehem\u2019s steelworkers to do their very best. He is always there when the workers need him, but what happens when the steel mill closes? After the last cast is poured and TUG is left alone at the steel mill, he learns that no matter how much Bethlehem might change there is always more that he can do to help. Children can read TUG\u2019s story and then visit him at the Industrial Museum, where he is still a working artifact helping with the heavy lifting 25 years after the last cast.<\/p>\n

The book will be released on\u00a0November 14, 2020,<\/strong>\u00a0as part of the\u00a0Last Cast celebration<\/a>\u00a0at the National Museum of Industrial History. Members of the Steelworkers Archive will help celebrate the book with a \u201cStorytime with a Steelworker\u201d as part of the day’s events.\u00a0Children will also be able to meet the real TUG that day, as the vehicle will be on display at NMIH.<\/p>\n

So\u00a0where did the idea for the book come from? \u201cIn late March, [library director] Josh Berk emailed me to ask if I knew of any children\u2019s books about Bethlehem Steel,” says author\u00a0Catherine McCafferty. “When I said I didn\u2019t, he said, ‘Maybe we write one…'”<\/p>\n

Berk had a conversation with NMIH\u2019s historian, Mike Piersa, who had the perfect idea for a main character. Piersa says \u201cWhat makes TUG such an engaging character is that, like a person setting off on their own career, he took his skills to new places, multiple times, and made a living that earned him respect and admiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

TUG\u2019s commitment to hard work is something that any young readers can take with them long after turning the last page. Berk says \u201cif a kid goes to their first day of school after reading TUG!, they can carry with them his commitment and dedication to doing a good job, and his belief that he can do anything he puts his mind to, even if they are nervous.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCafferty adds \u201cfrom the beginning, I felt very strongly that TUG\u2019s story was the story of the Steel: hard work and friendship, loss and abandonment, then a renewed sense of value and purpose.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator style=”style-4″]\n\t \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tORDER A COPY HERE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>[vc_separator style=”style-4″][vc_column_text]The Last Cast 25<\/strong><\/a>, a commemoration of the last day of steelmaking at Bethlehem Steel\u2019s South Bethlehem plant, will take place at the National Museum of Industrial History (NMIH) on Saturday, November 14th.\u00a0 A collaboration between\u00a0PBS39<\/a>,\u00a0Bethlehem Area Public Library<\/a>,\u00a0Artsquest<\/a>,\u00a0Steelworkers Archives<\/a>,\u00a0Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites<\/a>,\u00a0Wind Creek Bethlehem<\/a>, and NMIH, the event will feature guest speakers, never-before seen photos of the last cast, limited edition merchandise, free lunches for former Bethlehem Steel employees (RSVP required<\/a>), and free admission to the museum from 10am to 1pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAPL Books is happy to announce the publication of a new children’s book: TUG! by Catherine McCafferty.\u00a0 Bethlehem\u2019s history comes to life in this picture book brought to you by the Bethlehem Area Public Library and the National Museum of Industrial History. TUG is a tow tractor helping Bethlehem\u2019s steelworkers to do their very best. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids-and-teens","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVu5I-6WP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26711"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26915,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26711\/revisions\/26915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bapl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}