Family Summer Reading Program starts today!

Children's Librarian Karen is prepared to hand out reading packets!

 

 

 

 

Our annual family Summer Reading Program kicks off today Wednesday, June 1. Whether you are a kid, a bigger kid, or even the biggest kid of all, we have a reading program for you!

One World, Many Stories (Children’s Reading Program) – Come to the children’s desk and pick up a reading folder. Keep track of the time you spend reading and return to the library to collect prizes, including treats from the Dairy Queen, Good Food Store, Del’s Place, and Carousel tokens. In addition, the library will be providing lots of programs. For school-age children (first grade and older) there will be activity programs every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. These programs range from craft activities, to visits with animals, to stories and, of course, a party to celebrate the reading program. The Tuesday activities begin June 14 and run through July 26. Pick up a complete schedule of activities at the library in June. In conjunction with the summer reading program the library will also show movies Thursday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. The movies will begin June 16 and last through July 28.

U R Here (Teen Reading Program) - Teens, come to the library this summer and join the fun while U R Here. It all starts on Wednesday, June 15 with our Welcome to Summer Party at 2:00 p.m. Throughout the summer participate in the library’s Digital Photo Scavenger Hunt. Your photos will be on display August 5 as part of First Friday festivities. To get you started in the right direction attend the Digital Photo Class on Wednesday, June 22 at 2:00 p.m. at the library. And don’t forget the Steampunk Jewelry activity on Wednesday, July 13 at 2:00 p.m.

Novel Destinations (Adult Reading Program) – Pick up a check-off sheet at the library’s reference desk where you will have the opportunity to pick ten books to read from categories relating to travel. Complete milestones along the way for prizes: read three books to win a free small beverage at Civitella Espresso Bar; read five books to get your name entered into a drawing for a prize basket.

Come to the library (including our branches at Big Sky and Frenchtown, as well as Lolo) for some summer reading fun for everyone in the family!

Word Woman

Welcome to another invigorating installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Train your brain for the long run of life as well as your body and it will improve your quality of living. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Anodyne:

1. Serving to alleviate pain

2. Not likely to offend or arouse tensions : innocuous

"anodyne", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anodyne , 5/4/2011.

Example: The anodyne effect of copper bracelets on arthritic joints has yet to proven scientifically.

More Missoulians get caught reading!

We continue on our quest to recognize all the great readers that frequent our fine city of Missoula. We were out and about at the Clark Fork River Market on Saturday and snagged five new folks who were only too delighted to "get caught reading" for our special Missoula Public Library May promotion. And thanks to all who stopped by the library table at the market. Don't forget--we're giving out free library cards at the market and have a great supply of books you can check out right then and there!Your Missoula Public Library--always thinking more!

PICTURED: Kim Granath, Debbie Sullivan (with friend), Sheila Hurd, Emilee and Lindsey Maplethorpe, and Rebecca Wallace (who remembered the bookmobile with great fondness from her youth and was THRILLED to have her photo taken with it!).

Word Woman

Welcome to another spine-tingling episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Your brain is meant to last a lifetime, so keep it in good working order by doing mental exercises like crossword puzzles, cryptograms and sudoku. Or you could expand your vocabulary by learning new words, like the Word of the Week:

Insouciance: (in-soo-see-ants) [noun]

lighthearted unconcern ; nonchalance

French, from in- + soucier to trouble, disturb, from Old French, from Latin sollicitare — more at solicit

First Known Use: 1799

-- "insouciance", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insouciance , 4/28/11.

Example: Grant's persistent insouciance toward the editor's stated deadlines for copy resulted in his reassignment as foreign correspondent to Burkina Faso.

Looking for an uplifting read?

Flavorwire just released a list of uplifting books for lonely souls that contains some unexpected titles. Compiled by Kathleen Masara you may want to consider one of these titles for your next uplifting read whether your soul is lonely or not.
Still life with woodpecker by Tom Robbins on order
Vida by Patricia Engel call# ENGEL
High fidelity by Nick Hornby @ our partner libraries
The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon @ our partner libraries
A natural history of the senses by Diane Ackerman call# 612.8 ACKERMA
Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris call# 814.54 SEDARIS
Bridget Jones' diary by Helen Fielding call# FIELDIN
Radio Free Dixie by Timothy B Tyson
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho call# COELHO
A people's history of the United States by Howard Zinn call# 973 ZINN
See the full article at flavorwire.com