Feature of the Month for June

The Feature of the Month will be about Fathers in honor of Father’s Day. Selections include Chicken Soup for the Father’s Soul by Jack Canfield, Courageous (book based on the movie) by Randy Alcorn, G-Man by Stephen Hunter, The Fixer by Joseph Finder, A Blessing & a Curse by Rashonda Tate-Billingsley, 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Atonement by Ian McEwan, Worst Case by James Patterson, Natchez Burning by Greg Iles, Calico Joe by John Grisham, A Daughter’s Tale: the memoir of Winston Churchill’s youngest child, The Horse Boy: a father’s quest to heal his son by Rupert Isaacson, In My Father’s House: the years before “The Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom,

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.

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.

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.

Featured author for January is James Patterson

The Library is celebrating DEAR-Drop Everything And Read in January by featuring author James Patterson.
James Patterson has created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today with his Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women’s Murder Club, Private, NYPD Red, Daniel X, Maximum Ride, and Middle School series. As of January 2016, he has sold over 350 million books worldwide and currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers. In addition to writing the thriller novels for which he is best known, he also writes children’s, middle-grade, and young-adult fiction and is also the first author to have #1 new titles simultaneously on the New York Times adult and children’s bestsellers lists. (credit:bio from author’s website)
Featured Patterson books include 1st to Die (Women’s Murder Club), Step On A Crack (Michael Bennett), Zoo (stand alone), Private, NYPD Red 4, Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Young Adult) and First Love (Young Adult) along with many many others. The Library’s collection contains over 130 James Patterson novels.

Let the Library scare you in October…

With Fantasy/Thriller authors. Laurel Hamilton, Christine Feehan, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti will keep you awake at night with thrillers and fantasy stories that will make you double-check the locks on your doors. From Stephen King Mr. Mercedes series, to Dean Koontz Odd Thomas series you will be watching your back. Don’t forget Frank Peretti’s Visitation, Ted Dekker’s The Bride Collector, and Laurel Hamilton’s vampire series.