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December 1, 2020
Volume 1, Issue 3
Boone Area Library
(610) 582-5510
Merry December! CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH OUR
HOLIDAY CHARADES ADULT ACTIVITY PACK
Whether you’re gathering together with loved ones this season in person or over Zoom,
games can be a great way to lighten the mood and connect over physical (and ideological)
distances. Since we aren’t able to host a game night at the library this year, we’re bringing
the games to you with this month’s Holiday Charades Adult Activity Pack!
Each pack contains a set of holiday-themed charade cards, an egg timer, a score card, and
a bag of popcorn, along with instructions. Face off against your sibling, play adults vs.
kids, have the girls challenge the guys; we’ve set up this activity pack for our adult
patrons, but everyone can participate. (I played this game with my family over the
Thanksgiving holidays, and my ribs still hurt from laughing!)
Holiday Charades Adult Activity packs will be available inside the library during normal
operational hours starting Saturday, December 19th while supplies last. Be sure to
grab yours before they’re gone!
STOP BY OUR TABLE AT BIRDSBORO’S
HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS EVENT
In response to the pandemic, this year’s Birdsboro Hometown Christmas event will be
run as a special holiday drive-through along Water Street on Saturday, December
12th from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Those interested in attending are encouraged to sign
up for a time here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0b4ea8a728ab9-birdsboro
The Boone Area Library, together with eleven other groups, will have a table set up along
the street. Come by to say hello to Ms. Crescenda and Ms. Sarah, who will be handing out
activity packs and some holiday-themed goodies! There will also be a holiday
illumination display, a live nativity scene, and Santa Claus himself, waving to everyone
from his specially-decorated fire truck.
We hope to see you there!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
New Online Book Club .............. 2
Get to Know Your Library Staff . 2
New Adult Fiction ..................... 3
New Adult Non-Fiction ............. 4
The History of Santa’s Red Suit 5
New DVDs ................................. 5
Children’s Craft Packs ............... 6
CHILDREN’S CORNER
Children’s Zoom Storytime,
Monday at 10:15 AM
Books & Babies Zoom
Sessions, Wednesdays at
10:15 AM
STEM kits available 12/8
T(w)een Craft Packs availa-
ble 12/5
“We wanted a way for busy adults to connect with one another, even if they can’t find time to sit down for an actual meeting.”
Crescenda, Library Director
Best Holiday Song: Carol of the Bells
Childhood Christmas Wish: A pony
Adult Christmas Wish: A more empathetic world
Sarah, Youth Coordinator
Best Holiday Song: Christmas is the Time to Say “I Love You”
Childhood Christmas Wish: A horse
Adult Christmas Wish: To be able to host Storytime in the library again
Ashley, Library Aide
Best Holiday Song: It Must be Christmas
Childhood Christmas Wish: A computer
Adult Christmas Wish: That my family and coworkers stay healthy
Elena, Library Aide
Best Holiday Song: So This is Christmas
Childhood Christmas Wish: A dirt bike
Adult Christmas Wish: For all of my student loans to be paid off
Ethan, Library Aide
Best Holiday Song: I Want an Alien for Christmas
Childhood Christmas Wish: A computer
Adult Christmas Wish: Less consumer spending
NEW ONLINE BOOK CLUB:
SHELF INDULGENCE
GET TO KNOW YOUR LIBRARY STAFF
We all know that book clubs are social
activities: getting together with your
friends to chat over tea or coffee (or
perhaps something a little more … adult)
is half the fun. But even without the
pandemic, finding time to socialize around
work and family obligations can be a
major challenge. So what’s a busy
bibliophile to do?
The Boone Area Library is attempting to
answer that question with a new online
book club: Shelf Indulgence. “We wanted
to offer another adult programming
option that worked with the current
pandemic restrictions,” explains
Crescenda Long, library director and the
moderator of the group. “But we also
wanted a way for busy adults to be able to
connect with one another, even if they
can’t find time to sit down for an actual
meeting.”
A new title will be chosen each month, but
readers are invited to work through the
books at their own pace. Because the
discussion is happening on Facebook, the
conversation will always be there waiting
whenever readers are ready to engage.
Find out more at: facebook.com/groups/
shelfindulgencebc
DECEMBER BOOK
CLUB SELECTIONS
New readers welcome!
Cliffhanger Book Club
Reading: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Meets: January 14th @ 6:00 PM(Zoom) Eagle’s Eye Book Club
Reading: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Meets: ON HIATUS Youth Book Club
Reading: Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Meets: Every Thursday on Zoom at 4:30 PM Shelf Indulgence Book Club Reading: Night Film by Marisha Pessl Meets: Online Discussion ( facebook.com/groups/shelfindulgencebc )
For more info: email [email protected] 2
NEW ADULT FICTION FOR DECEMBER
DECEMBER STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS
Crescenda’s Recommendation:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
A young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives on the doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay. While the long shadow of Hitler falls across Europe, America is happily in thrall to the Golden Age of comic books, and in a distant corner of Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on the craze. He finds the ideal partner in the aloof, artistically gifted Joe, and together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. From the shared fears, dreams, and desires of two teenage boys, they spin comic book tales of the heroic, fascist-fighting Escapist and the beautiful, mysterious Luna Moth, otherworld-ly mistress of the night. Climbing from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the Empire State Building, Joe and Sammy carve out lives, and careers, as vivid as cyan and magenta ink.
Sarah’s Recommendation:
Sex with Presidents by Eleanor Herman In this entertaining and eye-opening book, Eleanor Herman revisits some of the sex scandals that have rocked the nation's capital and shocked the public, while asking the provocative questions: does ram-pant adultery show a lack of charac-ter or the stamina needed to run the country? Or perhaps both? While Americans have judged their lead-ers' affairs harshly compared to other nations, did they mostly just hate being lied to? And do they now clearly care more about issues other than a politician’s sex life? grow, from a sweet pea to a mango and eventually to a pumpkin--until final-ly, the babies are born as their won-derful little selves.
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The Arctic Fury / Greer Macallister One Night Two Souls Went Walking / Ellen Cooney
The Attack / W.E.B. Griffin The Opium Prince / Jasmine Aimaq
The Blade Between / Sam J. Miller Perestroika in Paris / Jane Smiley
The Chanel Sisters / Judithe Little Remina / Junji Ito
Eddie’s Boy / Thomas Perry Shed No Tears / Caz Frear
Hush-Hush / Stuart Woods We Hear Voices / Evie Green
Layla / Colleen Hoover Wrong Alibi / Christina Dodd
The Lies You Told / Harriet Tyce
Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder / T. A. Willberg
The Mermaid from Jeju / Sumi Hahn
My Name is Anton / Catherine Ryan Hyde
NYPD Red 6 / James Patterson & Marshall Karp
(cont. on page 4)
Did you know? You can place a hold on a new book even if it hasn’t been released
yet. Visit our website (www.berkslibraries.org/branch/boone) to place holds
through the catalogue, or ask a staff member for assistance.
DECEMBER STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS
Ethan’s Pick:
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas lights may
be twinkling red and
green, but Charlie
Brown has the
Yuletide blues. To
get in the holiday
spirit, he takes
Lucy’s advice and directs the
Christmas play. And what’s a
Christmas play without a Christ-
mas tree? But everyone makes fun
of the short, spindly nevergreen
Charlie Brown brings back – until
the real meaning of Christmas
works its magic once again.
Elena’s Pick:
In a Dark, Dark Wood
by Ruth Ware
When reclusive
writer Leonora is
invited to the
English countryside
for a weekend away,
she reluctantly
agrees to make the
trip. But as the first night falls,
revelations unfold among friends
old and new, an unnerving
memory shatters Leonora’s
reserve, and a haunting realization
creeps in: the party is not alone in
the woods.
Dearly: New Poems / Margaret Atwood
How to Cook the Victorian Way with Mrs. Crocombe / Annie Gray & Andrew Hann
I Would Leave Me if I Could: Poems / Hasley
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science / Seb Falk
Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway / Michael Riedel
The Walker: On Losing and Finding Yourself in the Modern City / Matthew Beaumont
NEW ADULT NONFICTION FOR DECEMBER
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Did you know? You can request items that you’d like the library to consider
purchasing. Requests can be made through the website (www.berkslibraries.org/
services/suggest-a-purchase) or by filling out a form at the library.
Images of Santa Claus remained in flux (sometimes wearing a red suit, sometimes a green suit, sometimes a tan suit -- and sometimes as a gnome!)
Did you know that Santa Claus didn’t always wear a red suit? The first visual depiction of
Santa in his iconic clothing is attributed to a political cartoonist named Thomas Nast. His
drawings, which appeared in the 1880’s, originally showed a tiny Santa Claus capable of
hopping up and down chimneys -- but he eventually altered this depiction to the ‘full-
sized’ Santa we know today.
Images of Santa Clause remained influx (sometimes wearing a red suit, sometimes a
green suit, sometimes a tan suit -- and sometimes as a gnome!) in American iconography
until his image became standardized by a 1931 Coca-Cola advertising campaign designed
by Haddon Sundblom.
In Continental European countries, such as Austria, Santa Claus dresses more in keeping
with his traditional role as a Saint: wearing a long robe, and bearing a bishop’s mitre.
(The image to the right is one Thomas Nast’s illustrations.)
THE HISTORY OF SANTA’S RED SUIT
NEW DVDS FOR DECEMBER
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Come Away Possessor
The Craft Proxima
The Dark and the Wicked Tenet
Honest Thief Triggered
The Last Shift The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Mulan Yellowstone (Season 3)
The Place of No Words
DECEMBER STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS
Ashley’s Pick:
The Year Without a Santa Claus
At the North Pole,
the Christmas rush
is on. Everyone
from elves to rein-
deer are merrily
preparing for Santa
Claus's yearly
sleigh ride. Every-
one except Santa!
Feeling forgotten by the children of the
world, old St. Nick decides to skip his
gift-giving journey and take a vacation.
Eager to help, Mrs. Claus and two
spunky little elves set out to see to
where all the season's cheer has disap-
peared. Aided by a magical snowfall,
they reawaken the spirit of Christmas
in children's hearts and put Santa back
in action.
CHILDREN’S CRAFT PACK SCHEDULE
12/07 - 12/12: Paper Plate Santa Craft & Hanukkah Coloring Sheet
12/14 - 12/19: Lacing Mitten Craft
12/21 - 12/26: Snowman Cut Out Face Craft & Winter Coloring Sheet
12/28 - 01/02: Paper Plate Party Animal Craft
All craft packs are available throughout the week beginning on Monday while
supplies last. Come to the library to pick up yours during regular and curbside
hours, no appointment necessary!
Boone Area Library Monthly Newsletter
December, 2020
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Boone Area Library
129 N Mill Street
Birdsboro, PA 19508
Phone: 610-582-5510
E-mail:
berkslibraries.org/branch/
boone
HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
Just a reminder that the Boone
Area Library will be CLOSED on
Thursday, December 24th,
Friday, December 25th,
Thursday, December 31st, and
Friday, January 1st. There will
be no in-person services or
curbside pickup services on
those days.
We’ll be back and ready for
in-person services on Saturday,
January 2nd. Have a wonderful
holiday!
Curbside Hours
Monday: 9:00 AM—1:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM—1:00 PM
Thursday: 4:00 PM—7:00 PM
Open Hours
Tuesday: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM