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Pembroke Public Library Online Newsletter March 31, 2020 |
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...perfect your baking skills!One great way to pass the time indoors is to indulge in a sweet new art project! Hand-painting is a unique style of decorating cakes that makes it easy to add your personal touch. Our online resource Creativebug has a wide variety of classes that will teach you how to bake, ice, and paint your cake. One of our librarians began cake painting last fall and continues to use her free time to experiment in her kitchen - check out her painted cake on the left! Here are a couple of Creativebug series she recommends: Painting on Cookies and Cakes and Mastering Buttercream. Log in with your Pembroke Public Library card to get started!
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National Theatre at HomeStarting this week, the National Theatre in London is making select live productions available in full on their YouTube channel. A new show will debut each Thursday and remain online for one week. This Thursday, check out One Man, Two Guvnors featuring a Tony-winning performance by James Corden. Other upcoming shows this month are Jane Eyre, Treasure Island, and Twelfth Night.
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Zooniverse Are your teens looking for fun ways to get involved? Zooniverse is an online citizen science project and the largest platform for people-powered research. Teens (and adults!) can sign up and volunteer to help classify wildlife, transcribe historical texts, identify celestial bodies, and more, all without leaving your tablet or computer. |
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BreakoutEDU is an online "Escape Room" with puzzles for K-12 students. A selection has been made free with games that incorporate math, science, and history into topics like carnival games, cooking, and dino digs. |
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Exploring Shadows Get some fresh air and explore shadows! Trace each other’s shadows on pavement (or paper) with chalk. If you come back to that space later in the day and trace the shadows again (remember to mark where to stand), what do you notice? You can also use toy animals, blocks, or any other objects. Create a dinosaur parade and trace their shadows! Use the back of old wrapping paper and crayons or markers to create new personalized wrapping paper for your next celebration! |
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Learn About Sharks Use Global Shark Tracker to learn about where great white sharks hang out and why. Can you find Grizz? Fitzy? Fletcher? What about Emily the sea turtle? Are there any sharks near Honduras? Puerto Rico? |
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This week, Roz has two suggestions for fans of nonfiction: The American Spirit and Brave Companions, both by David McCullough. She says: “If you are a fan of Pulitzer Prize-winning McCullough’s longer works such as 1776 or John Adams, these collections won’t disappoint. If you have not read McCullough, but are looking for short and inspiring reads, these will fit the bill. The American Spirit is a brief collection of McCullough’s speeches. Each evokes what unites rather than divides us as a nation. Brave Companions: Portraits in History highlights the inspiring accomplishments of some celebrated Americans such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Lindberghs as well as lesser known, but no less accomplished, representatives of the American spirit.” |
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The Kind Worth Killing by Peter SwansonEngaging in an intimate sharing of secrets with a mysterious woman on an airplane, an unhappily married businessman is tangled in a psychologically twisted game of cat-and-mouse involving a plot to kill the man's wife.
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The Crimes of Jordan Wiseby Bill PronziniObsessed by the gorgeous Annalise Bonner, a young woman who cares only for adventure and the good life, ordinary accountant Jordan Wise risks everything to use his bookkeeping skills to embezzle a half a million dollars from his company and to plan an escape to the Virgin Islands, only to come face to face with the realities of skating too close to the edge.
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Eileen by Ottessa MoshfeghDreaming of life in the city while caring for her alcoholic father and working in a 1960s boys' prison, a disturbed young woman is manipulated into committing a psychologically charged crime during the holiday season.
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With the Fire On High by Elizabeth AcevedoNavigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicates her dream of working in a professional kitchen. |
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For Kids (click for the full list)The Doughnut Fix by Jessie JanowitzWhen his family moves to tiny Petersville, eleven-year-old Tris stops focusing on his perfect sister, Jeanine, by using his cooking expertise to revive a town tradition of chocolate cream doughnuts.
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Did you know that our OverDrive collection includes magazines? These can be checked out at any time, with no holds or waits! Today's featured magazine is Reader's Digest, with issues available from April 2019-present. The April 2020 issue features stories of five murders that are still confounding the law, a look back for the 25th anniversary on stories of survival and courage during the Oklahoma City bombing, a humorous rumination on the arrival of spring, and some new ideas to help with back pain. You can explore all our online magazines here. |
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Audible Stories is offering dozens of free titles for kids to listen to from well-known and budding authors. Add to your experience by asking your kids to draw their favorite character or setting. Pause the story and ask, "What do you think happens next?" for an opportunity for creativity and critical thinking.
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