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Authors at the
Teague Series Saturday, June 7 at 2 p.m
Local authors Shelley Mosley,
John Charles, Joanne Hamilton-Selway and Sandra Van Winkle will
discuss their book The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Ultimate
Reading List.
Are you looking for books for
summer reading? Have you run out of books by your favorite
author? The Velma Teague Library is presenting the perfect
program for you on Saturday, June 7 at 2 p.m. As part of the
Authors at the Teague series, the authors of The Complete Idiot's
Guide to The Ultimate Reading List, will be appearing at the
library. Local authors Shelley Mosley, John Charles, Joanne
Hamilton-Selway and Sandra Van Winkle will discuss their book,
which will be available for purchase. This is the busy
person's guide to what to read. Included are suggestions in
romance, biography, humor, mystery and true crime categories. The
authors, who have extensive writing backgrounds, might even share
some writing tips.
Join us at the Velma Teague Branch Library, 7010 N. 58th Ave.,
Glendale at 2 p.m. on June 7. Call 623-390-3431 for further
details.
Authors @ the
Teague Spotlights Former Branch Manger
Former Velma Teague Branch
manager - Shelley Mosley
GLENDALE, Ariz. – “The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Ultimate Reading List” sounds
like a necessity in everybody’s home. Meet the local authors who
penned this literary list of “great reads for busy people.”
Former Velma Teague Branch manager,
Shelley Mosley, will be returning to the downtown library at 7010
N. 58th Ave., to discuss her book at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 7.
She did not write this labor of love alone. City of Glendale
employee Sandra Van Winkle and Scottsdale Public Library staffers
John Charles and Joanne Hamilton-Selway also participated.
The book is a guide to help on-the-go
people find great fiction and non-fiction reads. It is filled with
recommendations for books that will entertain the reader,
including mysteries, westerns, suspense, romance, women’s
fiction and chick lit, and science fiction. Non-fiction topics
cover animals, art, biography, memoirs, business, true crime and
more. Each entry has a summary of the book, its significance and a
comment.
Mosley and Charles are
editors/contributors for “Romance Today: An A-Z Guide to
Contemporary American Romance Writers.” They co-authored “The
Suffragists in Literature for Youth” and write reviews for a
variety of publications.
Hamilton-Selway has been a librarian for
25 years. Named Romance Writers of America’s 2005 Librarian of
the Year, she has reviewed books and interviewed authors for more
than 10 years.
Van Winkle began writing seriously 20
years ago as a bibliographer in a variety of subject area.
The book will be available for purchase
and signing at the program. No reservations are necessary. For
more information, call 623-930-3431.
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Gillian Horton Is the
March Employee of the Month for Glendale Public Library
 GLENDALE,
Ariz. – Gillian Horton, a
Library Assistant III at Glendale Main Library, has been chosen as
the March Employee of the Month for the Glendale Public Library
System. Marianna Hancin, Bibliographic Services Administrator,
nominated her.
“Gillian is very deserving of the
Employee of the Month award because of her adaptability,
flexibility and consistent good humor in times of continual
change,” says Hancin. She goes on to say, “The Technical
Services Department frequently reorganizes because of an
ever-changing range of tasks. Gillian is one of those people that
you can always ask to take on a new duty without complaint.”
When asked to describe her job, Horton, a
Glendale resident, laughed that she is “a jack of all trades.”
She is not joking.
Up until a year ago, she was in charge of
the receiving area for the library, plus managing the couriers.
That alone was a full time job. Reorganization put her in-charge
of checking in hundreds of magazines each month, in addition to
her regular duties. Checking in magazines sounds simple enough—until
one considers what is involved. She had to look for title changes,
publication frequency changes, issues lost or damaged in the mail,
subscriptions not arriving, wrong dates on renewal notices,
special issues, unnumbered issues, publishers combining
subscriptions, theft of issues, issues not available, titles
ceasing publication—and the list goes on.
Once she mastered her new role, it
changed. She became involved in payment, invoicing and problem
resolution of serials, but not the daily check-in.
“As problems arise,” says Hancin, “Gillian
settles them quickly. Nothing seems to faze her, and no request is
too large. Gillian truly deserves Employee of the Month for her
outstanding work ethic and willingness to pitch in at any time on
any task.”
Vacation Fun Is
Back – Summer Reading
Programs Return May 27
GLENDALE, Ariz.
– It is not officially summer yet, but the outdoor temperatures
have already started heating up. The school year is ending, and it
will not be long before parents hear “I’m bored. There’s
nothing to do!” Parents just need to look to the library for
ideas of summer fun for their youngsters and themselves.
Glendale Public Library is offering a
reading program for every member of the family, from babes in arms
to seniors. Beginning Tuesday, May 27, materials for the free
programs can be picked up at Glendale Main Library, 5959 W. Brown
St.; Foothills Branch Library, 19055 N. 57th
Ave., and Velma Teague Branch Library, 7010 N. 58th Ave. The
reading-incentive programs end on July 26 for children and teens,
and on July 27 for adults.
The Arizona Diamondbacks and “The
Arizona Republic” are sponsoring “Extra! Extra! Read Your Way
to the Ballpark! 2008 Summer Reading Program.” Designed for
infants through age 18 in Maricopa County, the program is open to
any child who knows how to read or has someone read to him/her.
Youths just pick up a reading game folder and start reading. Every
20 minutes, 50 pages or one book of reading or listening advances
the reader one space on the game board. Fun prizes are given out
for each seven spaces advanced. At the finish line, children
receive a free ticket to a Diamondbacks game, plus a chance to
attend an Arizona Republic Baseball Kids’ Clinic. In addition to
the baseball ticket, youths receive an interactive sticker, rubber
ducky, horse puzzle and a barrel of monkeys.
Glendale teens will enjoy the Teen Summer
Reading 2008 program.” This year’s theme is music, with
artwork and prizes that reflect that topic. Sonic, Chipotle and
Harkins Theatres are providing the motivation prizes.
Incentives are tied to reading by hours
or number of pages. Teenagers receive a packet of prizes for the
first six hours or the first 600 pages read. At each 6 hour or 600
page mark, another set of prizes is awarded. They will reach the
end of the program after 24 hours or 2,400 pages read. When the
reading record is completed, teens are entered into the grand
prize drawing for an iPod and an iTunes gift card
Teens can also enter bonus drawings by
writing brief reviews of the books they read. Each review enters
them into a genre prize pack drawing for a mystery/horror, science
fiction/fantasy, romance, realistic fiction, comics/manga or good
reads prize pack. There are no limits to how many reviews a teen
can write.
The theme of this year’s adult summer
reading program is “Reading Alfresco.” The adult program
offers reading and picnic-related prizes, which will be given away
in drawings. Participants enter weekly drawings for each book
read; after finishing six books, readers are entered into a grand
prize drawing, which will take place at each Glendale library.
This year’s grand prize is a picnic basket and gift card to
Trader Joe’s. Everyone who completes the program receives a
small lunch cooler.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays will be filled with special programming for
youngsters. Besides the regular storytimes, children will enjoy a
variety of programs for all interests. A calendar is available
with specific dates and times, but look for an assortment of
entertainment: The Great Arizona Puppet Theater, yo-yo magician
Michael Steele, puppeteer and storyteller Glenda Bonin, Gary
Sprague and his horse Dusty, Dana Smith and his dog Lacey,
Folklorico Lindo y Querido, Reptile Adventures, Ronald MacDonald,
master ventriloquist Jerry Layne and Company, Juggles James Reid,
Japanese Taiko Drumming with Eileen Morgan, Mother Goose (Jan
Sandwich), plus other equally enjoyable performers and programs .
Teens will have a wide variety of
choices: volunteering at the library, summer shape up classes
(including jiu-jitsu, yoga and capoeria), Battle of the Bands:
Digital DJ, video game tournaments, book groups, crafts (decorated
flip flops, silkscreen printed t-shirts, felt animal mascots,
Japanese silk braiding bracelets), journal writing, mastering
smoothies and other fun and challenging activities.
For adults, Foothills Branch Library will
bring back season three of its immensely popular film discussion
series, screening award-winning movies from across the decades.
Always a crowd-pleaser, “The Unexplained” series will be held
at the Main Library from June-August. Book discussion groups,
business programs, assorted musical programs and lectures will
also be offered for adults over the summer months.
To find out the dates and times for all
the free programs, pick up the summer reading and program
schedules at any Glendale library or go to www.glendaleaz.com/library
and click on “Library Programs and Events.”
For more information, call your closest
library:
Glendale Main Library, 623-930-3537
Foothills Branch Library, 623-930-3837
Velma Teague Branch Library, 623-930-3437
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