Let’s Discover the Wonder Within Us All

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Inside this issue:

Program Calendar 2

Top 10 Most

Circulated Books

2

Children’s Corner 3

Zinio 3

January

New Releases

3

Community Outreach 4

February Happenings 4

January 2014

Volume 1, Issue 1

Petersburg Public Library System Selected 1 of 22 sites in Virginia to receive the

Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle Program Grant

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Happy New Year! 2014 promises to be a historic year for the Petersburg Public Library System. We know you are excited about all of the opportunities the new library will bring. We, the staff of the Library, are just as excited. As the opening of the new library approaches, we want everyone to discover something new in the Library. Come in and discover our books on e-readers or check out our e-magazines on Zinio. Attend one of our many programs for people of all ages. Take a computer class, or yoga class, or tai chi class. They’re free! Or, just come in and use our public computers. What you will discover is that there is always something going on at the Li-brary. You’ll discover new subjects, authors, or even magazine titles you never know existed.

Most of all, you will discover the wonder within you! Check out our new logo. It exemplifies this new era of wonder. With this new year, we wanted to share our new vision for the delivery of library services to our community. We are very grateful for the opportunity to work with a very talented creative designer, Terry Wilson. Terry is from Petersburg but lives in Northern Virginia and has worked with us for months on a new brand for the Library. We believe more than ever before that we will have the tools to fulfill our mission of “providing citizens equitable access to evolving information and resources which will enable them to enhance their quality of life.”

Come. Discover the wonder within you at the Petersburg Public Library.

Wayne M. Crocker Director of Library Services

January Program Calendar Page 2

Petersburg Public Library Most Circulated

Selections 1. Fifty Shades of

Grey– E. L. James 2. A Feast for Crows–

George R.R. Martin 3. A Wanted Man– Lee Child 4. Caught-Harlen Corben 5. The Longest Ride-Nicholas

Sparks 6. No Plot? No Problem– Chris

Baty 7. First Draft In 30 Days– Karen

Wiesner 8. Just For Today– Narcotics

Anonymous 9. Book In a Month-Victoria

Schmidt 10. Adobe Photoshop CS5-Adobe

Creative Team.

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All patrons are permitted to

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including up to 3 DVDs and 3

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Got Health Questions?

Date Event Department Time

Jan 2 Tai Chi Meeting Room 6pm

Jan 2 Affordable Healthcare Rep Healthy Living & Learning Center

Jan 4 Holiday Movie Showing-Disney’s

Super Buddies

Children’s Department 2pm

Jan 6 Basic Computer Class-Intro

Intermediate Computer Class-MS

Power point

Meeting Room

Meeting Room

3pm

6:30pm

Jan 7 Mary Kathleen Day Book Signing “From Road Kill”

Meeting Room 6pm-8pm

Jan 9 Tai Chi

Affordable Healthcare Rep

Meeting Room

Healthy Living & Learning Center

6pm

Jan 10 Yoga Meeting Room 12 Noon

Jan 13 3pm

6:30 pm

6:30pm-7:30pm

Basic Computer Class-MS Word

Intermediate Computer Class –

MS Power point

Happy Birthday Martin Luther

King Celebration

Meeting Room

Meeting Room

Children’s Department

Jan 14 6:30pm-7:30pm Rainbow Loom Making Children’s Department

Jan 16 6pm

6:30pm-7:30pm

Tai Chi

Tax Preparation 101

Affordable Healthcare Rep

Meeting Room

900 Room

Healthy Living & Learning Center

Jan 17 12 Noon Yoga Meeting Room

Jan 18 11am Story Time (MLK Theme) Children’s Dept.

Jan 21 5:30pm-7:30 pm Cancer/HIV & HPV Vaccines Meeting Room

Jan 22 6pm Anime Club Meeting Meeting Room

Jan 23 6pm Tai Chi

Affordable Healthcare Rep

Meeting Room

Healthy Living & Learning Center

Jan 24 12 Noon Yoga Meeting Room

Jan 25 12 Noon Rainbow Loom Bracelet Making Children’s Department

Jan 27 3pm

6:30pm

Basic Computer Class-MS Word

Intermediate Computer Class-MS

Word

Meeting Room

Meeting Room

Jan 30 6pm Tai Chi

Affordable Healthcare Rep

Meeting Room

Healthy Living & Learning Center

Jan 31 12 Noon Yoga Meeting Room

Children’s Corner

Tumblebooks is provided as a service of the Library of Virginia and is funded through a grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Recently, public libraries were given a holiday gift by the Library of Virginia in the form of TumblePremium, an amalgamation of 3 collections: TumbleBookLibrary, TumbleBookCloud, Jr., and TumbleMath. This collection of contains nearly 1000 titles for children grades K – 6. Within the collection are animated talking books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction titles, playlists, books in French and Spanish, graphic novels, and math stories. TumblePremium is rich in educational resources as well, with lesson plans, quizzes, educational games and puzzles related to both math and

language skills. The lesson plans and quizzes are designed to help build certain skills, such as vocabulary building or understanding elements of a story.

Visit www.ppls.org and head over to “Kids” on the menu bar.

January New Releases

Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 1

Fiction

The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl Trilogy, book 1) by Christopher Golden and Charlaine Harris

Standup Guy (Stone Barrington, book 28) by Stuart Woods

Dark Wolf (Dark, book 25) by Christine Feehan

Fear Nothing (D.D. Warren, book 7) by Lisa Gardner

River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz

Worthy Brown's Daughter by Phillip Margolin

Ripper by Isabel Allende

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Note: Oprah Book Club 2.0 selection)

Always Means Forever by Deborah Fletcher Mello

Champagne Life by Nicole Bradshaw

The Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson

Little Green : An Easy Rawlins Novel by Walter Mosley

Non-fiction

Waking from the Dream: The Struggle from Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr. by

David L. Chappell

Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms by Nicholas Johnson

Peace Be Still: Modern Black America from World War II to Barack Obama by Matthew C. Whitaker

Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America by Tonya Bolden

His Day is Done: A Nelson Mandela Tribute by Maya Angelou

Children’s Fiction

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream by Kristy Dempsey

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz

5 Most Requested Children’s Books

Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

The Peculiar by Stephen Bachman

Read full digital copies of your favorite magazines on a computer,

tablet, or mobile device using the free Zinio Reader app!

Create a library Zinio Collection

account

1. Visit www.ppls.org 2. Click on the eLibrary tab at the

top. 3. Click on the eLibrary collection

link. 4. Click on the “Zinio” logo. 5. Click on “Create New Account”

in the top right corner.

Enter your library number.

Enter your name, email, and password.

Click Submit. 6. Once your library collection

account is validated, click confirm check out.

7. Your magazine is now checked out available to read in your Zinio.com account.

Install the Zinio Reader App

Visit your device’s app store to download and install the free Zinio

Reader app. Note: Use the Zinio app only to read your magazines. Browse and check out new issues of library magazines using a Web browser.

Magazines can be checked out for two weeks.

Zinio Reader app compatibility includes PC, Mac, iPad, IPhone,

Android, Kindle Fire/Fire HD, Blackberry, Windows 8, and Nook

HD/HD+

Zinio is an electronic magazine service provided by

Petersburg Public Library System

Get Your Workout On… At Petersburg Library!

Teen Scene: Join The Anime Club Today!

Need To Work Out?

Well We Have The Place For You! Petersburg Public Library System

137 South Sycamore Street Join us weekly for

Thursdays 6 p.m.– Tai Chi Fridays 12 Noon– Yoga

William R. McKenney Branch Central Library

137 South Sycamore Street

Phone: (804) 733-2387 Fax: (804) 733-7972

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Pre– K Westview Theme: Letter “G”

Books: Gotcha!- Gail Jorgensen

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?- Susan A. Shea Llama Llama & The Bully Goat– Anna Dewdney

10:30am Session– January 6,9,10,13,16,and 17

11:00 am Session– January 6,9,10,13,16,and 17

Community Outreach

Head Start– Westview Theme: Winter Wonderland Week 1: The Big Snow– Berta & Elmer Harper, Zoo Flakes/ABC –Will C. Howell Activity: Make Snowflakes Week 2: The cold Winter Day-Carl Emerson Activity: Dancing Stars Week 3: Downhill Fun: A Counting Book About Winter– Michael Dahl Activity: Styrofoam Snowmen Week 4: Frozen Noses-Jan Carr Activity: Make Frosty the Snowman 11:00 am Session– January 8,10,15,17, and 22 11:30 am Session– January 8,10,15,17, and 22

Area Daycare Centers

Theme: Letter “S”/ Songs “Dance Like Snowflakes” & “Snowkey Pokey”/Activity : Make Snowflakes

Books: The Snowflake Sisters– J. Patrick Lewis When Winter Comes– Nancy Van Laan

Snow is Falling– Franklin M. Branley Flakes & Flurries– Josepha Sherman

Winter Waits– Lynn Plourde Winter Poems- Barbara Rogasky

Date Time Location

Jan 7 10am Burrow’s

Jan 9 10 am Father’s House

Jan 10 10am A+

Jan 14 10am Little Angels

Jan 16 10am Harvest

Jan 17 10am Joy & Love

Jan 21 10am Just 4 Kids

Jan 23 10am Beautiful Beginnings

Jan 24 10am Good 4 Kidz

For more information on how your school/

daycare, or organization can participate call

(804) 733-2387 ext. 26

Petersburg Public Library

Join the coolest club in town

The Anime Club! Anime Club meets once a month to

watch shows, read manga and have a good time. If you’re a anime fan or

just getting started on your first series, check it out! Snacks Provided

Next Meeting Wed. Jan 22, 2013

6:00 p.m.