November Newsletter

Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library Vision: Expanding Minds. Empowering People. Enriching Community. 110 N. Lamont St. Upcoming Events Aransas Pass, Texas 78336 Pre-Natal Wellness Class (361)758-2350 November 7, 2018 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Dear Reader, 2nd Annual COPD Walk November 10, 2018 Tana French (born 1973) is an American-Irish writer and theatrical actress born 10:00 a.m. in Vermont. Her debut novel In the Woods (2007), a psychological mystery, won Food Handlers Class November 12, 2018 the Edgar Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel. She lives in 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Dublin. The British online newspaper, The Independent, has referred to her as the Alzheimer’s Meeting First Lady of Irish Crime, "who very quietly has become a huge international name a November 15, 2018 French was enthralled by both acting and writing since her childhood days but 10:30 a.m. eventually focused more on acting. Library Board Meeting November 15, 2018 Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci 9:00 a.m. Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together. Movie Afternoon at the Library- November 15, 2018 Nicci Gerrard was born on 10 June 1958. She grew up in , together 2:00 p.m. with her two sisters and her brother. She was educated at The Alice Ottley Garden Club (field trip) School in Worcester. She then studied English literature at Oxford University and United Health Care Medicare then an MPhil at Sheffield University in 1986. She went on to teach literature in Los November 17, 2018 Angeles and . She founded a women's magazine before becoming 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. a freelance journalist. Following the failure of this first marriage, she met Sean ESL Classes -Every Tuesday and Wednesday French whilst working as editor for the New Statesman where French wrote a 6 p.m. – 8p.m. weekly column, but left when she was offered another job at The Observer. Mahjong Club – every Tuesday Sean French was born on 28 May 1959 in , the son of ,[3] a 12:00 p.m. radio producer and film critic. He was, like his two younger brothers Patrick and Senior Fitness Session – Every Karl, educated at William Ellis secondary school in north London before studying Monday 9:30 a.m. English literature at Oxford University. The couple never met while there. While at Story Time – every Tuesday Oxford University, French won a young writers contest organised by Vogue, and 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. subsequently became a journalist. Library Hours Sunday – Closed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday - 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Wednesday 8:30 am – 7:00 pm Saturday – 11:00 am – 3:00 pm FYI – *We still have our Coupon Exchange Program. So if you need coupons, please come visit the library. Wikipedia * We are also still collecting “box tops” for our schools. So if you have box tops, please drop them off to us. *Library Closed November 22- 23 Page 1 of 2

Children's Corner Mr. Kippy’s Story Time 9:00 a.m and 10 a.m. In the Library Koha Online Catalog New Titles in the Library Visit our website at Adult Fiction www.aransaslibrary.org:8000 The Witch Elm – Tana French Day of the Dead – Nicci French Reserve a Librarian The Reckoning – John Grisham Need help with computers, job applications, resumes, laptops, and more. Reserve a librarian we Vendetta – Iris Johansen are here to help. Ambush – James Patterson TexShare Database A Sparkle of Light – Jodi Picoult Library of Texas exclusive online resources for Holy Ghost – John Sandford genealogy, business, health, and homework. Ask a librarian for information. Junior Fiction

Young Scrooge – R.L. Stine New Library Activities! Jubilee -Patricia Reilly Giff Don’t Forget to Attend! Goldie Blox and the Three Dales – John Stacy McAnulty Every 4th Thursday of each month at ______2:00 p.m., we will host an Afternoon Children’s Book Review Movie at the Library featuring a just Submitted by Waconda Clayworth released movie. This month’s feature is Butterflies by Marfe Ferguson Delano Destination Wedding. This romantic, Think of all the beautiful words you can think of and apply them to this nice comedy, drama is rated R. The film primer. Butterfly gardens attract butterflies and there is something ethereal features Winona Ryder and Keanu about how they will flit across your viewing. Where have you seen butterflies? Reeves. Every wedding seems like it has that one person who is miserable and The Mystery of the Hieroglyphs by Carol Donoghue wishes everybody else to be just as Cn y rd ths? miserable as he or she is. As luck has it, This very thorough but very readable and enjoyable text tells you of the history this wedding has two such guests. of hieroglyphs and how their carved coding began and was finally decoded from symbols to sounding out the symbols. I have always been fascinated by them Having traveled to the destination as art but they were really about narratives of the ancient Egyptians and those where their friends' wedding is to take that invaded their lands. Lots of good questions throughout the book as well as place, these two people are miserable interesting illustrations and time lines in their own minds and antagonistic toward one another. When the event A Ball for Daisy Illustrated by Chris Raschka has concluded, the two have to make a What do you do with a wordless picture book? The cute puppy and the red ball choice as to continue their relationship. could be inspiration for a happy kid's narrative. ESL Classes! Soccer School by Deborah Lock The San Patricio Adult Literacy Council will be sponsoring ESL classes at our library starting in Is a penalty good or bad? Find out by going through this comprehensive but very September. Classes will be held 2 times a week on understandable little book. Anything strange in it? No, but a fuzzy white soccer ball Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Call is a bit weird. The diagrams throughout the book are good; easily decodable. (361)758-2350 for details.

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