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February 2012 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4
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The Chemical History of a Candle
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How a candle burns. Page 5
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Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism
Another chance to revel in Updike’s genius. Page 11
Rome: A Cultural, Visual and Personal History A history of a cluttered city. Page 12
Financial Advice Made Personal By Hill Harper Gotham Books, $26.00, 264 pages
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This is quite an interesting fusion of two concepts by Harper Hill: a personal medical crisis blended with financial advice. It seems that the well-known CSI:NY actor has intended this follow-up to his three best-selling books to be a straightforward discussion of personal financial planning. Then in 2010 he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at age 33 and well, that will tend to alter a man’s plans. I’ll save the reader a Google search by revealing that Hill’s surgery was successful and he has returned to health. That knowledge will not hurt appreciation of the text.
The cancer diagnosis may not have done much for Harper’s peace of mind, although he seems to have handled it ably enough. It definitely did help the book, as the author’s need to call time-out and take a few days to digest the news led him to take the Skychief train from Los Angeles to Chicago in order to reflect and write. This gives The Wealth Cure a narrative line which separates it from the warping shelf of financial self-help books that are released with every sunrise. See WEALTH, cont’d on page 10
Blue Nights
Classic memoir of loss by one of America’s greatest living authors. Page 13
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Mystery SNAP IT for additional book summaries. Hotwire: A Maggie O’Dell Novel By Alex Kava Doubleday, $25.95, 304 pages Check this out! In the ninth installment of her Maggie O’Dell series, Alex Kava weaves together two stories – one set in Nebraska’s national forest in the Nebraska Sand Hills; the other in Washington, D.C. Hotwire begins with a group of Nebraska teenagers headed to the national forest for some adolescent fun. Self-professed techie Dawson Hayes brings a taser and begins filming the party once the group gets high on Salvia and prescription drugs. Hayes spies two red eyes, and suddenly the teens are electrocuted, and the body count starts to skyrocket. Agent O’Dell just happens to be in the area, investigating cattle mutilations and tagging along with an amateur UFO buff. In D.C., Colonel Ben Platt is sent to inspect a school cafeteria after a new strain of bacteria sickens a bunch of school kids. When he can’t get answers from the USDA, Platt and O’Dell contemplate whether the two cases are related. Some of O’Dell’s spunk returns in this book, which is a welcome relief after a disappointing showing in the eighth book. While the mystery should keep readers intrigued, the novel seems to end too soon, neatly wrapping up two intertwined storylines in an expeditious manner. I like this book, but I’d like to see Kava take her time and draw out the suspense, like in earlier books. It’s what makes her writing tick. Reviewed by LuAnn Schindler The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 By Harlan Coben and Otto Penzler, editors Mariner, $14.95, 410 pages Best-selling novelist Harlan Coben edits the latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year. The heavies include Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren Estleman, Ed Gorman, Harry Hunsicker, Richard Lange, Mickey Spillane and S.J. Rozan. For 14 years, the celebrated Otto Penzler has been the editor of this celebrated series. All are good stories. Of
special merit is “A Crime of Opportunity,” by Ernest J. Finney, with the unforgettable character Renee. The most satisfying is the team of David Corbett and Luis Alberto Urrea’s “Who Stole My Monkey.” I hope Brock Adams gets more readers. His “Audacious” is audacious! It’s the story of Audi, the clever young pickpocket, and Gerald, her admirer, an old widower. Good short story mysteries, as Corbin quotes the famous maxim of Elmore Leonard, “leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.” You’ll want to read every word of every story in this collection of the best writers, because every word counts. The collection is packed with heroes, villains, every sort of setting, every sort of crime, solutions, surprises and great writing. These are the masters of great storytelling. Need I tell you more? Reviewed by Phil Semler
The Deception at Lyme (Or, The Peril of Persuasion): A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery By Carrie Bebris Tor, $22.99, 304 pages Check this out! Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy have now been married for a few years and have a toddler, Lily-Anne. In their short years together, they have run across some troubling mysteries, which they have helped to solve. Now, they are visiting Lyme, the location of some of the main events from Jane Austen’s Persuasion, to retrieve a chest of belongings of Darcy’s late cousin, a naval lieutenant who was killed in action. And again, as in Persuasion, a woman has fallen from the Cobb. But this time, the victim does not survive. Was it just an unfortunate fall — or was Mrs. Clay pushed? Elizabeth is not so sure, as she and her husband slowly learn some of the ramifications of her death — and the birth of her new son. As they find out more about Darcy’s cousin’s death and meet some of the suspicious characters in Lyme, both deaths look less and less accidental.
The Boy in the Suitcase By Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis Soho Crime, $24.00, 313 pages Check this out! The title of the hottest new Scandanavian crime thriller – and first in the Nina Borg series – offers just one piece of the puzzle. The Boy in the Suitcase recounts the story of Red Cross nurse Nina Borg, a habitual do-gooder who has trouble saying no. When Borg’s friend Karin gives her a key to a locker in the Copenhagen train station, the nurse and mother of two gets pulled into a treacherous web of intrigue, mayhem and murder. Once Nina discovers the contents of the suitcase, she’s torn about what may happen next. Should she consult the authorities and turn him over? Soon enough, Nina finds herself pulled into the seedy underbelly of Copenhagen as she searches for the boy’s family. When Karin is murdered, Nina finds her own life is in danger as she and the boy race against time, with Denmark as the backdrop, until the novel reaches its shocking conclusion. While the first several chapters confused me (because so many characters are introduced), the remainder of the story fascinated me. Kaaberbol presents a strong female protagonist who searches for the truth. If you enjoy a fast-paced thriller, The Boy in the Suitcase will not disappoint. Reviewed by LuAnn Schindler Tulsa Book Review • February 2012 • 2
Carrie Bebris’ Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mysteries are pleasantly entertaining — a happy return to the settings and characters of Jane Austen’s novels. In this latest book, Bebris delivers a satisfying mystery while allowing readers to spend more time with their favorite characters. Reviewed by Cathy Carmode Lim The Immortalists By Kyle Mills Thomas & Mercer, $14.95, 332 pages Check this out! Microbiologist Richard Draman has been working toward finding a cure for progeria ever since his 8-year-old daughter was diagnosed with the disease of premature aging that claims its victims by around the age of 13. Finding funding has been an uphill battle, and he is steadily losing his fellow researchers to better-paying projects, but he is soldiering on. His life changes dramatically, however, when the pioneering work on aging of a brilliant but dead scientist is brought to him. Richard suddenly finds himself hopeful that there could be a cure See IMMORTALISTS, cont’d on page 4
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IN THIS ISSUE Mystery.........................................2 Mind, Body & Fitness....................4 Nature & Science...........................5 Kids’ Books...................................6 Picture Books................................7 Teen Scene.....................................8 Tween Reads.................................9 Fiction......................................... 10 Popular Culture........................... 11
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Mind, Body & Fitness SNAP IT for additional book summaries. On Bicycles: 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life By Amy Walker (editor) New World Library, $16.95, 372 pages Check this out! Do you remember the Whole Earth catalog? This is a new cycling version — small, compact, tough cover and filled with illustrations, facts, how-tos, including bike gear and hardware. Bicycles are another reason to be cheerful in this sometimes-cruel world. This book is a must for any cyclist, especially the city cyclist. Walker, who lives in Vancouver (and, it goes without saying, loves to cycle in the rain), is the co-founder of Momentum magazine. She edits here a kind of manifesto of cycling with sections on culture and economics, improving and changing life in the cities on bicycles, the environmental and health concerns, how to dress, how to share the road and work with the law, and even the future of bikes. Those of us who ride in the city know it’s tough. Cities were designed around cars, but things are changing — and not just bike paths. Bicycles will be an important element of the future in planning and re-engineering cities. Imagine more people on bikes! This book offers the vision. We get the reasons to bike (as if we didn’t know!) and a lot of knowledge from other bicyclists. There’s a good index for surfing. Reviewed by Phil Semler Practical Genius: The Real Smarts You Need to Get Your Talents and Passions Working for You By Gina Amaro Rudan Touchstone, $24.99, 203 pages Check this out! Gina Amaro Rudan’s new book is an uplifting manifesto. Rudan, who runs a professional development and training practice, believes everyone has the potential to be a genius. Rudan started her own business after she battled shingles and temporarily lost her sight. Her brief blindness gave her new insight into her life, which encouraged her into new challenges. Rudan provides a mix of practical information with personal anecdotes from her decades working at For-
tune 500 companies and establishing her own business. Practical Genius: The Real Smarts You Need to Get Your Talents and Passions Working for You is written with a straightforward, honest style. A compact guidebook, Rudan uses questions to prod the reader into personal insight that can lead to a personal “Aha!” moment, potentially changing your life. Interspersed throughout the book’s six chapters — some entitled “Identify Your Genius,” “Sustain Your Genius” or “Market Your Genius” — Rudan provides suggestions to follow, portraits of everyday geniuses, questions to ask, exercises to complete and summaries of the chapter’s key points. Rudan’s book is an accessible read for those interested in tapping into their own genius — and owning it. Reviewed by Elizabeth Humphrey So, You’re a Creative Genius ... Now What? By Carl King Michael Wiese Productions, $18.95, 169 pages In his new book, Carl King wants to help you carve out your space in the media landscape. Based on his own experiences, King unlocks the secrets that helped him capture his creativity and succeed. Literally divided by “Part I: You” and “Part II: Them,” King illustrates how to change while refusing to accept your current situation. In the “You” part, King provides building blocks in 14 chapters expanding on the creative career process, your workspace, and controlling your time and energy. Of course, money and finances are addressed as well. In the “Them” part, King explains being a freelancer, workflow and handling clients. With a straightforward approach, King breaks down many concepts, answers questions, and makes them accessible to anyone who is interested in living and achieving the
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Sponsored by Harper Collins Publishing Company. creative life. Should I work pro bono? What makes strong art? These are just some of the questions he addresses. Marginal text bubbles appear throughout, reinforcing many of King’s ideas or action points. This is an easyto-read guide for those who want a starting point for their creative ideas and a way to bring out the best of creativity and genius. Reviewed by Elizabeth Humphrey The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life By Robin Zasio Rodale, $24.99, 240 pages Check this out! Dr. Robin Zasio understands the reasons we may not be willing to part with our stuff. In The Hoarder in You, the clinical psychologist (who is the therapist on Hoarders on A&E Network) uses her clients’ experiences to illustrate how hoarding may develop. Zasio explains that hoarding is a “debilitating anxiety” and that often people are trapped by their relationship with their stuff. Zasio understands that we all may have difficulty ridding our lives of stuff — even she has the drawer overrun with old makeup — and so The Hoarder in You has
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useful tips and tricks for everyone to use to declutter. Zasio brings us into the lives of some of her clients, explaining the scale of emotional attachment that they may exhibit and its relationship to those who may save, for example, a childhood teddy bear. The book provides checklists and questions to ask for people to take charge of their stuff. The Hoarder in You is a fascinating look into the world of people who are obsessive hoarders, as well as a manual for a more healthy relationship with our belongings. Reviewed by Elizabeth Humphrey IMMORTALISTS, cont’d from page 2 for his daughter — but he also finds himself on the run from both the law and incredibly wealthy and powerful mystery men who don’t want him to have the information. Richard slowly learns who he can and can’t trust — and learns about an astonishing scientific breakthrough that would change life as we know it if word were to get out. But all he wants is to save his daughter and his family and have a normal life. Kyle Mills has crafted a gripping pageturner that explores the edges of science and where it meets social mores and ethics. Readers will have a hard time putting The Immortalists down until the very end. Reviewed by Cathy Carmode Lim
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The Chemical History of a Candle: Sesquicentenary Edition By Michael Faraday; Frank A.J.L. James; David Phillips Oxford University Press, $24.95, 192 pages Check this out! Michael Faraday, renowned for his research in electromagnetism leading to the development of the electric motor, was an autodidact without formal schooling who rose above his peasant background to become one of the foremost scientists of his day. Love of science pressed him to share his fascination with the public. To this end, he instituted the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures, which were intended to communicate elements of science and to kindle curiosity while instilling a wonder of nature. This elegant series of lectures describing the chemical nature of a candle burning delighted the Victorian audience, and the talks still serve as a model for translating science to the general public. Covering the nature of the flame and delving into its chemical and physical properties, Faraday included demonstrations as illustrations for the explanations, as he considered visual presentations as essential as the spoken word. With its inclusion of the definitive science lectures, the diagrams of the demonstrations that accompanied the talks and the facsimile pages from the
Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain By Michael S. Gazzaniga Ecco, $27.99, 272 pages Check this out! Tackling our evolutionary history, brain theory and the world of the unconscious, Michael Gazzaniga’s latest book provides a thorough look at what neuroscience really knows about the brain. Drawing from his research on split-brain patients, Gazzaniga builds a basic framework for understanding the essentials of neuroscience. He devotes the first half of the book to the neuroscientific library and gently unpacks this otherwise dense subject while incorporating the larger issues of free will and personal responsibility. In a notable chapter about the uses of neuroscience in the courtroom, he discusses how the dangers of not believing in free will can release criminals from accountability. While Gazzaniga delivers a solid argument against the notion that free will is meaningless at times, he struggles to address the larger issue of personal responsibility. But he arrives at a weighty conclusion. He offers us a new way of seeing our existence – that personal and social experiences constrain the brain. Our conscious reality, our real time, exists in the layers of brain and mind. Our struggle is to find ways to express our condition and see we are that abstraction that exists in space between the meeting of the minds. Reviewed by Wendy Iraheta
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Ten Rules for Living With My Sister By Ann M. Martin Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 240 pages Check this out! Anyone who has suffered sharing a room with a sibling will relate to Ann M. Martin’s latest book. Ten Rules for Living With My Sister introduces Pearl, a rambunctious, creative, intelligent fourth-grader who drives older sister Lexie crazy. From Pearl’s perspective, which usually means standing in her underwear in the hallway outside Lexie’s bedroom door, her older sister gets all the goods, finds all the friends and prospers from popularity. Heck, Pearl believes the only thing she has going for herself is, well, her creative imagination. She finds it difficult to understand why Lexie doesn’t appreciate her attempts at fun. When Daddy Bo, their grandfather, moves into the family’s apartment, Pearl and Lexie must learn to cooperate and share a bedroom. It’s not an easy task for either girl, which propels Pearl to create a list of rules for living with Lexie. Can this kooky sister learn how to play by the rules? At first glance, the story discusses themes of sisterhood, friendship and all those terms imply. But dig deeper and readers will uncover an even bigger story: how to deal with older family members who can no longer take care of themselves. Martin’s story will leave you laughing and crying, while presenting a realistic portrait of what it means to be family. Reviewed by LuAnn Schindler Secrets at Sea By Richard Peck Dial Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 256 pages Check this out! Helena is the oldest of four mouse siblings. Her mouse family has “adopted” the Cranston family, sharing their home in the New York area during the early 1900s. The Cranstons have decided that it’s time for their oldest daughter, Olive, to make her de-
but in London society. So with advice from a family member, Helena and her siblings set off on the ship to give Olive a hand. In this book, Richard Peck returns to his playful, humorous style that he is so well-known for. It’s a nice change from his more recent and serious books. Helena and her siblings have very well-developed characters, even if they are mice after all. It’s funny to see all the little mishaps they get into on their sea journey, since mice have to be so careful! The illustrations are a nice touch; they are well-done and add to the story without being distracting. There’s even a bit of romance, but not enough that it overwhelms the story. All in all, it’s a cute read, perfect for middle-grade students or those looking for something reminiscent of children’s classics. Reviewed by Alyssa Feller The Orphan: A Cinderella Story From Greece By Anthony Manna, Christodoula Mitakidou, Giselle Potter (illustrator) Schwartz & Wade, $16.99, 40 pages Everyone knows the story of Cinderella, but the Greek version contains some captivating differences. Drawn from two classic versions of the Greek tale, The Orphan introduces the heroine as a much-loved child who, after losing her mother, becomes little more than a slave to her stepmother and stepsisters. When the orphan – as Cinderella is called here – pleads for help at her mother’s grave, no fairy godmother steps in. Instead, Mother Nature bestows the orphan with beautiful dresses, a wreath for her head and lovely blue shoes, all of which the orphan hides in a trunk. When a handsome prince arrives in the village, the orphan impresses him with her beauty and, eventually, lives happily ever after. There are other key differences that set The Orphan apart from the classic tale, such as the use of honey and wax to trap the orphan’s shoe on the steps of the church where the prince holds court. Children old enough to be familiar with the classic Cinderella will enjoy picking out such nuances. But The Orphan stands on its own as well, as a gorgeously illustrated tale of transformation, true love and good versus evil. Reviewed by Margo Orlando Littell
Binky Under Pressure By Ashley Spires Kids Can Press, $16.95, 64 pages Check this out! After successfully building a space rocket and rescuing his best friend from outer space (the backyard), Binky is perfectly content to spend his time protecting his space station (house) and humans from aliens (flies). When a new foster kitty named Gracie comes to visit, Binky’s world is turned upside down. She’s cuter, neater and generally just about perfect. Binky’s determined to investigate this stranger, because there’s no such thing as a perfect cat! The third installment in Binky’s Space Cat Adventures is just as wonderful as the first two. Binky is cute enough just on his own, but Gracie is a fresh addition to the storyline. Kids will love the cutesy drawing style and many of the visual details that give the artwork depth beyond the text. Meanwhile, adults will appreciate the humor of the cats’ feline antics, especially those who are cat lovers. This dual quality makes it a great book to read together for younger kids, or a good way to introduce older or reluctant readers to graphic novels. This is another great addition to a delightful series with tons of kid appeal. Reviewed by Alyssa Feller
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Animal Planet: My Life in the Wild: Cheetah By Animal Planet, Meredith Costain Kingfisher, $9.99, 32 pages Cheetah is one of the first in a new My Life in the Wild series being developed by Animal Planet. The story is told by one young cheetah, from her birth through her growing years and to when she ultimately starts her own family. The illustrations that accompany the text are so realistic they almost seem like photographs. They include close-ups and action shots of cheetahs, as well as the environment they live in. With careful choices of how they show the hunt, the book also manages to be realistic about hunting without drifting into blood and gore. The text is short and simple, and because it’s told in the first person brings a personal feeling to the story. Perhaps one of the things that makes this book so valuable in an educational setting is the four pages of “Did You Know?” facts — two pages about the broader cat family (including a quiz young readers can answer by using the illustrations) and one page with a glossary of terms. I’m sure many teachers will look forward to collecting this entire series. Reviewed by Jodi Webb
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10 Valentine Friends By Janet Schulman, Linda Davick (illustrator) Knopf Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 26 pages Check this out! A fun educational holiday counting book, 10 Valentine Friends is a delightful book to entertain children while they learn to count and share. Ten friends are making Valentine’s Day cards. Pete, Pan, Aloysius, Priscilla, Annie Lee, Max, Tom, Lily, Alexandra and Baby make cards for each other. Each designs the card based on the personal likes of the friend to receive the card. The story takes the cards one by one, on a two-page spread for each, to tell who the card is for and why, with fun illustrations on one and a half of the two pages. The last half of the right page has a white background highlighting the number with the appropriate number of valentines, counting from one to 10. Ending with a Valentine’s Day party overflowing with cards, the last two pages challenge children to count the pictures of valentines, which number 100. This adds educational room for growth beyond the initial learning to count to 10. This book is an exceptional treat for young children for Valentine’s Day that they will continue to enjoy all year long. Reviewed by Angie Mangino A Zeal of Zebras By Woop Studios Chronicle Books, $17.99, 64 pages Check this out! Animals and the alphabet — what could be more fun for youngsters learning their ABCs? A Zeal of Zebras is by far one of the most delightful books to teach young readers the alphabet, while presenting some interesting facts about a wide bevy of animals. Paired with their descriptive collective nouns — names given to a group of things, in this case, animals — this book contains many colorful pictures and information about animals from A to Z. Really! An embarrassment of pandas? An implausibility of gnus? Young readers and adults will learn something about
collective nouns. This is a unique book to make the alphabet appealing to more than just little readers learning the alphabet. The animal illustrations are quite beautiful and are worthy of framing. There’s something here for everyone. Preschool and up. Reviewed by Laura Friedkin Froggy Builds a Tree House By Jonathan London, Frank Remkiewicz (illustrator) Viking, $16.99, 32 pages Check this out! Jonathan London returns with one of his favorite characters in his latest children’s book offering. Out of the blue, Froggy decides to build a tree house and enlists the help of his three best friends: Max, Matthew and Travis. Together, the four friends construct an out-of-the-way spot where they can do the things they enjoy, like play cards or tell jokes. But mostly they look forward to ordering and eating pizza. When Froggy’s sister, Pollywogilina, wants to help, he sends her away. Once Frogilina hops by and points out a few building hazards, he posts a “Boys Only” sign. When the pizza party is doomed, Frogilina strikes a bargain with Froggy and friends. Can she and the boys make a deal? This is London’s 22nd book featuring the lovable Froggy, and in each book, Froggy’s antics leave young readers laughing out loud and longing for more. Froggy Builds a Tree House is the type of story to share as a family or present to a young group of students. The life lesson learned is worth reading. The storyline is easy to follow and fun to listen to. Frank Remkiewicz adds the simple and colorful illustrations that enhance the story’s plot. Reviewed by LuAnn Schindler If You Give a Dog a Donut By Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (illustrator) Harper, $16.99, 32 pages Check this out! Laura Numeroff has teamed up again with illustrator Felicia Bond for a silly and fun tale in the If You Give … series. This time the overly energetic and fun-seeking culprit is a two-toned, spotted-eyed dog who just can’t resist donuts and apple juice. Your little one (ages 3 and up, perfect for preschoolers) will be giggling at and reciting the amusement in no time. Each page is a colorful
romp through the day of a busy boy and his dog. From tree climbing for apples to playing catch and baseball to kite making, your head will whirl with activity (not to mention the questions this begs from your wide-eyed prereader). And in true Numeroff and Bond fashion, the story wraps into a full circle at the end, leaving the back “doggie” door open to the inevitable request, “Read it again!” Always a joyful time, these stories are perfect for a quick read before naptime, a longer and more exuberant learning time at story hour, or an entertaining introduction to your preschooler learning to read for herself. Reviewed by Sky Sanchez-Fischer Moving House By Mark Siegel Roaring Brook Press, $16.99, 32 pages Check this out! Living in Foggytown isn’t much fun. People bump into things and into each other, and they can’t even see stars. When Joey and Chloe come home one day and say hello to Home (their house), they find their parents inside packing everything they own into boxes. Daddy says, “The fog is just too thick. We have to get out.” Joey and Chloe love their house; they have lots of special places and wonderful memories in their house. It’s home to them. They wish the house could come with them. That night when everyone is asleep, the house begins to move. Chloe and Joey wake up, and Home tells them how much he will miss them. When Chloe asks if Home has ever seen stars, Home decides to show the children the stars and climbs a big hill, above the fog. Soon, other buildings of the town join them. When morning comes, a wonderful surprise awaits everyone. Mark Siegel’s charming, old-fashioned artwork is the perfect backdrop for this sweet story of what “home” can really mean to children. Reviewed by Rosi Hollinbeck The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories By Dr. Seuss Random House for Young Readers, $15.00, 72 pages Check this out! Something new yet familiar just came in from Random House. In a momentous publishing event comes the book The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by the beloved Dr. Seuss. These seven original stories were
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written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss and published in magazines in 19501951 but never took book form. Dr. Seuss, who died in 1991, hardly needs an introduction. Any book-loving household has all of his books. So here’s another one to inspire children of all ages to explore the joys of reading. This collection features “The Bear, the Rabbit and Zinniga-Zanniga,” about a rabbit who is saved by a bear with a single eyelash; and “The Bippolo Seed,” in which a scheming feline leads an innocent young duck named McKluck to make a bad decision about a magic seed that will sprout and grow into anything you wish for. For the collectors and adults, the book has an introduction by Seuss scholar Dr. Charles Cohen, explaining how this book gives the reader a glimpse into Dr. Seuss’ formative years. Ages 6 and up. Reviewed by Phil Semler ZooZical By Judy Sierra, Marc Brown (illustrator) Knopf, $17.99, 40 pages Check this out! What do the animals do when their youngster friends can’t come to visit them in the zoo in the wintertime? Author Judy Sierra and illustrator Marc Brown have come up with an adorable story that little ones will enjoy. Wintertime at the zoo is a boring quiet time. The lemurs aren’t leaping; the owls don’t give a hoot. The ocelot has lost his spots! Oh dear! Even the penguins have an attitude problem. The illustrations in this book are colorful, delightful and fun. After reading this book, youngsters may be begging to go to the local zoo to see what mischief and play the animals are up to. This storybook puts a fresh spin on old song favorites and rhymes. It will inspire little readers to come up with their own stories, rhymes and activities, and is sure to scare away any wintertime doldrums. Ages 4–8. Reviewed by Laura Friedkin
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adult/teen events BIXBY LIBRARY A-Book-A-Month Discussion Group Wednesday, Feb. 22 • 2-3 p.m. Read “Solar” by Ian McEwan and then join us for a lively discussion. For adults.
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Travels With Tulsans Wednesday, Feb. 22 • 12:10-12:50 p.m. Location: Aaronson Auditorium* Featuring “The Grand Opening,” presented by Cathy McDonald, CPA, Williams Companies Inc. Learn how to discover unique vacation opportunities via the Internet. McDonald will share her experience of working at a French chateau and preparing it to receive its first guests. For adults and teens. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries.
Our Cosmic Neighborhood: Pluto – God of the Underworld Monday, Feb. 27 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Broken Arrow Sidewalk Astronomers invite you to explore this dwarf planet and his Kuiper Belt friends. After an informative presentation, all are invited to the grassy area behind the library for some sky gazing (weather permitting). You may bring your own telescope and join the fun. For all ages.
Travels With Tulsans Wednesday, Feb. 8 • 12:10-12:50 p.m. Location: Aaronson Auditorium* Featuring “Traveling the Spine of America,” presented by Richard Bunn and Kelly Jennings, owners of K&R MicroRanch. Get ready for a 5,000-mile auto round-trip from Tulsa to Calgary. For adults and teens. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries.
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Percy Jackson: Heroes of Olympus Wednesday, Feb. 15 • 5:30-6:30 p.m. Can’t wait to find out what will happen to Percy, Jason and the other demigods from the “Heroes of Olympus” series? Join us for trivia, games and the Amazon Throne of Books. For ages 13-16.
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Across the Spectrum Brown Baggers Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 12:15-1:15 p.m. If you are interested in reading adventurous fiction and nonfiction authors outside of the cultural and artistic mainstream, then this is the discussion for you. Bring and enjoy your lunch while you stretch your reading muscles and leave those familiar, comfortable reads behind. For adults.
Travels With Tulsans Wednesday, Feb. 1 • 12:10-12:50 p.m. Location: Aaronson Auditorium* Featuring “A Pampered Bike Ride Through the Appalachian Mountains on the C&O and GAP Trails,” presented by Jan Reese, retired teacher/counselor and associate dean of students at Chicago Medical School. Bike for five days and 150 miles through Civil War battlefields and historic towns. For adults and teens. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries.
All Tulsa City-County Library locations will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20 for Presidents Day.
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Job Lab Monday, Feb. 27 • 2-4 p.m. Location: Computer Training Room Update your résumé, search for jobs online or explore a new career in this special computer lab just for job seekers. You will have access to Microsoft Office software and the Internet. USB flash drives and CDs are available for purchasing, or you can bring your own to save your work. Standard printing charges apply. Library staff and resources will be in the lab to provide assistance. For adults. Class size is limited.
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COLLINSVILLE LIBRARY SUKIKYO! Anime/Manga Club Wednesdays, Feb. 8, 29 • 2:30-4 p.m. Meet other fans of Japanese art and animation. For teens. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Collinsville Library. utime@yourlibrary Thursday, Feb. 16 • 2:30-4:30 p.m. Meet your friends for a different activity each month. For teens. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Collinsville Library.
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GENEALOGY CENTER Locating Family on the 1940 Census Thursday, Feb. 16 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Genealogy librarian Kathy Huber will demonstrate tools that will be made available with the public release of the 1940 Census on April 2, 2012. For adults.
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HARDESTY REGIONAL LIBRARY Business Plan Basics With SCORE Thursday, Feb. 2 • 6:30-8:30 p.m. Whether you are starting a new business or expanding an existing company, a thorough business plan is important. Volunteers from SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business will take you through the steps to develop your own business plan. Learn why a business plan is important and what research is required. You also will review an actual business plan and learn about helpful library resources. For adults. Preregistration is required. Call 918-549-7550 to register. How Did My Brother Get Dad’s Entire Estate? Wednesday, Feb. 8 • noon-1 p.m. Location: Pecan Room Join attorney Rita Foster as she discusses wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney and other estate planning documents. Learn how to avoid probate. For adults. Seating is limited. For more information or to reserve a seat at the seminar, call 918-549-7363. Sponsored by the Tulsa Library Trust. Meet Author Deborah Crombie Thursday, Feb. 16 • 6:30-8 p.m. Best-selling mystery author Deborah Crombie is a New York Times notable author who has won many awards including the New York Times Book of the Year. Her novel “Dreaming of the Bones” was chosen by the independent Mystery Booksellers of America as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century. Her latest, most suspenseful and eerie tale to date, “No Mark Upon Her,” will be released this winter. Come and hear the author speak about her work and stay for a book signing. Books will be available for purchasing from Barnes & Noble. For adults. Sponsored by Harper Collins Publishing Company.
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Performance: Shakespeare Monologues Saturday, Feb. 25 • 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Connor’s Cove Entrants in the English Speaking Union’s Shakespeare Speech Competition will perform selected monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. For ages 10 and older. Making Slideshows Great Monday, Feb. 27 • 4-6 p.m. Lots of teachers are requiring inclass presentations now, but have you learned more than the basics of what you can do with PowerPoint? Find out how to make your slideshow sing! This is great preparation for next month’s “20x20: What Do You Geek?” program. For ages 12-18. Preregistration is required. Register at https://www.surveymonkey. com/s/SlideshowsGreat or call 918-549-7556.
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HELMERICH LIBRARY Un-Valentine’s Day Party Thursday, Feb. 9 • 5-6:30 p.m. Does the thought of celebrating a mushy gushy holiday like Valentine’s Day make your eyes roll? Join the Peggy Helmerich Advisory Teens as we make Un-Valentines, write Mad Lib-style un-love letters, play games, smash a heart-shaped piñata and more! For ages 13-18. Sponsored by the Friends of the Helmerich Library. Books People Are Talking About Wednesday, Feb. 15 • 12:15-1:15 p.m. Books on war rarely focus on the families back home. Siri Hustvedt’s novel “The Summer Without Men” does. Paired with other nonfiction titles like “The Long Road Home” by Martha Raddatz, we should get a fuller picture of the sacrifices involved in America’s war in Iraq. For adults. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Friends of the Helmerich Library.
Pizza and Homework Thursday, Feb. 23 • 5-6:30 p.m. Drop in, eat pizza and work on your homework! A librarian will be on hand to talk about electronic resources you may not know about. Please call 918-549-7631 to register so that we know how much pizza to order. For ages 13-18. Sponsored by the Friends of the Helmerich Library.
JENKS LIBRARY J-TAG Valentines Bash Tuesday, Feb. 14 • 4-5 p.m. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the Jenks Teen Advisory Group (J-TAG). Take a bite out of broken-heart cookies, create cranky crafts, taste troublesome treats and move to some moody music. Refreshments will be served. For sixth- through 12th-graders. Jenks Book Discussion Group Thursday, Feb. 16 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. Participants should read the selected book prior to the program. Call 918-549-7570 for title. For adults.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: FOOD, RELIGION AND THE HUMAN COMMUNITY
2012 OCCJ INTERFAITH TRIALOGUE SERIES PRESENTS
SUNDAY, FEB. 5 2-4 P.M.
FEASTING | FASTING | RITUAL | TABOO
SUNDAY, FEB. 12 2-4 P.M.
HUNGER | PLENTY | OBESITY | STARVATION
SUNDAY, FEB. 19 2-4:30 P.M.
FRIENDSHIP | ENMITY | CHAOS | WHOLENESS
WHAT IS THE RITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FOOD? CHARLES SCHUSTERMAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER • 2021 E. 71ST ST.
HOW DOES GOD EXPECT US TO SHARE THE EARTH’S BOUNTY? PEACE ACADEMY • 4620 S. IRVINGTON
HOW CAN WE REBUILD THE COMMUNITY OF THE TABLE? BOSTON AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • 1301 S. BOSTON
Bookface Saturday, Feb. 18 • 2-4 p.m. Location: Teen Space A bookface is a photo of you with a book covering your face, usually making it look like you’re the person on the cover. Join us as we make some crazy photos and post them on our Facebook page. The one with the most “likes” wins a prize! For ages 1218. Preregistation is required. Register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ Bookface or call 918-549-7556.
THE OCCJ TRIALOGUE SERIES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE TULSA LIBRARY TRUST’S ALFRED E. AARONSON LECTURE SERIES ENDOWMENT. THE OKLAHOMA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE IS DEDICATED TO FIGHTING BIAS, BIGOTRY AND RACISM. CALL OCCJ AT 918-583-1361 OR VISIT WWW.OCCJOK.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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JUDY Z. KISHNER LIBRARY Pop-Up Cards Wednesday, Feb. 8 • 3-4 p.m. Join us to learn the techniques for making pop-up cards. For ages 10-18. Wii Wednesday Wednesday, Feb. 29 • 3-4 p.m. Join us for Wii gaming and hot chocolate. For ages 10-18.
MARTIN REGIONAL LIBRARY Teen Time Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 4-5 p.m. • Join us for Wii and board games, plus other fun activities and snacks. For teens and tweens. Spanish Conversation Club Saturdays, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 noon-1 p.m. • Practice your Spanish in a low-stress setting. You may bring your lunch. This class is for people who have completed AT LEAST one course, preferably more, and are not yet comfortable with spontaneous Spanish conversation. For ages 16 and older. Job Lab Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 9-11 a.m. Update your résumé, search for jobs online or explore a new career in this special computer lab just for job seekers. USB flash drives are available for purchasing, or you can bring your own to save your work. Standard printing charges apply. Library staff and resources will be in the lab to provide assistance. For adults. Class size is limited. Manga Ai! Saturday, Feb. 18 • 2-3 p.m. Munch on Pocky and meet up with other manga fans to discuss your favorite books and movies, characters and plot twists from this popular Japanese publishing trend. For sixth-graders and up. Teen Advisory Board Meeting Saturday, Feb. 18 • 3:15-4:15 p.m. Would you like to volunteer at the library, help plan library services for teens, and provide a teen perspective on the services and materials that the Martin Regional Library offers? If so, please join us for our monthly Teen Advisory Board meeting.
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NATHAN HALE Get Your Game on @ the Library Monday, Feb. 6 • 4:30-6 p.m. Join us for Wii gaming. For ages 12-18.
OWASSO LIBRARY Books With Barbara Wednesday, Feb. 8 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. • Read “Nightwoods” by Charles Frazier and then join us for a lively discussion. For adults. Mad About Mysteries Book Group Monday, Feb. 13 • 6:30-7:45 p.m. Read “Naked Heat” by Richard Castle and then join us for a lively discussion. For adults. Preregistration is required. Call 918-549-7624 to register. Brainstormers: Teen Writing Club Friday, Feb. 17 • 3:30-5 p.m. Writing doesn’t have to be solitary. Come and join the fun! For ages 12-18.
RUDISILL REGIONAL LIBRARY 2012 African-American Heritage High School History Bowl Wednesday, Feb. 1 • 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: Ancestral Hall The bowl challenges high school teams over topics relating to African-American history. First-, second- and third-place winners will receive a trophy. All student team members will receive a certificate for participation. For all ages. Sponsored by the Friends of the Rudisill Regional Library, Tulsa Library Trust and AfricanAmerican Resource Center. Meet Hill Harper: Winner of the 2012 Sankofa Freedom Award Saturday, Feb. 11 • 10 a.m. Hill Harper, an award-winning actor and author, will receive the 2012 Sankofa Freedom Award, given by the African-American Resource Center and Tulsa Library Trust. Harper portrays Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the CBS drama series “CSI: NY.” He also is the bestselling author of “The Conversation: How Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships,” “The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in its Place” and other books. He will talk about his life and works, answer questions and sign books. Copies of his books will be available for purchasing. For adults and teens. Co-sponsored by Sally Frasier, Leslie and Jerome Wade, Williams Companies, Carol A. Ainsworth, Maxine E. Horner, Donald Horner Jr. and Millard Latimer Sr.
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Business Plan Basics Saturday, Feb. 18 • 10 a.m.-noon Whether you are starting a new business or expanding an existing company, a thorough business plan is important. Volunteers from SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business, Tulsa Chapter 194, will take you through the steps to develop your own business plan. Learn why a business plan is important and what research is required. You also will review an actual business plan and learn about helpful library resources. Preregistration is required. Call 918-549-7645 to register. For adults.
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Asian-American Festival Saturday, June 2 10:45 a.m.-2 p.m. Martin Regional Library
Tulsa’s Help Thursday, Feb. 23 • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy a warm cup of apple cider. Kathryn Stockett’s book and the movie “The Help” will be the catalyst of this discussion with Tulsa’s “Help,” those who labored as domestic workers in Tulsa in the 1940s to the present. Hear firsthand accounts and stories of the segregated past from those who lived it. For adults and teens. Participants should read the book prior to the program. Sponsored by the Tulsa Library Trust, Friends of the Rudisill Regional Library and African-American Resource Center. Job Lab Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 1-3 p.m. Update your résumé, search for jobs online or explore a new career in this special computer lab just for job seekers. You will have access to Microsoft Office software and the Internet. USB flash drives and CDs are available for purchasing, or you can bring your own to save your work. Standard printing charges apply. Library staff and resources will be in the lab to provide assistance. For adults. Preregistration is required. Class size is limited. Call 918-549-7645 to register.
SCHUSTERMANBENSON LIBRARY Mystery Readers Roundtable Thursday, Feb. 2 • 2-3 p.m. Spend Ground Hog Day with other mystery readers. We’ll have snacks and coffee. For adults.
Get Your Game On @ the Library: Wiiiiiiiiiii! Thursday, Feb. 9 • 5:30-7 p.m. “Games lubricate the body and the mind,” according to Benjamin Franklin. Join us for Wii games, such as “Boom Blox Bash Party,” “Super Smash Bros,” Wii sports and many more. You may bring a board game as well. For ages 10-18. De-exasperating E-Books Thursday, Feb. 23 • 1-2:30 p.m. Want to turn your Kindle into kindling? Haven’t quite got the knack of your Nook yet? Drop by with your device for this informal, but informative, e-reader class, which will cover the basics of downloading library material. Preregistration is encouraged. Call 918-549-7670 to register. For adults.
SKIATOOK LIBRARY Teen Time Tuesday, Feb. 21 • 3:30-5 p.m. Play Wii and board games, plus make crafts. For teens and tweens.
SUBURBAN ACRES LIBRARY Black History Month Karaoke Talent Showcase Saturday, Feb. 25 • noon-2:30 p.m. Celebrate your heritage and singing talent by participating in our first Black History Month Karaoke Talent Showcase. Singers ONLY! For all ages. Seating is limited.
ZARROW REGIONAL LIBRARY Blind Book Date Feb. 1-29 Looking for your next great read? Let us play matchmaker and find a book that’s right for you. During the month of February, pick up a “blind book date” questionnaire at the library and we’ll set you up with your perfect match! For adults and teens. Pixilated Valentines Thursday, Feb. 9 • 6-8 p.m. Join us as we make beaded 8-bit flowers and hearts to help you woo that special someone in your life. For teens and tweens. Teen Thursday Thursdays, Feb. 16, 23 • 6-7 p.m. Join us for Wii and board games, origami and other fun activities.
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BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY E-Book Lab Wednesday, Feb. 8 • 1:30-3 p.m. So, you have an e-reader ... now what? Stop by this drop-in session to get answers to your questions about using the library’s e-books. For adults.
CENTRAL LIBRARY Help for Homeschool Families: Using the Library’s Website and Databases Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. Join Miss Lin and Miss Kathy as they show you features of Tulsa CityCounty Library’s website plus the databases that will help parents with lesson plans and assignments. For homeschooled children and their parents. Class size is limited.
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Intro to Computers for Seniors Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 9:30-11:30 a.m. Have you always wanted to learn how to use a computer but were afraid to try? This class is designed especially for seniors who have little or no previous experience using computers. It covers the basics of the computer, Internet and computer terms while also discussing the importance of motivation and a
positive attitude. Beginners will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive individual attention. Buying and Selling on Craigslist Saturday, Feb. 4 • 9:30-11:30 a.m. MS Excel 1 Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 6-8 p.m. Learn how to create formulas, use automatic fill and change basic formatting. MS Word 1 Saturday, Feb. 11 • 9:30-11:30 a.m. Learn how to create various kinds of documents; use the toolbar; set margins; apply spell check; and preview, save and print documents. MS Excel 2 Tuesday, Feb. 14 • 6-8 p.m. Learn how to create and edit formulas, and apply functions and advanced formatting to your spreadsheets and workbooks. MS Excel 3 Tuesday, Feb. 21 • 6-8 p.m. Learn how to create visual representations of spreadsheet and workbook data. Learn how to create charts, apply conditional formatting and control the appearance of printed spreadsheets. MS Word 2 Saturday, Feb. 25 • 9:30-11:30 a.m. Learn how to create and format tables, use bulleted and numbered lists, and apply and format columns in a document. MS PowerPoint 1 Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 6-8 p.m. Learn how to create group presentations and slide shows.
Looking for a job? We’re here to help! Job Lab is a special computer lab just for job seekers. During this open lab time, you can: • Update your résumé • Search for jobs online • Explore a new career • Access library databases to build new work skills or take practice tests for professional exams • Use the computers for other employment-related needs
Job Lab is available at: Martin Regional Library Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 9-11 a.m. Central Library Monday, Feb. 27 • 2-4 p.m. Rudisill Regional Library Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 1-3 p.m.
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CLASSES ARE LIMITED TO 12 ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS. MS Word 1 Saturday, Feb. 4 • 10 a.m.-noon Learn how to create various kinds of documents; use the toolbar; set margins; apply spell check; and preview, save and print documents. MS Excel 1 Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. Learn how to create formulas, use automatic fill and change basic formatting. MS Word 2 Saturday, Feb. 11 • 10 a.m.-noon Learn how to create and format tables, use bulleted and numbered lists, and apply and format columns in a document. Really Basic Computer Class Tuesday, Feb. 14 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. This class is designed for new computer users who have little or no previous experience using computers, Windows, a mouse or the Internet, and little or no knowledge of basic computer terms. MS Word 3 Saturday, Feb. 18 • 10 a.m.-noon Learn how to create and use borders and shading, headers and footers, page numbering and drawing tools. Publisher 101 Tuesday, Feb. 21 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. Learn how to create fun and colorful signs and flyers. MS Word 4 Saturday, Feb. 25 • 10 a.m.-noon Explore mail merge, use tables to perform calculations and create on-screen forms. Social Media 101 Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. Does it seem like everyone else is on Facebook or Google+ and you aren’t? This class can help you. Learn the basics you need to know in order to join the Social Media Revolution!
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FOR ADULTS. PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CLASS SIZES ARE LIMITED. CALL 918-549-7624 TO REGISTER. Internet @ the Library Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. Learn how to navigate the World Wide Web and use the library’s online catalog and resources.
MS Word 1 Thursday, Feb. 9 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. Learn how to create various kinds of documents; use the toolbar; set margins; apply spell check; and preview, save and print documents.
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FOR ALL AGES. PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. CLASS SIZES ARE LIMITED. CALL 918-549-7645 TO REGISTER. Really Basic Computer Class Friday, Feb. 3 • 9:30-11 a.m. This class is designed for new computer users who have little or no previous experience using computers, Windows, a mouse or the Internet, and little or no knowledge of basic computer terms.
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Visit TulsaLibrary.org/jobhelp and use your library card to access Job Now! MS Word 1 Friday, Feb. 10 • 9:30-11 a.m. Learn how to create various kinds of documents; use the toolbar; set margins; apply spell check; and preview, save and print documents. Internet @ the Library Friday, Feb. 17 • 9:30-11 a.m. Learn how to navigate the World Wide Web and use the library’s online catalog and resources. Email 101 Friday, Feb. 24 • 9:30-11 a.m. Learn how to set up a free account and how to use it to send and receive email.
ZARROW REGIONAL LIBRARY Digital Scrapbooking Monday, Feb. 27 • 6:30-8:30 p.m. Are your digital photos being held hostage in your PC? Free them by learning how to make a digital scrapbook using MS PowerPoint. Bring your own photos on a CD or flash drive. The scrapbook will be created on library-provided flash drive, which may be purchased at the end of class for $5. For adults. Preregistration is required. Class size is limited. Call 918-549-7683 to register.
children’s events BIXBY LIBRARY My First Storytime Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 10:30-10:45 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Preschool Storytime Mondays • 11-11:30 a.m. For ages 2-5. An adult must accompany 2-year-olds. Feb. 6 • Owls Feb. 13 • Libraries Feb. 27 • Assorted Favorites
BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22 Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21 10:30-11 a.m. • For ages 3-5. Toddler Time Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 10:30 a.m. Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 10:30 a.m. Join Miss Kadry for stories, songs and engaging activities. For ages 2-3 and their caregivers. My First Storytime Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 11 a.m. Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 11a.m. For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Stay and Play Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 11:30 a.m. For babies and toddlers, playing is learning! Children who attend Toddler Time or My First Storytime are invited to stay after and join us for games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For newborns to 3-year-olds and their caregivers. Junie B. Book Club Thursday, Feb. 16 • 4:30 p.m. Calling all Junie B. fans! Join us for crafts, games and activities featuring “Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal.” For first- through third-graders.
BROKEN ARROW LIBRARY/SOUTH Black History Month Exhibit: Henry’s Freedom Box Feb. 1-29 • See a replica of the crate Henry Box Brown used to ship
himself from slavery to freedom. Enjoy a 12-minute presentation of “Henry’s Freedom Box” by Ellen Levine. For all ages. Toddler Time Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10:30-10:50 a.m. • Touch, explore, learn something new. Exploring the world is what we do. Join us for stories, songs and action rhymes. For 1-year-olds to 36-month-olds and their caregivers. Bilingual Storytime Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 10:30-10:50 a.m. • Join Fidelia and listen to stories in English and Spanish, sing songs and make crafts. For ages 5 and younger. My First Storytime Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 10:30-10:50 a.m. • Enjoy stories, familiar songs, nursery rhymes and finger plays. For newborns to 15-month-olds and their caregivers.
PAWS for Reading Thursday, Feb. 23 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 7-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.
CENTRAL LIBRARY Help for Homeschool Families: Using the Library’s Website and Databases Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 1:30-2:30 p.m. Join Miss Lin and Miss Kathy as they show you features of Tulsa City-County Library’s website plus the databases that will help parents with lesson plans and assignments. For homeschooled children and their parents. Class size is limited.
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Fidelia’s Storytime Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 10:30-10:50 a.m. • Join Fidelia and listen to stories, sing songs and make crafts. For ages 3-5.
PAWS for Reading Monday, Feb. 6 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 6-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.
Henry’s Freedom Box Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 6-7 p.m. Families can enjoy a special showing of “Henry’s Freedom Box” and see a replica of the box Henry Box Brown built when he shipped himself to freedom. For ages 12 and younger and their families.
Preschool Storytime Tuesdays • 10:30-11:15 a.m. For newborns to 5-year-olds and their caregivers. Feb. 7 • Bathtime Feb. 14 • Be My Valentine Feb. 21 • If You Give a Pig a Pancake Feb. 28 • Hooray for Dr. Seuss
PAWS for Reading Thursday, Feb. 16 • 6-7 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 7-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.
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Go Places With Books: Korea Saturday, Feb. 18 • 1-1:45 p.m. Join us for a bilingual storytime featuring stories, songs and a craft from Korea. Learn basic greetings and phrases in Korean. For ages 5 and younger.
BROOKSIDE LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10:15-10:45 a.m. • For ages 2-5. An adult must accompany 2-year-olds. My First Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 11-11:20 a.m. • For newborns to 24-month-olds and their caregivers.
My First Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10:30-10:45 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Preschool Storytime Wednesdays • 11-11:30 a.m. For ages 2-5. An adult must accompany 2-year-olds. Feb. 1 • Teddy Bears Feb. 8 • Valentine’s Day Stories Feb. 15 • President’s Day Feb. 22 • Stories Grandma Told Feb. 29 • Color Our World
HARDESTY REGIONAL LIBRARY My First Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 10-10:20 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers.
Preschool Storytime With Ms. Kristie Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 11-11:30 a.m. • Join us for stories, music and activities. For ages 3-5. Toddler Time Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 10-10:20 a.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 • 11-11:20 a.m. Join Ms. Josie for stories, songs and finger plays. For ages 2-3 and their caregivers. Mr. Paul’s Preschool Storytime Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 11-11:30 a.m. For ages 3-5. Marvelous Monday Stories With Ms. Karen Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 6:30-7 p.m. Join Ms. Karen for stories and other fun activities. For all ages. A Very Fancy Nancy Valentine’s Day Thursday, Feb. 9 • 4-5 p.m. Come and craft fabulous and fancy valentines for your sweetheart. Very fancy attire (that’s a fancy word for clothes) is encouraged! For ages 5 and older.
HELMERICH LIBRARY Family Storytime: Celebrate Ground Hog Day Thursday, Feb. 2 • 10:15-10:40 a.m. We will explore Ground Hog Day with books, music and shadow making! For all ages. Family Storytime: Celebrate Valentines Thursday, Feb. 9 • 10:15-10:40 a.m. We will share valentine books and stories. For all ages. Valentines Galore and More! Tuesday, Feb. 14 • 3:45-4:30 p.m. We will make valentine cards, cupid coupons and lollipop flowers. For ages 7-10. Sponsored by the Friends of the Helmerich Library. Family Storytime Thursdays, Feb. 16, 23 • 10:15-10:40 a.m. We will share classic books along with new ones, music, finger plays and chants. For all ages.
HERMAN AND KATE KAISER LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10:30-10:55 a.m. • For ages 3-5.
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My First Storytime Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 10:30-10:55 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Stay and Play Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 11-11:30 a.m. • For babies and toddlers, playing is learning! Children who attend My First Storytime are invited to stay after and join us for games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For newborns to 2-yearolds and their caregivers. Sponsored by the Friends of the Helmerich Library.
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Pajama Storytime Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 7-7:30 p.m. It’s a pajama jammy jam with Ms. Kristen and Mr. David! Join us for bedtime stories, songs and rhymes. For ages 3-8. PAWS for Reading Tuesdays, Feb. 14, 28 • 3:30-5:30 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids aes 5-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust. Class size is limited.
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tulsa city-county library locations 1 Bixby Library 20 E. Breckenridge, 74008 • 918-549-7514 M-Th, 12-8; Fri., 12-6; Sat., 10-5 2 Broken Arrow Library 300 W. Broadway, 74012 • 918-549-7500 M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 3 Broken Arrow Library/South 3600 S. Chestnut, 74011 • 918-549-7662 M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 4 Brookside Library 1207 E. 45th Place, 74105 • 918-549-7507 M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 5 Central Library and American Indian Resource Center 400 Civic Center, 74103 • 918-549-7323 M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5, Sept.-May 6 Charles Page Library 551 E. Fourth St., Sand Springs, 74063 918-549-7521 • M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 7 Collinsville Library 1223 Main, 74021 • 918-549-7528 M-Th, 12-8; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5 8 Genealogy Center 2901 S. Harvard, 74114 • 918-549-7691 M-W, 10-5; Th, 1-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 9 Glenpool Library 730 E. 141st St., 74033 • 918-549-7535 M-Th, 12-8; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5 10 Hardesty Regional Library and Connor’s Cove 8316 E. 93rd St., 74133 • 918-549-7550 M-Th, 9-9; Fri., 9-6; Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5 11 Helmerich Library 5131 E. 91st St., 74137 • 918-549-7631 M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 12 Herman and Kate Kaiser Library 5202 S. Hudson Ave., Suite B, 74135 918-549-7542 • M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 13 Jenks Library 523 W. B St., 74037 • 918-549-7570 M-T, 12-8; W-Th, 10-6; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5
14 Judy Z. Kishner Library 10150 N. Cincinnati Ave. E., Sperry 74073 • 918-549-7577 M-Th, 12-7; Fri., 12-5; Sat., 10-5 15 Kendall-Whittier Library 21 S. Lewis, 74104 • 918-549-7584 M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 16 Martin Regional Library and Hispanic Resource Center 2601 S. Garnett Road, 74129 • 918-549-7590 M-Th, 9-9; Fri., 9-6; Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5 17 Maxwell Park Library 1313 N. Canton, 74115 • 918-549-7610 M-F, 10-6; Sat., 10-5 18 Nathan Hale Library 6038 E. 23rd St., 74114 • 918-549-7617 M, 12-8; T-Th, 10-6; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 19 Owasso Library 103 W. Broadway, 74055 • 918-549-7624 M-Th, 10-8; Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5 20 Pratt Library 3219 S. 113th W. Ave., Sand Springs, 74063 • 918-549-7638 M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 21 Rudisill Regional Library and African-American Resource Center 1520 N. Hartford, 74106 • 918-549-7645 M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5 22 Schusterman-Benson Library 3333 E. 32nd Place, 74135 • 918-549-7670 M-Th, 10-8; Fri.-Sat., 10-5 23 Skiatook Library 316 E. Rogers, 74070 • 918-549-7676 M, 12-8; T-Th, 10-6; Fri.-Sat., 11-5 24 Suburban Acres Library 4606 N. Garrison, 74126 • 918-549-7655 M-Th, 10-6; Fri.-Sat., 11-5 25 Zarrow Regional Library 2224 W. 51st St., 74107 918-549-7683 M-Th, 9-9; Fri.-Sat., 9-5; Sun., 1-5
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JUDY Z. KISHNER LIBRARY Pajama Storytime Tuesday, Feb. 7 • 6:30-7 p.m. Wear your jammies, grab your favorite bear, and join us for stories, crafts and fun! For ages 3-7.
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Valentines by You! Thursday, Feb. 9 • 3-7 p.m. Stop by after school and make your own valentines for your relatives, friends or maybe even that special someone! Cardmaking supplies will be available. For ages 12 and younger.
PAWS for Reading Saturday, Feb. 11 • 2-3 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 5-10 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.
Totally Terrific Thursday: Leap Year Party Thursday, Feb. 16 • 3-4 p.m. Leap to the library to celebrate this leap year with fun games and crafts. For ages 12 and younger.
Fun Fun Music Monday, Feb. 27 • 11 a.m.-noon Hop, jump and sing Japanese and English songs with members of the Konnichiwas. For ages 4 and younger.
KENDALL-WHITTIER LIBRARY Bilingual Storytime Thursday, Feb. 2 • 9-9:45 a.m. Location: Health Department, 315 S. Utica Enjoy favorite stories in English and Spanish. For ages 12 and younger. Bilingual Storytime Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 21, 28 • 10-10:45 a.m. Enjoy favorite stories in English and Spanish. For ages 3-5. PAWS for Reading Saturday, Feb. 18 • 11 a.m.-noon Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.
MARTIN REGIONAL LIBRARY Bilingual Family Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 6:30-7 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 11-11:30 a.m. Enjoy stories, songs and finger plays in Spanish and English. For ages 3-5. Book Buddies Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 • 4-4:50 p.m. Enjoy stories, games and activities after school. For first- through third-graders. My First Storytime Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 10-10:50 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Preschool Storytime Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 11-11:30 a.m. • For ages 3-5.
NATHAN HALE LIBRARY My First Storytime Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 10:15-10:35 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Preschool Storytime Thursdays, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 11-11:30 a.m. • For ages 2-5. An adult must accompany 2-year-olds.
OWASSO LIBRARY My First Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 9:30-9:45 a.m. • For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers. Preschool Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 10-10:30 a.m. • For ages 3-5. Stay and Play Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Tuesdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 10:30-11 a.m. • For babies and toddlers, playing is learning! Children who attend My First Storytime or Preschool Storytime are invited to stay after and join us for games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For ages 1-5. Homeschool Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 1:30-2:30 p.m. • Homeschooled students are invited to join us for a story and craft. For ages 5-12. PAWS for Reading Thursday, Feb. 2 • 4:30-5:30 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust. Preregistration is required. Call 918-549-7624 to register.
en español para adultos BIBLIOTECA REGIONAL MARTIN ¿Esperando bebé? Clases de preparación para el parto Lunes, 6 de febrero • 5:30-8:30 p.m. Martes, 7 de febrero • 5:30-8:30 p.m. Las clases son impartidas por una enfermera especializada y cubren molestias, estrategias de control para el parto y cuidados del reción nacido entre otros temas. Para las que esperan bebé y su invitado. Llama al 918-549-7597 para apartar tu luga.
programas infantiles BIBLIOTECA BROKEN ARROW SUR Cuentos con Fidelia Jueves, 2, 9, 16, 23 de febrero 10:30-10:50 a.m. • Los invitamos a disfrutar cuentos en inglés y español. Para niños 0 a 5 años.
BIBLIOTECA REGIONAL MARTIN Cuentos Bilingües Miércoles, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 de febrero 6:30-7 p.m. Jueves, 2, 9, 16, 23 de febrero 11-11:30 a.m. Disfruta cuentos, canciones, y actividades en inglés y español. Para niños 0 a 5 años.
clases de informática BIBLIOTECA REGIONAL MARTIN Computación e Internet para Principiantes Miércoles, 1 de febrero 9:30-11:30 a.m. • Esta clase es para las personas con poca o ninguna experiencia usando computadoras y el Internet. Los familiarizará con el uso y la terminología de la computación. Para todas las edades. Recursos, uso y aplicación del Internet ~ Correo Electrónico Miércoles, 1 de febrero 6:15-8:30 p.m. • Les enseñaremos cómo crear una cuenta de correo electrónico, cómo usarla para enviar y recibir correo. Además conozca cómo usar el internet para aprender y/o mejorar su inglés. Para todas las edades.
Patrocinado por el Centro Hispano y el Fideicomiso de las Bibliotecas de Tulsa. Informes al 918-549-7597.
TulsaLibrary.org/hrc Computación e Internet para Principiantes Miércoles, 8 de febrero 6:15-8:30 p.m. • Esta clase es para personas con poca o ninguna experiencia usando computadoras y/o el internet. Los familiarizará con el uso y la terminología de la computación y el internet. Para todas las edades. Correo Electrónico I Miércoles, 15 de febrero 9:30-11:30 a.m. • Les enseñaremos cómo crear una cuenta de correo electrónico y cómo usarla para enviar y recibir correo. Para todas las edades. ¿Cómo, Para Qué la Computación y el Correo Electrónico? Miércoles, 15 de febrero 6:15-8:30 p.m. • Esta clase es continuación de la anterior. Les enseñaremos cómo usar la computadora para crear su cuenta de correo electrónico más eficientemente, al igual que el uso de la computadora buscando recursos y navegando el internet. Para todas las edades. Correo Electrónico II miércoles, 22 de febrero 9:30-11:30 a.m. • Les enseñaremos cómo usar el correo electrónico más eficientemente, creando carpetas, abriendo archivos, guardando fotos. Para todas la edades. Microsoft Word para Principiantes Miércoles, 22 de febrero • 6:15-8:30 p.m. En esta clase te enseñaremos a usar Microsoft Word para formatear texto, escribir cartas y otros documentos. Para todas las edades. Microsoft Word para Principiantes Miércoles, 29 de febrero 9:30-11:30 a.m. • En esta clase te enseñaremos a usar el programa de Microsoft Word para formatear texto, escribir cartas y documentos. Para todas las edades. La búsqueda de trabajo en la era digital: escribe tu currículum por computadora MIÉRCOLES, 29 DE FEBRERO • 6:158:30 P.M. Presentaremos los recursos de la biblioteca en línea para buscar trabajo. Crearás y/o actualizarás tu currículum usando Microsoft Word. Para todas las edades.
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Circle of Honor Ceremony Honoring Kirke Kickingbird Also Featuring Performances by: Native Nations Youth Council, Traditional Singers Tulsa Indian Club Inc., Traditional Dance Exhibition
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 • 10:30 A.M.
Tulsa City-County Library will induct attorney Kirke Kickingbird into the Circle of Honor. Induction into the Circle of Honor is a celebration of the honoree’s actions in the face of adversity, and commitment to the preservation of American Indian culture and legacy for future generations. Archie Mason will be the master of ceremonies. Sponsored by the Tulsa Library Trust, American Indian Resource Center, Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation, Cherokee Builders Inc., Bank of Oklahoma, Dr. Frank and Mary Shaw, College of the Muscogee Nation, Pawnee Nation, Friends of the Helmerich Library and Tulsa City-County Library Green Team.
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Birthday Celebration Saturday, Feb. 11 • 2-4 p.m. Join us to celebrate the birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder. We will read stories, make pioneer crafts and learn about pioneer life. We encourage you to come in costume. Dress in your pioneer best! For ages 5-12. Owasso Mother-Daughter Book Club Thursday, Feb. 16 • 6-7 p.m. Girls ages 9-12 and their mothers are invited to join us to discuss a great read. Copies of the featured book are available at the library. Preregistration is required. Call 918-549-7624 to register.
PRATT LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Thursdays • 10:30-11:30 a.m. For ages 5 and younger with an adult. Feb. 2 • Valentine Make-and-Take Day Feb. 9 • Valentine Party (wear red and bring goodies to share, if you like) Feb. 16 • I Could Be, You Could Be Feb. 23 • A Good Day
SCHUSTERMANBENSON LIBRARY My First Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10-10:20 a.m. • 10:30-10:50 a.m. For newborns to 2-year-olds and their caregivers.
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PAWS for Reading Monday, Feb. 13 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust.
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Books and More Monday, Feb. 27 • 3:30-4:15 p.m. Have fun with books, ideas and activities. For ages 5-12.
Entry Deadline: Black History Month Art/Essay Contest Wednesday, Feb. 8 • 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Don’t miss out! Turn in your entry for Suburban Acre’s Black History Month Art/Essay Contest by Feb. 8. Entry forms are available at the library. For tweens.
SKIATOOK LIBRARY Preschool Storytime Thursdays • 11 a.m.-noon Join us for books, rhymes, songs and a craft. For ages 6 and younger. Child-care groups, please call before attending. Seating is limited so we may refer you to another library. Feb. 2 • Groundhog Day Feb. 9 • Valentine’s Day Feb. 16 • Parrots and Pirates Feb. 23 • Treetop Friends PAWS for Reading Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 27 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, fourpawed friend. Each reader will
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Saturday Morning Storytime Saturday, Feb. 4 • 11:15-11:45 a.m. Join us for stories and other fun activities. For ages 5-12.
ZARROW REGIONAL LIBRARY Stay and Play Storytime Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10:30-11:30 a.m. • Join us for stories, songs and finger plays. Stay after storytime and enjoy games, toys and activities that foster critical early literacy skills. For ages 5 and younger. Library Lego League Saturday, Feb. 11 • 2-3 p.m. Join us for Lego-building fun at our monthly Lego Club. Legos will be provided, but you also may bring your own. For ages 6-12.
Family Fun Night Tuesday, Feb. 14 • 6:30-7:15 p.m. Bring your family to the library to enjoy valentine stories and crafts. For ages 10 and younger and their families. PAWS for Reading Saturday, Feb. 18 • 2-3 p.m. Registered therapy dogs are excellent listeners. Kids ages 5-12 are invited to read their favorite books to a furry, four-pawed friend. Each reader will receive a free book provided by the Tulsa Library Trust. Game Time Wednesday, Feb. 22 • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Join us for Wii gaming and fun board games. For ages 6-12. DIY @ the Library Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 5:30-6:30 p.m. Make creative projects, do fun crafts and explore your artisitic side. For ages 8-13.
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Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions By Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong (editors) HarperCollins, $9.99, 464 pages Check this out! This collection is filled with stories from today’s hottest young adult paranormal authors including Melissa Marr, Rachel Caine, Claudia Gray and more. Some authors (such as Marr) chose to set their stories in the worlds of their best-selling books, while others are completely new and original settings and characters. For those that do build on an existing series, it is not necessary to have read the books to enjoy these stories, but reading the novels first does add a new depth of enjoyment. As with any type of anthology, the stories and styles represented in this collection are diverse. There are longer and shorter stories, funny or more serious tales, and even one told in verse. Fans of the teen paranormal genre will be able to find at least one story they can enjoy in this collection, though almost all of them are strong candidates. The variety of the paranormal aspect is welcome as well. This isn’t just another collection of vampire tales, but mixes in other magical creatures, ghosts and time travel. Recommended for older teens, due to some more mature situations and the occasional strong language. Reviewed by Alyssa Feller Saving June By Hannah Harrington Harlequin, $9.99, 336 pages Check this out! A road trip contemporary, this book deals with the loss of a loved one by following the journey of a mourning sister. When Harper’s older sister June takes her life, Harper is left wondering why. Harper decides that the only way to properly say goodbye is to take June’s ashes to California. To get there, Harper takes a road trip with her best friend Laney and a boy who is connected to June. Jake, Laney and Harper begin an epic trip across the country, where the reader gets many opportunities to learn more
about each deep character between the stops and the music they listen to. Harrington’s debut novel ties together emotion and realistic relationships with excellent writing and plot progression. Each character connects to one another in such an honest way that the evolution feels entirely heartfelt and authentic. Harper’s connection with Jake, in particular, feels right and unforced, especially because he is a bridge between Harper and her sister that she never knew existed until she made the decision to travel across the country. A musical journey, Saving June is an excellent addition to the contemporary YA genre. Reviewed by Shanyn Day You Against Me By Jenny Downham David Fickling Books, $16.99, 413 pages Check this out! A highly emotional read, You Against Me forces the reader to take a closer look at families, friends and relationships. The book begins with the discovery that Mikey’s sister may have been the victim of sexual assault. Emotions run high as Mikey tries to keep his family afloat and deal with the boy that caused harm to his sister. To further complicate matters, Mikey decides a visit to the aggressor is in order, but when he arrives he instead meets the boy’s sister Ellie, and they immediately hit it off. Unaware of the connection they have, Mikey and Ellie begin a friendship that runs emotions even higher. Both feeling extremely loyal to their siblings, Mikey and Ellie struggle with what’s right and wrong, and yearn to find out the truth. Downham’s ability to convey emotion and struggle throughout this contemporary novel is clearly demonstrated as readers stumble along with both Mikey and Ellie. Because the truth isn’t made clear, the reader is forced to examine personal feelings on loyalty and truth right along with the characters. An emotionally powerful read, You Against Me not only has Mikey and Ellie discovering what they truly stand behind, but will have the reader determining this as well. Reviewed by Shanyn Day
12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn By James Proimos Roaring Brook Press, $9.99, 128 pages Check this out! Borrowing from Greek mythology, James Proimos tells the tale of 16-year-old Hercules Martino, who makes a bold statement at his father’s funeral. After proclaiming his father the backside of a donkey, Hercules is sent to Baltimore to finish the summer living at his Uncle Anthony’s home. Once Hercules arrives, he’s handed a list of 12 tasks, including finding the best pizza place in town, mucking stalls at a horse farm and completing seven job interviews in 12 days. Will Hercules accomplish his mission? And more importantly, will he discover the secret that tore apart his father and uncle years ago? Proimos creates a young, energetic protagonist in 12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn. Despite being a quick read, the book’s natural rhythm and flow truly capture an authentic voice and modernize an epic story. The main character’s personality shines, bringing a sharp sense of humor and curiosity that will connect with readers of
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any age. I found myself laughing out loud over and over at Hercules’ antics. Reviewed by LuAnn Schindler Dark of the Moon By Tracy Barrett Harcourt Children’s Books, $16.99, 320 pages Check this out! Ariadne will someday become goddess of the moon, but she’s bored with her life of religious training from strict priestesses. Ariadne feels isolated and alone until a ship brings a young man named Theseus from Athens. Theseus is here to slay the Minotaur, a monstrous creature rumored to live in a maze beneath the palace. The problem is, the Minotaur is just a myth. The creature that lives in the maze is Ariadne’s brother, Asterion. Will Ariadne have to choose her new friend over her brother? Dark of the Moon manages to escape the downfall of many myth retellings. That is, rather than just retelling the expected story, the book manages to take the roots and make the story its own. One of the most See MOON, cont’d on page 9
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Ravenwood By Andrew Peters Chicken House, $16.99, 350 pages Check this out! The kingdom of Arborium, high in the canopy of a giant tree, is the last forest outpost in a world reduced to steel and glass by superpower Maw. Buildings are connected by special plumbing systems. Giant, predatory ravens swoop out of nowhere at the slightest hint or scent of blood. Legends tell of another wooded kingdom called Ravenwood. Ark and his fellow plumber, Mucum, are sewage cleaners in Arborium. One day, while unclogging a toilet in the palace, Ark overhears plans between Councilor Grasp and a woman from Maw to overthrow the king during the Harvest Festival. Grasp’s son, Petronio, also overhears the plot while sneaking a smoke. When Ark’s sneeze echoes through the plumbing system, an alarm is sounded. Ark gets away, and guards nab Petronio by mistake. Grasp enlists his son in the plot, and soon Ark and Mucum are on the run from guards and from Petronio. In a remarkable series of adventures, the friends travel to the bottom of tree roots, to the farthest reaches of branches, and even to Ravenwood, where Ark finds answers to questions that have haunted his life. The action never lets up, and Peters succeeds in making this fantastical world believable. Reviewed by Elizabeth Varadan The Summer I Learned to Fly By Dana Reinhardt Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 224 pages Check this out! A refreshingly beautiful coming-ofage story, this novel focuses on Drew, her pet rat and a relationship that starts by leaving cheese from her mother’s shop in the alley. Once Drew meets Emmett, the
live tutors boy who has been enjoying the cheese, we immediately realize that her internal growth this summer will be far greater than any summer before. Emmett is a boy that comes from a different background than Drew, and the reader gets to walk out of that comfort zone right beside her. An interesting (and slightly heartwrenching) plot point in the story is the book of lists that Drew’s deceased father left behind. Once Drew discovers this book in her mother’s closet, she spends time analyzing his choices of music, food and other random items in attempts to connect with him in ways she was not able to before he passed away. With great ease, Reinhardt captures the beauty of a young adult learning about herself, which is particularly impressive as The Summer I Learned to Fly is encompassed in just 224 pages. Each page is written with the perfect amount of emotion and discovery, making Reinhardt’s summer story top-notch. Reviewed by Shanyn Day The Mystery of the Missing Everything By Ben H. Winters HarperCollins, $16.99, 263 pages Check this out! The school’s pride and joy has been stolen! The very first trophy to grace the Mary Todd Lincoln Middle School trophy case is missing, and the principal is so furious that if someone doesn’t fess up, the school trip is cancelled. Can Bethesda Fielding’s burgeoning detective prowess unravel the crime and save the day, or are her fellow eighth-graders doomed to a solid week of pop quizzes instead of the joys of Taproot Valley camping majesty? The Mystery of the Missing Everything hits all the high notes: an enthusiastic but graceless aspiring detective, an abundance of red herrings, and a richness of fun, ancillary characters populating a small but well-sketched world. Mary Todd Lincoln Middle School is a delightfully believable setting, and the numerous suspects make for a thoroughly enjoyable read. Winters deftly summarizes the events of the previous book in the series, The Secret
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Life of Ms. Finkleman, without being obtrusive, allowing new readers to zip along with the mystery of the missing trophy without being penalized. The myriad plot threads were a little offputting at first, but the book soon picked up speed and came together in the end with style. What fun! Reviewed by Glenn Dallas Dark Passage By M.J. Putney St. Martin’s Griffin, $9.99, 291 pages Check this out! The Irregulars are back from 1930 and have experienced so much, yet nothing has changed at Lackland Abbey. The holidays have arrived and with it the scattering of Lackland Abbey students. Tori gets to visit Allarde’s home and learns something that will make her choose between being selfish and doing what she thinks is right. At the same time, Cynthia spends Christmas with Jack and his family, getting to know more about Jack and herself. After the Irregulars are reunited they are once again called to defend England in the year 1930. The Germans have captured a scientist whose research will affect the world. The Irregulars continue their exciting adventures in this sequel to the
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Dark Mirror. Readers are sucked into a world of magic and danger, in two different but similar time periods. The plot stays fresh with twists, turns and a new budding romance. More is learned about Cynthia’s mysterious past, which explains her manners, besides being high class. Tori’s morals make her such a lovable main character who shows that strength exists with love. The ending made me sigh in relief that there is another sequel! Reviewed by Amanda Muir
MOON, cont’d from page 8 fascinating aspects is the examination of religion and the effect it has on this myth. The result is not the characters you expect to see, but a mentally ill brother, a boastful hero and a young woman who is conscious of her duty as future goddess. The religion aspect also adds plenty of gore (human sacrifice and bullfighting for a start) so this may be better suited for older teen readers. Reviewed by Alyssa Feller
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In Caddis Wood: A Novel By Mary F. Rockcastle Graywolf Press, $15.00, 272 pages Check this out! At first glance, Carl and Hallie Fens seem to have it all: a long marriage, two beautiful grown daughters, successful careers as an architect and poet, and an idyllic vacation home in gorgeous Caddis Wood. But when Carl is suddenly struck with what turns out to be an incurable, degenerative illness, the cracks in their marriage and the dark periods they’ve endured invade the present and threaten to unravel their bond just when they need it most. A love story about both a marriage and a landscape, In Caddis Wood brings the Wisconsin forest to many-colored life and is filled with specifics about the flora and fauna that inform Hallie’s poetry and, ultimately, Carl’s final work. Nature both enlivens Carl and Hallie and destroys much of what they hold most dear, but the beauty of their forest retreat is powerful enough to renew itself even after the devastation of fire and pollution. The analogies among the landscape’s evolution and Carl and Hallie’s lives and marriage are seamless and effective, and Rockcastle’s lovely prose makes it impossible not to be swept up in the peace of Caddis Wood. Reviewed by Margo Orlando Littell The Stranger’s Child By Alan Hollinghurst Knopf, $27.95, 435 pages Check this out! Seven years after his Booker Prize-winning The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst’s latest is as beautifully written, as poetically musical and as Jamesian in style as the book that rightly secured his reputation. Chronicling the short life of the fictional Rupert Brooke-inspired Georgian poet Cecil Valance (who dies heroically during the First World War) and the longer literary reputation that grows around him, The Stranger’s Child takes its name from Tennyson’s “In Memoriam A.H.H.,” an elegy on male friendship. In the opening prewar section, Valance is visiting Cambridge
chum George Sawle at the family pile. Despite flirting with Sawle’s sister, Daphne, Valance’s advances toward George are much more emphatic. It is here that Valance pens what will become his most famous poem, presumed by biographers to be dedicated to Daphne. By the second section, Valance is cold in the ancestral vault and various family members and friends have gathered to provide grist for the biographical mill. The sensuous present of Valance’s life is gradually buried by deliberate evasion and unreliable memory. Valance’s unspoken (or unspeakable, rather) homosexuality is neither a revelation nor Hollinghurst’s main point; it is the sidelining of the role of homosexual experience in the canon that he seems to be highlighting, along with the unreliability of memory and the deliberate, poignant fallacies we all construct. Reviewed by Megan Roberts Wunderkind: A Novel By Nikolai Grozni Free Press, $24.00, 304 pages Check this out! Konstantin, a brilliant 15-year-old pianist, attends the sterile, heartless Sofia Music School for the Gifted. Konstantin’s story takes place in Bulgaria during the two years leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Europe. Reminiscent of Holden Caulfield’s “phonies,” wigs, bobbleheads and apparatchiks (agents of the apparatus or Communist Party) fill Konstantin’s school and life with misery. As adults, we can see why his smoking, drinking and sex would drive the school officials up the wall, regardless of their political orientation, yet we also see how Konstantin is ostracized within the School for the Gifted because he is gifted; since his talent makes him stand out, he does not fit the desired prototype for a good citizen. Grozni titles each chapter of Wunderkind after a piece of Konstantin’s repertoire, weaving the music into the story, teaching us how music works both technically and as a lived experience. While cringing during Konstantin’s, at times, heinous behavior, we also know why he behaves as he does. Unlike Holden, Konstantin is not alone in his dissatisfaction with the status quo, as the hordes of college students attest in November of 1989. Reviewed by Kerry Ellen Lindgren
The Litigators By John Grisham Doubleday, $28.95, 385 pages Check this out! David Zinc can’t quite make it into his gleaming office in downtown Chicago. After five years in a large corporate firm handling international bond transactions, David doesn’t know what he wants – he just knows he can’t go back to his job. On the other side of town, Wally Figg is the junior partner of the two-man “boutique” law firm Finley and Figg. Primarily practiced in handling divorces or chasing ambulances, Wally wants to hit the jackpot and make the firm lots of money – put them on the map. In the real world, David and Wally might never meet, but in The Litigators, the two lives intersect thanks to John Grisham painting a humorous portrait of the seedy side of Finley and Figg. Grisham’s fiction rarely pulls him out of the courtroom, but for this book Grisham seems to have had a twinkle in his eye as he developed his characters – including Rochelle Gibson, the legal secretary, and Oscar Finley, the firm’s senior partner. Although there is suspense, Grisham finds a new pace in The Litigators without some of the darker elements of his previous novels. And for that, it is truly worth a read. Reviewed by Elizabeth Humphrey On Canaan’s Side: A Novel By Sebastian Barry Viking, $25.95, 256 pages Check this out! As Lilly Bere mourns her 20-somethingyear-old grandson who has just killed himself after coming back from the Gulf War, she reflects on her 89 years of life. Her life has been full of tragedy, loss and separation, from her native Ireland and from family members. As each chapter of her life has passed, she has kept forging on, but now that she nears the end she allows herself the indulgence of memory, planning to end her own life. So over the course of 17 days, she writes what she remembers of her loves, of her friends, of her family and of the work she has done to keep going and to keep surviving. The tale is heartbreaking and elegiac, but compelling. Author Sebastian Barry is also a playwright and poet, and it shows even here in his prose: the writing is lovely and mesmerizing, even as the tale is heavy with loss. On Canaan’s Side takes readers on a tour of Ireland, America, the 20th century — and, most importantly, the inner workings of the heart of a woman. Reviewed by Cathy Carmode Lim
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Swim Back to Me By Ann Packer Knopf, $24.95, 225 pages Check this out! The stories in this collection will break open your heart, resonate and linger long after the last page is finished. Readers will be introduced to teenagers who do not yet understand the complexities of relationships, how sex alters the innocent, and again, as they meet later in life, the answers of what became of them: a mother who is gripped by the loss of her teenage son and how his music collection helps her to grieve and feel him in the noise; the interlaced joy and apprehension of a soon-to-be-father, and the wife who lost a 5-month-old child years before. The stories are wide and consuming, a sea of grace and finely sculpted details that offer themselves up as small mercies. Packer has the talent of a fine composer, orchestrating her words to bend to the characters voices and stories. Nothing in this collection is forced, including the push to move onto the next page. Every word is carefully chosen and the characters are multidimensional as their pains throb from the page. Often I wanted to move to the next story, but each one held me a little longer; they invited me in and offered me to stay a while, to which I did. Reviewed by Sky Sanchez-Fischer
WEALTH, cont’d from page 1 As I was a personal financial consultant for over four years before leaving the profession in April 2008 – right before the roof fell in as it turned out – I can vouch for Harper’s advice. The great secret of financial planning is that there are no great secrets. Pay yourself first through savings, know your tolerance to risk, budget and don’t be seduced by the siren call of what’s new, what’s hot and what’s sexy. Harper believes more in equity markets and index funds than I do at present (that roof is still unrepaired); however the tools he provides are sound and they would do well by anyone who followed them. The narrative of the people Harper meets on the train and emails he exchanges with friends while on the journey provide the spiritual meat to the financial drink. These exchanges of opinion lend weight to the philosophy of what wealth truly means. Money and its accumulation is not the definition of wealth – true spiritual qualities and following a path of love are. It’s a good book. I was impressed by the end, to the point that were I still in the financial business I’d buy a crate or two and hand them out to clients. Reviewed by Hubert O’Hearn
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Christopher Carduff is therefore deserving of much praise for creating something that Updike lovers will surely treasure. Instead of reading it in one sitting, consider imbibing these pieces in small sips; give yourself a chance to savor the unique genius that was John Updike. Reviewed by Jordan Magill
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Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism By John Updike, Christopher Carduff (editor) Knopf, $40.00, 501 pages Check this out! If you are among the legions who paused in January 2009 to mourn John Updike’s passing, then Higher Gossip, a posthumous collection of essays, reviews, poems and other writings, will make you cry all over again. With Updike’s death, America lost one of its great – and most prolific – public intellectuals. Like a broken pinata, what pours from this volume is a bounty of surprising delights. For example, you might expect to read Updike on Fitzgerald,
Carver or Nabokov (which are just a few among those dealing with authors), but his brief piece on Kierkegaard offers a window into the author’s spiritual side. Almost 150 pages of reviews and meditations on art exhibitions and artists further speaks to his wide interests. Several previously uncollected poems similarly delight, as does a section titled “Pet Topics,” which includes considerations on subjects ranging from Albert Einstein to dinosaurs to Updike’s devotion to golf. As often as not, a volume such as this following a great writer’s death means a hastily collected hodgepodge of varying quality and importance. The editor
The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, etc. By Jonathan Lethem Doubleday, $32.50, 438 pages Check this out! The Brooklyn master of maximalist fiction with infinite allusions and appropriations (Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, Chronic City) has come out with a work of nonfiction previously published, unpublished early fiction, some new essays and a kind of readers guide to his fiction. Lethem known for his dense collage-like texts gives us his raves, simmering insights, author-in-the-marketplace perspective, voices and influences. He’s a rabid defender of cultural outcasts, weirdos and flaky writers like Philip Dick. We also read about his nonliterary influences such as comics, cinema, music — the stuff he’s a fan of. Lethem, one of my favorite
writers and one of the few writers I’d like to know, is both funny and unfettered in these pieces. If you like his fiction, you’ll love this stuff. If you’ve ever felt any “anxiety of influence,” you’ll appreciate his take — it always starts at the bottom and every book is a plunder of a previous book(s). Every book conceals another book — acknowledged or unacknowledged, conscious and surely unconscious — and Lethem, himself, is simply a master of higher cribbing. Read the infamous Harper’s essay “Ecstasy of Influence, a plagiarism” in this collection and discover yourself Lethem’s influences are also his reasons to be cheerful in this sometimes sad life. Reviewed by Phil Semler
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Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative By Lawrence Weschler Counterpoint, $26.00, 272 pages Check this out! Uncanny Valley is a collection of 23 literary nonfiction pieces of Lawrence Weschler’s articles from the past 15 years. Weschler, who is a prolific and award-winning writer, examines a wide range of topics in this collection — from the mundane to the amazing and extraordinary — and frequently introduces insight. Whether it is delving into digital animation, profiling a Yugoslav artist, human rights experiences in Rwanda or a journey with his own writer’s block, Weschler delivers for his readers. Weschler, a contributing editor to McSweney’s and Threepenny Review, also has been published in The New Yorker, Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly and many others. This volume is divided into several sections that may have a varied number of stories within. For example, while the “Uncanny Valley” has one article, “Some Probes Into the Terrain of Human Rights” has five. But the collection is far from uneven. Some of the articles are accompanied by black-and-white photos or illustrations. Weschler’s writing is captivating and alluring. Uncanny Valley is for those who love the craft of writing as much as they love reading compelling stories. Reviewed by Elizabeth Humphrey Exodus From the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth By Phillip Thomas Tucker Casemate Publishers, $16.95, 404 pages Check this out! From the first turn of a page, you might hear a shrill whistle descending from bombardier heights an instant before the explosive facts come pouring in to debunk the John Wayne-style spin placed on the Alamo massacre. Using Mexican reports and firsthand personal accounts, Tucker presents “a story far different than the one later told by legions of American writers ... and film-
makers who possessed a vested interest ... in creating and then romanticizing the last stand myth.” Tucker’s bold assessment, while undeniably true, “that the Alamo defenders were on the wrong side of the slavery issue,” goes down with all the aftertaste of a pork chop in a synagogue. In exposing the underbelly of our historical tendency to absolve “America of guilt from the ugliest legacies of Manifest Destiny, slavery and Indian removal,” Tucker describes such inglorious events as Colonel Neill, the man most responsible for setting the stage for the Alamo disaster, mounting his horse and “riding away from the Alamo and leaving the 26-year-old Travis in command.” In a dark twist of irony, Tucker reveals that over graves of most of those killed in the predawn slaughter, a parking lot now paves the forgotten ashes of their pyres. Reviewed by Casey Corthron Rome: A Cultural, Visual and Personal History By Robert Hughes Knopf, $35.00, 498 pages Check this out! Rome. The very name evokes images as varied as the city’s history: the pope, the Caesars, the Coliseum, and, more importantly to the author, the art. Rome: A Cultural, Visual and Personal History is a compendium of Roman history spanning 2,000 years, from the city’s mythic and ancient origins to its rise and fall as the center of power in the ancient world, through the onset of Christianity, lingering on the Renaissance, gliding through the rise and fall of Fascism, and ending with postwar Rome in the 20th century.
But as wide ranging as Roman history has been, the author laments “a city which, to a startling extent, seems to be losing touch with its own nature, and in some respects has surrendered to its own iconic popularity among its visitors.” The author’s obvious love for the city and its “ambitious” history is tempered by his contemplations on how the city, not well designed for tourism, has lost itself within the crush of visitors. Yet this nostalgia does nothing to detract from a central theme of the book: that the things done in Rome will never be done again. This book is perfect for the lover of Roman history. Reviewed by Axie Barclay The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution By Brion McClanahan Regnery History, $24.95, 272 pages Check this out! As modern politics become ever more partisan, many of the major issues being debated today are inevitably being brought back to their roots: the Constitution. But to many, our Constitution is a vague, d if f ic u lt-to -u nderst a nd document. What were the Founding Fathers really thinking when they wrote about “the right to keep and bear arms” and Congress’ power to “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper”? Many politicians like to twist the words of the Constitution to support their own position, but the truth is that the best way to interpret the Constitution comes from the mouths of the Founding Fathers themselves. In The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution, Brion McClanahan sets out to do just that. He takes all of the key clauses in this document and interprets them, using key historical writings from the authors that were published during the years the Constitution was being debated among the states. The author, who holds three separate degrees in history and American history, has clearly done his research here. While the resulting book is a little too dry and dense for light reading, you can’t argue with the words of the Founding Fathers. All modern politicians would benefit from reading this thorough book; it’s highly recommended for anyone interested in the way our country is run today. Reviewed by Holly Scudero The New Deal: A Modern History By Michael Hiltzik Free Press, $30.00, 448 pages Check this out! Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik demonstrates that the New Deal was not solely created in the mind of FDR but was the work of an inner circle of incredible advisers. Briefly, some of the advisers for framing his New Deal programs were Rexford Tugwell, an agricultural
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economist and part of FDR’s brain trust of Columbia academics, who devised policy recommendations for FDR’s 1932 election; Harry Hopkins, FDR’s closest adviser and works program administrator; Treasury Secretary Henry Morganthau, who focused on foreign policy; and Frances Perkins, the US secretary of labor and the first woman to serve in a cabinet position. The New Deal succeeded in bringing an end to the Great Depression by taking Americans off the gold standard, by providing a stimulus program for building largescale public works and by providing relief for the unemployed. Under the New Deal, the US economy grew by 8 percent yearly between 1933 and 1937, and the stock market responded quite positively while the Dow Jones average nearly quadrupled. In conclusion, many of FDR’s programs for the New Deal were borrowed from the Republican administration of Herbert Hoover, whose goal was a balanced budget and the end of antitrust enforcement. This excellent book ends with a very comprehensive bibliography, which should prove useful to those desiring information on the New Deal. This is the best one-volume history of the New Deal since the 1950 publication of Arthur Schlesinger’s history of FDR’s first two terms. Reviewed by Claude Ury Grant’s Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant’s Heroic Last Year By Charles Bracelen Flood Da Capo Press, $27.50, 320 pages Check this out! Grant was a warrior. He proved as much during the Civil War and his presidency, and, most poignantly, during the last year of his life. Unbeknownst to many until near the end of his final year, Grant was stricken with mouth, throat and tongue cancer that often left him unable to swallow, chew or even breathe without pain. He twice shrugged off death, much to the surprise of his doctors and, in fact, to the country, after erroneous newspaper reports of his death leaked out. Many would ask what kept him going, and Flood has given us the answer: he was writing his memoirs. This task took on special significance after Grant was left essentially penniless after falling victim to a Ponzi scheme. Grant had mainly left the work of telling his life’s story to others until he saw it was perhaps the See GRANT, cont’d on page 15
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman By Robert K. Massie Random House, $35.00, 625 pages Check this out! It is easy to understand why Catherine II of Russia was called Catherine the Great. Although she refused to be referred to as such during her lifetime, what she achieved during her 35 years as leader of Russia is laudable. Catherine was a liberal, following the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers like Voltaire and Diderot, with whom she was personal friends. Although she believed in autocracy, she prided herself on being “a benevolent despot,” which she was. It was important to her that her subjects were behind her, and before making most decisions that would affect them, she made sure she was in touch with the needs of every class. Brought to the throne at age 14 from Germany, she was forced to marry the nephew of Queen Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Peter the Great. Her husband to be was a major piece of work, not to mention hideously scarred from smallpox. Once they married, he showed no interest in her, and his idea of after-hours marital activities included playing toy soldiers on the bed. At 33, with the support of the people, she overthrew her husband and became queen. Within a week her husband was dead at the hands of her current lover, Gregory Orlov, and his brothers. During her time on the throne Catherine accomplished a remarkable amount. She built a university and she formed alliances with Prussia, Poland, France and England. She avoided wars with everyone but Turkey who attacked first. She assembled a congress with representatives from all three classes, including the serfs. She took a six-month tour of the whole of Russia, where towns, schools and churches had been built via her orders. After losing her husband, it’s no wonder that Catherine didn’t want to remarry. She had a succession of boy toys, who kept getting younger as she aged. She was a true 18th century cougar. This biography is what readers have come to expect from the author: meticulously re-
searched and imminently readable. It comes highly recommended. Reviewed by Leslie Wolfson Blue Nights By Joan Didion Knopf, $25.00, 188 pages Check this out! A great book from one of the greatest living American authors: Joan Didion. In this beautiful prose poem, Didion confronts the issues surrounding our common mortality and sense of loss, both present and the anxiety of anticipated future loss. This reader first discovered Didion’s writing when a professor assigned “compare and contrast” the styles of a journalist with their fiction. He said there were no female writers in this category, only to later apologize and bring Joan Didion to my attention. Reading Play It As It Lays and Slouching Toward Bethlehem was a discovery of her masterful command of any category, including her later political writings. There are so many wonderful passages in Blue Nights and even unexpected laughout-loud moments. In her personal life, Didion has suffered staggering losses of close friends; a beautiful niece, Dominique Dunne; her brother-inlaw; her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne; and most incomprehensibly, her beautiful daughter, Quintana Roo, at age 39. In her previous book The Year of Magical Thinking, Didion deals with the loss of her husband. In Blue Nights, Didion traces the life of her daughter in a quilt of remembered visions, fragments and stories that thread through the narrative like ribbons of persistent yet elusive memories. The repetition of certain phrases or memories serve as a Greek chorus punctuating her remembered stories: “Let me just be in the ground and go to sleep.” Sacramento-born Didion has an uncertain relationship with her birthplace. The most important Sacramento writer since Mark Twain has written of the five generations of Didions selling off their land, including the family cemetery. She has written of a California of endless freeways and fragmented connections. Yet despite her New York residence, she will always be
essentially a California writer whose deep knowledge of the California mobility and uncertainty, which defines our lives and creates our losses, lends her theme of impermanence: “the center does not hold.” Blue Nights is an important book and a testament to the power and craft of this great writer. Blue nights are the long, dark, evening hours before and after Summer Solstice. Didion tells us that they do not occur in California, the land of endless summers. Blue nights are a foreboding of chill and endless change. As Didion remembers her daughter, she also writes of the terrors of aging – also an un-Californian thing to do. In these moments the book becomes intensely personal, yet so vivid for those of us in this transition. Blue Nights is a remarkable achievement. It is a classic and the crowning achievement of her 14 other published books. Reviewed by Julia McMichael The Arrogant Years: One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, From Cairo to Brooklyn By Lucette Lagnado Ecco, $25.99, 352 pages Check this out! Recalling her youthful transition from affluent life in Cairo to penurious residence in Williamsburg, NY, reporter Lucette Lagnado dramatically renders the cultural differences between the two civilizations. Driven from the formerly safe Egyptian haven by
the revolts in Egypt and the Israeli presence, formerly secure Jewish citizens were forced to join the diaspora. The author vividly describes the clash of values and recaptures the intimate bonds forged between mothers and daughters as they struggle to find their place in the world. Not only is this a compelling story of a rebellious, free-spirited girl who gains understanding through her arrogant youthful years, but a moving memoir recording the power of maternal-daughter bonding through the generations. The author’s mother, a brilliant scholar, holds as her talisman her youthful memory of once holding the key to the Pasha’s library, but marriage annulled that honor. Instead, the mother she adored read books rather than ate food. Nonetheless, the tenacity and principles that guided her mother and grandmother have left an indelible impression on the daughter. This is a poignant story that will impress the reader with its eloquent and tender evocation of growing up in an immigrant culture. Reviewed by Aron Row
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Blah Blah Blah: What to Do When Words Don’t Work By Dan Roam Portfolio, $29.95, 333 pages Check this out! Dan Roam readily admits that he believes in the power of pictures. Since Roam’s best-selling book The Back of the Napkin, he has wondered, “Why don’t more people think with pictures?” Roam’s Blah Blah Blah: What to Do When Words Don’t Work sets out to answer that question by combining the visual with the verbal and introducing readers to three tools: the Blah-Blahmeter, Vivid Grammar and the Vivid FOREST. In fact, the Vivid FOREST is a Venn-diagram extension of the 6x6 rule Roam explained in his first book. Blah Blah Blah is Roam’s treasure map that encourages reader participation into mastering these three elements on their path to improving how we share our ideas. Roam spends one book on each element, instructing how to make the most of our verbal and visual minds. Roam’s line illustrations and explanations bolster his claims and make this an entertaining and fun read. Part Four wraps up the concepts, and Roam includes three appendixes, including one that creates connections for readers to his first book and other helpful information. Reviewed by Elizabeth Humphrey
Content Marketing for Dummies By Susan Gunelius Wiley, $24.99, 346 pages Check this out! With the explosion of online content, more and more businesses are looking for ways to tame their own content marketing. Content Marketing for Dummies by Susan Gunelius is the in-depth reference you may need if you are interested in building a content marketing strategy for your business. Gunelius is a 20-year marketing veteran and author of other books in the For Dummies series. Gunelius thoroughly unpacks the concepts and tools to create a plan you can use for creating, managing and analyzing your content. The seven parts of the book take you through the planning stages of marketing with video, audio and online events, as well as using Twitter and other short-form content. Besides addressing integration methods and building a content management team, Gunelius also explains in detail how to engage in online conversations and how to use Web writing. Along the way, Gunelius introduces readers to various available online resources — many of them free — and a useful glossary. She even gives three quickstart plans: one for those focused on blogs, one focused on Facebook and one concentrated on YouTube. This book is a great introduction for those wondering how to get started in content marketing. Reviewed by Elizabeth Humphrey
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Saturday, Feb. 11 10 a.m. Rudisill Regional Library 1520 N. Hartford • 918.549.7645
Hill Harper, an award-winning author and actor, will receive the 2012 Sankofa Freedom Award, given by the AfricanAmerican Resource Center and the Tulsa Library Trust. The award is given biennially during Black History Month to a nationally acclaimed African-American whose life’s work addresses the complexity of cultural, political and economic issues affecting the African-American community. Harper will talk about his life and works, answer questions from the audience and sign books. Copies of his books will be available for purchasing. Harper stars as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes on the CBS drama “CSI: NY.” He is the author of “The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in its Place,” “The Conversation: How Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships” and other best-selling books. Co-sponsored by Sally Frasier, Leslie and Jerome Wade, Williams Companies, Carol A. Ainsworth, Maxine E. Horner, Donald Horner Jr. and Millard Latimer Sr.
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The Food52 Cookbook: 140 Winning Recipes From Exceptional Home Cooks By Amanda Hesser, Merrill Stubbs William Morrow, $35.00, 440 pages Check this out! Here is a most unusual, even unique, cookbook. Food52 Cookbook recipes are the result of the cooking community’s best of the best. The authors have undertaken an interesting experiment through their blog: a weekly recipe contest for a year, testing many of the more promising ones, and choosing the best as the winner of the week’s contest. They chose two or three top ones for their cookbook. In addition, for an unusually good recipe they added a trophy winner called the Wildcard Winner. For each recipe the head notes give a little bit of the recipe and in some cases a quote from the cook. Below the recipe there is a brief Tips and Techniques and another short blurb about the cook submitting the recipe. These are good recipes and listed in order of the week of the contest; thus the recipes are random. They range from very simple (Salted Almonds) to time consuming (Braised Moroccan Chicken and Olives), but are mostly within reach of the least ambitious cook. The recipes are well-written, easy to follow and rarely require you to search for special ingredients. The excellent, extensive index helps you find anything quickly. Reviewed by George Erdosh Best Food Writing 2011 By Holly Hughes (editor) Da Capo Lifelong, $16.00, 305 pages Check this out! If you’re hungry for another serving of the delectable offerings you have undoubtedly become accustomed to from this savory collection, then you’ve come to the right table. So sit up straight and strap on the bib … this is one delicious fete. Holly Hughes has gathered
some of the industry’s finest culinary-inspired stories and essays in this year’s dish: a real farmer’s market of variety here. With seven sections to choose from – including “Home Cooking,” “Food Fights,” “Stocking the Pantry,” “Guilty Pleasures” and more – there is sure to be something to satisfy every palate, from novice to connoisseur. Each tidbit is a flavorful slice of life with the emphasis on the author’s personal adventure, insight or experience. There is something for everyone between these pages. Don’t believe me? How about “800 Words on Tater Tots (No, Seriously)”? Or this little taster: “Fact: We all crave fast food. It’s as human as hangnails, bad hair days and squabbles with the mother-in-law.” And what the heck is “broccolini” anyhow? Enter the world of fodder, never intellectually scrutinized, and in edible bites … no overwhelming aftertaste here, just a smoothly savoring sampler. Enough said. Now dig in. Reviewed by Sky Sanchez-Fischer
Berti highlights recipes from a classic, full Italian meal: antipasto; primo, which consists of soup, risotto or pasta; a second or main course, which is accompanied by a contorno or vegetable side dish; and to end the meal, dolce or dessert. Favorites like Asparagi Saltati, Pasta Al Fuoco, Spiedini and Sorbetto Al Mandarino will stoke your culinary desires. Brilliant photographs accompany each dish, making this cookbook a visual treat. The element that stands out and piques my interest is Berti’s narrative introducing each season. I’m left with a sense of who she is as a cook and an individual. It’s a fascinating glimpse of life tucked away in Tuscany. Reviewed by LuAnn Schindler Quick-Fix Gluten Free By Robert M. Landolphi Andrews McMeel Publishing, $16.99, 203 pages Check this out! Fearful of French toast? Chills from cheesecakes? Paralyzed over pie? No more! Author and chef Rob Landolphi shows how to tweak everyday, wheat-laden foods into something delicious and edible for those who are gluten intolerant. His healthy recipes and ingredients have little or no emphasis on processed ingredients and more emphasis on whole foods that are low in sugar, low in carbohydrates and are healthy even for those without gluten intolerance, mak-
My Tuscan Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes From the Castello di Vicarello By Aurora Baccheschi Berti, Julian Niccolini Rizzoli, $35.00, 287 pages Check this out! When Aurora Berti and her husband purchased the castle of Vicarello in Maremma, Tuscany, it was a mere shell, a crumbling of ruins. Thirteen years later, Berti and her husband, along with their three children, moved into the renovated castle that is now a luxury resort. Now, Berti shares over 100 superb Italian recipes in My Tuscan Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes From the Castella di Vicarello. Organized by seasons, Berti breaks down the earth’s cycle, explaining what’s happening in the garden and on the grounds, describing land preparation, growing methods and harvesting techniques. It’s a down-to-earth and sensual compendium of recipes that will ignite your passion for fresh and natural ingredients. Tulsa Book Review • February 2012 • 15
ing enjoyable foods for the whole family that are quick and gourmet. This book presents a tasty and decadent array of meal selections that promote a gluten-free diet through simple recipes. These aren’t cheap, fast-food alternatives and don’t fall back on the “junk food” gluten-free foods, but instead consist of healthy, whole-food options, along with helpful tips and lists to stocking the gluten-free pantry. This is not a meat-and-potatoes cookbook, but instead offers recipes in a 30-minute-or-less style. Recipes such as pistachio and mustard encrusted lamb chops or parmesan potato gnocchi with roasted garlic butter have a short ingredients list that don’t fall back on corn-based products and are easy to prepare with high-quality results. Reviewed by Axie Barclay GRANT, cont’d from page 12 only way he could provide for his wife after his death. It was that unwillingness to fail, that intense desire to see his beloved Julia cared for, that kept him writing. Grant finished his memoirs four days before he died. Flood’s account of Grant’s final year does justice to his subject’s heroic story. Reviewed by Margo Orlando Littell
Circle of Honor Ceremony Honoring
Kirke Kickingbird Saturday, March 3 • 10:30 a.m. Central Library, second floor • Fourth Street and Denver Avenue Tulsa City-County Library will induct attorney Kirke Kickingbird into the Circle of Honor. Induction into the Circle of Honor is a celebration of the honoree’s actions in the face of adversity, and commitment to the preservation of American Indian culture and legacy for future generations.
College of the Muscogee Nation’s Food Sovereignty Exhibit
March 1-31 • Central Library, second floor
Central Library Book Discussion Group Featuring “Empire of the Summer Moon” by S.C. Gwynne Thursday, March 8 • 2-3 p.m. Central Library, Plaza Room
Native American Athletes: Their Contributions to Sports History Presented by James W. McIntosh
Monday, March 12 • 6-7 p.m. Skiatook Library • 316 E. Rogers • 918.549.7676
How to Locate Historical American Indian Documents
Tuesday, March 13 • 10 a.m.-noon Central Library, Lecture Room
Cherokee Flute-Making Workshop Presented by Choogie Kingfisher
For Ages 13 and Older • Preregistration Required Saturday, March 17 OR Saturday, March 24 • 1-3 p.m. Maxwell Park Library • 1313 N. Canton • 918.549.7610
The Past and Future of the Pawnee Nation and Pawnee Scouts Tuesday, March 20 • 2-3 p.m. Helmerich Library • 5131 E. 91st St. • 918.549.7631
Books People Are Talking About Featuring American Indian Historical Fiction Wednesday, March 21 • 12:15-1:15 p.m. Helmerich Library • 5131 E. 91st St. • 918.549.7631
Novel Talk Presents: Going Home – Untangling the Personal, Communal and Spiritual Dimensions of Home Monday, March 26 • 7 p.m. Central Library, Aaronson Auditorium
Indigenous Food Sustainability: Part 2 Presented by Ben Yahola Saturday, March 31 • 2-3:30 p.m. South Broken Arrow Library 3600 S. Chestnut • 918.549.7662
Celebrating the History, Culture, Arts and Achievements of American Indians For event descriptions or more details, visit http://tulsalibrary.org/airc or call 918-549-7323. Sponsored by the Tulsa Library Trust, American Indian Resource Center, Maxine and Jack Zarrow Family Foundation, Cherokee Builders Inc., Bank of Oklahoma, Dr. Frank and Mary Shaw, College of the Muscogee Nation, Pawnee Nation, Friends of the Helmerich Library and Tulsa City-County Library Green Team.