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Contents

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-Book Discussion

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-Library Reading Challenge

-Thinking Forward to Thanks-giving

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-Characters for a Cause

-A Holiday Sampler

-Once Upon a Cuento

-Looking Forward to Decem-ber

NOVEMBER

Library Hours

Monday 10:00am-9:00pm

Tuesday 10:00am-9:00pm

Wednesday 10:00am-9:00pm

Thursday 10:00am-9:00pm

Friday 10:00am-5:00pm

Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm

Sunday CLOSED

Fun Facts: Thanksgiving

• The first Thanksgiving was held in the autumn of 1621 and included 50 Pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag Indians and lasted

three days .

• Thanksgiving didn't become a national holiday until over 200 years later! Sarah Josepha Hale convinced President Lin-

coln in 1863 to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, after writing letters for 17 years campaigning for this to happen.

• No turkey on the menu at the first Thanksgiving: Historians say that no turkey was served at the first Thanksgiving!

What was on the menu? Deer or venison, ducks, geese, oysters, lobster, eel and fish.

• Americans eat 46 million turkeys each Thanksgiving!!

• Thanksgiving was almost a fast — not a feast! The early settlers gave thanks by praying and abstaining from food,

which is what they planned on doing to celebrate their first harvest, that is, until the Wampanoag Indians joined them

and (lucky for us!) turned their fast into a three-day feast!

• The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1924 featuring live animals from the Central Zoo.

Characters for a Cause

The teen advisory board wants YOU to vote during the month of November– vote for your favorite char-acter, that is. Each week in the month of November there will be two characters set up and you are to vote for which one you like better using a can of food. All food will be given to the Food Pantry. Choices to vote for include Harry Potter vs. Percy Jackson, Pinkypie vs. Deadpool, etc.

Looking Forward to December..

Coming in December! Cookies with Santa, Teen Christmas Party, Santa’s Workshop (Christmas Crafts), Christ-mas Bingo. Look for more information to come!

Closings

The Madison Public Library will be closed November 11th for Veterans Day and Novem-ber 23rd for Thanksgiving.

Song and Stage: A Holiday Sampler

Tuesday, November 14th at 7:00 pm

Members of the Madison Master Singers as well as the DSU drama production of A Christmas Carol will perform a free preview of their upcoming holiday shows followed by a short Q&A period. All attentive ages are welcome.

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Are you up for the challenge?

November is...

• South Dakota became a state on November,2 1889– Read a book about South Dakota

• Veteran’s Day, November 11th– Read about World War I

• November 13-17—American Education Week– Learn something new. Read a nonfiction

book.

It’s never to late to start. Pick up a book at the Library and get started. When you have completed the book, re-

turn it to the Library and fill out an entry form to be entered in the drawing for a chance to win a $20 in chamber

bucks!

There is a bonus for readers who complete all twelve challenges!! One lucky reader will win the Grand Prize

drawing at the end of the year.

Get more information at the Library.

The 2017 Library Challenge

Librarian’s Corner

Thinking Forward to Thanksgiving

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Inferno by Dan Brown Thursday, November 16th- 1:30 PM

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date.

In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most endur-ing and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno.

Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Thursday, November 16th- 7:00 PM

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires. At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, de-plores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Hen-ry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse. As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life – some-times painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the en-durance it requires.

We would love to have you join us! Please stop in to learn more about our book dis-cussions!

Gearing up for Thanksgiving, I decided to ask the fellow librarian’s of the Madison Public Library what they are thankful for.. specifical-ly, why they were thankful to be a librarian/ why they were thankful for the library. Here are there answers below!

“Reading and learning are a valuable investment in one’s self. As a librarian I love having the chance to help facilitate opportunities for individuals who are seeking to improve their future by expanding their knowledge.” -Joy

“I am thankful as a librarian because my job is always interesting and ever changing. No two days are alike. I learn something every day. I’m thankful for the particular smell that is the library’s. “It was good to walk into the library again; it smelled like home.” -Elizabeth Kostova” - Nancy

“I’m thankful for libraries because of the opportunity for endless possibilities.” -Mel

“I’m grateful to work in a place with a good boss and great coworkers.”- Pat

“ I’m thankful that every day I work at the library, I learn something and become a better version of me. I am thankful for libraries because they never give up working for a better democracy. In these times libraries remain committed to accurate information, listening to concerns, and giving everyone a voice. “ -Lisa

“I’m thankful for the chance to work in such a beautiful building with wonderful people. I love that I get to create and dream in a place filled with so much imagination and so many adventures. There is truly no joy like being surrounded by books.” -Anne

We would love to invite YOU to tell us what you are thankful for! Stop in to the library this month and fill out a card by the “turkey” and drop it in the box!