LIBRARY CLOSED

The Library will be closed today, Tuesday, December 20 due to inclement weather! We will reopen on Wednesday, December 21 @ 9AM. STAY SAFE!

STORY HOUR

Since school has been called off – there will be NO Story Hour tomorrow. Please watch facebook and our website to see if the library will be open tomorrow! Be Safe!

2011 Winter Tea

Winter Tea Pictures are now available on the library facebook page!

CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING

The Cimarron City Library will be closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday for Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving!

Library Lines – November 21

FUN FACTS ABOUT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING

• The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving.
• The Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to reachNorth America.
• They sailed on the ship, which was known by the name of ‘Mayflower’.
• They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day atPlymouth,Massachusetts.
• The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.
• The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621. He invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians to the feast.
• The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.
• Mashed potatoes, pumpkin pies, popcorn, milk, corn on the cob, and cranberries were not foods present on the first Thanksgiving’s feast table.
• Lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup and honey, radishes, cabbage, carrots, eggs, and goat cheese are thought to have made up the first Thanksgiving feast.
• The pilgrims didn’t use forks; they ate with spoons, knives, and their fingers.

 

FUN FACTS ABOUT THANKSGIVING TODAY

• In theUS, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations.
• Each year, the average American eats somewhere between 16 – 18 pounds of turkey.
• Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in theUnited States.
• Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in theUnited States.
• Although, Thanksgiving is widely considered an American holiday, it is also celebrated on the second Monday in October inCanada.
• Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season.

 

            THANKSGIVING BREAK

The library will be closed on Thursday, November 24, Friday, November 25 and Saturday, November 26 for Thanksgiving. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

 

            WINTER TEA IS BEING PLANNED FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 3PM

There are still tables available for sponsor the First Annual Cimarron City Library Winter Tea. Tickets are on sale at the library – but there is limited seating. Tickets will be $5.00. Table sponsorship and ticket sales will go towards future programming at the library. If you are interested in buying a table or a ticket please contact the library.

 

            A CLOSER LOOK READING CLUB

Our next meeting will be Thursday, December 1 @ 6:45PM. Due to the time change this month, we will be serving dessert and coffee. We will be discussing the book The Pastor’s Wife by Jennifer Allee. The group will meet on the first Thursday of every month. If you are interested – please contact Candi at the library.

 

READING LADIES BOOK CLUB

Our next meeting will be on Sunday, February 5 @ 3PM. The group has not chosen their next book.

 

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Publisher’s Weekly – Week of November 21, 2011

 

FICTION                                                                                                                        

1. 1.       11/22/63. Stephen King
2. 2.       The Litigators. John Grisham. (Available on CD)
3. 3.       Zero Day. David Baldacci (Available on CD)
4. 4.       The Best of Me. Nicholas Sparks (Available on CD)
5. 5.       1Q84. Haruki Murakami
6. 6.       Christmas Wedding. James Patterson with Richard DiLallo (Available on CD)
7. 7.       The Alloy of Law. Brandon Sanderson
8. 8.       The Snow Angel. Glenn Beck
9. 9.       The Prague Cemetery. Umberto Eco
10. 10.    Hotel Vendome. Danielle Steel (Available on CD)

 

NONFICTION   

1. Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson
2. 2.       Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever. Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard
3. Back to Work: Why We Need Smarter Government for a Stronger Economy. Bill Clinton
4. 4.       Nearing Home. Life, Faith, and Finishing Well. Billy Graham
5. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero. Chris Matthews
6. Spontaneous Happiness. Andrew Weil
7. No Higher Honor. Condeleeza Rice
8. SEAL Target Geronimo. Chuck Pfarrer
9. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman. Robert K. Massie
10. 10.    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resiliance and Redemption. Laura Hillenbrand

 

BOOKS-R-FUN

BOOKS-R-FUN Sale @ the library. Stop in to do some early Christmas Shopping!

Library Lines – November 14

NOVEMBER KIDS’ BOOK CLUB PICK: ‘THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH’

 

by Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer

We are starting a special project at NPR aimed at our younger listeners. We’re talking about all those young people who listen to NPR programs while riding in the car or sitting at the kitchen table. We’d like you to lend us your ears and your curiosity. This fall, All Things Considered is rolling out NPR’s Back-Seat Book Club for kids ages 9 to 14.

We’re asking young people and their parents to join us in reading a special book each month. We also want young readers to join in the conversation with that book’s author. We want to know what you think about the book. And most important, we want to give authors a chance to answer your questions. This is a great way for All Things Considered to celebrate kids’ books and to provide a special treat for all those youngsters who are fed a steady diet of NPR news.

For November … drum roll please … we’ve selected a book that’s celebrating a big anniversary: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. The book was published in 1961; five decades later, it is still much loved and widely read. And, after all this time, the story of the bored little boy who travels on a journey to the Lands Beyond still feels fresh. The jokes are still funny. The language is still captivating. And the excursions through the Sea of Knowledge, the Mountains of Ignorance and the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping) are still quite magical. That’s saying something when you consider that The Phantom Tollbooth was written before the age of computers, cellphones or digital watches.

We know you will love the story ofMilo. We hope you read the book and send in your questions for author Norton Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer. This is not just a great book. It is also a great parable about following your heart. When Juster first wrote the book, few were confident that it would find a big audience. He said publishers told him that kids wouldn’t get the puns or fast-snap wordplay. And though fantasy is now the lifeblood of children’s fiction, at the time it was presumed that fantastical stories would confuse young minds. Juster pressed on because he believed in his book and he believed that children would relate to a bored little boy who dreamed of big adventures.

Since this book has had such great staying power, chances are your parents or other relatives may have read The Phantom Tollbooth when they were young. That makes this a great choice for a family read. Also, the language is so delicious that you might want to read this book out loud with friend or a buddy. In any case, enjoy — and then join in the conversation.

One last thing: If it’s OK with your parents, please ask them to email a picture of you reading The Phantom Tollbooth to backseatbookclub@npr.org. We just might post some of those photos on our upcoming readers gallery.

            THANKSGIVING BREAK

The library will be closed on Thursday, November 24, Friday, November 25 and Saturday, November 26 for Thanksgiving. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

 

            WINTER TEA IS BEING PLANNED FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 3PM

There are still tables available for sponsor the First Annual Cimarron City Library Winter Tea. Tickets are on sale at the library – but there is limited seating. Tickets will be $5.00. Table sponsorship and ticket sales will go towards future programming at the library. If you are interested in buying a table or a ticket please contact Candi at the library.

 

            A CLOSER LOOK READING CLUB

Our next meeting will be Thursday, December 1 @ 6:45PM. Due to the time change this month, we will be serving dessert and coffee. We will be discussing the book The Pastor’s Wife by John & Stasi Jennifer Allee. The group will meet on the first Thursday of every month. If you are interested – please contact Candi at the library.

 

READING LADIES BOOK CLUB

Our next meeting will be on Sunday, February 5 @ 3PM. The group has not chosen their next book.

Math-4-U

Math-4-U has been cancelled for tomorrow. Sorry!

Library Lines – October 24

DATABASES FOR STUDENTS

The State Library is pleased to announce that the regular Explore Our Resources page has been joined by two new database pages, created with students in mind.  If you take a look at the State Library’s homepage ( http://www.kslib.info/), you will see the links to those pages in the yellow “Find” box.

Research for Kids was created for elementary school students.  Just a few resources, with nice big icons to click on, and a lot of reinforcement to ask your librarian for help!

Student Research Central is geared towards students middle school and older.    Made in the same template as the original Explore Our Resources, we have pulled out sub-databases of Academic OneFile such as LegalTrac, World History Collection, and the Vocations & Careers Collection. Hopefully this will make it easier for students to find relevant information.

You will also see the State Library’s new logo at the top of both of these pages.  Clicking on the logo will return you to the homepage.

 WINTER TEA IS BEING PLANNED FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ 3PM

Ladies, get your fancy dishes and table service and start planning how you could decorate a table for the Winter Tea Event. The Cimarron City Library will host a Winter Tea Party on Sunday, December 4th @ 3PM.

This will be the first year for our Winter Tea. We will have a lot of fun dressing up in our best hats and gloves or just coming  casual  and  enjoying seeing the table displays, entertainment and visiting with old friends and making new ones.

The food will be delicious and you never know what our entertainment will be, but we guarantee you will have a good time.

If you are interested in buying a table, which means you decorate your table with your dishes and center pieces had have a small favor for your guests, please let us know so we can reserve a table for you.

Tickets will be $5.00. Table sponsorship and ticket sales will go towards future programming at the library. If you are interested in buying a table, please contact Candi at the library.

CIMARRON CITY LIBRARY FINES

Effective November 1 the Cimarron City Library will increase the following fines:

Movies (VHS & DVD)                            $.50 per day (previously $.25)

Books (Including all audio)                     $.05 per day (previously $.04)

 

A CLOSER LOOK READING CLUB

Our next meeting will be Thursday, November 3 @ 6PM. A light meal will be provided. We will be discussing the book Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul by John & Stasi Eldredge. The group will meet on the first Thursday of every month. If you are interested – please contact Candi at the library.

 READING LADIES BOOK CLUB

Our next meeting will be on Sunday, November 6 @ 3PM. We will be reading the book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. We will be ordering the book in the next several weeks. If you are interested please contact Candi at the library 855-3808 or cimarroncitylibrary@gmail.com.

 

Cimarron City Library to host Winter Tea

The Cimarron City Library will be hosting their first annual Winter Tea on Sunday, December 4 at 3:00 P.M. If you are interested in becoming a table sponsor, please let me know. We have limited table space available. It also might be a great idea to partner up with someone and decorate the table together. We hope to rotate the first Sunday in December with Home Tours and Winter Tea hosted by the library. Again – if you have questions, or are interested, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you!

Please click on the following attachments for more information!

Winter Tea Information Letter

Winter Tea Flyer