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Pembroke Public Library Online Newsletter June 23, 2020 |
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This podcast frequently tackles scrumptious and sweet food histories. Here, hosts Holly Frey and Tracy Wilson talk about the culinary predecessors of the doughnut, its evolution, and the debate over its nomenclature. |
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Sharpen your debate skills with this podcast from American Public Media. Host Molly Bloom invites Paige Goehner, winner of the Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship, to decide whether chocolate or cheese is better. Who do you think won this foodie faceoff? |
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Chompers focuses on witty food riddles and tests your food knowledge. In this episode, designed for kids to listen to while brushing their teeth, the podcast instructs listeners to do a full brush with jazzy music, sounds effects, and counters, and includes educational short stories, jokes, and riddles. |
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Enjoy a cool glass of lemonade and experiment with a fizzy chemical reaction. This recipe includes an explanation of what's happening to create the reaction! |
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Do you love gooey chocolate and melted marshmallows? Make a batch of s'mores (in the oven or over a fire) and choose a math activity to go along with your tasty treat! |
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Pool Noodle Marble Run It’s summer! Do you have an extra pool noodle laying around? Cut it in half and create your own marble racetrack. You can create start and finish lines (a shoe box works great) and let the race begin! Can you combine more than one pool noodle to extend each track? What else could you add? |
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Glowing Rainbow Rice This recipe for glowing rice has so many possibilities! A black light or black light flashlight is recommended (though not required). Mix rice with different colors of neon paint (kids can help with the mixing!) then let the rice dry. Finished glowing rice can be used by itself for sensory play, with cups and scoops, to practice sight words or spelling, for a treasure hunt, and so much more! |
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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 just read the Veronica Speedwell series by Deanna Raybourn and really enjoyed it! Veronica and her colleague Stoker are a scientist and natural historian who work together to solve mysteries in late 1880s England. I particularly liked the characterization of Veronica as a fierce, deeply intelligent lady scientist and detective (not very usual for the time period!) and the growth of the relationship between her and Stoker. There are currently five books in the series; start with A Curious Beginning, in which Veronica and Stoker meet, are thrown into detective work after the murder of a mutual friend, and soon find themselves fearing for their lives (a not uncommon occurrence for them, as it turns out...) Highly recommended for fans of historical fiction, mysteries, and a bit of romance. -Stephanie |
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Bitter Greensby Kate Forsyth A story of desire, black magic, and love interweaves the Rapunzel fairy tale with the true-life story of French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force, who was banished from the court of Versailles by Louis XIV after a series of scandalous love affairs.
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All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmotherby Danielle Teller A reimagining of the classic fairy tale, presented from the stepmother's perspective, traces her escape from a life of harsh servitude before single motherhood forces her to take a job as a nursemaid to an otherworldly infant, who eventually becomes her stepdaughter and a princess celebrated for her beauty.
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Spinning Silverby Naomi Novik Deciding to collect on the outstanding debts owed her family of moneylenders, a young woman is overheard boasting about being able to turn silver into gold by the creatures who haunt the wood, in this reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin story.
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The Lost City of Z Read the book on OverDrive/Libby, then watch the movie on hoopla! The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. 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 Popular Science, which has issues available starting from Spring 2019. The Summer 2020 issue features stories on endurance athletes and pinewood derby racing, a look inside bowling balls, and some fascinating insight into the many things scientists can learn from dolls. You can explore all our online magazines here. |
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It's a party, a party, a perfect pizza party! That's what Pete thinks as he piles the pie high with his favorite topping-pepperoni. But then his friends come over and add their own toppings to the pizza. Will Pete's perfect pizza be ruined? There's only one way to find out! |
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Leonora Logroño’s family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas. After constantly being told she's too young to help, she sneaks out of school and down to the bakery. There she discovers that her mother, aunt, and four older sisters have in fact been keeping a big secret: they’re brujas—witches of Mexican ancestry—who pour a little bit of sweet magic into everything that they bake! Leo wants to try it out for herself... What could go wrong? |
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Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions-doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free. |
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Did you know we have book recommendation newsletters for all ages? Sign up here to get a list of new releases and other suggestions for your favorite genre(s) delivered to your email every month. |
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