Month: July 2017
Monday Spotlight: Wonder Garden Club
Do you have a green thumb or wish to learn about gardening? Danville Public Library’s Wonder Garden Club is open to children ages 5 through 11. We meet Every Wednesday in the 1st floor meeting room at 9:30.
Book Review: Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell and David Catrow
Kids today have to have all of the latest toys. Their toy chests are over flowing, and we are going through batteries faster that we can drive to the store. But not Molly Lou. Her grandmother told her all about growing up and using her imagination to build whatever she wants. Making dolls out of twigs, a doll house out of a tree, and a race car out of some boxes. Who knows, maybe reading this book will give you some of your own creative ideas.
Review by Leslie B.
What’s New at the Library?
See what’s new this week at the Danville Public Library at:
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There are nine new bestsellers, one new video, two new children’s books, and 48 other new books.
The new bestsellers this week include “Paradise Valley,” “Henry David Thoreau: A Life,” and “The Painted Queen: A Novel.” The new video this week is “We Were There.”
Book Review: Cleopatra in Space Book One: Target Practice
15-year-old Princess Cleopatra has little interest in her school lessons. She’d rather make slingshots and go exploring. While investigating a strange cave, she is accidentally catapulted into the future and surrounded by talking cats. Unable to return to her present, she is enrolled in the Yasiro Academy and told of the evil Xaius Octavian who is destroying planet after planet. Cleo is no fan of her classes, except combat training, and has to struggle with adjusting to a new world and finding her place in it.
Maihack’s artwork is simple and wonderful. The linework is expressive and the colors are perfect. He has also created a universe that basically looks like ‘what if the Ancient Egyptians lived in the distant future and were capable of casual flight between worlds.’ It’s awesome. The characters are diverse and it’s easy to sense the love that Maihack has for them. This is an all-ages comic that I would recommend to anyone who enjoys adventure stories, science fiction, or Ancient Egypt. If you love all three of those things, then you’re definitely going to want to check this out.
Review by Jessica A.
Monday Spotlight: Donations to the Libary
The library welcomes monetary gifts, bequests, or memorials so long as their use is not restricted by conditions which would conflict with the standard practices and policies of the library. All such donations shall become the property of the Danville Public Library.
The library also welcomes gifts of books, recordings, or other library materials. Such gifts will be added to the collection in conformity with the “Gifts of Materials” section of the Materials Selection Policy, 3510, of the library. Any materials that do not fit the needs of the library will be disposed of in whatever manner the library decides.
Items purchased with memorial contributions will be shelved with the regular collection. Special provision is made to designate gifts, memorials, or bequests or purchases made from money received as a gift.
Special collections, such as historical materials, books having more than literary value, or manuscripts, will be accepted by the library only if proper provision can be made for their housing, use, and preservation. These special items not accepted by the library shall be returned to the donor or shall be referred to interested parties for consideration.
The library staff will not place a cash value on donated material. Although all gifts in the form of money or materials may be tax deductible, the donor is responsible for determining the fair market value.
In order to provide evidence of a gift for tax purposes, the library will provide a letter of thanks. This letter will provide either a note on total funds donated or, in the case of materials, a brief inventory of the gift, including the total number of paperbacks and hardbound books, number of records, etc. donated.
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY
The library and the Danville Library Foundation gladly accept gently used books, audiobooks, music CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays.
Due to space and staff time limitations, we can
no longer accept:
Encyclopedias
LP records
VHS tapes
Cassette Tapes
Magazines
(including National Geographic)
Reader’s Digest Condensed Books
Textbooks
Thank you!
Sunspots – Week 3
Paula Kesler shared another set of Sun photos. You can easily see the sunspots in the right-hand region of the Sun. These photos are from July 14 to July 20, 2017.
Job Opening: Youth Services Library Assistant
We have a job opening for part-time library assistant in Youth Services. Application must be submitted by July 28.
Book Review: A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Feyre’s family lost their mother when she was very little. Her father took a long shot on an investment shipment across the sea that sank and now Feyre is the only one of the three daughters who is Tom boy enough to be able to hunt and help the family live. On a cold winter day Feyre spots a deer in the woods, but she is not the only one hunting. A wolf is stalking the deer and out of desperation Feyre shoots the wolf before she shoots the deer so she will not lose her prize. The wolf turns out to be a Faire and his lord comes to take revenge, either she dies for her crime or comes to live in the world of the Fae. And then this book gets interesting…
Review by Leslie B.
Summer Book Sale starts today!
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