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ELIZABETH ANDREW
President Of The Friends Of The Long Beach Public Library
Happy New Year to all. Don’t you just get
giddy at the beginning of the year? No? OK,
maybe I should say, I get giddy at the
beginning of the year. A new year, as
in I can do anything, start that diet
again and get down to that magical
weight from High School, clean out the garage,
weed the garden after the rain, vacation in
exotic places, etc. And, so too with the Friends. New beginnings.
New projects. New goals. New members. New technology.. etc…..
It’s the time for new visions and ideas, and a time to be
creative and think outside the box. Where to start the journey?
Our history: Remembering who, what, where, when, why, and how
we formed. Then it’s to where we are now, our present, and
ultimately our future. Where are we going?
The history: Established in 1962, a non-profit 501c3 organization.
That was a different time, and, our first goal was to preserve the
freedom of the library and prevent censorship (still doing that).
Then and Now: Through volunteer work, fundraising,
membership drives, and other activities, the Friends
support the library financially for items or programs not
normally included in the operating budget, for promotion
of the library through public relations and support
summer reading programs, provide cultural and literary
events for the community, fund training for library staff, and keep
abreast of current issues affecting the library, and through advocacy
when the library needs additional funding, when a capital campaign
is needed, or when a library’s budget is threatened.
We continue to advocate for a strong public library
system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ..1-2
DIRECTOR’S REPORT .......3-4
MEMORIAL BOOKS ...........4-5
TREASURER...............................5
HONOR BOOKS ..................6-9
COMING EVENTS ...............10
SECRETARY ..............................11
BLANCHE COLLINS................11
MEMBERSHIP ......................... 12
Barbara McPherson
Newsletter Editor
Our future: Expand current library hours, open
on Sundays, proactive in the design features of
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the new Main library, increase budgets for:
cutting edge technology, books, computers,
iPads, programs….insert your own wish list for
your neighborhood branch here.
This rapidly changing world is
requiring us to take another
look at our short term plans
and create new long range
goals and be a key player in
the ever expanding role of
social networking. Much of what is going on
around us is growing in leaps and bounds.
Let’s engage our membership and be a part
of that. Help us be a part of that.
First things first. People need to know who
we are, and today that gauge is reflected in
social media.
US vs. THEM:
A Comparison of FACEBOOK
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LONG BEACH LIBRARY 4,247 likes
LONG BEACH LIBRARY
FOUNDATION 819 likes
FRIENDS GROUPS
Friends of the Long Beach
Library 134 likes (population
about 500,000)
Friends of the Santa Clarita
Library have 209 likes.
(population about 180,000)
Friends of the Pomona Library have 1,853
likes (population about 151,300)
Friends of the Camarillo Library have 200
likes (population about 66,000)
Friends of the Claremont Library have 266
likes. (population about 36,000)
Friends of the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor
Library 207 likes (population about 11,600)
Thought provoking? Yes, it is. It
gets you thinking, at least it did
me. How can I increase our
visibility? How can you? Join
Friends – increase membership. Our
current membership number
is 525. Everyone reading
this, share with your family,
friends, neighbors, book clubs,
children, give membership as
a gift, for birthday, Valentine’s Day. If you are a
member of the Library Foundation, are you also
a member of the Friends? Do people you know
who use the library belong? Do all the library
employees belong, and what about other city
employees, our school children, school teachers
and administrators? I’ve found that many who
access the library do not belong to the Friends.
It’s a variety of reasons, generally they have been
meaning to, but haven’t gotten around to it. And
there are many who don’t know about us. First,
let’s get our name and who we are out there.
Get involved in your library, of
course, there is the Friends Board,
where we do have 2 vacant seats
Legislation and Helen Fuller
Carrousel.
Help us with events, plan them, volunteer at
events, parades, suggest an event
and how to staff it. Primarily, it’s
been the responsibility of the
Board to plan and carry out our
events. It’s time to engage our
membership. With more of you willing to pitch
in and volunteer, we can have fun and
profitable events too: book sales, wine tasting,
antiques road show, what event would you like
to see and help us plan?
I am inviting you to help us in all areas. We want
more visibility. Why? Fun, money, promote services,
utilize a vital resource.
Have ideas? Want to get involved? Adopt your
local library and advocate for them? Contact me:
[email protected] or 562-494-4430
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DIRECTOR’S REPORT
by Glenda Williams
Director of Library Service
Welcome 2016!
A new year brings with it new
possibilities and opportunities,
and 2016 promises to be a
great year! In addition, this is
also a good time to reflect on
the past year’s accomplishments.
2015 was an amazing year! Let’s
take a look . . .
2015 by the Numbers…
• The FY 2015 Statistics are the result of
the effort put forth by every library staff
member, every day:
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Youth Served – 52,899
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Homework Helper Sessions – 24,420
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Answers Provided – 330,370
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Items Checked Out – 1,326,575
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Items Used on Site – 337,368
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Customers Served – 1,352,780
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Facebook Fans –4,195
Conversations Program @ North Library, Holiday
Sing-Along @ Burnett Library, DIY Libraries @ El
Dorado Library and the “Reading by the Sea”
Fair and “Maker Camp” at Main Library, just to
name a few.
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Main Youth Services staff
partnered with Councilwoman
Lena Gonzalez to provide
weekly STEAM activities at
Seaside Park and Drake Park
as part of Long Beach’s annual Be SAFE (Summer
Activities in a Friendly Environment) program—a
violence prevention initiative that keeps city parks
open later during the summer months.
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Mayor Robert Garcia greeted and talked
with Long Beach residents during “Meet the
Mayor” sessions at Brewitt, Dana, El
Dorado and Harte Libraries.
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The library received a California
Preservation Assessment
Project (CPAP) Award to
enhance the care of our
permanent historical collection.
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Follow the Money!
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Grand opening of SpecialConnect for
children with special needs and their
caregivers through funding from the
LBPL Foundation.
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The library received funding from
Council District 3 to open Bay Shore
on Sundays starting February 22, 2015
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Budget cuts were not proposed for
Fiscal Year 2016.
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City Council approved
$183,000 to open Bay
Shore, Burnett and North
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New public access computers and
EnvisionWare (PC management software) were
installed at all 12 libraries.
LBPL was the first public
library system in Southern
California to have a
circulating ZINE Collection
(self-published original works).
Come and check them out
at Main Library and Dana Library!
Awesome programming
including Teen Tech Week @
Dana Library, The Lego Club
@ Mark Twain Library,
WhizGirlz/Playwerks Hackathon
@ Main Library, Cultural
Branch Libraries on
Sundays beginning October 4, 2015.
Another great year awaits us! The 2016
year promises the opening of the new
North Library, the provision of high speed
Internet access in collaboration with the Corporation
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of Education Network Initiatives
in California (CENIC) and the
new Long Beach Civic Center,
which includes a new Main Library.
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As this year ends, I want to
recognize each and every
one of our “Friends.” Your
continued support allows us
to enhance library programs and services to our
Long Beach community. Thank you!
MEMORIAL BOOKS by Sandra Kroll
If you would like to help
purchase books or other
materials for the library and at
the same time create a lasting
memorial, send your check to:
Friends of the Long Beach Public Library, 101 Pacific
Ave., Long Beach, CA, 90822.-1097
Please include contact information for a family
member so that we can consult with them about
suitable materials to purchase. The acknowledgment
we send to you serves as your receipt, for tax
purposes. Gift books are posted with special
bookplates bearing honorees’ names.
FROM ANN LUMBERTON IN MEMORY OF
JEANETTE & WAYNE WEIDNER:
• The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life by
Sarah L. Kaufman
Is Good: The Book: How To Live with
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Purpose and Enjoy the Ride by Bert Jacobs
CAROL AND JAMES PEROTTO IN
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MEMORY OF DOUGLAS DELOSS:
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FOR BAY SHORE LIBRARY FROM DIANNE W.
HOWELL IN MEMORY OF SHIRLEY TAVLIA:
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Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary
Films and Digital Videos, 5th ed., by Alan
Rosenthal
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The Invention of God by Thomas Romer
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Warbird Factory: North American
Aviation's Historic Inglewood
during World War II by John M.
Frederickson
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The Law Book: From Hammurabi
to the International Criminal Court, 250
Milestones in the History of Law by
Michael H. Roffer
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National Geographic The National Parks:
An Illustrated History by Kim Heacox
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The Heart Healers: The Misfits, Mavericks, And
Rebels Who Created the Greatest Medical
Breakthrough of Our Lives by James Forrester
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The Art of Gardening: Design
Inspiration and Innovative
Planting Techniques from
Chanticleer by R. William Thomas
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Soup for Syria: Recipes to Celebrate Our
Shared Humanity by Barbara Abdeni Massed
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The Multiversity, Deluxe Ed., by
Grant Morrison
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Selected Later Poems by C.
K. Williams
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1916: A Global History by
Keith Jeffery
Into Oblivion: An Icelandic Thriller
(An Inspector Erlendur Novel) by
Arnaldur Indridason
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The Dirt On Ninth Grave: A Novel (Charley
Davidson Series) by Darynda Jones
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Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American
Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela
Rotner Nakamoto
Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the
American Presidency by David Greenberg
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The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life
Margaret Douglas by Alison Weir
MEET DORIS SORIANO
Treasurer
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Doris worked for the Long
Beach Public Library for 29
years at various positions,
including managing the
branches and the Main
branch. When the library
director was unable to
attend Friend’s board
meetings, Doris typically attended in her place. She
appreciated the work the Friends did and planned to
volunteer when she retired in 1996.
By 1997 she was on the board as
treasurer. She says no one was
excited about taking the position
that had been held for 20 years by
the former treasurer, so she was a
shoo-in.
Doris likes working with numbers and the Friends
have been the lucky recipients of
her talent. Not only does she keep
the books for the Friends, but she
also manages the separate funds
for the Blanche Collins Forum and
the Helen Fuller Cultural Carrousel.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Doris was often
visited by an aunt and uncle who lived in Arcadia.
They brought the coolest stuff from California, and
Doris knew she had to get to the West Coast
eventually. Her mother was a teacher and
encouraged Doris to go into the profession, but
Doris noticed the many nights of correcting
papers at home and chose to go a different, but
related route. She received her BA
from Coe College in Cedar
Rapids, and then a Masters in
Library Science from Columbia
University in New York. She
worked several positions in Iowa,
before packing it up for warmer
weather.
She met and married her husband of 36 years,
Ernie. They have the travel bug and have visited
six of the seven continents, incorporating
downhill skiing, snorkeling, and river and ocean
cruising. While she has visited many of the
National Parks, her favorites are Yosemite and
the Grand Tetons. Paris and London are
beloved cities she continues to enjoy.
Doris loves mysteries, and
reads nearly one a day, but
thrillers and espionage, as
well as any well-written
of authors
fiction, may appear in her
to-read pile. She is also a
long-time member of the
volunteer organizing committee
of the Literary Women’s Festival
of Authors here in Long Beach.
Woman’s
Friends Board
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Sandra Kroll
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dressed up for
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Parade
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Friends at the Daisy Lane Parade
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HONOR BOOKS by Linda Bresnan
HONOR BOOKS by Linda Bresnan
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For all of our valued Super
Friends a change has been
made in the procedure of
choosing ‘Honor Books’ &
Branches. In the future, librarians will make their
selections of Honor Books & Branches where they
are most needed. This process will enable them to
quickly choose a book(s) from their present Wish
List and will prevent duplicates from going to the
same Branches. Super Friends will be notified of the
title(s) selected and in what Branch they’ve been
placed. Their names will appear in the next Friends’
Newsletter. Again, we thank you ever so much for
your continued support,.
‘SUPER FRIENDS’
Those who have contributed
$100 or more in their
membership for 2016.
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From SUSANNE MILKES in
honor of: The Massachusetts
Street Book Club
From LOUISE SPERR
honor of: Debbie Tavlin
TRUDI & PATRICK CURRAN:
• Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the
American Century by Alonzo Hamby for
Bach
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Colleges that Create Futures: 50 Schools
that Launch Careers by Going Beyond the
Classroom by Robert Franek for Los Altos
SUSAN & ERIC BAIER
SALLY BATES
KRISTINA BROOKS
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ANN CANTRELL
DEBORAH R. CHANKIN
BARBARA DYKMAN
BARBARA EGYUD
R. E. EIKEL
*Lifetime Membership
DIANE K. JACOBUS
*Lifetime Membership
MONICA LEFF, M.D.
GLEN MOELLER
JANET PHUN
GERRIE SCHIPSKE & FLO PICKETT
LARRY C. SNIBER
DOROTHY & CURTIS SPENCER
Your Child’s Career in Music and
Entertainment: the Prudent Parent’s Guide by
Steven C. Beer for Mark Twain
KATHY DeSILVA:
• World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First
Global Empire by Hugh Thomas for Main
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FLORA EMERY
JAY & PEASE GLASER
KEITH HAFEN
NANCY HIGGINSON
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HONOR BOOKS SELECTED FOR NEW &
RENEWING ‘SUPER FRIENDS’ FOR 2015-2016
SHIRLEY & STEVE DARLING:
• Rattlesnakes & Bald Eagles:
Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail by
Chris Townsend for Bret Harte
CAROLYN SMITH
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The Master Builder and Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen
for Main
MARGARET & CHARLES DURNIN:
• Good Health, Good Life: 12 Keys to Enjoying
Physical and Spiritual Wellness by Joyce Meyer
for Los Altos
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Neil Gaiman in the 21st Century:
Essays on the Novels, Children’s
Stories, Online Writings, Comics, and
Other Works by Tara Prescott for
Main
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BARBARA DYKMAN:
• Bob Dylan: All the Songs: the Story Behind
the Recordings by Philippe Margolin for Main
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ELIZABETH FOWLER:
• Fifty Foods that Changed the Course of History
by Bill Price for Alamitos
BEVERLY & JOHN HARMS:
• Death in Florence: the Medici, Savonorola,
and the Battle for the Soul of a
Renaissance City by Paul Strathem for Main
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• Aftermath: Star Wars: Journey to the Force
Awakens by Chuck Wendig for Bach
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Grace of Monaco by Jeffrey Robinson for Dana
A More Perfect Union by Ben Carter for Main
MARCIA & DONALD GORDON:
• Elgin Baylor: the Man Who Changed
Basketball by Bijan C. Bayne for
North
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Mountain Lions by Jack Ballard for
Mark Twain
DEBRA HAMANO & IRENE M. GRAFF:
• Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on
Mount Everest by Brian Dickinson for North
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iPhoneography Pro: Techniques for Taking Your
iPhone Photography to the Next Level by
Robert Michael Morrissey for Mark Twain
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day
O’Connor and Ruth Bader
Ginsburg Went to the Supreme
Court and Changed the World
by Linda Hirshman for Dana
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DORIS GYLSETH:
• You Fascinate Me So: the Life and Times
of Cy Colman by Andy Propst for Main
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with
Los Angeles by David Ulin for Mark Twain
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Living Long, Living Passionately: 75 (and
Counting) Ways to Bring Peace and Purpose
to Your Life by Karen Casey for Bret Harte
Long Promised Road: Carl Wilson in the
Spotlight and in the Shadows by Kent
Crowley for Bay Shore
CAROL HESSE:
• The Scarlet Letters: the Making of the
Film, ‘Gone With The Wind’ by John
Wiley for Dana
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The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional
People, 4th ed. by Carol Eikleberry for El Dorado
CORDELIA HOWARD:
• Gardens of Frank Lloyd Wright by Derek Fell
for Main
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Mark Twain’s Notebooks: Journals, Letters,
Observations, Wit, Wisdom, and Doodles by Carlo
De Vito for Mark Twain
EILEEN HUNTER:
• Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Starr
for Main
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Catalina A to Z: a Glossary Guide to California’s
Island Jewel by Pat Maxwell for Bay Shore
JAN JACKSON:
• Brunch at Bobby’s: 140 Recipes for the Best
Part of the Weekend by Bobby Flay for Bach
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Numbers: their Tales, Types, and Treasures
by Alfred S. Posamentier for North
GILLIAN KLINKERT:
• The Low-Water, No-Water Garden: Gardening
for Drought and Heat the Mediterranean
Way by Pattie Barron for North
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Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family
by Anne-Marie Slaughter for Main
AGNES & DAVID KNIGHT:
• Stanley Cup: 120 Years of Hockey Supremacy
by Eric Zweig for North
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Creative Painting & Beyond by Alix Adams for Dana
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MYRA KREMEN:
• Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
for Main
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• DIY Succulents: From Placecards to Wreaths,
35 Ideas for Creative Succulent Projects by
Tawni Daigle for Alamitos
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The Lost Concerto: a Novel by
Helaine Mario for Dana
Who Freed the Slaves?: the Fight Over the
Thirteenth Amendment by Leonard L. Richards
for Main
ANN LEISY:
Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the
Few by Robert B. Reich for Dana
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Lost Los Angeles by Dennis Evanovsky for
Bret Harte
DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH LIONS CLUB:
The Courage to Act: a Memoir of a Crisis
and its Aftermath by Ben Bernanke for Bach
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Art Nouveau Fashion by Clare
Rose for Los Altos
The Cooperstown Chronicles:
Baseball’s Colorful Characters,
Unusual Lives, and Strange
Demises by Frank Russo for
Brewitt
Steering the Craft: a Twenty-First Century
Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story by
Ursula K. Le Guin for Alamitos
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Sinatra: the Chairman by James Kaplan for Main
Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator by O. V.
Khlevniuk for El Dorado
FLORA & JEROME LOEB:
An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea by Patrick
Taylor for El Dorado
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Dead Soon Enough: a Juniper Song Mystery
by Steph Cha for Main
HERMAN LONG:
The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray:
the Man, the Movies, the Legend
by Robert Schnakenberg for Mark
Twain
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Quixote: the Novel and the World by Ilan
Stavans for Main
JAN & WINSTON LOVIE:
Complete Martial Art Training Manual: an
Integrated Approach (includes DVD) by
Ashley Martin for North
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Went the Day Well?: Witnessing
Waterloo by David Crane for
Main
MAGREE FAMILY:
The Conquering Tide: War in the
Pacific Islands, 1942 – 1944 by
Ian W. Toll for Main
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Shirt in Heaven by Jean Valentine for Los Altos
PATRICIA MANN:
Deep South by Paul Theroux for Main
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My Apple Watch by Craig James Johnston for
El Dorado
JANEICE V. McCONNELL:
The Making of Home: the 500-Year Story of
How Our Houses Become Our Homes by Judith
Flanders for Bay Shore
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The Long Emancipation: the Demise of Slavery
in the United States, by Ira Berlin, for Burnett
PHYLLIS METZGER:
Give Us the Ballot: the Modern Struggle for Voting
Rights in America by Ari Berman for Main
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Play the Part: Mastering Body Signals to Connect
and Communicate for Business Success by
Gina Barnett for Los Altos
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ROSANN & MIKE MONAGHAN:
Blue: the Ruin and Redemption
of the LAPD by Joe Domanick,
for Main
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Making a Difference in a
Globalized World: Short-term
Missions that Work by Laurie A. Occhipinti,
for Dana
DAPHNE MUNZER:
• Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral
Reefs and Atom Bombs by Simon Winchester
for Main
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The Indestructible Houseplant: 200 Beautiful
Plants that Everyone Can Grow by Tovah
Martin for Brewitt
SYLVIA NAVARI:
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Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook:
Over 100 Gluten-Free Recipes
to Help You Shine from
Within by Juli Bauer for El
Dorado
The Veil by Chloe Neill for
Bach
ART OLSEN:
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Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector for
Main
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A Clue to the Exit: a Novel by Edward St.
Aubyn for Bay Shore
CECILIA OSBORN:
• The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson for
(2) Los Altos & Main
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Big Stone Gap: a Novel, a Movie Tie-In
edition by Adriana Trigiani for Los Altos
JANET PHUN:
• The Comic Book Story of Beer: a Chronicle
of the World’s Favorite Beverage from
7,000 BC to Today’s Craft Brewing
Evolution by Jonathon Hennessey for Main
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Avelynn: a Novel by Marissa Campbell,for
Main
VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT
THESE HONOR BOOKS
There was a partial list of Honor Books in the
last newsletter. More Honor Books are in this
newsletter, but not all, We still have more!
More names will have to be in the following
newsletters. The Friends are overwhelmed and
grateful by the number of Super Friends. If
space were available, we would certainly print
the rest of the list in this newsletter.
We are so grateful for such a
good and generous response.
If you have access on your
computer, you can look up
all the honor books that
include our webpage link to
the full list.
If you receive the newsletter online, you can
access the complete list by clicking on the link
http://www.lbpl.org/support/friends/default.asp
or, if you get the hard copy, type in the web
address that is included. The link/web address will
take you to the Friends webpage on the libraries
webpage www.lbpl.org with the entire list of
Honor books.
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ANNUAL MEETING AND LITERARY LUNCHEON
MAY 21, 2016
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Our speaker this year will be Sandy Banks, former columnist for the LA
Times. Watch for registration information that will be coming out soon.
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Sandy Banks wrote for the Los Angeles Times for 36 years. She served
as reporter, editor, editorial writer and internship director. But most of
us know her from her twice-weekly personal columns which focused on
private lives, public policy and people who inspire and infuriate us.
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She left the Times at the end of 2015. Many readers followed her life arc
and the experiences of raising her girls in Los Angeles after her husband died 23 years ago. Banks,
a native of Cleveland, her daughters grown now, lives in Northridge and loves anything that gets
and keeps her outdoors.
For more information or to make a reservation contact Patricia Benoit at 562-438-3183
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MEET BARBARA SOSA
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Recording Secretary
Barbara is the newest
member of the Friends Board,
succeeding Elizabeth Andrew
as Recording Secretary. She
happens to be a neighbor
of Eleanore Schmidt, the
former Director of Library
Services, who introduced
her to the Friends in 2009.
Initially, Barbara worked a
table at the Mark Twain and
Dana branches to recruit volunteers for the
Friends; later, she helped develop the
database to communicate members via email.
As Recording Secretary,
Barbara takes notes and
publishes Minutes of the
monthly board meetings. She
also participates in many
ad-hoc committees as needed.
Barbara considers herself a
true Long Beach girl. She
attended Burbank and
Cubberly elementary schools,
DeMille Junior High, and
graduated from Millikan High
School before earning her
journalism degree from Cal
State Long Beach. Her first
library was Alamitos; she and her mother
regularly checked out books from Los Altos
and then El Dorado; and in college Bayshore
was her favorite.
Now living in Bixby Knolls,
Barbara regularly visits the
Dana Branch. She is always
looking for new authors –
especially mysteries and
historical novels – but she
also enjoys re-reading Louisa May Alcott
classics. Barbara recently retired as a
business analyst in the IT industry, and is
enjoying having more time to read, work in
her garden, and spend time with her
husband Edward and their yellow lab, Lucas.
She recently joined the board for the Long
Beach Festival of Authors, and is looking
forward to this year’s Festival. In addition,
Barbara and her husband travel regularly to
Western Europe (Paris is a favorite city);
they also enjoy the theatre and concerts at
the Hollywood Bowl.
BLANCHE COLLINS FORUM
LUIS RODRIGUEZ spoke at
the BLANCHE COLLINS
FORUM on February 27, at
the Main Library. The event
was attended by 200+
audience members. Luis
Rodriguez is the current
poet laureate of Los Angeles
and an award-winning writer,
Louis Rodriguez and poet, journalist, and critic.
Bernice
His memoir won a Carl
Van Steenbergen,
Sandburg Literary Award
former President of and a New York Times
the Friends
Notable Book. His life
story illustrates the toil
and time it takes to rise above poverty,
gangs, alcohol, and drugs. He signed copies
of his books after the program. The
comment heard most after his presentation
was “Inspiring”.
Luis Rodriguez signing books at the
Blanche Collins Forum event
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