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JULY 2019
Kristina McMorris The scrawled sign, peddling young siblings on a farmhouse porch, captures the desperation sweeping the country in 1931. It’s an era of breadlines, bank runs, and impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family’s dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when the image leads to his big break, the consequences are devastating in ways he never imagined. Haunted by secrets of her own, secretary Lillian Palmer sees more in the picture than a good story and is soon drawn into the fray. Together, the two set out to right a wrongdoing and mend a fractured family, at the risk of everything they value.
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
Fall Neal Stephenson
Queen Bee Dorothea Benton Frank
The Sentence is Death Anthony Horowitz
First Frost Sarah Addison Allen
Before I Wake David Morrell
Magical Stranger Stephen Rodrick
Cleopatra in Space Series: The 2019 Summer Reading Club, A Universe of Stories, is in full swing. Many have attended and enjoyed our programs in June: storytimes, guest presenters, movies, activities, and even an adult author visit. Over 1750 babies, children, teens, and adults have signed up to participate in the reading portion as well.
Target Practice The Thief and the Sword Spaced Out Secrets and the Time Tablets The Golden Lion By Mike Maihack GN J F MAI
The “Summer Reading Club Store” is open each Thursday night (5:30-7:30 PM) and Friday (10:00 AM-4:00 PM) for all participants to get their reading prizes! Remember to record your reading on your reading logs! Reach the Goal of reading 35 days this summer! Kids will earn a t-shirt, and all can get an invitation to the Splash Station Party and enter the drawings for the Grand Prizes, including Mayor Cain’s reading challenge prize! Do not quit now!
A funny, action-packed graphic novel featuring a young Cleopatra -- yes, THAT Cleopatra -- who's transported to the future and learns it's up to her to save the galaxy!
July is scheduled with many more fun activities: storytime with the police, a ventriloquist, a magician, the mobile planetarium, robots, BINGO, music, movies, starparties at the observatory, live animals and more! Of course the library always has some great books to borrow! All are welcome to participate in these programs even if you did not register to participate in the reading portion of the reading club; so invite your friends! If you love having these programs and prizes, please take time to thank all of our wonderful sponsors who have contributed so much of their time and resources to make our library be full “out of this world fun” this summer! For the full list of July events and the list of all of our sponsors, please check out the website www.cleburne.net/library/src2019 or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ CleburnePublicLibrary/
Jedi Academy Series: Jedi Academy Return of the Padawan The Phantom Bully A New Class The Force Oversleeps The Principal Oversleeps Revenge of the Sis (coming soon) By Jarrett Krosoczka, David Brown, and Amy Ignatow GN J F KRO Star Wars: Jedi Academy is a non-canon series of Star Wars young-reader novels targeted at grade-school audiences. The original series focuses on the adventures of Roan Novachez, a young boy from Tatooine who learns to his surprise that he is sensitive in the Force and has been invited to attend Jedi Academy at the Jedi Temple of Coruscant.
The editors of Focus on the Family magazine asked parents how they've created a culture of reading in their homes. Their answers were surprisingly creative and practical: Book Bingo I gave my son a blank bingo card and helped him fill in each square with a reading-related activity. Some squares had book titles he wanted to read or the names of people he wanted to read aloud to or share the plot of a story with. Reading the Bible and writing a short letter to a family member about a story he'd read were also activities included in the bingo squares. Each time an activity was completed, I put a sticker in that square. Once he earned a bingo, he got to choose a reward, such as a trip to the library or skipping a chore that week. —Diane Stark The Reading Hour "Can I stay up 10 more minutes?" I took that frequent request and transformed it into a reading tool. I had one simple rule: You can stay up an extra hour after bedtime, but only if you spend that hour quietly reading. My kids gladly spent their extra hour reading page after page. I let the kids read comic books and graphic novels on the weekend, but I saved weeknights for character-building novels and educational nonfiction. —Jessica Snell An Audio Approach I couldn't get my second-grader to read. I tried several different approaches: I read to him, gave him books that were under his reading level and allowed him to pick the topics. None of it worked. My stepmom, a literacy specialist, asked, "Have you tried audio books?" Why would I let him get away with listening to a book rather than reading it? I thought. However, I was desperate, so I gave it a try. From the start, I was amazed at how much he loved listening to books. There were days he spent hours in his room listening. Gradually, I noticed less fighting from him when I asked him to read. Then he started taking books with him everywhere. The audio books even helped him read dialogue with voice changes. I was pleasantly surprised that my son developed a love for reading through audio books. —Erica Sirratt Book Towers My two boys love to compete with each other, so I held a "book tower" contest. After a book was read, my kids would stack it on the last book read. Whoever had the tallest book tower at the end of the month was the winner. This activity was both fun for my children and motivated them to read more. —Courtney Roberts Bringing Books to Life I have found that my kids love to read about things that they can experience. Before taking them to the petting zoo, I researched what animals would be on hand and then found books at the library about these animals. My children were excited to read the books because they knew they would soon be petting these animals. —Jessica Tyson