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Celebrating Poetry Month as the Feature of the Month
April is poetry month and the Library is celebrating by featuring local and well known poets and biographies of poets for the Feature of the Month. Some of the poets which will be featured are Wilma McDaniel, a Stroud native, who published many books and whose books are being re-printed through a grant from OSU. Also featured are Chandler native and last years Oklahoma Poet Laureate, Ben Myers. Another Chandler native, Mari Battle, will be featured, God’s Queen, poems and essays.
Well known poetry by Shel Silverstein, Robert Frost and Maya Angelou are featured as well as some children’s and young adult poetry.
New books for the beginning of March
Twenty-five new books were added March 1 to the Chandler Library collection including New Boy by Tracy Chevalier, Fifty Fifty by James Patterson, All That Glitters by Diana Palmer, The Cowboy’s Housekeeper (large print) by Lori Copeland, The Woman at the Window by A.J. Finn, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, Night Moves by Jonathan Kellerman, The Deceivers by Alex Berenson, Still Me by Jojo Moyes, Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella, The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, Penhale Wood: a mystery by Julia Thomas, Margaret Truman’s Allied Danger, Secrets of Cavendon by Barbara Taylor Bradford, The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Dark in Death by J.D. Robb, The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers, House of Secrets by V.C. Andrews, Look for Me by Lisa Gardner, An American Marriage (Oprah Book Club) by Tayari Jones and Raspberry Danish Murder by JoAnn Fluke.
Also nonfiction books Murder Beyond the Grave by James Patterson and Killing Albert Berch by Oklahoma author Alan Berch Hollingsworth. Also added were a children’s book Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens by Jane O’Connor and young adult book Hollow City: the second novel of Miss Peregine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
New children’s books at the Library
Library staff attended the Scholastic Book Fair at Park Road Elementary School and purchased 35 new books for the young adult and children’s areas.
New easy reader books include: Be Brave, Little Penguin by Giles Andreae, Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins, Mama Lion Wins the Race by Jon J. Muth, Good Night, Bunny by Lauren Thompson, Love by Matt de la Pena, The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier, You Can Do It, Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright, and Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie.
New juvenile fiction books are: Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott-Eva and the New Owl, Eva’s Treetop Festival, Eva Sees a Ghost, A Woodland Wedding; also Darkness of Dragons by Tui Sutherland, Took: a ghost story and One For Sorrow: a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn, Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner, D-day: battle on the beach, Journey Through Ash and Smoke and Escape from the Great Earthquake; The Player King by Avi, Supergifted by Gordon Korman, If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff and Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (a 2019 Sequoyah Children’s Masterlist book)
Juvenile nonfiction books are: Finding Gobi: a little dog with a very big heart by Dion Leonard, Minecraft: guide to exploration by Stephanie Milton and Minecraft: guide to creative by Craig Jelley and new juvenile graphic novels added are Bad Kitty and Bad Kitty Takes the Test by Nick Bruel, The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas and The Bad Guys in Attack of the Zittens by Aaron Blabey.
Library celebrating Black History month with featured books & Story Time
The Library will again celebrate Black History Month with Featured books and Story Time themes. Featured books for February include How to Love a Black Woman by Dr. Ronn Elmore, Smart Money Moves for African Americans by Kelvin Boston, The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner, Prayin’ to Be Set Free edited by Andrew Waters, Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now by Maya Angelou, Harlem Speaks edited by Cary D. Wintz, Simple Wisdom For Rich Living by Oseola McCarty, Farther Than I Meant To Go, Longer Than I Meant To Stay by Tiffany L. Warren, God Help the Child by Toni Morrison, Getting To Happy by Terry McMillan, Blackgammonby Heather Neff, The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner by Andrea Smith, The Devil is a Lie by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley and For the Love of Money by Omar Tyree.
Story Time themes for February include Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King Jr., Valentines, Presidents and Black History Month.
New Books at the Library for the New Year
Firefly Cove by Davis Bunn, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, Robicheaux by James Lee Burke, The Tiger’s Prey by Wilbur Smith, The Wanted by Robert Crais, Death at Nuremberg by W.E.B Griffin, Promise Not to Tell by Jayne Ann Krentz, Artemis by Andrew Weir, You’re Gonna Love Me by Robin Lee Hatcher, Unbound by Stuart Woods, Where We Belong by Lynn N. Austin, The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith, Rameses the Damned by Anne Rice, Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini, Year One by Nora Roberts, In the Middle of the Mess by Sheila Walsh, Plummet by Brandilyn Collins, A Time to Stand by Robert Whitlow (large print), Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Home Sweet Murder by James Patterson and The Demon Crown by James Rollins. New in the children’s area are Dog Man and Cat Kid (the 4th book in the Dog Man series) and we replaced Wonder by R.J. Palacio.
New Books for December
We received new books for Christmas reading including: The People vs. Alex Cross and Count to Ten: a Private novel by James Patterson, The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans, Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark, Hard Core Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich, Tom Clancy’s Power and Empire by Marc Cameron, Past Perfect by Danielle Steel, The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg, In This Moment by Karen Kingsbury, The Whispering Room by Dean Koontz, The Midnight Line by Lee Child, Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly, End Game by David Baldacci, Shattered Memories by V.C. Andrews and Wimpy Kid Diary:The Getaway by Jeff Kinney.
Food for fines
Do you have overdue books from the Chandler Public Library and aren’t sure how much your fine is? During the month of December the Chandler Library is having a non-perishable food drive. If you have overdue books and return them in December along with non-perishable food items, the fine will be waived. If you have fines on previously returned books, bring in non-perishable food items and the fines will be waived.
The food will be donated The Chosen House and those with fines can again use library services. Everybody wins!
The food drive will last from December 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Just bring in your non-perishable food items and any fines will be waived.
If you don’t have a fine and want to donate food anyway, just bring your donation to the library during that time and the staff will be pleased to accept it.
Library hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. The Library is located at 1021 Manvel, the corner of 11th and Manvel, in Chandler.
For more information contact the library at 405-258-3204.
Give thanks for your library
Featured books of the month for November remind of being thankful for our Library. November featured books include: Bell, Book and Scandal by Jill Churchhill, The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie, The Book of Fates by Brad Meltzer, Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Dewey: A small-tow library cat who touched the world by Vicki Myron, The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, Twelve Angry Librarians by Miranda James, Murder at the Library of Congress by Margaret Truman and Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books by Azar Nafisi.
New books for October
The Library just added new books to the collection in the Adult, Young Adult and children’s sections for October.
Killing Season by Faye Kellerman, Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand, Origin by Dan Brown, Ghost on the Case by Carolyn Hart, Deep Freeze by John Sandford, Quick and Dirty by Stuart Woods, The Rooster Bar by John Grisham, Fairytale by Danielle Steel, Tell Tale by Jeffrey Archer (story collection), Mind Game by Iris Johansen, Enemy of the State by Vince Flynn (Kyle Mills), Holly and Ivy by Fern Michaels, The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille, Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King, Don’t Let Go by Harlan Coban, Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber, and To Be Where You Are by Jan Karon. Juvenile book Tales from a Not-So-Secret-Crush Catastrophe (Dork Diaries) and young adult books: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, Sun Warrior by P.C. Cast and Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the gods of the Asgard #3) by Rick Riordan.
Feature of the month to celebrate Halloween
The Chandler Public Library will celebrate Halloween with spine tingling books sure to keep you up at night. Featured authors will include Stephen King (also writing as Richard Bachman), Dean Koontz, Ted Dekker, Frank Perretti, Tami Hoag, John Saul and many others.