Biblio Bulletin Editor: Stacy Stamper

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Biblio BulletinHighlights: Evernote Class

Reading Without Walls Challenge

Genealogy ConversationsVolume 9, Issue 5 May 2017

Cover photo: Patrons created hanging picture galleries out of frames for a One Book One Frankfort event on April 8 & 10.

Get Organized with Evernote!Have you used Evernote before? Evernote is an online tool for individuals and teams to capture, organize, and share ideas in any form. The app is available across platforms on desktop, mobile, or on the web, meaning your ideas are always with you, always accessible, and always in sync.

Evernote can be used to help you keep track of information in every aspect of life. Use it to keep a list of books you want to read (or have read). Keep a list of recipes. Track your to-do lists, and schedule events and reminders.

You can use tags to sort and filter information. One idea is to tag

family information by the member’s name. Search for your child’s name, and you could easily see anything from his scanned-in artwork to notes from his doctor appointments; whatever information you want to keep and remember.

It’s also great tool to keep track of research, including genealogy. Save scanned birth certificates, emails, oral history files, and photos. You can easily collaborate with other family members.

Evernote is also very handy for work. It can help you track your time, share meeting notes, and keep track of expenses. You can create links between notes, easily going

from one document to another.

Want to learn more? Join us on Thursday, May 11, at 6:30pm for Evernote 101. Jonathan Gaby, online communications professional and Evernote Certified Consultant, will teach you about this versatile online tool. Stay organized, share ideas, and keep track of your information!

To register, please go to http://bit.ly/psplEvernote101. For more information, contact Diane Dehoney at 502-352-2665 x108 or diane@pspl.org

The Library will close on Sunday, May 28, and Monday, May 29, for Memorial Day.

Join the Reading Without Walls ChallengeAs a child, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Gene Luen Yang, was pretty shy. After changing schools in the 3rd grade, he had a tough time making friends at school. In other environments, though, he felt more comfortable and made friends more easily. Summer Computer Programming Camp was one of those places. While there, Yang found himself with a rather annoying classmate and “cut him down to size.”

After a few days of belittling the classmate, he went silent and remained that way throughout the rest of camp. According to Yang, “This is one of those childhood memories that just makes me cringe with regret. Being comfortable brought out my inner bully.”

As an adult, Yang wishes he had found a story about a kid like that classmate. Oftentimes, reading stories about experiences that the reader never had, struggles he/she

has never encountered, perspectives other than his/her own, builds empathy. Which is why, as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he has issued the Reading Without Walls Challenge!

Here are the details:

1. Read a book about a character who doesn’t look like you or live like you.

2. Read a book about a topic you don’t know much about.

3. Read a book in a format that you don’t normally read for fun. This might be a chapter book, a graphic novel, a book in verse, a picture book or a hybrid book.

Join the Youth S,ervices staff in taking the Reading Without Walls Challenge! Stop by the Youth Services desk to find the right book for you! For more information on Gene Luen Yang and the challenge, visit geneyang.com.

Fool’s Assassin

F HOBB, ebook, eaudio Fitz is retired and leading a quiet life until the appearance of pale-skinned

strangers casts a sinister shadow over Fitz’s future. Now, to protect his

new life, the former assassin must once again take up his old one.

Fool’s Quest F HOBB, ebook, eaudio

Fitz resolves to exact revenge against the individuals responsible

for stealing away his daughter.

Assassin’s Fate (forthcoming)

Continuing their quest to save Fitz’s daughter and destroy the

sinister order that threatens her, Fitz and the Fool confront

dangerous challenges while coming to terms with unanswered

questions from their pasts.

Fitz and the Fool novels by Robin Hobb

Genre: Epic fantasy Writing Style: Descriptive

Though FitzChivalry Farseer, royal bastard and King’s Assassin, left

his intrigue- and danger-filled life for retirement in the country, the world and the court refuse to let

him be. He and his friend the Fool are plunged back into electrifying action in this leisurely, dramatic

high fantasy series, rich with meticulous world-building and

fantastic characterizations.

Source: Novelist PlusFind recommendations and series lists! www.pspl.org/databases

Genealogy ConversationsAre you interested in an informal discussion on genealogy? We’ll begin hosting Genealogy Conversations this summer. Come talk about what you’re currently working on, your successes, and your brick walls. It will be a give-and-take conversation — you might be able to help someone, and they might be able to help you.

These Conversations will be led by

Mark Kinnaird, who also teaches classes on the library’s genealogy databases. While Conversations will not be a class, we hope that participants will learn from each other through discussion.

If you are interested in Genealogy Conversations, please contact Mark at 502-352-2665 x107 or mark@pspl.org.

New website coming soon! www.pspl.org

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New & Recent Books16th Seduction by James Patterson

Against All Odds by Danielle Steel

The American Spirit by David McCullough

Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Stout

Assassin’s Fate by Robin Hobb

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

The Broken Road by Richard Paul Evans

Deadmen Walking by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick

Golden Prey by John Sandford

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

No Easy Target by Iris Johansen

Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies by Ace Atkins

Secrets in Summer by Nancy Thayer

The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova

Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve

The Thirst by Jo Nesbo

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Book R

eview The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

Reviewed by Ernie Dixon

I’m a sucker for near-apocalypse fiction and watching how authors envision the world as it prepares itself for the end. An asteroid is about to strike Earth and effectively kill the majority of the population, and the main character here is a detective trying to understand why he continues doing his job. It’s a great portrait of people striving in their last days to do what they feel in their guts that they should do since they have the excuse to throw caution to the wind.

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Humans, Bow Down by James PattersonNever Never by James PattersonMissing by James PattersonCross the Line by James PattersonThe Black Book by James PattersonEchoes in Death by J. D. RobbNo Man’s Land by David Baldacci

Which books were checked out the most in March and April? Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet EvanovichThe Devil’s Triangle by Catherine CoulterThe Whistler by John GrishamIsland of Glass by Nora RobertsWoman of God by James PattersonChaos by Patrica CornwellWait for Dark by Kay Hooper

Library Fun in Pictures

We shined a spotlight on self-published authors (above, above) at the Read Indie event on March 25.

Laura Palmer of the Kentucky

Department of Fish and

Wildlife (left) discussed the

habits, biology, and habitat of furry animals on April 12.

Kids explored colors (above) at the toddler storytime on April 4.

Families (left)

enjoyed Lego Day

at the Library on March 25.

Children (below) got a close-up look at the construction on April 4.

Adult patrons (right) painted

their own masterpieces on

April 13.

PSPL Adult Calendar May

EventsAdult Programs

Children’s Programs Computer Classes

Book/Film GroupsTeen & Tween Clubs

Storyhours

Mother- Daughter Craft Night 6:00pm

A Matter of Balance 5:30pm

PSPL at the Movies: Moon 6:30pm

Milestones & Meltdowns Youth Program Room 11:00am

Film Discussion Group 6:30pm

Inside the Lines Coloring Club1:00pm-3:00pm

eBay 10:00am

A Matter of Balance 5:30pm

Milestones & Meltdowns Youth Program Room 11:00am

Evernote 101 6:30pm

Breakfast with a Book9:30am

Searching for Family History 1:00pm

Heritage Quest 2:00pm

A Matter of Balance 5:30pm

Milestones & Meltdowns Youth Program Room 11:00am

World Vital Records 10:00am

Kentucky Book Group6:30pm

Mystery Book Group 7:00pm

Milestones & Meltdowns Youth Program Room 11:00am

Searching for Family History 5:30pm

CLOSED CLOSED Memorial Day

Milestones & Meltdowns Youth Program Room 11:00am

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Registration Required

Library Community Room

Sower Board Room

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Mother-Daughter Craft Night

Grades 6-12 6pm

2 Book Babies: Sensory Time 0-24 Months

11am Parents and Tots

Ages 2-3 6:30pm

3 Parents and Tots

Ages 2-3 10am

Milestones and Meltdowns

Parents of kids ages 3 and under ● 11am

4 Preschool Storytime

Ages 4-5 ● 11am K-5 Club:

Book Explorers Grades K-5

6:30pm

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7 8 9

Storytime with

Frankfort School of Ballet All Ages 6:30pm

10

Milestones and Meltdowns

Parents of kids ages 3 and under

11am

11 PokéClub

Grades 3-12 4:30pm

My Marvelous Mom

All Ages 6:30pm

12

Homeschool Battle of the

Books 10:30am

(opening match will be grades 4-6)

13 Countdown

to Kindergarten Kids entering

kindergarten in Fall 2017 10:30am

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Cookies and Create

Grades 6-12 6pm

16 Dance, Dance,

Babies! 0-24 Months

11am Toddler Teddy

Bear Sleepover Ages 2-3 ● 6:30pm

17 Toddler Teddy

Bear Sleepover Ages 2-3 ● 10am

Milestones and Meltdowns

Parents of kids ages 3 and under ● 11am

18 Preschool

Teddy Bear Sleepover Ages 4-5 ● 11am

STEAM Club: Attracted to Science

Grades K-5 4:30pm

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Cooking Time! Families with kids

of all ages 6:30pm

24 Milestones and

Meltdowns Parents of kids ages

3 and under 11am

25

Under the Sea All Ages 6:30pm

26

TAG Meeting Grades 6-12

4:30pm

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28 29 30 Pre-registration

begins for the

2017 Summer

Reading

Program!

31 Milestones and

Meltdowns Parents of kids ages

3 and under 11am

The Kids’ Calendar

Registration is required for this event.

Registration for all kids and teens events begins 2 Mondays before the event unless otherwise noted. When the Library is closed on Monday, registration begins the next business day. Register online at www.pspl.org/calendar, stop by the Youth

Services Department or call (502) 352-2665x205 to sign up for May programs!

May Highlights

Stop by the Youth Services Department or visit www.pspl.org/youthprograms for more information on all May programs! Make sure to check out Paul Sawyier Public Library Youth Services on Facebook and follow Paul Sawyier Public Library on Pinterest!

2017

PSPL CLOSED

Programs may be held in the PSPL Community Room. Check www.pspl.org/calendar or ask at the Youth Services Desk for program location.

Milestones and Meltdowns—Join us for this special parenting group for anyone with children ages 0-3 years, facilitated by Christina Libby of Commonwealth Doula. Check out www.pspl.org/calendar for more information! Storytime with Frankfort School of Ballet—Join dancers from the Frankfort School of Ballet for book-inspired dances & stories! PokéClub—We are talking all things Pokémon! We will have Pokémon crafts and games and share Pokémon Go tips and tricks! My Marvelous Mom—Celebrate the moms and other special adults in your life at this special craft time! Dance, Dance, Babies!—It’s a dance party at the library! Bring your babies and your caregivers and get ready to shake, rattle, and roll. Teddy Bear Sleepover—Bring a stuffed animal to spend the night at the Library! At the end of the programs, we’ll tuck your stuffed animal in for a fun sleepover at the Library. We’ll take lots of pictures of your animal’s adventure, and have them ready for you when pick up your stuffed animal anytime beginning Saturday, May 20th. STEAM Club: Attracted to Science—What makes science so attractive? Magnets! Come make a magnet and paint with magnets this month! Under the Sea—Hear a story, play in ocean-themed sensory totes, and make under the sea crafts at this drop-in storyhour! Cooking Time—Children will have the opportunity to make a yummy, kid-friendly dinner for their family!

May Paul Sawyier Public Library