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New Books at the Library for the New Year
Firefly Cove by Davis Bunn, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, Robicheaux by James Lee Burke, The Tiger’s Prey by Wilbur Smith, The Wanted by Robert Crais, Death at Nuremberg by W.E.B Griffin, Promise Not to Tell by Jayne Ann Krentz, Artemis by Andrew Weir, You’re Gonna Love Me by Robin Lee Hatcher, Unbound by Stuart Woods, Where We Belong by Lynn N. Austin, The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith, Rameses the Damned by Anne Rice, Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini, Year One by Nora Roberts, In the Middle of the Mess by Sheila Walsh, Plummet by Brandilyn Collins, A Time to Stand by Robert Whitlow (large print), Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Home Sweet Murder by James Patterson and The Demon Crown by James Rollins. New in the children’s area are Dog Man and Cat Kid (the 4th book in the Dog Man series) and we replaced Wonder by R.J. Palacio.
New Books for December
We received new books for Christmas reading including: The People vs. Alex Cross and Count to Ten: a Private novel by James Patterson, The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans, Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark, Hard Core Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich, Tom Clancy’s Power and Empire by Marc Cameron, Past Perfect by Danielle Steel, The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg, In This Moment by Karen Kingsbury, The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz, The Midnight Line by Lee Child, Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly, End Game by David Baldacci, Shattered Memories by V.C. Andrews and Wimpy Kid Diary:The Getaway by Jeff Kinney.
Food for fines
Do you have overdue books from the Chandler Public Library and aren’t sure how much your fine is? During the month of December the Chandler Library is having a non-perishable food drive. If you have overdue books and return them in December along with non-perishable food items, the fine will be waived. If you have fines on previously returned books, bring in non-perishable food items and the fines will be waived.
The food will be donated The Chosen House and those with fines can again use library services. Everybody wins!
The food drive will last from December 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Just bring in your non-perishable food items and any fines will be waived.
If you don’t have a fine and want to donate food anyway, just bring your donation to the library during that time and the staff will be pleased to accept it.
Library hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. The Library is located at 1021 Manvel, the corner of 11th and Manvel, in Chandler.
For more information contact the library at 405-258-3204.
Give thanks for your library
Featured books of the month for November remind of being thankful for our Library. November featured books include: Bell, Book and Scandal by Jill Churchhill, The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie, The Book of Fates by Brad Meltzer, Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Dewey: A small-tow library cat who touched the world by Vicki Myron, The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James, Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman and Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books by Azar Nafisi.
New books for October
The Library just added new books to the collection in the Adult, Young Adult and children’s sections for October.
Killing Season by Faye Kellerman, Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand, Origin by Dan Brown, Ghost on the Case by Carolyn Hart, Deep Freeze by John Sandford, Quick and Dirty by Stuart Woods, The Rooster Bar by John Grisham, Fairytale by Danielle Steel, Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer (story collection), Mind Game by Iris Johansen, Enemy of the State by Vince Flynn (Kyle Mills), Holly and Ivy by Fern Michaels, The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille, Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King, Don’t Let Go by Harlan Coban, Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber, and To Be Where You Are by Jan Karon. Juvenile book Tales from a Not-So-Secret-Crush Catastrophe (Dork Diaries) and young adult books: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, Sun Warrior by P.C. Cast and Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the gods of the Asgard #3) by Rick Riordan.
Feature of the month to celebrate Halloween
The Chandler Public Library will celebrate Halloween with spine tingling books sure to keep you up at night. Featured authors will include Stephen King (also writing as Richard Bachman), Dean Koontz, Ted Dekker, Frank Perretti, Tami Hoag, John Saul and many others.
New books at the Library for Fall
What Happened by Hillary Clinton, Anxious for Nothing by Max Lucado, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life by Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy Ret.), The Proving by Beverly Lewis, The Right Time by Danielle Steel, Killing England by Bill O’Reilly, Haunted by James Patterson, The Family Lawyer by James Patterson, Enigma by Catherine Coulter, A Column of Fire by Ken Follett, The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler, Proof of Life by J.A. Jance, The Western Star by Craig Johnson, Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb, Michael Vey: The Final Spark by Richard Paul Evans (young adult) and children’s books in the Jedi Academy Series by Jeffrey Brown Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan, The Phantom Bully and A New Class.
Story Time resumes with new day and time
Story Time will resume after Labor Day changing the day and time. Tuesday, September 5, Story Time will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will continue through Tuesday, November 21.
“For many years Story Time has been on Monday’s at 11:30 to accommodate first Kindergarten and then Pre-K children who were in either morning or afternoon classes,” said Assistant Librarian Sandy Helm. “Since Pre-K is all day starting this year we took the opportunity to make the changes so it will be easier for younger children to attend.”
The theme for the Sept. 5 program will be Grandparents. The craft activity is an opportunity for children to make a gift and a card for their Grandparents for Grandparents Day on Sunday, September 10.
Other programs scheduled throughout the fall will feature Cats, Apples, Autumn, No Bullying, Origami, Halloween, Honoring Veterans, Book Awards and Thanksgiving.
Activities for Story Time include, reading, crafts, songs, poetry, games and sometimes snacks.
All aged children are invited to come to Story Time from lap-sitters through pre-school aged children. Home-schooled children are also invited to attend Story Time.
Books Sandwiched in resumes in September
Books Sandwiched In book discussion group will resume September 6 in the Community Room of the Chandler Public Library from noon until 1 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and discuss whatever books they have been reading this summer. Bring your lunch and hear what the nearly dozen folks who attend have been reading and get some good ideas of What-You-Should-Read-Next. The group meets the first Wednesday each month from noon to 1 p.m. in the Community Room.
August ends with new books at the Library
The Store by James Patteson, I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen, Crime Scene by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman, Barely Legal by Stuart Woods, Exposed by Lisa Scottoline, Seeing Red by Sandra Brown, Without Fear or Favor by Robert Tanenbaum, The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory, Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton, The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter, Charlatans by Robin Cook, The Saboteur by Andrew Gross, Shattered by Allison Brennan, Any Dream Will Do by Debbie Macomber, A short walk to the edge of life : how my simple adventure became a dance with death -and taught me what really matters by Scott Hubbartt and young adult books The Bronze Key and The Copper Gauntlet by Holley Black and Cassandra Clare.