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Summer Reading Program is almost here
This year’s theme is “A Universe of Stories” and will be focused on space and our solar system. Ages for the program are toddler to ten-years-old.
We are changing things up again this year by having five programs this summer but we will also have our mailboxes for all kids. So even if time and other activities keep your children from being able to attend the program’s they can still participate in the Summer Reading Program.
Program dates and times are Tuesdays, June 4, June 18, July 2, July 16 and July 30 from 9:30-11 a.m. I will set up a mailbox for children that sign up and will put activities in their mail boxes every two weeks on the weeks that we don’t have a program scheduled.
New Books at the Library for Spring
The Library purchased 15 new best sellers for the Library collection this week including A List by J.A. Jance, Celtic Empire by Clive Cussler, Cornwalls are Gone and First Lady by James Patterson, Dark Tribute by Iris Johansen, Deep Harbor by Fern Michaels, Fifth Doctrine by Karen Robards, Last Second by Catherine Coulter, Persian Gamble by Joel C. Rosenberg, Redemption by David Baldacci, Run Away by Harlan Coben, Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline, Wild Card by Stuart Woods and Wolf Pack by C.J. Box.
New books for the new year
The Library recently purchase several new books including the children’s book Wimpy Kid Diaries: The Meltdown. Also, young adult books Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak and Queen of the Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare. Other new books include Beauchamp Hall by Danielle Steel, Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly, Elevation by Stephen King, Heads You Win by Jeffrey Archer, In Dreams Forgotten by Tracie Peterson, Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci, Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich, Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg, Of Blood and Bone (on compact disc) by Nora Roberts, Past Tense by Lee Child, Safe and Sound by Fern Michaels, Target: Alex Cross by James Patterson, The House at Saltwater Point by Colleen Coble; The Traveler’s Summit by Andy Andrews, Tom Clancy’s Oath of Office by Marc Cameron, Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver, Vendetta by Iris Johansen, and When Through Deep Waters by Rachelle Dekker.
Books Sandwiched In resumes
Books Sandwiched In book club resumed in September. Members come and bring their lunch and discuss the books they are reading. Everyone is invited to come and talk about what they are reading and hear what books other members are reading. Books Sandwiched in meets the first Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will be Wednesday, October 3 from noon until 1 p.m. in the Community Room of the Library.
Chandler Public Library to host second Teen Program
To kick off National Teen Read Week, October 7-13, the Chandler Public Library will host a Teen Book Tasting event on Saturday, October 6 from 10-11 a.m. There will be donuts and refreshments, a book discussion and tasting of young adult books to see if we like them.
Those attending the event will have an opportunity to get a taste of a book which will be wrapped in paper by reading a paragraph from the book. If they like it, they can unwrap the book and check it out. There will be books from all ages and genres in the book tasting.
Story Time resumes for fall
Story Time resumed on Tuesday, Sept. 4, with the theme “What Can I Do @ the Library?” Children are learning about the different books and activities at the Library, about getting a Library card, how to choose the “just right” book, the different kinds of Libraries around the world and around the country. Some of the activities planned include making dry erase boards, make bookworms, learn poems and sing songs and more. Story time continues every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. until Nov.20.
New books for fall
The Library recently purchased several new releases for fall including young adult books Fugitive Six by Pitticus Lore and Lost by P.C. Cast. Other new books are The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Juror #3 & Texas Ranger by James Patterson, In His Father’s Footsteps by Danielle Steel, A Measure of Darkness by Jonathan & Jesse Kellerman, The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz, Shadow Tyrants by Clive Cussler, Double Blind by Iris & Roy Johansen, Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb, Tailspin by Sandra Brown, Courtney’s War by Wilbur Smith, Marry Me By Sundown by Johanna Lindsey, Paradox by Catherine Coulter and Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter.
Feature of the Month for July-God Bless America
Our feature of the month for July will focus on patriotism, the founding of our country and the sacrifice for freedom. An American Family Portrait series by Jack Cavanaugh, books by Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney, W.E.B. Griffin, Bill O’Reilly, God, Guns, Grits and Gravy by Mike Huckabee, Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose and the play Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
New books for summer @ the Library
We just received several new releases at the Chandler Library including Tom Clancy’s Line of Sight, Turbulence by Stuart Woods, The Moscow Deception by Karen Robards, Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts, The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer, The Outsider by Stephen King, The President Is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton, We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter, Dreams of Falling by Karen White, The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler and To the Moon and Back by Karen Kingsbury.
Also new are nonfiction books Robin by David Itzkoff, George & Barbara Bush: A Great American Love Story by Ellie LeBlond Sosa, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden Gate Killer by Michelle McNamara and Adrift by Tami Oldham Ashcraft. New young adult and children’s books include: The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo series) by Rick Riordan, I Am Martin Luther King Jr. by Brad Meltzer, Who Was Maya Angelou by Ellen Labrecque, and We’re All Wonders by R.J. Polacio.
Feature of the Month for June
The Feature of the Month will be about Fathers in honor of Father’s Day. Selections include Chicken Soup for the Father’s Soul by Jack Canfield, Courageous (book based on the movie) by Randy Alcorn, G-Man by Stephen Hunter, The Fixer by Joseph Finder, A Blessing & a Curse by Rashonda Tate-Billingsley, 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Atonement by Ian McEwan, Worst Case by James Patterson, Natchez Burning by Greg Iles, Calico Joe by John Grisham, A Daughter’s Tale: the memoir of Winston Churchill’s youngest child, The Horse Boy: a father’s quest to heal his son by Rupert Isaacson, In My Father’s House: the years before “The Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom,