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Celebrate Hispanic/Latino heritage with HPL

Hammond Public Library 564 State Street (219) 931-5100 Hammond, IN 46320 Monday — Thursday: 9 - 9 p.m. Friday & Saturday: 9 - 5 p.m. Suzanne G. Long Local History Room Hours: Tues., Thurs., and Fri. 1 - 5 p.m. Wed., 1 - 9 p.m. Sat., 9 - 5 p.m. Contact Us Directly Reference: ext. 333 & 334 infodesk@hammond.lib.in.us Circulation: ext. 340 & 341 Youth Services: ext. 336 Administrative Services: ext. 324 Web Site: www.hammond.lib.in.us Bookends is published monthly by Hammond Public Library René Greenleaf, Executive Director Linda Swisher, Public Information Coordinator Scott Kingery, Graphics Board of Trustees: Paul Taylor, President Carol Odom, Vice President Allan Zlatarich, Secretary Caryn Janiga, Treasurer Albertine Dent Anne Herbert Louis Karubas

Join HPL as we celebrate His-panic/Latino Heritage Month with the following programs:

A new book group, Beyond Our Borders, meets Mon., Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. to discuss Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros.

In October, our special program features a film screening of Cesar Chavez.

We’ll have full program de-tails in the October issue.

A Spanish Language Film Series features popular movies in Spanish, with Eng-lish subtitles. The series runs on these Tuesdays at 1 p.m.:

Tues., Sept. 22: A La Mala stars Mauricio Ochmann and Luis Arrieta.

Tues., Sept. 29: Nosotros Los Nobles stars Gonzalo Vega and Ianis Guerrero.

Tues., Oct. 13: Bella stars Eduardo Vera stegui and Tammy Blanchard.

Tues., Oct. 27: Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón stars Fernan-do Colunga, Miguel Varoni.

HPL is closed Mon., Sept. 1 (Labor Day)

The Smartest Card: your Hammond Public Library card September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, and this year’s honorary chair is that lovable beagle, Snoopy!

September is the perfect time to get a library card if you don’t have one. Studies show that children who are read to in the home and who use the library perform better in school.

HPL joins with the American Library Association to make sure that every student has the most important school supply of all: a free library card.

Our resources are available to anyone who has a library card. Students can turn to HPL for materials, programs and knowledgeable library staff.

Today’s libraries aren’t only a place of quiet study, but also creative and engaging community centers. HPL offers access to print and digital resources that stu-dents can access from home with a library card, like e-books, online homework help, online databases, etc.

Kids, visit Youth Services each Wednesday for a drop-in activity. You’ll see Youth Services staff dressed wacky!

Enter your name into a drawing for a prize each time you complete a drop-in activity and/or when you check out a book.

Wed., Sept. 2 – Pajama Day: See staff in their jammies!

Wed., Sept. 9 – Hawaiian Day: See staff dressed as if they were in Hawaii.

Wed., Sept. 16 – ’80s Day: The 1980s brings memories of big hair and colorful clothes! See staff dressed as if they traveled back in time.

Wed., Sept. 23 – Character Day: Staff dress as their favorite book character.

Wed., Sept. 30 – Crazy Hat Day: Visit Youth Services to check out their silly hats.

Farewell to: Youth librarian, Maryann Jackson (“Miss J”), who retired at the end of August after almost 42 years.

Welcome to: Rich O’Boyle, Information Services and Interlibrary Loan librarian. _____________________________________________________________________________

HPL displays at school and community events, and we’d love to speak to your meeting or club about library services. Our availability depends on staff sched-ules and library programming. Call us at (219) 931-5100, Ext. 310.

Here are some events at which HPL or our literacy partners are involved:

Hammond Reads fundraiser (Wed., Sept. 9 from 5-9 p.m.) Visit the Circulation Desk to get information on this fundrais-er at a popular new Hammond eatery.

Bizarre Bazaar (Sat., Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) This year marks the 10th

anniversary of this wacky fest at Harri-son Park on Hohman Avenue. Friends of the Library will sell used books and materials, and the HPL Foundation will share information about its work and its Mango Languages fundraiser.

Latino Resource Fair (Sat., Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hammond High School) The Hammond Hispanic Com-munity Committee sponsors this annual event featuring entertainment, refresh-ments, and displays by city and commu-nity organizations. Visit the HPL table!

Cemetery Walk (Sun., Oct. 4 ) Ham- mond Historical Society’s annual Ceme-tery Walk is at Oak Hill Cemetery, 165th and Hohman. (Enter one block north on Kenwood.) Learn about some residents of Oak Hill, and see the progress made by North Township staff since the town-ship assumed management of the ceme-tery. Tickets are $5 per person, free for those under age 12. Contact Richard Lytle at Ext. 307 for times and details.

The Last Word

The library is CLOSED on Mon., Sept. 7 for Labor Day and on Tues., Oct. 6 for a staff inservice day.

Hammond Public Library News for September 2015

Top: Summer Reading banners on our build-ing and on nearby streetlight poles.

Bottom: HPL trustee/Foundation president, Carol Odom; HPL executive director, René Greenleaf; and public information coordina-tor, Linda Swisher, at National Night Out at Wolf Lake. (Photo courtesy CR Publications)

On the Shelves, by Aysha Haq Celebrate Freedom to Read

Celebrate your Freedom to Read during Banned Books Week (Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2015)! The American Library Association publishes a yearly lists of books that received the most challenges during the previous year to raise aware-ness about censorship. Below are some of the titles that were most fre-quently banned or challenged in recent years. (Book summaries are from HPL’s Online Catalog, http://catalog.hammond.lib.in.us) Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reserva-tion to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. TEEN FICTION ALEXIE

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. TEEN FICTION ANDERSO

Blume, Judy. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God. Y BLUM

Dugard, Jaycee. A Stolen Life. The memoir of Jaycee Dugard who was kidnapped on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old, and was missing for over 18 years before her reappearance in 2009. 364.154 DUGARD 2011

Hopkins, Ellen. Crank. Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind. TEEN FICTION HOPKINS

Morrison, Toni. Beloved. Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, is persis-tently haunted by the ghost of her dead baby girl. AFRICAN FICTION MORRISO

Lester, Julius. When Dad Killed Mom. When Jenna and Jeremy's father shoots and kills their artist mother, they struggle to slowly rebuild a functioning family. AFRICAN FICTION LESTER

Myracle, Lauren. TTYL. Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade. FICTION MYRACLE

Richardson, Justin and Peter Parnell. And Tango Makes Three. At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. E RICH

Sendak, Maurice. In the Night Kitchen. A little boy's dream-fantasy in which he helps three fat bakers get milk for their cake batter. E SEND

Telgemeier, Raina. Drama. Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going. TEEN FICTION TELGEME

September @ your library

Friends Board Tues., Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. Friends members are welcome to attend.

Friends Half-Price Book Sale Sat., Sept. 12 (½ price for Friends; full price for others) Sat., Sept. 26 from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

HPL Foundation Partners No meeting in Sept.; join us in October.

HPL Board of Trustees Meeting Tues., Sept. 29 at 5:30 p.m., Board Room

Exhibits, Displays Book displays: Staff Picks/Reader Rec-ommended; Hidden Gems Display: Textbooks of yesteryear Gallery: Photography by Julia Volkmann

Adult Programs Welcome to the World of Music Wed., Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 6:30 p.m. Florian Bolsega teaches music theory. Please bring pencil and paper.

Hammond Historical Society Sat., Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. (open to all) HHS president, Dr. Richard Barnes, and Ruth Swanson discuss the Hammond’s

Historic Pullman District.

Digital Download Open House Thurs., Sept. 10 from 2-4 p.m. Want to know how to use our e-books or downloadable magazines? Bring your mobile device; we’ll help you get started.

Stitching in the Stacks (knit/crochet) This group will not meet in Sept. or Oct.

ACME Pawn Pushers chess Mon., Sept. 14, 21, 28: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat., Sept. 12 from 1-4 p.m. Regular meetings are free and open to all skill levels.

2 3 Adult Programs, continued

Discussion: Novel Conversations Mon., Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Discuss The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder by Charles Graeber. All are welcome to attend. Copies of the book are available for check-out.

Beyond Our Borders (new group!) Mon., Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. Discuss Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros. Copies are available for check-out.

Blood Pressure Screening Mon., Sept. 28 from 2-4 p.m. A North Shore Health Centers representa-tive performs blood pressure checks.

Spanish Language Film Series Free popcorn while supplies last. Tuesdays at 1 p.m.: Sept. 22.: A La Mala (stars Mauricio Och-mann and Luis Arrieta; in Spanish with English subtitles). A woman makes a career out of testing men's fidelity until she falls for one of her targets. Sept. 29: Nosotros Los Nobles (stars Gon-zalo Vega and Ianis Guerrero.) A wealthy construction magnate feigns bankruptcy so that his deadbeat adult children will finally go to work, but his plan backfires due to an unforeseen blackmail attempt in this domestic comedy from Mexico.

Hispanic Heritage Program Watch for details in the October issue.

Computer Classes (teens & adults) Free classes are held in the Computer Lab on the 1st Floor. Space is limited. Advance registration is required for all comput-er classes at (219) 931-5100. Ask for Carol Williams or Ext. 345.

Basic Classes (60-90 minutes): An asterisk (*) means you must be familiar with a computer mouse and have beginner keyboarding skills. Mouse Basics: Tues., Sept. 1 at 2 p.m.

* Internet Basics: Mon., Sept. 14 at 2 p.m.

* E-mail Basics: Mon., Sept. 28 at 11 a.m.

* Word Basics: Tues., Sept. 8 at 2 p.m.

Intermediate and advanced level classes are designed to sharpen your existing skills. Familiarity with keyboard/mouse and basic word processing is required:

Word 2: Learn more about text, spacing, paragraph formatting, borders, bullets and more. Tues., Sept. 15 at 2 p.m.

Word 3 (formerly Advanced Word): We’ll focus on working with images and shapes; we’ll touch upon text boxes and charts. Tues., Sept. 29 at 2 p.m.

Banners in Word: Learn to create a ban-ner in Word. None in September.

Intro to Excel: Learn to store and organ-ize your information. We’ll review work-sheets, cells, data entry, fill options, formu-las, functions, more. Mon., Sept. 28 at 2 p.m.

PowerPoint: Create photo slide shows and presentations. Learn about design themes, slide layouts, inserting graphics and media clips, tips when making presen-tations, and more. None in September.

Letters & Resumes: Learn the profes-sional way to format a letter, how to create a great cover letter and build the best re-sume for you. Mon., Sept. 14 at 11 a.m.

Teen Programs (grades 7-12) All programs are for teens in grades 7-12. Questions? Call 931-5100 ext. 351. “Like” the Library on Facebook! HPL has also has a Tumblr for teens! http://hammondpubliclibraryteens.tumblr.com/ Teen Scene hours: Monday – Thursday: 3—9 p.m. Friday: 3—5 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m.—5 p.m.

Teen Book Discussion Thurs., Sept. 3 at 4 p.m. What book are you reading right now? Show your love of books and discuss what you’re reading with other teens! Prizes for those who attend.

Teen Chip Bag Pouches Thurs., Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. Learn how to recycle a snack chip bag into a cool pouch. All supplies provided.

Teen Friendship Bracelets Tues., Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. Make one for yourself or for a friend! Supplies provided.

Youth Programs Wacky Wednesday: September is Library Card Signup Month. Celebrate by visiting us each Wednesday for a drop-in activity. You’ll see Youth Services staff dressed wacky! Enter your name into a drawing for a prize each time you complete a drop-in activity and/or when you check out a book. September is the perfect time to get a li-brary card if you don’t already have one!

Wed., Sept. 2 – Pajama Day: See staff in their jammies! Wed., Sept. 9 – Hawaiian Day: See staff dressed as if they were in Hawaii. Wed., Sept. 16 – ’80s Day: The 1980s brings memories of big hair and colorful clothes! See staff dressed as if they trav-eled back in time. Wed., Sept. 23 – Character Day: Staff dress as their favorite book character. Wed., Sept. 30 – Crazy Hat Day: Visit Youth Services to check out their silly hats.

Babies and Books (Ages 0-18 mos) Thursday, September 17 at 10 a.m. Hear stories and learn new songs and rhymes to help your baby’s mind grow!

Tiny Tots (Ages 18 mos.-2 years) Thursday, September 17 at 10:30 a.m. Sing songs, learn rhymes, and play!

Twos and Threes (Ages 2-3) Thursday, September 17 at 11 a.m. Have you wondered what the moon is like? Join us for songs and story about the moon.

Little Listeners (Ages 3-5) Wonder what the moon is like? Join us for songs, stories, and a craft about the moon. Tuesday, September 15 at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 29 at 1 p.m.

Music Monday Monday, September 14 at 1 p.m. Listen to songs, play instruments, and dance.

Lego Club (Ages 6 – 13) Monday, September 14 at 4 p.m. Your imagination + our Legos = FUN!

After School Movie (Ages 6 – 13) Wednesday, September 2 at 4 p.m. Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Popcorn served while supplies last.

Grandparents’ Day Bingo (ages 6-13) Sat., September 12 at 11 a.m. It’s BINGO time! Children may bring a grandparent to the library and enjoy a game together. Maybe you’ll win a prize!

Homeschool Computer Class (ages 6-13) Friday, September 18 at 1 p.m. Do you want to learn how to use the com-puter, or brush up on computer skills? Join us for the first of three basic comput-er classes for homeschoolers. The class is limited to 15 children between ages 6 and 13. Please register by calling Youth Services at (219) 931-5100, Ext. 336.