Support the library and pick up some good deals at the Friends of the Library book sale Tuesday, April 26th through Saturday, April 30th during regular library hours.
Tues-Thurs – paperbacks will be $0.50 each and all other items will be $1 each.
Fri-Sat – $1 for every bag full of books and $2 for every box full of books.
Funds from the book sale go to help support library programs including Baby’s Bookshelf, Budding Bookworms, Summer Reading Program, etc.
Events
Teen Volunteer Work Day – Monday, April 18th at 5:30 pm
Teens, here is an opportunity to complete community service hours at the library. In our first meetings, we will create cards for nursing homes and/or hospitals
Kids Bingo Night – Tuesday, April 19th at 4:30 pm
Kids, join us for a fun game of Bingo! Snacks and fun prizes will be available!
Teen Otaku Club – Wednesday, April 20th at 5 pm
Do you love anime and manga and are in middle or high school? Then come to our Teen Otaku Club meeting. This month we will watch and discuss the anime Ranking of Kings! Sign up in advance to save your spot and get a free snack. Join us at the meeting for your chance at an anime door prize and to enjoy a craft.
Teen Beanboozled Challenge – Friday, April 22nd at 4:30 pm
Teens, celebrate National Jelly Bean Day by playing the Beanboozled Challenge!
Bean Boozled Jelly Beans are crazy… In a good way! They make you wonder “how were they able to get the taste soooo right?”.
Bring a friend and see if they have the courage to go head to head with you on flavors like cappucino vs liver and onions or juicy pear vs booger.
Teen Arty Party: Blackout Poetry – Tuesday, April 26th at 5:30 pm
Celebrate National Poetry Month with a unique craft. Create poetry with words that are on a page and black out the rest with a sharpie and decorate it.
Game Day for all ages – Thursday, April 28th at 5:30 pm
Come in and play board, card, and video games. This event is open to all ages, bring a friend or family member to try out a new game!
Library and Lunch – On Tuesday, May 10th at Noon, our book club will meet to discuss “Dear Mrs. Bird” by by AJ Pearce
Storytimes– We have Storytime sessions on Wednesdays at 10 am, Monday evenings at 5:30 pm, and now we have brand new Saturday Storytime sessions at 11 am for Storytime in English and 11:30 for Storytime in Spanish.
Facebook Storytimes – Tuesdays at 11 am for Storytime in Spanish and Thursdays at 11 am for Storytime in English.
Closed for Presidents’ Day – The Library will be closed on Monday, February 21st for Presidents’ Day. We will reopen on Tuesday for our regular hours.
Mardi Gras Bunco – Thursday, February 24th at 2 pm
Adults, come to our Mardi Gras themed Bunco Party! We will have masks, beads and prizes! Seating is limited. Sign up on our website or call 626-0180. (Snacks will be served)
Encanto Party – Feb. 24th at 4 pm
On Thursday, Feb. 24th at 4 pm, come to the library and celebrate with the Family Madrigal! We will have Encanto themed photo ops, a craft, popcorn, and lemonade while we watch the movie.
Pokemon Day – Monday, Feb. 28th
Stop by for a Pokémon themed grab and go activity pack and join in on a Pokémon scavenger hunt to be entered to win a prize!
Packs will be available at the library starting Friday, Feb. 25th. The scavenger hunt must be returned to the library by 8 pm Monday, Feb. 28th to be eligible for the prize drawing. All ages are welcome to participate!
Black History Month Display
Come in to see the Black History Month alcove display put together by one of our library patrons. While you’re here, stop by our display of books by African American Authors. Here are just a few:
For decades, Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson, the founder and dean of the Ziggy Johnson School of the Theatre, has been the pulse of Detroit’s famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city’s African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he is also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he’s rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era, including Della Reese, Billy Eckstein, and Nat “King” Cole.
As he lays dying, Ziggy reflects on his life, the community that was the center of his world, and the remarkable people who helped shape it.
Inspired by the Catholic Saints Day Books, Ziggy curates his own list of Black Bottom’s venerable “Saints.”
Accompanying these “tributes” are thoughtfully paired cocktails that capture the essence of each of Ziggy’s saints―libations as strong and satisfying as Alice Randall’s wholly original view of a place and time unlike any other.
And Sometimes I Wonder About You
by Walter Mosley
In the fifth Leonid McGill novel, Leonid finds himself in an unusual pickle of trying to balance his cases with his chaotic personal life. Leonid’s father is still out there somewhere, and his wife is in an uptown sanitarium.
Meanwhile, Leonid is approached by an unemployed office manager named Hiram Stent to track down the whereabouts of his cousin, Celia, who is about to inherit millions of dollars from her father’s side of the family. Leonid declines the case, but after his office is broken into and Hiram is found dead, he gets reeled into the underbelly of Celia’s wealthy old-money family. It’s up to Leonid to save who he can and incriminate the guilty.
Black Deutschland: A Novel by Darryl Pinckney
Jed―young, gay, black, out of rehab and out of prospects in his hometown of Chicago―flees to the city of his fantasies, a museum of modernism and decadence: Berlin. The paradise that tyranny created, is where he’s chosen to become the figure that he so admires, the black American expatriate. Newly sober Jed arrives to chase boys and to escape from what it means to be a black male in America.
But history, both personal and political, can’t be avoided with time or distance. Whether it’s the judgment of the cousin he grew up with and her husband’s bourgeois German family, the lure of white wine in a down-and-out bar, a gang of racists looking for a brawl, the past never stays past even in faraway Berlin. In the age of Reagan and AIDS in a city on the verge of tearing down its walls, he clambers toward some semblance of adulthood amid the outcasts and expats, intellectuals and artists, queers and misfits.
Are you determined to make 2022 better than 2021? Is your resolution to get healthy? Eat better? Develop a more positive outlook? Check out our New Year’s Resolutions book display to find some inspiration.
With hundreds of clear, helpful illustrations, this essential reference covers such topics as how to install a ceiling fan; determining the right amount of paint to buy; how to repair a loose stair tread; choosing the proper child safety gate; and many more.
More importantly, you’ll get expert advice on when a repair is something you can do yourself and when it’s best executed by a professional. In the process, you’ll learn more than enough to speak knowledgeably about any problem with a hardware store clerk, a repairman, or a contractor.
Ego Is the Enemy draws on stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. We meet fascinating figures who all reached the highest levels of power and success by conquering their own egos. Their strategies and tactics can be ours as well.
In an era that glorifies social media, reality TV, and other forms of shameless self-promotion, the battle against ego must be fought on many fronts. Armed with the lessons in this book, as Holiday writes, “you will be less invested in the story you tell about your own specialness, and as a result, you will be liberated to accomplish the world-changing work you’ve set out to achieve.”
We all know that we should exercise and eat right, so why is it so hard to follow through? We make excuses for why we aren’t taking better care of ourselves, saying things like, “I’m too tired,” “I don’t have time,” or “I’m just not built to look that way.”
The No More Excuses Diet combines short term goals with healthy habit-forming behaviors to create permanent lifestyle changes. Using a specially designed transformation calendar, readers set clear, personal goals and make an easy-to-follow plan for each day.
The No More Excuses Diet also provides a completely customizable workout guide, with over 50 illustrated exercises designed to build strength, flexibility, endurance, and to shed fat.
Listening is an essential skill worth every effort to learn and to master. Listening takes us out of our tendency toward self-absorption and self-protection. It opens us to the world around us and to the persons who matter most to us. When we listen, we learn, we grow, and we are nourished.
Why do we often feel cut off when speaking to the people closest to us? What is it that keeps so many of us from really listening? Practicing psychotherapists, Donoghue and Siegel answer these questions and more in this thoughtful, witty, and helpful look at the reasons why people don’t listen. Filled with vivid examples that clearly demonstrate easy-to-learn listening techniques, Are You Really Listening? is a guide to the secrets and joys of listening and being listened to.
hoopla BingePass
hoopla BingePass gives Library patrons unlimited access to collections of streaming content for 7 days…with a single borrow. It’s a new way to explore great online content—and a lot of it!
BingePass launched with the introduction of hoopla Magazines and The Great Courses Video Library Collection and the Curiosity Stream BingePass is coming late January.
hoopla Magazines offers 50 popular and in-demand magazines for all ages and interests, such as HGTV, Elle, Popular Mechanics, Fast Company, Inc., Men’s Health, Time for Kids, Woman’s Day, Runner’s World, and many more. These 50 titles are just the beginning—the catalog will evolve and grow steadily over time.
The Great Courses BingePass offers a collection of popular courses curated specifically for Libraries. The collection features more than 300 courses, with each containing numerous lectures. That means patrons can access thousands of learning sessions with a single hoopla Instant borrow.
The Curiosity Stream BingePass will give access to the Curiosity Stream platform that showcases all their documentaries and nonfiction series! With a single hoopla Instant borrow, Library patrons can watch thousands of high-quality videos about science, history, technology, nature, society, and lifestyle, plus some great content for kids! Watch films like The Year That Rocked the World, Royals: Keeping the Crown, Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo with Jane Goodall, Ancient Engineering, Underworld, Psychology of Con Artists, and thousands more.
All Liberal Memorial Library patrons can sign up for a free hoopla account. If you haven’t signed up yet, call 626-0180 or come in and we can help you get started.
Storytimes– Wednesdays at 10:00 am and again on Monday evenings at 5:30 pm
Facebook Storytimes – Fridays at 4 pm
Kids Thanksgiving Bingo – Tuesday, November 23rd at 5 pm
Kids, join us for a fun game of Thanksgiving themed Bingo! For ages 12 and under. Snacks and fun prizes will be available!
Movie Night – Tuesday, Nov. 30th at 6 pm
Come to the library and enjoy a movie and free popcorn! Feel free to bring your own drink, and a blanket/pillow to be comfy!
When the patrol’s biggest rival, Mayor Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc, Ryder and everyone’s favorite heroic pups kick into high gear to face the challenge head-on.
Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
The library will close at 1 pm on Wednesday the 24th and will be closed on Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will reopen for normal business hours on Saturday at 9 am.
Holiday Open House
On December 9th from 6 to 8 pm, we are having a holiday celebration at the library. There will be cookies, musical performances, and a special visit from Santa. Bring the kids to listen to Santa tell stories and to take their pictures with Santa.
Teen Grab & Go Craft Kit: Mystery Craft
Teens, during the month of December come in and pick up a ready to make craft! Get one while supplies last, craft will be available for the rest of the month or until supplies run out.
Online Library and Lunch
On Tuesday, December 14th at Noon, our book club will meet online to discuss “A dog’s perfect Christmas” by Cameron, W. Bruce.
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
On Thursday, December 16th at 4 pm, wear an ugly Christmas sweater for this fun party for adults! Participate in a White Elephant gift exchange for gifts up to $10, play games, and eat snacks. Adults only.
Seating is limited. Sign up online, by phone, or at the front desk.
Teen Otaku Club
Wednesday, December 15th at 5 pm we will be celebrating our love of Otaku by having a holiday party! Join us in games, an ornament craft, snacks, and a gift exchange!
Sign up is required to attend this month due to the planned activities.
Holiday Cookbooks
Are you looking for some inspiration for a holiday feast? Check out some of our cookbooks. The Library has all kinds of cookbooks available for checkout. Here are a few:
A Bird in the Hand: Chicken recipes for every day and every mood by Diana Henry
Chicken is one of the most popular foods we love to cook and eat: comforting, casual, easy, even celebratory, it’s always in the kitchen and on the table. Plundering the globe, there is no shortage of brilliant ways to cook it, whether you need a quick supper after work, something for a lazy summer BBQ or a feast to nourish family and friends. In A Bird in the Hand, Diana Henry offers a host of new, simple and not-so-very-well-known dishes, starring the bird we all love.
Sweets & Treats With Six Sisters’ Stuff: 100+ Desserts, Gift Ideas, and Traditions for the Whole Family by Six Sisters’ Stuff
Who doesn’t love dessert? The Six Sisters have gathered together more than 100 of their best dessert recipes into one cookbook that the whole family will enjoy. From cakes and cupcakes and cookies to pies and brownies and ice cream, this cookbook has the easy-to-make, family-friendly recipes you’ve come to expect from the Six Sisters.
Moosewood Restaurant Celebrates: Festive Meals for Holidays and Special Occasions by Moosewood Collective
For three decades, the famed Moosewood Collective has prepared innovative meatless meals that have left vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike clamoring for more. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of their internationally acclaimed Ithaca restaurant, The Moosewood Collective presents their first-ever collection of menus for memorable occasions, with vegetarian specialties for every season.
Halloween Bunco Party – Thursday, October 28th at 2 pm
Wear your costumes and join us for the popular dice game, Bunco! Let the dice roll, meet friends, and win some fun prizes. Registration is required, so register online or in person. Adults only. Snacks will be provided.
Family Halloween Party and Costume Contest – Friday, October 29th at 4:30 pm.
Everyone’s invited to our Halloween party and costume contest. There will be games, goodies and awesome prizes for the winners of the costume contest. The results of our pumpkin decorating contest will also be announced during the party.
Kiwanis will end their Pet & Spook Parade at the library. Walk in the parade and stop to join us in fun activities and a costume contest!
Teen Nacho Day Party – Monday, October 18th at 4:30 pm
Did you know October 21st is International Day of the Nacho? Join us in celebrating the birth of delicious nachos! Grab a plate and watch a Nacho named movie
Movie Time – Tuesday, October 19th at 6 pm
Come to the library and enjoy a movie and free popcorn! Feel free to bring your own drink, and a blanket/pillow to be comfy! This Disney movie stars Eddie Murphy as a realtor who, along with his family, becomes trapped in an old Mansion by ghosts!
Teen Otaku Club – Wednesday, October 20th at 5 pm
Do you love anime and manga and are in middle or high school? Then come to our Teen Otaku Club meeting. This month we will watch and discuss the anime Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun!. We will also make a fun cosplay craft. Sign up to get a copy of the manga to read in advance and save your spot for the meeting. There will be a door prize and there will be a free snack for each person that signs up!
Movie Time – Tuesday, October 26th at 6 pm
Enjoy an interactive showing of a Halloween Disney movie. Max, a teenage boy, moves to Salem where he accidentally releases the Sanderson sisters, evil witches who lived 300 years ago. Max and his friends must stop them from wreaking havoc on the town.
Interactive showings are a fun way of watching a movie where everyone gets a script and a bag of props and you follow along to shout and snack along with the movie.
Halloween Book Display
Whether you’re in the mood for a scary book that will keep you up at night, or you prefer a Halloween themed cozy mystery, our Halloween book display has it all.
Edgar Award-winning travel writer explores America’s capital of creepy – Salem, Massachusetts
A single event in its 400 years of history―the Salem Witch Trials of 1692―forever changed the city’s character and reputation in America. Salem thrives as a haven of the bizarre and a modern outpost for the weird. But Salem is a seasonal town―and its season happens to be Halloween. Every October, this small city of 40,000 swells to close to half a million as witches, goblins, ghouls, and ghosts (and their admirers) descend on Essex Street.
Experience the thrills of Halloween through the eyes of a curious and adventurous outsider in the city that has defined this day for generations.
On a dark night in the summer of 1859, three men enter the home of Dr. Matthew Callahan and shoot him dead in front of his pregnant wife. Unbeknownst to them, Li Lian, his wife, hails from a long line of women gifted in ways that scare most folks—the witches of the MacPherson clan—and her need for vengeance is as vast and unforgiving as the Great Plains themselves.
Devil’s Call traces Li Lian’s quest, from the Nebraska Territory, to Louisiana, to the frozen Badlands, to bring to justice the monster responsible for shooting her husband in the back. This long-rifled witch will stop at nothing—and risk everything—in her showdown with evil.
Halloween Party Murder by Leslie Meier – Tinker’s Cove newest residents Ty and Heather Moon turn their Victorian home into a haunted house to raise funds for charity. But the Halloween fun turns to horrific fright when Heather dies and Ty finds himself accused of murder. Digging deep into the story, journalist Lucy Stone uncovers some sinister secrets in the Moons’ past linked to a conspiracy in her hometown…
Death of a Halloween Party Monster by Lee Hollis – Everyone attending Island Times Food and Cocktail columnist Hayley Powell’s Halloween bash is dressed as their favorite movie monster. But when partygoers stumble upon Boris Candy’s bludgeoned costumed corpse, it falls to Hayley to discover who among her guests wanted to stop the man from clowning around permanently…
Scared Off by Barbara Ross – Three teenage girls having a sleepover on Halloween night get spooked when high schoolers crash the house for a party. But no one expected to find a crasher like Mrs. Zelisko, the elderly third floor tenant, dead in the backyard–dressed in a sheet like a ghost. With her niece traumatized, Julia Snowden must uncover who among the uninvited guests was responsible for devising such a murderous trick…
We thought we’d play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead.
One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until it starts killing.
Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He’ll be a hero. He’ll save everyone to the best of his ability. He’ll do whatever he needs to so he can save the day. That’s the thing about heroes—sometimes you have to become a monster first.
Checkout a Chromebook and a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot from Liberal Memorial Library and take the internet home with you!
Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots and Chromebook kits are available for checkout to library patrons who are 18 years of age or older, with a limit of one per household. The kits include a Chromebook, charger, mouse, carrying case, and instructions.
Check out a Chromebook kit and a Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot out for two weeks, just like a book.
A mobile hotspot is a portable device that provides internet access to any Wi-Fi enabled device within approximately 30 feet.
The Chromebooks, when connected to a mobile hotspot or other internet source, will allow patrons to browse the internet and use android or Chrome web store apps for word processing, games, and more.
This project is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Banned Books Week
Next week, September 26th – October 2nd, will be Banned Book Week. Come in and check out our displays and the events that we will have throughout the week. Get your picture taken and your name entered into a Banned Books drawing.
Here are a few of our library’s books that have been banned or challenged in some places throughout the country.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee – banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience.
To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country.
A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood – banned and challenged for profanity and for “vulgarity and sexual overtones.”
In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birth rates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini – banned and challenged for sexuality and profanity
The heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the sweep of history. The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
Since its publication in 2003 Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America’s most treasured writers.
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison – banned and challenged for profanity, sexual imagery, and a story line about an incestuous relationship
Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon creates a magical world out of four generations of black life in America. On the day that Macon Dead, Jr. (known as Milkman), son of the richest black family in a mid-western town is born, the lonely insurance man, Robert Smith, attempts to fly from a steeple of the hospital.
We follow Milkman as he grows up in his father’s money and death haunted house with his silent sisters and strangely passive mother. And we follow him as he strikes out alone; moving first toward adventure and then–as the unspoken truth about his family and his own buried heritage announces itself–toward an adventurous and crucial embrace of life.
Events
Storytimes– Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m and again on Monday evenings at 5:30 pm
Facebook Storytimes – Fridays at 4 pm
Kids To-Go Craft – September 20th – 25th, or while supplies last. Come in and pick up a ready to make craft to do at home!
Family Activity: Break-in Bags – Tuesday, Sept. 21st
For those of you who miss the escape room experience, we’ve switched things up and created Break-In Bags. Test your problem solving skills and be rewarded with treasure! Sign up for the program and pick up your bag at the Liberal Memorial Library. One per family please and only available while supplies last.
Teen Otaku Club – Wednesday, October 20th at 5 pm
Do you love anime and manga and are in middle or high school? Then come to our Teen Otaku Club meeting. This month we will watch and discuss the anime Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun!. We will also make a fun cosplay craft. Sign up to get a copy of the manga to read in advance and save your spot for the meeting. There will be a door prize and there will be a free snack for each person that signs up!
Teen Advisory Group – Tuesday, October 12th at 6 pm
Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is a group where teens will get together over snacks and discuss what they want the library to do for teens and try to make those ideas a reality. Teens may earn community service hours if needed for attending the meeting.
Thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the library will soon have mobile Wi-Fi hotspots and Chromebooks available for checkout to library patrons. You will be able to check out a mobile hotspot and/or Chromebook and take the Internet home with you!
A mobile hotspot is a portable device that provides internet access to any Wi-Fi enabled device within approximately 30 feet. Our hotspots will rely on mobile broadband service from T-Mobile to provide 4G LTE coverage.
The Chromebooks, when connected to a mobile hotspot or other internet source, will allow patrons to log in using their personal Google account and browse the internet, use android apps, or apps from the Chrome web store. Don’t have a gmail account? We can help you set up a free account.
3D Printing
The Library has a brand new 3D printer that’s capable of printing up to four different colored filaments at once. Do you want to try out 3D printing? It costs $0.10 per gram to print with a minimum charge of $0.50. Visit our website, https://lmlibrary.org/ask-about-our-3d-printer/, to find more information about 3D printing.
Events
Storytimes– Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m and again on Monday evenings at 5:30 pm
Facebook Storytimes – Fridays at 4 pm
Teen Otaku Club – Wednesday, August 18th at 5 pm
Do you love anime and manga and are in middle or high school? Then come to our Teen Otaku Club meeting. This month we are discussing the manga & anime Fairy Tail. Sign up to get a copy of the manga to read in advance and save your spot for the meeting. There will be a door prize and a box of pocky for each person that signs up!
Kid’s Day at the 5-State Fair – Saturday, August 21st starting at 9 am
The library will be at the activity center on Saturday the 21st as a part of the 5-State Fair’s Kid’s Day! Join us there starting at 9 am for a llama themed storytime and craft!
Closed for Labor Day – Monday, September 6th
The Library will be closed on Monday, September 6th for Labor Day. We will reopen on Tuesday at 9 am for our regular hours.
Teen Advisory Group – Tuesday, September 14th at 6 pm
Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is a group where teens will get together over snacks and discuss what they want the library to do for teens and try to make those ideas a reality. Teens may earn community service hours if needed for attending the meeting.
Applications are required to join. Stop by the library to pick one up or fill it out online, https://lmlibrary.org/teen-volunteer-opportunities. See our website for more information.
“Books about Books” book display
Because August 9th was Book Lover’s Day, we decided to put together a display of books that are all about books. Here are a few:
It’s up to Gemma and Jayne to root out the killer when the winner of a garden tour trophy is left pushing up daisies.
“I am not a Consulting Detective,” Gemma Doyle tells 10-year-old Lauren Tierney, when the little girl comes to the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium to beg Gemma to find her missing cat, Snowball. Gemma might not be able to follow the clues to find the cat, but her dog Violet follows her nose. Gemma and Violet proudly return Snowball to her grateful owner, and Gemma basks in praise for a job well done. But a few days later Lauren is back with ten dollars in hand, wanting to once again hire a consulting detective, and this time for a far bigger job: Her mother has been accused of murder.
Despite herself, and despite the disapproval of her police detective boyfriend Ryan Ashburton, the game is once again afoot, and Gemma finds herself and Jayne Wilson using their powers of deduction to ponder yet another curious incident.
The enchanting story of a bookshop, its devoted owner, its loyal customers, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart.
Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers—a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the literary-minded locals. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open after her beloved father’s death, and the temptation to sell is getting stronger. The property developers are circling, yet Emilia’s loyal customers have become like family, and she can’t imagine breaking the promise she made to her father to keep the store alive.
Enter the world of Nightingale Books for a serving of romance, long-held secrets, and unexpected hopes for the future—and not just within the pages on the shelves. How to Find Love in a Bookshop is the delightful story of Emilia, the unforgettable cast of customers whose lives she has touched, and the books they all cherish.
A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away.
Carolyn’s not so different from the other people around her. After all, she was a normal American herself once.
That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father.
In the years since then, Carolyn hasn’t had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father’s ancient customs. They’ve studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they’ve wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God.
Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation.
Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy.
1962: It may be the Swinging Sixties in New York, but in Denver it’s different: being a single gal over thirty in this city is almost bohemian. Still, thirty-eight-year-old Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She dedicated herself to the bookstore she runs with her best friend, Frieda, returning home each evening to her cozy apartment.
Then the dreams begin.
1963: Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have beautiful children, an elegant home, and good friends. It’s everything Kitty Miller once believed she wanted—but it only exists when she sleeps.
Convinced that these dreams are simply due to her overactive imagination, Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this alternate world. Can she choose which life she wants? If so, what is the cost of staying Kitty, or becoming Katharyn?
As the lines between her worlds begin to blur, Kitty must figure out what is real and what is imagined. And how do we know where that boundary lies in our own lives?
Even though Summer Reading is over, there is still a lot going on here at the library including a Harry Potter Birthday party for all ages!
Harry Potter Birthday party
On Friday July 30th from 1pm to 5pm, we will celebrate Harry Potter’s Birthday with games, crafts, a photo booth, a costume contest, and a visit from live snakes!
The party will start off with a visit from some snakes. Harry has many encounters with snakes over the years; we will get to see a snake presentation and meet a few.
After that, we will be hosting several games to get you in the spirit:
Let’s go on a Horcrux Hunt – a scavenger hunt for Voldemort’s seven horcruxes. There will be clues to help lead the way and the one who finds them all will get a reward!
Are you a member of SPEW, the Society for the Protection of Elfish Welfare? Join us in freeing house elves with a game of sock toss!
Need to practice your levitation spell? Whoever can levitate the balloon the longest will get a prize, every player will get a free wand (while supplies last).
Think you know the most about the boy who lived? Play some trivia with us on your own device with Kahoot. A prize will be awarded to the winner.
We will also have crafts! Paint your own pet owl rock or cast a patronus onto paper to take home.
While all this is going on, we will have a photo booth and costume contest! Come in your best outfit that references the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and you could get a prize for best dressed!
More Events
Storytimes – Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m and again on Monday evenings at 5:30
Kernel Club – Thursdays at 4 pm Kids,become a member of the Kernel Club and learn about Kansas Farms and how they grow corn. The Kernel Club will meet every Thursday, from July 15th to August 12th at 4 pm. We will have a short lesson, do a corn themed craft and eat a corn based snack.
Facebook Storytimes – Fridays at 4 pm
Game Day – Tuesday, July 20th at 3 pm Kids and teens, unleash your inner gamer with a mix of video and board games available to play at the library!
Teen Otaku Club – Wednesday, July 21st at 4 pm This month we are discussing the manga & anime Blue Exorcist. Sign up to get a copy of the manga to read in advance and save your spot for the meeting. There will be a door prize and a box of pocky for each person that signs up!
Game Day for Adults – Thursday, July 22nd at 2 pm Hang out with other adults and play board games and card games. For adults only. Signup online or at the Circulation desk.
Movie Time – Tuesday, July 27th at 4pm Watch this new computer-animated urban fantasy adventure film with us. It was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures last year.
On Ian’s sixteenth birthday, his mother gives her two sons a gift from their father, a letter describing a “visitation spell” that can resurrect someone for a single day. The two brothers set out on a quest to find an artifact, so Ian can visit with his father, who died before Ian was born.
Dog Days book display
The Dog Days of Summer are here again. The typically hot and humid time of the year when the Sun occupies the same region of the sky as Sirius, the Dog Star. It’s also an excellent time to showcase some of our dog themed books. For more dog themed books, come in and check out our book display.
Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Simon Garfunkel, are recently retired police officers turned private investigators. Along with fellow former cop Laurie Collins and her investigating partner, Marcus, they call themselves the K Team, in honor of Simon.
Jessica Chamberlain and her search-and-rescue dog, Luke, hunt for lost people in the Tidewater area of Virginia. But that’s a side hustle: Jess’s work as a private investigator pays the bills. Right now, she’s looking for a girl missing for twenty years and the truth about a man’s suicide. When someone runs her off the road and her house burns down, she could take the hint and leave—but she won’t.
Art Studio: Dogs: More than 50 projects and techniques for drawing, painting, and creating 25+ breeds in oil, acrylic, pencil, and more!
Created especially with beginning artists and art enthusiasts in mind, this engaging book includes a variety of fun and unique drawing, painting, and mixed media projects designed to help you transform your love of canines into beautiful works of art.
When Jocelyn Hillier is named legal guardian for the late Mr. Allardyce’s pack of pedigreed Labrador retrievers, her world is flipped upside down. She never expected to be living a pampered life in an ocean side mansion, complete with a generous stipend. But her new role isn’t without its challenges: The dogs (although lovable) are more high-maintenance than any Hollywood diva, and she’s confronted at every turn by her late benefactor’s estranged son, Liam, who thinks he’s entitled to the inheritance left to the dogs.
Jocelyn has worked too hard to back down without a fight, and she’s determined to keep her new fur family together. As she strives to uphold the “Best in Show” standards her pack requires, Jocelyn finds love, family, and forgiveness in the most unexpected places.
Summer Reading will come to a close in just a couple of weeks. But we still have lots of fun programs coming up.
Events
Monday evenings at 5:30 and Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m – Storytimes
In person Summer Reading Storytimes are open to children of all ages. Enjoy stories, crafts, and songs!
Fridays at 4 pm– Facebook Storytimes Facebook Live storytimes will be held on Fridays at 4 pm. Catch them live or watch the recordings later.
Tuesday, June 22th at 4 pm – Anime Drawing Class
A fun class on learning how to draw an anime character. You will be given some tips and tricks on how to improve your skill! This program is open to Teens and Adults.
Tuesday, June 24th at 10 am – Mad Science Watch as Mad Science puts a twist on the Summer theme by demonstrating the science of flight. This program is open to all ages.
Tuesday, June 24th at 5:30 pm – EveningSpinning Yarns Do you love to crochet, knit, or do other needlework? Would you like to spend time with other adults who share your interest, give pointers, and socialize? Then come work on your current project at our Spinning Yarns group! This program is open to adults.
Friday, June 25th at 4 pm – Kahoot Animal Trivia Play Kahoot Animal trivia at the library! It doesn’t matter how knowledgeable you are, come in and join the fun! Sign up to reserve your spot. Bring an electronic device or use one of ours for a chance to play and win prizes. This program is open to all ages.
Saturday, June 26th – Cutest Pet Contest Submission Ends
Bring us the cutest picture of your fur babies, feather babies, or even scaly babies and let our patrons choose the cutest of the cute! The winning pets will receive a basket of goodies donated by the Kansas Avenue Vet Clinic and Shirley’s Critter Care.
Monday, June 28th – Cutest Pet Contest Voting Starts
Come into the library and vote for the pet you think is the cutest.Voting will be open until July 3rd and the winners will be announced Monday, July 5th.
Wednesday, June 30th at 10 am – Spinning Yarns Do you love to crochet, knit, or do other needlework? Would you like to spend time with other adults who share your interest, give pointers, and socialize? Then come work on your current project at our Spinning Yarns group! This program is open to adults.
Thursday, July 1st at 10 am – Dan Dan the Magic Man Be amazed by awesome magic and hilarious comedy with Dan Dan the Magic Man. This program is open to all ages.
Friday, July 2nd at 4 pm – Teen/Family Feud Game Join us for the fun live version of the classic game show! Sign up individually or with friends or family to play. Call 620-626-0180 to sign up. This program is open to teens and families.
Grand Prizes
For people who are using paper logs, be sure to turn in your completed logs or bingo sheets by Saturday, July 3rd to be entered into the grand prize drawings for fun prizes.
For people keeping track online using the Beanstack app, be sure to use the app to log your time spent reading, and finish earning your badges so you can apply your earned tickets toward the grand prizes before July 3rd.
Our Summer Reading Kickoff Party is just around the corner! Next Tuesday, May 25th, at 2 pm we will be kicking off Summer Reading in the parking lot with games, prizes, balloon animals, hot dogs, and popcorn.
Summer Reading Signup
Starting on the 25th, you’ll be able to sign up for Summer Reading online at https://lmlibrary.beanstack.org/ or if you prefer an offline option, you can pick up a paper registration form at the library.
Kids’ Summer Reading
Kids ages 0-5, read 20 books to complete the challenge and receive a prize.
Kids ages 6-12, read 15 hours to complete the main challenge and receive a prize, or go the extra mile and read 30 hours to receive an additional prize!
Earn badges by logging your minutes or books read and by completing activities online. The badges will change to color from black/white as you earn them.
Stop by the Children’s Desk to pick up the weekly Kids Craft Kit.
Teens’ Summer Reading
The teen program is for ages 13-17. Earn 8 badges of any kind to complete the program.
Earn badges by logging the minutes you read, writing reviews of books you read, and by participating in activities. Any kind of reading will count toward earning badges. The badges will change to color from black/white as you earn them.
For every badge you earn, you will earn tickets to put towards prizes. Prizes will be available half way through the program and until June 11th. Final prizes will be available for you to earn after that and until the end date of July 3rd.
Adults’ Summer Reading
The adult program is for ages 18 and up. Earn badges by logging the books you read, by completing activities online (the activities are like attending virtual library events), and by writing book reviews. The badges will change to color from black/white as you earn them.
Earn 5 badges to get the completion badge and be entered into a prize drawing. Go above and beyond by earning 24 badges to be entered into our grand prize drawing!
If you want to participate in Summer reading offline, come by the library to pick up a bingo card instead.
Closed Memorial Day
The Library will be closed on Monday, May 31st for Memorial Day. We will reopen on Tuesday for our normal hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Summer Reading Events
We will have several special events at the library during Summer Reading this year, including:
Tuesday, the 25th at 2 pm – Summer Reading Kickoff Party
Tuesday, June 1st at 10 am – Jammin’ Randy will perform fun songs about all kinds of animals. Everyone will be encouraged to dance and sing-a-long!
Friday, June 4 at 4 pm – Teen Drawful Game Night
Tuesday, June 8th at 10 am – Lee Richardson Zoomobile – Enjoy a storytime and a visit from an animal friend straight from the Lee Richardson Zoo.
Tuesday, June 8th at 4 pm – Anime Drawing Class, for Teens and Adults
Friday, June 11th at 4 pm – Teen Anime Trivia
Friday, June 16th at 5 pm – Virtual Teen Otaku Club
Friday, June 18th at 5 pm – Teen Among Us Night
Tuesday, June 22th at 4 pm – Anime Drawing Class, for Teens and Adults
Tuesday, June 24th at 10 am – Mad Science
Friday, June 25th at 4 pm – Teen Animal Trivia
Thursday, July 1st at 10 am – Dan Dan the Magic Man
Friday, July 2nd at 4 pm – Family Feud Game Night
Yard and Garden book display
Spring is well under way. Are you growing a garden this year? Maybe you want to improve your lawn or patio area? Check out our Yard and Garden display either in person at the library or online by going to our catalog, http://catalog.lmlibrary.org, then choose Adult on the top menu and Book Display under the List of All option.
Whether it is for aesthetics, security, or simple privacy, no project is more important to a landscape than its vertical boundary structures—the fences, walls, screens, and retaining wall terraces. This book includes classic favorites, like picket fences and panel fences, but also includes interesting regional variations, like Virginia split rail fences and dry-fit stone garden walls.
Welcome the world’s most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety of butterflies who need our help, and shows you how to design a habitat where they will thrive. This optimistic call to arms is packed with everything you need to create a beautiful, pollinator-friendly garden.
An essential reference to gardening in hot and cold dry climates.
Gardening where summers are hot and prone to periods of drought, or where winters are snowy one week and freezing rain the next, is best managed by xeriscaping — dryland gardening techniques that favor not only water conservation but also the conservation of time, energy and other resources.
Xeriscaping enthusiasts exist throughout North America wherever the climate calls for dryland gardening, from the Great Plains prairies to the California desert.
