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04/01/2018 Library Newsletter - Books & Bits Newsletter Click here to subscribe to Books & Bits via email. Voz4 Lool Putho �eliews fvs 0 LU* `b ano,F o Tips and T �o� r Tigard Library www.tigard-or.gov/library 503.684.6537 April 2018 For a calendar of all events, click here. Celebrate . . . Come • 11111111111sh— friends of the Tigard Lilraru ME T SPRING BOOK NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK SALE*' April is a month of celebrations: I National Volunteer Week, Jazz Appreciation Month and National Humor Month. Monday, April 9, through Sunday, April 15, is also Books! Books! Books! National Library Week. Whether And lots of other things, too. Music, movies and some surprises at bargain you burst out laughing, groove to prices. Don't miss this opportunity to add to your personal library, enhance a mellow saxophone or contribute your music collection or find just the right gift. Bring a bag, box or wheel your time and talents to improve barrow to haul away your purchases. your community, celebrate by Friday,April 13: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. visiting the library to check out Saturday,April 14: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. a book or a film or enjoy all the Sunday,April 15: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Bag Sale other services we offer. The Sunday bag sale will offer even bigger deals and a wide variety of books. Fill a grocery sack with valuable items for only $3. The Friends use the profits If you want some inspiration for from the sale to support Library programs and assist the Library with other your celebration, check out the needs. Friday the 13th could be your lucky day! Books & Bits Reading Room below. We've reviewed books on jazz, Angel • •'s Comedy 4 da Kidz volunteering and humor. Tuesday, r It's Raining Surveys Kids & Families We also have another reason to Warning: this show is filled with silly antics and lots of laughs! Angel's performance brings a comedy twist to celebrate. The Library completed juggling, object balancing, magic tricks and music. its annual patron survey in February, and the results are Tweendom: Make It Random in. We received 2,467 surveys from patrons, who were asked Wednesday, April � to rate the quality of the library's ' - service at the check-out counter, We're getting random for this afternoon of snacks, adult reference and children's socializing and DIY projects including felted beads, clay �� desks. All three received a 98%+ horns and wands, catnip mice, duct tape accessories and rating of excellent or good. The fabric fortune cookies. No crafting experience is required. check-out desk broke all records Tweendom is designed especially for 10-14 year-olds to enjoy from previous years with a 98.9% age-appropriate activities with their peers. approval rating! In addition to responding to • • • - questions, 1,922 survey takers weighed in on the greatest to benefit the library provides to the WILLYVLAUTIN Award-winning novelist Willy Vlautin will discuss his latest community. Here's a smattering of & novel. A young ranch hand raised in the mountains of Nevada what they said: ';a goes on a quest to become a champion boxer to prove his worth. Books will be available for sale and signing. • Story times, kids events and obviously books. • - . • It provides a safe space for people of all ages to come and have access to good resources like Make a rattle as a piece of personal art and a tool. literature and technology. Connie Hill will walk you through the process. " J • That it's open every day. Participants can bring personal items to fill the rattles, such as crystals, stones, shells, etc. Attendance More about the surveys in future limited to 10. Registration required and begins issues of Books & Bits. Thank you Wednesday, April 11. Please call 503-718-2517. to everyone who took time to tell us about their library experiences. Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library Inspiration Tell Me a Story Get inspired by Connie Hill's ceremonial drum and rattle display in the library's lobby during April. The Library is about stories. DIA _ ure _ ura _ Whether it's instilling a love for Sunday, April 29 e 2:30 —4 p.m. 9 Kids & Families reading at children's story times or browsing the thousands of Celebrate Dfa de los Ninos (Children's Day) and Dia de WORLD stories that reside in books los Libros (Book Day). Favorite book characters need BOOK on our shelves, everybody your helpi Grab your map. Then, spread Bookjoy to all as DAY loves a good story. Check out you hop, toss and build your way through the Adventure some stories about the library, Zone. including a story about story i time. Click here to learn what iEs el momento de celebrar el Dia de los Ninos y el Dfa parents, kids and seniors think de los Libros y algunos personajes favoritos de libros necesitan to ayuda! about Story Times and services for Toma to mapa. Luego, propaga la alegrfa de los libros a todos mientras seniors. saltas, tiras y construyes to paso por la Zona de Aventura. Nuts & Bolts Day of the Book/Day of the Rose Monday, April 23 e All day Our Community, Our Future: Young Adult Room 9 Grades 6 — 12 Police, Parks, Library One day every year in the Catalonia region of Spain, our community killiliNkAINOWL-AND people celebrate love by giving each other roses R q"E and books. Stop by the Young Adult Room, choose a book (while supplies last), wrap it and make a duct 0 U H [ UTURE tape rose to give to a loved one. Measure#34-283: Police,Parks,Library Create Comics _ Lowridersin Space ay Tigard City Council has referred an operating and capital levy to Sunday, . I Puett Room 9 Ages • - only, please the May 2018 ballot. If passed by voters, Measure #34-283 Learn how to write and draw comics with ballpoint would help pay for police, park pen at this hands-on workshop from Cathy Camper, maintenance, library hours and author of the award-winning graphic novel Lowriders programs, projects on walking to the Center of the Earth. Registration required. routes and sidewalks. If the Stop by the Children's Desk to register and get your ` levy passes, the cost of the levy own co of Lowriders in Space while supplies last! ' ' �" ` ' would be $1.18 per $1,000 of the copy P pp Books provided by Friends of the Tigard Library assessed value of a property. The City Council directed in the ballot title, that"accountability _ • R History of funds will be provided Al Sunday, il 8 through annual performance and ' +.aQ Traveling historian and filmmaker Darrell Jabin explores the efficiency audits and oversight le and events associated with the trains, streetcars committee." people and trolleys that helped develop Oregon in the 19th and In addition to providing funding 20th centuries. for police and park maintenance, if the levy passes, proposed TournamentSmash Club funds would also be used to maintain current program Ages 12— • only, please schedules and hours at the library and increase the number Teen garners of all levels unite for double elimination � of library programs and events Smash 4 and Melee tournaments coordinated by Tigard for children and seniors. If it High School's Smash Club. Bring your own controller or use one of ours. Prizes does not pass, current budget (and bragging rights) will go to the top players. Arrive at 12:30 p.m. to sign up. proposals would reduce library Tournament will begin at 1 p.m. sharp! programs, including story times Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library and programs for adults. Relax with Coloring — for Adults! In order to inform people about Friday the levy, library staff will provide Experience the latest trend in relaxation — a brief overview at some of the adult coloring! Coloring can have a calming upcoming library programs. effect on the adult mind and help promote Election Day is on overall wellness. We will provide coloring pages Tuesday, May 15. Much more from books designed especially for adults, as information and frequently asked -- well as colored pencils, markers and crayons. questions are available on the City's web page. Coding . . . for Fines Is Back! Puett Room * Ages 8 — 14 only, please Sunday, April 8— Learn about coding or continue work on a coding project! Work in Scratch or Saturday, April 14 Code.org, explore Makey Makeys or Snap Circuits, in a relaxed environment. Take $1 off your fines for each Each session will feature a special robot or tool to try! A librarian will facilitate, non-perishable food item you but we will all learn together. donate during the Tigard Library's Food for Fines drive from Sunday, LEGO@Zone April 8, through Saturday, April 14. You can clear up to $10 of fines from your account. Drop in to build with our LEGO° bricks and �� ' FOOD explore a featured tech to . Each month will offer ' LL F I N E S , something different: coding, circuits, robots and �. �_, more! We'll have all the supplies; you bring your ~ DRIVE curiosity and creativity! The library will donate the food to Librarythe St. Vincent DePaul food pantry . . in Tigard, which will distribute it to local families in need. April is an Teens, the library needs your TLC! If you are a library important month for food pantries volunteer or are interested in becoming one, drop in to M because their inventory is often � help plan and prepare programs and displays. You can depleted. earn volunteer credit as you help the library be the best it can be! Acceptable donations include: • Canned meats (tuna, chicken, . • (Teens ReadOutrageously salmon etc.) • Canned and boxed meals (chili, Join this book discussion group for grades 6-12 and discover some fantastic soup, macaroni and cheese etc.) reads while enjoying snacks, games and crafts. Registration required. Sign . Peanut butter up at the Children's Reference Desk and get your FREE copy of the book while supplies last. • Pasta, rice and cereal Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library • Canned fruits • 100% fruit juices All American Boys • Baby food by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely The Library cannot accept Tuesday,April 17 • 4:30 — 6 p.m. • Grades 6— 12 homemade, perishable, open or African American teen Rashad was not trying to steal unlabeled items, rusty cans or anything, but the cop beat him anyway. Quinn, a white items past their expiration date. teen who witnesses this assault, realizes he's part of Food for Fines applies only to history whether he likes it or not. And it's time to choose fines, not other library charges. sides. Reduce Your Library Fines and Take a Bite Out of Hunger. Otaku Teens J-Pop fans unite! Join this manga book group and mingle with other otaku teens while watching anime, making stuff and enjoying Japanese snacks. ...Kari Kunst Registration required. Sign up at the Children's Reference Desk Ever wonder and get your FREE copy of the book while supplies last. about those Sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library helpful library staff who assist My Hero Academia Vol, i you at the by Kohei Horikoshi reference desks ' Tuesday, April 24 • 4:30 — 6:30 p.m. and circulation Grades 6 — 12 counter? What Izuku wants to be a hero more than anything, but he about the people behind the doesn't have an ounce of power in him. However, a scenes who catalog those books chance encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of all and order them? Take a closer time, may give him a chance to change his destiny. look. Books & Bits has profiled several staff members in the past few months with more to come. COMPUTER CLASSES This month Kari Kunst is in the '`� class spotlight. Kari is a youth services Classes are held in the Technology Room on the A yI 50C librarian who divides her time second floor on a first-come,first-served basis, between answering reference unless otherwise noted.Stop by the Reference �� questions at the Children's Desk, Desk to pick up a ticket and claim your spot a few t minutes before classes begin. planning cool programs for kids and tweens and selecting Juvenile Non-Fiction, Juvenile Microsoft Excel - Level 3 Biographies, and Young Adult Tuesday, April 3 • 1 — 2:30 p.m. Graphic Novels. Kari is the creative Build on skills covered in Excel Levels 1 and 2. Learn how to set printing mind behind some of the library's options, build pivot tables and how to design basic charts and pivot charts to S.T,E.A.M. programs, including create professional-looking reports. Coding Club and Hour of Code, which encourage kids to further their science education with fun E-Book Clinic activities. Wednesday, April 11 • 1:30 — 3:30 p.m. Do you need help setting up your e-reader or mobile device to download 1) What is S.T.E.A.M.? free e-books and e-audiobooks successfully? Learn about OverDrive and Science, Technology, Libby, our digital download services! Registration required. Sign up at the Engineering, Arts and Math Reference Desk or call 503-718-2517. It's highly encompassing. Ask Anything About Gadgets! S.T.E.A.M. programs help Friday, April 20 • 3 — 4 p.m. develop 21st century skills. Attend an open session to get answers to technology questions about Critical thinking, problem solving,the ability to break problems using your gadget. Want to know about settings? Apps? Downloads and into smaller parts and identify file management? Bring in your tablet, phone, laptop or other digital gadget Skills that are very and bring your questions! The library will have some devices available for important patterns. Skiki being successful in practice use, too. S.T.E.A.M. careers. Open Learning Labs Like in Code Club, kids Sundays 2-4 p.m. are learning design and Wednesdays 6-8 p.m. computational thinking skills No appointment necessary. Drop in any time during lab hours! used in problem-solving. Theyare being exposed to basic Staff and volunteers will assist you with computer questions or guide coding language, how a think you as you practice. about the logic of coding, getting hands-on experience Check out more of our computerclasses with robots, and piquing their or sign up for one-on-one assistance. interest in trying out new things L at each meeting. 2) Why are S.T.E.A.M. All programs will be held in the programs important? George and Yvonne Burgess Community Room We're able to offer kids a unless otherwise noted. safe, fun place to explore Additional parking is available in the evenings at Tigard City Hall,13125 SW S.T.E.A.M. concepts. It's free.Hall Blvd., and afternoons and evenings at the Tigard Senior Center,8815 SW Omara St. Its hands-on. It,s informal and they can explore and build their confidence. S.T.E.A.M. READING ROOM is important in school and it will be important in careers. What's So Funny? There are so many openings in S.T.E.A.M. careers, but there are not enough students who are getting trained Class Mom adequately. Women and girls are underrepresented, as well by Laurie Gelman Ass as students of color and other The mother of two teenagers and a kindergartener, Jen 0 M minority groups. Dixon needs to be convinced to volunteer for a third round as class mom for her youngest. However, once she ° In addition to Coding Cl takes the reins, she revels in sending funny emails with G Club, what other kinds s snarky demands for cupcakes and having a front row seat the library programs does to all of the classroom drama. Laugh along with Jen as the library offer? she struggles to relate to the overprotective first-time parents and solve the We've offered tech programs for mystery of the always"out of office" mom by the end of the school year. all ages like the Hour of Code. More...* Kids and families can play with Reviewed by Molly Carlisle,Readers Services Manager robots and with coding games on the Hour of Code website and Night in Shanghai of try things out that are accessible by Nicole Mones for all ages. Mones' novel is a forbidden love story, set in the dazzling, We also offer Thinker Tinker labs turbulent jazz age of 1930s Shanghai. Thomas Greene all summer long. Librarians plan is a struggling African-American classical pianist who is I I a series of stations that kids can recruited by a Chinese nightclub owner to headline a I explore. One example would jazz band in Shanghai. Leaving segregated, restrictive be a Sink or Float program, Baltimore behind, Thomas finds wealth, position and exploring the science of which love in Shanghai's nightlife palaces — only to find his life upended by the materials float and which don't. outbreak of World War II and the Japanese invasion. More...* Magnetism is another one. Reviewed by Ann-Marie Anderson,Adult Services Librarian A popular one has been the wrecking ball, where you could explore how pendulums work I Love Lucy.- The Classic Moments y by swinging a wrecking ball and by Tom Watson knocking things down. More... Enjoy a laugh and some wonderful memories as you page through the photos from the I Love Lucy era. Who doesn't remember the classic clip of Lucy and Ethel stuffing chocolates in their mouths, as the chocolates It's Science whizzed by on the conveyor belt faster than they could package them? How about when Lucy does a commercial for Vitameatavegamin? Do you remember Lucy trapped in the freezer looking like a giant icicle? How about Lucy stomping grapes? Enjoy photos from episodes with Tennessee Ernie Isc Ford, Bob Hope and Harpo Marx. The antics of Lucy, Ricky, Ethel and Fred will provide comic relief for anyone who picks up the book. Science Online, a learning Reviewed by Joyce Niewendorp,Senior Adult Services Librarian resource from WCCLS, has recently added 300+ interactive experiments that students can do online! These self-paced experiments are for students in The Game of Love and Death / ., grades 6-12 and include videos, by Martha Brockenbrough interactive animations and Since the beginning of time, the figures of Love and activities that challenge and test Death personified have played a game of manipulation: how well students have learned they match two humans in seemingly impossible l the subject matter. circumstances. If the two choose Love in spite of all Simulations, games and quizzes obstacles, Love wins, if not, Death wins and can claim —` help motivate students to their souls. Love has never won. However, in 1937, Flora learn and improve their critical and Henry, bond over their shared affinity for jazz and each other and thinking skills. Select Science may be the first to change the game. More...* Online on the WCCLS Science Reviewed by Lisa Elliott, Young Adult Librarian and Technology page and Philanthroparties: enter your library card number and password. You can find A Party Planning Guide for Kids PHILANTHPOPAPT IES! Who Want to Give Back the new experiments on the Science Online home page under by Lulu Cerone "; .. "Interactive Experiments" or Turn a social occasion into an opportunity to help e ` hover over the "Browse" drop- others with this handy guide written by a teen who down menu at the top of the founded the philanthropic organization and advocacy page and click on "Experiments," group LemonAID Warriors. Organized by calendar year, then "Interactive Experiments." each month features a list of potential celebrations with ideas for snacks, Science Online also offers more crafts, decorations and service projects focusing on causes from world than 60,000 articles from science hunger to women's rights. More...* reference books on virtually Reviewed by Lisa Elliott,Young Adult Librarian every scientific subject. A great homework resource for students The Upside of Unrequited or for adults who want to expand by Becky Albertalli their knowledge of science In this hilarious tale, Molly knows all about unrequited subjects. love. She's lived through it 26 times. Though her twin 11A' sister Cassie always tells her to suck it up and tell her Voluntary Commitment gEQuiTEp crushes how she feels, Molly can't handle the idea of rejection. Then, Cassie falls for a new girl, and Sunday, April 15, through Saturday, Molly thinks she may also fall head-over-heels for the April 21, is National Volunteer girlfriend's adorable hipster-boy sidekick. What she doesn't know is her Appreciation Week and the Tigard work-buddy Reid is suffering hardcore unrequited feelings of his own. Library is celebrating our volunteers More...* the whole month of April! This Reviewed by Lisa Elliott,Young Adult Librarian month's entrance display case will celebrate library volunteers who have passed big milestones in their library volunteer career! We will The Terrible Two also celebrate them at our annual Volunteer Appreciation Event. by Mac Barnett and Jory Johne This year's honored volunteers are: Miles Murphy is the new kid at school. Nobody knows 5 Years of Service him, and nobody knows that he's got a reputation for 1 being the best prankster around. So he's seriously got Blue Bell Bilow Breezy Huntley to prove himself. Which is going to be a challenge, Patt Bilow Margie Hyder considering his first day of school starts out with the Julie Blume Melanie McCullough best prank he's ever seen: the principal's car has Mary Haise Judy Poulton mysteriously been moved to block the entrance of Yawnee Valley Science Joanne Hughes Lillian Schulz and Letters Academy. If you like to laugh, if you like a prank and if you Jenny Huizinga Bev Simpson like a good illustration to go along with your story, this book has you Layla Huizinga Michelle Taylor covered. An appreciation for cows is a bonus, but not required. More... Amber Bell,Youth Services Supervisor 10 Years of Service Elys Pham Jan Saur Maybe Something Beautiful Maybe someding Laili Ross Bev Woodard by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell BEAUTIf UL 15 Years of Service This book's illustrator Rafael Lopez and his wife inspired I Vickie Rasmussen this book with their real-life volunteer effort to create ' public art in their California neighborhood. In Maybe 25 Years of Service Something Beautiful, a young girl lives in a drab Nancy Irwin neighborhood. She starts a transformation when she shares colorful drawings with her multi-ethnic neighbors. 500 Hours of Service A muralist hands her a paintbrush and before long the whole community Elys Pham has joined in a project to create something beautiful. More...* 1,500 Hours of Service Lindsay Slater,Bilingual Youth Services Librarian Dan Kesler Sweethearts of Rhythm Patsy Marcy by Marilyn Nelson Kathy O'Shea The Sweethearts of Rhythm was an interracial, all- 2,000 Hours of Service female jazz band that set box-office records around Donna Braniff the country. Author Marilyn Nelson and illustrator Ramona Crocker Jerry Pinkney tell their story--from the band's start 2,500 Hours of Service in Mississippi, through its hey-day, and into the post-WWII years —through short poems juxtaposed against vibrant watercolor illustrations. The toe- Kathryn Larimer tapping rhythm of the text deftly weaves together the challenges band 6,000 Hours of Service members faced along with the joy they found in music. More...* Lindsay Slater,Bilingual Youth Services Librarian Kathy Sleeger 6,500 Hours of Service *Additional book reviews by Novelist. Richard Stammer This year's Volunteer Recognition event will also honor the memory of Jane Flaxman, who volunteered at Tigard Public Library from 1991 until 2015. She served over 1,388 hours in the Circulation Division, and we miss her a great deal. If you want to become a volunteer and a work toward becoming a future honoree, contact Katie at KatherineN@ Tigard-OR.gov or 503-718-2516. Take a look at our Volunteer page to learn more about volunteering. HOURSLIBRARY Sunday Noon-6 p.m. Monday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Questions or comments about Books& Bits or the Library? Contact paula@tigard-or.gov. To see archived newsletters, click here.