May/June - Preble County District Library

May / June 2009
Vol. 10 / Issue 3
Helping You Connect to the World
Jen Thomas Creator of the
SEO
Eaton-Preble County Chamber Webpage
Mobile Computer Lab
As an added value service, PCDL Systems Librarian Jen Thomas
worked with the Preble County Eaton Chamber of Commerce to
create a new webpage for them.
T
he State Library of Ohio had a cancellation for the touring SEO
Mobile Computer Lab and contacted the library because they
knew that we were interested.
Jen took on this task, on top of her many other duties, in order
With only a limited amount of time to
to assist the Chamber. At a recent Chamber Meeting, Ms. Tho-
prepare, West Manchester Branch
mas was introduced and personally thanked by the Chamber of
Librarian Jennifer Arling quickly
Commerce Board for all of her hard work. The library has done
agreed to host the Mobile Unit at her
this in the past but only when time permits. To view the new
library. Community agencies were
Chamber webpage: www.preblecountyohio.com.
contacted and signed up to use it and
the library offered classes on Basic
Jen comments about the experi-
Internet and Preble County Genea-
ence: “Working with the Chamber
logical Resources. The lab is beauti-
was a wonderful opportunity for
fully equipped with ten computer
the library to partner with another
workstations, a projector and screen.
community organization and to
It connects through the wireless of-
help better serve our community
for both businesses and individuals.
I really enjoyed being able to pro-
Jen Thomas
Jennifer Arling
W. Manchester Librarian
fered at the library it is parked near.
vide the Chamber with a product
This service is free but libraries have to book at least a year in
that is organized, crisp and func-
advance. Look for the SEO Mobile Computer Lab next Spring as it
PCDL Systems Librarian tional. The company search is one
will be heading to Preble County again in 2010. Abby Noland
of the more useful features of the
site, as it offers everyone an opportunity to search for Chamber
members based on business name or type.
The most rewarding moment was when Matt Appenzeller, Executive Director for the Chamber, called to tell me that one of
the new business members to Eaton cited the organization and
information provided on the website as the reason he joined.”
Congratulations, Jen, on a job well-done!
Visit the Chamber’s New Website Today!
www.preblecountyohio.com
Library Admin. & Resource Center
450 S. Barron St. Eaton, OH 45320
(937) 456-4250
www.pcdl.lib.oh.us
Inklings by Abby
Director’s Column
Library Volunteer Recognition
M
ost people
materials, assist with pro-
are not
gramming, book sales,
aware of
bake sales, provide com-
this, but
munity contacts and even
Library Volunteers make a
join our Friends. Although
huge impact on library
Volunteer Week is only
services. Volunteers serve
once a year (April 19 –
their libraries by bringing
25), here at the library we
their special skills and
appreciate our volunteers
support. We are most
every day of the year. We
fortunate at our libraries
would not be a library
to have volunteers who
without them.
donate their time to instruct patrons with basic
Thank you Volunteers
computer skills, process
for everything you do!
“We are hugged by the faithful arms of volunteers.”
Everett Mamor
Preble County Bicentennial
A Pictorial Celebration
Gail Toney visited the Preble County Room
with a surprise that will be added to the
Genealogical Collection. Ms. Toney attended and photo documented the 2008
F
ree is the operative word when discussing a slew of new titles
added to the library’s shelves! The library entered a contest and
won twenty-five books from the popular Chicken Soup nonfiction
series. We also received a variety of books by Japanese authors
from an ALA / Toyota Corporation Grant. Enjoy!
Fiction
Twinkle Twinkle / Kaori Ekuni
May in the Valley of the Rainbow /
Yoichi Funado
A Rabbit's Eyes / Kenjiro Haitani
Naoko / Keigo Higashino
Boy / Takeshi Kitano
Blade of the Courtesans / Ryu Keiichiro
Outlet / Randy Taguchi
Sayonara, Gangsters / Genichiro Takahashi
Love & Lust
Paradise / Koji Suzuki
Translucent Tree / Nobuko Takagi
Horror
The Crimson Labyrinth / Yusuke Kishi
Now You're One of Us / Asa Nonami
Parasite Eve / Hideaki Sena
Birthday / Koji Suzuki
Dark Water / Koji Suzuki
Ring / Koji Suzuki
Crime & Mystery
Ashes / Kenzo Kitakata
Winter Sleep / Kenzo Kitakata
The Cage / Kenzo Kitakata
The Poison Ape / Arimasa Osawa
Promenade of the Gods / Koji Suzuki
Historical
Zero Over Berlin / Joh Sasaki
The Battle of Lepanto / Nanami
Shiono
The Fall of Constantinople / Nanami
Shiono
The Siege of Rhodes / Nanami
Shiono
Nonfiction
Saying Yes to Japan / Tim Clark
J-Horror / David Kalat
A Slow Death
The Toyota Leaders / Masaaki Sato
North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter / Sakie Yokota
Manga
To Terra… (Volume 1, 2, 3) / Keiko
Takemiya
Andromeda Stories (Volume 1, 2,
3) / Keiko Takemiya
Black Jack (Volume 1, 2, 3) / Osamu
Tezuka
Guin Saga Manga (Volume 1, 2, 3) /
Kaoru Kurimoto
Science-Fiction
Loop / Koji Suzuki
Spiral / Koji Suzuki
Preble County Bicentennial Events in two
beautifully organized binders. Gail stated
that it was a work of love and it shows.
She tried to get all the children who attended events and document everyone's
name. She has invited anyone who attended the Bicentennial to come help her
Gail Toney
with the names of those she was unable
to identify. The photos themselves are
very professional.
Gail rightly knows how much future generations will appreciate seeing a visual recording of our county’s bicentennial.
Abby Noland
Chicken Soup for the Soul…
Preteens Talk
Christian Teens Talk
Teens Talk
Campus Chronicles
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Older & Wiser
Empty Nesters
Loving Our Dogs
Christian Kids
Happily Ever After
On Being a parent
Woman to Woman
Moms Know Best
The Wisdom of Dogs
Divorce & Recovery
My Resolutions
Grand and Great
Stories of Faith
Dads and Daughters
Teens Talk Middle School
Teens Talk Relationships
Teens Talk High School
Teens Talk Getting to College
Teens Talk Tough Times
Wisdom of Dads
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Dr. Seuss Program
West Alexandria Library Grape-Off
W. Manchester
Library
Genealogical
Resources
Aboard the
SEO Mobile
Computer Lab
Jennifer Arling, W. Manchester
Winnie the Pooh Visits the
Eaton Branch
Lynnlee Wilson
Winner of the
Recycled Art Project
Eaton Branch
Winnie the Pooh Visits the
West Alexandria Library
March Madness at the
W. Alexandria Library
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Vampire Series
Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire mystery series was
adapted into a cable television series for HBO® in 2008. So far 12 episodes
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Period Drama
Real Life heroine:
have aired with the next twelve to begin in June, 2009. The first season will be
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire /
Amanda Foreman: The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a
bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich,
rollicking picture of late-eighteenthcentury British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time
was its undisputed leader.
released on DVD in May.
True Blood: Complete First Season (HBO): Thanks to a
Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires
have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens
overnight. And while humans have been safely removed
from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these
creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders and
Film adaptation, 2008: The Duchess: A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of
Devonshire, who was reviled for her
extravagant political and personal life.
government officials around the world have chosen their
sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the
jury is still out.
Local waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), however, knows how it feels
to be an outcast. "Cursed" with the ability to listen in on people's thoughts,
she's also open-minded about the integration of vampires — particularly when
it comes to Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a handsome 173-year-old living up
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the road. But as Sookie is drawn into a series of mysteries surrounding Bill's
arrival in Bon Temps, that tolerance will be put to the test. ON ORDER
Hollywood-Style Reality
Tori & Dean Inn Love: Season 1 & 2: Join Tori Spelling,
star of the hit series Beverly Hills 90210, and
her husband, fellow actor Dean McDermott,
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Inspirational Fiction
Plain & fancy / Wanda E. Brunstetter
A Promise to Believe In / Traci Peterson
Always Grace / Tim Lahaye & Gregory S. Dinallo
The Bone Box / Bob Hostetler
Deep in the Heart of Trouble / Deeanne Gist
Dogwood / Chris Fabry
Rebecca’s Reward / Lauraine Snelling
The Rook / Steven James
She’s In a Better Place / Angela Hunt
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General fiction
The Big Rich / Bryan Burrough
Life Sentences / Laura Lippman
Genghis Bones of the Hills / Conn Iggulden
The Book of Love / Kathleen McGowan
The Lost Quilter / Jennifer Chiaverini
All the Living / C.E. Morgan
Handle With Care / Jodi Picoult
Dead Silence / Randy Wayne White
in their hit Oxygen Network reality-sitcom
series documenting a new adventurous chapter of their lives together. See them trade the
glam of 90210 for the unfamiliar surrounds of
a Bed and Breakfast in the country and welcomed a new addition to the family, Liam Aaron, born in March. Their idea to
reinvent the Bed & Breakfast in a hip, chic, modern style is finally realized and
with the help of a few friends and staff, they plan to meet the challenge of the
juggling their responsibilities as new parents, innkeepers and working actors.
Mommywood / Tori Spelling: Her bestselling personal memoir sTORI Telling showcased the funny, down
to earth personality that has secured Tori Spelling a
permanent spot in the hearts of her fans. Now, in Mommywood, Tori shows readers that she has much more
to say and stories to share, during this newly unfolding
chapter of her life as a mother of two. With one year
old son Liam and newborn daughter Stella, Tori has
taken on one of the most difficult roles in her career,
that of mom. Infused with the same welcome wit and,
of course, a little dish as sTORI Telling, Mommywood is
guaranteed to reveal and entertain.
Author Mary Stanton offers a new series, Beaufort
& Company. The celestial twist ? Lawyer Bree
Winston Beaufort is a defender of ghosts!
The Cat, the Quilt, and the
Corpse / Leann Sweeney: Recently
Defending Angels: With a long list of ethereal clients who
widowed Jillian Hart is rebuilding a life
need her help, Savannah lawyer Brianna
for herself and her three beloved cats--
Winston Beaufort's career choice is begin-
Chablis, Syrah and Merlot--as a quilter
ning to haunt her . . . An already dead busi-
in a small South Carolina town. The
nessman needs Bree's help to find his mur-
quilts she makes are for cats as smart,
derer and prove his innocence against the
special, and sweet as her own, and
charge of greed, which comes from the
business is thriving.
mightiest hand of the law, the Celestial
But when she returns from an overnight quilting show,
Court. And the verdict in this case could put
she discovers Chablis sneezing--and since Chablis is aller-
Bree's life on the line-as well as her client's
gic to humans, that can only mean one thing: Someone
afterlife.
has broken into her house. When she realizes her Abys-
Second book in the series:
sinian Syrah is missing, Jillian suspects catnapping.
Angel’s Advocate
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Author Mary Stanton AKA Claudia Bishop
http://marystanton.com/
Spurred by Chablis and Merlot's mournful meowing, she
investigates--and discovers more missing cats and a murder. Now she's got to save more than one cat in trouble--
Toni McGee Causey introduces Bobbie Faye
Sumrall, a wacky new southern sleuth!
Action adventure, fast-paced comedy!
not to mention herself. Series Title: Cats in Trouble
Death Loves a Messy Desk / Mary
Jane Maffini: Nothing makes Charlotte
Adams happier than freeing people
from clutter—and she boasts a waiting
list of sloppy clients. Her free time has
Charmed and Dangerous: When Bobbie Faye wakes up on
been taken up solving fatally untidy
the morning of the Lake Charles Contraband Days Festival, she’s
cases. Her latest task: a woman has
looking forward to balloons, booze, and babies in pirate cos-
hired her to organize a coworker's
tumes. Instead, she discovers that her trailer’s flooded, her no-
hopelessly cluttered desk. But when the
good brother’s been kidnapped, and the criminals are demand-
miss behind the mess goes missing, workplace tempers
ing her mom’s tiara as ransom.
rise. Now, Charlotte must open a brand-new folder—one
Soon Bobbie Faye is committing (unintentional) bank robbery
she hopes won't be filed under M for murder.
and (fully intentional) car jacking to retrieve her family heirloom. The one
bright spot comes in the hard-muscled, impossibly sexy form of Trevor, the
Both are on order
guy whose truck she just took hostage. Luckily, Bobbie Faye
knows how to outsmart angry bears, drive a speedboat, and
handle a gun. As for handling Trevor? No gun-shyness there.
Now, if only that pesky state police detective, who also happens
Readers’ Advice for
Mystery Fans
to be a pissed-off ex-boyfriend, would stay out of her way.
Next in the series:
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An on-going listing of new and up-
Girls Just Wanna Have Guns
coming books in print and on audio,
When A Man Loves A Weapon
based primarily on information pro-
ON ORDER
www.tonimcgeecausey.com
vided by the publishers.
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You Choose! See a title you like? Request it at the library or from our website @
www.pcdl.lib.oh.us These mysteries will be available from publishers in May & June.
Author
Title
Sleuth
#
May
J.M.C. Blair
The Lancelot Murders
A Merlin Investigation
2
Anne Canadeo
While My Pretty One Knits Debut!
Black Sheep Knitting Club Mystery
1
Denise Dietz
Strangle a Loaf of Italian Bread
Ellie Bernstein
2
Beth Groundwater
To Hell in a Handbasket
Claire Hanover, gift basket designer
2
Elizabeth Gunn
New River Blues
Sarah Burke, Police Det.
2
Jim/Joyce Lavene
A Corpse for Yew
Peggy Lee Garden Mystery
5
Laura Levine
Killer Cruise
Jayne Austen, freelance writer
8
Stephanie Pintoff
In the Shadow of Gotham
Det. Simon Ziele, 1905 New York
1
Kate Sedley
The Dance of Death
Roger the Chapman / Historical Mystery
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No. 1 Detective Agency
10
Killer Cuts Dead-End Job Mystery
Helen Hawthorne, Temp. Worker
8
Sammi Carter
Sucker Punch
Abby Shaw, candy shop owner
5
Eileen Davidson
Dial Emmy For Murder
Alexis Peterson, soap star
2
Betty Hechtman
By Hook or by Crook
Molly Pink, bookstore event coordinator
3
Joan Hess
Merry Wives of Maggody
Arly Hanks, Police Chief
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Tamar Myers
Poison Ivory
Abigail Timberlake, antique shop owner
15
Maggie Sefton
Dropped Dead Stitch
Kelly Flynn, yarn shop owner
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Joanna Campbell Slan
Cut, Crop & Die
Kiki Lowenstein,scrapbooker
2
Victoria Thompson
Murder on Waverly Place Gaslight Mystery
Sarah Brandt, midwife
Debut!
Alexander McCall Smith Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Elaine Viets
June
Soap Opera Mystery
Den of Antiquity
A Knitting Mystery
Psst!
Janet Evanovich fans are waiting impatiently for July to arrive - that’s when Finger
Lickin’ Fifteen, the fifteenth book in the Stephanie Plum bounty hunter series comes out! What
could Stephanie possibly up to next? Alert for Kinsey Millhone fans! U is for Undertow by
Sue Grafton will be published in December! James Patterson hits the shelves in late August
with his latest Alex Cross novel entitled, Alex Cross’s Trial. Stephanie Barron unveils a new
mystery series featuring Virginia Woolf as her latest literary celebrity sleuth. The book, The
White Garden, will be released in late September. J.D. Robb fans can look forward to the 35th
book in the Eve Dallas and Roarke futuristic mystery series. Kindred in Death will be published
in late November. Thirty-five chances to fall in love with Roarke...Wow!
Can You Stand the Wait?!?
You Don’t Want to Miss this...
Debbie Macomber’s Blossom Street Series
5th book
Romantic Thriller
Die For You / Lisa Unger: Isabel and Marcus
Raines are the perfect couple. She is a well
Summer On Blossom Street: Knitting and life. They’re
known novelist; he is a brilliant inventor of high-
both about beginnings — and endings. That’s why it makes
tech games. They’ve been married for five years
sense for Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle’s
and still enjoy a loving romance. But one morn-
Blossom Street, to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It’s for
ing, Marcus says he loves her, leaves for work,
people who want to quit something — or someone! — and
and disappears into thin air. Isabel relentlessly
start a new phase of their lives. First to join is Phoebe Ry-
tries to reach him when he doesn’t return home. But when his
lander. She recently ended her engagement to a man who
call finally comes, she hears only a man’s terrified scream. The
doesn’t know the meaning of faithful, and she’s trying to
police are of no use...a prank, they tell her. Isabel races to Mar-
get over him. Then there’s Alix Turner. She and her hus-
cus’s office, trying to find some answers. Instead she finds her-
band, Jordan, want a baby, which means she has to quit
self in the middle of an FBI raid...She returns home to find their
smoking. And Bryan Hutchinson joins the class because he needs a way to
apartment ransacked. The police urge her to check her bank
deal with the stress of running his family’s business — not to mention the
accounts. The money is gone.
lawsuit brought against him by an unscrupulous lawyer. Life can be as complicated as a knitting pattern. Just ask Anne Marie Roche. She and her
Then the police discover that Marcus Raines is a dead man.
Long dead. Years dead. Isabel has been married to a stranger.
adopted daughter, Ellen, finally have the happiness they wished for...Or ask
And now the chase is on, because Isabel will not rest until she
Lydia herself. Not only is she coping with her increasingly frail mother, but
finds the truth about the man she loved, who he was, where
she and Brad have unexpectedly become foster parents to an angry, defiant
he’s gone, and how he was able to deceive her so completely.
twelve-year-old. But as Lydia already knows, when life gets difficult and your
Time Travel Romance
stitches are snarled, your friends can always help!
Previous series titles:
What Would Jane Austen Do? / Laurie
Brown: Eleanor is a costume designer in Eng-
1.
The Shop on Blossom Street
land for the Jane Austen festival, where her
2.
A Good Yarn
room at the inn is haunted. In the middle of the
3.
Back on Blossom Street
night she encounters two ghost sisters whose
4.
Twenty Wishes
brother was killed in a duel over 200 years ago.
Good things are being said about…
They persuade her to travel back in time with
them to prevent the duel. Eleanor is swept into a
The Late, Lamented Molly Marx / Sally Koslow: The
country house party, presided over by the charming Lord Sher-
circumstances of Molly Marx’s death may be suspicious, but
mont, where she encounters and befriends Jane Austen. But
she hasn’t lost her joie de vivre. Newly arrived in the hereaf-
there's much more to Lord Shermont than the ghosts knew...as
ter, aka the Duration, Molly, thirty-five years old, is delighted
Eleanor dances and flirts with him, she begins to lose her heart.
to discover that she can still keep tabs on those she left be-
Vampire Romance
hind: Annabel, her beloved four-year-old daughter; Lucy, her
combustible twin sister; Kitty, her piece-of-work mother-in-
Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang (A Dark
law; Brie, her beautiful and steadfast best friend; and, of
Ones Novel) / Katie MacAlister: Pia Thoma-
course, her husband, Barry, a plastic surgeon with more than a professional
son is torn between two Dark Ones and feeling
interest in many of his female patients. As a bonus, Molly quickly realizes
like a fool, considering she doesn’t know where
that the afterlife comes with a finely tuned bullshit detector.
either of them are. Alec was no doubt broken-
As Molly looks on, her loved ones try to discern whether her death was an
hearted over finding out that Pia was mated to
accident, suicide, or murder...As the police question her circle of intimates,
his best friend, Kristoff. And hubby Kristoff be-
Molly relives the years and days that led up to her sudden end: her mar-
lieves she has ties to the group trying to destroy
riage, troubled yet tender; her charmed work life as a magazine decorating
his people. So Pia goes back to her humdrum Seattle life deter-
editor; and the irresistible colleague to whom she was drawn. More than
mined to forget about Kristoff--but fate has other plans. With...
anything, Molly finds herself watching over Annabel–and realizing how moth-
something truly evil threatening her ghostly charges, and the
erhood helped to bring out her very best self. As the investigation into her
vampire community hunting Kristoff and her for crimes they
death proceeds, Molly will relive her most precious moments–and take re-
didn't commit, Pia realizes that if they’re going to be shackled
sponsibility for the choices in her life.
together for better or worse, she may as well start to enjoy it…
All are on order!
YOU CHOOSE!
Romance Novels available from publishers in May & June. See something you like?
Request it at the library or online at www.pcdl.lib.oh.us
Author
Title
Subgenre Or FYI
May
Mary Balogh
At Last Comes Love
3rd Historical in Huxtable series
Michele Bardsley
Over My Dead Body
Contemporary / Vampire
Stephanie Bond
5 Bodies To Die For
Body Movers series, Bk 5
Elizabeth Boyle
Memoirs of A Scandalous Red Dress
Historical
Christine Feehan
Burning Wild
Leopard Series
Paranormal / Shapeshifter
Tate Hallaway
Dead If I Do
Garnet Lacey Series
Paranormal Comedy
Libby Malin
Fire Me
Chick Lit
Susan Mallery
Under Her Skin
Contemporary
Curtiss Ann Matlock
Chin Up, Honey
Women’s fiction
Wedding Quartet, Bk 1
Nora Roberts
Vision In White
Maggie Shayne
Bloodline
Paranormal / Vampire
Kerrelyn Sparks
Forbidden Nights With a Vampire
Love At Stake, Bk 7
Anne Stuart
Silver Falls
Suspense
Sherryl Woods
Flowers on Main
Chesapeake Shores, Bk 2
Contemporary
Women’s Fiction
June
Elemental Witches, Bk 4
Anya Bast
Witch Fury
Stephanie Bond
6 Killer Bodies
MaryJanice Davidson
Undead and Unwelcome Queen Betsy, 8
Paranormal Comedy
Karen Harper
Deep Down
Suspense
Sabrina Jeffries
Don’t Bargain with the Devil
Body Movers Series, Bk 6
Ana Leigh
Holding Out for a Hero
Anna Louise Lucia
Dangerous Lies
Susan Mallery
Lip Service
The Frasers
Paranormal
Mystery Romance
School for Heiresses, 5/Historical
American West Historical
Action Romance
Lone Star Sisters, Bk 2
Cheyenne McCray
Demons Not Included
Fern Michaels
Under the radar
Erica Orloff
Freudian Slip
Carly Phillips
Lucky Streak
Night Tracker
Sisterhood Series, Bk 8
American West Contemporary
Paranormal / Urban Fantasy
Contemporary
Contemporary
Contemporary
Knitting Trilogy, bk 3
Christie Ridgway
Dirty Sexy Knitting
Sherryl Woods
Harbor Lights Chesapeake Shores, Bk 3
Contemporary
Contemporary
Psst! Patricia Rice releases Mystic Warrior in July, the third book in the Mystic Isle trilogy.
Fever fans rejoice! Dreamfever, the fourth book in Karen Marie Moning’s paranormal series will
be released in late August! Lisa Jackson fans can look forward to her latest book, Chosen To
Die, to be released in August. Be My Angel by Debbie Macomber will be released September
15. Twenties Girl, the latest British Chick Lit by Sophie Kinsella, comes out in September. For
those who fell for Kimberly Frost’s darkly sexy hero, Bryn Lyons, start fanning yourselves now.
He returns in Barely Bewitched, the second installment of the Southern Witch series -- it will
also be published in September.
Can’t stand the wait!
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Spy Thriller
The Ghost War / Alex Berenson:
Having foiled an al-Qaeda plot target-
Staff Recommendation
Jim Corson, Assistant Librarian at the Eaton Branch, would like to make
the following recommendation:
ing Times Square in 2006's The Faith-
USS Arizona: Warship,
ful Spy (which won an Edgar Award
Tomb, Monument /
for best first novel), maverick CIA
MacKinnon Simpson: The
agent John Wells confronts a very
story of the USS Arizona encom-
different threat in this pulse-pounding
passes far more than the milli-
sequel from New York Times reporter
second BOOM! that split her hull
Berenson. When the CIA's efforts to
and snuffed out the lives of
extract Dr. Sung Kwan, a North Ko-
1177 men aboard her. The huge
rean scientist and an invaluable source
battleship led a fascinating life
on Kim Jong Il's nuclear ambitions,
result in the deaths of Kwan and the rescue team, Wells's
significant other, Jennifer Exley, searches to identify the
person in U.S. intelligence who compromised Kwan's security. Meanwhile, Wells returns to Afghanistan, the scene of
much of the action in The Faithful Spy, to find out what
outside country has been helping the Taliban reassert itself.
before her demise, and--as a
poignant symbol of the attack that thrust the United States into World
War II--has impacted millions of lives since. She lays where she sank,
in the silt of Pearl Harbor, spanned now by a graceful white memorial
that pays tribute to her dead. [This book] pays tribute to the ship, her
crews, and her symbolism through the years. Packed with many rarelybefore seen images, the book includes such unlikely characters as Elvis
Presley, whose benefit concert helped trigger the fund-raising for the
Historical Fiction
Museum of Human Beings /
Colin Sargent: A Shoshone
woman, Sacagawea, leads Lewis
and Clark to the Pacific at the
turn of the nineteenth century.
On her back is a tiny infant. He is
her son, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, the youngest member of
the Expedition—a child caught
between two worlds who is later
raised by Clark as his foster
son. When the teenage Baptiste
attracts the notice of the visiting Duke Paul, Prince of Würt-
Memorial, and Henry Williams, a three-year-old boy who placed the first
bolt in her keel in 1915 and read a newspaper by the light of her raging
fires as a lieutenant at Pearl Harbor in 1941. USS Arizona - Warship
Tomb Monument tells a story that needed to be told, of why the Arizona is still so important to people from around the world who trek to
visit her each year.
Jim’s Checklist:
Excellent book
Complete history of ship
Outstanding illustrations
Interesting notes by the author
Welcome addition to WWII collection of the library.
For all of the history collected about the Arizona, she was
only in combat 16 minutes on Dec. 7, 1941.
temberg, Clark approves of the duke’s “experiment” to educate the boy at court. A gleeful Duke Paul has Baptiste
trained as a concert pianist and exhibits him throughout
Europe as a “half gentleman–half animal.”
Eventually Baptiste turns his back on the Old World and
returns to the New, determined to find his true place there.
He travels into the heart of the American wilderness, and
into the depths of his mother’s soul, on an epic quest for
identity that brings sacrifice, loss, and the distant promise of
redemption.
Read Like a Sailor!
Readers’ Advice
From the Navy
Recommended by
Police Chief Phil Romeo!
www.navyreading.navy.mil/
According to the Web site, Navy Reading was developed to encourage
a lifelong love of reading among sailors. But you don’t have to be a
sailor to take advantage of the suggested reading lists they offer!
Fast Facts:
Max Brand
Ralph Compton: Blood on the Gallows / Joseph A.
West: His gun speaks for the oppressed…Former big city
detective John McBride is an easygoing man— until a cold-
blooded town sheriff warns him to mind his own business,
or face a lynching. Driven by his sense of justice, McBride
takes on the sheriff, an evil mayor and his cruel psychotic
Schiller Faust.
son, and a small army of hired gunmen.
Ride to Hell’s Gate / Ralph Cotton: Lawrence Shaw
was the fastest gun alive. But since the death of his be-
bitter and bloody war for independence, Texans have fi-
Unwilling to act the docile student, Faust was denied his
degree.
During the 1910s, he began selling stories to pulp
magazines.
blood. But they just made the wrong legend angry...
After the Bugles / Elmer Kelton: In the aftermath of a
Attended the University of California, Berkley, where he
zines, and newspapers.
rancher. Unfortunately, the Barrows Brothers Gang has
other plans—and they involve stolen horses and spilled
He worked as a cowhand during his youth.
began to write for student publications, poetry maga-
loved Rosa, his shots have come out of a bottle. He gets a
second chance at life when he starts working for a widow
Max Brand is the pen name for author Frederick
He would write over a million words a year under various pen names.
In 1921, he suffered a severe heart attack.
Created the western character, Destry, which has been
nally claimed their freedom from Mexico--but they don’t
featured in several films. His character Dr. Kildare was
have much else to brag about. Joshua Buckalew has left
adapted to motion pictures, radio, television, and comic
behind the deserted battlefields that claimed his brother
books.
Thomas. The war has cost him much but it has also given
became one of the highest paid writers at that time.
who stood with him against the tyrannies of Santa Anna.
Josh is travelling with Ramon Hernandez his best friend and the man
He and his family moved to Hollywood in 1938 where
he worked as a screenwriter for several film studios. He
him a strong bond to the land and to the Mexican families
Despite a bad heart, when WWII broke out, he become
who had fought with him, side by side. Where they are going, he isn’t
a front line war correspondent. On may 12, 1944, he
quite sure. His home is ashes--burned by either the retreating Texans or
was fatally wounded by shrapnel while travelling with
the advancing Mexican army—and the land is full of bandits and oppor-
American soldiers stationed in Italy. He was com-
tunists who would happily shoot Ramon simply because he is Mexican.
mended for bravery by Pres. Franklin Roosevelt.
Exiles in the land they had fought to liberate, Josh and Ramon struggle to
rebuild their lives After the Bugles.
Continuation of a Classic Mystery
He was a very prolific writer. It is estimated that he
wrote a total of 30 million words during his lifetime.
New books based on magazine serials or previously
unpublished stories continue to be published - meaning
Spade & Archer: The prequel to Dashielle Hammett’s
that the author has posthumously averaged a new book
The Maltese Falcon / Joe Gores: When Sam Spade gets
every four months for the past seventy-five years.
drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to ex-
Official Website: www.maxbrandonline.com/
pect: straight talk, hard questions, no favors, and no way
for anyone to get underneath the protective shell he wears
Rancher’s Legacy / Max Brand: Tom Bald-
like a second skin...What we don’t know is how Spade be-
win has seven sons. Six of them are hard
came who he is. [This book] completes the picture.
workers who have helped him build his ranch
Spade sets up his own agency in San Francisco and clients quickly start
into a very successful enterprise. The seventh,
coming through the door. The next seven years will see him dealing with
Flash, has never worked a day in his life, pre-
booze runners, waterfront thugs, stowaways, banking swindlers, gold
ferring games of chance and horse racing.
smugglers...; with murder, other men’s mistresses, and long-missing
When Tom Baldwin is mortally wounded by an
money. He’ll bring in Archer as a partner, though it was Archer who stole
old enemy, the brothers bring Flash home to
his girl while he was fighting in World War I. He’ll tangle with a villain who
his father’s side. Tom is able to express his dying wishes,
never loses his desire to make Spade pay big for ruining what should’ve
leaving his ranch and money to his six elder sons. To flash,
been the perfect crime. And he’ll fall in love—though it won’t turn out for
his youngest, he leaves only a six-gun, a thoroughbred, and
the best. It never does with dames . . .
the task of avenging his death.
Your library keeps your changing needs in mind
Reminders...
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group
meets the 2nd Friday of every month at 10 AM at the Senior Center in Eaton -- 800 East St. Clair St. If you or someone you know is
in the position of raising their grandchildren, give this unique and
supportive group at try. Please contact Juanita Moore, Preble
An interactive program for
nursing home residents
County Council On Aging, at 937-456-4947.
We Care: A Caregiver’s Support
Group meets the first Monday of every
Beyond Books goes hats and
month at 2 PM at the Senior Center in
reach Assistant Becky Rogers has
Eaton. The programs last 1 – 1-½ hours. Volunteer caregivers
flowers for Spring! In April, Outplanned a program on the styles
will provide on-site assistance with your loved one. The Senior
and history of hats. “We’ve got several hats that have
Center will provide FREE handicapped accessible transportation.
been loaned to us to showcase from different eras.
Please call the Senior Center one week before the meeting to
We’re also doing a craft - decorating tiny hats with flow-
schedule transportation (456-4947). We Care is sponsored by the
ers, feathers, ribbon, etc.,” Becky explained. “In May,”
Preble County Council on Aging, Preble County District Library,
she added, “we’ll be talking about flowers. The craft will
Heartland, Vancrest, Greenbriar, and Pheasant Run Village. For
be putting together a small flower pot
more information contact Juanita Moore at 456-4947.
with silk flowers for each participant.”
The Mighty Queens of Freeville /Amy
Dickinson: Millions of Americans know and love
Sounds like a fun and crafty way to
celebrate the onset of Spring!
Amy Dickinson from reading her syndicated advice
column "Ask Amy" and from hearing her wit and
wisdom weekly on National Public Radio. Amy's audience loves her for her honesty, her small-town
values, and the fact that her motto is "I make the
mistakes so you don't have to." …[She] shares
Heart Healthy Cookbook…
WomenHeart’s All Heart Family
Cookbook / Kathy Kastan and Suzanne Banfield: WomenHeart, the Na-
those mistakes and her remarkable story. This is the tale of Amy
tional Coalition for Women with Heart
and her daughter and the people who helped raise them after Amy
Disease, is an organization dedicated to
found herself a reluctant single parent.
helping women heart patients and those
at risk for heart disease...
Though divorce runs through her family...the women in her life
To help spread the news of their work,
taught her what family is about. They helped her to pick up the
WomenHeart has created this one-of-a-
pieces when her life fell apart…[She and her daughter] have lived
in London, D.C., and Chicago, but all roads lead them back to
Amy's hometown of Freeville (pop. 458), a tiny village where Amy's
kind collection that focuses on 40 key foods known to promote
heart health that features a number of family-friendly recipes
from their members. Packed with plenty of great-to-wake-upto dishes like French Toast with Orange Cream and Lemon
family has tilled and cultivated the land, tended chickens and Hol-
Blueberry Muffins, it also includes dozens of crowd-pleasing
steins, and built houses and backyard sheds for more than 200
dinner favorites like Revamped Chicken Pot-pie, Beef and
years. Most important, though, her family members all still live
Vegetable Stroganoff, and Sesame Salmon with Spicy Cucum-
within a ten-house radius of each other. With kindness and razor-
ber Salad. In fact, in this collection there's a recipe for every
sharp wit, they welcome Amy and her daughter back weekend after
occasion, as well as 40 enticing photographs. Even better, this
weekend, summer after summer, offering a moving testament to
cookbook includes plenty of desserts, like Flourless Chocolate
the many women who have led small lives of great consequence in
a tiny place.
Cake, Summer Fruit Compote, and Raspberry Buckle, making
it easy to see that fighting heart disease can mean indulging in
the pleasures good food offers.
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Growing Up Again: Life, Loves, and
Getting to Know You…Celebrity - Style
Oh Yeah, Diabetes / Mary Tyler
Stories From Candyland / Candy Spelling: Carole Gene
Moore: Mary Tyler Moore, actress and
Marer spent her girlhood dreaming of meeting Rock Hudson,
activist, relates the highs and lows of living
but when she finally had the chance—on her second date
with Type 1 diabetes for the past forty
with her future husband, television mogul Aaron Spelling—
years. With inspired, well-crafted prose,
she was so shy she hid all night in the powder room. How
she drills down to the most heartfelt, yet
Candy morphed from that quiet, insecure girl into a seem-
universal truths about life—including the
ingly-confident, stylish trophy wife, mistress of the largest
lives of those with diabetes. She unflinchingly chronicles
house in Los Angeles (70,000 square feet when you count
her struggle with diabetes, as well as her successful reha-
the attic) is at the heart of Stories from Candyland.
bilitation from alcohol dependence, all while deriving grati-
The life Candy created for her family—her husband and children Tori and
fication from her roles as an actress, mother, business-
Randy—was fabulous, over-the-top, and often magical…Stories from Candy-
woman, campaigner, and fund-raiser.
land sparkles with glamour and grand gestures. But it also satisfies with
some more intimate Candy concerns: why being a perfect wife and mother
Local Author Michael Banks: lives in
was so important to her, how cooking and cleaning can keep the home fires
Oxford, Ohio. He is the author of forty-three books, includ-
burning, why collections matter, and whether dogs are better judges of peo-
ing the New York Times Best Seller, “Crosley”. His latest
ple than people are.
work is a biography chronicling the career of broadcast
pioneer Ruth Lyons.
Might As Well Laugh About It Now / Marie Osmond:
When the Donny and Marie show ended its award-winning
Before Oprah: Ruth Lyons, the
run on ABC in 1979, 19-year-old Marie was ready to leave
Woman Who Created Talk TV / Mi-
the stage lights for a secretary’s life—she had prepared to
chael Banks: She was an up-front, real
say “goodbye” to fleeting fame by studying shorthand and
woman who rose from humble beginnings.
typing! Clearly, life took a different turn.
Her daily live television show drew millions
of viewers. Her mere mention of a product
Now, decades later and still a beloved superstar, Marie
could turn it into a household name. This
opens the door to her thoughts on many of her milestones
and missteps, both the public and the personal. In a life brimming with a
may sound like Oprah Winfrey, but it’s a description of
mixture of charm and chaos, blessings and hilarious bungles, victory and
Ruth Lyons, a pioneering broadcaster whose audience in
vulnerability, Marie recounts for her “family of fans” her greatest successes
1960 equaled that of Winfrey’s today.
as well as her most crushing disappointments, career pressures and expecta-
With a mix of sentimentality and caustic commentary she
tions, marriage and divorce, depression, weight issues, tough choices, honors
ad-libbed her way through commercials and interviews with
and awards, and the incredible joys and challenges of raising children.
Hollywood stars. She ruled a broadcast empire and a fa-
Through it all, Marie has bounced back time and again with unstoppable en-
mous charity all the while maintaining that she was simply
thusiasm, resilience, and an unbeatably healthy and positive outlook on life.
a normal housewife and mother who happened to have a
radio show. National magazines labeled her the most influ-
Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg: Life
ential housewife in America. Her fame was such that
and Other Calamities / Kathie Lee Gifford: This smart
throughout the 1950s and '60s, tens of thousands showed
and witty collection of opinions, observations, and anec-
up for her remote broadcasts and other personal appear-
dotes covers a broad range of personal topics. Kathie Lee
ances. 100,000 people tried to get tickets for a 1957 event
Gifford’s stories are often funny, sometimes heartfelt, and
in her honor.
always compelling—think Nora Ephron’s I Feel Bad About
My Neck meets Carol Burnett.
No subject is off-limits: talking to her kids about sex,
being married to Frank Gifford, embarrassing professional
gaffes, run-ins with celebrities (of which there are many), the harsh and
funny realities of aging. It’s all here, told with intelligence, grace, and comedic wit. Written by Gifford’s own hand, this highly original and readable volume will make you laugh out loud as you reach for the phone to share one of
these charming, quirky, and colorful observations.
[This] is the first complete biography of this pioneering
broadcaster and tough businesswoman. It includes her life
story complete with fascinating events that even she didn’t
want the world to see. Follow Ruth through her days as a
child growing up in Columbia Tusculum to her stretch on
WLW, up to the death of her daughter. Find out who she
was and how she became the hardest working and most
philanthropic woman in the business.
Stories of Love and Faith
The Killing Tree / Rachel Keener: An Appalachian coming-of-age novel.
The Real Enemy (Sophie Trace
Trilogy, 1) / Kathy Herman: Brill
Jessup would rather work than deal
with the bitterness she feels about
her husband Kurt's infidelity.
They've made a fresh start with Brill
taking a job as the new police chief
in a small
East Tennessee town. Kurt is genuinely contrite
and making every effort to show his
commitment
to Brill. Meanwhile Emily, their nineyear-old, is being the perfect little girl, as if she can make everything okay again. So why can't Brill get over this anger? Work presents the perfect distraction as rumors and superstition are running
rampant in the wake of the disappearances of seven people in
seven days. As fear rises in the community, Brill works desperately
to solve the mystery... until it threatens her family and she is
forced to confront the real enemy.
Love Inspired -- Series Novels
Love Inspired
• Somebody’s Hero (Somebody’s, 3) / Annie Jones
• A Soldier for Keeps / Jillian hart
• Home to Crossroads Ranch / Linda Goodnight
• A Dropped Stitches Wedding / Janet Tronstad
Love Inspired Historical
• The Widow’s Secret / Sara Mitchell
• The Hand-Me-Down Family / Winnie Griggs
• The Path to Her Heart / Linda Ford
• Second Chance Bride / Jane Myers Perrine
Love Inspired Suspense
• A Silent Terror / Lynette Eason
• Cold Case Murder / Sheila McCoy
• Poisoned Secrets (Murder & Mayhem, 1) / Margaret Daley
• Deadly Reunion / Florence Case
Red, White & Blue (American Series, 2) /
Laura Hayden: Emily Benton has won the office
of president but as she waits to assume that office, her closest adviser, Kate Rosen, is plagued
with doubts. As a Christian, Kate owes her allegiance to a higher power. When a scandal brings
the president to the brink of disaster, Kate must
weigh the bonds of loyalty and duty, ambition and
submission, and find a path that leads to the
greater glory of God.
The Renewal (Project Restoration, 2) / Terri
Kraus: Leslie Ruskin has just purchased the historic Midlands Building, which -like her life - needs
a little renovation. After a devastating divorce Leslie wonders if she's done the right thing. It needs
a lot of work. Jack Kenyon, a master carpenter, is
starting over too. Haunted by loneliness and his
past failures, Jack finds it difficult to maintain his
sobriety. Will they find the renewal their lives so
desperately need?
Turning the Paige: A Getaway Girls novel /
Laura Jensen Walker: Paige Kelley feels caught
in-between. Still working her temp job, grieving
her divorce, and longing for children, she’s dutifully
put her dreams on hold to care for her ailing, widowed mother. Prompted by friends in her Getaway
Girls book club, Paige finally begins to break free,
discovering that God’s plan for her promises more
than she ever imagined.
Spring Broke (86 Bloomberg Place, Bk 3) /
Melody Carlson: With creditors hounding her,
Kendall's spendthrift lifestyle has finally caught up
with her. Her roommates are caught up in problems too. So when Lelani's parents offer to host
the girls in Hawaii, it sounds like the vacation everyone needs-but no one can afford. A really big
garage sale is scheduled, but fraying tempers
threaten the teamwork needed to pull it off. Will
they finally turn to the One who can really help?
how the Samaritan woman got there in the first place.
3-in-1 Collections
Multiple stories -- One author
Mayhem in Maryland (Trish Cunningham Mystery Series
Omnibus) / Candace Speare: Murder in the Milk Case, Band
Room Bash, Kitty Litter Killer. This collection includes the Trish
Cunnigham Mystery series.
Everybody’s a Suspect in Georgia (Everybody's a Suspect
Mystery Series Omnibus) / Cecil Murphey: Includes the
stories Everybody loved Roger Harden, Everybody wanted room
623, Everybody called her a saint.
Love Finds You Series
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Love Finds
Murray
Love Finds
Love Finds
Love Finds
You in Maiden North Carolina / Tamela Hancock
You in Paradise Pennsylvania / Lorlee Lough
You in Last Chance California / Miralee Ferrell
You in Humble Texas / Anita Higman
Preserve the Summer Bounty
Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It: And
Other Kitchen Crafts / Karen
Solomon: This savvy collection of
75 recipes for creating homemade
artisan foodstuffs features delicious
projects easy enough to be completed in one to two days. Detailed
instructions, prep-ahead tips, shopping lists, and optional extras outline the shortest route between
crafty cooks and a pantry full of
hand-labeled, better-than-storebought creations.
•
Simple Foods - Bold Flavor
Wichcraft: Craft a sandwich into a
meal and a meal into a sandwich /
Tom Colicchio: Slow-roasted meats,
marinated vegetables, surprising flavor
combinations, this is not your mother’s
sandwich.
Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries, and
Shakes / Bobby Flay: Bobby loves
A collection of 75 recipes for making artisan foods and drinks at
home.
adding flavorful relishes and condiments to elevate the classic burger.
Once you’ve learned what goes into
•
Features instructions for homemade cheeses, condiments,
smoked meats, pickles, noodles, crackers and breadsticks, popsicles, jams, cordials, and more.
•
The only book to offer a wide selection of projects that can be
completed over a single weekend.
•
Special feature--the book includes creative packaging ideas for
these gift-worthy creations. ON ORDER
making that burger (from how to shape
it so it cooks up perfectly to melting the
cheese just so), go to town with
Bobby's favorite combinations of additions. Try the Cheyenne
Burger, which gets slathered with homemade barbecue sauce
and then piled high with bacon and shoestring onion rings, or
the Santa Fe Burger, topped with a blistered poblano, queso
sauce, and crumbled blue corn tortilla chips. And although
Bobby’s personal preference is for beef, turkey can be substi-
No Fuss Breadmaking
tuted in any burger, and a handful of salmon and tuna burger
recipes are included for those looking for leaner options.
Kneadlessly simple: Fabulous, FussFree, No-Knead Breads / Angela
After you’ve mastered the burger, discover Bobby’s secrets to
Baggett: For years, countless home cooks
cooking up the best French fries–whether they’re fried,
have shied away from baking their own
grilled, or oven roasted, or made from spuds, sweet pota-
bread because they were intimidated by all
toes, or even plantains–as well as homemade potato chips
the mess, the experience, and of course, all
and onions rings. Wash it all down with a creamy shake, from
the kneading required. Now, with Nancy
Fresh Mint—Chocolate Speckled Milkshake to Blackberry
Baggett's revolutionary new Kneadlessly
Cheesecake Milkshake (or a spiked adult variation).
Simple method, even complete novices can
bake bread quickly and easily in their own
Tacos: 75 Authentic & Inspired
homes, with no kneading and no kitchen mess. The secret is in
Recipes / Mark Miller: Tacos--
Baggett's slow-rise method, which allows the yeast to grow slowly and
authentic tacos, with soft, warm
develop the same full, satisfying flavor of traditional bread, without
corn tortillas, succulent fillings, and
any kneading at all. The technique calls for minimal ingredients, often
snappy salsa--are a cherished street
mixed in one bowl with one spoon, eliminating all the mess of tradi-
food on both sides of the border.
tional bread recipes, and it can be used to produce a wide variety of
Mark Miller adds a chef's sensibility
breads, from Whole Wheat Boules and English Muffin Loaves to Raisin
to a lifetime of taco eating and mak-
Bread and Caraway Beer Bread. With this innovative new method,
ing to this collection of 75 recipes for building delicious and
anyone who can read, measure, and stir can now make delicious, fine-
authentic tacos. From classic to creative and from breakfast-
textured yeast bread at home.
friendly tacos to complementary salsas and sides, this new
book contains all things taco! ON ORDER
The library would like to invite every child in Preble County to
join the Summer Reading Program. The theme this year is Be
Creative @ Your Library. The fun begins June 1st and continues through July 25th.
Summer Reading is designed to help children keep up their reading skills over the summer while having some fun. You can signup any time starting June 1st or the first open day after that
date at your branch. Participating is simple! For every 15 minutes you read, an adult marks off a picture on your time sheet.
Each card designates 1 full hour of reading. When you have
completed the time card, turn it in to your library in exchange for
a gold coin. You can use your coins to buy small prizes! There
will be extra activity sheets that, when completed, can be turned
in for small prizes out of the treasure chest.
There will be weekly entertainment programs at the libraries. At
the Eaton Branch the programs will be offered every Wednesday
at 10am with the same program repeated on Thursday at 2pm.
No registration is required so you can just drop by!
This year, the Eaton branch is offering something new for
Tweens (ages 8-12). On every other Tuesday at 3pm (starting
on June 9th) we will provide a craft program. Because we are
limited to 16 children, registration is required. We will take registrations on the Tuesday before each program. Sign up sheets
will be placed at the Circulation Desk.
Summer Reading Can
Be Fun -- Honest!
Sure it can - especially if there are
fun programs, games, and prizes
involved! All you do is read a little
bit each day to get credit on your
time card. When it is full, turn it in
for prizes! How easy is that? And
guess what? The big prize this year
is a -- digital camera!
Begin signing up June 1
to spend your summer
reading, having fun, and
earning prizes!
When you sign-up for Summer Reading, you will receive a bag
containing all of the information regarding the program. Please
call your local branch to see what programs they will be offering.
If you have any questions please call Teresa Deaton at 456-4331
or your local PCDL branch.
Teresa Deaton, Coordinator of Youth Services
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