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Lego Club
Beginning Saturday, November 9, at 10 am, we will have Lego Club on the second Saturday of the month. November’s theme is DINOvember, so come build dinosaurs, or whatever you heart desires!
Library of Things (LOT)
We have gotten several items donated to our library that are being put in our collection and are available for check-out. The latest is a CELESTRON Travel Scope 80 Telescope. Come check out this item and the rest of our Library of Things (LOT).
Costume Contest
Thursday, October 31
4 p.m.
Come dressed as your favorite book character!
Prizes provided by local businesses!
An Introduction to Suicide Prevention
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services will be there on Wednesday, October 23, at 6 p.m. to present a program on suicide prevention. This program provides participants with a clear understanding of this leading cause of death, including the most up-to-date research on suicide prevention, and what they can do in their communities to save lives.
This one-hour presentation is designed for adults over 18 years old. The program is free.
BOOK BONANZA
Our Spring Book Bonanza begins tomorrow, Saturday, April 22, at 9 am. We will continue until our stock is gone. Come and find an old favorite or a new read. The bonanza will continue Monday – Friday, April 24-28 during regular library hours, 9 am – 6 pm.
New books for Fall at the Library
The Library purchased over a dozen new books this week including Captive by Iris Johansen, Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks, Falling Stars and Tick Tock by Fern Michaels, Girl Forgotten by Karin Slaughter, Girl from Guernica by Karen Robards, Hell & Back by Craig Johnson, The Hunt by Faye Kellerman, Lucy By the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, Next in Line by Jeffery Archer, Vince Flynn’s Oath of Loyalty by Kyle Mills, Rising Tiger by Brad Thor, Robert Parker’s Fallout by Mike Lupica, The Suspect by Scott Turow, Suzanne’s Surrender by Nora Roberts, Help is Here by Max Lucado and in young adult books we have the eighth book in the Michael Vey series, Parasite by Richard Paul Evans
End of school, Summer on the Way….
…and there’s new books at the Library. All fiction, by your favorite authors like Beautiful by Danielle Steel, The Baxters (the prequel) by Karen Kingsbury, By the Book (a Meant to Be novel) by Jasmine Guillory, Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn, Dream Town by David Baldacci, A Family Affair by Robyn Carr, Fear Thy Neighbor by Fern Michaels, The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews, The Investigator by John Sandford, Kingdom of Bones by James Rollins, The Match by Harlan Coban, Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich, The Sacred Bridge by Anne Hillerman, The Safe House by Stuart Woods, Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery, What Happened to the Bennet’s by Lisa Scottoline, When She Dreams by Amanda Quick, The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan and 22 Seconds (Women’s Murder Club) by James Patterson.
New books for the new year
The Library finished 2021 by ordering new books which came in right after the new year. The Library received the nonfiction book Act Like You Got Some Sense by Jamie Foxx and a children’s graphic novel Cat Kid Comic Club Perspective by Dav Pilkey. New adult fiction books include Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell, The Becoming (Dragon Heart Legacy #2) by Nora Roberts, The Beginning by Beverly Lewis, Clive Cussler’s The Devil’s Sea by Dirk Cussler, Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer, Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods, Curse of Salem by Kay Hooper, Flying Angels by Danielle Steel, Forgiving Paris by Karen Kingsbury, Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Mercy by David Baldacci, The Midnight Lock by Jeffery Deaver, Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan, Tom Clancy Chain of Command by Marc Cameron, Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult and Fear No Evil by James Patterson.
New Books at Chandler Library for November
New books were recently added to the Library collection including The Butler by Danielle Steel, Attic on Queen Street by Karen White, Better Off Dead by Lee Child, Dark Hours by Michael Connelly, Foul Play by Stuart Woods, Game On: Tempting 28 by Janet Evanovich, Judges List by John Grisham, Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead, Never by Ken Follett, Oh, William by Elizabeth Strout, Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer, Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella, Dear Santa by Debbie Macomber and Christmas Promise by Richard Paul Evans. New young adult books are Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling and Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan and new children’s books include the graphic novels Narwhal, Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney and Pony by R.J. Palacio.
New books for fall @ the Chandler Library
The Library recently purchased over 20 new books for the library including a young adult book by Chandler alumnus Ginny Myers Sain called Dark and Shallow Lies.
We also have Another Kind of Eden by James Lee Burke, Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty, Burning by Jonathan Kellerman and his son Jesse, Cellist by Daniel Silva, Cul-de-Sac by Joy Fielding, Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson, Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb, High Stakes by Iris Johansen, Jailhouse Lawyer and Noise both by James Patterson, Robert B. Parker’s Stone’s Throw by Mike Lupica, Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins, Viral by Robin Cook, Vortex by Catherine Coulter, Wish by Nicholas Sparks and 19 Yellow Moon Road by Fern Michaels.
Christmas books have started coming and we have three romances by your favorite authors, Christmas Wedding Guest by Susan Mallery, Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels, Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews.
We also purchased You Were Made for This Moment: Courage for today and hope for tomorrow by Max Lucado