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Please note: What’s Cookin’? Learn cooking tips and tricks, discover new *No storytime on 1/3 or 1/4. recipes, and try tasty samples. All are welcome. Date: Second Monday of every other month January 2018 Storytime: Toddler Tales Time: 4:30 PM Ages: 18 - 36 months 1/8 : Sensational Salads Wednesdays/Thursdays at 10:00 AM 3/12: Pucker !: Lemons and Limes From the Director’s Desk... Storytime: Preschool Storytime SNAP Circuits Club Have you ever been at a family gathering or out with friends and you impressed Ages: 3 - 6 years For ages 8-12. Make cool stuff and learn about everyone with a smart, yet obscure bit of knowledge? I love it when I can share something Wednesdays/Thursdays at 10:45 AM electronics. with others that they didn’t know. Not only does it make me seem incredibly smart in their Date: Second Tuesday of each month (1/9) eyes, but it means the time I spend reading, listening to the radio/podcasts, or watching Adult Coloring Time: 4:30 pm documentaries is not in vain. I’ve been amazed over the past few years how many of these Adults are invited to come color! All supplies interesting facts have come from the books I have read for the Azle Library’s Non-Fiction provided by the library—or bring your own. READ to a Dog Date: First Tuesday of every month (1/2) Children of all ages will be able to read to a Addiction book club. (Ok, I should admit right now that this is a shameless plug for our book Time: 6:00 PM certified therapy dog. club, but please keep reading all the same). Date: Second Saturday of each month (1/13) Many of the books we have read over the years were not necessarily books I would Family Film Friday Time: 2:00-3:30pm (come and go) have chosen to read on my own. I may have mentally kicked and screamed as I prepared to Free movie for families on a big screen. Free read them, but I endeavored on none the less. Low and behold, these have ended up being popcorn provided by the Azle Library Trust. Main Street Book Club some of the best books! And everything we read is vastly different. Arctic plane crash Time: 4:00pm Adults of all ages are welcome to attend! survival, Olympic rowing teams and the journey our garbage takes are just some of the topics Movie: 1/5: Despicable Me 3 (PG) Date: Third Tuesday of each month that have been covered. The really interesting part is the connections that are discovered 2/2: Storks (PG) Time: 6:00-7:30 PM between the books the club reads. For example, Thomas Edison’s early x-ray machine was

Non-Fiction Addiction Book Club Upcoming Books: featured in the book about President Garfield's’ assassination, Destiny of the Republic. 1/16: The Hummingbird by Stephen Kiernan Edison was also featured in the book Devil in the White City, which recounted the ‘new Adults of all ages are welcome to attend! Please 2/19: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain fangled’ electricity that Chicago embraced around the time of the 1893 World’s Fair (and read the book selection of the month beforehand 3/20: Fierce Kingdom by Gin Philips the serial killer who was running loose at the time). I could go on, but my space is limited. and join us for a lively discussion. 4/17: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Date: First Thursday of each month So if you are an adult who enjoys learning new things, I invite you to attend the Nonfiction Addition book club, which meets on the first Thursday of each month at 6 PM in Time: 6:00-7:30 PM Brick it Up! Lego Club

Upcoming Books: the Library Community Room. Just think about all those new facts you’ll learn and can use to LEGOS are provided by the Library for ages 5-12 1/4: Be Free or Die by Cate Lineberry impress others! See back of newsletter for upcoming titles. to build, create, and imagine! 2/1: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of Date: Third Wednesday of each month (1/17) America's Shining Women by Kate Moore -Curren McLane Time: 4-5pm 3/1: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty- First Century by Jessica Bruder Senior Cinema Azle Memorial Library 4/5: Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Free movie for adults of all ages on a big screen. 333 W. Main St. Power of Civility at Work and in Life by Lea Movie & popcorn provided Azle Library Trust. Azle, Texas 76020 Berman Time: 2:00 PM Phone-817-444-7216 Movie: 1/29: The Glass Castle (PG-13) Fax-817-444-7064 2/26: Dunkirk (PG-13) www.azlelibrary.org

The Library welcomes and assist numerous users each day. As such, the Upcoming Fiction Jan-March 2018… library can never be truly silent. However, we ask that all library users be Dark in Death by J.D. Robb—January 30 respectful of others and keep noise to a The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley—January 30 minimum by: Look for Me by Lisa Gardner—February 6  Silencing your phone or tablet Fifty Fifty by James Patterson—February 19  Taking calls outside Sunburn by Laura Lippman—February 20  Using quiet voices  Taking upset children outside Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke—February 27 until they are more calm The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer—March 6  Using headphones at a Plum Tea Crazy by Laura Childs—March 6 reasonable volume The Flight Attendant by Christopher A. Bohjalian—March 13 If you have questions or concerns about The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler—March 13 the Library, please feel free to speak to a Bishop’s Pawn by Steve Berry—March 20 staff member at the front desk or ask for the Library Director. Lesser Known January Holidays Iron Gold by Pierce Brown—January 16 Shroud of Eternity by Terry Goodkind—January 9

1/4: National Spaghetti Day Child of a Mad God by R.A. Salvatore—February 6 1/5: National Bird Day The Shape of Water by & Daniel Kraus—February 27

1/6: Bean Day The Last Jedi by Jason Fry—March 6 1/10: Houseplant Appreciation Day Covert Game by Christine Feehan—March 20 1/10: National Take the Stairs Day 1/15: National Hat Day 1/18: Winnie the Pooh Day Fall From Grace by Danielle Steel—January 23 1/19: National Popcorn Day Still Me by Jojo Moyes—January 30 1/20: National Cheese Lover Day The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah—February 6 1/23: National Pie Day The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers—February 6 1/23: National Handwriting Day Surprise Me by Sophia Kinsella—February 13 1/24: Compliment Day As You Wish by Jude Deveraux—March 6 1/28: Data Privacy Day A Dangerous Game by Heather Graham—March 13 1/29: National Puzzle Day The River House by Carla Neggers—March 27