Bookmarks Column July 2009

Library Hour Changes

The Hood River County Libraries hours were reduced July 1, 2009. The Hood River Library is now open Tuesdays & Wednesday 10:30-7:00, Thursdays & Fridays 10:30-5:00, Saturdays 1:00-5:00, Closed Sundays and Mondays.

Cascade Locks Branch Library is open Tuesdays 10:00-2:00, Wednesdays & Fridays 2:00-5:00, and Thursdays 2:00-7:00. Parkdale Branch Library is open Tuesdays & Wednesdays 2:00-5:00, and Thursdays 3:00-7:00.

Summer Reading Program Events

The Summer Reading Program for ages 5-17 is in full swing with over 200 children registered. This year we have a program called “Building Readers” which has over 50 babies, toddlers, and preschoolers registered. It’s not too late to register at the Children’s Desk.

If your child has read to Levels 1, 2, 3, or 4, come in and redeem your prizes.  If your pre-reader has accomplished several of the tasks on the game board, they can pick a prize out of our special prize box for our littlest patrons. 

Join us at the Hood River County Library for the following events in July.

Tuesday, July 7 @ 2:00pm Rich Glauber will be presenting his show “Music in Action”.

Thursday, July 16 @ 1:00pm Grupo Condor will be providing music.

Thursday, July 23 @ 2:00pm Gideon Freudman will be playing on his electric cello. Thursday, July 30 @ 2:00pm is the Rhythmic Opera.

Visit our website www.hoodriver.plinkit.org for more details.

Wednesday Afternoon Creative Club is held in the children’s room at 2:00pm. Open to all ages. Learn about creative arts through hands-on activities.

We have Open Studio in the Creative Corner on Saturdays from 2:00-4:00pm. It is unstructured, so we ask you supervise your children and clean up afterwards.

We the People and Picturing America

The Hood River County Library is one of 4,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to receive free hardcover editions of seventeen classic books as part of the We the People Bookshelf grant program. The award is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative, which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture.

“Picturing America” is this year’s theme, which contains the following books:

Kindergarten to Grade 3:

“Walt Whitman: Words for America,” by Barbara Kerley

 “Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez,” by Kathleen Krull

 “Cosechando esperenza: La historia de César Chávaz,” by Kathleen Krull (translated by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy)

“The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Sweet Music in Harlem,” by Debbie Taylor

Grades 4 to 6:

“The Birchbark House”, by Louise Erdrich

“American Tall Tales,” by Mary Pope Osborne

“On the Wings of Heroes,” by Richard Peck

“Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule,” by Harriette Gillem Robinet

“The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe,” by Roland Smith

Grades 7 to 8:

“The Life and Death of Crazy Horse,” by Russell Freedman

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Washington Irving

“La leyanda de Sleepy Hollow,” by Washington Irving (translated by Manual Broncano)

“Across America on an Emigrant Train,” by Jim Murphy

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” by Mark Twain

Grades 9 to 12:

“Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation,” by Joseph J. Ellis

“Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange,” by Elizabeth Partridge

“Travels with Charley in Search of America,” by John Steinbeck

“Viajes Con Charley – En Busca de América,” by John Steinbeck (translated by José Manuel Alvarez Flórez)

“Democracy in America,” by Alexis de Tocqueville

Bonus:

“Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out,” by The National Children’s Book and Literary Alliance

“1776: The Illustrated Edition,” by David McCullough

In addition, the library was awarded the Picturing America collection by the National Endowment for the Humanities which will be on display downstairs in Library Lane. Picturing America is composed of forty works of art spanning several centuries—all by American painters, sculptors, photographers, and architects.

For more information about We the People Bookshelf or Picturing America display at the Hood River County Library, contact Heather Clemons-Porter, Children’s Library Assistant 541-387-7072.  For more information about the We the People Bookshelf project, please visit http://publicprograms.ala.org/bookshelf.

New Titles in Non-Fiction

“All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space!” by Mel Bartholomew

“Build Your Own Treehouse: A Practical Guide,” by Maurice Barkley

“Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting,” by Michael Perry

“Don’t Be Nice, Be Real: Balancing Passion for Self with Compassion for Others,” by Kelly Bryson

“Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood,” by Michael Lewis

“Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom,” by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

“Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel,” by Michio Kaku

“Prairie Tale: A Memoir,” by Melissa Gilbert

“Secrets of Companion Planting: Plants That Help, Planets That Hurt,” by Brenda Little

“Supersense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable,” by Bruce M. Hood

New Titles in Fiction

“Brimstone,” by Robert B. Parker

“Claim of Her Own,” by Stephanie Whitson

“Face of Betrayal,” by Lis Wiehl

“Four Freedoms,” by John Crowley

“Heartless,” by Diana Palmer

“Matters of the Heart,” by Danielle Steel

“Secret,” by Beverly Lewis

“Skin Trade,” by Laurell Hamilton

“Story Sisters,” by Alice Hoffman

“Undead and Unwelcome,” by Mary Janice Davidson