Chandler Public Library Teen Program Update

Chandler Public Library will host the first Teen Program on Wednesday, May 16, not Tuesday, May 15 as previously announced. Due to conflicts with using the Community Room on Tuesday the program was rescheduled for Wednesday, May 16 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Kids going into 6th grade through high school are encouraged to participate in the program.
During the first part of the program, teens will make crafts and help decorate the Community Room for the children’s Summer Reading Programs.
At noon we will get some pizza and sit in the Community Room and discuss the books we are reading. Everyone will have a few minutes to talk about their favorite books. This format allows everyone to read the books they enjoy and talk about them while hearing about books others are reading and perhaps spark some interest in other genres of reading.
This is the same format that is used in Books Sandwiched In book club which meets the first Wednesday of each month at noon.
The program will take place in the Community Room of the Chandler Public Library at 1021 Manvel. For more information call the Library at 405-258-3204.

Chandler Library has new books for May

The Library recently purchased fiction, nonfiction and young adult books include After Anna by Lisa Scottoline, In Places Hidden by Tracie Peterson, The Sixth Day by Catherine Coulter, The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver, The Fallen by David Baldacci, I’ve Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark, As You Wish by Jude Deveraux, The Hush by John Hart, Shattered Mirror by Iris Johansen, The Kremlin Conspiracy by Joel Rosenberg, Duel to the Death by J.A. Jance, If I Live by Terri Blackstock, Red Alert: An NYPD Red Mystery by James Patterson, The Bad Daughter by Joy Fielding, Hold Back the Dark by Kay Hooper, Agent in Place by Mark Greaney, Twisted Prey by John Sandford and Shoot First by Stuart Woods.
A new young adult book, Dark Tracks by Philippa Gregory and a nonfiction book, Living the Life You Love: Embracing the Adventure of Being Led by Joyce Meyer were also added to the Library collection.

Lots of activities in April at the Library

Story Time resumed on Tuesday, April 2, 2018 and will continue through Tuesday, May 21. Children will be celebrating National Library Week April 10 during Story Time with a party including treats, games, crafts and reading. Story Time is for pre-school aged children.
The annual Book Bonanza will begin Saturday, April 7 at 9 am. and run through Thursday, April 12. Surplus books per sack for a $2 donation.
Chandler Public Library will celebrate National Library Week April 8-16 by offering an amnesty program. If you have overdue books, no matter how long, the fines will be waived if you return the books during that week. Books returned in the book drop on Friday will also have fines waived.
The Library has four computers with internet access for the public and free wi-fi. The card catalog is on the computer with nearly 13,000 books, books on compact disc, and movies on DVD available for checkout. The Library also offers fax and copy services to the public for a small fee. Interlibrary loan services are also available for $3 for mailing materials. If there is a book not in the Library’s collection another library may loan it to us for our patrons.
The Library also has e-books available for checkout. Go to okvirtuallibrary.lib.overdrive.com to see what is available. For more information on checking out e-books come into the Library or go to the Library’s web site for directions.
The Library is located at 1021 Manvel. Check out the Library’s new web site at chandlerlibrary.okpls.org. Library hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon.

Celebrating Poetry Month as the Feature of the Month

April is poetry month and the Library is celebrating by featuring local and well known poets and biographies of poets for the Feature of the Month. Some of the poets which will be featured are Wilma McDaniel, a Stroud native, who published many books and whose books are being re-printed through a grant from OSU. Also featured are Chandler native and last years Oklahoma Poet Laureate, Ben Myers. Another Chandler native, Mari Battle, will be featured, God’s Queen, poems and essays.
Well known poetry by Shel Silverstein, Robert Frost and Maya Angelou are featured as well as some children’s and young adult poetry.

New books for the beginning of March

Twenty-five new books were added March 1 to the Chandler Library collection including New Boy by Tracy Chevalier, Fifty Fifty by James Patterson, All That Glitters by Diana Palmer, The Cowboy’s Housekeeper (large print) by Lori Copeland, The Woman at the Window by A.J. Finn, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, Night Moves by Jonathan Kellerman, The Deceivers by Alex Berenson, Still Me by Jojo Moyes, Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella, The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, Penhale Wood: a mystery by Julia Thomas, Margaret Truman’s Allied Danger, Secrets of Cavendon by Barbara Taylor Bradford, The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Dark in Death by J.D. Robb, The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers, House of Secrets by V.C. Andrews, Look for Me by Lisa Gardner, An American Marriage (Oprah Book Club) by Tayari Jones and Raspberry Danish Murder by JoAnn Fluke.
Also nonfiction books Murder Beyond the Grave by James Patterson and Killing Albert Berch by Oklahoma author Alan Berch Hollingsworth. Also added were a children’s book Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens by Jane O’Connor and young adult book Hollow City: the second novel of Miss Peregine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.

New children’s books at the Library

Library staff attended the Scholastic Book Fair at Park Road Elementary School and purchased 35 new books for the young adult and children’s areas.
New easy reader books include: Be Brave, Little Penguin by Giles Andreae, Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins, Mama Lion Wins the Race by Jon J. Muth, Good Night, Bunny by Lauren Thompson, Love by Matt de la Pena, The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier, You Can Do It, Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright, and Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie.
New juvenile fiction books are: Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott-Eva and the New Owl, Eva’s Treetop Festival, Eva Sees a Ghost, A Woodland Wedding; also Darkness of Dragons by Tui Sutherland, Took: a ghost story and One For Sorrow: a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn, Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner, D-day: battle on the beach, Journey Through Ash and Smoke and Escape from the Great Earthquake; The Player King by Avi, Supergifted by Gordon Korman, If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff and Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (a 2019 Sequoyah Children’s Masterlist book)
Juvenile nonfiction books are: Finding Gobi: a little dog with a very big heart by Dion Leonard, Minecraft: guide to exploration by Stephanie Milton and Minecraft: guide to creative by Craig Jelley and new juvenile graphic novels added are Bad Kitty and Bad Kitty Takes the Test by Nick Bruel, The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas and The Bad Guys in Attack of the Zittens by Aaron Blabey.

Library celebrating Black History month with featured books & Story Time

The Library will again celebrate Black History Month with Featured books and Story Time themes. Featured books for February include How to Love a Black Woman by Dr. Ronn Elmore, Smart Money Moves for African Americans by Kelvin Boston, The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner, Prayin’ to Be Set Free edited by Andrew Waters, Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now by Maya Angelou, Harlem Speaks edited by Cary D. Wintz, Simple Wisdom For Rich Living by Oseola McCarty, Farther Than I Meant To Go, Longer Than I Meant To Stay by Tiffany L. Warren, God Help the Child by Toni Morrison, Getting To Happy by Terry McMillan, Blackgammonby Heather Neff, The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner by Andrea Smith, The Devil is a Lie by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley and For the Love of Money by Omar Tyree.
Story Time themes for February include Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr., Valentines, Presidents and Black History Month.

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.