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Exercise Your Body to Exercise Your Brain Want to feed your brain? Try aerobic exercise. In September, you can do both by scooting, skating, walking or rolling, on human-powered wheels, to the library, where you’ll find a feast of brain food…and a small prize for using your feet to reduce the carbon footprint. |
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Exercise Your Mind with a Library Card Consider the library your personal trainer. Your library card is your protein shake. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you already have a library card. But what about other members of your family or friends? September is National Library Card sign-up month… |
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The Times, They Are a Changin’ Fall children’s story times begin Tuesday, Sept. 4. Yay! A few of the days and times have changed because of reductions in the library’s budget. There will be fewer Toddler and Family story times, and our Spanish story time has changed days. |
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Meditation for Beginners Wednesday, September 26 | 6-7:30 p.m. Adults With 24-hour news cycles, 40-plus hour work weeks, constant social media posts and weekly To-Do lists that can’t possibly get done in a week, did you ever want to turn off all the voices, noises and demands coming at you and cozy up to a little quiet time? Meditation has physical, mental and emotional benefits. Learn how it can help you. |
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Match Book
Thursday, September 20 | 5-6:30 p.m. Grades 6-Adults Let the library set you up with hot new reads at this slideshow of Young Adult books that will entice adults, too. Meet diverse characters, sensational plotlines and complex worlds. Swipe right on your favorite and you may get to take it home. |
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Cardboard, Cardboard Everywhere!
S.T.E.A.M.-Powered Play: Global Cardboard Challenge Sunday, September 23 | 1:30-3 p.m. | Kids & Families Maker Challenge: Cardboard Arcade Thursday, September 27 | 4-5:30 p.m. Ages 8-14 only, please
The simplest things can stimulate imagination. A cardboard box or tube can become a house, a racetrack or some amazing games with lights and stuff. Earn your cardboard creativity creds at these September programs. |
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The Portland Stairs Book
by Laura O. Foster
Are you looking for new places to explore, while getting your daily steps in? The Portland Stairs Book lists the number of steps you’ll climb or descend at many public staircases in the Portland area. Use this guide to learn a bit of local history, as you reduce your carbon footprint and enjoy exercise both indoors and outdoors.
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Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
by Laurie Ann Thompson & Illustrated by Sean Qualls
This is the inspiring true story of Emmanuel Yeboah, born with a deformed leg, who was determined to show his country of Ghana and the world that disability is not inability. He learned to ride a bicycle and embarked on a remarkable journey around Ghana building awareness and inspiring change.
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1. What do you like best about working here? The people that I have the privilege of assisting every day are the best part of my job. People of all ages and walks of life come to the library for a variety of reasons. Most just need a little bit of help finding something they need or want. They are thankful for staff’s time and the resources provided by the library. What could be more satisfying than knowing that because of you, someone walked out of the library with just what they were after? 2. You’ve worked at Tigard for over 12 years. What are the biggest changes you’ve seen in both the library world in general and at Tigard specifically? I believe that the biggest changes that have taken place in libraries have to do with the rapid advances in technology. As patrons acquired personal devices, such as laptops, tablets and smartphones, the libraries have jumped on the bandwagon by offering ebooks, wifi and wireless printing.Tigard Library patrons can connect to Kanopy, a streaming video service that offers more than 30,000 films.Wow! Though new ways of accessing and viewing books and information have evolved, the constant is that people still look to libraries for information and great books to read… |
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