Iowa Goldfinch Awards List

Thinking Library!

Meredith Scherb

September 14, 2013

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

          Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood

Never Go Back: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child

Killing Custer (A Wind River Mystery) by Margaret Coel

The Mayan Secrets (A Fargo Adventure) by Clive Cussler & Thomas Perry

The Whole Enchilada (Goldy Schulz) by Diane Mott Davidson

Dark Lycan (Carpathian) by Christine Feehan

Styxx (Dark-Hunter Novels) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Blind Justice: A William Monk Novel by Anne Perry

The Returned by Jason Mott

Bones of the Lost: A Temperance Brennan Novel by Kathy Reichs

Upcoming Events @ the Library!    

• Library Hours!

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday - 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Saturday - 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Sunday – Closed

• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us
• Library email: atlanticpubliclibrary@gmail.com
• The Library Board regular meeting will be held on Monday, October 14, 2013, 5:30 p.m. meeting room upstairs.

• Cass County Genealogical Society meeting, September 26, 1:00.
• Booked for Lunch, Tuesday, September 24, Noon-1:00, meeting room.
• Pre-School Story Time will be Mondays and Tuesdays this fall from 10:00-11:00 for 3-5 year olds.
• Sept. 16^th & 17^th – Alphabet Soup
• Sept. 30^th & Oct 1^st

Did You Know…

The WILBOR site can now be viewed in Spanish?  To change from English to Spanish, click the drop-down menu arrow from the box located at the top of the page next to the "sign in" option (the box currently says "English").  An option for Spanish will appear.  Click on it to change the site's language. 

Behind My Desk…

Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5) starts again on Monday, September 16^th!  Storytimes will be held this year on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10:00-11:00.  The September 16^th and 17^th theme is “Alphabet Soup”.  There is no signup necessary and parents may run errands or relax in the library during the program.   

The Iowa Goldfinch Awards List for 2013-14 has also been released.  If you’re looking for a good book for grades preschool through three, you’ll want to check these out!  I’m personally very fond of Grandpa Green and Press Here!

Buzz Boy and Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic by Robert Burleigh

Best In Show by David Catrow

The Runaway Wok by Ying Chang Compestine

Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle by Brian Dennis

Tom’s Tweet by Jill Esbaum

Ant and Grasshopper by Luli Gray

Penny and Her Song by Kevin Henkes

Neville by Norton Juster

Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan

The Penguin Problem by Abby Klein

I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin

Blackout by John Rocco

Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian

Zoozical by Judy Sierra

Mirror, Mirror by Marilyn Singer

Grandpa Green by Lane Smith

Press Here by Herve Tullett

Ugly Pie by Lisa Wheeler

We are in a Book! by Mo Willems

The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson

I’m also going to plug it one more time.  If you have time from Noon-1:00 on Tuesday, September 24, we’d love to see you at the library for our new book club, “Booked for Lunch”.  Come share what you’ve been reading and get some new ideas!

Enjoy this cooler weather and … Keep thinking libraries!