Reading Program Activities for the week of June 30

Summer reading is off and running! There are over 40 readers registered participants! 

Many readers have already completed their first week of reading goals and received a certificate for a cookie at Tanglevine Crossing. Great job, readers!

This week:

Story Time, for pre- and beginning readers and a parent of caregiver

10:00 to 10:45 am Monday, June 30th

Aurora the Ladybug will be our very special guest reader, and we will all "bug out" with antennas!

Metamorphosis Readers

5:30 to 6:30 pm Tuesday, July 1st

Explore the changing times and butterfly collecting hobby of Indiana author Gene Stratton Porter, with Paula Keister

Catch the Reading Bug Readers Club

5:30 to 6:30 pm Thursday, July 3rd

Join Linda Thompson and examine the world of the Praying Mantis; then open up your imagination for some tall-fun!

Historic Sheet Music from Indiana Now Available Freely Online!

HISTORIC SHEET MUSIC FROM INDIANA NOW FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE

Information courtesy of Indiana University Media Relations Release

IN Harmony, a collaboration between Indiana University 's Lilly Library, the Indiana State Museum , the Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Library, and the IU Digital Library Program, has made freely available online more than 10,000 pieces of Indiana-related sheet music. The IN Harmony website gives users access to some of these institutions’ most popular and sought-after materials, as well as images of music and cover art for non-commercial personal use. Beyond the site’s current collection, more than 150,000 additional items from the Lilly Library sheet music collection will be systematically added in an ongoing project.

The IN Harmony collection features sheet music by Indiana composers, lyricists, arrangers, and publishers, as well as sheet music about the state. Drawn primarily from the late-19th and early-20th centuries, the collection includes works by well-known composers such as George M. Cohan, Cole Porter, Al Jolson and Jerome Kern. The Indiana State Library’s contribution to the collection includes approximately 1,600 pieces of sheet music, dating from 1840 through the 1960s, the bulk of which date from 1890 through 1950. The collection includes a wide variety of pieces: "booster" songs promoting a particular city or railroad stop; centennial songs from state, county and city celebrations; religious works, college songs; and songs based on the literary works of well-known authors such as James Whitcomb Riley.

IU’s Digital Library Program led the effort to show how collections of disparate organizations could be described and organized.

"Libraries and museums often have different needs, and this project showed how to cross institutional boundaries to the benefit of not only residents of our own state, but to music-lovers throughout the country and even beyond," said Patricia Steele, Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries.

The three-year project was funded in part by a $343,437 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Invitation to meet and hear James Alexander Thom and Dark Rain at the Franklin Public Library District

The Franklin County Public Library District would like to invite you to meet and hear James Alexander Thom and his wife Dark Rain. They will be at the Brookville Public Library on Tuesday, June 24 at 7:00pm. Books will be available for purchase and signing. This program is the library's addition to our town Bicentennial Celebration.
Melody Gault
Director
Franklin County Public Library District
919 Main St.
Brookville, IN 47012

Summer Readers are Catching The Reading Bug

Summer Readers are Catching the Reading Bug!
Saturday was the kickoff day for summer reading, where 26 children and teens registered to participate! There are lots of fun activities planned for readers of all ages, so don't miss out on all the fun, friends, books, and activities!

You may register for the program at any time, but remember that some prizes require that you complete the reading goals for all four weeks to be eligible. So plan to drop by the library and register soon!

This week at the library:

Story Time: Join Paula Keister for Itsy Bitsy Spider and other stories, crafts, & snacks!

Catch the Reading Bug Readers Club: Beth Dalton will read from Laura Ingalls Wilders, "On the Banks of Plum Creek" and share an activity.

Metamorphosis Readers: Come and discuss "Changing the Environment with recycling and repurposing," and create bead bracelets & book marks with Donna Jones


Summer Reading at Farmland Public Library: Frequently Asked Questions

Who can participate?
Any preschool or school aged person with a library card!

How much does it cost?
Just come in and register--All programs are FREE to ALL participants!

What events are scheduled?
Story Time, for pre- and beginning readers and a parent or caregiver
Mondays (June 23 & 30 and July 7 & 14) / 10 am to 10:45 am

Catch the Reading Bug Readers Club
For school-aged readers (going into grades 1-5 this fall)
Thursdays (June 26 & July 3, 10, & 17) / 5:30 – 6:30 pm

Metamorphosis Readers
For readers in Middle and High School this fall
Tuesdays (June 24 & July 1, 8, & 15) / 5:30 – 6:30 pm

Summer Reading Celebration
For Participants of All Ages and their Families
Saturday, July 19 at 10 am

What are the requirements to complete the program?
1. Readers are required to read or be read to 20 minutes per day, 6 days per week.

2.Participants are not required to attend weekly events …but they will be fun times so we do encourage participation!

3. You will need to keep track of your reading time, and report it to the library regularly.

How about some prizes?
There are REALLY COOL prizes! There are toys, books & games! We have certificates for doughnuts from Main Street Coffee, ice cream from The Chocolate Moose, and cookies from Tanglevine Crossing! We have Colts Football stuff from Old National Bank, and tickets for roller skating from Gibson’s Arena. For readers who complete ALL of their reading for ALL four weeks, we have tickets to ride at Indiana Beach or for a Fort Wayne Wizards baseball game!

More information?
Get it at Farmland Public Library, 116 South Main Street in Farmland / 765-468-7292 / http://www.farmlandlibrary.org/ / or email farmlandlibrary@verizon.net . Library Hours: Monday & Saturday 9am-1pm / Tuesday & Thursday 1 – 7pm.

FEMA Contact information for Randolph County

Have you been affected by the recent floods?

Contact your

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Representative for Randolph County:

1-800-621-FEMA

1-800-621-3362

Or online at www.fema.gov

For speech and hearing impaired:

1-800-462-7585

Reader Review: The Hot Kid, a novel by Elmore Leonard

THE HOT KID, A NOVEL
Author: Elmore Leonard
Reviewed for Farmland Public Library by John Oak Dalton

I am a longtime fan of Elmore Leonard’s crime novels but have found his last few leaning more towards a comedic side, BE COOL and TISHOMINGO BLUES among them. Although enjoyable, I have always liked Leonard’s chrome-hearted Detroit novels the best. Thus was I pleasantly surprised to read THE HOT KID, and find Leonard baring his teeth once again in this Prohibition-era crime story filled with gangsters, gun molls, and true-blue G-Men dedicated to bringing them down. Peppered with wry humor, but with a tommy gun backbeat, THE HOT KID shows Leonard back in fighting form.

More New Books!

Adult fiction
Plague Ship: A Novel of the Oregon Files. Cussler, Clive

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Diaz, Junot

Domestic Affairs. Goudge, Eileen

Death and Honor. Griffin, W.E.B.

The Other. Gutterson, David

Stalking the Puzzle Lady: A puzzle Lady Mystery. Hall, Parnell

Blue Smoke and Murder. Lowell, Elizabeth

The Spellman Files. Lutz, Lisa

Ahab's Wife. Naslund, Sena Jeter

Fearless. Palmer, Diana

The Resolution. Parker, Robert

Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy #1). Robert, Nora

The Hollow (Sign of Seven Trilogy #2). Roberts, Nora
The Shack. Young, William P.

Audio Books

Belong To Me (Unabridged CD's) De Los Santos, Marissa

Adult Nonfiction

The Zookeepers Wife: A War Story. Ackerman, Diane
Dianteics: The Original Thesis. Hubbard, L. Ron

Scientology 0-8: The Book of Basics. Hubbard, L. Ron

The Way to Happiness. Hubbard, L. Ron

It's All About Him. Jackson, Denise with Ellen Vaughn

The Absolute Beginners Guide to Computer Basics (4th ed.)

Miller, Michael
The Last Lecture. Pausch, Randy with Jeffery Zaslow.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Sedaris, David
Beautiful Beadwork Bags. Wood, Dorothy

Children's Books

We Both Read: The Well-Mannered Monster. Brown, Marcy
Crickwing. Cannon, Janell
Worm Gets A Job. Caple, Kathy
The Grouchy Ladybug. Carle, Eric
The Very Quiet Cricket. Carle, Eric
The Very Lonely Firefly. Carle, Eric
We Both Read: The Mighty Little Lion Hunter. Carson, Jana
Cock-A-Doodle-Moo: A Mixed Up Menagerie. DuQuette, Keith
1001 Bigs to Spot. Helbrough, Emma
We Both Read About the Ocean. McKay, Sindy
We Both Read: The New Red Bed. McKay, Sindy
We Both Read About Bugs. Scarborough, Sheryl
What Makes You Ill? Unwin, Mike & Kate Woodward

Intermediate Books

Me, All Alone, At the End of the World. Anderson, M. T.
Stranded in Boringsville. Bateson, Catherine
Computer Dictionary. Claybourne, Anna

Internet Linked Books: Bugs. Dickens, Rosie

Spiderwick Chronicles Book 5: The Wrath of Mulgarath. DiTerlizzi, Tony & Holly Black
What's Happening To Me? (Boys). Frith, Alex
Computer Graphics and Animation. Kalbag, Asha
Homework On Your Computer. Kalbag, Asha
Growing Up. Meredith, Susan
What's Happening To Me? (Girls). Meredith, Susan

The Internet and the World Wide Web. Miles. Lisa

The Young Naturalist. Mitchell, Andrew W.

Illustrated Dictionary of Biology. Stokley, Corinne

Teen Books

Code Orange. Cooney, Caroline

Glory. Lynn, Jodi

Glory: Blue Girl. Lynn, Jodi

Glory: Forget Me Not. Lynn, Jodi

Glory: Shadow Tree. Lynn, Jodi

Under the Baseball Moon. Ritter, John H.

Amethyst Road.

Spiegler, Louise
No Laughter Here. Williams-Garcia

Have you read a good book lately?

Have you read a good library book lately? So good that you can't wait to tell everyone about it? Here is your opportunity to tell the world!

Email your book review to the Farmland Library at farmlandlibrary@verizon .net, and be sure to include:

the book title
the author of the book
your name
your comments and recommendations

Be sure to thank these businesses and individuals for their support of reading programs in your community!

Please be sure to thank these individuals and businesses for their contributions to the "Catch the Reading Bug" Summer Reading Programs at your Farmland Public Library! And remember, it is not too late to make your contribution!

Affordable Pest Control, Bruce & Renee Gee
Bright Ideas Stained Glass Studio
The Chocolate Moose
Beth Dalton
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Pam Edwards, Reed Realty
Fort Wayne Wizards
Emily Funk
Gibson Skating Arena
Aurora Green
Kathy Hanson
Connie Howell
Indiana Beach
Sandra King
Paula Keister
Angie Longnecker
Daniel Lutz
Clara Moore
Old National Bank, Farmland
Main Street Coffee Company
Susie Main
Marsh Supermarkets
Krista Matlock
Pam Mullen
Sherry Patterson
Alexis N. Robertson
Helen Symons
Tanglevine Crossing
Linda Thompson
Thrift-E-Market
Nathaniel Walker
Jennifer Welch
Mary Caroline Wright