Lexington Branch Staff Picks for September 2011

Each month the Lexington Branch staff pick three items that they’ve recently checked out to recommend to our patrons. Click on the title of each item to place a reserve.

Carol Nolte’s Picks

Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

A Lonely Death by Charles Todd

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

Mardeana Redden’s Picks

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch

The Evolution of Thomas Hall by Kieth Merrill

Miette by Meg Ray with Leslie Jonath

Christina Magnifico’s Picks

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

Kyle Constant’s Picks

Poe: Poetry, Tales, & Selected Essays by Edgar Allan Poe

Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind

Waiting for Superman (DVD) by Davis Guggenheim, et al.

Odessa Friends of the Library Book/Bake Sale

The Odessa Friends of Trails Regional Library will be holding a Book/Bake Sale at the Odessa Branch located at 107 W. Mason Street on October 13th, 14th and 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.

Banned Books Program at Warrensburg Branch

What’s your favorite book? Chances are good that someone has tried to ban it. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to remove books from schools and libraries. Celebrate your freedom to read during Banned Books Week, Sept. 24-Oct. 1, by joining Trails Regional Library for a special program. UCM Anthropology Student, Sierra Burden, will be presenting a program on banned books at the Warrensburg Branch, located at 432 N Holden Street. Sierra will also be talking about current events in book censorship in her program. The program will be presented on September 28th at 5:30 p.m. at the Warrensburg Branch.

Warrensburg Branch Friends Book Sale

The Warrensburg Friends of Trails Regional Library will be holding a Fall Book Sale at 110 W. North Street in Warrensburg. Donated books are being accepted at the Warrensburg Branch, located at 432 N. Holden Street, starting on September 12. The Friends Only Preview Sale will be held on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The sale will be open to the public on Friday, October 14 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (the bag sale will start at noon on Saturday-$2.00 a bag)

Knob Noster Friends Book Sale

The Knob Noster Friends of Trails Regional Library will be holding a Fall Book Sale at the Knob Noster Branch, located at 202 N. Adams Street in Knob Noster. The Friends Only Preview Sale will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The sale will be open to the public on Friday, Sept. 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Concordia Branch Book Sale

The Annual Fall Festival Book Sale will be held at the Concordia Branch, located at 813 S. Main Street. There is something for everyone: romance, westerns, non-fiction and more! There will also be a good selection of VHS movies. All items are priced at twenty-five cents. The sale will be open to the public on Friday, Sept. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday, September 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Fall Programming Brochures

Fall Programming Brochures are available at all branches of Trails Regional Library. The Library offers many different free programs for a wide variety of age groups. Fall Programming begins on September 12 and the theme is “Now Showing @ Your Library”. Visit your local branch to pick up a brochure!

Adult Summer Reading Program

This year the Summer Reading Program at the Holden branch of Trails Regional Library included adults.  We had Bingo cards with which we encouraged readers to expand outside of their normal reading habits.  Each reader completed a card and turned it in to the library and then could pick up a new card.  Seventy-five cards were picked up.  Several people continued the program with more than one card.  At the end of July, we drew one card for a cash prize.  The winner in Holden was Fran Yoder who completed seven Bingo cards.  She then donated her cash prize to the library so that we could use that money for additional books.  Thank you, Fran!

Lexington Branch Staff Picks for August 2011

Each month the Lexington Branch staff pick three items that they’ve recently checked out to recommend to our patrons. Click on the title of each item to place a reserve.

Carol Nolte’s Picks

Once Upon a Time, There Was You by Elizabeth Berg

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (audiobook) by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Mardeana Redden’s Picks

Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo

Temple Grandin by Mick Jackson, et al.

The Great Virginia Triumvirate by John Kaminski

Christina Magnifico’s Picks

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart

Road Novels, 1957-1960 by Jack Kerouac

Kyle Constant’s Picks

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Liberty Defined (audiobook) by Ron Paul

Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

Wings of Love in Holden

Earlier this month Yvonne Patterson brought her Wings of Love program to the Holden branch of Trails Regional Library.  A large crowd of both adults and children enjoyed watching the birds shoot baskets, roller skate and ride a bicycle among other things.  It was an educational experience as well as entertainment.  Yvonne talked about the rainforests and how many birds are losing their natural habitats due to deforestation by man.