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NewsletterSpring 2010 NewsletterNew books for everyone!New titles for adults include: Food Rules by Michael Pollan, Knit Two by Kate Jacobs, This Book is Overdue! By Marilyn Johnson, Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani, Shades of Gray by Jasper Fforde, Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Worst Case by James Patterson, The Midnight Room by Ed Gorman, Swimming by Nicola Keegan, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, Rainwater by Sandra Brown, and Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. New books for young adults are: Crashed by Robin Wasserman, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Identical by Ellen Hopkins, Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor, Paper Towns by John Green, City of Ashes, City of Bones and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare, Demon King by Cinda Williams Chiara, and The Roar by Emma Clayton. New chapter books for young readers are: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart, and Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve. There are many new picture books for young readers, too numerous to mention! Come look in the children’s area. Chess Club a successThanks to Garrett Herring and his mom, Donna, for instigating and organizing the library’s first season of Chess Club this winter! Meetings were held on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 at the library from January through mid-March. About a dozen elementary and middle school students from Lisbon and Mt. Vernon enjoyed challenging each other and high school and college volunteers Grant Freeman, Will Cubbage and Mitch Wilson. Several of the Chess Club members participated in tournaments in the area. We hope to offer Chess Club again next school year and plan to start a little earlier, probably the October/November time frame. If you would like to be notified by email when we are starting, please contact Donna Herring at herring_dj@hotmail.com and put “Chess Club” in the subject line so it doesn’t get deleted as junk mail. You can keep posted on chess tournaments for students in the area by checking the website: www.chessiniowa.org Reading FriendsReading Friends, an adult book discussion group, will meet on Monday, April 26 at 7 PM to discuss Tobias Wolff’s novel Old School. On Monday, May 24 at 7 PM, we will be discussing The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. Call the library at 455-2800 to reserve a copy of the book. Summer Reading Kickoff Party at Hills Bank, Mt. VernonHills Bank will once again sponsor our library’s summer reading program, which will run from June 3 through August 5. All children from infants through middle school are welcome to participate in this free program that gives children incentives to keep reading and visiting the library all summer long. The kickoff party and registration will be at the Hills Bank in Mt. Vernon on Wednesday, May 26 from 5 – 6:30 PM. Games, prizes and treats will be provided. |