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Pembroke Public Library Online Newsletter June 9, 2020 |
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...get inspiration for your book club! NoveList Plus is not just a tool for helping you decide what to read next; it is also a great source of inspiration for book clubs! NoveList's Book Club Resources page is a good place to go whether you are hoping to start a new book club, looking for ideas about what your group should read next, or trying to come up with discussion questions. There are hundreds of discussion guides covering all different genres, articles featuring recommendations for certain genres like true crime or westerns, and a "book discussion first aid" series if you need help revitalizing your group. To get started, sign in to NoveList with your Pembroke Public Library card number and find Book Club Resources under "Quick Links." |
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Get Cooking! Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course is a 14-video YouTube series in which Ramsay walks viewers through various cooking skills, as well as tutorials on cooking certain types of food and some of his favorite recipes. Videos include "Basic Cooking Skills," "Favourite Simple Recipes," "Guide to Baking," "Ultimate Budget Food Guide," and "How to Cook with Spice." |
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Get Creative! (kids & teens) Join award-winning author Jason Reynolds in his video series "Write. Right. Rite." The series invites kids to creatively engage with Reynolds’ passion for storytelling while discussing topics like creativity, connection, and imagination. |
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Get Listening! (kids) Activist, You! is a brand new Kids & Family podcast focusing on social justice. Every episode features an interview with different youth activists talking about their dedicated social justice topic and how and why they became activists! They recently had an episode with a teen racial justice activist. |
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Fingerprint Mystery Do you have any future detectives in your house? Explore the science behind fingerprints, and maybe even solve a mystery! This site shows you how to dust for prints with items you have at home, and how to more closely examine a fingerprint by placing it on a balloon and then inflating it to enlarge and compare the print with other samples. Who took the last cookie from the cookie jar?! |
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Swing Painting This activity is simple to set up but will make a huge impact with kids. Change their perspective and engage their balance and gross motor skills! Simply lay a flat piece of cardboard under a swing, put out paint cups with brushes, and step back. This isn’t about the finished piece. It’s the process that’s important. But the finished pieces are pretty amazing, too! |
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Stuck on what to read next? We're here to help! Fill out our new online reading suggestion form to get recommendations personalized just for you based on your favorite genres, authors, or styles. You can choose to have books selected from our collection for curbside pickup or a list of eBook or audiobook suggestions delivered to your email.
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Our July Book Club selection is Writers & Lovers by Lily King, a novel of love, art, and ambition set in Massachusetts in 1997. Be sure to join our Virtual Book Club Facebook group if you would like to participate! Discussion will open on Monday, July 6th. |
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I love a good twisty, turny thriller and The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson really delivered. The story starts with a chance encounter. Ted (of course he’s rich) meets Lily (of course she’s beautiful) on a flight and shares that his wife is having an affair. So he wants to kill her. Sure, he’s sort of kidding...but wait, Lily is enthusiastically on board. Just who is the bad guy? Who is the victim? Who will double cross whom? And so it begins, the game of cat and mouse...but which is which? Who IS the kind worth killing? I can usually figure out a few possible plot twists, but this story turned upside down on me, and of course...I did NOT see it coming! Here’s an added plus: Peter Swanson is a local guy! He was born in Concord, lives in Somerville, and attended UMass and Emerson. It’s really fun to read stories that take place in familiar places! He’s written many award winning books, so if you like this one (I think you will), there are lots more to choose from. -Pam |
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A Walk in the Woods Read the book on OverDrive/Libby, then watch the movie on hoopla! In this comedy adventure, Robert Redford and Nick Nolte star as old friends who make the improbable decision to hike the 2,190–mile Appalachian Trail. Click here to borrow the book and here to borrow the movie. |
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Our OverDrive collection includes magazines that can be checked out at any time, with no holds or waits! Today's featured magazine is Family Handyman; one of our newer magazines, it has issues available starting from April 2020. The June 2020 issue features tips for quick appliance fixes, easy auto repairs, DIY pest control, and how to make a dining table in one day! You can explore all our online magazines here. |
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An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls―one black, one white―who have to confront their own assumptions about racial inequality as they rely on each other to get through the violent race riot that has set their city on fire with civil unrest. |
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In Midnight Without a Moon, Rose Lee Carter, a 13-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955. Her world is rocked when a 14-year-old African-American boy, Emmett Till, is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. A powerful middle-grade novel. |
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