Volume 1, Issue 6 October 2016

Pigeon District Library

RECENTLY ADDED BOOKS OCTOBER ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES During the month of October we will This month we will have a story Night Watch FIC by Iris Johansen be celebrating Teen Read Week. From book walk through downtown Pigeon. The October 9th through 15th stop into the walk will start at the library and head north, Missing FIC by James Patterson library for a scavenger hunt! There also will then across the street and back to the be a drawing for those who complete the library. Read a story as you enjoy the Two by Two FIC hunt. But don’t forget, shhhh; this is a by Nicholas Sparks beautiful Fall weather with friends and library, break any rules and receive a penalty family. The Blood Mirror SCI on your time! by Brent Weeks FIC To continue the Fall theme, stop in

Crosstalk SCI with your children to make a Pumpkin craft by Connie Willis FIC that can be found in the Children’s Room

Hungry Heart NON here at Pigeon District Library. by Jenifer Weiner FIC Other activities that are scheduled Visit our website for to take place is a Free Adult Movie sched- more! uled for October 4th and a Free Family Movie scheduled for October 13th.

UPCOMING ADDED MOVIES Teen Read Week is geared towards Stop by and grab a coloring sheet 6th through 12th grade students. Instead of or an activity sheet to take home or do at X-Men Apocalypse 10/4 going to your usual area of the JA and YA the library. Don’t forget, we are always The Infiltrator 10/11 sections, come explore the whole library getting new arrivals for books and movies so using the clues we provide for you! stop in and see what is new! The Legend of Tarzan 10/11

Ice Age: Collision Course 10/11

Alice Through the 10/18 Looking Glass LIBRARY HOURS Monday 9 a.m.—5 p.m. Free State 10/18 Tuesday 9 a.m.—7 p.m. Visit our website for Wednesday 9 a.m.—5 p.m. more releases! Thursday 9 a.m.—7 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.—5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.—2 p.m. P a g e 2 Pigeon District Library

UPCOMING MOVIE RELEASE

Alice Through the Looking Glass After slipping through a mirror, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) finds herself back in Underland with the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedle- dum. Her friends tell her that the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) is in a funk over the loss of his family. Hoping to save his loved ones, Alice steals the Chronosphere from Time (Sacha Baron Cohen) to travel into the past. While there, she encounters the younger Hatter and the evil Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter).

Did you know... This film marks Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s ninth collaboration together. This is the final voice-over of Alan Rickman, who passed away four months before the release. 2016 marked the 145th anniversary of the Children’s book, Alice Through the Looking Glass.

UPCOMING MYSTERY FICTION The Mistletoe Murder will keep to himself. Each of secret taste for “Life is by P.D. James these stories is as playful as pornography is only the first Four previously uncol- it is ingeniously plotted, the what reason he finds for not author's sly humor as evident lected stories from one coming forward as a witness happens of the great mystery as her hallmark narrative to a murder . . . A best-selling elegance and shrewd writers of our crime novelist describes the when you’re time--swift, cunning understanding of some of the crime she herself was most complex--not to say the busy murder mysteries (two involved in fifty years earlier . of which feature the young Adam most damning--aspects of . . Dalgliesh's godfather human nature. A treat for making Dalgliesh) that together, to borrow implores him to reinvestigate the author's own word, add up to a P. D. James's legions of fans plans.” a notorious murder that and anyone who enjoys the delightful "entertainment." The newly might ease the godfather's appointed Sgt. Dalgliesh is drawn pleasures of a masterfully -Allen mind about an inheritance, wrought whodunit. From the into a case that is "pure Agatha but which will reveal a truth Hardcover edition. Saunders Christie." . . . A "pedantic, that even the supremely respectable, censorious" clerk's upstanding Adam Dalgliesh

NON-FICTION ADDITIONS

Truevine One day a white man offered sheep-headed freaks, even by Beth Macy them a piece of candy, setting "Ambassadors from Mars." Back Others include: off events that would take home, their mother never The true story of two African- them around the world and accepted that they were "gone" Hungry Heart change their lives forever. and spent 28 years trying to get American by Jennifer Weiner Captured into the circus, the them back. Through hundreds brothers who Muse brothers performed for of interviews and decades of were kidnapped I am and displayed royalty at Buckingham Palace research, Beth Macy expertly and headlined over a dozen explores a central and difficult by Brian Wilson as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year sold-out shows at New York's question: Where were the Madison Square Garden. They brothers better off? On the Come in to check struggle to get them back. The out our wide variety year was 1899 and the place a were global superstars in a world stage as stars or in pre-broadcast era. But the poverty at home? TRUEVINE is of Adult Non-Fiction sweltering tobacco farm in the material. Jim Crow South town of very root of their success was a compelling narrative rich in Truevine, Virginia. George and in the color of their skin and in historical detail and rife with Willie Muse were two little boys the outrageous caricatures implications to race relations born to a sharecropper family. they were forced to assume: today. supposed cannibals, Volume 1, Issue 6 P a g e 3

ADULT FICTION UPCOMING ARRIVAL

The Boy is Back the pro golf circuit. Then one tiny thought they knew about by Meg Cabot post on the Internet causes all of themselves (and one another) has In this brand new those troubles to return with a been turned upside down, and novel in Meg’s fan- vengeance. Becky Flowers loves her they-and possibly the entire town of favorite “Boy” series, small-town life, her small-town Bloomville will never be the same, a scandal brings business, and especially the all because: The Boy is Back. celebrity golfer Reed small-town wedding she’s planning. back home to the She hasn’t thought about her no small town, the crazy good high school ex, Reed Stewart, *This is part of Cabot’s series, The family, and first love he once left in years. Until suddenly-thanks to a Boy Series. Other titles include: behind. Reed Stewart thought he’d news story that goes viral on every The Boy Next Door left all his small-town troubles- gossip site on the Internet-Reed Boy Meets Girl including a broken heart-behind comes bursting back into her life Every Boy’s Got One when he ditched tiny Bloomville, like an Indiana summer twister. Indiana, a decade ago to get rich on Now everything Becky and Reed

FALL FUN

Carrot & Apple Salad Butternut Pudding 2 tablespoons honey 2-10 ounce packages thawed frozen butternut squash puree 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 -14 ounce can coconut milk 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 4 eggs 1 green apple, cored and thinly sliced 1/2 cup pure maple syrup whipped cream 2 carrots, peeled and cut into coins Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Blend 1/2 cup walnut pieces, toasted squash, coconut milk, eggs and In a large bowl, whisk honey, oil and lemon juice; season. syrup; pour into 8-inch baking dish. Put dish in roasting Toss apple and carrots with dressing, Sprinkle with nuts. pan; pour boiling water halfway up dish to make water bath. Bake for 1 hour; top with cream.

2016 Fall Bucket List 1. Jump in a pile of leaves. 2. Go to a local pumpkin patch and pick yourself a pumpkin. 3. Go on a hayride with friends and family! 4. Pick some fresh apples for those Fall homemade goodies. 5. Throw a Fall themed party for your friends and family. 6. Decorate your pumpkin and display it for all to see. 7. Take a drive and explore the beautiful Fall colors, don’t forget to snap a picture! 8. Play some Fall themed games, such as bobbing for apples for a good laugh. 9. Make a wonderful, warm pot of your favorite soup to keep you warm. 10. Get lost in a corn maze with your friends and family. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON! EVENT INFO

Story Hour October Dates to Remember: 1000 Book Read Program Every Tuesday bring your little All Month– Book Walk through town For those who are too young to one’s in for a story and activity! Lap Free Adult Movie– 5:30 pm participate in the Summer Reading Sit is for toddlers and is held at 10 Knitting– 5th & 19th 1-3 pm Program, we also offer the 1000 a.m. Book Read Program. The goal is Pre-School aged children 9th-15th is Teen Read Week read one book per day. This helps to are at 10:30 a.m. 13th– Free Family Movie 4:30 pm develop language skills, vocabulary HAWG– 20th– 6:30 pm October Themes and also can prepare your children Book Club– 25th– 6:30 pm 4th– Vegetables to enter kindergarten. Board Meeting– 27th– 4:30 pm 11th– Fire Safety The staff will keep track of your

18th– Reptiles reading using a book chart. If you

25th– Orange have questions about the program, please contact Sherry Helmuth, Junior Jive Program Coordinator at 453-2341. Every Friday at 10 a.m. for children Information sheets are available at 1 1/2 to 5 years old. Enjoy music All activities take place in the and movement led by Sara DuToit. Community Room unless otherwise the circulation desk. noted.

Mission Statement We would love to see you at the Pigeon District Library. Come take a look at our The mission of the Pigeon District Library is to selection of books, references and provide programs, resources and services to movie rentals that are available to the meet the educational, informational and community. recreational needs and interests of the people For information regarding the Friends of in its service area. the Pigeon District Library, please contact Ruth Kumaus at 734-730-0129. Board of Trustees Nancy Heck– President-Winsor Township Pigeon District Library Teresa Potter– Vice President– Village of Pigeon 7236 Nitz Street Anne Eichler– Secretary– Village of Pigeon Pigeon, MI 48755-0537 www.pigeondistrictlibrary.com Gwynne Barry– Chandler Township Phone: 989-453-2341 Linda Beyer– McKinley Township Fax: 989-453-2266 Muriel Dutcher– McKinley Township E-mail: [email protected] Steve Corrion– Winsor Township To subscribe to the newsletter, please send us a message at Deb Leipprandt– Chandler Township [email protected] Library Director Jane Himmel Find us on Facebook!