To the Library and Beyond Prairie Community Library, Inc. – Your nonprofit, all volunteer source. Please join us on Thursday 11 December at 10 AM for this month’s meeting of the Board of directors of Prairie Community Library, Inc. Story Hour has been canceled for 23 and 30 December. We miss seeing middle grade and teen readers. Please come on in after school or on Saturdays to see all the additions we’ve made in this category of readers. We’ve been steadily increasing our collection of Nancy Drew Mystery stories. Also new is a small chapter- book, Because of Winn-Dixie, a story about a girl and a dog. Carl Sandburg’s classic, Rootabaga Stories, is sure to enchant with his American humor and wit. Another classic for the season is A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by the Welsh poet & writer, Dylan Thomas; this one is enjoyable for older readers, adults & families in the way readings of Dicken’s Christmas Carol have become traditions. Plus, discover plenty of other fiction & nonfiction new and older titles. We’d also love to know what other books you’d like us to carry. Joan has reviewed the 2014 reprint of an 1853 book, 12 Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup. Mr. Northup offered this account of his origination as a free Negro in New York State where he was kidnapped by a slave runner. He was taken to southern Louisiana where he was sold as a slave in 1841. The author details his life as a slave for 12 years prior to his subsequent emancipation in 1853. This story goes into detail about slavery in Louisiana during those years, including the cruel treatment of many slaves. The author and other slaves bore many whippings by their owners for the slightest provocations and sometimes for no reason at all. This is a very illuminating book, and gives a greater understanding of the conditions leading to the American Civil War. Pat G. gives us a thumbs-up for Born To Trot by Marguerite Henry; you’ll find this book in the Juvenile section of our Library. December is Learn a Foreign Language Month. Sunday 7 December is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day as well as Letter Writing Day. December 8 – 14 is Computer Science Education Week. Wednesday 10 December is Dewey Decimal System Day. Thursday 11 is the Last Quarter Moon. Saturday 13 is the birthday of the U.S. National Guard. The volunteers who manage and operate Prairie Community Library aspire to making you first whenever you request our services. We are here to serve you, because we are YOUR community library. Send your volunteer message to cottonwoodlib@gmail.com. “Volunteering helps us nurture new and existing relationships.” Please recommend improvements to the Library’s direction, priorities and customer service. Thank you all! | COTTONWOOD
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