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Gift Guide Introduction...... 3 Stress Busters...... 13
4-Legged Detectives...... 4 Colorado Gives Day...... 16
Feel-Good Reads...... 5 Winter Reading Program...... 17
It's A Heist...... 6 Changing My Tunes...... 18
Staff Picks With Staying Power...... 7 Staff Profile: Bridget Parker...... 19
Music That Changed Our Lives...... 8 Locations...... 21
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Welcome to Our 2020 Gift Guide You might notice that this newsletter has a high page something new from a favorite author, or you might even count. That’s because we’re taking a note from our chums find out about a type of book you never knew existed! in retail and giving you a huge “Gift Guide” of reading options that should fill your to-read list for the coming Everything listed in our gift guide is available free from year, if not longer. But feel free to use this guide for holiday High Plains Library District, either digitally, as a regular shopping ideas, if that’s your thing. book, or on CD. Consider this our gift to you.
Even if you’re not in the market for books, give it a skim. You might find music recommendations you love,
3 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter -Legged Detectives
4Any mystery reader Beatrix looks into a Mimi Lee is new to and the smartest knows that a great suspicious death as Los Angeles and sheep, Miss Maple, detective doesn’t she settles into her determined to make begins to suspect have to come on charming new home a splash with her conspiracy. two legs. There’s a in England’s Lake pet grooming shop, rich history of cats, District. Hollywoof. When a 7. Dog on It by dogs, and even more talking cat named Spencer Quinn unusual animals, 2. Dead as a Door Marshmallow (it was solving crimes and Knocker by Diane a surprise to Mimi, seeking justice. Here Kelly too) tells her about an are ten great books abusive breeder, the to introduce you to a This first in a series resulting shouting new, fuzzy crime- introduces Whitney, match puts her at buster. an aspiring house- the top of the suspect flipper, and her list when the breeder 1. The Tale of Hill cat – aptly named turns up dead. live in a charming Top Farm by Susan Sawdust. When some small town with Wittig Albert terrible tenants do 4. Dead on the Vine a surprising body damage to a property by Ellen Brooke count. Vira is a and give her a crack White Chicago dog training at her first flip, she to find cadavers for jumps at the chance. When Charlotte Finn the police when she Unfortunately, inherits her family and her handler are Sawdust discovers a farm, the plan is to thrown into the hunt The Chet and Bernie body in the flowerbed. sell it off as soon as for a serial killer in mysteries are already possible. That plan this series opener. a fan favorite, so if 3. Mimi Lee Gets a hits a roadblock when they somehow passed Clue by Jennifer J. a dead body turns 6. Three Bags Full you by there are ten Chow up among the tomato by Leonie Swann published books to plants, and Charlotte keep you busy. When is left running the When a Scottish P.I. Bernie takes farm while the police sheep herder is killed, a missing person investigate a murder. there’s only one case, it’s his loveable Assistance could logical choice to solve canine sidekick come from a very his murder: the flock Chet’s nose that helps This cozy mystery unlikely source – the of sheep. Naturally. to solve the case. series was inspired farm’s pig. While there is an by the artist and initial panic about 8. Scent of Murder author of the beloved 5. The Finders by wolves, the flock by Kylie Logan “Peter Rabbit” Jeffrey B. Burton eventually comes up stories, Beatrix with quite a list of Jazz Ramsey Potter. Assisted No one ever said suspects from the is a Cleveland by a menagerie of that a four-legged neighboring village, administrative intelligent animals, detective had to assistant by day
888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter 4 and a cadaver dog complete without 10. Wish You Were that the murder trainer in her free Lilian Jackson Here by Rita Mae victims all received time. When she takes Braun’s beloved Brown & Sneaky Pie a postcard with a Luther, a cadaver Siamese cat sleuths, Brown cemetery on the front dog in training, on Koko and Yum Yum. and “Wish you were a practice run in an This first book in the A pet cat and here” written on the abandoned building, long-running series dog join their back. she’s shocked when (before Yum Yum is postmistress owner he finds the body of on the scene) features in her investigation a young woman – Koko and former of several murders especially when it’s newspaper reporter in this series that’s someone Jazz knew. Jim Qwilleran as famous as Lilian investigating the Jackson Braun’s 9. The Cat Who death of an art Jim Qwilleran Could Read gallery owner in the books. Postmistress Backwards by Lilian swinging 1960s art “Harry” is in a unique Jackson Braun No list of animal scene. position to investigate detectives would be when she realizes
Feel-Good Reads
Life has been hitting If escaping from a 3. The Supremes feeling happier and Mister Rogers. If hard lately, and soul-sucking desk at Earl’s All-You- more appreciative of you’re feeling anxious we can’t think of a job at a company Can-Eat by Edward your own friendships. and uncertain, better time to share that doesn’t Kelsey Moore perhaps revisiting some of our favorite appreciate you 4. At Home in the calm presence of happy, hopeful, and sounds appealing, Mitford by Jan a childhood icon can heartwarming books. join Linus as he finds Karon banish those negative We hope you’ll join us himself assessing feelings and get you in our escape, even if an orphanage full of This cozy, small- back to building a just for a little while, magical misfits – and town series following better world. to a calmer world. finds the place where the beloved Father he belongs. Tim is already a 6. The Travelling 1. The House in the favorite among so Cat Chronicles by Cerulean Sea by T.J. 2. The Garden of many readers. If Hiro Arikawa Klune Small Beginnings by you’ve already visited Abbi Waxman Mitford, now could be the perfect time to A book about a revisit an old favorite. woman grieving the If Mitford is new to sudden death of you, get ready for a her husband may The trio of friends in gentle, heartwarming sound like a longshot this big-hearted book visit to a town you’ll for good feelings, have known each want to call home. but trust us. This other for forty years story is an uplifting and have always 5. The Good look at the healing been known as The Neighbor by Maxwell power of supportive Supremes. They meet King friendships and the every week at Earl’s, satisfaction to be and watching them Few people have found in growing share their lives made a bigger impact If an emotional things. and plenty of laughs through kindness release is what should leave you and compassion than you’re after, try this
5 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter Japanese bestseller. further than this near reality right 10. An Irish Country Nana the cat teaches delightful love story. now. Doctor by Patrick us to find joy in the Taylor small things, and the 8. Dirk Gently’s 9. The Late connection between Holistic Detective Bloomers’ Club by What better escape Nana and his human, Agency by Douglas Louise Miller than the beautiful Satoru, reminds us Adams Northern Irish of the power of our This is a warm and countryside of the love for pets. This Douglas Adams is charming story about 1960s, as a brand- will make you laugh, best known for his a small-town diner, new doctor begins will make you cry, Hitchhiker’s Guide, sisters, and a lost to care for the and will make you but a popular new dog – among other quirky community of appreciate the ones TV series has a whole things. This uplifting Ballybucklebo? The around you. new audience finding book will have you eccentric characters the Dirk Gently thinking about and Irish dialect 7. There’s a Colorado author!) books. This quirky, community, family, should sweep you Something about features wonderful wacky mix of science- and maybe even away to a charming Sweetie by Sandhya and sympathetic fiction, mystery, and love. Fans of Mitford new world. Luckily, Menon characters you’ll a dash of romance is looking for a new this is the start of a love to root for. If a the perfect funny pick small town to love whole series! This YA romantic joyful and uplifting for readers who don’t should give this a try! comedy (written by romance is calling want to be anywhere your name, look no It’s a
We don’t want to made TV’s favorite – told in her own long as nothing goes glorify criminals, but vigilante serial killer, words! She traveled wrong, of course. there’s something Dexter, famous. Just the world and stole appealing about a Watch Me kicks off a diamonds using 4. Doors Open by really well-planned new series starring disguises and various Ian Rankin heist. Watching a different kind of ruses to evade an intelligent, criminal, Riley Wolfe. capture until she charismatic daredevil Riley is a master thief was finally betrayed pull off the seemingly who’s not afraid of a by her boyfriend and impossible can give challenge and proves co-conspirator and us a little vicarious it by going after one apprehended by the thrill and make for of the most well- authorities. This is a a very entertaining guarded diamonds in thrilling and page- reading experience. the world. turning account of a Here are some of our very unique life. favorite heist books, 2. Diamond Doris by does give him inside both fictional and Doris Payne 3. Headhunters by information about real. Jo Nesbø which executives This is the real-life own expensive pieces 1. Just Watch Me by story of a woman Roger Brown of art, and if those Jeff Lindsay who went from a has experienced paintings happen segregated coal town great success as a to be replaced by If you like your If Jeff Lindsay’s in the Depression to corporate headhunter, elaborate forgeries thrillers with plenty name looks familiar, an international jewel but still struggles to and then sold for a of twists, turns, and it may be because thief who evaded maintain his lavish tidy profit, who would double crosses, don’t he’s the author who capture for decades lifestyle. His work be the wiser? So miss this standalone
888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter 6 novel from the author from a factory farm 7. The Hot Rock by Just because we’re 10. Flawless by of the bestselling is just as impressive. Donald E. Westlake dealing with thieves Scott Andrew Selby Inspector Rebus Janey becomes an doesn’t mean we can’t novels. A software auditor for the egg Usually heist novels also have magic! This mogul, a banker, and industry and quickly are so much fun book has a special an art professor team becomes disillusioned because we get to kind of dark humor up with a gangster by the conditions see smart people (Christopher Moore and a disaffected she witnesses. So execute a perfect fans will probably art student to naturally, she joins plan. Sometimes, crack a smile) and steal paintings a fellow auditor in though? It’s even focuses on a unique from Edinburgh’s “liberating” nearly more fun to watch thief who specializes museum storage. a million hens – one that perfect plan fall in magical artifacts. Unfortunately, their enormous farm’s apart because of bad His latest job is plan is far from entire chicken luck and trouble. to track down the foolproof. population. It’s a Donald Westlake’s doomsday device that massive undertaking Dortmunder books could bring on the 5. Barn 8 by Deb and begs the follow a very smart end of the world. Olin Unferth question: What do and capable thief who you do with a million has been described as 9. Ghostman by In 2003, and against chickens? “Murphy’s Law come Roger Hobbs all odds, more than to life.” $100 million (and 6. The Feather Thief The ghostman in this potentially almost by Kirk W. Johnson 8. The Everything book is the super $500 million) worth Box by Richard secretive expert who of diamonds were If chickens don’t Kadrey specializes in making stolen in Belgium. surprise you, how sure that all traces of The crime, which about the real-life a heist disappear. In should have been theft of 299 rare this series opener, he impossible, was bird skins from a not only has to hide solved in only a week British museum? You the evidence of a heist but most of the jewels might ask yourself gone disastrously were never recovered. why someone would wrong, he also has to Learn how this steal what amounts locate the loot before massive theft was to a lot of feathers. it literally explodes. accomplished, and Of course, heists Why, for fly fishing, Set aside a block of how it was solved so don’t have to be all of course! The crime time for this one – quickly. about art and jewels. may be strange, but it you won’t want to put Sometimes stealing makes it all the more it down. a million chickens fascinating.
Staff Picks with Staying Power
HPLD staff delight in recommending their favorite selected for the five-year-old Weld County Library and its titles (in any format) for the “Staff Picks” portion of our patrons. website. When Farr librarian Meagan Day recently asked colleagues to suggest titles to feature, be they classics Some were “classics” in Betty’s day and some were brand- or new releases, she knew she’d get plenty of responses. new releases that have since attained that “classic” status However, she did not expect to receive a “staff picks” list or were popular enough to be made into a movie. All reflect first generated in 1936! the interests and perspectives of readers from the early 20th century and provide current readers a view into the A coworker, engaged in researching the history of the literary tastes and mindsets of our predecessors. District, gleaned the list from a file of invoices she had just found in HPLD’s historical papers. The purchase orders Want to know which of “Betty’s picks” from 1936 have revealed which titles the librarian, one Betty Godfrey, enough “staying power” to remain in our catalog, in one
7 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter format or another, until today? Take a look, maybe there’s • Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth (1931, Pulitzer Prize an oldie that you’d care to share with your loved ones this winner in 1932) We also have a graphic novel adaptation winter! of Buck’s classic novel. • Erskine Caldwell, Tobacco Road (1932) “Classics” Betty Chose: • Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty, (1932) • Charles Dickens, Cricket on the Hearth (1845) • James Hilton, Lost Horizon (book in 1933, Frank • Margaret Sidney, Five Little Peppers (1881) Capra-directed movie in 1937) • Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper (1881 in Canada, • Willa Cather, Lucy Gayheart (1935) 1882 in the US) • Sinclair Lewis, It Can’t Happen Here (1935) • Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) • Anne Morrow Lindbergh, North to the Orient (1935) • Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (1915) • Mari Sandoz, Old Jules (1935) • Dorothy Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935) Popular Titles and New Releases in Betty’s day: • Hope William Sykes, Second Hoeing (1935) • Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn (book in 1936, • A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh (1926) and House at Alfred Hitchcock-directed movie version in 1939) Pooh Corner (1928) • Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind (1936) • Lloyd C. Douglas, Magnificent Obsession (1929)
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There’s no quicker way to tap London Calling by The Clash taught Andrea (Virtual Library) into deep emotions and personal me that art can be more than connections than music. Listed below just entertainment or for personal Apocalyptica by Apocalyptica. are some of the albums that inspired, connections. It can be political and This band is best known for playing connected, and comforted your library poignant – that music can be used as Metallica covers on the cello, and they staff. Try one of our favorites, or just a tool for social change – while still turned 7th grade classical-loving me dance it out to the music that moves being art. into an unexpected metalhead, which you! also inspired me to go to college for David (Lincoln Park) cello performance and start making Lynde (Outreach) instruments. More recently, they have Les Misérables by the Original been writing their own songs and The Black Broadway Cast. The music is amazing, inviting guest vocalists. Parade by and I wore my original CDs out when My Chemical I was in high school. Eventually, the Michelle Romance has traveling show came through my (District helped me hometown and I got to see it live. It Support get through blew my mind so much I’m not sure I Services) some tough ever got it all back in place. Fun fact: times during Les Misérables was also a favorite of Amor my life and Tupac Shakur, who spoke glowingly of Prohibido has helped it on multiple occasions. by Selena shape me into the person I am today. made me
888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter 8 fall deeper in love with the Spanish Anna (Johnstown) Meghann (District Support language. It inspired me at a young Services) age to learn Spanish by translating Time and Tide by Basia. This album song lyrics. is knit into my very being. I did not The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot. discover it until later, but it was The lyrics on a lot of the songs spoke Lisa (Erie) released in April 1987, which happens to my teenage angst and helped me to be the same month/year that I get through my senior year in high My introduction to country music met my husband at the age of 19. school. was the 1982 George Strait album We married in January of 1989, and Strait from the Heart. I was living in then moved to England in February Revolver by The Beatles. This album Southern California and the songs for the next three years due to my turned me into a Beatlemaniac. “Marina del Rey” and “Ocean Front husband being in the Air Force. The The use of a string quartet on Property” still take me back to those best man from our wedding sent us “Eleanor Rigby” seemed to be really sunny beach, fun-filled days when life a copy of this CD and we played it groundbreaking at the time, and it was easy and I had no worries beyond over and over and over… “Promises,” introduced me to how experimental my social calendar and surviving high “Run for Cover,” “Miles Away,” “Time The Beatles really were. Before that I school! My love of country music grew and Tide” (probably my favorite!)… really only knew their early songs and from there, and I’m a devoted King of Honestly, I know the words to each “Hey Jude.” Plus, “Tomorrow Never Country fan! and every one of the songs on this Knows” is one of my favorite Beatles album. It was like a connection to songs. Peter (District Support Services) home for me or something. I was so young and so homesick, and anything Stacie (Carbon Valley) Lucero is my all-time favorite band, that reminded me of home was such a so my favorite album changes all the comfort. Lateralus by TOOL. I fell in love with time… “Sometimes” from Women & TOOL in high school when a friend Work is probably my favorite song, Rick (District Support Services) gave me Undertow to listen to. Not but I’ll go with All a Man Should Do. only did it speak to my angry teen- Because Ænima by TOOL. This was one of the self, but it had the artistry and depth I there’s a first heavier rock albums I heard, just did not expect. Not only the work song on and it dramatically shifted the kinds that these guys put into each and there that of music I listened to at the time. I every album, but the vocal range and I adapted think I heard the full album in the depth that Maynard James Keenan slightly so I 7th or 8th can bring to whichever band he sings could sing grade and with has kept me a fan since. Little it to my cat. it blew me known fact about me, I walked down But you can’t away. TOOL the aisle to a TOOL song: “Parabol” go wrong is now my from their album Lateralus. with any of favorite band their stuff. and I have Liz (Centennial Park) seen them Evangelina (Lincoln Park) live 5 times, I’ve been listening to the genre- once even defying Mavericks since the early Alive Galaxy Tour: The Final in Seoul driving to 90s when people thought it was a by BigBang. I was in a really dark Lincoln, NE little surprising a group of musicians place for such a long time, but I saw for a night to catch a show! This from Miami were writing and playing BigBang live in California back in album not only changed the kind of honky-tonk songs. Over the years 2012, and music I was interested in, but gave me they’ve it was like a much deeper appreciation for the thrown a someone way albums are created and planned wide musical turned my – many bands put a great deal of net, playing life back on. effort into the sequence of the tracks everything To this day, – something I never considered much from blues, I still cannot before hearing it. Ænima turned Tex-Mex, get enough of me into the audiophile I am today, rockabilly, their music. pushing me to get the best sound country, Their songs systems I could afford, to hear it that soul, and are like an much more clearly; paying special Latin, awesome attention to balance/equalization influenced best friend, of “H.,” “Eulogy,” and the last track by the lead singer’s passion for always around to brighten my day. “Third Eye.” The music definitely his Cuban heritage. I love their Also, a song from their MADE album changed my life; I was influenced to spectacular live shows and their has been my 5:30am alarm since become a musician which led me to generosity with their fans. (Three 2015 and I still LOVE it! I think that consider UNC, resulting in where I am encores! THREE!! After playing says a lot. today. outdoors all afternoon in July in 90
9 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter degree heat! Not this July, of course. Mouse, be a little hoity toity when you really But I digress.) The album Live in specifically get into it, or at least that’s what I Austin, Texas recreates that thrill this album, used to think. The Age of Adz was my of a concert. In Time is just a joyous made me gateway into appreciating the parts mix of everything that’s best about realize how of music that most people consider them: their energy, their flawless personal and stuck up. It was an artistic awakening musicianship, their exuberant songs angry and and led to the discovery of jazz, then and swagger. wild music classical music. It made me excited for could be. a future of musical art, and while it is Joanna (Erie) The guitar certainly not the best artistic album playing in in the world… to me it is. This album This Year’s Model by Elvis Costello this album is especially fun as it is is a roller coaster of emotions and and the Attractions. The first album crazy, chaotic, and fun all at the same there is not a single person I would with The Attractions. Great music, time. (Think surf rock meets grunge!) not recommend this to. lyrics, gritty working class, start of Some key tracks are “Tundra/Desert,” political statements that I connected “Breakthrough,” “Head South,” and Katherine (Centennial Park) to. Unique. Second choice would be “Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Armed Forces. This one was even more Birds.” (To appreciate this one you The albums Blurryface and Vessel, political, particularly relating to the need to get to the end of the song, both by Twenty One Pilots, have been Falklands “Conflict” viewed by many when the mechanical birds part of the life changing for me because my as a totally unnecessary military song happens. You will know.) teenage daughter and I discovered exercise and waste of life. them around the same time in 2015. Doolittle by The Pixies. What We played the CDs incessantly in America (Riverside) happens when you mix pop rock the car on drives to and from her sensibilities with punk rock attitudes? volleyball games and practices, then Bloodsuckers by VAMPS. This album You get The Pixies. Music that is we saw Twenty One Pilots perform at has a variety of genres with songs so dang catchy and yet cares so their Blurryface Red Rocks concert that range from heavy rock, upbeat, to little about what you think about it. in September 2015. This turned into classic and melodic ballads. The duo Doolittle was an album that taught a little bit of an obsession and we consists of HYDE and K.A.Z., who are me that it doesn’t matter how old the went on to see the band an additional both songwriters. HYDE is the lyricist music is; people have been making 5 times over the last 4 years. Their and vocalist, who writes and sings in music the same way for decades. music, their albums, and their both Japanese and English. VAMPS Listening to The Pixies was the concerts gave us something to bond is such an underrated band in the US gateway to learning how to listen to over during what can often be a rough and they’ve never failed to impress me punk rock music for me. Some key time between teenage daughters and in both their studio albums and their tracks on this album are classics their mothers. live performances. I found HYDE’s that most people will recognize like music back when I was in high school “Debaser” and “Wave of Mutilation” Sarah (Centennial Park) and didn’t realize he was such a huge to other fun tracks like “I Bleed” and part of the music industry. I instantly “Mr. Grieves.” Mutter by Rammstein started me on fell in love with his voice and the my journey of rock and metal in my strong live performances he put on. The Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens. freshman year of high school, and I searched for more of his music and Sufjan Stevens has always been a started me on my journey of loving the was instantly hooked on this album very comfortable artist to listen to. German language. from his second band! No matter Discovering The Age of Adz changed what mood I am in, I feel like there my perception of what it meant to Meagan (Farr) is always a song on this album that be Avant Garde. This album is weird I can resonate with on a daily basis, and robotic and soft, human and Hadestown by the Original Broadway and it has gotten me through some inhuman all at the same time. The Cast. This is maybe an unusual pick interesting moments over the last first track in the album, “Futile because it’s such a recent album, but 5-6 years. If you like rock music, you Devices,” seems harmless enough. it’s become will most likely find a song from this Just another alternative rock track. so important album that you will enjoy. But immediately afterwards you are to me. I was greeted with “Too Much” and you lucky enough Marcos (Virtual Library) start to realize what kind of a journey to see the you are on. By track 3 you reach the musical on This Is a Long Drive for Someone title song, “The Age of Adz,” which Broadway with Nothing to Think About by personally makes me think of Gustav with a dear Modest Mouse. This was an album I Holst’s “Mars.” This album makes friend before listened to when I was in my young me feel like I am 3000 years in the the show teens, and it opened my musical future and in the present at the same won the world. It made me realize that music time, and ever since discovering it, I Tony award, could be something more than just have not been able to consume art the and we were both so amazed by the background noise. Listening to Modest same way. Art in all its forms tends to performances, the story, and the way
888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter 10 it brings ancient mythology into the Rebecca (Farr) a special place in my heart. They modern day. The story is centered bring representation to the LGBTQIA+ on stubborn hope in the face of what Footloose! The soundtrack and the community. seems like inevitable failure, and movie were my favorite. I would have ridiculous persistence in trying to been in 4th or 5th grade at the time it Laundry Service by Shakira. Having make the world a better place. It has came out. My friend April and I made her albums in English was great, become my go-to album for this time up our own dances to “Footloose” and but when she releases her albums in of social distancing and cultural “Let's Hear it For the Boy.” Those were Spanish they always seem to connect upheaval. One of my favorite lines the days! :-) better with me. comes at the very end in “We Raise Our Cups,” where Amber Grey’s Heather (sub) The Essential Michael Jackson. He Persephone sings “Some flowers bloom is just a legend. There was a time in where the green grass grows / Our I think my most influential was Pink my teens that I was obsessed with praise is not for them / But the ones Floyd’s The Wall. This one may be a Michael Jackson. who bloom in the bitter snow / We cliché response, but I discovered it in raise our cups to them.” high school, and it gave me quite a bit Lady Gaga. Anything from Lady Gaga of food for thought. :) I still love it 30 is just amazing. Born This Way, The Suzanna (Farr) years later. Fame, Joanne, The Fame Monster. She is a queen in her own genre. She Music has always been such an Sarah (CP): is one of my favorite artists because integral part of my life. It's so hard of who she is and how she fights for to choose one artist or album that's “I Speak Astronomy” by Jinjer is people and isn’t afraid to be herself. influenced me more than others! A such a good song. It really inspires me Also, her acting in American Horror favorite band of mine is Mumford & to actively search and listen to female Story is amazing. Sons, specifically the albums Babel identifying and Sigh No More. (I don't have metal The Best of Etta James. She is also much use for Wilder Mind because vocalists. a legend who introduced me to blues, they changed their sound quite a R&B, soul, and gospel. From her I bit on that one. :-) What I love about Born of was able to branch out to so many those two albums is that they were Osiris was more artists, which started my vinyl a gateway for me to a genre of music my first collection. (folk rock) I hadn't yet dabbled in and concert turned out to love, and I love that the ever. They songs on those albums reach a deep headlined place in my soul and have carried me the through many different seasons of life. Sumerian 10-year tour. Soul Sphere is the Susan (District Support Services) & album they played. Liz (CP) Slipknot’s “Vermilion” and Susan: Def Leppard’s Hysteria. Just “Vermilion Pt. 2” really spoke to me because. in high school. I had recently broken up with a toxic ex and remember Liz: I totally agree!! I wore my cassette very clearly coping through music. I tape out listening to that album on listened to these songs almost every my Walkman on the 40-minute bus day. (Specifically Pt 2.) ride in junior high and high school! Then it's kind of surreal to see them Ana (CP): in concert many years Stripped by Christina Aguilera. As later with my a Kid I was learning English and she husband and was someone I liked because we had teenagers. similar names. Great concert. Lo Mejor de Selena. Selena is very I missed well known in the Latino culture. getting No matter how many years she’s vomited on been gone her legacy and music still by about four is played as if her music was newly inches (but released. not by my husband or kids, or Def Leppard themselves.) Ahhh, concerts. Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara. A Def Leppard still rocks.” Canadian band that has always had
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“What Gorgeous Thing” I love these raw moist dawns with a thousand birds you hear but I do not know what gorgeous can’t thing quite see in the mist. the bluebird keeps saying, his voice easing out of his throat, 5. An American Sunrise by Joy beak, body into the pink air Harjo of the early morning. I like it whatever it is. … “Redbird Love”
2. Poems That Make Grown We watched her grow up. Men Cry/Poems That Make She was the urgent chirper, Grown Women Cry Fledgling flier. And when spring rolled “Long Distance II” by Tony Out its green Harrison She’d grown Into the most noticeable Though my mother was already Bird-girl. two years dead Dad kept her slippers warming by 6. The Poetry Home Repair the gas, Manual by Ted Kooser put hot water bottles her side of the bed Not a collection of poems, but and still went to renew her the thoughts of a former US Poet transport pass. Laureate on how to write and read poetry – poetry’s purpose. Ted Kooser not only explains how 3. Love Poems: For Married People by John Kenney a poem works, he invites us to forget the rules, and just look for “Corduroys” poetry that touches our hearts.
Just the other day 7. Complete Poems by Dorothy Parker you said to me accusatorily “Love Song” Well, I guess I don’t have any corduroys anymore. My own dear love, he is strong and bold One, I did not throw out your pants. And he cares not what comes after. Two, I have never seen you wear corduroys. His words ring sweet as a chime of gold, Three, it’s June. And his eyes are lit with laughter. He is jubilant as a flag unfurled— 4. Jim Harrison: The Essential Poems Oh a girl, she’d not forget him. My own dear love, he is all my world,— “Another Country” And I wish I’d never met him.
888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter 12 8. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra, his head raised confidently as if Beethoven it isn’t blood that makes you my sister had included a part for barking dog. it’s how you understand my heart as though you carry it 10. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein in your body “Frozen Dream” 9. Sailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins I’ll take the dream I had last night “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House” And put it in my freezer, So someday long and far away The neighbors’ dog will not stop barking. When I’m an old grey geezer, I close all the windows in the house I’ll take it out and thaw it out, and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast This lovely dream I’ve frozen, but I can still hear him muffled under the music, And boil it up and sit me down barking, barking, barking, And dip my old cold toes in. STRESS BUSTERS
Between a global pandemic, an election season, canceled you’d feel silly, don’t know where to start, or because the plans, home learning, and being isolated from friends and whole thing seems a little “woo woo,” this is the book family, it’s safe to say we’re all experiencing some extra for you. The author lays out the evidence-based science stress. Here are ten titles to help develop strategies for and offers practical tips for experiencing the benefits of dealing with the extra stress – even if they can’t get us a meditation practice without any of the hand-waving back to normal. mysticism.
1. Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski 3. Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living by Amit Sood Aimed specifically at women, but relevant for all humans, this book examines the ways Dr. Amit Sood is the Mayo Clinic’s that stress manifests in the expert on stress and has adapted body, and how to move through his popular stress management the “stress cycle.” Emily Nagoski program into this book. Informed is a PhD and expert in public by brain research, Sood explains health, and the included advice is practical strategies based in documented and evidence-based. science that can help bring you out of stress and into peace. 2. Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics by Dan Harris 4. Laughter Yoga by Madan Kataria If you’ve heard about the benefits of meditation but can’t quite Dr. Kataria tells us that laughter, bring yourself to try it because even when nothing is funny,
13 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter offers remarkable, scientifically proven health benefits. 8. Forest Bathing by Qing Li He also tells us that children laugh 300 times a day, and adults less than 15. This book offers strategies to regain Li, a Tokyo immunologist who laughter, as well as the documented benefits of stress also worked at Stanford, explores reduction, pain relief, and a better mood. the benefits of intentional time spent around trees and in 5. How to Sleep Well by Christopher Idzikowski forests. Forests and nature have scientifically documented benefits Restful sleep is a vital part of health, mood, and stress. to human health, and this The author, a specialist in sleep disorders and President book (complete with beautiful of the Sleep Medicine Section of the Royal Society of photographs) describes how to Medicine, explains how sleep works, why it’s important, harness your time in nature for and offers tips for identifying what is disrupting your sleep maximum benefit to your health and practical advice for how to improve it. and state of mind.
6. Knit Yourself Calm by Lynne Rowe and Betsan 9. JOMO by Jessica Misener Corkhill Most of us have experienced FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), Sometimes the best way out of stress is through creative but in this book Jessica Misener introduces us to JOMO expression. Whether you’re a beginner knitter or an – the Joy of Missing Out. In this time of social distancing, experienced pro, this book will offer special projects aimed a book offering checklist-style plans for a relaxing, stress- at relaxation and mindfulness – and no project involves busting night at home with family (or even gloriously alone) anything more complex than a basic knit and purl stitch. is just the thing. Whether you’re looking for a portable project, something for a group, or something to challenge your creative mind, 10. Finding Comfort During Hard Times by Earl you’ll find it here. Johnson
7. Running Is My Therapy by In the face of natural disasters, global pandemics, social Scott Douglas unrest, and mass shootings, it’s perfectly natural to struggle with processing difficult emotions. Johnson has Written by a lifelong runner, been a caregiver in a variety of challenging situations, and Running Is My Therapy explores offers comfort, support, and wisdom for those who may be growing research that shows how having a troublesome time. running can not only improve physical health, but also brain health. In combination with other forms of therapy, Douglas argues that running can effectively treat depression, anxiety, and result in a happier, healthier brain. SUPERnatural THRILLERS If you like some thrills and chills in your books but 1. The Whisper Man by Alex North aren’t really in the market for nightmares, supernatural thrillers could hit that creepy sweet spot. Try these A small town is haunted by its history of the Whisper books for that perfect hit of ghost stories, monsters, and Man, Frank Carter. Carter was caught and convicted after other unexplained happenings – that shouldn’t leave you abducting and killing 5 young men, but when a single jumping at every shadow. father moves back to town his son starts hearing whispers
888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter 14 at the window. This creepy villain will definitely send 7. The Changeling by Victor chills down your spine, but the story is balanced by all the LaValle investigative thrills. The tension is slow to develop in 2. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James this dark, modern-day fairytale set in New York City. Apollo In 1982 the night clerk for the roadside Sun Down Motel Kagwa’s family is destroyed in a disappeared without a trace – her purse and keys still shocking way, and we gradually behind the desk. 35 years later her niece comes to the Sun come to understand that Down and takes the same job, determined to find out what perhaps there’s another layer to happened and if it has anything to do with the terrifying our reality. Just like in classic noises and apparitions that haunt the motel. fairytales, this story is not a safe place for children, so sensitive 3. Pines by Blake Crouch readers may want to take that into account. Fans of the Fox show Wayward Pines will have an idea of what 8. Home Before Dark by Riley to expect from this story of Sager an FBI agent investigating the disappearance of two fellow Riley Sager is a reliable choice agents. Within minutes of his for anyone looking for some arrival in Wayward Pines, Agent creepy thrills. In his latest title, Ethan Burke is involved in an Maggie Holt is determined to face accident and wakes up in the her childhood haunted house, hospital with no ID, no phone, no which her father made famous personal effects at all. And that’s through a book, and which just the beginning of this small she’s convinced was never real. town’s strangeness. Haunted Baneberry Hall will send chills down your spine. 4. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 9. Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
A time-traveling serial killer is Melanie Golding brings the terrors of motherhood to life in hunting down specific victims he this story of a new mom who becomes convinced that her calls the shining girls, but when twins have been replaced by the children of a mysterious he accidentally leaves one alive, shadow. Are the twin babies really being stalked by a she begins to hunt him right terrifying wraith, or is the threat all based on the fears of a back. This intricate and creepy new mother? thriller moves around between the 1920s and the 1980s and can 10. Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson get fairly gruesome - not for the faint of heart! If you found yourself fascinated by the real-life Slenderman stabbing in Wisconsin, you won’t want to miss 5. The Rook by Daniel O’Malley this supernatural thriller inspired by the crime. In it, two twin girls attack a friend, saying they were influenced by Imagine waking up in the middle of London, surrounded a graphic novel character called Mister Tender. When their by dead bodies, and with no memory of who you are. This victim grows up, she finds herself stalked by Mr. Interested is the opening to the first book in the Checquy series, – an anagram for Mister Tender. The tension and terror are which follows Myfanwy (rhymes with “Tiffany”) Thomas thick in this book by a Colorado author! as she tries to figure out her role in a super-secret agency governing the paranormal. You’ll get spy intrigue, supernatural abilities, and even a little global conspiracy!
6. The Fold by Peter Clines
Michael Crichton fans should enjoy this exciting tale of a supergenius school teacher who’s called in to investigate the government’s new teleportation project. Everything seems very scientific, but something spooky is definitely going on with “The Albuquerque Door.” The people who have gone through it come back changed…
15 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holidayHoliday 2020 newsletter 12.08.20 Ways to Give
This holiday season, we invite you to consider one of the 3. Go to “My Account” many ways you can support your library. Your generosity ensures that the High Plains Library District Foundation 4. Click “Enroll in Community Rewards” can provide essential services to the library lovers in our community for years to come. No matter how you chose to 5. Search for and add “High Plains Library District give, your gift makes a difference! Foundation” or enter ID number QX008
Colorado Gives Day 6. Use your card every time you shop and we get donations at no cost to you! Colorado Gives Day is a statewide movement to give where you live. On December 8, Coloradans come together to Amazon Smile support their neighbors by donating to their favorite causes. Your gift goes further on Colorado Gives Day Whether using your business account or buying presents through an incentive fund that provides a proportional on your personal account, making purchases through match to increase your donation. Schedule your donation Amazon Smile is an easy way to help your library to the Foundation at coloradogives.org/HPLD/overview foundation.
King Soopers Rewards 1. Go to smile.amazon.com, or scan the QR code below, and log in using your Amazon credentials. Before you stock up on stuffing and prep your pies, select the High Plains Library District Foundation to receive your 2. After signing in, you will be directed to select your community rewards benefits from King Soopers. Every charitable organization. time you use your rewards card YOU get fuel points and WE get a slice of the community reward fund at no cost to 3. Under the heading “Or pick your own charitable you! organization” enter “High Plains Library District Foundation” then click “Search” Signing up is easy: 4. Select “High Plains Library District Foundation” 1. Go to https://www.kingsoopers.com/topic/ community-rewards-9 5. Click “Start Shopping”
2. Create an account if you haven’t already (it’s super easy 6. Be sure to use smile.amazon.com every time you shop. to link your existing card to an account)
888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter 16 Wander, Explore, & Discover with the 2021 Winter Reading Program!
COVID has restricted many of us from traveling, so the High Plains Library District is excited to offer a new kind of voyage: the Adult Winter Reading Program. Get ready to Wander, Explore, and Discover our fictional land of reading, Terra Libros.
In this Winter Reading Program, you will earn badges like “Shaken, Not Stirred” by reading a mystery in the espionage subgenre. Or, if that’s not your cup of tea, you can earn a “Hex and the City” badge by reading an urban fantasy. Non-fiction lovers, don’t worry, there are plenty of badges for you, too.
By using Beanstack (the same service we use for Summer Reading and 1000 Books Before Kindergarten) you’ll be able to keep track of what you’ve done and the destinations you’ve yet to cover. We’ll provide booklists that are a little like packing lists, good advice to prepare you for your travels in Terra Libros. And of course, we’ll have some “crafty” take and makes to help you make the most of those oh-so-short winter days.
This program is for grown-ups, anyone 16 and older, and it starts on January 4. So mark your calendar, and hopefully you’ll be old enough by the time the program starts (if you’re under 10 and reading this newsletter, my aren’t you precocious!).
Give yourself the gift of travel, the gift of time, and if you’re a parent who’s been at home since March, give yourself the gift of reading a book YOU want to read.
For updates and details, head to mylibrary.us/wrp
To create an account now and get a head start, mosey over to our Beanstack page: https://highplains.beanstack. org/reader365 Magic Marsh
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17 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · Holidayholiday 2020 newsletter Changing My Tunes
By Kristin Jardien, Erie Community songs from storytimes. Library • “Eennie, Meenie, Miney, Mo” One of the things I miss the most in • “Five Little Monkeys (Jumping 2020 and the age of social distancing on the Bed)” is storytime. I love connecting with • “Ten little Indians” children and families and helping • “Oh! Susannah” everyone learn. It’s fun. It’s fulfilling. • “Short’nin Bread” It’s joyful. Right now, it’s different. • “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” And, in some ways, it’s going to stay • “Pick a Bale of Cotton” / different. ”Bowl of Cherries” • “Camptown Races” The question I’ve received the most Before getting into the real reason • “Jimmy Crack Corn” is “How come using the tunes/music for this article, I’ll share a quick • “Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me” is so bad if the lyrics have been reminder: High Plains Library District changed?” I’ve thought about this a lot is providing digital content for First, I want to acknowledge that most and realized that we can’t just remove storytimes at mylibrary.us/stories. of us were using these songs without part of the past. The whole song has Here you can mix and watch videos really knowing about their origins. racist origins. I believe most people featuring different literacy elements, We sang these songs when we were are unlikely to argue that a song used including movement and STEAM. It’s children, and the lyrics were often by the Nazis would be ok to use in storytime on your time. changed to more benign content. I storytime if the lyrics were changed. believe that almost everyone who has Songs and tunes used to denigrate Now, on to the real reason I wanted shared these songs with children and minimize whole groups of people to reach out to our HPLD community. did so with only good intentions. have historical context and can be 2020 has been quite a year and We wanted to help children learn to used as teaching moments for older there’s no denying it’s given us all count, practice fingerplays or enjoy kids, but not as fun tunes for toddlers a lot to think about, particularly dancing about! However, I also believe who can’t understand the wider regarding race and racism in America. new information can and should societal impact. I recently learned that several popular change our attitudes and behaviors. children’s songs have origins, original While I didn’t know that many of Luckily, there is SO MUCH great lyrics, and backgrounds steeped these songs have racist origins when music out there for kids and more in racism. I realized that I need to I started performing storytime, I can’t is being created all the time. In fact, commit to removing these songs from ignore this information going forward. I created a new counting song to my storytime playlists and to share replace “Ten Little Indians” since we this information with others. We I also believe that it’s ok to feel sad used it so often in storytime. Check can each make a more thoroughly or disappointed about letting go of out “1 2 3 Counting Song with Ms. informed decision on whether or not to some of these songs. These tunes Kristin,” my new hit counting song. use these tunes going forward. are catchy, and the lyrics are often If you have more questions or need changed to be fun and engaging! suggestions about great kid’s music, The following is list of songs/tunes Acknowledging that these songs please reach out! Librarians love that we will do our best to stop have harmful racist origins and can sharing information and resources. using during storytimes. This isn’t be painful for our neighbors and a complete list of songs with racist our community doesn’t mean that Storytime is different right now, and origins, but these are the tunes that we can’t grieve the nostalgia and it’s going to be different when we most of us can immediately hum memories we’ve created around these return to in-person events as well. along to and are likely to use with our songs. Again, we weren’t using them Not using these twelve songs is a tiny children and storytime attendees. I’m with any intention of causing pain act that costs me very little but may not going to go into the history of each or harm. However, since these songs help our neighbors feel safer and song, as there is lots of information may cause negative feelings and more comfortable in their libraries easily available on the web, but experiences for many people of color, during storytime. After all, the library instead I'll share my feelings and it’s worth removing them from my welcomes everyone. rationale around eliminating these storytime repertoire.
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brilliance. And Geordi La Forge, chief engineer on the Enterprise, is one of my favorite Star Trek characters!
HPLD: Pick one spot anywhere to sit and read. Where are you?
Bridget: If there was a rocking chair up in a leafy tree, I'd be there!
HPLD: Your books at home: Arranged or just piled? And if they’re arranged, how?
Bridget: Arranged AND piled. Ones I've read are on different shelves according to how much I love them, then organized by color. Ones I hope to read soon are piled up EVERYWHERE!
HPLD: Which library stereotype do you think is most incorrect?
Bridget: That libraries are just about checking out books. It's amazing how much goes on in a library and how many creative programs and resources there are. Librarians are constantly looking for ways to make their communities more awesome!
If you’ve been by Carbon Valley Regional Library in the last year or so, chances are you’ve seen Bridget. Or, if you took part in some of our Summer Reading Adventure programs, like Up Cycling University, you got to see first-hand just how passionate she is and how much fun she brings to the library.
We know that some folks haven’t been in the library for some time, and others may use their libraries and rarely make their way down to Carbon Valley. So, we’re bringing Bridget to you!
HPLD: Which of your job duties do you enjoy the most?
Bridget: Even though I love coming up with fun programs and helping patrons find what they need, my secret favorite part of my job is hunting for mis-shelved books. It's like a very satisfying game of Where's Waldo!
HPLD: Who do you look up to in the world of books?
Bridget: Levar Burton is one of my heroes for promoting literacy and social justice with humor and
19 888.861.7323 · www.mylibrary.us · High Plains Library District · holiday 2020 newsletter HPLD: Recommend one thing to follow online. HPLD: What’s Bridget: The History Chicks podcast is so amusing, a hidden gem in the engrossing, and well-researched. I've learned about several city/town where you live? fascinating women from history. Bridget: There is a bridge over HPLD: What motivates you to put down Netflix and pick a bike path where hundreds of up a book? swallows nest every year. They are always swooping in and out of their Bridget: Even though I enjoy movies and shows, there mud nests. is nothing like a book to grab my imagination! I think it's because you bring a lot of your own personality and HPLD: Do you tour other libraries experiences into whatever you're reading, so it's a richer when you go out of town? experience. Bridget: Yup. I especially love spotting HPLD: There’s a lot of talk about journalism and fake Carnegie libraries in small towns. news and so on. How do you, an information professional, evaluate a headline? HPLD: Tell us about a moment of pride from your time with HPLD. Bridget: I check a few things: is it from a site or magazine or paper that has a reputation for careful fact- Bridget: I felt especially proud of HPLD when they checking? Does the headline use emotional words to try participated in Erie's Being Better Neighbors solidarity to make me feel a certain way, or is it just giving me the march this summer! facts? What are other news sources I trust saying about the same event or topic? If the headline isn't objective or doesn't match up with other trusted sources, I take it with a HUGE grain of salt. Play Build Maktabaduhu Bibliotecas MakeShare Experience
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When we do a storytime, we’re used to seeing smiling faces looking back at us! We miss the waves and greetings we get when you all come in to check out an armload of books!
We’re collecting photos and videos that show HPLD making a positive impact in your communities. If you have a moment, send us a picture of your curbside pickup or the items that’ve kept you busy and happy while you’ve been stuck at home. We’d love a picture of your family cozying up for a movie night with an HPLD-provided movie. A peaceful moment reading on the porch. Whatever your style, and whether our impact is big or small, we want to see it!
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