March Newsletter Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library Vision: Expanding Minds. Empowering People. Enriching Community. 110 N. Lamont St. Aransas Pass, Texas 78336 (361)758-2350 Dear Reader, This month’s featured author is M.C. Beaton. Marion Gibbons, née Marion McChesney was born on 1936 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has worked Upcoming Events as a buyer of fiction for a Glasgow bookshop, theatre critic, newspaper TEEC reporter and editor. She is a British popular and prolific writer March 8, 2017 6:30 p.m. of romance and mystery novels since 1979.She married Middle East Silver Sneakers – Members Only Correspondent Harry Scott Gibbons; they had a son Charles. She had lived in March 10, 2017 11:30-1:00 p.m. the USA. She divides her time between a cottage in the Cotswold and Paris. Food Handlers Class She has written numerous successful historical romance novels under (a form March 13, 2017 6:00 p.m. of) her maiden name, Marion Chesney, including the Travelling Matchmaker Mahjong Club and Daughters of Mannerling series. Using the pseudonym M. C. Beaton, March 14, 2017 1:00-5:00 p.m. she has also written many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Keep Aransas Beautiful Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. She has also written romance March 14, 2017 5:15-6:00 p.m. novels under the pseudonyms Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Pre-Natal Wellness Class Crampton, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester. March 16, 2017 9:00-12:00 p.m. Writing as Marion Chesney, her most recent endeavor is an Edwardian Library Board Meeting – mystery series featuring Lady Rose Summer, a charming debutante with an March 16, 2017 9:00 -10:00 a.m. independent streak, and Captain Harry Cathcart, an impoverished aristocrat. Movie Afternoon at the Library- In a recent interview, she stated that she has ceased writing the Edwardian March 30, 2017 2:00 p.m. series due to the pressure of writing for the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Garden Club nd Macbeth series as M.C. Beaton. Her latest novel Death of a Ghost is the 32 March 23, 2017 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. book in the Hamish Macbeth series. Story Time – Every Tuesday 9:00 a.m.&10:00 a.m. 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. *We are also still collecting “box tops” for our schools. So if you Wikipedia have box tops, please drop them off to us. Page 1 of 2 Children's Corner Mr. Kippy’s Story Time every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. and 10 a.m. In the Library New Titles in the Library Koha Online Catalog Adult Fiction Visit our website at Death of a Ghost by M.C. Beaton www.aransaslibrary.org:8000 Gunmetal Grey by Mark Greaney Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb Reserve a Librarian Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman Need help with computers, job Little Deaths by Emma Flint applications, resumes, laptops, and Humans Bow Down by James Patterson more. Reserve a librarian we are here to help. Young Adult/Junior Fiction Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly TexShare Database Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly Library of Texas exclusive online King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard resources for genealogy, business, ________________________________________________________________ health, and homework. Ask a librarian Children’s Book Review for information. Submitted by Waconda Clayworth Are you interested in a parent-inspired spring reading project? New Library Activities! Look at these websites: Colorin Colorado. It is for both parents and teachers. I read it in Spanish when I Don’t Forget to Attend! want to brush up my Espanol. In English or Spanish it is very informative. Every 4th Thursday of each month at Reading Rockets. This is a strategy based website to improve young children's 2:00 p.m., we will host an Afternoon reading confidence and proficiency. Movie at the Library featuring a just Also one book and one magazine can spark involvement. "The Kids Guide to released movie. This month, Social Action" is a book by Barbara A. Lewis is written by a teacher-parent. It is however, in order to feature the very thorough and engaging. movie Fantastic Beast starring Eddie Redmayne we will show the movie In the March 2017 issue of Family Fun you will find "All Booked Up" by Erin on Thursday, March 30th. A spin-off of Zammett Ruddy. In it there are 16 ways to encourage reading. My favorites are: #3 Theme Your Nook #6 Read the book, then watch the movie #8 Read aloud- the Harry Potter film series, it was even when they don't need it #10 Reread the same books to little ones #15 Turn produced and written by J. K. to books at tough times. Erin Ruddy is a longtime leukemia survivor who has a Rowling, in her screenwriting debut, very good introduction on not making reading a chore especially for reluctant and inspired by her book of the readers. Ms. Villarreal has this magazine in her library office. same name. As a bonus also read this or all of the Unsolved series; The Mysteries of the Cosmic Joker by Kathryn Walker is to say the least bizarre! For children who don't take to other stories, I hope the weird but true articles will be talking points for them. Mission: In Striving for public service OverDrive is Now Available!! excellence, The Aransas Pass Public OverDrive is the leading global digital distribution platform, offering the Library is a welcoming community center whose staff, resources, programs, industry’s largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, music, streaming video and services provide for the needs of and periodicals. our diverse community. 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