A Wealth of Information Awaits You

July 2015 Volume 3, Issue 7

The Word About Town Coolidge Public Library

Special Points of Interest...

Sign up for the Summer Reading Program!

Visit for Back to School Supplies

Library Closed - July 3 & 4

Drawing with Bryan Kilgore - July 7

Reading Logs due - July 14

American Hero Storytime - July 15

Wildman Phil - July 17

Save Money on Utility Bills - July 22

Storytime with a Police Officer - July 29

Inside this issue:

Back to School Supply Program 2

End of Summer Reading Party 2

Adult Book Discussion 2

Library Closed over Holiday 2

Tween Titans 7

Drawing with Bryan Kilgore 7

Weekly Storytime 8

Fun Van 8

Lego Club 9

Write a Letter to a Hero 9

Write a Letter Template 10

Save Money While Conserving Energy

It’s typically during our hot Arizona summers when we see our electricity bills skyrocket! How can we remain comfortable in our own homes and conserve energy at the same time?

Richard Rosales from APS will join us Wednes-day, July 22nd at 5:30 p.m. to provide some help-

ful tips that will prove useful all year long, but especially when those bills hit our wallets the hardest.

Richard will also go over different APS pro-grams and money saving options.

Registration is encouraged. Please call (520) 723-6030 or email library@coolidgeaz.com.

Sign up for the Summer Reading Program!

There is still time to sign up for the Summer Reading Program! Once you register (free!), you will receive a reading log. Follow the instruc-tions and then visit the library for prizes! Read-ing logs are due to the library no later than 6:00 p.m. on July 14th.

All those who submit completed reading logs by the due date will be entered into a prize raffle.

Raffle winners will be selected at the End of Summer Reading Party, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 17th at the Coolidge Youth Cen-ter (660 S. Main St.). Win-ners must be present to receive their prize.

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The July Book Club title is The Heart is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Book Club will meet Tuesday, July 14th from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. To sign out a book club selection, simply visit the library before the scheduled meeting date. You need to have a valid contact number prior to sign out and should have a li-brary card. Snacks and drinks are provided.

Adult Book Discussion

End of Summer Reading Party

Come face to face with some of the world’s most exciting creatures at our End of Summer Reading Program party!

Visit the Coolidge Youth Center (660 S. Main St.) on Friday, July 17th at 2:00 p.m. as we welcome a visit from Wildman Phil.

This is an all ages event and is free to all!

Please Note: All those who submitted completed reading logs will be entered into a prize raffle. The raffle winners will be selected at

this party and winners must be present to receive a prize. Please contact the library at (520) 723-6030 with questions or concerns.

Back to School Supply Program

Families that purchase back to school supplies often spend as much as $50 per child.

Thanks to a grant from Target, the Coolidge Pub-lic Library is offering back to school supplies to children this summer. All children in grades K-12 are invited to come in each week between now and July 18 for a back to school supply.

They are not required to have a parent with them. They must simply register at the front desk.

Quantities are limited. Because we started this program in June, we may not have some of the supplies that we had in the beginning of the program.

Library Closed over Holiday Weekend

We will be closed Friday and Saturday, July 3rd and 4th. We will re-open Monday, July 6th at 8:00 a.m. The bookdrops will both be accessible during the closure. Please call (520) 723-6030 for any questions related to your account.

You can visit pinalcountyaz.gov/library and log into your account at all times using your library card and 4-digit pin number.

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My Fight: Your Fight - Adult Memoir By Ronda Rousey

Marked by her signature charm, barbed wit, and undeniable power, Rousey’s account of the toughest fights of her life—in and outside the Octagon—reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame, the secret behind her undefeated UFC record, and what it takes to become the toughest woman on Earth. Rousey shares hard-won les-

sons on how to be the best at what you do, including how to find fulfillment in the sacrifices, how to turn limitations into opportunities, and how to be the best on your worst day. ~ Provided by publisher

The Sketchbook Project: World Tour - Adult Nonfiction By Steven Peterman (Steven Eric)

Destined to go down as one of the era's most astonishing global art projects, the Brooklyn Art Library's Sketchbook Project has, in less than a decade, amassed more than thirty thousand sketchbooks submitted by people of all ages and artistic abilities from more than 130 countries. Bursting with color, vivid imagery, and bouts of whimsy mixed with deeply intimate insights, the sketchbooks capture the texture of personal experience in a dizzying variety of illustrative styles and layouts that run the

gamut from street portraits to stream-of-consciousness doodles, comics, and pop-ups. The Sketchbook Project World Tour presents the most compelling, surprising, and visually stunning examples from this one-of-a-kind artistic treasury. ~ Provided by publisher

Living the Farm Sanctuary Life : the ultimate guide to eating mindfully, living longer, and feeling better every day - Adult Nonfiction By Gene Baur

Gene Baur, the co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, knows that the key to happiness lies in aligning your beliefs with your actions. In this definitive vegan and animal-friendly lifestyle guide, he and Gene Stone, author of Forks Over Knives, explore the deeply transformative ex-perience of visiting the sanctuary and its profound effects on people's lives. The book covers the basic tenets of Farm Sanctuary Life--such as eating in harmony with your

values, connecting with nature wherever you are, and reducing stress--and offers readers simple ways to incorporate these principles into their lives. ~ Provided by publisher

Go Set a Watchman - Adult Fiction (Coming Soon!) By Harper Lee

Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch—Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus,

society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right. ~ Provided by publisher In the Unlikely Event - Adult Fiction By Judy Blume

In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere,

she paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place—Nat King Cole singing “Unforgettable,” Elizabeth Taylor haircuts, young (and not-so-young) love, explosive friendships, A-bomb hys-teria, rumors of Communist threat. And a young journalist who makes his name reporting trag-edy. Through it all, one generation reminds another that life goes on. ~ Provided by publisher

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Are you reading this on your computer or tablet? Click on any hyperlinks and you will be redirected to the online catalog so you can view item

availability and place a request! To place an item on hold, you will need your library card and your four digit pin #.

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The Fixer - Adult Fiction (also available in audio) By Joseph Finder

When former investigative reporter Rick Hoffman loses his job, fiancée, and apart-ment, his only option is to move back into — and renovate — the home of his miser-able youth, now empty and in decay since the stroke that put his father in a nursing home.

As Rick starts to pull apart the old house, he makes an electrifying discovery — mil-lions of dollars hidden in the walls. It’s enough money to completely transform Rick’s life — and everything he thought he knew about his father. Yet the more of his fa-

ther’s hidden past that Rick brings to light, the more dangerous his present becomes. Soon, he finds himself on the run from deadly enemies desperate to keep the past buried, and only solving the mystery of his father — a man who has been unable to communicate, comprehend, or care for himself for almost 20 years — will save Rick... if he can survive long enough to do it. ~ Provided by publisher

The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House - Adult Non Fiction Audio By Kate Andersen Brower

America's first families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Resi-dence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the

needs of the president and the first family. These dedicated professionals maintain the six-floor mansion's 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, 3 elevators, and 8 staircases, and prepare everything from hors d'oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state din-ners. Over the course of the day, they gather in the lower level's basement kitchen to share sto-ries, trade secrets, forge lifelong friendships, and sometimes even fall in love. ~ Provided by pub-lisher

Kingsman: The Secret Service - DVD Featuring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, & Samueal L. Jackson

Based upon the acclaimed comic book, the movie tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ul-tra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. ~ Movie description

Express Yourself: A Teen Girl’s Guide To Speaking Up and Being Who You Are - Young Adult Non Fic-tion By Emily Roberts

Packed with fun and helpful tips, this guide will teach you how to express yourself in any situation, whether you're talking to your friends or parents, or dealing with bul-lies, cliques, and crushes. You'll also discover ways to speak up when you're upset, be assertive, and stay cool when intense emotions threaten to take over. ~ Provided by publisher

5 to 1 - Young Adult Fiction By Holly Bodger

In the year 2054, after decades of gender selection, India now has a ratio of five boys for every girl, making women an incredibly valuable commodity. Tired of marrying off their daughters to the highest bidder and determined to finally make marriage fair, the women who form the country of Koyanagar have instituted a series of tests so that every boy has the chance to win a wife.

Sudasa doesn’t want to be a wife, and Kiran, a boy forced to compete in the test to become her husband, has other plans as well. Sudasa’s family wants nothing more than for their daughter to do the right thing and pick a husband who will keep her comfortable—and caged. Kiran’s family wants him to escape by failing the tests. As the tests advance, Sudasa and Kiran thwart each other at every turn until they slowly realize that they just might want the same thing. This beautiful, unique novel is told from alternating points of view—Sudasa’s in verse and Kiran’s in prose—allowing readers to experience both characters’ pain and their brave struggle for hope. ~ Provided by publisher Driven By Emotions (Disney/ Pixar Inside Out) - Juvenile Fiction By Elise Allen

This unique chapter book reveals unseen stories from Inside Out. Each chapter offers a different retelling of the film from one of Riley's Emotions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust. ~ Provided by publisher

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Tween Titans will meet at 3:00 p.m. each Thursday between July 2-16. We will meet at 3:30 p.m. on July 30th.

Registration is not required for these pro-grams. Call (520) 723-6030 with questions.

Below: Here are a couple snapshots from the first Tween Titans of the Summer. Kids partici-pated in a Superhero Training Academy.

Are you between the ages of 9 and 12? Do you like to do fun, crafty projects and science ex-periments? We have just the thing for you!

Tween Titans is both a fun and educational program that tends to focus on art, science, and more! Because our summer reading theme this year is “Every Hero Has a Story,” many activities this summer will focus on this exciting theme.

Drawing with Bryan Kilgore

We are running out of space for this exciting drawing workshop! Arizona cartoonist, Bryan Kilgore will visit Coolidge to teach chil-dren ages 7-10 about drawing their own cartoons at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7th. Registration is required. We can place you on a wait list once registration fills up.

Witness Bryan’s revolutionary way of approaching art using his dynamic slogan, which is “lines makes shapes, shapes make objects, and objects make pictures.” Children are driven to draw and ex-pand their creative potential It’s a fun alternative for the video game generation.

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The Blue Whale - Children’s Picture Book By Jenni Desmond

A nonfiction picture book, The Blue Whale draws children into the life and world of this enormous whale by situating facts within a familiar context that is fun and engaging. Here, readers are given the actual size of an eye right on the page, and we are informed how to understand the whale's body size in relation to trucks, cars, milk bottles, and hippos! With an accurate and engaging text, fully vetted by a blue whale expert, and

lyrically lovely illustrations,

The Blue Whale is a book that invites children in and holds their attention. Its tempo is like a pleasing melody, which means that the information never becomes too weighty or exhausting. ~Provided by publisher

Weekly Storytime

Weekly Storytime is every Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. It is geared towards children ages 1-4, and includes a story or two as well as a fun craft. Occasionally we provide snacks. Parents must remain with younger children at these events. Registration is not required.

We have some very special Storytimes planned for July! Here are some highlighted events:

July 1st - 4th of July Storytime & Craft (a spe-cial even geared towards children ages 1-8). Older siblings or parents can assist with the craft.

July 8th - Best Friend/Sidekick Storytime: Bring your best friend, a family member or a favorite stuffed animal! We will also be writing thank you letters to an American Hero (see details on next week’s event).

July 15th - An American Hero Story-time: Not all heroes wear capes! Lis-ten to a true hero read a story today.

July 29th - Storytime with a Police Officer: Some of our favorite superheroes are visiting to read a story. One of them might be four-legged, too!

Fun Van

The Fun Van, sponsored by First Things First, is an early childhood program for families with children ages birth-5. Trainings in the form of parent discussions, parent/child activities, educa-tion about available resources, and exposure to early literacy materials assist parents in raising children that are prepared for school and life. The program is on Mondays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. We are excited to announce that due to the popularity of this program, we will be adding a Tuesday session starting July 21st at 10:00 a.m. Registration is required to attend the Fun Van, and there is a limited number of walk-ins avail-able each week. Please visit http://www.ajpl.org/van/ for instructions, or ask us for a Fun Van flyer.

The Coolidge Public Library helps all residents address the desire for self-directed personal growth and development opportunities throughout their lives by providing materials, programs, and services to meet the citizen’s recreational needs.

Email: library@coolidgeaz.com to subscribe to our monthly newsletter and events calendar!

A Wealth of Information Awaits You

Coolidge Public Library 160 W Central Ave Coolidge, AZ 85128

Phone: 520-723-6030 Fax: 520-723-7026 E-Mail: library@coolidgeaz.com

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LEGO Club

This is an exciting program for children ages 5-12 years old. We supply the LEGOS and the children supply the imagination! Lego Club will meet at 3:00 p.m. every Monday between July 6-20. We will meet at 3:30 p.m. on July 27th.

Lego Club is great for kids because it helps enhance their fine motor skills, their social and problem solving skills as well. With the fun challenges we provide, Lego Club can also be a way to help strengthen those STEM skills, too!

This program is not intended for children under the age of 5. Call (520) 723-6030 with questions.

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Write a Letter to a Hero

Have you participated in our “Write a Letter to an American Hero” program? All letters placed into the Mail Drop on our front desk will be sent to AMil-lionThanks.org and will get into the hands of both active, reserve, and veteran military members.

We provided a letter on the last

page of this newsletter. All ages can participate.

Write about yourself, tell a story, draw a picture, or use your imagination to say something you would want one of these brave heroes to know! Fill it out and bring it in before the end of July.

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