If you’ve heard about the library’s new 3D printer and want to learn more about it, come to one of our beginner’s 3D printing workshops. They are held on the first and third Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m. Our next workshop will be on Monday, November 7th. Seating is limited. Signup in person at the library, online at http://lmlibrary.org, or by phone 626-0180.
What’s happening at the library this week
 Tuesday at 6:30 pm Recipe Swap – Bring something you’ve made (along with the recipe) to share and enjoy everyone else’s creations! Every month is a different theme. This month’s theme will be “Bread and Soup”.
- Tuesday at 6 pm Storytime – If you can’t make it to the morning storytime on Thursday, you can come to the evening Tuesday one instead.
- Wednesday at noon Want to Write a Novel? – Get ready for November’s National Novel Writing Month and see a published novel written during NaNoWriMo! Fanfiction welcome!
- Wednesday at 4 pm Lego Day – Kids, come use your imagination to build something great!
- Thursday at 11:15 am Storytime – Listen to stories, sing songs, and do a craft. Storytimes are open to children of all ages.
- Thursday at 4 pm Teen Video and Tabletop Game Club – Come play our Wii, Xbox, Ps4, or one of several fun board games.
- Friday at 2 pm Movie – Kids, there’s no school on Friday so join us for a movie day.Saturday at 1 pm Family Halloween Party – Celebrate Halloween with games and a craft! Fun for the whole family!
Ghost Stories and Haunted Houses
There are all kinds of ghost stories; from spooky haunted house stories that make you want to sleep with the lights on, to stories about friendly spirits who need a little help crossing to the other side. Check out our book display to find a few ghost stories that appeal to you.
 Ghost times two
by Carolyn Hart
From the book description
Bailey Ruth Raeburn’s latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend, Megan, whom he wants to be happy even without him–which is easier said than done.
As if being haunted by her late boyfriend wasn’t enough, Megan is dealing with an arrogant, manipulative senior partner who threatens to fire Megan’s vulnerable secretary if Megan accepts a partnership at another law firm. She’s in an impossible bind.
Since Jimmy refuses to move on while Megan is being blackmailed, Bailey Ruth agrees to help him. But after the partner turns up dead and Megan is found at the crime scene, Bailey Ruth and Jimmy have to find a way to uncover a killer before the love of Jimmy’s life is ordered to spend a lifetime behind bars…
 The greatcoat : a ghost story
by Helen Dunmore
From the book description
It is the winter of 1952 when Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her new husband, Philip, a medical doctor. While Philip spends long hours working away from home, Isabel finds herself lonely and vulnerable while she adjusts to the realities of being a housewife in the country.
One evening, while Philip is on call, Isabel is woken by intense cold. When she hunts for extra blankets, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under the coat for warmth, she starts to dream and is soon startled by a knock at her window. Outside is a young RAF pilot wearing a coat the bears a striking resemblance to the one draped over Isabel’s shoulders. His name is Alec and his powerful presence disturbs and excites her as they begin an intense affair. Nothing though has prepared her for the truth about Alec’s life, nor the impact it will have on her own.
 Maybe this time
by Jennifer Crusie
From the book description
Andie Miller is ready to move on with her life. She wants to marry her fiancé and leave behind everything in her past, especially her ex-husband, North Archer. But when Andie tries to gain closure with him, North asks one last favor. A distant cousin has died and left North the guardian of two orphans who driven away three nannies already, He needs someone to take care of the situation, and he knows Andie can handle anything.
When Andie meets the two children, she realized the situation is much worse than she feared. Carter and Alice aren’t your average delinquents, and the creepy old house where they live is being run by the worst housekeeper since Mrs. Danvers.
Then her ex-brother-in-law arrives with a duplicitous journalist and a self-doubting parapsychologist, closely followed by an annoyed medium, Andie’s tarot card-reading mother, her avenging ex-mother-in-law, and her jealous fiancé. Just when Andie’s sure things couldn’t get more complicated, North arrives to make her wonder if maybe this time things could just turn out differently…
Fall is here, and there are a lot of fun things going on at the library this month!
We have Storytimes twice every week, on Tuesdays at 6 pm and Thursdays at 11:15 am. Kids of all ages and their parents can join us for stories, songs, and a craft. It’s a fun way to learn early literacy skills.
If your kid loves Legos, they should come to our weekly Lego Day, every Wednesday at 5 pm! Kids can use their imaginations to build something wonderful.
For teens, we have our Tabletop & Video Game Club every week on Thursdays at 5 pm! Come play our Wii, Xbox, Playstation 4, or one of our many board games. Or, make a craft.
 This coming week is our Book Sale! Come in Monday through Friday when the library is open to find some great used books for low prices! On Monday, the Book Sale is restricted to the Friends of the Library only. Books will sell for $1.00 each on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, everything is half-price. Thursday and Friday, fill a bag with books for $1.00!
Tuesday, adults can enjoy Library and Lunch at noon. Bring your lunch and join in a discussion of the book The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman.
Adults and teens, join us Tuesday the 11th at 6 pm or Wed. the 26th at noon for “Want to Write a Novel?” You’ll learn how to write a novel in only one month! Get ready for November, which is National Novel Writing Month, and see a published novel written during NaNoWriMo. Fanfiction welcome!
The Liberal Fire Department will be coming to the library for a special storytime on Thursday, the 13th, at 11:15 am! Firefighters and Sparky the Fire Dog will teach us about fire safety.
On Saturday at 2 pm, author Sheyvette Dinkens will be signing her book, Bruised But Not Broken. This coming-of-age story explores the indefinable something that Bleu carried throughout her life that led her to college, through career challenges, and finally to a leadership role in her community — despite a chaotic and troubling (yet crazily loving) childhood. See Sheyvette’s website at http://www.sheyvettedinkens.com for more information on both the author and her book.
Next Tuesday, the 18th, at 6 pm, teens can join our Teen Advisory Meeting! They can tell the library what to do and help us plan and execute future events. Teens can also receive community service hours for attending this meeting.
Our monthly Coffee & Crafts session will be on Wednesday the 19th at noon. Adults and teens, relax and enjoy some coffee while you make fun Halloween Pinecone Decorations! Sign up online at http://lmlibrary.libcal.com/event/2851104
Now you have the option of receiving a text message notification any time an item you placed a hold on is available for you to pick up at the library or if you have overdue library items. You can also choose to receive email notifications instead of texts.
If you want to turn on automatic text or email notifications, just call 626-0180 or come in to the library to let us know.
 What’s happening at the library this week
- Monday at 2 pm Movie – Kids, there’s no school on Monday so join us for a movie day.
- Tuesday at 6:30 pm Recipe Swap – Bring something you’ve made (along with the recipe) to share and enjoy everyone else’s creations! Every month is a different theme. This month’s theme will be “Breakfast for Dinner”.
- Tuesday at 6 pm Storytime – If you can’t make it to the morning storytime on Thursday, you can come to the evening Tuesday one instead.
- Wednesday at 4 pm Lego Day – Kids, come use your imagination to build something great!
- Thursday at 11:15 am Storytime – Listen to stories, sing songs, and do a craft. Storytimes are open to children of all ages.
- Thursday at 4 pm Teen Video and Tabletop Game Club – Come play our Wii, Xbox, Ps4, or one of several fun board games.
Staff Picks
Here are a few of the library staff’s favorite books.
 Alondra chose
Him, her, him again, the end of him : a novel
by Patricia Marx
From the book description
Patricia Marx is one of the finest comic writers of her time, as readers of The New Yorker and fans of Saturday Night Live already know. Her fiction debut is an endlessly entertaining comic novel about one woman’s romantic fixation on her first boyfriend.
 Uriel chose
Beyond human : how cutting-edge science is extending our lives
by Eve Herold
From the book description
Never before in the history of medicine has humankind faced such hope and peril as those of us poised to embrace the radical medical technologies of the immediate future.
Now Eve Herold examines the technologies taking shape at the nexus of computing, micro-electronics, engineering, nanotechnology, cellular and gene therapies, and robotics, which will dramatically transform our lives and potentially allow us to live for hundreds of years.
 Elizabeth chose
Dipper and Mabel and the curse of the time pirates’ treasure!
by Jeffrey Rowe
From the book description
Blendin Blandin is searching for the legendary Time Pirates’ Treasure, and he needs Dipper and Mabel’s help . . . and yours, too! Journey through time and explore the dragon-infested medieval era, the Weird-and-Wild West, and the laser-and-giant-baby-filled future. YOU choose from multiple paths that lead to different wacky adventures! You might end up finding the greatest treasure ever known, or you could send the twins and Blendin into an abyss from which they will never return!
 Tammy chose
Fight like a girl : 50 feminists who changed the world
by Laura Barcella
From the book description
Nearly every day there’s a fresh news story or pop cultural moment related to feminism and women’s rights…but what’s often missing from the cultural discussion is a broader understanding of how we got here — and who helped out along the way. Fight Like a Girl familiarizes readers with important figures in feminist activism in an effort to celebrate those who paved the way for other women.
 Hazel chose
The Beckham Experiment : How the World’s Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America
by Grant Wahl
From the book description
In 2007, David Beckham, the golden boy of soccer, shocked the international sports world when he signed a five-year contract with an American team, the Los Angeles Galaxy. Under the direction of his manager, Simon Fuller, the mastermind behind American Idol and the Spice Girls, Beckham was ready for a monumental challenge and a risky adventure–ready, as Fuller put it, to earn his stripes stateside.
Could he pull off what no player had ever accomplished (including Pelé in the 1970s) and transform soccer into one of the most popular spectator sports in America? It was a bold experiment: failure meant a team, a league, a sport, and Beckham himself might miss their chance to hit primetime in the U.S.
Since today is September 11, I thought I would tell you about some of our Children’s books about the terrorist attacks of 2001. These books can help children too young to remember the attacks understand what happened on that day. The first two books are fiction, while the last three are non-fiction.
 I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis: The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad’s best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football.
So when Lucas’s parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It’s a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at his uncle’s firehouse, everything changes — and nothing will ever be the same again.
 Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes: When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Deja can’t help but feel confused. She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side.
But just as she gets closer to answering big questions about who she is, what America means, and how communities can grow (and heal), she uncovers new questions, too. Like, why does Pop get so angry when she brings up anything about the towers?
Surviving 9/11 by Paul C. Challen: An event still fresh in our collective memory, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, are an integral part of the United States’ identity and politics today. This title explains what happened in the lead-up to the attacks, on the fateful day itself, and in the aftermath, guiding readers through the emergency response to an unprecedented disaster. The first-hand stories of survivors and first responders bring this historic tragedy to a personal level as readers learn about how America responded to and grew stronger from 9/11.
 America is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown: The events of September 11, 2001 changed the world forever. In the fourth installment of the Actual Times series, Don Brown narrates the events of the day in a way that is both accessible and understandable for young readers.
Straightforward and honest, this account moves chronologically through the morning, from the terrorist plane hijackings to the crashes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania; from the rescue operations at the WTC site in New York City to the collapse of the buildings. Vivid watercolor illustrations capture the emotion and pathos of the tragedy making this an important book about an unforgettable day in American history.
 Hero Dogs: Courageous Canines in Action by Donna M. Jackson: Award-winning journalist and nonfiction author Donna M. Jackson takes an in-depth look at extraordinary canines and the role they play in the daily lives of humans. Featuring real stories from the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, along with historical and scientific facts and dramatic photographs, this book explores some incredibly heroic and heartwarming moments. From bomb-sniffing dogs to guide dogs to avalanche rescue dogs to therapy dogs, these true stories of amazing canines will engage and fascinate readers of all ages.
What’s happening this week
Children’s Summer Reading is over and Adult Summer Reading is winding down, but there’s still plenty going on at the library this week.
 Tuesday at 6:30 pm Recipe Swap – Bring something you’ve made (along with the recipe) to share and enjoy everyone else’s creations! Every month is a different theme. This month’s theme will be fair foods.We will also have our Adult Summer Reading final prize drawing during Recipe Swap. Bring your reading list with you, or turn in your lists prior to the start of Recipe Swap. We will have the final prize drawing during this event. You do not have to be present to win.
- Wednesday at 4 pm Lego Day – Kids, come use your imagination to build something great!
- Thursday at 11:15 am Storytime – Listen to stories, sing songs, and do a craft. Storytimes are open to children of all ages.
- Thursday at 4 pm Teen Video and Tabletop Game Club – Come play our Wii, Xbox, Ps4, or one of several fun board games.
Books that inspired a Movie or TV show
There are so many books in the library that have been made into movies or TV shows. We even have quite a few of the movies they were made into. We’ve put together a book display featuring some of the book and movie pairs that the library has to offer.
 The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
This post-apocalyptic novel was written in 2006 and made into a movie in 2010 starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, and Robert Duvall.
From the book description
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
 Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
New York Times bestselling book and first in a very popular series, this novel inspired a TV series of the same name.
From the book description
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding Highland clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.
 This Is Where I Leave You
by Jonathan Tropper
The dramatic comedy that was based on this book stars Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Corey Stoll as adult siblings.
From the book description
The death of Judd Foxman’s father marks the first time that the entire Foxman clan has been together in years. Conspicuously absent: Judd’s wife, Jen, whose affair with Judd’s radio- shock-jock boss has recently become painfully public.
Simultaneously mourning the demise of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch’s dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. In the same house. Like a family.
As week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed and old passions are reawakened.
This Is Where I Leave You is Jonathan Tropper’s most accomplished work to date, a riotously funny, emotionally raw novel about love, marriage, divorce, family, and the ties that bind-whether we like it or not.
Kids’ Summer Reading ended a few weeks ago and Adult Summer Reading is in full swing! We still have a few more weeks for you to participate in the fun, if you’re an adult who wants that last end-of-summer harahh.
Coming up this week we have some exciting opportunities for adults to socialize and have some fun with our Monday night Crochet Class from 6 to 7:30 pm and Tuesday at Noon we are having trivia for lunch! Take this chance to test your skills and meet some other interesting adults. Thursday night is Evening Bunko, a dice game that will get you visiting with everyone in the room, and lastly we will have our weekly Adult Summer Reading prize drawing at 1 pm on Friday. If you’ve been putting in entries every time you finish a book, you may win one of our fun prizes!
But say you are a kid who needs that last bit of fun that summer has to offer. That’s okay. The end of Summer Reading didn’t mean the end of library programs! Check out our Wednesday Lego Day at 4 pm, or, if you’re a young adult, try Tabletop and Video Game Club at 4 pm on Thursday, where we also listen to music and do crafts.
Lastly, for all age groups we have our Friday Movie! At 2pm we will be showing our final movie of the summer. We’ll have popcorn and lemonade, and plenty of space for young and old to enjoy our Rated G film.
Oh yeah, and if you have adopted a plant, and haven’t picked it up, be sure to stop at our front desk for your plant, and also for a book of activities that you can do at home!
We hope you will join us for our final activities as summer winds down and we prepare to go back to school for another year!
 This month at the library, it’s time for Adult Summer Reading! Make sure to sign up on our website at http://lmlibrary.org/adults/summerreading/ or at the library. Then, turn in a slip every time you finish a book, magazine, or audio book for a chance to win one of our weekly prize drawings! Here’s what’s coming up for Adults this month:
- Tuesday, August 16 at Noon: Exercise Your Mind: Prepare for the Fair! The Five-State Fair is at the end of August. Come learn about the fair and get help signing up your entries for the fair.
- Wednesday, August 17 at noon and Thurs, Aug. 18 at 6 pm: Coffee & Crafts! This month, we’ll be making stuffed sock animals! Create a fun animal for display or gifting. Teens & adults welcome.
- Every Friday at 1 pm: Weekly drawing for prizes! Make sure you get in your entry slips before this time.
- Tuesday, August 23 at Noon: Exercise your mind: Trivia Face-off! Come challenge your trivia knowledge to win prizes!
 Tuesday, August 30 at 6:30 pm: Recipe Swap and End of Summer Reading Party! Bring a fair food, along with the recipe, to share and enjoy everyone else’s creations! Bring your reading list with you, or turn in your list prior to the start of Recipe Swap. We will have the final prize drawing during this event. Do not have to be present to win.
We also have some fun events for kids and teens this month:
If your kid(s) read at least 15 hours this summer or your teen(s) earned at least 25 points, and you turned in their Summer Reading Log(s), don’t forget to come pick up their prizes! Prizes can also be picked up on the 18th at the High Readers’ Party, for those attending.
- Wednesdays at 4 pm: Lego day! Come use your imagination to build something great.
- Thursdays at 11:15 am: Storytime! Join us for stories, songs, and a craft. All ages welcome.
- Thursday, August 18 at 4 pm: High Readers’ Party! If you got at least 50 stickers in the Children’s Summer Reading Program or earned at least 50 points in the Teen Summer Reading Program, you are invited to a pizza party! Please email Elizabeth at childrens@lmlibrary.org if your kid(s) plan to attend. High readers will be entered into drawings for special prizes; you don’t have to attend to win.
- Fridays at 2 pm: Movie day! Watch a family-friendly movie and enjoy free popcorn and lemonade.
- Thursday, August 25 at 4 pm: Teen Videogame & Tabletop Game Club. Play on our Xbox, Wii, or Playstation 4. Or, challenge your friends to Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, or one of our other board games. Or, get crafty!
There are a lot of fun ways to Exercise your Mind during the rest of August at the Library!
 We’ve been making all kinds of interesting things on the library’s brand new 3D printer, paid for courtesy of the State Library of Kansas and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
If you haven’t heard of 3D printers, they are used to create three dimensional objects with a kind of plastic that is heated and laid down layer after layer until a new object takes shape. The plastic filament our printer uses is made from natural corn starch, making it biodegradable and environmentally friendly.
Come in and ask about using the library’s 3D printer. We will be offering beginning classes on 3D printing this week Monday through Thursday. Seating is limited so sign up at the Circulation Desk at the library.
 Pokémon GoOne of the things we have created on our 3D printer is a Liberal Memorial Library Pokémon Go badge. Our library is a PokéStop and Gym. Anyone who battles and becomes the library’s new Gym Leader can earn a library badge. Just come in to the library and show us that you’re the new Gym Leader to get your badge.
Summer Reading is over, at least for the kids, but we still have a lot going on at the library this summer.
- Tuesday, July 26th Recipe Swap at 6:30 pm – This month’s theme will be vegetable based recipes.
- Wednesday, July 27th Summer Reading Logs due – Kids, turn in your reading logs to qualify for a Summer Reading prize and to register for the High Readers event.
- Thursday, July 28th Storytime at 11:15 am – Regular storytimes will resume this Thursday.
- Thursday, July 28th Bunco at noon – Join us for the popular dice game! Registration is required.
- Friday, July 29th Movie Day at 2 pm – Popcorn and refreshments available! All movies are rated G.
Kansas Notable Books
Every year the Kansas State Library chooses a new list of Kansas Notable Books that are either written by Kansas authors or about a Kansas related topics.
Here are a few of the Kansas Notable books on display at the library:
 Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds
by Michael John Haddock
From the book description
A reference and a guidebook for a new generation of plant enthusiasts, this volume includes up-to-date nomenclature, keys, and descriptions, as well as habitat, distribution, and ecological information.
Designed for the professional botanist and passionate amateur alike, Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds brings names and taxonomic information into line with recent revolutions in studies of DNA, macro- and micromorphology, cytology, ecology, and phenology.
From the book description
Bank robbers wreaked havoc in the Sunflower State. After robbing the Chautauqua State Bank in 1911, outlaw Elmer McCurdy was killed by lawmen but wasn’t buried for sixty-six years. His afterlife can be described only as bizarre. Belle Starr’s nephew Henry Starr claimed to have robbed twenty-one banks. The Dalton gang failed in their attempt to rob two banks simultaneously, but others accomplished this in Waterville in 1911. Nearly four thousand known vigilantes patrolled the Sunflower State during the 1920s and 1930s to combat the criminal menace. One group even had an airplane with a .50-caliber machine gun. Join author Rod Beemer for a wild ride into Kansas’s tumultuous bank heist history.
From the book description
Nearing 60, William D. Street (1851–1911) sat down to write his memoir of frontier life. Street’s early years on the plains of western Kansas were both ordinary and extraordinary; ordinary in what they reveal about the everyday life of so many who went out to the western frontier, extraordinary in their breadth and depth of historical event and impact.
His tales of life as a teamster, cavalryman, town developer, trapper, buffalo hunter, military scout, and cowboy put us squarely in the middle of such storied events as Sheridan’s 1868–1869 winter campaign. They take us trapping beaver and hunting buffalo for hides and meat, and driving cattle on the Great Western Cattle Trail.
Edited by Street’s great-grandson, with an introduction by Richard Etulain, a leading scholar of the West, this memoir is history as it was lived, recalled in sharp detail and recounted in engaging prose, for the ages.
 Here at the library, we’re working on Catching Them All! Liberal Memorial Library is a Pokemon Gym, and a Pokestop in the new Pokemon Go game for phones and tablets. Stop in and catch some of the Pokemon who wander our aisles, and pick up Pokeballs at our stop. If you feel ambitious, challenge the Gym Leader! If you win, and become the new Gym Leader, come into the library for a special Pokemon Badge! One per Gym Leader, and for a limited time only!
If you aren’t into catching Pocket Monsters, our Adopt A Plant program is continuing! If you walk through the library, you will see our plants budding and growing, and you can see who belongs to each plant. The beans are sprouting like mad, but the tomatoes are not far behind! I’ve got my eye on the basil plants, and the carrots are not looking bad either.
What else is happening at the library? More than you can imagine!
Summer reading is wrapping up. Only one more week to go, can you believe it! We’ve had two months of fun and excitement, and now it is time to reward everyone for a job well-done. But I will say, during our last week, we go out with a bang! Here’s our schedule!
- TEENS—Movies & crafts (Tues. 7/19 @ 4 pm)
Enjoy some summer films and make cool crafts.
- Beejays Baseball Team (Wed. 7/20 @ 10 am)
Bring your glove for a story and play time with Liberal’s own Beejay’s Baseball Team! All ages welcome.
- TEENS—Tabletop & Video Game Club (Thu. 7/21 @ 4 pm)
Come play our Wii, Xbox, PS4, or one of several fun board games. If that doesn’t strike your fancy, check out our teen crafts!
- Coffee & Crafts (Wed. 7/20 @ Noon & Thu. 7/21 @ 6 pm)
This month, we’ll decoupage boxes using pretty paper. Make a decorative box you’ll want to show off.
- End of Summer Reading Party (Fri. 7/22 @ 1 pm)
Celebrate the end of Summer Reading Program with ice cream and play games for prizes!
- Recipe Swap (Tues. 7/26 @ 6:30 pm)
Bring something you’ve made (along with the recipe) to share and enjoy everyone else’s creations!
- Summer Reading Logs due 7/27! Turn in your completed summer reading log to get a prize!
As we say goodbye to youth summer reading, we also want to remind our adults that our Adult Summer Reading will take place during August. We have some fun prizes, and a chance to read new things. Also take the opportunity to expand your circle of friends! The library is filled with people who are just as interested in engaging with reading learning as you.
We always have something exciting happening at the library, and we hope you will check us, and our books, out!
 Summer Reading Program will be over soon, but don’t worry, we here at the library have a lot of stuff lined up before the end!
This Tuesday at noon, adults can join us for our Library & Lunch program! Bring your own lunch and discuss Angry Housewives Eating Bon-Bons by Lorna Landvik.
Weekly storytimes are available for all ages! Storytime for Babies and Toddlers is Tuesdays, July 12 and 19, at 11:15 am. 3rd – 5th graders can come to storytime on July 12 and 19 at 2 pm. Preschoolers and Kindergarteners have a storytime on Thursdays, July 14 and 21, at 11:15 am. Storytime for 1st and 2nd graders is on July 14 and 21 at 2 pm. Join us at storytime for sports-filled stories, songs, and a craft!
If you can’t make it to our regular storytimes, or if Friday mornings are just better for your schedule, you can come to Spencer Browne’s Coffeehouse for a special storytime on July 15 at 10 am! Enjoy coffee while your kids enjoy stories and a craft.
 We also have a couple more special guests coming; they should help us get up and get moving. This Wednesday at 1 pm, an instructor from Rine’s Karate will show us some easy karate moves. All ages are welcome at this program. Then, Wednesday the 20th at 10 am, Liberal’s own Beejays Baseball Team will be here to show us some baseball basics – bring your glove and ball, if you wish.
This Friday at 1 pm, join us for board games, followed by a family-friendly movie at 2 pm. Popcorn and lemonade will be served during the movie.
This Saturday at 1 pm, join us for Outdoor Fun Day! We’ll be coloring Frisbees, designing with sidewalk chalk, and playing fun outdoor games.
Teens shouldn’t feel left out, as they have their own special events! Tuesdays, July 12 & 19, teens can join us at 4 pm for a movie and a craft. On Thursdays, July 14 & 21, teens can join us at 4 pm for our videogame & tabletop game club. Play on our Wii, Xbox, or Playstation 4, or challenge your friends to one of our many board games.
Teens and adults, our popular Coffee & Craft days will be on Wed., July 20 at noon and Thurs., July 21 at 6 pm. This month, we’ll be making decoupage boxes. Decorate a small box to keep your jewelry or treasures in while enjoying coffee from Spencer Browne’s.
Friday, July 22 at 1 pm will be our End of Summer Reading Party! Come celebrate all the reading we’ve done and all the fun we’ve had this summer with ice cream and games – you might even win a prize!
And don’t forget to turn in your kids’ and teens’ Summer Reading Logs by July 27! This is so that we can make sure everyone gets a prize.
We do have a few things scheduled after Summer Reading ends. On Tuesday, July 26, join us at 6:30 pm for our monthly recipe swap! Bring a vegetable dish and enjoy everyone else’s recipes.
On Thursday, June 28 at noon, adults only can join us for our popular dice game, Bunco! Refreshments will be served. Registration is required, so visit our website or talk to Shannon to sign up.
We will have a storytime on Thursday, July 28 at 11:15 am. Kids can learn through stories, songs, and a craft!
Watch a family-friendly movie and enjoy popcorn and lemonade on Friday, July 29 at 2 pm.
We hope you join us at the library for karate, the Beejays, Bunco, Outdoor Fun Day, and/or any of our other great programs this July!
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The greatcoat : a ghost story
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