The office of the Central Plains Library System is coordinating a state-wide group purchase of Folkmanis puppets [https://www.folkmanis.com/] this year. If you are interested in getting any of these amazing puppets to include in your story time or virtual programming related to this summer’s theme, Adventure Begins at Your Library, now is the time to order them to get the best discount.
Check your email to see the discount. Central Plains Library System will cover the shipping to your library.
Here at the System Office we know that time is valuable. Saving our CPLS librarians time is the driving force behind this popular System Service. The cardstock and pompom mitten project for January went over really well and now, it is time to start thinking about February.
The craft for February is called “Puppy Love.” Deb will use the System’s Die Cutting Equipment to cut the cardstock hearts from assorted colors. You will use scissors, glue, a black marker, and the provided stickers to complete this project. It is 8.25″ wide by 5.5″ high when finished.
Place your order for the craft by emailing Deb at cplsasst@gmail.com. Tell Deb how many preschoolers you have and she will get the craft kit to you ASAP. There is no charge for this service. The deadline for the Puppy Love craft is January 29, 2024.
You now have access to a publication called Booklist Reader. Click on this link and find your next book to purchase! Each month, issues are packed with author interviews, top 10 lists, essential reading lists, feature articles and recommendations for high-demand, newly released books published during the cover month in a section named Reserve These Reads. In addition, every issue of Booklist Reader includes rich and diverse recommendations based on monthly editorial themes.
In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed in this exhilarating, funny, and emotional novel by the bestselling author of She’s Up to No Good.
When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi’s son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save their daughter’s reputation, it’s Philadelphia’s strict premier matchmaker. Either that or Marilyn can kiss college goodbye.
To Marilyn’s surprise, Ada’s not the humorless septuagenarian her mother described. Not with that platinum-blonde hair, Hermès scarf, and Cadillac convertible. She’s sharp, straight-talking, takes her job very seriously, and abides by her own rules…mostly. As the summer unfolds, Ada and Marilyn head for the Jersey shore, where Marilyn helps Ada scope out eligible matches―for anyone but Marilyn, that is.
Because if there’s one thing Marilyn’s learned from Ada, it’s that she doesn’t have to settle. With the school year quickly approaching and her father threatening to disinherit her, Marilyn must make her choice for her future: return to the comfortable life she knows or embrace a risky, unknown path on her own.
This description of Don’t Forget to Write is from Amazon.
The System has 10 copies for you to borrow. Call or email to reserve this set for your book club.
The major motion picture based on this book is currently in theaters. The Central Plains Library System has a Book Set with 10 copies of this title available to borrow now!
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered.
As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
This brief description is from the back of the book.
Call the System Office or email Denise at denise.cpls@gmail.com to reserve this set for your Book Club’s preferred date.
Learn songs that incorporate movement, actions, American Sign Language, scarves, instruments, and more!
This is an encore presentation from the CPLS Conference held at the Kearney Public Library on October 19th. If you were unable to attend the conference or if you went to a different session while you were there, this is your opportunity to get some great ideas of how to include music in your preschool story time programs. (1 CEU)
This will be a Virtual Workshop on Zoom. To see it live via Zoom, click below to register and you will receive the Zoom link in your email box. We will submit the CEUs, so please include the names of all people who will be attending on the same Zoom link at your location.
The Central Plains Library System has a set with 10 books. Call the office or email Denise or Deb to reserve this set for your Book Club.
Nebraska Public Media Book Club Kit
Inspired by the new Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo
Book | Great Plains Bison by Dan O’Brien Film | Seed Warriors by Rebekka Schlichting (Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska)
This book club kit explores the themes of conservation, restoration and respect. What can we learn from the stories of bison and the Pawnee seed keepers? How can conservation be practiced today? The downloadable, print-at-home book club guide includes: · Discussion questions written by filmmaker Rebekka Schlichting · Additional reading suggestions and organizations to explore · Two recipes from Chef Anthony Warrior
About the book & film · Great Plains Bison, written by buffalo rancher Dan O’Brien (also featured in The American Buffalo), traces the history and ecology of this American symbol from the origins of the great herds that once dominated the prairie to its near extinction in the late 19th century and the subsequent efforts to restore the bison population. A project of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska; published by Bison Books. · Seed Warriors, directed by Rebekka Schlichting (Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska), follows a group of seed keepers in their ancestral homelands of Nebraska as they seek to regain sovereignty over the food system. By reclaiming their sacred corn seeds, they work to return to the healthy, traditional lifeways of the Pawnee people. Learn more at PawneeSeed.org. Produced in collaboration with Nebraska Public Media for the HOMEGROWN: Future Visions digital shorts series. HOMEGROWN: Future Visions is a Co-Production of Firelight Media and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB), In Association with PBS.
The System has another new Book Club Set. We just received 8 copies of Schooled by Gordon Korman. Call or email if you would like to reserve this set.
Capricorn Anderson had never watched a television show before. He’d never tasted a pizza. He had never even heard of a wedgie. And he had never, in his wildest dreams, thought of living anywhere but Garland Farm commune with his hippie caretaker, Rain.
Capricorn (Cap for short) lived every day of his life on Garland Farm growing fruits and vegetables. He was homeschooled by Rain, the only person he knew in the world. Life was simple for Cap. But when Rain falls out of a tree while picking plums and is hospital-ridden, he has to attend the local middle school and live with his new guidance counselor and her irritable daughter. While Cap knew a lot about Zen Buddhism, no amount of formal education could ready him for the trials and tribulations of public middle school.
Cap doesn’t exactly fit in at Claverage Middle School (dubbed C Average by the kids). He has long, ungroomed hair, wears hemp clothes, and practices Tai Chi out on the lawn. His weirdness basically makes him the biggest nerd in school. This is great news for Zach Powers, big man on campus. He can’t wait to instate the age-old tradition in C-Average School: The biggest nerd is nominated for class president — and wins. So when Cap becomes president, he is more puzzled than ever. But as Cap begins to take on his duties, the joke starts to turn on Zach.
Will Cap turn out to be the greatest President in the history of C-Average School? Or the biggest punchline?
