Cleburne Public Library Perennials
MAY 2019
Julie Cantrell Lovey, grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, surrounded by her mother’s stunning flower gardens. A shed fire, changed everything. She now served as the family scapegoat, always bearing the brunt of her older sister Bitsy’s blame. At eighteen, suffocating in her sister’s shadow, Lovey turned down a marriage proposal and fled to Arizona and became a successful advertising executive and a weekend yoga instructor. Her father asks her to come home three weeks early for her parents’ 50th anniversary to work on a memory garden her father has planned as an anniversary surprise. While creating this sacred place, she begins to rediscover her roots, learning how to live perennially in spite of life’s many trials and tragedies. Years ago, Lovey chose to leave her family and the South far behind. But now that she returned, she’s realizing things at home were not always what they seemed.
Hours Mon 10a-8:30p Tues 10a-6:00p Wed 10a-6:00p Thur 10a-8:30p Fri 10a-5:00p Sat 10a-2:00p
Gardening 101 Martha Stewart
Practical Small Gardens Peter McHoy
Gardening Book Jane Bull
Summer is coming and so is our Summer Reading Club! This free program is open to everyone in the community from babies to adults. This year’s theme is “A Universe of Stories,” and our library will host out of this world fun, learning, and reading this summer! There are two aspects to the Summer Reading Club. First, readers of all ages earn prizes for reading during the summer. Positive reinforcement helps provide encouragement to develop and maintain good reading habits. Readers must register to participate in the reading portion of the Summer Reading Club. Registration is free and is from May 21-30 at the library.
The second aspect of the Summer Reading Club is free quality programming. There are programs for children and adults— events that are fun, interactive and educational. The children’s program schedule includes a mobile planetarium, a singing zoologist, and LED juggling show, the Perot Truck, live animals, a magic show, music, BINGO, puppets, storytellers, and much more. The teen program schedule includes token imprinting with MyIntent, kayaking, paddle boarding, an escape room, making candles, buttons, lip balm, and more. The adult program includes an author visits and movies. For more information about the Summer Reading Club, call the library’s Children’s and Teen Librarian, Susan at 817-6450934, visit www.cleburne.net/library/ src2019, or follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ CleburnePublicLibrary
The books on the 2x2 Reading List are chosen by a committee of Texas librarians. Recommended for children age 2 to grade 2. What If by Samantha Berger “A young girl is determined to use her imagination and create, despite any obstacles that may arise.”
Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach “A truck full of ducks has a wacky adventure as they travel without directions or a map to their final destination. Their mission is successful when they find a fox who was ready...to take a bath with the ducks!”
People Don't Bite People by Jan Thomas “A rhyming story that combines humor and an important lesson in mannerspeople should only bite food!”
Why Public Library Summer Reading Programs Are Important Summer Reading Loss Issues
Numerous studies have shown that reading over the summer prevents “summer reading loss.”
Children living in poverty are more likely to lose reading skills over the summer than children whose families are more affluent.
Some researchers estimate 50-67% of the achievement gap, for children living in poverty, is the result of summer learning loss.
Summer reading loss is cumulative. Children don’t “catch up” in fall because the other children are moving ahead with their skills.
By the end of 6th grade children who lose reading skills over the summer are two years behind their classmates.
Importance of Safe, Supervised Activities in the Summer
Summer months present numerous hazards for children and teens and can be the most dangerous time of the year for them. Programs at public libraries in the summer provide constructive, supervised, free activities.
Summer library programs help communities address child safety issues, especially for children living in poverty.
Regardless of income, parents indicate summer is the most difficult time to find productive things for kids to do.
Parents who live in poverty report having difficulty finding quality, affordable, and available summer learning opportunities.
Summer reading programs in public libraries provide quality learning activities that are fun, and encourage some of the best techniques identified by research as being important to the reading process.