Shelby Area District Library October 2017

LIBRARY LINGO What’s happening at your library...

OCTOBER 15-21 IS NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK Friends of Libraries groups have their very own national week of celebration! United for Libraries will coordinate the 12th annual National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 15-21, 2017. Please join us on Thursday October 12 at the Friends of the Shelby Library meeting at 5pm. You will see what our Friends are all about! Refreshments served. The library will also have a “FRIENDS THROUGH THE YEARS” display in the reading room that week. PAUL AND KATE (ANNA KATHERINE) LOUND SHELBY LIBRARY ENDOWMENT CHALLENGE Thank you to the Lound family for creating this challenge and those who donated! We hit our goal! The Library looks forward to providing Code Club in the Summer of 2018 and other educational programming for kids, teens, and young adults with these matched funds. STORYTIME WITH MRS. SLOAN Storytime with Mrs. Sloan is on Wednesdays at 10:15am. Join us for stories, songs, and fingerplays followed by playtime where children can independently interact with other children. Opportunities for play include varied age-appropriate art projects, puzzles, playdoh, stamps, dramatic play area, puppets, manipulatives, large motor activities, small motor activities and creative play opportunities. Designed for toddlers and preschoolers. Thank you to the Friends of the Shelby Library for funding new puzzles and Stop by for a manipulatives for the storytime program! treat on New this year: children will receive a free board book each month thanks to a grant from the People’s Fund at Great Lakes Energy October 31st Cooperative. during library hours.

PUMPKIN PAINTING PARTY!

Join us for a fun-filled evening with your special "big person" to decorate a pumpkin. Pumpkins may not be carved. You may use push pins to hold something on the pumpkin. Library will furnish paint, brushes, and a few other decorations. We encourage you to bring your own Like us on decorations from home such as hats, shoes, feathers, buttons, ribbons, etc. Facebook! When you have finished decorating “Shelby Area your pumpkin, it will be displayed at the library for the public to enjoy until October 25. You may then collect your pumpkin to take home in District Library” time for Halloween. Thank you to Rennhack Orchards Market for donating pumpkins!! Limited space. Call the library (231-861-4565) to register your child(ren). For ages 4 and up.

WHAT ARE WE READING?

A new feature to our newsletter: guess what Shelby librarians are reading! Have fun—maybe you’ll find something new to read! This is Quinn Maynard, Shelby Area District Library Assistant Library The Book Tasting Director. She is a big fan of Duke basket- Book Club will meet ball and she owns her own small busi- on October 28 at ness. 10:15am. Please call Which book do you think Quinn is the library after currently reading? September 30 for October book title. A.) Once & For All by Sarah Dessen Copies of the book B.) On Second Thought by Kristan discussed will be Higgins available at the C:) Second Chance Girl by Susan circulation desk. Mallery

2 Answer is located on the back of newsletter. LIBRARY CALENDAR NOTES FROM FRIENDS WED. OCT. 4 & 11 As the trees gently turn color and you begin to decorate STORYTIME 10:15AM for fall by digging through those Halloween decorations, THURS. OCT. 5 keep an eye out for that box of old Christmas items you PINTEREST CLUB no longer want or need. The Friends of the Shelby Area 5:30PM District Library can use them! Celebration of the THURS. OCT. 12 Trees and the Christmas Bazaar are in the FRIENDS MEETING planning stages now and we need your new or gently 5PM used holiday items for our silent auction displays and sale. Donate items any time during regular library WED. OCT. 19 & 25 hours. Especially needed are ornaments, ribbons, NO STORYTIME garland, working lights, and small artificial trees. TUES. OCT. 24 BOARD MEETING This holiday fundraiser scheduled for November 30 - 5PM Dec 3 needs many hands to make the magic happen! Want to volunteer? We need you! Many helpers are needed to run power cords for lights, decorate trees and wreaths, organize and price items for the Bazaar sale, assist with set up and take down of the displays, bake cookies, provide live holiday music, and more. Come to our next quarterly meeting, October 12 October Pinterest at 5:00 pm to sign up and hear about how you can Club will meet on volunteer. If you can’t make the meeting, check the Thursday October 5 front desk for information about volunteering for at 5:30pm to make a Celebration of the Trees. cookie mix in a jar. Participants must Got some creative, new ideas for future fundraisers? We bring their own want to hear from you! Come and share your wide mouth quart suggestions at our October 12, 5:00 pm meeting. canning jar. Refreshments will be provided by the Library Registration staff for Friends in celebration of National required. This event Friends of the Library week. Not sure if you are a is for teens and Friend? Everyone who volunteers to help the adults. library with time, talent, or funds is a Friend!

Cindy McKinnon

President, Friends of S.A.D.L. 3 ABCmouse.com

The Shelby Area District Library offers ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy-- a high-quality online educational resource for young children, which is available free to patrons when they visit the library. ABCmouse.com is a comprehensive early learning site for children ages 2-7+, covering reading and language arts, math, science, social studies, art, and music. It is completely child-safe, with no advertising or links to other websites. ABCmouse.com has won numerous awards and features more than 5,000 online learning activities, including books, interactive learning activities, games, puzzles, songs, art activities, and more. Best of all, children love it and have fun while learning. Children will need to be accompanied by an adult when using Shelby Area District Library computers to access ABCmouse.com.

Ancestry Databases

The Shelby Area District Library offers two ancestry databases to library patrons--HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Edition. HeritageQuest Online can be accessed at home with your library card and Ancestry Library Edition is accessed at the library. HeritageQuest Online offers immigration records, city directories, public records, maps, photos and more. Ancestry Library Edition is a joint effort between ProQuest and Ancestry.com and provides unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of more than five billion individuals. Census, immigration, court, military, birth and death records for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, and Australia can all be found inside this one powerful resource. You can access HeritageQuest Online from home by visiting www.shelbylibrary.org. The link is located on the Local History page. Ancestry Library Edition’s icon is on all public computers at the library. If you have questions about these databases, speak to Jeremy at the circulation desk or call him at 231-861-4565. If you are interested in attending a workshop to learn how to navigate these two databases, you may sign up at the circulation desk.

4 Dolly Parton Imagination Library NOW AVAILABLE IN OCEANA COUNTY!

The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational success is an introduction to books and being read to at home prior to beginning school.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library makes reading exciting and fun for your children! Each month a new, carefully selected book will be mailed in your child’s name directly to your home, with no cost or obligation to your family. It is a FREE GIFT, made possible by generous donations to United Way of the Lakeshore.

Who is eligible? Children ages birth through five who are residents of Oceana County. (Note: children signing up should not be turning five within 3 months of application.)

What are my responsibilities?

 Be a legal resident of Oceana County.

 Submit the official registration form or register online. (Note: Oceana County on-line registration will be available soon!). Stop by an Oceana County library for a registration form.

 Notify United Way if your address changes. (Books are mailed to the address listed on the official registration form on file, so you must update your address in order to continue receiving books.)

 Read with your child - young children whose parents read aloud to them have better language and literacy skills when they go to school.

When will I receive books? Eight to ten weeks after your form has been received, books will begin arriving at your home, continuing until your child turns five or you move out of Oceana County.

5 BECOME A FRIEND OF THE LIBRARY

You can become a Friend by making an annual donation, volunteering for one of the Friends’ projects, or helping to improve the library in any way. Annual donations are used to support programs, purchase materials, and promote interest in reading and learning. Name:______Address:______Phone:______Email:______

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Please make checks payable to Friends of SADL and send to: Shelby Area District Library/Friends * 189 Maple Street * Shelby, MI 49455

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Shelby Area District Library 189 Maple Street Shelby, MI 49455 Phone: 231-861-4565 Fax: 231-861-6868 Email: [email protected] Website: www.shelbylibrary.org

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