SOUTH SIOUX CITY VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 PUBLIC LIBRARY MARCH 2016 South Sioux City Public Library
Special Points of Interest: The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley March Family Movies NoveList Plus Staff Recommendations
THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF ANNIE OAKLEY Oakley. 1917. The Life and Legacy of Annie
Oakley will be presented by Charlotte Endorf is a lifelong This program is made possible Charlotte Endorf on Monday Nebraskan, a member of through grants from the Hu- March 7th at 6:30 p.m. Toastmasters International manities Nebraska, the Ne-
(earning the Distinguished braska Cultural Endowment, Annie Oakley was described Toastmaster award and the Carmen and John as the “greatest woman rifle twice). She specializes in Gottschalk Foundation. Endorf as Annie Oakley shot.” A star attraction of speaking to elementary Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, schools, women’s groups, It is also a Women’s History Oakley thrilled audiences museums, town festivals, sen- Month Program. around the world with her ior centers, and libraries daring shooting feats. A cham- throughout Nebraska bringing Tangled Yarns each Tuesday pion in a man’s sport, she the platform girls of the Can- at 6:30 p.m. changed ideas about the abili- teen, Annie Oakley and the ties of women in the 19th Orphan Train accurately. En- Adult Coloring each Friday century, yet she opposed fe- dorf and her daughter, Sarah, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. male suffrage. Her fame and have published ten books. fortune came from her skill Endorf also developed three Library Eats– Breakfast is with guns, yet she was a documentaries keeping history on Thursday March 10 at 6:30 Quaker. Endorf’s presentation alive, and a CD with an actual p.m. guides the audience through Orphan Train rider after a trip these dichotomies and dispels to New York City to uncover Club 745.5 is on Thursday myth to reveal the real Annie Inside this issue: her records dating back to March 17 @ 6:30, 18 10:30.
Meet the Staff 2
March Family Movies 2 NEW FICTION (SUSPENSE FICTION) New CDs, and DVDs 3 Out of the Blues by Trudy Nan Quick Fix by Linda Grimes Perfect Days by Raphael Mon- Boyce (FIC BOY) (PBK G) tes (FIC MON) March Computer Classes 4 Uncle Janice by Mark Burgess The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate NYPD Red 4 by James Patter- (FIC BUR) Hamer (FIC HAM) son (FIC PAT) The Missing Piece by Kevin After She’s Gone by Lisa Jack- Blood Infernal by James Rollins Explora Public on Ne- 5 Egan (FIC EGA) son (FIC JAC) (FIC ROL) braskAccess She’s Not There by Joy Fielding Hunt the Fox by Don Mann The Cake House by Latifah Masterfile Complete 5 (FIC FIE) (FIC MAN) Salmon (FIC SAL) What Remains of Me by Alison Where They Found Her by Kim- Scandalous Behavior by Stuart Staff Recommendations 6 Gaylin (FIC GAY) berly McCreight (FIC MCC) Woods (FIC WOO) Page 2
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STAFF BIOGRAPHIES: MEET CRISTIAN JIMENEZ
My name is Cristian Jimenez I am 2. Palimpsest by Catherynne M. line L’Engle 18 years old and this is my first Valente 2. The Complete Hammer’s Slam- year working at the public library 3. Flinch by Jeff VanderMeer mers by David Drake and it has been great so far. I am 4. Passionate Pleasures by Be- 3. The Host by Stephanie Meyer currently reading Harry Potter atrice Small 4. Astro City: Life in the Big City and the Sorcerers Stone and am 5. The Hundred Thousand King- by Kurt Busiek very much enjoying it. Besides doms by N.K. Jemisin 5. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by reading fantasy i also enjoy read- 6. Starfinder by John Marco Madeline L’Engle ing Sci-Fi, historical fiction, YA, 7. Stardust by Neil Gaiman 6. Gardens in the Sun by Paul J. thrillers, and nonfiction. I also 8. Darkwood by M.E. Breen McAuley enjoy drawing and painting in my 9. Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor 7. The Not Yet by Moira Crone free time when I am not reading. 10. The Dark Tower: The Man in 8. Blueprints of the Afterlife by ______Black The Gunslinger (Graphic Ryan Boudnoit Novel) by Peter David 9. Angel by Alton Gansky Most Popular Fantasy Fiction Most Popular Science Fiction 10. Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: 1. Saga by Conor Kostick 1. A Wind in the Door by Made- Backlash by Aaron Allston
MARCH FAMILY MOVIES Movies are shown on Mondays tornado comes and takes Dor- unexpectedly taken from his at 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays at othy and Toto to Oz, a place home and thrust into a fish tank 1:00 p.m. somewhere over the rainbow. in a dentist's office overlooking The Sword and the Stone Sydney Harbor. Wizard of Oz (2/29, 3/5) Dor- (3/7, 3/12) King Arthur, under othy Gale lives with her Aunt the instruction of Merlin the Apple Dumpling Gang (3/21, Em and Uncle Henry. She has a magician, is transformed into a 3/26) Three orphan children pet dog named Toto. When fish, a squirrel, and a bird, and find gold in California. Miss Gulch takes Toto away, explains how he is returned to Toto escapes and runs back to Monkey Kingdom (3/28, 4/2) normal and named king. Dorothy. Soon, she runs away Maya, a clever and resourceful monkey, finds her world forev- Wizard of Oz from home, and runs into the Finding Nemo (3/14, 3/19) The fake psychic, Professor Marvel. fretful Marlin and his young son er changed when she welcomes He tells Dorothy that her Aunt- Nemo become separated from her son Kip into her colorful ie Em is sick, so Dorothy and each other in the Great Barrier extended family. Toto run back home, but a Reef. Nemo, a clown fish, is
Guidelines when Choosing Books for Babies
Newborns are drawn to bold and unborn baby, you may notice she’ll Dragons Love Tacos by Adam starkly contrasting colors. They also respond by kicking and moving, the Rubin (E RUB Favorites) enjoy geometric patters, shiny surfac- first of many interactions with you. What Pet Should I Get? By Dr. es, and noisy or “crackly” textures. By the time she enters the world, Seuss (E SEU Favorites) she’ll be primed for many more The Day the Crayons Quit by Most infants have a tendency to put shared stories to help her reap the Drew Daywalt (E DAY things in their mouths. So, it’s a good benefits of early literacy. Growing Up) idea to choose board books or cloth LEGO Build books. ______ The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt (E Keep in mind that you don’t have to Popular Children’s Books DAY Growing Up) wait until birth to begin reading Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Wonder by R.J. Palacio (JFIC books to children. From the seventh Life by Kim Dean (E LIT Fa- PAL) month of fetal development, your vorites) The Sword of Summer by Rick baby can hear what’s going on out- The Book with no Pictures by Riordon (JFIC RIO) side the womb, especially the sound B.J. Noval ( E NOV Favor- of your voice. While reading to your ites) Page 3
VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3
NEW AUDIOBOOKS/ DVD’S /MUSIC CD’S Audiobooks DVDs Music CDs My American Duchess by Hotel Transylvania 2 (DVD My Favorite Things by Joy Eloise James (FIC JAM) CHI HOT) Alexander (MCD JAZZ Breakdown by Jonathan Snow White and the Seen ALE) Kellerman (FIC KEL) Dwarfs (DVD CHI SNO) Beautiful Life by Jimmy NYPD Red 4 by James Pat- Time Scanners : Machu Greene (MCD JAZZ GRE) terson (FIC PAT) Pichu (DVD DOC TIM) Live in Cuba by Jazz from Forty Thieves by Thomas The Diary of a Teenage Girl Lincoln Center Orchestra Perry (FIC PER) (DVD DRA DIA) with Wynton Marsellis Rogue Lawyer Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Everest (DVD DRA EVE) (JAZZ MAR) by John Grisham Robb (FIC ROB) The Complete Lady Snow- Doc 2/2.5 by Game (MCD Blue by Danielle Steel (RIC blood (DVD FOR LAD) RAP GAM) STE) The Scouts Guide to the Historia De la Calle by 50, Scandalous Behavior by Zombie Apocalypse (DVD Calibre (MCD WOR CAL) Stuart Woods (FIC HOR SCO) Los Duo 2 by Juan Gabriel WOO) Sinister 2 (DVD HOR SIN) (MCD WOR GAB)
AMERICAN SNIPER IS THE NEXT BIG LIBRARY READ! American Sniper tells the true on her and Chris’s lives as well The votes have been tallied and story of the most lethal sniper as the experiences many military the overwhelming winner for in U.S. history as Chris Kyle families go through. the next Big Library Read is recounts his time spent serving To learn more about the Big American Sniper, the New in the military overseas. You’ll Library Read program, join the York Times number one best- also read sections written by discussion board or to selling autobiography by Chris his wife, Taya Kyle, sharing her see American Sniper read-alikes Kyle. From March 17-31 mil- experiences back home as her you can visit http:// lions of readers from around husband served multiple tours biglibraryread.com/. We would the world can join the Big Li- of duty in the Middle East. Dur- like to thank HarperCollins for brary Read global eBook club ing the Big Library Read event making this incredible book by borrowing American Snip- we will also have a special epi- available for this global digital er from their library’s Over- sode of our Professional Book reading event. American Sniper by Chris Kyle Drive website without any wait Nerds podcast with Taya Kyle From the OverDrive Library lists or holds. where she’ll offer unique insight Blog
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Winter Morning Walks: One tal illness today. Frankel recom- can Party. Hundred Postcards to Jim mends that we ought not seek Harrison by Ted Kooser. Since happiness, but rather seek He also takes on the presidency the first of the year everyone meaning in suffering. This is one of Calvin Coolidge, who was seems to be looking for ways to of the 100 Best Books of the known more for his trips to the motivate themselves to walk 20th Century. It is well worth American West than for political more. Well, look no more. reading. This book is available policies. Winter Morning Walks is a cele- on OverDrive and in the nonfic- In this year, the New York Yan- bration of the things the one tion section of the library. kees put their mark permanently sees and thinks about when on professional baseball. He walking. Kooser paints land- One Summer, America 1927 by Bill Bryson. Iowa Native, Bill discusses the home run derby scapes and still life portraits with between Babe Ruth and team- an economy of words. The Bryson tackles the summer of 1927, one of the pivotal years in mate Lou Gehrig: a race that poems run from December to would permanently change the the 20th century. March, portraying the variety of game of baseball from a game of One Summer, America sights and sounds one sees in In this volume he tells the story slapping hits to the game of the rural Nebraska. Don’t give up of Charles Lindbergh and the long ball. 1927 by Bill Bryson your exercise app, but add Win- Spirit of St. Louis in their trans- ter Morning Walks for a little atlantic flight from the United 1927 was also the year of the introduction of the Jazz Singer, extra motivation. States to Paris, France. the first talking picture. Man’s Search for Meaning by He gives a deep inside look into Viktor Frankel is the memoir of the life of Herbert Hoover, his Bryson lends his humor and a Holocaust survivor, followed rise to prominence as an aid poetry to these topics and more by his insights of the source of worker, and his rise in Republi- in this lovely book. the many of the causes of men-