A Wealth of Information Awaits You

September 2015 Volume 3, Issue 9

The Word About Town Coolidge Public Library

Special Points of Interest...

National Library Card Sign-up Month

Lego Club—Sept 4 & 18

Library Closed—Sept 7th

Adult Book Discussion—Sept 8

Tween Titans—Sept 11 & 25

Raising Chickens—Sept 12

Your Health; Your Money—Sept 19

Captain Hook Party Hour—Sept 23

Library Closed — Oct 3rd

Master Gardener —Oct 8th

Inside this issue:

Win a Coolidge Days Bracelet 2

Adult Book Discussion 2

Gardening in Cooler Temperatures 2

Local Author Spotlight 6

Tween Titans 7

Lego Club 7

Fun Van 8

Captain Hook Story & Party Hour 8

Banned Books Week 9

Your Health; Your Money; Your Goals

Are you having the “how are we going to pay for health insurance?” conversation?

Choosing a healthcare plan that meets the needs of you and your family can be an overwhelming task. There is help and resources available to as-sist you in making the best decision.

We will host one workshop in September and one in October with Maria Villalobos, Regional

Lead Navigator with Sun Life Family Health Centers.

Join us on Saturday, September 19th at 10:00 a.m. or Friday, October 2nd at 11:00 a.m. for a free information session.

We encourage registration. You can email us at library@coolidgeaz.com or call (520) 723-6030. Refreshments will be provided.

Raising Chickens

There are many reasons why you might consider raising chickens! Perhaps you already bought one and would like to learn more or you are just thinking about this as a future possibility?

Join us Saturday, September 12th at 11:00 as An-nabelle Pattison from the Tractor Supply Com-

pany goes over the benefits of raising chick-ens, how to care for them, some useful do’s and don’ts, and more!

Registration is encouraged. You can email us at library@coolidgeaz.com or call (520) 723-6030. Refreshments will be provided.

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The September Book Club title is The Innocent Man by John Grisham

The Book Club will meet Tuesday, September 8th from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. To sign out a book club selection, simply visit the library before the scheduled meeting date. You need to have a valid contact number prior to sign out and should have a library card. Snacks and drinks are provided.

Adult Book Discussion

Win a Coolidge Days Bracelet!

September is National Li-brary Card Sign-Up Month.

If you open up your first ac-count or purchase a library

card replacement, you will be entered in a raf-fle to win a Coolidge Days pass! Names will be pulled on September 23rd.

Coolidge Days runs through October 2nd-4th at San Carlos Park (300 W. Central Avenue).

To receive your first library card, please bring in proof of your current Pinal County residen-tial address and a photo ID. If you are purchas-

Gardening in Cooler Desert Temperatures

well as how to better prepare soil. There will be a Q & A to follow. Refreshments will be pro-vided.

We encourage registration. You can email us at library@coolidgeaz.com or call (520) 723-6030.

ing a replacement, it will cost $1.00 and we will need to see photo identification.

A library card is the smartest card in your wal-let because you have access to endless amounts of information in a variety of formats to suit your needs.

Check out books in print as well as electroni-cally. Listen to audio books and watch popular movies. Log onto a public computer to work on your homework, resume, or other research. You can use our online research tools for an-cestry research, car repair, and much more!

Join us on Thursday, October 8th at 2:00 p.m. as we welcome back Master Gardener Deborah North to the Coolidge Public Library.

As the months start to get a little cooler here in Arizona, some gardening techniques may need to change in order to better maintain a suc-cessful garden. Deborah plans to go over how to prepare for those cooler temperatures as

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The Marriage of Opposites - Adult Fiction By Alice Hoffman

This is a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the ex-traordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro; the Father of Im-pressionism. Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in fara-way Paris. Rachel's mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult girl

who refuses to live by the rules. Growing up, Rachel's salvation is their maid Adelle's belief in her strengths, and her deep, life-long friendship with Jestine, Adelle's daughter. But Rachel's life is not her own. She is married off to a widower with three children to save her father's business. When her husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Fréderick, arrives from France to settle the estate, Rachel seizes her own life story, beginning a defiant, passionate love affair that sparks a scandal that affects all of her family, including her favorite son, who will become one of the greatest artists of France. ~ Provided by publisher

Trap - Adult Fiction By Robert Tanenbaum

In the next courtroom drama in the New York Times bestselling Karp-Ciampi series, Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi get tangled up in a web of misdirection and must unravel it in time to solve a mass murder. When a tremendous blast rocks an old school building in East Harlem during a meeting of the New York Charter Schools, killing six and wounding a dozen others, it’s initially blamed on a natural gas explosion. However, as Butch Karp digs a little

deeper, he discovers the explosion was the work of a mysterious serial arsonist in the employ of the teacher’s union president, who is angry at the unqualified successes of the charter school movement in New York City and worried for the corrupt public school system. Also involved in the planning and cover-up is a major law enforcement player and a political hack who panders to the union for financial support and gets caught up in the homicidal scheme. ~ Provided by pub-lisher

Summer Secrets - Adult Large Print Fiction By Jane Green

When a shocking family secret is revealed, twenty-something journalist Cat Coombs finds herself falling into a dark spiral. Wild, glamorous nights out in London and rag-ing hangovers the next day become her norm, leading to a terrible mistake one night while visiting family in America, on the island of Nantucket. It's a mistake for which she can't forgive herself. When she returns home, she confronts the unavoidable re-ality of her life and knows it's time to grow up. But she doesn't know if she'll ever be able to earn the forgiveness of the people she hurt. ~ Provided by publisher

Modern Romance - Adult Non Fiction By Aziz Ansari

At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly differ-ent from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated?

This is a hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern ro-mance from one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices. ~ Provided by publisher Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship - Adult Non Fiction By Robert Kurson

Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time. If Chat-terton and Mattera succeed, they will make history—it will be just the second time ever that a pirate ship has been discovered and positively identified. Soon, however,

they realize that cutting-edge technology and a willingness to lose everything aren’t enough to track down Bannister’s ship. They must travel the globe in search of historic documents and ac-counts of the great pirate’s exploits, face down dangerous rivals, battle the tides of nations and governments and experts. It’s only when they learn to think and act like pirates—like Bannister—that they become able to go where no pirate hunters have gone before. ~ Provided by publisher

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Ringo: With a Little Help - Adult Non Fiction (Memoir) By Michael Seth Starr

Born in 1940 as Richard Starkey in the Dingle, one of Liverpool's most gritty, rough-and-tumble neighborhoods, he rose from a hardscrabble childhood marked by seri-ous illnesses, long hospital stays, and little schooling to emerge, against all odds, as a locally renowned drummer. Taking the stage name Ringo Starr, his big break with the Beatles rocketed him to the pinnacle of worldwide acclaim in a remarkably short time. He was the last member of the Beatles to join the group but also the most vulnerable, and his post-Beatles career was marked by chart-topping suc-cesses, a jet-setting life of excess and alcohol abuse, and, ultimately, his rebirth as

one of rock's revered elder statesman. ~ Provided by publisher

The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel - Adult Fiction Audio By Nina George

Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.

After Perdu is finally tempted to read the letter, he hauls anchor and departs on a mission to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story. Joined by a bestselling but blocked author and a lovelorn Italian chef, Perdu travels along the country’s riv-ers, dispensing his wisdom and his books, showing that the literary world can take the human soul on a journey to heal itself. ~ Provided by publisher Reagan: The Life - Adult Non Fiction Audio By H.W. Brands

In his magisterial new biography, H. W. Brands brilliantly establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth century, a true peer to Franklin Roosevelt. Reagan conveys with sweep and vigor how the confident force of Reagan’s personality and the unwavering nature of his beliefs enabled him to engi-neer a conservative revolution in American politics and play a crucial role in ending

communism in the Soviet Union. Reagan shut down the age of liberalism, Brands shows, and ush-ered in the age of Reagan, whose defining principles are still powerfully felt today. ~ Provided by publisher

Scandal: The Complete Fourth Season - DVD Featuring Kerry Washington, Scott Foley, and Tony Goldwyn.

After the shocking events surrounding President Grant's re-election, a newly fragile Olivia has gone off the grid. But her plan to "stand in the sun" with Jake is derailed when Quinn tracks her down with news of Harrison's death. Once back in D.C., Olivia struggles to reconnect with her embittered "gladiators". There, she's finally forced to confront the unspeakable evil her father has wrought. And once she chooses sides against him, there’s no turning back. ~ Product description

The Divergent Series: Insurgent - DVD Featuring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James, and Kate Winslet,

Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world. ~ Product description

Real Families: Voice, Value and Respect For All Regardless of Origin - Adult Non Fiction By Diana Terrell Culver, M.ED.

This book is designed to empower families to recognize their unique qualities. It also covers risk factors, academic and behavioral challenges and offers suggestions for the family to overcome these. Finally, it helps the family develop an action plan to use the information and assert their voice as the most qualified expert on their child to effectively advocate for their family and child to achieve their personal best. ~ Provided by publisher

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P.S. I Still Love You - Young Adult By Jenny Han

Given the way love turned her heart in the New York Times bestselling To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, which SLJ called a “lovely, lighthearted romance,” it’s no sur-prise that Lara Jean still has letters to write. Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever.

When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the bestseller To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of what makes it so amazing. ~ Provided by publisher

River Runs Deep - Juvenile Fiction By Jennifer Bradbury

Twelve-year-old Elias has consumption, so he is sent to Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, the biggest cave in America, where the cool cave vapors are said to be healing. At first, living in a cave sounds like an adventure, but after a few days, Elias feels more sick of boredom than his illness. So he is thrilled when Stephen, one of the slaves who works in the cave, invites him to walk further through its depths.

But there are more than just tunnels and stalagmites waiting to be discovered; there are mysteries hiding around every turn. The truths they conceal are far more stunning than any-thing Elias could ever have imagined, and he finds himself caught right in the middle of it all, while he's supposed to be resting. But how can he focus on saving his own life when so many oth-ers are in danger? ~ Provided by publisher

Are you between the ages of 9 and 12? Do you like to do fun, crafty projects and science ex-periments? We have just the thing for you! Tween Titans is both a fun and educational program that tends to focus on art, science, and more!

Tween Titans will meet at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 11th and 25th.

Registration is not required for these pro-grams. Call (520) 723-6030 with questions.

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Ask Me - Children’s Picture Book By Bernard Waber

A father and daughter walk through their neighborhood, brimming with questions as they explore their world. With so many things to enjoy, and so many ways to ask—and talk—about them, it's a snapshot of an ordinary day in a world that's any-thing but. This story is a heartwarming and inviting picture book with a tenderly written story by Bernard Waber and glorious illustrations by Suzy Lee. ~ Provided by publisher

Fun Van

The Fun Van, sponsored by First Things First, is an early childhood program for families with children ages birth-5. Trainings in the form of parent discussions, parent/child activities, educa-tion about available resources, and exposure to early literacy materials assist parents in raising children that are prepared for school and life. The program is on Mondays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. Registration is required to attend the Fun Van, and there is a limited number of walk-ins avail-able each week. Please visit http://www.ajpl.org/van/ for instructions, or ask us for a Fun Van flyer.

Story & Party Hour with Captain Hook

Weekly Storytime is every Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. It is geared towards children ages 1-4, and includes a story or two as well as a fun craft. Occasionally we provide snacks.

We have a very special storytime planned for September 23rd. Captain Hook will be joining us for an exciting pirate themed story and party hour!

Join us for a story, games, and more!

Parents must remain with younger children. Registration is not required.

This is an exciting program for children ages 5-12 years old. We supply the LEGOS and the children supply the imagination! Lego Club will meet at 4:00 p.m. on September 4th and 18th.

Lego Club is great for kids because it helps en-hance their fine motor skills, their social and

LEGO Club

problem solving skills as well. With the fun challenges we provide, Lego Club can also be a way to help strengthen those STEM skills, too!

This program is not intended for children un-der the age of 5. Call (520) 723-6030 with questions.

The Coolidge Public Library helps all residents address the desire for self-directed personal growth and development opportunities throughout their lives by providing materials, programs, and services to meet the citizen’s recreational needs.

Email: library@coolidgeaz.com to subscribe to our monthly newsletter and events calendar!

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