June Newsletter

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Upcoming Events Dear Reader, Keep Aransas Beautiful This month’s featured author is . John Michael Crichton was born on October 23, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, to John Henderson Crichton, a journalist, and Zula June 8, 2017 5:15-6:00 p.m. Miller Crichton. He was raised on Long Island, in Roslyn, New York, and showed a keen Pre-Natal Wellness Class interest in writing from a young age; at 14, he had a column related to travel published June 8, 2017 9:00-12:00 p.m. in The New York Times. Crichton had always planned on becoming a writer and began his Silver Sneakers – Members Only studies at Harvard College in 1960. During his undergraduate study in literature, he June 9, 2017 11:00 a.m. conducted an experiment to expose a professor who he believed was giving him Food Handlers Class abnormally low marks and criticizing his literary style. Informing another professor of his June 12, 2017 6:00 p.m. suspicions, Crichton submitted an essay by George Orwell under his own name. The paper was returned by his unwitting professor with a mark of "B” His issues with the English Mahjong Club department led Crichton to switch his undergraduate concentration; he obtained his June 13, 2017 1:00-5:00 p.m. bachelor's degree in biological anthropology summa cum laude in 1964 and was initiated Library Board Meeting – into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. According to Crichton's brother Douglas, Crichton was TBA diagnosed with lymphoma in early 2008. In accordance with the private way in which Movie Afternoon at the Library- Crichton lived, his cancer was not made public until his death. He was June 22, 2017 2:00 p.m. undergoing chemotherapy treatment at the time of his death, and Crichton's physicians Garden Club and relatives had been expecting him to recover. He died at age 66 on November 4, 2008. TBA Odds On was Michael Crichton's first published novel. It was published in 1966, under the pseudonym of John Lange. In 1968, he published two novels, and A Case of Story Time – Need, the second of which was re-published in 1993, under his real name The novel would Every Tuesday 9:00 a.m.&10:00 a.m. prove a turning point in Crichton's future novels, in which technology is important in the subject matter, although this novel was as much about medical practice. The novel earned him an Edgar Award in 1969.The last novel published while he was still living was , in 2006. was found as a manuscript on one of his computers after his Library Hours death and was published in November 2009. Additionally, Crichton had completed the Sunday – Closed outline for and was roughly a third of the way through a novel titled . Micro was Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & completed by Richard Preston and was published in November 2011.On July 28, 2016, Friday - 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Michael Crichton's website and HarperCollins published a press release saying that a new Wednesday 8:30 am – 7:00 pm Michael Crichton novel will be published in May 2017 called Dragon Teeth. Saturday – 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

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Children's Corner

In the Library Mr. Kippy’s Story Time every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. and 10 a.m. Koha Online Catalog Summer Reading Program starts June 6th Build a Better World Visit our website at www.aransaslibrary.org:8000 New Titles in the Library Adult Fiction Reserve a Librarian Dragon Teeth – Michael Crichton Need help with computers, job Anne Boleyn- Alison Weir applications, resumes, laptops, and The Price of Duty- Dale Brown more. Reserve a librarian we are New Boy- Tracy Chevalier here to help. The Thirst- Jo Nesbo Anything is Possible- Elizabeth Strout TexShare Database Library of Texas exclusive online Young Adult/Junior Fiction resources for genealogy, business, The Dark Prophecy – Rick Riordan health, and homework. Ask a librarian Saint Death – Marcus Sedgwick for information. Bottom of the World – Bill Nye ______Children’s Book Review New Library Activities! Submitted by Waconda Clayworth Don’t Forget to Attend! Every 4th Thursday of each month True Stories and Legends COWBOYS with Riders, Outlaws, Ranches & Rodeos at 2:00 p.m., we will host an by Jim Pipe Yehah! If Texas has one prevailing image, it is that of cowboy land. Ask your child Afternoon Movie at the Library what they know about trail drives. There is one on page 10 and 11. Also, if really featuring a just released movie. excited about the idea, look at the South Texas Trail Riders, Inc. website. Every This month’s feature is Beauty and February, they re-enact a trail ride from Edroy to San Antonio. The on- parchment the Beast. An adaptation of the photos and illustrations really enhance this past-to-present ride. There are a lot of interesting facts about Texas cowboy history. Also, listen at 5:30 p.m. on Friday fairy tale about a monstrous- nights to Murphy Givens and his tantalizing vignettes of Texas history. (KEDT looking prince and a young 90.3) woman who fall in love. This family, fantasy, musical film is Butterfly Counting by Jerry Pallotta and Shennen Bersani Gorgeous illustrations and 25 words, each in a different language make for a rated PG 13. beautiful and informative read. Butterflies exist in all parts of the world. To give your computer or smart phone a work out, find a talking dictionary to have the FYI- correct pronunciation for the foreign words. And ask your readers what kinds do Remember our children’s summer you see in your area...I have seen a few monarchs and some small very fluttery reading program is this month. yellow butterflies on the outskirts of Aransas Pass. . Bring your children every Tuesday Scooby-Doo! Giddy Up Scooby-doo! at either 9 or 10 a.m. for story time. Scooby-Doo and his friends Shaggy, Velma and Daphne at a dude ranch- The theme this year is Build a Better Tumbleweed. They help the owner Slim Jim to find horse thieves. Before the World. ending, can you guess the culprits?

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