SOUTH SIOUX CITY VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 PUBLIC LIBRARY OCTOBER 2015 South Sioux City Public Library Special Points of Interest: See the Byway the Quiltway October Youth Programming Most Popular Books for Adults Staff Recommendations SEE THE BYWAY THE QUILTWAY quilt block or ‘swatch’ (6 ½” View timeless treasured quilts niques, styles and history of unfinished) so you may assem- and enjoy the beautiful fall quilting. She will discuss the ble your very own 2015 scenery along 231+ miles of evolution of quilting; old and “Quiltway” masterpiece. quilting on Nebraska’s Outlaw new methods. Trail Scenic Byway 12 from *Special Speakers; Presenta- South Sioux City & Homer to Books on Quilts and Quilt tions each day (Check each Valentine & Siguana, SD. Making: The following is a stop for times and location). Outlaw Trail Quilt Show 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday brief list of our books about Free-will donation. and Saturday October 9th & quilts and quilt making. **Check for closings or 10th and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 change of sites on certain p.m. on Sunday October 11th. Simple appliqué : approach- dates. able techniques, easy meth- Watch for special quilt signage ods, beautiful results! By South Sioux City Public Li- in the following communities Kim Diehl brary ~ 2121 Dakota Ave. hosting quilt displays with South Sioux City Hand-stitched home : pro- special themes. 9:30 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Friday jects to sew with Pendleton Oct. 9. “Fold it up and Make & other wools by Sisam There will be over 25 chances Another One!” Jane Ve- Bea; to win door prizes and with a reen will present her journey Sew red : sewing & quilting $1 donation your name goes through quilting. Jane will for women's heart health into Grand Prize Drawing for show examples of her 33 by Laura Zander Antique ‘Bubble Gum Pink’ years of quilting while educat- Quilt as you collect your free Inside this issue: ing the audience about tech- Meet the Staff 2 Reading to Babies 2 NEW FICTION (DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY STORIES) New CDs, and DVDs 3 As Chimney Sweepers Come to by Joanne Fluke (FIC FLU) The 14th Deadly Sin by James Dust by C. Alan Brady (LPFIC Don’t Go Home by Carolyn Patterson (FIC PAT) October Computer Clas- 4 BRA) Hart (FIC HAR) Speaking in Bones by Kathy ses Tail-Gait by Rita Mae Brown Any Other Name by Craig John- Reichs (FIC REI) (FIC BRO) Audiobooks and E-books 5 son (FIC JOH) The Fifth Heart by Dan Sim- on OverDrive The Cat Sitter’s Nine Lives by Hush, Hush by Laura Lippman mons (FIC SIM) Blaize Clement (LP FIC CLE) New Releases on Freegal 5 (FIC LIP) Bodies by Si Spencer (741.5 Devil’s Bridge by Linda Fairstein Gun Street Girl by Adrian SPE) (FIC FAI) Staff Recommendations 6 McKinty (FIC MCK) See Also Murder by Larry D. Double Fudge Brownie Murder Sweazy (FIC SWE) Page 2 SOUTH SIOUX CITY PUB LIC LIBRARY STAFF BIOGRAPHIES: MEET BRENDA LUSSIER Hi I’m Brenda and then teaching for around a many of our patrons get to watch year before getting my job here. I me attempt to crochet. Working in a library was actually still do illustrations for books and one of my first jobs, I started off make comics in my free time, but I love working in the library! I like helping out the librarian in high I really enjoy the work I get to do seeing all the different people that school during the day. I really here as well. come in and trying to help them enjoyed it but I still wanted to be with their questions or find a a comic book artist! I went to I enjoy drawing, and I listen to specific book for them. I also college for art and ended up music almost all the time. I really enjoy using my creativity to make working in the library on campus enjoy cooking and baking, I'm the displays and decorations for the part-time during the school year only vegetarian in my family so library. Brenda Lussier and full-time over the summers. I I've had to kind of learn to cook realized then that I really did en- for myself. I like being outside joy working in a library. Howev- and going for walks or running. I er, I still managed to mess around also helped start the Tangled getting a degree in art education Yarns group at our library, where OCTOBER YOUTH PROGRAMMING After-School Program – This is a 13” ratings or lower, for the whole ing into the library and find- time for kids in grades 3-5 to hang family to enjoy! Family movies are ing a fun atmosphere. We Toddler Time – A story time out at the library. Our After-School shown on Monday evenings at 6:00 explore books, crafts, for children 2-3 years old and their caregivers. We enjoy Program will run from Oct. through p.m. and Saturday afternoons at 1:00 games, and science. May. There is a $30 fee to partici- p.m. books, crafting and a snack. pate. We will have snacks, crafts, Pat-A-Cake Pals – This is a hands-on learning, reading, and LEGO Build – Every Tuesday starting time to introduce the library at 3:30 and ending at 5:00, we will to our youngest customers, more! Contact 402-987-2140 Ne- braska Extension Office in Dakota have LEGO’s out in the youth area those under 2 years old. We County, if you are interested in hav- of the library for children to build sing, read, and play. This is held on Thursday mornings ing your child participate. with. Come let imaginations fly. at 10:00 a.m. Family Movies - All movies are “PG- Night of FUN – Night of FUN is a program to get families used to com- Reading to Babies You wouldn’t wait until your baby tial time, during which he’ll learn ing sessions aren’t important. By prised if it takes a few sessions started forming words and sen- the basic sounds and concepts hearing you read aloud, your little before you and your little one get tences before talking to him or that wills serve as the building one is exposed to the vowels, into a rhythm with the right her – so why hold off introducing blocks for cognitive development. consonants, and syllables that books and the right routine. By the joys of reading to your little form his native language. incorporating calm, unhurried one? Although most of the posi- There are numerous benefits Cognitive Stimulation: A reading into your little one’s tive effects become evident as the from reading time: baby’s developing brain can be nighttime routine, you’ll be help- child reaches toddler and pre- Bonding: When you share a likened to a blank canvas, ready ing to set the stage for a restful school ages, many of the im- book with your baby, she’ll enjoy to be painted and shaped by the night’s sleep. portant influences are forged hearing the comforting rhythm of millions of sensory experiences Healthy Expression and during infancy. By reading to your your voice, feeling your heart, and she’ll be presented with during Communication: Through expo- new baby regularly, you’ll be help- smelling your familiar scent. Over the first year of life. The colors, sure to engaging, interactive read- ing to build a foundation for life- time, she’ll come to associate textures, and sounds in books will ing experiences, babies will be long learning and development. books with close, intimate time help accelerate your baby’s men- better equipped to relate to with Mommy or Daddy tal growth and awareness of her those around them and process While it may seem that a new- surroundings. their own emotions. born or infant won’t get much Early Language Skills: It may from books at first, development be a while before your baby be- More Restful Sleep: Reading experts agree that the first year gins vocalizing words and phrases, to babies can be a soothing, com- of a child’s life is a highly influen- but that doesn’t mean early read- forting activity but don’t be sur- Page 3 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 NEW AUDIOBOOKS/ DVD’S /MUSIC CD’S Audiobooks DVDs Music CDs Badlands by C.J. Box (FIC The Jurassic Park Collection The First Time by Kelsea BOX CD) (DVD 0252) Ballerini (MCD COUN A Step of Faith by Richard Song of the Sea (DVD BAL) Paul Evans (FIC EVA CD) 1407) Suffer in Peace by Tyler X by Sue Grafton (FIC The Tale of Princess Kaguya Farr (MCD COUN FAR) GRA CD) (DVD 1492) Love Somebody by Reba The Queen of Tearling by One Hundred and One Dal- McIntyre (MCD COUN Erika Johansen (FIC JOH matians (DVD 1494, 1495) MCI) The First Time CD) The Interview (DVD 2608) Jekyl + Hyde by the Zac by Kelsea Ballerini The Girls of Summer by Horrible Bosses 2 (DVD Brown Band (MCD COUN ZAC) Anne Rivers Siddon (FIC St. Vincent (DVD 2616 SID CD) Before This World by James Farmland (DVD 2641) The Vacationer by Emma Taylor (MCD ROCK TAY) The Last Days of Vietnam Straub (FIC STR CD) (DVD 2642) VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES General library Used book sale Writing group Shelving: Returning books Home delivery books Poetry back onto the shelves. Youth Programming Storytelling Weeding: Pulling selected After school homework Evening programming- adult books from the shelves for help supervision for kids to play discarding.