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New books at the Library for Fall
What Happened by Hillary Clinton, Anxious for Nothing by Max Lucado, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life by Admiral William H. McRaven (U.S. Navy Ret.), The Proving by Beverly Lewis, The Right Time by Danielle Steel, Killing England by Bill O’Reilly, Haunted by James Patterson, The Family Lawyer by James Patterson, Enigma by Catherine Coulter, A Column of Fire by Ken Follett, The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler, Proof of Life by J.A. Jance, The Western Star by Craig Johnson, Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb, Michael Vey: The Final Spark by Richard Paul Evans (young adult) and children’s books in the Jedi Academy Series by Jeffrey Brown Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan, The Phantom Bully and A New Class.
Story Time resumes with new day and time
Story Time will resume after Labor Day changing the day and time. Tuesday, September 5, Story Time will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will continue through Tuesday, November 21.
“For many years Story Time has been on Monday’s at 11:30 to accommodate first Kindergarten and then Pre-K children who were in either morning or afternoon classes,” said Assistant Librarian Sandy Helm. “Since Pre-K is all day starting this year we took the opportunity to make the changes so it will be easier for younger children to attend.”
The theme for the Sept. 5 program will be Grandparents. The craft activity is an opportunity for children to make a gift and a card for their Grandparents for Grandparents Day on Sunday, September 10.
Other programs scheduled throughout the fall will feature Cats, Apples, Autumn, No Bullying, Origami, Halloween, Honoring Veterans, Book Awards and Thanksgiving.
Activities for Story Time include, reading, crafts, songs, poetry, games and sometimes snacks.
All aged children are invited to come to Story Time from lap-sitters through pre-school aged children. Home-schooled children are also invited to attend Story Time.
New books for Summer at the Library
The Ultimatum by Karen Robards, The Switch by Joseph Finder, Some Kind of Hero by Suzanne Brockmann, I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool by Lisa Scottoline, Beautiful Tempest by Johanna Lindsey, The Alice Network by Kate Quinn, Beach House for Rent by Mary Alice Monroe, Wired by Julie Garwood, Beloved Hope by Tracy Peterson, Use of Force by Brad Thor, The Duchess by Danielle Steel, Murder Games by James Patterson, Dangerous Minds by Janet Evanovich, Tom Clancy Point of Contact by Mike Maden, Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Initiative by Eric Van Lustbader and young adult novels Confessions: The Murder of an Angel by James Patterson, Loved by P.C. Cast, Dark Tide and Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly and Generation One by Pitticus Lore.
Summer Reading Program kicks off to Build a Better Community @ the Library
The Summer Reading Program Kickoff party was held Friday morning, June 16 with 46 attending the program with our guest presenter Monty Harper. Mr. Harper entertained children and adults with a variety of songs and activities to inspire children to read throughout the summer.
The Summer Reading Program activities will continue each Friday with children checking their mailboxes in the old card catalog. Inside will be activities, prizes or games to encourage the children to read through the summer. The first activity will be an About Me Poster the children will fill out and decorate and return to the Library. Other activities will include a Scavenger Hunt in July, a memory game also in July, Firefighter straws, bookmarks, and notepads and pencils.
With the theme of Building a Better Community children are encouraged to donate items from their home to several local organizations by bringing the items to the Library. Items being collected include stuffed animals for DHS foster children, books for the Library, clothes and toys for the Community Thrift Store, non-perishable food items for the God and People Food Pantry, change for the Chosen House and greeting cards for residents of the local nursing home. wrap up with our End of Summer Party from 9:30-11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4. For more information about Summer Reading activities contact the Library at 405-258-3204.
Feature of the Month for May is Oklahoma author Carolyn Hart
Our feature of the month for May is Oklahoma City mystery author Carolyn Hart. Hart, a native of Oklahoma City, has written 58 books including the Death on Demand series, Henrie O series and her new series Bailey Ruth. Her stand alone novel, Letter From Home, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers at Oklahoma State University Tulsa. Letter from Home also won the Agatha for Best Mystery Novel of 2003 and was a New York Times notable book.
Her books in our collection include April Fool Dead, Dare to Die, Dead by Midnight, Dead Days of Summer, Dead Man’s Island, Death at the Door, Death Comes Silently, Death on the River Walk, Don’t Go Home, Engaged to Die, Ghost Times Two, Laughed ’til He Died, Letter From Home, Merry, Merry Ghost, Murder Walks the Plank, Resort to Murder, Scandal in Fair Haven, Southern Ghost, Sugarplum Dead, What the Cat Saw, and White Elephant Dead.
Books featuring Lincoln County Poet donated
Books about and featuring California Okie Poet and Storyteller Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel were recently donated to the Library from the Oklahoma State University Library courtesy of the Chlebda & Coghill families in memory of Jim Chlebda & Back40 Publishing. McDaniel, born in 1918 near Stroud, moved to California in 1936 and proceeded to write poems and stories about her years in Oklahoma.
Karen Neurohr, of the OSU Library, donated McDaniel’s biography Chasing Fireflies:the Dust Bowl childhood of a poet written by Jeanie Harris as well as four books of poetry and prose written by McDaniel’s including The Ketchup Bottle: 24 vignettes; Tatted Lace and Other Handmade Poems; Getting Love Down Right; and Walking On An Old Road to the Library.
New books April 2017
Children’s books: Little Ree by Ree Drummond; Tucky Jo & Little Heart by Patricia Polacco.
Nonfiction books: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the F.B.I. by David Grann; The Zookeepers Wife: a war story by Diane Ackerman; Old School: life in the sane lane by Bill O’Reilly; Love Does by Bob Goff.
Fiction books: War Cry by Wilbur Smith; Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles; Song of the Lion by Anne Hillerman; The Black Book & Two from the Heart by James Patterson; Vicious Circle by C.J. Box; Fallout by Sara Paretsky; If I’m Found by Terri Blackstock; The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve; Fast and Loose by Stuart Woods; If Not For You by Debbie Macomber; A Perfect Obsession by Heather Graham; Sandpiper Cove by Irene Hannon; The Lost Order by Steve Berry; One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline; The Burial Hour by Jeffery Deaver; Miramar Bay by Davis Bunn; Man Overboard by J.A. Jance; All by Myself by Mary Higgins Clark; The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See; The Ebb Tide by Beverly Lewis; The Fix by David Baldacci; The Night The Lights Went Out by Karen White.
New large print books at the Library
The Library purchased 21 new large print books by your favorite authors including: The Gangster by Clive Cussler, The Atonement by Beverly Lewis, Messenger by Moonlight by Stephanie Grace Whitson, Logan’s Lady, A Beauty Refined, A Love Transformed and A Treasure Concealed by Tracie Peterson, Mama’s Boy by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb, Darkness by Karen Robards, As Time Goes By by Mary Higgins Clark, The Wolves by Alex Berenson, Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben; Field of Graves by J. T. Ellison, She’s Not There by Joy Fielding, Back Blast by Mark Greaney, Hide Away by Iris Johansen, Extreme Prey by John Sandford, This Violent Land by William W. Johnstone, Clawback by J.A. Jance and Point Blank by Fern Michaels.
New books this week @ the Library!
Ring of Fire by Brad Taylor, Because You’re Mine by Colleen Coble, Below the Belt by Stuart Woods, The Guests on South Battery by Karen White, My Husband’s Wife by Jane Corry, Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, The Return of the Raven Mocker by Donis Casey, The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney, The Whole Town’s Talking by Fannie Flagg, The Seventh Plague by James Rollins, Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb, My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella, Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth (young adult), The Prisoner by Alex Berenson, Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner and Never Never by James Patterson.
Chandler Library patrons have access to Learning Express
Learning Express is a resource website where patrons can take practice tests in a variety of skills and subjects including GED, math, reading and language skills tests for adults, college prep and placement test skills, ACT and SAT prep tests and more than a dozen occupational preparation tests.
Simply create a login and you can return as many times as you want to and take tests in whatever skills you are seeking to improve.