Perhaps you have noticed the signs around town about our new Book Club at the Rolla Library. We will be ordering our books next week, so if you are interested be sure to give us a call. We will read a book and meet once a month to discuss it and have our next book ready to go, food will be involved also. Just give us a call at 620-593-4328.
Well we have survived our first week of Summer Reading. 5 programs each week. Here are some pictures while we were coloring our boomerangs. Alas one of the children decided to decorate his brother. Fortunately we have a very nice mother! Come on by and join the fun.
Hello all, Summer Reading begins this week. Tuesday morning at 10 is Story Hour, for 3 to 5 year olds, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock is for Pre-School through 4th grade, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock is for 5th through 8th grade, and Thursday morning at 10 o’clock is Toddler Time, ages birth through 2 years old with parent(s). Come on by and have some fun.
Summer Reading
Summer Reading Desk
School is winding down and things are speeding up! I just read the new Diane Mott Davidson book Fatally Flaky. What a fun read, this series follows Goldy as a caterer who is always involved somehow in a murder. I guess if your not into mysteries that might sound strange but otherwise fun, fun, fun! Also this is one of those series that has recipes in the back. We also have a new Robert Parker, Iris Johansen, Stuart Woods, Karen Kingsbury and more.
I haven’t posted in a while but of course, I am still reading. I finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and it is a wonderful book about World War II. It is told from two views one being the Grim Reaper and another about a young girl. Very moving, very good. Another book we have talked about before but I just finally read is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, this is also about World War II. This is from a German boy’s view, his father is Comandant of Auschwitz and he befriends a young boy in the camp, secretly. This book was also made into a movie, which we just acquired. Mrs. Murray is reading Corsair by Clive Cussler, it is one of the Oregon Files books. Cussler is always a good read. Check out our New Materials page to see what is there, movies like Twilight, the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Australia and more. Books are in by Mary Higgins Clark, her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, Harlan Coben and Diane Mott Davidson.
We have gotten several new non-fiction books that you might be interested in. The first set is entitled Eat This Not That. One is about simple food swaps to help you lose weight, the other shows items in the supermarket and compares the different brands and which is less fattening. Also we just received two books that have several mnemonics to help you remember things, we all remember “i before e except after c” and “thirty days has September…”. These books are full of old school ways to remember things, a fun look back at our school days.
Well, here it is March 2nd and I had forgotten to post our new materials for February!!! Be sure to look and see the new Grisham, Patterson, some new Vickie McDonough’s and more.
I have been reading quite a bit in February so let’s see what we have. The Year we Disappeared by Cylin Busby & John Busby is a father/daughter true story about a young police officer who is hunted down and shot and survives the attack but the shooter is not found right away and what this does to him and his family. I also finally read the story by Will Hobbs entitled Crossing the Wire, a story set after 9/11 about a young boy who after his father’s death in California on a job site is forced by poverty to try to cross the US/Mexico border illegally to get work and send money home to his Mom and family. Also don’t forget to get a copy of the One Book, One State read of The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard, a Kansas author that is always a good read.
Are you in need of some local health information?
Go Local Kansas (http://www.golocalkansas.org/) was launched on January 29th, 2009. Go Local Kansas allows consumers to find contact information for health care providers such as hospitals, county health departments, support groups, nursing homes, and community clinics. Users can search by location, type of facility, or a specific disease or condition. Information from all counties in Kansas is available.
Go Local Kansas is part of a statewide health information initiative encouraging Kansans to take charge of their health. Kansas Health Online (http://www.kansashealthonline.org/) is a health information web site, which launched last year and is sponsored by the Kansas Health Policy Authority and developed by biomedical librarians at Dykes Library. It includes information on diseases and conditions, tools and tips to make healthy lifestyle decisions, and a guide to health policy in Kansas.
These two web sites will be listed under our Databases on the right side of our web site.
Hello, I just finished a really fun read, the book Multiple Bles8ings by Jon & Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. This story is written by the couple of the TV show Jon and Kate Plus 8 that is on TLC, our channel 36. I am also reading The Host by Stephenie Meyers, it is her new book about aliens invading earth by taking humans as hosts. A really good Sci-Fi read. Mrs. Murray is listening to Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, a children’s book and a Newbery winner in the year 2000. This is from the state Audio Books, Music and More. We will be closed Saturday, February 14th and Monday, February 16th in observance of President’s Day.
This year in Kansas we are going to read a local author’s book The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard. This is a fictional story about a murder of a young girl and how it effected the town it happened in 20 years ago. A really good mystery story based in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Come in and get your copy and read and discover a Kansas author.
