Salem City Library

Calling All Dreamers!

kerry — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:31:14 +0000

Join us for the Library’s summer reading program beginning June 4th. Reader’s from preschool through age 17 will celebrate our theme, Dream Big – READ!, with night related stories, music, crafts, and more. Registration begins May 29th.

The 2012 Summer Reading Program is includes programs, prizes, story times, a reading club, and more. Activities in programs on stargazing and moon lore, dreams and wishes, space exploration, nocturnal animals, and more. All programs are free of charge.

We want to stress the importance of relaxed but consistent daily reading. The goal is to establish a regular daily habit of reading. There are no rules as to number of pages, or numbers of books. Simply read each day through the whole summer.

Preschool thru Grade 5

At registration, club members receive a reading chart, and their name is posted in the library. Make your own goal of how many minutes you will read each day and write the goal on the reading chart. For every 10 days that you read, you will earn a prize, including a special treat. The final prize is the child’s choice of a paperback book. Join us every Tuesday at 11:00 for super fun activities and crafts!

Young Adults

Summer reading fun is not just for kids! Participants may read books, e-books and graphic novels to meet their reading goal. What you read is up to you. Earn prizes along the way. If you read throughout the whole summer you will get a free paperback book of your choice. There will be a Stellar Book Club open to 6th-9th grade students through the “Own the Night” program every Friday from 4:00 – 5:00. Check with the library for more details.

We want to thank our sponsors:

Utah Community Credit Union

Capital Community Bank

Central Bank

The Healing by Johnathan Odell

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:38:05 +0000

Granada, an old woman caring for a young girl who needs healing, tells her life story of being born a slave and being taken in as the plantation mistress’s own child, relating her relationship with Polly Shine, a slave known as a healer who causes unrest across the plantation.

The Underside of Joy by Seré Prince Halverson

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:37:16 +0000

After Joe is killed in the Pacific Ocean, his wife, Ella Beene, struggles to keep the children she helped raise when the children’s birth mother arrives challenging the belief that she had abandoned the children.

Heaven is here : an incredible story of hope, triumph, and everyday joy by Stephanie Nielson

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:31:30 +0000

When Stephanie and her husband, Christian, are in a horrific plane crash in 2008 – he was burned over 40 percent of his body; she over 80 percent and wasn’t expected to live – they need the strength of their family and friends, their faith and their love for one another, more than ever. In the aftermath of harrowing tragedy Stephanie has maintained a stunning sense of humor, optimism, and resilience – a strength of spirit that infuses her daily blog posts at nieniedialogues.com, which currently averages four million visitors per month. Riveting and uplifting, HEAVEN IS HERE offers a gripping account of the crash and the aftermath. With her trademark wit and good cheer, Stephanie will share the wisdom and insights she’s gleaned in the wake of her near-death experience and offer readers inspiration for how they too can find the best in themselves and embrace the joy and beauty of the journey, no matter what life throws at them. In the vein of THE MIDDLE PLACE, SAVING GRACES and HERE IF YOU NEED ME, Stephanie’s book will be a moving and poignant reminder of how faith and family, love and community can bolster us, sustain us, and quite literally in some cases, save us.

Born Wicked (Cahill Witch Chronicles Bk 1) by Jessica Spotswood

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:27:36 +0000

In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother’s death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.

The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:26:38 +0000

Noah and his friends follow a trail of mysterious clues to uncover a secret behind the walls of the Clarksville City Zoo and find his missing sister Megan.

How They Croake: The Awful Ends to the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:22:34 +0000

Shares the sometimes gruesome details of the deaths of nineteen famous historical figures, including King Tut, Pocahontas, George Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, and Marie Curie.

Herbert’s Wormhole by Peter Nelson

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:21:35 +0000

While Alex is getting to know his inventive neighbor Herbert they unexpectedly travel to the twenty-second century through a space-time wormhole where they encounter aliens, jet packs, and their future selves.

Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:20:41 +0000

… or, How Jodie O’Rodeo and her wonder horse (and some nerdy kid) saved the U.S. Presidential election from a mad genius criminal mastermind

Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend Casper and world domination as Casper uses a spectacularly convincing fake mustache and the ability to hypnotize to rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and run for president.

Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook by Mary Amato

greencsi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:19:07 +0000

When someone takes a pet goldfish, then other items from Ms. Herschel’s classroom, each time leaving a clue in the form of a poem, student Edgar Allan competes with a classmate to be first to solve the mystery.