August at a glance for adults...
August 1, Mon. - 1 pm - SRP prize winners announced
August 2, Tue. - 1 pm - Adult Book Club
August 4, Thu - 5 pm - Knitters
August 11, Thu. - 5 pm - Knitters
August 16, Tue. - 1 pm - Adult Book Club
August 18, Thu. - 5 pm - Knitters
August 25, Thu. - 5 pm - Knitters
August 27, Sat. - 2 pm - Ice Cream Social/Dulcimer Group
August 30, Tue. - 1 pm - Adult Book Club
SUMMER READING PROGRAM WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED
Winners of all ages in the Summer Reading Program will be posted after 1 pm on Monday, August 1 (children, teens, and adults). Feel free to stop in after that time and check the lists. Great job, readers!
ANNOUNCING THE NEW MARY L. COOK APP!
We have an app!
Get yours today at the Google Play Store (MLC LIB) for Android devices or at iTunes Store for Apple devices. For Kindlefire tablets, you must first go to settings to “Allow Apps from Unknown Sources” and set it to allow installation of applications that are not from the Appstore. Then in your Silk browser go to mlcook.boopsie.com. The app should immediately and automatically download. (You may need to check your downloads to complete installing the app). On the Main Menu, you can access our catalog to search, checkout, or place holds on items. You can access your account through the Catalog or through My Account on the main menu of the app. In Online Resources, you can access Heritage Quest, Auto Repair Reference Center, and other databases. Downloads gives you access to OverDrive (the Ohio Digital Library); Flipster (see all the magazines available for you to instantly read online – or download to your Flipster App (if not in the library, you may need to enter mlcook for your user name and library for your password); and Hoopla (you will need the Hoopla App also). Events gives you access to our calendar of events at the library for the month. Connect with Us gives you access to our Facebook page and sign up to receive our weekly Wowbrary Newsletter. With Ask Us, you can tap to email us or call us with your questions and requests. And finally, you can access our Mobile Website from the main menu. We hope you enjoy your experience with the MLC LIB app!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Do you, or does someone you know, have memories of Dr. Mary Cook, Ada Courtney, or Mary Current? If so, we would like to talk to you!
These fine ladies were instrumental in starting and growing the library into the institution it is today. The library will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2017, and we would like to create a documentary that highlights the people and events that helped make the library the great place it is today.
We want to include memories of these great women, so we need your help.
Also, if you have pictures of anyone who helped with the library, or pictures of library events through the years, we would love to scan them for possible use in our documentary and to add them to our permanent collection.
Please contact the library if you would be willing to share!
PARDON OUR DUST...
Our Ohioana Room will be undergoing a renovation to facilitate the room's flexibility.
Local artisan Pat McGeehan of The Wayne Township House on Main Street will be updating the room. Therefore, for a period of time from mid-August through October, the Ohioana Room materials will not be accessible. However, after construction is completed and materials are reshelved, we invite you to stop by and appreciate his craftmanship.
FREE ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Roll out those last lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer by coming to our FREE ice cream social on Saturday, August 27 from 2 - 4 pm at our gazebo. This year we have four swings to sit in, so sit back and relax as the Caesar Creek Dulcimer Club serenades us.
WHAT'S BLOOMING?
If you get a chance to take a look at the garden across from the hydrangea shrubs along the back loop of the garden walkway, you might notice some Echinacea purpurea in bloom. Echinacea, also known by its common name of purple coneflower, is a native to our area and attracts a wide variety of pollinators to the landscape. It’s an easy-care flowering perennial for a full sun location and, once established, tolerates drought.
Mary L. Cook Library and Warren County Master Gardeners invite you to take frequent walks around these demonstration gardens. The scenery is always changing, and we’re available to answer any questions you might have.
FLIPSTER MAGAZINES
Don't forget about Flipster. Flipster is a digital magazine service provided to our library patrons. Magazines included are:
Consumer Reports
Country Living
ESPN magazine
Food Network magazine
Good Housekeeping
HGTV magazine
InStyle
Mental Floss
People
Prevention
Real Simple
Redbook
US Weekly
Woman's Day
The log in for Flipster is "mlcook"; the password is "library".
ROOTFINDERS
Rootfinders resumes September 10 at 10 am.
If you're curious about genealogy, come and join the group.
ADULT BOOK CLUB
Adult Book Club selections for August are:
August 2 - Mimi Malloy, At Last! by Julia MacDonnell
August 16 -The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark
August 30 - The Visionist by Rachel Urquhart.
Newcomers are always welcome.
KNITTING
Knitters of all levels are welcome to meet with our group each Thursday at 5 pm.
RECOMMENDED READS
ADULT FICTION:
Carrying Albert Home - H. Hickam
Everyone Brave is Forgiven - C. Cleave
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend - K. Bivald
Recipes for Love and Murder - S. Andrew
Time and Time Again - B. Elton
When We Were Sisters - E. Richards
ADULT NONFICTION:
The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics Top Score - from Nadia to Now - D. Meyers
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics - D. Goldblatt
My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love after Auschwitz - L.Bitton-Jackson
Real Food, Fake Food - L. Olmstead
Wampum - D. Mitchell
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
The Mary L. Cook Public Library was a very busy place this summer! We had record number of juveniles, teens, adults, and families participating in our summer reading programs! We had over 500 juveniles reading books to try to win a shiny new bicycle (donated by retired realtor Gil Irvin), Kings Island passes as well as 18 other prizes (Frozen slushie machine, cash, Lego sets and more). Our teens were reading in hopes of winning cash, a Fitbit, and gift certificates. The families in Waynesville are READERS!
Thank you to the Beach Water Park, COSI, and Cincinnati Zoo for providing gift certificates that allowed families that read together to play together!
Thank you, Friends of the Library, for providing the super reader T-shirts for the juvenile readers of 20 books or 12 hours this summer! Thank you, Gil Irvin, for the wonderful bicycle that was an incentive for many of the juveniles to reach their goal of 20 books/10 hours!
Thank you, King’s Island, for the passes that encouraged our readers.
Thank you, John and Becky Barney for donating $100.00 that was a huge incentive for many teens to read, read, read this summer!
Our summer reading programs are so successful because of our very supportive staff and the tremendous generosity of our community. Miss Kathy and Miss Sheila say, THANK YOU!
PRESCHOOLERS THROUGH 5TH GRADERS...
During the month of August we are “Back to School … Read!” Check out 5 books and receive a chance to choose a hot reward.
1,000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
In August 2014, The Mary L. Cook Public Library launched a new literacy program, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. We have 15 readers who have completed the goal of 1000 books!
If you read your child one book a day, she/he will reach 1,000 books in under three years. Though the goal of this program is to improve literacy skills, but even more, it’s about time spent together reading.
Stop in today and ask us how to register your child for this program.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIMES
Preschool Storytimes are for 3 - 5 year olds including kindergartners
on Thursdays from 10:30 - 11:15 am or Thursdays from 6:45 - 7:30 pm,
beginning Thursday, September 22. Registration is requested.
We play games, sign songs, hear stories, and share laughs. Special Storytimes include Halloween Parties and Twas the Night Before Christmas PJ party. Watch for details.
TODDLER LAPTIMES
Toddler Laptimes are for 2 year olds & their caregivers
on Tuesdays from 6:45 - 7:10 pm - October 4 thru November 8.
Join us for stories, games, and lots of laughs.
Required registration in person begins September 19.
Limit - 12 toddlers and 12 caregivers.
BABY BOOKWORMS
Baby Bookworms is for babies from birth to two years & a caregiver.
Watch for details this fall for when these sessions will resume.
CHAPTERS BOOK CLUB - NEW!
New this September, we will be offering a book club for those in grades 1 and 2. This group will read one short chapter book a month. Then we meet to discuss the book, the author, and do activities associated with the book. The Chapters Book Club will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, September 27 from 4:00 – 4:45 pm. Registration is required for this book club starting September 1.
RAPID READERS & WRITERS
Calling all Book Worms (grades 3 – 5) to join The Rapid Readers & wRiters at The Mary L. Cook Public Library Tuesday, September 20 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm.
Please join us as we discuss books, play games, try out a bit of creative writing, and enjoy a light snack. The first book we will read and discuss will be The One and Only Ivan. Books will be available to pick up beginning Thursday, September 1. Required registration begins September 1. For more information contact Miss Kathy @ 513-897-4826.
LOOK WHO'S READING
Look Who’s Reading Book Club (grade K.) at The Mary L. Cook Public Library begins Tuesday, September 20 from 6:00 – 6:30 pm.
The group will engage in a variety of fun learning activities featuring phonics, the writing of letters and words, and many other skills that promote a strong literacy foundation.
Stop in today to register and pick up the book for the month. The first book we will read and discuss will be Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Required registration begins September 1. Books will be available at that time.
TEACHERS - PUBLIC, PRIVATE, OR HOMESCHOOL
Do you know that you can get a teacher card at The Mary L. Cook Public Library?
***Extended Loan Privileges
Teachers may borrow materials for an extended loan period.
Books and audio materials for six weeks and DVDs for one week.
**Fine Free
Teachers have no fines on their Teacher Cards at The Mary L. Cook Public Library! We want to support our hard working teachers as they educate our students.
***Book Collections
Teachers may request that a book collection be chosen for their students’ use. Call or email with all the details of your request. We will put your collection together, and you simply stop in and pick it up. (Give us 3 days to put this together)
***Library and Classroom Visits
Teachers and their students are welcome to visit the library, or we will visit your students in the classroom.
***Assignment Alert
Teachers may request that books pertaining to special assignments be put on temporary reference reserve in the library.
Stop in today and sign up for a teacher card.
Mary L. Cook Public Library
381 Old Stage Road
Waynesville, OH 45068
513-897-4826