Summer Reading Continues Through July

Special points of interest:

Library closed for Holiday—July 4

Book Club—July 9

Teddy Bear Picnic Story Time—July 10

Family Movie Day “Holes”—July 11

Reading Logs Due—July 23

End of Summer Reading Party with

Wildman Phil—July 26

Inside this issue:

Library Offers Free School Supplies 2

School Distributes Lunches 2

Book Club Meets Monthly 2

Secretary of State Visits Library 7

Fun Van Meets Monthly 7

Take Advantage of Holds Service 8

A Wealth of Information Awaits You

July 2013 Volume 1, Issue 7

The Word About Town Coolidge Public Library

It isn’t too late to join in the Summer Reading Program fun. You still have time to keep track of your reading to win great prizes. Reading logs must be turned in by July 23. Summer cal-endars are available at the library and on the website at www.coolidgeaz.com/library. Pick one up so you can attend all of the events!

The next Family Movie Day is Thursday, July 11, at 3 p.m. with Holes. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert) after being accused of stealing. The warden makes inmates spend every day dig-ging a hole to “build character.” But when an

artifact from “Kissin Kate” Barlow is found, the warden forces the boys to work double time. What is the war-den looking for? (Snacks provided.)

In addition to the Mon-day morning Fun Van, Monday’s Drop-in Craft time continues at 4:00 p.m. Weekly story times meet Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:15. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Special Guest Entertains at the End of Summer Reading Party

Our End of Summer Read-ing Party is at the Coo-lidge Youth Center (660 S Main St) Friday, July 26, at 2 p.m. Everyone who finishes reading and turns in their reading logs by July 23 will have a chance to pick out a special

prize. This is our chance to celebrate our suc-cesses and is a highlight of the summer.

We have a special guest coming to our party! Wildman Phil will bring wildlife animals for us to see face-to-face. Come learn about the strange things these animals do! Snacks pro-vided.

Gentle Father Tim is a bachelor Episcopa-lian rector who has more than he can handle—with church secretary Emma Garrett man-aging his every move, a lovable but unloved boy named Dooley thrust into his care, and the charm of a new

The next book club meeting takes place on Tuesday, July 9 at 5:30 p.m. To sign out a book club se-lection, visit the li-brary before the meeting date. You need to have a valid contact number prior to sign out—a library card is pre-ferred.

neighbor who brings surprising change to his stick-in-the mud habits. It is easy to feel at home in this gentle North Carolina town full of quirky, unthreatening char-acters, reminiscent of those who lived in television’s Mayberry. Snacks and drinks are provided.

Adult Discussion Group Meets Monthly

Dollar General Literacy Grant Funds New Program

million people.

The Foundation ap-

proved a $2,000 grant

to the Coolidge Public

Library. Funds are

used for craft supplies,

Summer Reading

prizes, and a new pro-

gram—back-to-school

supplies.

School-age children

may stop in to the

library every week to

pick up free back-to-

school supplies. Li-

brary cards are not

required. Library

staff simply asks for

the child’s name and

grade. The library

has already distrib-

uted pencils, erasers,

glue, and crayons

to 200 children.

July supplies in-

clude homework

folders, spiral

notebooks, lined

paper, and dry

Thanks to a generous

grant from the Dollar

General Literacy

Foundation, the library

is distributing free

back-to-school sup-

plies to children. Dol-

lar General began their

foundation 20 years

ago. They invest in

programs that advance

learning to read, re-

ceiving your GED, or

learning English. They

have awarded over

$81 million to librar-

ies, schools, and non-

profit organizations,

helping more than 4.7

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Author: Jan Karon

erase markers.

“We are so grateful

to Dollar General

for helping us offer

this vital service to

local families,” says

Joyce Baker, Li-

brary Manager. The

program continues

through July 27

while supplies last.

Free Lunches Distributed Daily

again this

summer.

Meals are

available

to children ages 1 to

18. Distribution be-

gins each day

(Monday-Friday) at

The Coolidge Unified

School District distrib-

utes free lunches to

children at the library

11 a.m. and con-

cludes by 1 p.m.

Meals must be

eaten at the library.

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The Moon and More—Young Adult Fiction By Sarah Dessen

Emaline has grown up happily in the quiet beach town of Colby, N.C. (a setting that will be familiar to Dessen's many fans), where she lives with her mother, stepfather, and stepsisters. She's been dating a handsome local boy, Luke, for four years; they both work for her grandmother's property rental company and plan to attend East U in the fall. Then Emaline's quasi-estranged birth father and her 10-year-old half-brother, Benji, show up, as does another out-of-towner—an ambitious and romantic filmmaker's intern named Theo—upending Emaline's life and aspirations. Even though Emaline has two boys falling in and out of love with her, what's most at stake for her is figuring out what she wants for her future and deciding who to prioritize within her highly populated and very busy life.

Weird-But-True Facts About Weather —Juvenile Nonfiction By Lauren Coss

This high-interest title delivers information on a variety of subjects including lightning, blizzards, and storms. The quirky, cool and astonishing facts them-selves are printed in a bold, colorful font with supporting comments following in a smaller, less flashy typeface. Cartoon spot illustrations are high in child ap-peal overall. This amusing book will be popular for browsing.

Infinity Ring—Curse of the Ancients—Juvenile Fiction By Matt de la Pena

Acclaimed author de la Pena continues the Infinity Ring series with this exciting fourth installment. What is the secret history connecting the SQ to the ancient Mayans? Sera has seen the future, and it is terrifying. Unfortunately, she cannot do anything to prevent the Cataclysm while stranded with Dak and Riq thou-sands of years in the past. Their only hope lies with the ancient Maya, a myste-rious people who claim to know a great deal about the future. Is there more to these ancients than meets the eye? This series, written by various authors has captured the interest of pre-teen readers. Summer is a great time to catch up on the whole series as book 5 will be released in August.

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The Silver Star—Adult Fiction By Jeannette Walls

Being a single mother is never easy, but for Charlotte Holladay, a wannabe folk singer in 1970, raising her 15- and 12-year-old daughters, Liz and Jean (aka Bean), is more than she can handle. Known for dropping out when things get tough, Charlotte's latest spell of parental abandonment attracts police atten-tion and the girls flee rather than face being placed in foster care. A cross-country bus trip lands them on the doorstep of their only relative, the previ-ously unmet Uncle Tinsley. Their arrival proves to be as much of a shock for the reclusive widower as it is for the girls themselves. As the trio learns to co-exist, Liz and Bean try to fit into the small southern town. Readers familiar with Walls' backstory from her memoir, The Glass Castle (2005), will recognize ele-ments of her personal history in this captivating, read-in-one-sitting.

Island Girls—Adult Fiction By Nancy Thayer

New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer returns to her beloved Nan-tucket in a highly emotional, wholly entertaining tale of three sisters forced to confront the past over one event-filled summer on the island. Thayer, the queen of beach books, takes readers on an emotional roller coaster full of fam-ily connections, hysterical summer guests, and the drama of everyday life. Is-land Girls insightfully illustrates how the push and pull of family altercations make us whole. It is how the Randall sisters come to forgive, and learn to open their hearts to love.

Monsters University Roooar!—Picture Book By Disney-Pixar

Life is a scream when Mike and Sulley team up to become the ultimate “scaring” duo. The supercool vinyl Sulley figure appears throughout the book and ROARS when his stomach is pressed as he proves he will be the king of the scream. Kids will roar with delight as they read this adorably interactive book that features Mike Wazowski and James P Sullivan—beloved characters from Monsters, Inc that are now starring in the hilarious prequel, Monsters Univer-sity.

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The Possibility Dogs: What a Handful of “Unadoptables” Taught Me about Service, Hope, and Heal-ing—Nonfiction By Susannah Charleson

Charleson journeys into the world of psychiatric service, where dogs aid hu-mans with disabilities that may be unseen but are no less felt. Inspired by her own experience, she learns to identify abandoned dogs with service potential, often plucking them from shelters at the last minute, training them to work be-side hurting partners, to whom these dogs bring intelligence, comfort, and hope. From Merlin the chocolate lab puppy with the broken tail, who now sta-bilizes his partner’s panic attacks; to Ollie, the blind and deaf terrier, rescued moments before it was too late, who now soothes anxious children, Charleson sees canine potential everywhere, often where she least expects it.

A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert “Believe it or not” Ripley—Nonfiction By Neal Thompson

A marvelously compelling biography of Robert Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globetrotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world’s strangest oddities. After selling his first cartoon to “Time” magazine at age eighteen, Ripley gained notoriety with outrageous declarations that somehow always turned out to be true—such as that Charles Lindbergh was the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic. Assisted by a harem of female admirers and devoted researcher, Norbert Pearlroth, Ripley developed his wildly popular radio show “Believe It or Not,” which made him one of the most successful entertainment figures of his time and spurred him to search the globe for bizarre facts, exotic human curiosities, and shocking phenomena.

Tell Me the Truth, Doctor—Easy-to-Understand Answers to Your Most Confusing and Critical Health Questions—Nonfiction By Richard Besser, MD

Besser, ABC-TV’s Chief Health and Medical Editor, delivers the straight scoop on more than 70 common health questions with practical take-away advice that will add years to your life. Eager to help you make the choices that are right for YOU, he organizes his easy-to-understand answers into six lifestyle categories, including diet and nutrition; exercise and fitness; vitamins, supple-ments, and medicines; beating illness and injury; and navigating the perplexing world of health care as well as a chapter dedicated to the questions you wished you asked before your doctor walks out the door.

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Happy Happy Happy My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander—Audio Book Nonfiction By Phil Robertson

Phil Robertson is the original Duck Commander and star of Duck Dynasty, an extremely popular television show on A&E. This no-holds-barred autobiogra-phy chronicles his remarkable life from early childhood through the founding of a family business. He grew up with the dream of living the simple life, but soon found himself on a path to self-destruction. He almost lost it all and then everything changed when he invented a duck call. With great love, Phil has fi-nally found the ingredients to the good life he always wanted. In this eye-opening and rousing book, you will find stories that will shock you, as well as

those that will inspire you. You will get to know the man behind the legend, and you will come away better for it. Joyland—Audio Book Fiction By Stephen King

Set in a small town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. “I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book. I also loved the paperback I grew up with as a kid, for that reason, Joyland has come out in paperback.”—Stephen King

Oz: The Great and Powerful—DVD

A mischievous magician gains the wisdom to become a powerful ruler after be-ing swept away to a land of magic and mystery. Shady illusionist, Oscar Diggs (James Franco) enchants curious audiences at a Kansas circus. A self-professed con man, he’s a fast-talking performer who aspires to follow in the footsteps of inventors like Thomas Edison. When a tornado blows in, Oscar runs for cover to a hot-air balloon where he is magically transported to the wondrous world of Oz. Together with the brave people of Oz, Oscar draws up a plan to rid the land of evil once and for all, and become the great and powerful king who will rule from his throne in the Emerald City.

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Secretary of State, Ken Bennett, came to the library this week to officially hand off grant funding for new equipment.

The $10,250 grant was awarded through the Federal Library Services and Technology Act and administered by the Ari-zona State Library, Archives and Public Records for the Insti-tute of Museum and Library Services.

The library will purchase tab-lets for new computer classes in the newly created classroom alcove. The program, titled “Social Hour and More” will of-fer iPad classes for photo edit-ing; various social computing apps such as Facebook and Pin-terest; downloading e-books,

audio books, and magazines; and job searching. Classes will begin in the fall.

The Arizona State Library awards these funds on a competitive basis to librar-ies in Arizona. The library staff also thanks the County Library District for furnish-ing the new classroom.

Secretary Bennett said, “this is really fantastic to get the technology into the hands of the community members.”

Many local officials attended

the reception, in-cluding Representa-tive T J Shope, Coo-lidge Mayor Tom Shope, Assistant City Manager Jill Dusenberry, County Librarian Denise Keller, Executive Director of the Coo-lidge Chamber of Commerce Lynn Parsons, and Li-brary Advisory Board members.

Secretary of State, Ken Bennett Visits Library

Fun Van Continues Through the Summer

“Social Hour and

More” classes

bring technology

into the hands of

the community

members.

new pre-literacy skills with the Fun Van on Monday mornings from 9:30 – 11:30.

Funded through First Things First, the Fun Van uses the “Parents as

Even though we are busy with Sum-mer Reading Pro-gram events, the Fun Van continues to meet through the summer. Fami-lies with children ages 5 and younger are invited to learn

Teachers” curricu-lum to prepare children to read.

The Coolidge Pub-lic Library is ex-cited to host this program. Stop in Mondays at 9:30 a.m. to participate.

Apache Junction’s Fun Van visits

Coolidge Public Library

Representative TJ Shope, County Librar-ian Denise Keller, Mayor Tom Shope,

Library Manager Joyce Baker, and Sec-retary of State Ken Bennett

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.

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You can even request a book that has not yet been released. Are you just curious about when

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If we have the book, but it is currently checked out,

What would you like? Let me get that for you!

your favorite author’s next book is coming out? We can look that up for you too. The library re-ceives many new release books by popular authors on the release date. If you let us know you are wait-ing for a book, we will make sure you get it as soon as we receive it.

Some requests can be placed by logging in to your account on the li-brary web site. The staff is also always ready to help you with your re-quest.

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