DecemberAugust 2020 2019 Novel Thoughts Book Club Nonfiction Book Club Thursday, December 3, at 10:00am Tuesday, December 15, at 2:00pm We’re discussing The Dutch House by We’re discussing The Monk of Mokha by Ann Patchett. If you would like a copy of Dave Eggers. If you would like a copy of this book, call us at 920.967.3690. this book, call us at 920.967.3690.

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920.967.3690 for materials for adults or young adults. Santa Virtually Visits the Library Cooking with Gratitude: Or request materials at Take & Make (for all ages) Tuesday, December 15, at 6:30pm Holiday Treats (Virtual Event) www.menashalibrary.org/request Create your own sliced wood ornaments. Register to It turns out that Santa Claus is a great receive a kit with all the materials. Maximum 2 sets per Thursday, December 10, at 7:00pm You will receive a notice when they are ready. Pick up storyteller and plays the ukulele! Everyone, household. of any age, will enjoy this virtual program Expand your dining options and add variety and healthy your materials at the library entrance within a week. with Santa (aka Otis Miller of Miller tips to your family menus with Chef Shelly Platten. Contact us to reserve yours for curbside These holiday party treats feature a creamy dip full of pick-up. Call 920.967.3690 or email us: & Mike). Find family programs on Check Out Your Online Library Facebook: @MenashaLibrary veggies and a simple dessert that is decadent but made [email protected]. without refined sugar: www.menashlibrary.org/digital Call us at 920.967.3670 for help Available from December 1 until they are with attending this program. This • Warm Spinach Artichoke & Red Pepper Dip gone. program is sponsored by the • Vegan Snickers Caramel Bars Friends of the Menasha Library. All services at the Elisha D. Smith Public Library are free and for everyone. Those with special needs are encouraged to call Chef Shelly is a renowned local chef, an advocate for the library office at 920.967.3662 within 24 hours of an event to assure that specific needs with regards to parking are met. wellness, and a Fox Valley Tech adjunct instructor. Todos los servicios de la Biblioteca Elisha D. Smith son gratuitos y para todos. Aquellos con necesidades especiales Tune in to our Facebook live presentation –find us on pueden llamar a la oficina de la biblioteca 920.967.3662 con 24 horas de anticipación a un evento para asegurar que las Facebook @MenashaLibrary. Or watch this workshop necesidades específicas de parqueo, acceso al edificio o acceso a las salas de reunión puedan ser satisfechas. Community Blood Drive later at www.menashalibrary.org/vimeo

Monday, December 28, from 3:00 to 5:00pm Details about the ingredients list to purchase ahead will The library will be closed Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25. Merry Christmas! The Community Blood Center will be here with their be provided the week prior the event at The library will be open until 4:00pm on Thursday, December 31, and closed Friday, January 1. Happy New Year! mobile unit from 3:00 to 5:00pm. Appointments are www.menashalibrary.org/calendar recommended. Call us at 920.967.3690. Books & Beyond is published monthly by: 920.967.3690 Reference Desk Hours: Elisha D. Smith Public Library 920.967.3680 Circulation Desk 8:30 to 8:30 Mon.—Thurs. Eat a good meal. Drink water. Bring photo 440 1st Street www.menashalibrary.org 8:30 to 6:00 Friday identification and a medication list, if you Menasha, WI 54952 @MenashaLibrary 8:30 to 4:30 Saturday take medications. 1:00 to 5:00 Sunday The mobile unit will be parked on This newsletter is free. If you or someone you know would like to receive it by mail each month, call the north side of the parking lot. 920.967.3662 or send an email message to [email protected]. For Children Recommended for Children NonFiction My Little Crocheted Call 920.967.3670 to place a hold on these books, ask Christmas for a pack of books to be set aside for you to pick up. Betty Crocker Christmas by Doerthe Eisterlehner *All programs are live-streamed on Cookies Add a little handmade warmth to Construction Site on Christmas Night Find all the season’s favorite Christmas with these charming Facebook @MenashaLibrary by Sherri Duskey Rinker cookies, from fun and filled goodies crocheted decorations, toys, and It is Christmas Eve, and all the like Gingersnap Sandwich Cookies charms.

construction vehicles are finishing up to inspiring decorated treats like Take & Make a Craft work on the site, and when they Snowflake Mittens and delicious Call us at 920.967.3670 to register for leave they find that there is a special drop varieties like Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies. this month’s Take & Make craft: sliced present waiting for each of them. Quick and Easy Christmas wood ornaments. This month’s craft is The Carols of Christmas: a Christmas crafts for all types of for all ages. Reserve a set before they The Crayons' Christmas Celebration of the crafters! You can quickly and easily make are gone! knitted, sewn, paper, felt decorative items, by Drew Daywalt Surprising Stories Behind or even mosaic, decoupage, needlepoint And pick up a special kid’s Christmas Break Take & Learn how Duncan, his crayons, and Your Favorite Holiday Songs and cross stitch objects with this Make starting December 28 through December 31. their families celebrate the holidays. A charming book that brims with beautifully illustrated instruction book. Features a pop-up Christmas tree anecdotes, expert knowledge, and

Baby Story Time and ten novelty items including Christmas spirit, this is a fittingly joyous letters readers can pull from their envelopes, games, account of one of the best-loved Quilled Christmas Friday, December 4 & 11, at 10:00am* punch-out ornaments, and a poster. Rhymes, songs, and stories for babies musical traditions. by Alli Bartkowski Celebrate the season with 30 colorful birth to two years old and their caregivers. Merry Christmas, Peppa! The Christmas Tree Book These story times provide preschool and charming paper-quilling projects for readiness and build large motor skills. Peppa loves Christmas. It's filled by Cassie Kitzmiller Christmas decorations, ornaments, gift with family time, fun, and, of Interior designer Cassie Kitzmiller tags, greeting cards, and more. course, presents! But this year shows you how to decorate the Holiday Concert with Tom Pease Peppa loves her presents TOO Tuesday, December 8, at 6:30pm* perfect Christmas tree this holiday much...she plays rough and gets season with step-by-step Taste of Home That antic songster returns for a concert filled with those hurt! Can Peppa still have a merry instructions and beautiful photos. Handmade Christmas loveable Tom songs and jokes! Don’t miss this concert Christmas after all? From whimsical elves made of felt to with songs old and new, plus some seasonal joy and The Cozy Christmas good cheer! My Family Celebrates cleverly custom greeting cards, the Movie Cookbook inspired ideas in Taste of Home Santa Virtually Visits the Library Christmas by Lisa Bullard by Holly Carpenter Handmade Christmas promise to make Christmas is a time for celebrating everyone’s holiday merry and bright. Tuesday, December 15, at 6:30pm* family, but there are many traditions Tis the season for cozy comforts, delicious holiday treats, and your It turns out that Santa Claus is a great storyteller and that make Christmas special. Critical favorite Christmas movies! The plays the ukulele! Everyone, of any age, will enjoy this thinking questions paired with back A Very Vintage Christmas: Holiday virtual program with Santa (aka Otis Miller of Miller & matter photos help young readers learn Countdown to a Cozy Christmas Cookbook brings you nearly 100 Collecting, Decorating and Mike). This program is sponsored by the Friends of the all about Christmas in this engaging Library. story. recipes inspired by America's most Celebrating by Bob Richter adored Christmas films. This book embodies the nostalgia and The Muppet Christmas Carol: The Yoga Story Time Heart & Home for Christmas sentimentality associated with the Friday, December 18, at 10:00am* Illustrated Holiday Classic by Brooke holiday season, by helping the Catch us for a special yoga story time for preschoolers. by Victoria Duerstock everyday collector and enthusiast to Vitale Duerstock brings her mission to build their own collection and offers Simple yoga poses with a story. In this colorful storybook celebrating inspire hope for God's purpose, and tips on how to make the most of what a funny and festive family favorite, Bilingual Story Time her 20 years of experience in the they’ve got. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter and mean furniture and design industry Do you like stories read in English and Spanish? Check old man, sees the error of his ways together, connecting Scripture with out our Facebook page @BibliotecaPublicadeMenasha Why does Santa Wear Red?: after meeting three strange ghosts, design elements and easy with Mr. Victor for stories, puppets, and projects. and a whole lot of Muppets, on one ...and 100 other Christmas decorating tips in a way that reflects snowy Christmas Eve. the true spirit of Christmas. Curiosities Unwrapped www.menashalibrary.org/recommended reads Peril at Owl Park Homemade Holiday: Craft by Meera Lester Your Way Through More Open this holly jolly book, and you'll by Aggie Morton find it overstuffed with Christmas treats For young detective Aggie Morton and her than 40 Festive Projects like carols, crafts, recipes, legends, www.menashalibrary.org/childrensbookrequestform friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot by Sophie Pester songs, and of course tinsel trivia! With more exciting when a dead body is found Bring the magic of a handmade this ultimate Christmas collection, you'll fall in love with in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Christmas into your home with 40 Christmas all over again. Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life www.menashalibrary.org/stories projects for gifts, decorations, and of Agatha Christie as a child and her most homemade wrapping paper. www.menashalibrary.org/cuentes popular creation, Hercule Poirot. Fiction Holiday Picks Happily this Christmas Brightest Star by Susan Mallery Place a hold on any of these books in the catalog using your library card or call us at by Fern Michaels An independent businesswoman and 920.967.3690 to make arrangements to pick them up at the library. Writing biographies to support her family’s single mother offers support to her neighbor and secret crush during a Young Adult Large Print struggling Christmas shop, Lauren is Assigned to pen the life story of a holiday season shaped by a prickly Aunt Dimity and the Heart of daughter’s pregnancy, a painful Dash & Lily's Book of Dares handsome and surprisingly intelligent online Gold by Nancy Atherton retailer mogul who has put hundreds of secret, difficult past mistakes and an by Rachel Cohn In this new installment of the bestselling small companies out of business. unexpected second chance at love. Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on Aunt Dimity series, a dreary Christmas Holding Out for Christmas a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas- leads to hidden treasure and new Christmas at the Holiday House by time in New York, neither knowing friendships. RaeAnne Thayne by Janet Daily quite what--or who--they will find. A demure kindergarten teacher with The Christmas Boutique A young widow endeavoring to give her little by Jennifer Chiaverini boy a wonderful Christmas relocates to Silver dreams of Nashville stardom makes a Kiss It by Erin Downing difficult choice when she reunites with New York Times bestselling author Bells, Colorado, where she works beside a Small-town Minnesotan Chastity (Chaz) a smitten and wildly attractive rancher Jennifer Chiaverini returns with a delightful single-minded businessman to restore his Bryan wants nothing more than to get during an annual western-themed Christmas-themed installment in her historic family mansion in time for the holidays. some sexual experience before she Christmas ball that launches a holiday beloved Elm Creek Quilts series—a graduates from high school and moves season of romance and promise. captivating, heartwarming tale sure to Christmas at the Island Hotel away, but when she meets an intriguing become a holiday favorite. boy visiting from North Carolina over by Jenny Colgan In a Holidaz Christmas break, her tough-girl facade A Christmas Gathering by Sent by his privileged family to learn how by Christina Lauren slowly breaks down. Anne Perry the less fortunate earn their living, a duke's Maelyn Jones is living with her A cold case adds a chill to the holiday son takes a job at a new Murian hotel parents, hates her job, and just Let it Snow by John Green season as bestselling author Anne Perry while falling unexpectedly in love with a messed up her love life. She is In three intertwining short stories, whisks readers to an elegant home in the hardworking young waitress. dreading the family's last Christmas several high school couples experience English countryside for a Christmas of at their Utah cabin, but one random the trials and tribulations along with the secrets, soul-searching, and forgiveness. Christmas Swap wish and she may just get a do-over. joys of romance during a Christmas Eve by Melody Carlson Eve snowstorm in a small town. Holiday The Christmas Spirits on Tradd When songwriter West Prescott tries a tales of love and romance. Ivy Hill Christmas Street by Karen White vacation trade for Christmas, he accidentally by Julie Klassen Right of Way by The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd ends up playing the caretaker of his own house In the late 1800s, haunted by an old Lauren Barnholdt Street with a vengeance in this festive book -and falling in love with the struggling musician secret, Richard Brockwell prefers to in the New York Times bestselling series. staying there. Will keeping his true identity from Told in their separate voices, 17-year-old stay away from Ivy Hill-until his her hinder their blossoming Peyton convinces 18-year-old Jace to mother threatens to stop funding his drive her from a Florida wedding toward romance? carefree life unless he returns for her Connecticut home with the intention of Jingle All the Way by Debbie Macomber Christmas. Will Christmastime in Ivy Christmas Table staying in North Carolina rather than face Everly and Asher begin to see magic in Hill, with all of its divine hope, her parents' marital and financial the possibility of a life together. But as by Donna VanLiere surprises, and romance, work its problems, while both avoid the obvious the cruise nears its end, and Everly’s While preparing for her baby’s arrival, magic? attraction they have felt since they met at Christmas. family Christmas approaches, both must Lauren Mabrey, after purchasing an antique decide if love is worth the risk. A merry table, finds a stack of recipe cards on which One Bright Christmas Top Ten Clues You're Clueless surprise may be in store in Debbie personal notes have been written from a by Katherine Spencer Macomber’s newest holiday delight. mother to her daughter, bringing about a by Liz Czukas connection that she never expected. Holiday cheer can’t be stopped this The day before Christmas, money goes Let it Snow by Nancy Thayer Christmas season in this next novel missing from a donation box at by the New York Times best-selling GoodFoods Market, and Chloe and five A Nantucket shopkeeper discovers that author of the Angel Island series. of her teenage co-workers, held in the Christmas is the perfect occasion to make A Dog’s Perfect Christmas break room until the police arrive, try to unexpected friendships . . . to warm the by W. Bruce Cameron identify the real thief. coldest of hearts and maybe even find love. Texas Kind of Christmas When their family suddenly faces a life-or- death crisis during the holiday season, the by Jodi Thomas What Light Goss's find themselves brought back It’s Christmas Eve, 1859, and by Jay Asher Royal Holiday by Jasmine together by the arrival of a little lost puppy everyone who’s anyone is headed to From Jay Asher, #1 New York Times Guillory who changes everything. the glorious St. Nicholas Hotel for the bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons From the New York Times bestselling

most talked about ball of the season. Why, comes a holiday romance that will author of The Proposal and a “rising star It’s the kind of Texas night where break your heart, but soon have you in the romance genre” (Entertainment anything can happen even love. believing in love again. . . . Weekly) comes a dazzling new novel about a spontaneous holiday vacation that turns into an unforgettable romance. Mysteries Murder in Season by DVDs Jessica Fletcher & Jon Land th Home for Christmas Day The 19 Christmas Supervising community holiday Buttons: a Christmas Tale When a young woman falls in love by James Patterson activities in Cabot Cove, Jessica Follow the magical, musical journey and develops a long-distance A peaceful San Francisco holiday season is Fletcher discovers two sets of bones, of two orphan girls whose only wish relationship with a soldier in active shattered by a criminal mastermind's ominous one recent and one ancient, before a is to find a home for Christmas. With duty, her protective mother tries threats for Christmas morning, prompting tabloid reporter's theories lead to a a little help from their guardian her best to steer her daughter Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends to third death and revelations about a angels, they discover that miracles away from heartache. Little do long-unsolved community mystery. really can happen when they find the they know they are about to learn prepare for an attack by a commissioned army of criminals. power to believe. important lessons of the heart and Murder in the First Edition that taking chances can make this Christmas Cow Bells by Lauren Elliott Christmas at the Plaza Christmas one they will cherish forever. by Mollie Cox Bryan When someone steals her first edition Jessica is hired to create an exhibition honoring the history of Settling in Shenandoah Springs, organic of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Christmas at The Plaza Hotel. There, micro-dairy farmer and cheese-maker Brynn Carol, and the organizer of the charity Last Christmas she meets Nick, a handsome MacAlister finds herself in the middle of a auction is found dead, bookstore A young woman, who has been decorator who's been commissioned murder mystery when her neighbor dies in a owner Addie Greyborne is faced with continuously unlucky, accepts a job to deck out the iconic landmark. When mysterious fire and strange things begin two mysteries — both of which are as a department store elf during the linked to her late fiancé's father. they're paired together to prepare the holidays. When Kate meets Tom on happening in her own pasture. exhibition, they find themselves falling the job, her life takes a turn. Owl Be Home for for each other. Christmas Cupcake Murder Christmas by Donna by Joann Fluke Christmas Break-in Firing up the Cookie Jar’s ovens to attend a Andrews Izzy gets left at school on the last day lengthy holiday checklist, Hannah Swensen Snowed in at a hotel during a before Christmas break. While her helps loved ones manage seasonal doldrums scientific conference, Meg Langslow parents brave a blizzard to reach her, Merry & Bright before she is challenged to identify a skilled assists Chief Burke in identifying three bumbling crooks break into the During the busy Christmas period, antique restorer found near death outside her which of the guests is responsible for school to hide out. But when they Merry and Bright Candy Cane bakery. the murder of a visiting ornithologist. take Ray, the school janitor, Izzy will Company owner Cate meets a have to find a way to save him and mysterious man and assumes he A Christmas Resolution Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas teach the crooks a lesson. is the man her determined mother by Anne Perry Demon by James Lovegrove is trying to set her up with. Based When Celia Hooper discovers that her friend It is 1890, and in the days before on the short story by Mary Kay Christmas Gone Wrong: Andrews. Clementine is to marry widower Seth Marlowe, Christmas Sherlock Holmes and Dr. 4 Movies John Watson are visited at Baker she calls upon her husband, Detective John A collection of 4 movies all gathered Hooper, to help her find out what really Street by a new client. Eve into one "binge box" for a spectacular A Snow White Christmas happened to Seth's first wife several years ago. Allerthorpe - eldest daughter of a movie night. Contains: Die Hard, Rumor has it that she killed herself and Seth's grand but somewhat eccentric A modern telling of the fairy tale Gremlins, The Night Before, National Snow White, Blanca Snow uses the daughter ran away to live on the streets but no Yorkshire-based dynasty - is greatly Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. one seems to know the truth. distressed, as she believes she is power of true love to overcome her being haunted by a demonic evil stepmother from ruining The Gift of a Magpie Christmas spirit. Christmas. Christmas Jars by Donna Andrews An aspiring reporter goes When the magpie, who has been bringing her Silent Bite by David Rosenfelt undercover to discover the secret bits of tinsel and costume jewelry, arrives with behind the Christmas jars, putting a gift that may be the clue to solving a crime, Finally getting into the Christmas spirit, lawyer Andy Carpenter, while into motion a series of events that Write Before Christmas Meg finds her hopes for a relatively peaceful will change her life, and her holiday season dashed. running a dog rescue organization, The movie centers around a community, forever. recently single Jessica who sends which is his true passion, agrees to help his partner prove the Christmas cards to people who Here Comes Santa Paws by innocence of a man wrongly Dashing Through the Snow have impacted her life: the aunt Laurien Berenson accused of murder. After a snafu at the airport, Ashley is who raised her, her younger Crime-solving friends Melanie and Claire forced to rent a car to make it home by brother in the military, a pop star dive into the investigation of the death of a Silent Night, Deadly Night Christmas. She shares the last car on who was part of the soundtrack of mysterious local woman in an affluent by Vicki Delany the lot with Dash, a handsome her life, the music teacher who Connecticut town just before Christmas in Residents of Rudolph keep the spirit stranger. Little does Ashley know that inspired her, and the best friend the latest addition to the series following Ruff of Christmas alive year-round—but she is on the FBI's no fly list, and Dash who always tells the truth. Justice. their joy is threatened when a group of is an undercover agent assigned to trail her. Based on the book by Debbie grinches visits the town, in the charming fourth installment of the Macomber. Year-Round Christmas series.