September 2019 Heggan Happenings

MARGARET E. HEGGAN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!

This month, Disney and Pixar’s the exciting activities you can access 606 Delsea Drive “Toy Story 4” characters Woody, with a library card. Sewell, NJ 08080 Buzz Lightyear, Bo Peep and friends Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up are joining the American Library Month has been held each September Phone: 856-589-3334 Association on an adventure to www.hegganlibrary.org to mark the beginning of the school promote the value of a library card year. During the month, the ALA and as Library Card Sign-up Month libraries unite in a national effort to Honorary Chairs. ensure every child signs up for their Monday - Thursday own library card. 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. In their new role, they will remind everyone that signing up for a Friday & Saturday library card opens a world of 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. infinite possibilities: libraries Sunday offer resources and services 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. that help people pursue their passions and give students the tools to succeed in school and beyond. “The library is not The Toy Story crew knows a shrine for the library cards help bring great worship of books. stories to life. From borrowing It is not a temple books, movies, or museum where literary passes, to enjoying story time or group play, there’s no end to incense must be burned or where one’s devotion to the bound book is Banned Books Week expressed in ritual. September 22-28, 2019 A library, to modify Banned Books Week 2019, the Banned Books Week draws national the famous metaphor annual celebration of the freedom to attention to the harms of censorship. read, will be held September 22-28. of Socrates, should For a list of the 11 most challenged be the delivery room The theme of this year’s event is “Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark. books for 2018, please see page 3. for the birth of ideas - Keep the Light On!” a place where history Banned Books Week is an important comes to life.” opportunity for publishers, booksellers, librarians, educators, journalists, ~Norman Cousins and readers to explain why we must defend everyone’s right to choose what they want to read and view. 2

The Teen KIDS’ CORNER Advisory Board @ Margaret E. Heggan Free We will be taking a break Public Library presents: during the first week of September while everyone TEEN & TWEEN CUISINE heads back to school. Wednesday, September 18 Join us on Mondays at 10:15 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. or 11:15 a.m., or Thursdays at Learn to make delicious dishes and The UN-program 10:15 a.m. for Mother Goose on scrumptious snacks during this the Loose for children ages 6-36 hands-on cooking experience! Tuesday, September 24 months, and their caregivers. Come join Danielle Aran, Dietitian 6:00 p.m. This is a fun-filled thirty-minute from Bottino’s ShopRite, for a tasty By Teens, for Teens— interactive session that uses and healthy workshop on cooking. Teens Supporting Teens rhymes, songs, puppets, Teen & Tween Cuisine is open to The Margaret Heggan Library musical instruments, and Heggan Library cardholder Teens offers a safe place for teens more to stimulate the learning and Tweens from 5th - 12th grade to just be! process of babies only. Advance registration No Pressure—No Stress—Just Talk is required. Please go to and toddlers. www.hegganlibrary.org to register. . . . and snacks! Join us on Tuesdays at Heggan Library cardholder Teens only. Registration required. 1:30 p.m. for Preschool The Teen Storytime, designed for children Advisory Board ages 3-5 and their caregivers. @ Margaret E. Heggan Free We’ll enjoy songs, stories, and Public Library presents: general silliness. Teen TAB GAME TIME Come build, invent, and Homework Haven experiment during LEGO Tuesday, September 24 Club every other Thursday 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at 4:30 p.m., for ages 5-11. PuyoPuyo Tetris Stuck on that project? Children ages 5 and 6 must be Don’t know how to start accompanied by a caregiver. that essay? We also have a Family Need a boost over your Storytime, a Messy Art Monday, writer’s block or help with and a Pajama Storytime your formatting? planned in September. Tetris and SEGA’s Puyo Puyo combine Come to Teen Homework Haven Unless noted, advance online to make a fun, fast-paced party at the Heggan Library to get help game time! registration is required for with research, databases, job or children’s programs and is TAB Game Time is open to Heggan college search resources, resumé limited to Heggan Library Library cardholder Teens only. or portfolio building, computer Advance registration is required. cardholders. For more skills, and more. information and to register, Please go to www.hegganlibrary.org to register. go to www.hegganlibrary.org. Available Wednesdays, September 4, 11, and 25 LOCKER CRAFTS from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the S.M.I.L.E. for Teens & Tweens Teen Area. Rock your locker for the The pets from FURever as upcoming school year! Friends will be here on Create a customized duct tape Minecraft Night Thursday, September 19, pencil case, make locker magnets, September 23 • 6:30 p.m. at 6:30 p.m. to listen to and decorate picture or mirror children read. frames. Tower Defense No library card necessary. Tuesdays, September 3 and 10 For all ages. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an Please call or visit the 5:30 p.m. adult. Open to Heggan Library Children’s Library Advance registration required. Open cardholders only. Advance to reserve your spot. to Heggan Library cardholder Teens registration required. and Tweens in grades 6-12. 3

Video Game Night DIRECTOR’S CORNER @ the Library Monday, September 30 • 6:30 p.m. Win Four Tickets to Then(ish) and Now(ish) the Franklin Institute and Other Prizes! How have your favorite games changed over time? This month, we’ll compare an older Star Fox installment with a more recent release by playing both and . Find out if Fox McCloud’s adventures through the Lylat Each year, the ALA Office for system matured for better or for worse! Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles Both Star Fox 64 and Star lists of challenged books as reported In celebration of Library Card Fox Zero are rated E10 for in the media and submitted by Sign-Up Month in September, Everyone 10 and up librarians and teachers across the the library is holding a raffle for by the ESRB. country. township cardholders to win four Open to Heggan Library cardholders tickets to the Franklin Institute The 11 most challenged books of of all ages only. Children under the museum and theater, a life age of 10 must be accompanied by 2018 are: size cardboard standup of Ben an adult. Advance registration George is required. Franklin, the book Who Was Ben by Alex Gino Franklin? by Dennis Brindell Cancer Alley or the A Day in the Life of Fradin, and a Ben Franklin Marlon Bundo action figure. Raffle entries will Garden State? by Jill Twiss, be accepted only from Heggan illustrated by EG Keller The Washington Township cardholders who are ages 18 Environmental Commission and the Captain Underpants series and older. Only one entry per library have partnered to present written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey person will be accepted. Raffle “Cancer Alley or the Garden State?” forms are available in the library. The Hate U Give The winner will be chosen on on Monday, September 23, at by Angie Thomas 7:00 p.m. in the library. Monday, September 30, 2019. Drama The winner must be reachable It’s time to talk about New Jersey’s written and illustrated via telephone that day between environment. Land use from 400 by Raina Telgemeier 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. The library years ago still impacts our health Thirteen Reasons Why reserves the right to choose an and land today. Through the lens alternative winner if contact of human interest stories and by Jay Asher cannot be made during that time. environmental events, we will This One Summer discuss the environmental history by Mariko Tamaki, Sheila Mikkelson of the state and how citizens can be illustrated by Jillian Tamaki informed and empowered to act. Skippyjon Jones series Thomas Belton, with the Academy written and illustrated by Judy of Natural Sciences will present this Schachner program. The Absolutely True Diary of The Washington Township a Part-Time Indian Environmental Commission is by Sherman Alexie sponsoring this program, with funding from the New Jersey This Day in June Council for the Humanities. by Gayle E. Pitman, This program is free and open to illustrated by Kristyna Litten everyone. Advance online or phone Two Boys Kissing registration is required. by David Levithan PROGRAMS AND EVENTS WRITERS GROUP & BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS Martha Dandridge Custis Washington Thursday, September 5 • 7:00 p.m. NJ Writers Resource Group Knitting and Crocheting Basics This group meets on the second and fourth Saturday, September 7 • 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Aspiring writers ages 16+ are invited to come write, share, and be inspired. Introduction to Computer Components Novel Mornings Monday, September 9 • 6:30 p.m. meets one Thursday each month at 11:30 a.m. Introduction to the Mouse September 5 Tuesday, September 10 • 6:30 p.m. The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich Cancer Alley or the Garden State? October 3 Monday, September 23 • 7:00 p.m. The Coffee Trader by David Liss Is It Really Just Dry Skin? Mystery Book Discussion Tuesday, September 24 • 11:30 a.m. meets on the third Monday at 6:30 p.m. Video Game Night: September 16 Then(ish) and Now(ish) Star Fox The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson Monday, September 30 • 6:30 p.m. October 21 Open to Heggan Library cardholders only. The Winner by David Baldacci The Beatles: Catch Up with the Classics The Beaginnings meets one Tuesday each month at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 2 • 6:30 p.m. September 24 Financial Literacy The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Thursday, October 10 • 6:30 p.m. November 5 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens South Jersey Ghost Research Thursday, October 17 • 7:00 p.m. These events are free and open to everyone. Advance online or phone registration is required. Easy Plant-Based Recipes Please go to www.hegganlibrary.org or call the Everyone Will Love! library to register. Wednesday, October 23 • 6:30 p.m. These events are free and open to everyone, COMPUTER AND unless otherwise noted. Advance online or phone registration is required. Please go to TECHNOLOGY CLASSES www.hegganlibrary.org or call the library to register. Introduction to Computer Components Monday, September 9 • 6:30 p.m. Introduction to the Mouse Tuesday, September 10 • 6:30 p.m. Do you want to know what’s new on the These classes are free and open to everyone. library’s shelves? Advance registration is required. Wowbrary is a free weekly email featuring the library’s Please call the library, 856-589-3334, or go to most recent acquisitions—books, DVDs, CDs, and www.hegganlibrary.org to register. audiobooks. Sign up at the bottom of the library’s website.