SOUTH SIOUX CITY VOLUME 5, ISSUE 12 PUBLIC LIBRARY DECEMBER, 2017 South Sioux City Public Library Special Points of Interest: December Activities Staff Biographies Military Family Computer Job and Career Accelerator DECEMBER ACTIVITIES Buddy, as he comes to be him for one last criminal heist. Family Movie Time meets known, knows that he's on Monday at 6:00 p.m. and "special." When he's 30, Buddy Cookbook Book Club fo- Saturday at 1:00 p.m. learns from Santa that he's cuses on Candy on their De- really a human. He decides to cember 14th at 6:30 p.m. December 2nd A Christmas go in search of his father, to Story : In 1940s Indiana, nine- find out where he belongs. He Tangled Yarns meet each year-old Ralphie dreams of his walks to Manhattan, and is Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ideal Christmas gift: a genuine immediately run over by a cab. Red Ryder 200-shot carbine At first his father rejects him We Will Rock You: De- action air rifle. But when gruff and Buddy ends up in a de- cember Lost in the Stacks: dad and doting mom regularly partment store where other This month we focus on respond with "You'll shoot elves are working. But all the Rock ‘n’ Roll music on CD, in We will Close on Saturday December your eye out!" Ralphie mounts while, things are looking bad movies and books available at 23rd at 12:30 p.m. and re-open on a full-scale Santa-begging cam- for Santa Claus. When Santa the library. Lost in the Stacks paign. He encounters a slew of Tuesday December 26th @ 9 a.m. crashes his sleigh in Central is held on December 18th at calamities from snowsuit pa- We will close on December 30th @ Park, it's Buddy's moment to 6:30 p.m. ralysis to the dreaded tongue- shine. 12:30 p.m. and reopen on January on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit. “Ah, music. A magic beyond all 2nd at 9 a.m. December 11 & 16 Despicable we do here!” —J.K. Rowling December 4 & 9 Elf: A hu- Me 3: Gru meets his long-lost man baby accidentally ends up charming, cheerful, and more at the North Pole and grows successful twin brother Dru up among the elf community. Inside this issue: who wants to team up with New Fiction 1 SOUL OF THE ‘60S TOPS 2 NEW FICTION (CHRISTMAS/ HOLIDAY FICTION) THE MUSIC CHECKOUTS The Christmas Room by Cathe- Winter Storms by Elin Hilder- ise Hunter (FIC HUN) New Audiobooks, DVDs, 3 rine Anderson (FIC AND) brand (FIC HIL) Holly & Ivy by Fern Michaels and Music CDs Christmas in Destiny by Toni Winter Stroll by Elin Hid- (LPFIC MIC) ChiltonLibrary Auto Repair 4 Blake (PBK B) erbrand (FIC HIL) Christmas at Icicle Falls by Sheila Database ‘Tis The Season by Robyn Carr Seven Days of Us by Francesca Roberts (PBK R) (PBK C) Hornak (FIC HOR) Learning Express Learn-a- 5 The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Test Holiday Spice by Samantha Falling Like Snowflakes by Den- Shalvis (PBK S) Chase (PBK C) ise Hunter (FIC HUN) Tangled Up in Tinsel by Candis New Nonfiction 5 Winter Solstice by Elin Hilder- Winter brides : a year of wed- Terry (PBK T) brand (FIC HIL) dings novella collection by Den- Staff Recommendations 6 Page 2 SOUTH SIOUX CITY PUB LIC LIBRARY STAFF BIOGRAPHIES: MEET TAMMI HUSK My name is Tammi. I have worked are Danielle Steel, Linda Lael Mil- We have some real changes in for the South Sioux City Public ler, Jodi Thomas, and Fern our list of most popular authors. Library since 1999. I love how Michaels. 1. David Baldacci many people I have gotten to 2. C.J. Box know since I started here. I grad- When I am not reading, I like 3. James Patterson uated from SSC High School, and to play on the computer, do cro- 4. John Grisham am still a big Cardinals sports cheting and other crafting pro- 5. Janet Evanovich fan. I am married and my children jects. 6. Tracie Peterson live in Lincoln. 7. Linda Howard _________________________ 8. Alex Berenson Tammi Husk I have always loved to read 9. Harlan Coben books of all kinds, but right now Our Most Popular Authors of 10. Linda Scottoline my favorite books are romanc- 2017 es. Some of my favorite authors NORA ROBERTS TOPS THE MOST POPULAR AUDIOBOOKS The Next Always by Nora Patterson Bossypants by Tina Fey Roberts Low Presaure by Sandra A Wanted Man by Lee The Chance by Karen Brown Child Kingsbury Infernal by Dan Brown Dies the Fire by S.M. Ster- Killing Kennedy by Bill ling The Last Boyfriend by Nora O’Reilly Roberts Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance Fatally Flakey by Diane The Neighbor by Lisa Gard- Mott Davidson Let's pretend this never hap- ner pened (a mostly true mem- Book Donations Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reil- oir) by Jenny Lawson Deliver us From Evil by Da- ly vid Baldacci The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag I. Michael Bennett by James SOUL OF THE ‘60S TOPS THE MUSIC CHECKOUTS Soul of the ‘60s La música no se toca by Clasicas musicales by De Bohemio con by Lupillo Alejandro Sanz Joansinger Sebastian Rivera A Horse with No Name and Historias de la calle by Calibre Soul of the ‘70s other hits by America 50 Music of Your Life Pink Friday Roman Reloaded by Euphoria by Enrique Iglesias Sentimental by Joansinger Se- Niki Minaj 21 by Adele bastian Una noche de luna by Marco Viva el príncipe. vol. 1 & vol. 2 by Up All Night by One Direction Atonio Solis Cristian Castro Joyas prestadas by Jenni Rivera Joyas prestadas pop by Jenni Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Rivera Con tololoche by Remmy Valen- Mars zuleia El hijo del pueblo by Vincente Move Along by the All Ameri- Fernandez Mi promesa by Pesado can Rejects Independiente by Ricardo Il Volo by Volo The Spirit of Christmas by Amy Arjona Grant Page 3 VOLUME 5, ISSUE 12 NEW AUDIOBOOKS/ DVD’S/ MUSIC CD’S Audiobooks DVDs Music CDs Origin by Dan Brown (FIC BRO) Moonlight (DVD ACA MOO) The Long Awaited Album by Steve Down a Dark Road by Linda Moana (DVD CHI MOA) Martin and the Steep Canyon Castillo (FIC CAS) Kevin Hart What Now (DVD Rangers (MCD BG MAR) The Crossing by Michael Connel- COM KEV) God’s Problem Child by Willie ly (FIC CON) Snatched (DVD COM SNA) Nelson (MCD COUN NEL) Seven Days of Us by Francesca A Street Cat Named Bob (DVD Welcome Home by The Zach Hornak (FIC HOR) COM STR) Brown Band (MCD COUN Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Fences (DVD DRA FEN) ZAC) Lisa Kleypas (FIC KLE) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Between Dreams and Regrets by Origin by The Silent Corner by Dean (DVD Dra JAC) Bruce Mandel (MCD FOLK Koontz (FIC KOO) Loving (DVD DRA LOV) MAN) Dan Brown Murder Games by James Patter- Queen of Katwe (DVD FAM Chronicle by Credence Clearwa- son (FIC PAT) QUE) ter Revival (MCD ROCK CRE) Two Nights by Kathy Reichs (FIC The Space Between Us (DVD Salon, lagrimas y deseo by Lila REI) ROM SPA) Downs (MCD WOR DOW) MANGO LANGUAGES Learning a second language is vital Mango Languages just go to the Bly and Tomas Tranströmer in today’s global economy. Mango library webpage http:// 2. When God spoke Greek : the Languages is a language learning www.southsiouxcity.org/ Septuagint and the making of database that is easy and effective. department/index.php?fDD=11-0 western civilization by T.A. Law Mango language will allow you to and click on Mango Languages on 3. The Book of Five Rings by Mu- learn languages like Spanish, the right hand side of the page, sashi Miyamoto French, Japanese, Brazilian Portu- just below the YouTube symbol. 4. El manuscrito encontrado en guese, German, Mandarin Chinese, You will enjoy learning languages Accra by Paolo Coelho Greek, Italian and more. You will with Mango Languages. 5. Las mujeres de los dictadores need to have a valid library card to ________________________ by Diane Ducret get Mango Languages. 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