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fine print ELMHURST PUBLIC LIBRARY Winter 2018-2019 Inside Common Connection: Health + Wellness Vote: One Book, One Community Winter Reading Prepare To Be Amazed IN this issue December 2018 • January 2019 • February 2019 Vote 3 4 10 19 25 29 Winter Reading One Book, Kids’ Winter Common Festive Author Visit Challenge One Community Reading Connection: Favorites Edward Kelsey This popular Vote for the title Warm up with a Health + The Library Moore shares program returns that will be the good book and Wellness helps make his experience December 1. For center of the join Reading Resolve to your holiday writing his hit adults and high 2019 summer Undercover. improve your season one to novels. school students. reading program. whole self. remember. Table of Contents Page 5 Page 13 Page 23 Your Library Account High School Enrich + Entertain Page 6 Page 15 Page 26 Family Technology Business + Career Page 7 Page 17 Page 27 Storytime Makery Technology Food Page 8 Page 18 Page 28 Parents Crafting Curated Collections Page 9 Page 21 Page 29 Elementary School ’Tis the Season Book Discussions Page 11 Page 22 Page 30 Middle School Seniors Coming Attractions Inclusive 1 Mobile Access Did You Know… The Library website, elmhurstpubliclibrary.org, is a responsive site. This means the site adjusts to the size of your screen, from the largest desktop monitor to the smallest smartphone, with your browser. However, there is a way to access the Library’s website like an app. Here’s how: Apple iPhones: Android Phones: Open browser Open browser Navigate to elmhurstpubliclibrary.org Navigate to elmhurstpubliclibrary.org Tap the symbol Tap the symbol Swipe left on the menu at the bottom and click Tap [Add to Home screen] (pictured) [Add to Home Screen] (pictured) Tap [Add] Tap [Add] in the upper-right corner App will appear on your home screen. App will appear on your home screen. Registration Guidelines Photo Policy The following programs are reserved for Elmhurst Public Library cardholders: We may photograph VIP Storytime Elementary School Library visitors. Such Family High School Middle School photos are for Library use Cardholders from other libraries may register in person or by phone for adult and may be published in programs (excluding VIP) one week prior to the event if space is available. An EPL Library publicity materials. card is not required to attend adult programs marked “No registration required.” Any Notify staff if you do not additional requirements for registration are noted in individual program descriptions. wish to be photographed. 2 Winter Reading Challenge E•X•P•A•N•D Your Reading Comfort Zone December 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019 Accept the challenge and expand your reading comfort zone! Spark your curiosity by reading a book you might not typically choose — we choose it for you. How to Participate 1. Complete the form at elmlib.org/challenge. 2. Librarians choose a book just for you. 3. Read the book! Tell us what you thought at elmlib.org/challengereview. NOTE: All three steps are required to be entered in the raffle. By completing steps 1-3, you are automatically entered into our Winter Reading Challenge raffle. Repeat as you wish, but submit only one request at a time. Prize winners will be contacted after the end of the program (January 31). Raffle Prizes Three lucky readers win $50 Elmhurst City Centre Gift Cards. Eligibility Adults and High School Students with a valid Elmhurst Public Library card. 3 Cast Your Vote One Book, One Community The three titles on this page were singled out for their readability and potential to inspire thought-provoking discussion while introducing readers to new topics. One Book, One Community is an opportunity for the entire Elmhurst community to read and engage with the same book. Vote to choose the book for the 2019 One Book, One Community read. The top pick becomes the focus of our summer reading program. Voting ends January 31. We’ll announce the title in the spring issue of Fine Print. Vote at elmlib.org/onebook or in person at the Library. In her phenomenally popular essays Even in the most desolate areas of Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer and long-running Tumblr blog, Roxane American cities, evictions used to when he founded the Equal Justice Gay has written with intimacy and be rare. But today, most poor renting Initiative, a legal practice dedicated sensitivity about food and body, using families are spending more than half of to defending those most desperate her own emotional and psychological their income on housing, and eviction and in need: the poor, the wrongly struggles as a means of exploring has become ordinary, especially for condemned, and women and children our shared anxieties over pleasure, single mothers. Desmond provides trapped in the farthest reaches of consumption, appearance, and a ground-level view of one of the our criminal justice system. One health. As a woman who describes her most urgent issues facing America of his first cases was that of Walter own body as “wildly undisciplined,” today. As we see families forced McMillian, a young man who was Roxane understands the tension into shelters, squalid apartments, sentenced to die for a notorious between desire and denial, between or more dangerous neighborhoods, murder he insisted he didn’t commit. self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, we bear witness to the human cost The case drew Bryan into a tangle of she explores her past—including of America’s vast inequality—and conspiracy, political machination, and the devastating act of violence that to people’s determination and legal brinkmanship—and transformed acted as a turning point in her young intelligence in the face of hardship. his understanding of mercy and life—and brings readers along on her Evicted transforms our understanding justice forever. Just Mercy provides journey to understand and ultimately of extreme poverty and economic an inspiring argument for compassion save herself. exploitation while providing fresh in the pursuit of true justice. ideas for solving a devastating and uniquely American problem. 4 Your Library Account You’re busy. Save time. Set Up Your PIN You need a PIN to log into your Library account, use databases, and check out eMaterials. Set up a new one or reset your PIN. Visit us online. elmlib.org/pin Access your Library account at elmlib.org/account Text Alerts Get hold pickup notices, courtesy messages, and notices for renewal on your mobile device. Renewing items is made easy by simply replying to a text. Text SIGNUP to 630-478-8575 or visit elmlib.org/textalerts Turn On Your Reading History Keep track of all the items you check out with your Library card! Just log in to your account through the Library catalog and “opt in.” Your reading history begins at that moment. elmlib.org/readinghistory Freeze Holds Keep your spot in the queue and don’t miss your å Get catalog book pick-up while you’re on vacation! search tips at elmlib.org/freeze elmlib.org/tips Pay Fines Pay online with a credit/debit card. $2 minimum. elmlib.org/fines Renew Online Need a little more time to finish your current read? Extend your checkout online if the item is not overdue or has not been requested by someone else. elmlib.org/renew Suggest a Purchase If there is an item you want, simply complete this online form. We make every effort to obtain the item for you, and will contact you when your item arrives. elmlib.org/suggest 5 Family Registration Key In Person: Stop by any Service Desk By Phone: Call (630) 279-8696 Online: elmlib.org/registration Puppet Show! New Year’s Eve: Escape Room Mystery Party Puppets on the Wilder Side Magic with Randy Saturday, Jan. 26 • 5:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 • 7-7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31 Large Meeting Room • For Families Kids’ Program Room • For Families 10-10:45 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Join us for an after-hours Escape Room EPL’s talented teen puppeteers present a Large Meeting Room • For Families mystery in the Library! Register as a family or fantastic puppet show and a hand-clapping Randy’s comedy magic show has something friend group (each group must include two sing-along. Tickets available the morning of for everyone. This uplifting presentation of adults) and solve puzzles to escape. Register the program. magic and comedy captivates and sparks the starting Jan. 5. imagination. Tickets available the morning of Polar Express T-Trak Train the program. National Puzzle Day Tuesday, Jan. 29 • 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Celebration Homeschool Hangout Kids’ Library • All Ages Saturday, Dec. 8 • 9 a.m.-5 p.m. January 29 is National Puzzle Day! Join us to Large Meeting Room • All Ages Thursdays, Jan. 10 and Feb. 14 1-3 p.m. • Kids’ Program Room • All Ages do some puzzles by yourself or with friends. Check out the model trains depicting the No registration required. Polar Express. No registration required. Join us for hands-on activities each month. Visit elmlib.org/homeschool for topic and registration information. The Music Factory Movie: The Polar Express Mondays, Feb. 4-March 18 • 1:30-2:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 • 1-2:45 p.m. Wendy and DB Sing! Kids’ Program Room • Ages 3-5 w/adult Kids’ Program Room • For Families This lively interactive program introduces Watch this modern classic based on Chris Monday, Jan. 21 • 10:30-11:15 a.m. Large Meeting Room • For Families basic music concepts to kids. Sing, march, VanAllsburg’s book.