Check it Out FEATURED READS. Find Her (D.D. Warren #8), Lisa Gardner CALENDAR. The Bee-Friendly Garden, Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn

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1 Tracy Public Library Newsletter March 2016 Volume 3, Issue 3 Check it Out FEATURED READS Find Her (D.D. Warren #8), Lisa Gardner Flora Dane is a victim. Seven years ago, carefree college student Flora was kidnapped while on spring break. For 472 days, Flora learned just how much one person can endure. Flora Dane is a survivor. Miraculously alive after her ordeal, Flora has spent the past five years reacquainting herself with the rhythms of normal life, working with her FBI victim advocate, Samuel Keynes. She has a mother who s never stopped loving her, a brother who is scared of the person she s become, and a bedroom wall covered with photos of other girls who ve never made it home. Flora Dane is reckless.... or is she? When Boston detective D. D. Warren is called to the scene of a crime a dead man and the bound, naked woman who killed him she learns that Flora has tangled with three other suspects since her return to society. Is Flora a victim or a vigilante? And with her firsthand knowledge of criminal behavior, could she hold the key to rescuing a missing college student whose abduction has rocked Boston? When Flora herself disappears, D.D. realizes a far more sinister predator is out there. One who s determined that this time, Flora Dane will never escape. And now it is all up to D. D. Warren to find her. The Bee-Friendly Garden, Kate Frey and Gretchen LeBuhn CALENDAR Thursday, March 3 6:30 p.m. Library board Thursday, March 10 6:30 p.m. Friends of the Library Monday, March 14 7 p.m. Authors Erin Hart & Paddy O Brien book talk and music In The Bee-Friendly Garden, award-winning garden designer Kate Frey and bee expert Gretchen LeBuhn provide everything you need to know to create a dazzling garden that helps both the threatened honeybee and our own native bees. No matter how small or large your space, and regardless of whether you live in the city, suburbs, or country, just a few simple changes to your garden can fight the effects of colony collapse disorder and the worldwide decline in bee population that threatens our global food chain. There are many personal benefits of having a bee garden as well! Illustrated with spectacular fullcolor photos, The Bee-Friendly Garden debunks myths about bees, explains seasonal flower progression, and provides detailed instructions for nest boxes and water features. From super blooming flowers to regional plant lists and plants to avoid, The Bee- Friendly Garden is an essential tool for every gardener who cares about the planet and wants to make their yard a welcoming habitat for nature s most productive pollinator. Thursday, March 17 6 p.m. Writing Group 7 p.m. Book Club Thursday, Feb. 25 Tracy Public Library 189 Third Street ~ Tracy, MN 56175~ Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon

2 LIBRARIAN S CORNER By Librarian Valerie Quist When choosing the staff recommendations for the newsletter each month, I usually ask John or Dianne for suggestions. This month I picked on Dianne, who suggested Pax by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen, but hesitated because it is a children s book. Coincidentally, the book that popped into my head when I was trying to come up with a recommendation was Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick, which is also in our juvenile fiction section. Rather than changing one of the picks to an adult book, I decided to put both the juvenile selections in. I decided to do that because sometimes we can get locked in to just reading one type of book, and thinking that others are not for us. There s no shame in reading books that are targeted at children or teens. Okay, so maybe Captain Underpants isn t for you, but there are a lot of good stories waiting to be discovered. Sometimes when I get stuck in a rut, that s where I turn. I like to choose at least one children s or teen book for the library s book club, also. Last year we read The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, and this year this month, in fact we are reading The Call of the Wild by Jack London. In February I read one book from the children s section, and two books targeted at teens. If you haven t ever read anything by Brian Selznick, I encourage you to. I read The Invention of Hugo Cabret after seeing the movie of the same name. When I found out it was based on a book, I had to read it. Selznick has a unique style his stories are told in pictures and words, but they re not quite like most graphic novels. Don t be intimidated by length. The books are long because there are hundreds of pages of artwork interspersed with the prose. I haven t read Pax yet, but I plan on it. I couldn t resist ordering it when I read the description. It sounds fantastic. Pax and Wonderstruck are just two examples of the great books classified as juvenile literature. Why not take a look the next time you re at the library, or the next time you re in a slump and looking for something different? What I read in February: Trapped, Michael Northrop The Dog Says How, Kevin Kling Motel of the Mysteries, David Macaulay Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee Wonderstruck, Brian Selznick The Tie That Binds, Kent Haruf Her, Harriet Lane What I m Reading: Haunted Ground (Nora Gavin #1), Erin Hart Best to Laugh, Lorna Landvik The House Girl, Tara Conklin Up next: The Murder Trial of the Last Lakota Warrior, Steve Linstrom Our Souls at Night, Kent Haruf BOOK CLUB BEAT Call of the Wild, Jack London Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and frozen Yukon Territory. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey, proving his unbreakable spirit First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike. The Tracy Public Library Book Club meets on the third Thursday of each month. For a full schedule, visit Friends of the Library update The Friends of the Tracy Public Library have two upcoming fundraisers planned. They will be selling Cold Stone ice cream at the Tracy Women s Expo and the Tracy Area Sportsmen s Show. The Friends of the Tracy Public Library are always accepting new members! The group meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Funds raised by the Friends of the Library help to support library programs and events, such as story time. If you would like to become a member of the Friends of the Library, or would be interested in volunteering to help sell ice cream at the Women s Expo or Sportsmen s Show, Rhonda Fredericks, Friends president, at rhondafredericks@yahoo.com. Computer classes offered Free computer classes are offered every Thursday from 2-7 p.m. in our Computer Learning Center. The format is informal, covering whatever participants would like to learn, with one-on-one help provided. These classes are made possible with the support of Southwest Minnesota Adult Basic Education. Pre-registration is not required.

3 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS Wonderstruck, Brian Selznick Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing. Set fifty years apart, these two independent stories--ben's told in words, Rose's in pictures--weave back and forth with mesmerizing symmetry. How they unfold and ultimately intertwine will surprise you, challenge you, and leave you breathless with wonder. Rich, complex, affecting, and beautiful-- with over 460 pages of original artwork--wonderstruck is a stunning achievement from a uniquely gifted artist and visionary. Pax, Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen Pax was only a kit when his family was killed, and his boy Peter rescued him from abandonment and certain death. Now the war front approaches, and when Peter s father enlists, Peter has to move in with his grandpa. Far worse than being forced to leave home is the fact that Pax can t go. Peter listens to his stern father as he usually does and throws Pax s favorite toy soldier into the woods. When the fox runs to retrieve it, Peter and his dad get back in the car and leave him there alone. But before Peter makes it through even one night under his grandfather s roof, regret and duty spur him to action; he packs for a trek to get his best friend back and sneaks into the night. This is the story of Peter, Pax, and their independent struggles to return to one another against all odds. Told from the alternating viewpoints of Peter and Pax. 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is open to children from birth to age 6 (who have not yet entered kindergarten). The goal is to read 1,000 books before entering kindergarten. Children who sign up for the program receive a book tote, and small prizes are given out for each 100 books that are read. A graduation ceremony is held once a year or as needed. The program is made possible through a partnership with the United Way of Southwest Minnesota. How long does it take to read 1,000 books? If you read three books a day to your child, that s 1,095 books in one year! NEW ON THE SHELVES Adult The Restoration (Prairie State Friends #3), Wanda Brunstetter A Treasure Concealed (Sapphire Brides #1), Tracie Peterson (March 1) The Gangster (Isaac Bell #9), Clive Cussler (March 1) Goodbye to the Dead (Jonathan Stride #7), Brian Freeman Far From True (Promise Falls #2), Linwood Barclay (March 8) The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, William Anderson (March 8) The Steel Kiss (Lincoln Rhyme #12), Jeffrey Deaver (March 8) Clawback (Alison Reynolds #11), J.A. Jance (March 8) Off the Grid (Joe Pickett #16), C.J. Box (March 8) Private Paris (Private #11), James Patterson (March 14) Property of a Noble Woman, Danielle Steel (March 15) At the Edge of the Orchard, Tracy Chevalier (March 15) Deep Blue (Doc Ford #23), Randy Wayne White (March 15) Fool Me Once, Harlan Coben (March 22) Treachery at Lancaster Gate (Thomas Pitt #31), Anne Perry (March 22) The Atonement, Beverly Lewis (March 29) Brush of Wings (Angels Walking #3), Karen Kingsbury (March 29) Darkness, Karen Robards (March 29) No Safe Secret, Fern Michaels (March 29) Nobody But You (Cedar Ridge #3), Jill Shalvis (March 29) Audio Darkness, Karen Robards (March 29) Children The Book With No Pictures, B.J. Novak Big Nate: Thunka, Thunka, Thunka, Lincoln Peirce (March 1) The Hunt for the Secret Papyrus, Geronimo Stilton (March 29) Teen Lady Midnight (Dark Artifices #1), Cassandra Clare (March 8) Movies Downton Abbey Season 6 Bridge of Spies

4 The Book of Killowen & The Road from Castlebarnagh Memoirs, Music, Manuscripts & Mystery! Erin Hart & Paddy O'Brien Monday, March 14 7:00 p.m. Tracy Public Library As people, places, and artifacts from the past come alive through projected images, Paddy plays a few tunes on button accordion and offers tales of his adventures growing up in a thatched house in rural Ireland, with no electricity or running water, when music and stories around the fire were still the main form of entertainment. Erin might sing an ancient song as she spins the story of her latest novel, a knotty mystery inspired by a true discovery: a 9th-century book of Psalms preserved in an Irish bog. And there's always time for a few questions from the audience. Tracy Public Library 189 Third Street, tracy

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