May - June 2016 - Kirkwood Public Library
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May - June 2016 - Kirkwood Public Library
Chapter & Verse FRIENDS OF THE KIRKWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY May/June 2016 NotefromthePresident... Though I was unable to attend the Volunteer Appreciation Event on March 5 due to family illness, I was delighted when the speaker, Debbie Monterrey, morning drive-time anchor on KMOX radio,sentmeexcerptsofhertalk.Theinterwoven topics were libraries and volunteerism. Though Debbie lives in the City and is a fan and regular visitor at St. Louis Public Library, she told the audiencesheisalsoabigfanofourlibrary,saying shehasusedourpassportservicesandhaspassed onthatfacttoKMOXlisteners.Shehasalsobeena bigadvocateoftheelvesatourlibrarywhoassist withtheLettersfromSanta. I'musingabitofspaceinthisissueofC&Vtopass on bits from Debbie's talk, thinking that some of our readers who were not in attendance at the eventwillenjoyhercommentsasmuchasIdid. GinnyKramer,InterimPresident ExcerptsfromDebbieMonterrey'sMarch5,2016talk: I have more than once been asked why we need libraries. Everything we need is online, they say. Well, yes and no. English author and artist Neil Gaiman says, “Google can bring youback100-thousandanswers. A librarian can bring you back therightone.” Libraries today as you well know, are more important than ever. And busier than ever. Because libraries continue to evolve and change. People use libraries for computer access to find jobs, opportunities, for the free wi-fi. For books. For games. For community. In an economic downturn,librariesbecomeever moreimportant.Theybecomean equalizer. Not everyone can afford to spend $100 at the bookstore or buy a new computer. I do quite a few events for the St. Louis County Library as well. It’s been such a pleasure and honor to meet amazing authors andsharethestagewiththemto conduct interviews. I got to do onstage events with Laura Bush, Caroline Kennedy, Jane Pauley andothers. I did a live, onstage interview with Beau Willimon, creator of Netflix breakthrough series “House of Cards.” He is a BurroughsgraduateANDalover oflibraries!Heneedledeveryone intheaudiencetodonatemoney and talked about how many hours HE spent in St. Louis County Headquarters library on Lindberghasakid.AndIcantell you, that man is whip-smart. He has Emmy awards and critical acclaimandhecreditsthelibrary forgettinghimthere. So how many of you are volunteers at the library? You probably all have a myriad of reasons why you do it. Maybe you love libraries. Maybe you’re bored. Maybe you want to give back. Maybe it’s a social thing, a fun thing. Whatever it is that drives you to volunteer, at the library or anywhere else, thank youfordoingit. Volunteers don’t do it for the praise, but let me take this opportunitytothankyou.Thank you for giving your time to helping…to making an organization better…to serving thecommunity. Volunteers are truly the unsung heroes in our society. (Continuedonpage2) (Continuedfrompage1) Some expect the government to help everyone, but let’s be honest, look at our government. Even if every level of government was efficient and selfless and well-meaning, we still wouldn’t have enough money to do everything that needstobedone. Volunteers fill that void. Volunteers do so much in our society and they do it with a passion and a purpose and a dedication that a paid employee from the government, if there was one, might never be able to match. I’m blessed. I recognize my privilege. Recognizing my privilegemakesmewanttohelp others who aren’t as lucky as I am.Andhopefullysomeofthose people who’ve been helped will payitforwardandhelpsomeone else.It’sacycle.Agoodcycle,not aviciousone. And my kids see me going off to things all the time and they say, “Mommy, do you have an event tonight?” And I make sure to tell them what organization I’mofftohelpandwhattheydo. Because I want them to know aboutissuesandproblemsinour community,butIalsowantthem toseepeoplehelpingfixthem. Tributesand Memorials Wethankthefollowingforpaying tributebydonatingtotheFriends duringFebruaryandMarch: InMemoryofJackCarpenter Marty&BradWastler InMemoryofMalcolmBliss Mary&BradWastler PfizerFoundationMatchingGift PAYTRIBUTE Tohonorsomeone,tosay “thankyou”tosomeone,to paytributebecauseoftheloss ofsomeonenearanddear, considermakingadonation toFriendsoftheKirkwood PublicLibrary. 2 Director’sMessage Enjoy Author Elaine Viets & Support the Library’s eBook Collection! DearFriends, Iam excitedtoinviteyoutoaspecialeventtomeetmystery author Elaine Viets and have the chance to support your Library! OnSaturday,May7th,11:00a.m.VietswillvisittheBarnes& Noble in Ladue (8871 Ladue Rd, St. Louis, Mo 63124) for a signingofherbook,TheArtofMurder,thenewestbookinthe Dead-End Job Mystery series. I love this series – the characters are strong and the setting of Southern Florida is perfect. What’sespeciallyexcitingisthatBarnes&Noblewilldonatea percentageoftheproceedsfromanypurchasesmadethatday –includingitemsfromthecafé!Moneyraisedwillgodirectly toward the purchase of eBooks for the Municipal Library Consortium. Simply tell the cashier you’re with the MLC! Hopetoseeyouthere! Thankssomuchforallyoudo! SarahErwin LibraryDirector May/June2016 Memberships WelcometoournewmemberswhojoinedtheFriendsinFebruaryandMarch. JudithBrauer•SusanBurkett•RitaCrain•ElizabethHahn•KathrynJ.Hallett LisaHensley•BrendaM.Watson•DianeWoepke Thankyoutothefollowingwhore-joinedorwhosememberships wererenewedinFebruaryandMarch. Jacquelyn&LarryBailey•RussellBarden•FrancisBaumli•AngelaBay•LindaBufkin Scott&BonnieBurner•NancyCarrol•NancyCasey•Steven&DannaCockriel•MollyDuncan SusanEnglund&DougLuke•MichaelGibbons•GordonGrundmann•SusieGrunik•CharleneHenke AnneHensley•CarolynHrach•SharonIngram•Erwin&GailJacus•LorriJillJordan•JoanKane Nona&BobKing•Maria&DonKukla•AnnKurtz•GerryMandel•KathleenMannion•DanielMarcus MaryKayMenees•CarolAnnMiller•Chuck&MimiMittler•JudyMoeller•ChloePoe•Bill&JanePohlman RuthPowell•PegRedelfs•GeneRotter•Dolores&DonSchaumburg•Richard&BarbaraSimonson Pat&CarolSipes•Bill&CarolynSorrell•Paul&VictoriaSorrells•EileenStanley&DonHolt CourtneyStarks&JosephJez•KatherineTemprano•JudyTisdale•Margaret&StephenVanAsdale Brad&MartyWastler•EdithWenzel•Elinor&MichaelWhite•Kip&JulieWilliams LindaWillman•Chuck&ShirleyWitcher Friends’Annual Meeting BookSaleNews The book sales in the library continue to be popular with our customers, a fun time for the volunteers, and good money-makers for the Friends. February’s sale featured history and biography and broughtin$2,100.TheAprilsalewastargetedatfictionofallgenres– general fiction, literature, mystery, science fiction, plays, poetry and children’sbooks.Thedateofthesalecoincidedwiththe“bigbooksale” andthatresultedinbuyersfromaroundthecountry.Wemade$1,624 overthetwo-daysale. Ourthanksgoouttothesaleco-chairs–AnneSkelton,PegHerningand JaneBond–andallthevolunteerslistedbelowwhoworkedatthetwo sales.Yourhardworkmadethisallpossible. MarthaBrown JayCarpenter MaryEllenDick BarbDionne JimGender JinnyGender SusanHayman LowellHayman GlendaHares JanisHenderson MaryHill JuneHochberg CarolLayton KathyLee KathleenMannion AnnMitchell RandyMitchell MimiMittler MaryNaeher BonniePetersen BethPurcell JoEllenRahing MaryRobins GeneRotter DianeRyberg MaryJoSchneider LindaShemwell PatSoraghan LeeStreett HollyWasheck EdithWenzel MaryBethWilczak ElinorWhite MikeWhite WatchforinformationonournextsalewhichwillbeheldJuly29and30. The Friends held their bimonthly board meeting on April18,2016.Inadditionto the regular business which is usually conducted at that meeting, the board discussed the future of the Friends. Topics included leadership, realignmentofduties,valueto the library and the community, and optimization ofrevenue.Overthecourseof thenextyear,these questions will continue to be pursued with a goal being an organization that maximizes its contributions to the library. Our annual meeting will be held June 20that 1:00p.m. in the library meeting room. This meeting, as are all our meetings, is open to the public. We encourage you to attend. May/June2016 3 Special Books* for Members Only Carroll, Lewis. Alice'sAdventuresinWonderlandandThrough the Looking-Glass. John C. Winston. 1923. Black hardcover withfull-pagecolorpictureofAliceandtherabbitgoingdown the hole. Eighty-nine illustrations by John Tenniel and four color plates by Edwin John Prittie. The spine is slightly detached, but the interior pages are intact and unmarked. Nice,bigprint.$15.00 Dennis, Morgan. The Morgan Dennis Dog Book: With Some SpecialCats.VikingPress.1946.Lighttanclothhardcoverisa little soiled. Clean interior pages, no markings. Realistic, adorable black and white sketches of many popular dog breedsaswellasafewverycutecats.$25.00 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Doubleday. 1953. Two volumes. Green hardcover in good condition. Dust jacket in tatters but completely readable. Delightful introduction by Christopher Morley. Includes four full-length novels, 56 short stories. A facsimile of Doyle's autographisontheendpaper.$30.00 Gruelle, Johnny. Raggedy Ann's Wishing Well. R. A. Volland. 1925.Thirteenthedition.Illustratedhardcovershowsitsage. Small tears and soiling on pages. Vintage illustrations throughoutwithfull-pageillustrationsonendpages.10.00 RaggedyAnnandRaggedyAndy.SocietyforVisualEducation, Inc. 1978. Softcover. All illustrations in full color. No markings.Rarecopy.$6.00 RaggedyAnnandtheWonderfulWitch. Bobbs-Merrill. 1961. Hardcover.Illustrationsinblackandwhiteandincolor.Very slightsoilingoninteriorpages.Backboardismarked.$6.00 Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Nice Fat Policeman. BobbsMerrill. 1960. Hardcover has some wear. Crayon marks on titlepages,otherwisegoodcondition.$6.00 RaggedyAnninCookieLand,Bobbs-Merrill.1960.Hardcover isslightlyworn.Interiorisunmarked.$6.00 Hichens, Robert. Barbary Sheep. Harper & Brothers. 1907. Dark tan hardback with depiction of a woman on the front done in shades of red and green. Gold lettering on front and spine. The boards are very lightly chipped. There are some ink stains on the page edges. The interior is in very good condition.Blackandwhitesketchesoneverypage.$5.00 Huxley, Elspeth. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an AfricanChildhood.Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1987. Stated first edition. Black hardback with yellow illustrated dust jacket. Both in excellent condition. Previous owner's name in ink, otherwise unblemished. With a new introduction by the author. Illustrated by Francesca Pelizzoli. A full-page color map of Kenya Colony is opposite the introduction. Many photographsthroughout.$8.00 Miller, Olive Beaupre. TalesToldinHolland. Book House for Children. 1926. Hardback. Charming illustrations by Maud andMiskaPetershaminvividcolors,aswellassomeblackand 4 white drawings. A varied collection of Dutch stories on all aspectsofDutchlife:folk,poetry,nurseryrhymes.$20.00 Peattie, Donald Gulross, editor. Audubon's America: The Narratives and Experiences of John JamesAudubon. Houghton Mifflin.1940.Bluehardback,somewhatfadedandstained.A veryslighttearonacontentspage,otherwisetheinteriorisin excellentcondition.Thefrontispiecehasaselfportraitofthe author at age 37. Full-page wild life illustrations in color, alongwiththeobservationsofashrewdandeagerobserverof allaspectsofAmericanmen,mannersandscenes.$10.00 Saunders, Ripley D. Colonel Todhunter of Missouri. BobbsMerrill. 1911. Hardback with title in gold on front cover. IllustrationsbyW.B.King.AdrawingofTodhunterisonthe frontispiece. Fictional novel of the Civil War and the Confederacy.$5.00 Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero. Little, Brown. 1898. Scuffed green hardback. No markings. Illustrations and a map of ancient Rome. Introduction by Jeremiah Curtin. Tells a story of the conflict between the moral ideas of the Roman Empire and Christianity.WinneroftheNobelPrizein1905.$30.00 Wheatley, Dennis. Murder off Miami: A Murder Mystery PlannedbyJ.G.Links. Mayflower Books. No publication date given.Areplicaoftheoriginal.Illustratedsoftcoverinyellow. Asolve-it-yourselfdetectivestorywiththesolutioninasealed envelopetoopenafteryouthinkyouhavethecorrectanswer to“whodoneit.”$15.00 Wyss,Hohann.TheSwissFamilyRobinson.Grosset&Dunlap., Illustrated Junior Library. 1987. Hardback with illustrations frontandbackIllustrationsbyLyndWard.EditedbyWilliam H.G.Kingston.Frontispiecehasafull-color,full-pagepicture ofthefamily.Almostnewconditioninsideandout.$15.00 Yee, Chiang. TheSilentTravelerinLondon. London: Country Life LTD. 1948. Eighth impression. Yellow hardback with Chinese calligraphy on front. Dust jacket has minor chipping and tears. The dj shows a drawing in color of Kew Gardens done in an Oriental style. The frontispiece shows the same drawing.Thereareblackandwhitedrawingsthroughout,as wellasChinesecalligraphy.TheauthordepictsLondonersat leisureandcomparesthemtoOrientalcustoms.$25.00 *A “special book” is old, rare, a first edition, out of print, or in some way “special.” These books are researched on the Internet andofferedtomembersfirstatexceptionalvalues–pricesthatare half or less than half of the normal retail price. The special 10% member discount does not apply because the books are already heavily discounted. These books are available only to Friends duringthemonthofferedandthenwillbeavailabletothepublic.If youareinterestedinpurchasinganyofthesespecialofferings,call (314)821-5770,extension1023andleaveamessage.Amemberof theBookSaleCommitteewillcalltoarrangeatimeforyoutosee thebook(s). May/June2016 VisitBooks&Beyond for Father’sDayGifts andGraduation! CheckoutthegreatselectionsinBooks&Beyondforallyourgift-givingneeds! Booksareavailableinawiderangeofcategories.Ifitislightsummerreading youarelookingforcheckoutthefictionandmysteries,aswellasanice selectionofbooksforchildren,middlereadersandyoungadults Allatgreatprices! Newmerchandisearrives weekly! May/June2016 5 FriendsoftheKirkwoodPublicLibrary Nonprofit Org. 140EastJefferson•Kirkwood,Missouri•63122-4026 PAID U.S. Postage St. Louis, MO Permit No. 4597 ADDRESSSERVICEREQUESTED CalendarofUpcomingEvents May8 LibraryclosedforMother’sDay May18 LibraryBoardofTrusteesMeetingat5:30p.m.inLowerLevelMeetingRoom May30 LibraryclosedforMemorialDay June13 Friend’sBoardMeetingat1:00p.m.inLowerLevelMeetingRoom June19 LibraryclosedforFather’sDay June20 AnnualFriend’sMeetingat1:00p.m.inLowerLevelMeetingRoom Needtocontactus? Call314-821-5770,extension1023 [email protected] VisitusonthewebatKirkwoodpubliclibrary.org/friends JOINORRENEWYOURMEMBERSHIPONLINE