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August 2015 Volume 10 | issue 8
Grant Town Fire Department Back to School Backyard Bash
The Marion County Public Library System is proud to be a co-sponsor of the Grant Town Volunteer Fire Department’s Back to School Fairmont Branch The Fairmont branch made the Backyard Bash! Expands Graphic switch after realizing that some of the topics reflected in the general graphic The event will take place Novel Section to offer novel section might be deemed inappropriate for the small children August 15 at the Grant Town materials for older who were perusing the section. Fire Hall from 5 pm to 8 pm. audiences Graphic novels such as Join this kid friendly event for The Fairmont branch is proud to Transmetropolitan, 100 Bullets, food, games, and an unveil their new “Mature Graphic Ex Machina, all–around good time! Novel” section, featuring up and Astro City, coming graphic novels from a variety X-Force, and of publishers! more have been added to the Mature graphic novels are graphic section, with novels that have more complex story more graphic lines and may have instances of bad novels on the language, violence, or nudity. In way! other words, they are primarily intended for adult readers instead of Contact children. 304-366-1210 for this issue more information! P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 Features New Fairmont Fairview Mannington Marion Coloring Director's Releases Bookmobile Page Spotlight www.mcpls.org
Best Sellers The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards Audio Books Alert by James Patterson Expected in August Long Upon the Land by Brown Eyed Girl Margaret Maron by Lisa Kleypas Alert by James Patterson Made with Love by Tricia Goyer Candy Corn Murder Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews The Marriage of Opposites by Leslie Meier Big Band Jazz In Black WV, 1930 to by Alice Hoffman Devil’s Bridge 1942 by Christopher Wilkinson Power Surge by Ben Bova by Linda Fairstein Deadly Assets by W.E.B. Griffin Secondhand Souls Grey by El James The Martian by Andy Weir Devil’s Bridge by Linda A. Fairstein by Christopher Moore Once Upon A Prince Dragonbane by Sherrilyn Kenyon Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber by Rachel Hauck Every Day I Fight by Stuart Scott The Taming of the Queen by Silver Lining Friction by Sandra Brown Philippa Gregory by Debbie Macomber The Gift by Wanda Brunstetter Trap by Robert K. Tannenbaum Speaking in Bones Grey: Fifty Shades Of Grey As Told West Virginia’s Traditional by Kathy Reichs By Christian by E.L. James Starlight on Willow Lake Country Music by Ivan Tribe by Susan Wiggs Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner The Way Life Should Be X by Sue Grafton by Christina Baker Kline Large Print X by Sue Grafton Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger
Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon
Married Til Monday Playaway E-Books by Denise Hunter Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts Agatha’s First Case Daniel X Lights Out by M.C. Beaton The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens Broken Promise Murder On Amsterdam Avenue by James Patterson Naked Greed by Stuart Woods by Linwood Barclay by Victoria Thompson Brush Back by Sara Paretsky The Naked Eye by Iris Johansen The Other Son The Calamity Janes One Way Or Another by Alexander Soderberg by Sherryl Woods by Elizabeth Adler Deadly Assets by W.E.B. Griffin Devil’s Bridge by Linda Farstein Postcards From The Past Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar by Marcia Willert Playaway View Goosebumps Vol. 4 Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves The Proposal At Siesta Key The Life Changing Magic of by Shelley Shepard Gray Lots & Lots of Jets & Planes Tidying Up by Marie Kondo Two Roads Home Magic School Bus Lord of the Wings by Deborah Raney School Stories by Donna Andrews The Murderer’s Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman Young Adult The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny DVDs 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger The Pattern of Lies 5 Flights Up The Cage by Megan Shepherd by Charles Todd Blaze and the Monster Machines About a Girl by Sarah Mccarry Trap by Robert K. Tanenbaum Chicago Fire Seasons 2 & 3 A Court of Thorns & Roses Dead in Tombstone by Sarah Maas Dora and Friends: Doggy Day Daughter of Deep Silence E-Audio Books How to Get Away With Murder by Carrie Ryan All Dressed in White Season 1 Illusionarium by Heather Dixon by Mary Higgins Clark Insurgent Lion Heart by A.C. Gaughen As You Wish by Cary Elwes Lego Friends: A Little in Love by Susan Fletcher Aurora by Kim Stanley Friends Together Again Maximum Ride Forever Robinson Mike & Molly Season 5 by James Patterson Becoming Steve Jobs by Once Upon a Time Season 4 Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Brent Schlender The Originals Season 5 Nowhere but Here Bones on Ice by Kathy Reichs What We Do in the Shadows by Katie Mcgarry Called for Life by Kent Brantly Walking Dead Season 5 Thirteen Days of Midnight Ever After by Jude Deveraux by Leo Hunt Flashpoint by Suzanne Until the Beginning by Amy Plum Brockman Save Me by Lisa Scottoline www.mcpls.org X by Sue Grafton
WV Pop Con
Come visit our booth at the 4th Annual WV Pop Culture and Comic Book Convention!
WV Pop Con is open Saturday, August 22 from 10 am - 7 pm and Sunday, August 23 11 am - 5 pm. Fairmont MCPLS has been proudly attending 321 Monroe Street WV Pop Con since its inception and Fairmont, WV 26554 will be offering crafts for kids, 304-366-1210 Information about library services, The Hampstead Stage and a giveaway! Company presents: We’d love to see you! To find out Hercules and the Heroes more information about WV Pop Monongah Mine Disaster Join MCPLS in welcoming the Con, visit their Facebook page or Hampstead Stage Company Ron Rittenhouse check out www.wvpop.com. August 1 at 2 pm as they present will speak about Hercules and the Heroes: A Glimpse the 1907 Into Ancient Greece. Monongah Mine Movie in the Park Disaster MCPLS and MCPARC are teaming From their website: Through mask Saturday, August 1 up to offer another family friendly movie night at Palatine Park! work, poetry, and swordplay, kids at 1 pm. He will will discover the early stories of touch on the This month’s movie is Disney Greece. This play is designed to history, possible Pixar’s Cars, taking place bring students closer to early causes, and civilizations by appreciating the ramifications of the Mine Disaster. August 1 at the amphitheater! similarities that we all share. Be on the lookout for two more Rittenhouse is a local author and movie nights taking place next The play is the last major event of Photography Editor for the Dominion month: September 5 and 26! our summer reading program for kids Post. There is no admission cost for the “Every Hero Has a Story”. Hercules event, but donations will be accepted for is free and open to the public. the Marion County Historical Museum.
Story Hour Sign-ups WV Reenactors Sign-ups for the fall sessions of story Association: Civil War hour will begin August 17. The WV Reenactors Association will visit Story hour is open to kids 3 - 5 years the library Saturday, August 10 at 1 pm. old. Parents will have the opportunity They will be presenting Civil War Era to choose one of two sessions: Artifacts and historically researched Wednesdays or Thursdays. Both accounts of the Civil War in WV. WVRA sessions meet from 10:30 - 11:30 am will be dressed in period attire, but not in the children’s area. reenact any scenes.
Classes will begin September 16 and Adult Craft Class 17 and will feature a variety of fun stories, audiovisuals, and activities We will meet August 10 and August 17 at for kids. 5 pm to work on our Wonky Log Cabin quilt.
www.mcpls.org Check Us Out Local and state fairs have a big month in August so why not check out our entryway display, “Celebrate the County Fair”?
There are titles for children: Blue-Ribbon Bunny by Sarah Nathan, County Fair by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Maisy at the Fair by Lucy Cousins. For adults there’s It Happened at the Fair by Deanne Gist, State Fair by Earlene Fowler, and Blue Ribbon Afghans from America’s State Fairview Fairs. 500 Main Street Racing Back to School In a separate display, we will be Fairview, WV 26570 featuring Our “Racing Back to School” School Rules program returns on August 11 from FeedYourNeedtoRead.com’s “The 12 Best Darn Western Books of All August is here, and that means 11 am to 12 pm for children ages Time.” You say you’ve read all the another schools year’s just around 5 and up. We’ll be providing games, best westerns? Stop by the display the corner. This also means that it’s crafts, and a goody bag to help you and find out! time for Fairview Library’s “Cookies, head into a new school year. Bookies, and Milk” program, August
If you think you know your western 25 from 10 am – 12 pm. movies, take our “Best of the West Space is limited so be sure to Movie Challenge.” Match the During this program, parents can contact the library to register. Hollywood actor with the western register children ages 12-23 months film in which he starred that was for Toddler Time and children ages based on a popular western story. Couponing with Danelle Each participant will receive a “Free 2-5 years for Story Hour. We will be featuring games, crafts, and, of Also being presented this month on DVD Rental Coupon” just for August 15 from 11 am - 12 pm is playing, and all correct entries will course, milk and cookies. Fall be placed in a drawing for a chance Storytime classes are on a limited “Couponing with Danelle.” Marion to win a $25 gift card. first come, first served basis so call County resident Danelle McGee will or stop in the library for more details. be showing folks how to get the most Rounding out August is our “Gold out of shopping with coupons and Rush Guessing Game.” Take your Speaking of Books Club give tips to maximize savings and best guess on how many Hershey’s minimize costs. This is a free Gold Nuggets are in the jar, be the Speaking of Books will meet August 25 program, and registration is not closest without to discuss Pearl of China by Anchee going over, and required. Min. win! In the small southern China town of What Do You Know Chin-kiang, two young girls bump heads About That? and become thick as thieves. Willow is the only child of a destitute family. Pearl More trivia fun continues on August is the headstrong daughter of Christian 27 from 9 am – 4 pm with “What Do missionaries, and will grow up to You Know about That?” Patrons become Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize- ages 14-up are eligible to participate, winning writer and activist. This unlikely and the contestant with the most pair becomes lifelong friends, confiding correct answers wins! their beliefs and dreams, experiencing love and motherhood, and eventually Our monthly coloring workshop for facing civil war and exile. -Amazon August is “Saddle Up and Read, Bookaroo!” www.mcpls.org Mannington 109 Clarksburg Street Mannington, WV 26582 304-986-2803
Fiction Addiction Book Club: Grades 5-8
August 17 @ 4:00. This month’s selection: My Faire Lady by Laura Wettersten. Cover2Cover Rowena Duncan is a thoroughly modern girl with big plans for her August 20 @ 1:30. This month’s title: summer—until she catches her Like Water for Chocolate by Laura boyfriend making out with another Esquivel. girl. Heartbroken, she applies to an out-of-town job posting and finds Poetry on the Lawn The youngest herself somewhere she never Poetry on the Lawn, August 1 at daughter of a expected: the 11 am. Open to the public, extra well-born rancher, Tita Renaissance Faire. entries for the grand prize for Escape has always known her the Ordinary participants. Plan to destiny: to remain As a face-painter bring your original poetry and/or your single and care for her doubling as a serving favorite poetry to share with the aging mother. wench, Ro is thrown group. Refreshments will be served. headfirst into a When she falls in love, vibrant community of Escape the Ordinary her mother quickly artists and scotches the liaison and tyrannically performers. She feels Grand Prize Drawing dictates that Tita's sister Rosaura must like a fish out of August 13 at 4 pm we will have our marry the luckless suitor, Pedro, in her drawing for the $200.00 and $50.00 water until Will, a place. But Tita has one weapon left-- her quick-witted whip cracker, takes her Amazon gift cards. Participants who cooking. are present at the drawing will receive under his wing. Then there’s Christian, a blue-eyed stunt jouster an extra 20 chances to win! Tita's unrequited love for Pedro survives who makes Ro weak in the knees. the Mexican Revolution, the births of Soon, it’s not just her gown that’s Rosaura and Pedro's children, even a tripping her up. Fall Story Hour Sign-Ups proposal of marriage from an eligible Fall story hour registration is now doctor. In a poignant conclusion, Tita Trading in the internet and electricity open. Classes are limited to 15 manages to break the bonds of tradition, for stars and campfires was students between the ages of 2 and 5. if not for herself, then for future supposed to make life simpler, but The first class will be held September generations. -Publishers Weekly Ro is finding that love is the ultimate 9. They will meet on Wednesdays complication. Can she let the past from 10-11. Those interested can sign make way for her future? up by calling the library at 304-986- Friends’ Book Sale 2803, or stopping in. Good reads, slightly used. Visit the Pick up a copy today! Our book club
Friends’ Book Sale Fridays 10-4:30 and will also enjoy an activity (craft, Monthly themed classes will cover Saturdays 9-1. theme food, movie) based on the Learning about the Library, Pete the book each month. Cat, Eric Carle, Shapes and Patterns,
Butterflies and Caterpillars, just to Freeze Pop Friday name a few. Activities will include August is hot, cool down with a freeze pop every Friday! games, songs, movies and snacks. www.mcpls.org Marion Libearian, the town librarian Hello All! Well, summer is wrapping up! What a fantastic time we had with Summer Reading ‘Every Hero has a Story’, so many great adventures!
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. It was such a joy to see all the children participating in the many activities. The main library had an amazing attendance! So many books read, too!
August also means back to school. Remember the library when you start back to school; we have many resources that can help you with all your school work needs. There are many online resources to assist you with various homework assignments, as well as shelves stocked full of helpful material.
Enjoy the last remnants of summer as we move into fall. The library has a lot in store for our monthly family events, story hour, and lots of surprises along the way!
MCPLS Bookmobile
Monday Kidz Connection: 9:30-10:30. Bellview Blvd. Monongah Park Trailhead: 11:00-12:00. Monongah Hutchinson: 1:30-2:00. Woodlands Assisted Living Stepping Stone, Inc: 2:30-3:30. East Grafton Road Tuesday Grant Town: 9:30-10:00. Community Center Lot Energy Express: 10:30-11:30. West Fairmont Middle School Learning Options, Inc: 12:00-1:00. Songbird Lane Disability Action Center: 2:30-3:30. 102 Benoni Ave. [2nd Week]
Wednesday Whitehall: 9:00-10:00. Middletown Mall Pleasant Valley: 10:30-11:30. Valley Chapel United Methodist Lot NASA IV & V: 12:00-1:00. Back Parking Lot [1st & 3rd Week] Wonderland Learning: 12:00-1:00. Mannington [2nd & 4th Week] Bunner Ridge: 2:30-3:30. Sagebrush Roundup lot [1st & 3rd Week]
Thursday Bright Beginnings Day Care: 9:30-10:30. 22 Moran Circle, Rt 73 Sunbeam Child Care Center: 11:00-12:00. Mary Lou Retton Drive Rock Lake: 2:00-3:00. Community Center Colfax: 3:30-4:30. Community Center
www.mcpls.org
Fairmont Mannington
August 1: Hampstead Theatre Company August 1: Poetry on the Lawn presents Hercules August 13: “Escape the Ordinary” Finale August 1: Monongah Mine Disaster Event August 17: Fiction Addiction August 1: Movie in the Park: Cars (off-site) August 20: Cover2Cover August 10: WV Reenactors Association August 10, 17: Adult Craft Class August 7, 14, 21, 28: Freeze Pop Fridays August 15: Grant Town Fire Dept. Back to August 7, 14, 21, 28: Friday book sale 10-4 school bash (at Grant Town VFD) 5–8 pm August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Saturday book sale 9-1 August 17: Sign-ups for Story Hour Begin August 22-23: Visit us at WV Pop Con
Fairview August 1-31: Monthly programs and contests August 4, 11, 18, 25: Tuesday Nite Knitters August 11: Racing Back to School Kids Program August 15: Couponing with Danelle August 15: Grant Town Fire Dept. Back to school bash (at Grant Town VFD) 5–8 pm August 25: Speaking of Books: Pearl of China by Anchee Min August 27: What Do You Know About That? Trivia
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