Lester Public Library Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich.

January 2014

maintains its subscriptions, the copies will be available to you. (Fair warning this is a one year subscription at this time to see how much use it gets and what kind of public feedback we get; so if you see something you really want to keep forever, you may want to use the handy-dandy print Direct from the Director feature to make sure you have a copy for yourself if By Jeff Dawson we decide not to keep our subscription.) Lester Public Library is very pleased to offer an So what do you need to get started? A couple exciting new online product called Zinio for Libraries. things: first you must have a Lester Public Library card This wonderful service will allow LPL patrons to (sadly MPL cards will not work download current issues of magazines to your with this service at this time), smart phone, tablet, laptop and computers at next you need an email account. home and enjoy them any time you As with any online service, there want—for FREE. is a registration process that The library has selected 26 requires an email address. If magazines for our initial collection you don’t have one already, that will be available for you to stop in at the Help Desk of the choose from and download. You will library and we can help you set be able to check out as many one up. Once you’ve got those magazines, current and (if available) things you’re all set to go! Visit back issues as you’d like and keep our website, them as long as you’d like; no need to www.lesterlibrary.org and click return them and no overdue fines, no on the Zinio link to get started. You’ll also matter how long you keep them. find a cheat sheet you can read or print to These magazines allow unlimited get you started with the process. users to access the same magazine simultaneously so there’s no waiting and no hold list. As long the library Cont’d next page...

Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich. 1001 Adams St. Two Rivers, WI 54241 www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-8888 Direct from the Director cont’d... A couple other items of note…if you want to read the magazines on a device, you’ll need to download the correct app first. You can find links for these at the bottom of the magazine checkout page, or by getting the free Zinio app from your favorite app store. The other thing to keep in mind is that while we won’t limit you to how many magazines you can check out, space might become an issue. Most magazines we offer take up to anywhere from 30 to 50 megabytes of space; National Geographic’s Interactive will take 50 to 100 megabytes of space and is by far the largest of the titles we offer. Many of these magazines are highly interactive (you can change the color of the model’s clothing, click on that resort ad to visit their website for more details, etc.), and that means they tend to be space hogs. Not convinced this is the way you want to read your favorite magazines? Don’t worry, we still subscribe to the paper copies too and you can view them and check them out at the library like normal. If Zinio proves to be as popular as we think it will be for our busy patrons who can’t always find the time to walk through our doors, staff will evaluate adding new titles to the list. So please take a few minutes, try it out and let us know what you think; after all, this is YOUR public library and we truly value your input.

Coming Soon Check It Out! Did you know that there is a way you can make your Innocence by Dean R. Koontz check out experience faster and more enjoyable? Hunted by Karen Robards The library provides 2 self-check kiosks; one in the Hazardous Duty by W.E.B. Griffin youth room and one next to the holds shelf. Death Trade by Jack Higgins Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd One benefit of using these kiosks is privacy. Privacy Standup Guy by Stuart Woods is taken very seriously at the library, but if you would First Love by James Patterson prefer that the desk attendant not see what you are In the Blood by Lisa Unger checking out, feel free to use the self-check kiosk. River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz Going Dark by James W. Hall Another benefit of using the self-check is avoiding the line that sometimes forms at the circulation To reserve your copy visit our online desk. The self-check screen will walk you through catalog at www.lesterlibrary.org, call the process; a few scans and you’re done! (DVDs still us at 793-7114 or email us at need to be checked out at the circulation desk since [email protected] with your full the discs are kept in the many black boxes, name and the titles you'd like to otherwise known as PODS.) reserve. If you want a large print edition or audiobook please let us Helpful hint: look for the barcode on the item that know that as well. has the word “library” in it. These are generally in the upper corner of the back cover or on the first Want this list emailed to you each page inside the book. It’s fun to check out your own month? Send us an email at materials! [email protected] and simply tell us you'd like to join our Coming Also, don’t worry that you are “taking work away” Soon monthly email list. (You don't from our staff. We appreciate it when you use our even have to be a LPL patron to use self-check machines since it frees up our staff to this service, so tell your friends and serve you in other important ways. It’s a win-win for family to sign up too!) everyone.

Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich. 1001 Adams St. Two Rivers, WI 54241 www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-8888

Library eNews

Get started with Zinio, the Lester Public Library’s new online magazine subscription service. To begin, visit Free eBooks www.lesterlibrary.org and Download the Overdrive app to your favorite click on the Zinio link. No device to enjoy a HUGE collection of free eBooks limits, No due dates, No fines! and audio books available through the library’s online collection. All you need is a library card and an internet connection to access over 30,000 eBooks and Magazines available: audiobooks. From old favorites to today’s best sellers, there is sure to be something for every reader. - there are even titles Cosmopolitan available for the youngest reader in your life. Need help Discover getting started? Join us for the Kindle Kafe or call the library ESPN the Magazine for an appointment or visit www.lesterlibrary.org. Food Network Magazine Games Girl’s Life (Teens) Kindle Kafe Inked Wednesday, January 8 10-12:00 PM Kiplinger’s Personal Did you receive a new Kindle, Nook, Tablet, iPad or other Finance mobile device this holiday? Come enjoy a cup of coffee while MacWorld library staff give a brief overview of some of the cool new Maxim digital services the library offers. Be sure and bring your new Men’s Health device with you for hands-on help getting set up to access the Mental Floss library’s free online collection of eBooks and audiobooks as Mother Earth News well as our new Zinio online magazine collection. National Geographic International If you are unable to attend this session, give us a call to set up Natural Health a one-on-one demonstration that fits your schedule. The Newsweek library is happy to help you get started! OUT Outside PC Magazine 1-ON-1 Computer Sessions Popular Science The Lester Public Library will be offering one-on-one computer Seventeen (Teens) instruction during the month of January. A personal instructor Taste of Home will be on hand to help you set up an email or Facebook Town and Country account, learn basic word processing skills, use your Nook or US Weekly Kindle, or help get you started on the Internet. Tailored to fit Weight Watchers your specific needs, our instructors will work one-on-one with Women’s Health you. Please call the Help Desk at (920) 793-7114 today to sign up for a time slot.

Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich. 1001 Adams St. Two Rivers, WI 54241 www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-8888 NEW MOVIES Local History Alive: Red 2 Local Libraries Man of Steel Monday, January 20 6:00 PM I Spy Season 1 Join special guests Sue Johnson and Chris Liebich as they share Chicago’s Christmas Tree Ship the interesting history of the Manitowoc Public Library and the Route 66 Season 1 Two Rivers Lester Public Library. Questions are welcome Bones Season 1-7 following the presentation. No registration required. Laid to Rest Parkland Upcoming Local History Alive: Jobs Schroeder’s Department Store 2 Guns Monday February, 17 6:00 PM JFK: Like No Other Into the Wild Getaway Terry Ehle Prometheus Trap Maigret Series 1 and 2 Youth Services Youth Films Coordinator Ninjago Season 1-2 Staff Member Since 1998 Planes Turbo Despicable Me 2 Tell us about your job. Smurfs 2 I am responsible for all youth services, birth through 12th grade. That means I choose books, Foreign Films movies, magazines and other Happy People materials for youth; plan programs; Seven Samurai provide outreach services to Autumn Sonata schools and daycares; provide support for parents, caregivers and

Strictly Fiction Card Making Class Monday, January 6 6:30 PM This month: Monday, January 13 1:00 PM Still Life by Penny

LPL First Friday Flix: Join instructor Carolee Crabb and Next month: create a variety of hand-made Pawn of Prophecy by Eddings Last Love cards. Participants may drop in any time during the day. Cost is Friday, January 3 1:00 PM This book club will focus on genre $7.00 to cover the cost of fiction such as mystery, science Come enjoy a movie on our big materials. Participants are also screen. No registration required, fiction, fantasy, and romance. asked to bring their own double Open to all adults 18 years and we’ll provide the popcorn, bring stick tape and a pair of scissors. your own beverage. This movie is older. If you would like to reserve a No need to pre-register, simply copy of the current month’s unrated, no one under the age of 18 pay at the door. will be admitted without an adult. selection please call (920)793-7113. Voluntary Simplicity 5 Week Course Beginning Wednesday, February 5 6:00-7:30 PM Discover new ways to live an enriched life through the practice of Voluntary Simplicity. This course created by the Northwest Earth Institute, offers participants a chance to look at alternatives to the fast pace of mainstream culture. In each class, participants will share without debate or argument, as they take part in a simple and well-designed process led by a mentor. Thought provoking questions provide for lively personal responses. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend each class. There is a $26.00 fee to cover the cost of the course book. To register, stop by the Help Desk or call (920)793-7114.

teachers—basically anything that involves youth. I do Leader. My family loves to travel and we are on a story time, hang out with teens during Teen Late mission to see all 50 state capitals - 15 so far! Night, and teach adult computer classes. I also do a lot of publicity and marketing for the library including this newsletter. I also work a shift or two at the Help What is your favorite library Desk each week. Every day is something new. moment? Children always provide loads of merriment… What do you like most about your job? recently a regular at story time arrived and I love the variety of my job. I get the opportunity to announced to the room, “I slept very well last work with all different types of people across all age night!” before sitting down to listen. She is 3. levels. I love being able to use my creativity every day in a variety of ways. It’s just the best job! What are you reading right now? I am working my way through the 2013 YALSA’s top What do you enjoy doing when you are ten picks for teens—so I am listening to Crewel by not at work? Gennifer Albin. I also just finished Pushing the I have 3 beautiful daughters who are very active and Limits by Katie McGarry and Poisoned Princess by need to be chauffeured all over. I am also a Girl Scout Kresley Cole . My daughters and I are reading The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne. The last adult book I read? Help for the Haunted by John Searles. Book Discussion Group Foreign Film Series: Wednesday, January 8 4:00 PM The Sapphires This month: Last Train to Zona Verde by Theroux Tuesday, January 21 6:00 PM

Next month: Come enjoy a movie on our big Sandcastle Girls by Bohjalian screen. No registration required, we’ll provide the popcorn, bring No pre-registration required; you may your own beverage. For all adults attend as few or as many meetings as ages 18 and older. Our Foreign Film you wish. If you would like to reserve Series runs each month on the 2nd a copy of the current month’s Tuesday of the month. Upcoming selection please call (920)793-7113. movies are posted monthly online. Babygarten Thursdays, 10:15 & 6:30 PM January 9 - February 13 Babygarten is much more than a Lego Club: play group! Infants and their caregivers will share nursery Bridges rhymes, songs, and books but also get a chance to make fun projects Monday, January 6 that demonstrate the babies’ 3:30-5:30 PM developmental milestones. Many Join us for an afternoon of Lego projects and activities will building fun. All Legos provided. emphasize the importance of This month we will be having a Hatrack reading to babies AND parents bridge building contest. Build a will learn how to do this most bridge that spans across a given Storytellers Inc. effectively. Each instructor will distance and then we will see Saturday, January 18 also share insight about infant whose bridge is the strongest! All development and parenting. The ages are welcome! 11:00 AM class concludes with a free play Join special guests the Hatrack period. Program meets once a Storytellers Inc. for a morning of week for 6 weeks. Program is stories, laughter and fun. Five open to infants (birth to 18 Story Time accomplished storytellers will months) and their caregivers. To share a variety of stories through register, please call 793-7114. Tuesdays, 10:15 AM Reader’s Theater. Storytelling at January 14, 21 & 28 its finest, you won’t want to miss Story times will include stories, it! This program is for children of finger plays, music & movement all ages and their families and will Family Flix: and other activities to encourage last approximately 45 minutes, no early literacy. Children will also registration required. Smurfs 2 make a new project each week! Friday, January 24 1:00 PM Lots of repetition and fun, come Come enjoy a movie on our big back every week! Perfect for 1st Step Story Time screen. No registration required, families with children of multiple Mondays, 10:15 AM we’ll provide the popcorn, bring ages, no registration required. January 20 - March 10 your own beverage. This movie is 1st Step is a fun, interactive rated PG. program for children 1½ to 3 years Bilingual Story Time old and their caregivers. Wednesday, January 15 Throughout the program, Paws 4 Pages 6:30 PM toddlers will be exposed to a wide variety of music & movement Join special guests from the Wednesday, January 29 activities, letter identification, Lincoln High School Foreign 6:00 PM numbers, colors, shapes, and Language Department for an Join us for an evening of canine evening of bilingual fun. Stories, other pre-literacy activities. Each companionship. Any young songs and simple vocabulary will 1st Step class consists of a 30 readers who would like to be used to introduce children to a minute activity session followed improve their reading ability, who new language followed by a fun by 30 minutes of free-play time. like dogs, and would like to spend project. Fun for the whole family, 1st Step meets once a week for 8 some quiet time reading may weeks. Class size is limited so no registration required. participate. No registration please register by calling 793-7114. required. New Teen Fiction Triggered by Vicki Grant Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel by Diana Lopez Crash by Lesley Choyce Straightling by Cyndy Drew Etler Milwaukee Bucks Loud Awake and Lost by Adele Griffin Inheritance by Malinda Lo Reading Program Journey to Rainbow Island by Christie Hsiao Begins January 2! Archon by Lana Krumwiede The Milwaukee Bucks Reading Challenge The Princess in the Opal Mask is open to all children in 3rd-10th by Jenny Lundquist grades. Score a point for each page Dare Me by Eric Devine you read from a book, magazine or Just One Year by Gayle Forman newspaper. Read 500 pages to Champion by Marie Lu become an All-Star Reader. You’ll Ketchup Clouds earn a voucher good for a free by Annabel Pitcher ticket to a Bucks home game at Wild Cards by Simone Elkeles the Bradley Center. Stop by the Prisoner 88 by Leah Pileggi Help Desk for your score card. For These Broken Stars more information call (920)793-7114. by Amie Kaufman

Library War Z New Music Friday, January 10 7:00-11:00 PM Avril Lavigne by Avril Lavigne Prism by Katie Perry Zombies have infested the library and our only hope is Pure Heroine by Lorde hidden deep inside the stacks…can you survive long True by Avicii enough to find the cure? Open to Innocents by Moby teens in 6th-12th grade only. Vapor Trails Remixed by Rush Permission slips may be picked up Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem at the Help Desk one week prior to Baptized by Daughtry the Games. Only 40 spots Midnight Memories by One Direction available! During the program we Rebirth by Lil Wayne will be watching the movie “World Now That’s What I Call Music 48 War Z” which is rated PG-13.

Teen Tuesday: New Graphic Novels New Moon Vol. 1 by Stephenie Meyer The Superior Spider-Man: No Escape by Dan Slott Balloon Bracelets One Piece Vol. 69 by Eichiro Tuesday, January 28 6:30 PM Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1-5 Need community service hours? Join us on the last by Kevin Eastman Tuesday of each month for 1 hour of community Amazing Spider-Man: Life in the Mad Dog Ward service at the library followed by a fun teen activity. by Ann Nocenti This month: Balloon Bracelets! Open to all teens in Maximum Ride Vol. 7 by James Patterson 6th-12th grade. No registration required. Snacks Naruto Vol. 63 by Masashi Kishimoto provided. Call 793-7118 for more info. Avenging Spider-Man: The Good, the Green and the Ugly by Kathryn Immomen

Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich. 1001 Adams St. Two Rivers, WI 54241 www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-8888 Library Hours Mon - Thu 10:00-8:00 PM Fridays 10:00-5:30 PM Saturdays 10:00-2:00 PM Sundays Closed

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January 2014 Be sure and find us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter & Flickr! SUN MON TUE Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Library Closed 1:00 LPL Flix

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3:30-5:30 Lego 10:00-12:00 10:15 & 6:30 7:00 Teen Club: Bridges Kindle Kafe Babygarten Library War Z 6:30 Strictly 4:00 Book Club Fiction

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1:00 Card Class 10:15 Story Time 6:30 Bilingual 10:15 & 6:30 11:00 Hatrack 6:00 Library Story Time Babygarten Storytellers Inc. Board Meeting

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 10:15 1st Step 10:15 Story Time 10:15 & 6:30 1:00 Family Flix 6:00 Local 6:00 Foreign Babygarten History Alive Film Series

26 27 28 29 30 31 10:15 1st Step 10:15 Story Time 6:00 Paws 4 10:15 & 6:30 6:30 Teen Tues Pages Babygarten

Read. Discover. Connect. Enrich. 1001 Adams St. Two Rivers, WI 54241 www.lesterlibrary.org (920)793-8888