News to Discover
Happy September!
Before I say anything else, please join me in
giving a huge welcome to Miss Josie, the new
Children’s Library Assistant. We are thrilled
to have her here, and we look forward to putting her talents to use in the World of Discovery.
Our children’s programming resumes this
month! Along with our usual slate of Storytimes, Scrapbooking, and monthly movie, we
have added a few new programs. These include a Kid’s Book Club, Bedtime Storytime,
and Paws to Read Reading Therapy Dogs.
For full information about all of the programs,
please check out our monthly calendar available in the World of Discovery, or our website:
http://www.mylakelibrary.org.
Recommended Educational
(and fun)
Websites for Kids
http://www.fcatexplorer.com/
http://www.kidsknowit.com/
http://www.funbrain.com
“Catch the Reading Bug”
Wrap-Up
Thank you and congratulations to
all our wonderful Summer Readers
and their families. We had almost 500 children participate in the reading program,
which is more than quadruple the number
from last summer! Our program attendance
also increased, this by 30%. Thank you also
to all of our parents who lent a hand when
we got a little crazy!
Congratulations to our Grand Prize winners:
Bitty Bugs: Annabelle N.
Little Bugs: Angelica T.
Big Bugs: Asad H.
The biggest thank you of all goes
out to our Friends of the Cagan Crossings
Community Library—they funded the entire
program, and it would not have been possible
without them.
Ms. Eleanor and I had a wonderful summer
helping you “Catch the Reading Bug”, and we
look forward to reading with you next summer!
The winning name for our World
of Discovery dragon is “Fireball”.
Thanks to everyone who voted!
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http://www.starfall.com
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
http://www.pecentral.org/websites/
kidsites.html
Cagan Crossings Community Library
16729 Cagan Oaks
Clermont, FL 34714
352-243-1840
Toll Free 877-292-7930
Fax 352-243-3230
Katherine Spurgeon,
Regional Branch Manager
www.mylakelibrary.org
World of Discovery staff:
Miss Kerri—Youth Services Librarian
[email protected]
Ms. Eleanor—Children’s Library Assistant
[email protected]
Ms. Josie—Children’s Library Assistant
Email to follow soon!
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday—Thursday 9:30a.m. to 8p.m.
Friday—9:30a.m. to 5p.m.
Saturday—9:30a.m. to 4p.m.
Sunday—Closed
The Dewey Docket
Cagan Crossings Community Library
Parents stay involved in your children’s
education. Go to FamilyEducation.com to
find:
• Skill-Builders
• Printables
• Quizzes
• Special Needs Resources
Learn how you can encourage your child’s
learning, detect trouble spots, and build a
positive relationship with the teacher.
Students go to
HomeworkSpot.com
for resources.
September 2008
Calling All Tutors!
By signing up with this online
database, you are helping local
students find an available tutor.
Let students know that you are
available for study sessions, which
subjects you tutor and how much
you charge.
The Best Place to Find Tutors!
Database of the Month
Now that we are beginning a new school year, we want to encourage new students to use some of
our wonderful databases to get top scores on every assignment. Regardless of your age, when you
visit our database webpage, you can find Infotrac Kids Edition – K12 or Junior Edition – K12
These databases have everything that you need for your school projects. A clear user-friendly
interface gives you more control of the results that you get, letting you decide what sources of
information you want to use.
Another advantage is that you can send to your
e-mail any article that you find. Also, you could
create a .pdf document that can be transferred to
any external memory device and accessed from
almost any computer.
Manager tidbits:
September 2008
I am excited to announce that we have hired 2 new employees with a 3rd soon to be added. Josie
Rodriguez began her work with the Youth Services Department on August 25th, and David Poremba will
assume his position as Head of Reference on September 8th. A new part-time Library Assistant should be
joining us no later than mid-September.
Josie lives in Groveland and most recently worked at Lost Lake Elementary. She will be assisting Miss Kerri
and Ms. Eleanor with children’s programming as well as manning the Information Desk to help our children
and parents find the materials and information that they need. As a result of Josie being hired and helping
to share the work load, there will be additional children’s programs added each month.
Sun
David Poremba lives in Davenport and worked for Keiser University after coming to Florida from Detroit,
Michigan. He and reference librarian Juan Lopez will be sharing the adult reference duties at the library,
staggering hours so that one of them will be here virtually all of the time that the library is open. I anticipate that they will also be working together to design and offer programs and classes that will benefit the
entire community.
In other news, the Cagan Crossings library will be hosting 2 authors on October 18th at 1:00 p.m. Lynn
Sholes and Joe Moore have co-written the Cotten Stones thriller series and will be talking about the newest
title in that series, The 731 Legacy , which is scheduled to be released in October. This special program is
part of the Lake County Library System’s “Authors @ the Library Event Series”, a new initiative to encourage the love of reading! The first event in this series will take place at 2 county libraries on September 17,
2008. Lisa Black will discuss her debut novel Takeover at the W.T. Bland Public Library at 2:00 p.m. and at
7:00 p.m. at the Leesburg Public Library.
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Funding was provided by the Friends of the Library for the Star Wars Extravaganza,
Summer Reading Program and also new DVDs that are being added to our collection.
In addition to raising money through the Book Fundraiser, they contribute their time to the
library in many different ways. Friends help by reading shelves, shelving books, watering
plants and many other tasks that are greatly appreciated.
The Friends do a fantastic job helping provide for your community library. Please help us
express our gratitude for all their time and contributions!
Thank You Friends!
Thu
Fri
Sat
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Bedtime
Storytime:
6:30pm
Lapsit: 11:00am
Scrapbooking:
4:00pm
Zumba for Kids
5:30pm
Storytimes:
Toddler:
11:00am
Preschool:
11:45am
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Labor Day
Library
Closed
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8
Library
Closed
The October newsletter will feature additional information about our October 18th event, so be sure to
check it out!
Katherine Spurgeon
Regional Branch Manager
Wed
14
15
Library
Closed
Kid’s Book Club: Bedtime
Meet and Greet Storytime:
6:30pm
6:30pm
Lapsit: 11:00am Storytimes:
Scrapbooking:
Toddler:
4:00pm
11:00am
Preschool:
11:45am
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Bedtime
Storytime:
6:30pm
Lapsit: 11:00am Storytimes:
Scrapbooking:
Toddler:
4:00pm
11:00am
Preschool:
11:45am
Library
Closed
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Library
Closed
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Bedtime
Storytime:
6:30pm
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Second Saturday Matinee:
1:00pm
Nim’s Island
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PAWS to Read:
1:00 pm
Abbott,Jeff
- Collision
Alpert, Mark
-Final Theory
Bannister, Jo
- Closer Still: A Brodie
Farrell Mystery
Barnes, Linda - Lie Down with
the Devil: a Carlotta Carlyle
Novel
Barry, Brunonia
- Lace Reader
Bear, Greg - City at the End
of Time
Beckett, Galen
- The Magicians
and Mrs. Quent
Berntsen, Gary - The Walk-In
Blackwell, Lawana
-The Jewel of
Gresham Green
Bova, Ben - Mars Life
Boyden,
Amanda
- Babylon
Rolling
Colin, Beatrice - The Glimmer
Palace
Cook, Claire
- Summer Blowout
Cook, Robin - Foreign Body
Coonts, Stephen
- The Assassin
Jance, J.A.
- Damage Control
Jenkins, Jerry B.
- Riven
Kaminsky, Stuart M.
- People Who Walk in
Darkness
Crosby, Ellen
- The Bordeaux
Betrayal: a
Wine Country
Mystery
Kaplan, Janice - A Job
to Kill For: a Lacy Fields
Mystery
Darnton, John - Black & White
and Dead All Over
Kellerman, Faye
- The Mercedes
Coffin: a Decker
and Lazarus
Novel
Ebershoff,
David
- The 19th Wife
Fallon, Jennifer - The
Immortal Prince: the
Tide Lords Book One
Frey, Stephen
- Forced out
King, JL - Love
on a Two-Way
Street: Fact or
Fiction?
Koryta, Michael
- Envy the
Night
Lakhani, Anisha
- Schooled
Lansdale, Joe R.
- Leather Maiden
Lessing, Doris
- Alfred & Emily
Brown, Sandra
- Smoke Screen
Furst, Alan
- The Spies of Warsaw
Buchanan, Edna
- Legally Dead
Gortner, C.W.
- The Last Queen
Maguire, Elizabeth - The Open Door
Chamberlain, Diane
- Before the Storm
Gutcheon, Beth
- Good-Bye and
Amen
McInerny, Ralph
- Ash Wednesday: a
Father Dowling
Mystery
Hemon, Aleksandar
- The Lazarus Project
Meade, Amy Patricia
- Shadow Waltz: a Marjorie
McClelland Mystery
Clark, Mary
Jane
- It Only Takes
a Moment
Clarke, Arthur
C. - The Last
Theorem
Coffey, Tom
- Blood Alley
Peebles, Frances De
Ponte
- The Seamstress
Pelecanos, George
- The Turnaround
Perry, Thomas
- Fidelity
Peterson, Tracie - A Lady of
Secret Devotion
Radulescu, Domnica
- Train to Trieste
Rehder, Ben
- Holy Moly
Reyn, Irina - What
Happened to Anna
K.
Richardson, Kat
Davidson, Andrew
- Underground: a Greywalker
- The Gargoyle
Kenyon, Sherrilyn - Acheron: a Novel
Dark-Hunter Novel
French, Tana - The Likeness
Brooks, Kix - The Adventures
of Slim & Howdy
Hogan, Linda
- People of the Whale
Coyne, John - The Caddie
Who Played
with Hickory
Freely, Maureen
- Enlightenment
Brockmann,
Suzanne - Into the Fire
Higgins, Jack
- Rough Justice
Pattillo, Beth - The Sweetgum
Knit Lit Society
Hermann, Nellie
- The Cure for
Grief
Hewson, David
- The Garden of
Evil
Modesitt, L.E.
- Mage-Guard of
Hamor: the New
Novel in the Saga
of Recluce
Morrison, Mary B.
- Who’s Loving You
Ringo, John
- The Last Centurion
Salak, Kira
- The White Mary
Saul, John
- Faces of Fear
Schroeder, Karl - Pirate Sun:
Book Three of Virga
Shaffer, Mary Ann - The
Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society
Shearn, Amy
- How Far Is the
Ocean From Here
Siddons, Anne
Rivers - Off Season
Slaughter, Karin - Fractured
Turtledove, Harry
- The Man with the Iron Heart
Weber, David - By Schism
Rent Asunder
Williams, Polly
- A Bad Bride’s Tale
Wittenborn, Dirk
- Pharmakon
Ash, Stephen V. - Firebrand of
Liberty
Fortanasce, Vincent
- The Anti-Alzheimer’s
Prescription
Richard, Margaret
- Body Electric
Baatz, Simon
- For the Thrill of It
Baker, Nena
- The Body Toxic
Beer, Anna - Milton:
Poet, Pamphleteer,
and Patriot
Bowden, Jonny - The
Most Effective Natural
Cures on Earth
Broughton, Philip Delves
- Ahead of the Curve
Cacioppo, John T.
- Loneliness: Human Nature &
the Need for Social Connection
Cloud, Dr. Henry
- The One-Life Solution
Dollar, Creflo A.
- 8 Steps to Create
the Life You want
Epperson, Sharon
- The Big Payoff
Free Money, Free
Stuff [Reader’s
Digest] Fun with the
Family: Florida
Shemin, Robert
Glover, Lorri - The
- How Come That
Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown Idiot’s Rich and
I’m Not?
Heiden, Eric - Faster
Better Stronger
Shriver, Maria - Just Who Will You
Be?
Kiyosaki, Robert T.
- Increase Your Financial IQ: Get
Smarter With Your Money
Levin, Diane E. - So
Sexy So Soon: The
New Sexualized
Childhood
Martinez, Mel - A Sense of Belonging
Florida, Richard
- Who’s Your City?
Forni, P.M. - The Civility
Solution: What to Do
When People Are Rude
Simmons, Justine - Take Back
Your Family
Singh, Simon
- Trick or Treatment
[Alternative Medicine]
Suskind, Ron - The Way of the
World: A Story of Truth & Hope…
Theroux, Paul - Ghost Train to the
McClellan, Scott - What
Eastern Star
Happened: Inside the Bush White
House
Trudeau, Noah Andre - Southern
Storm: Sherman’s March to the
Montana-Leblanc,
Sea
Phyllis - Not Just
the Levees Broke
Vanderbilt, Tom
- Traffic: Why We
Drive the Way We Do
O’Connell, Mark
- The Marriage Benefit
Ferriss, Timothy
- The 4-Hour
Workweek
Schepp, Debra - eBay Power
Seller Secrets
Winger, Debra
- Undiscovered
Paul, Ron - The Revolution: a
Manifesto
Pelosi, Nancy
- Know Your
Power: a Message
to America’s
Daughters
Yarosh, Daniel
- The New Science
of Perfect Skin
Zimbardo, Philip
- The Time Paradox: The New
Psychology of Time…
Kid’s Book Club—New this fall!
3rd Monday of each month at 6:30p.m. Children in grades 3—5 are encouraged to join us as we discuss a different book.
September will be a meet-and-greet night, as well as a chance to pick up the first book: The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau.
Paws to Read—New this fall!
• 4th Saturday of each month from 1:00p.m.. Reading has gone to the dogs! Come and practice your reading with man’s best friend as we welcome the licensed therapy dogs of Paws to Read. Each dog has been specially trained to be the most patient reading coach your child will ever
have.
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Scrapbooking:
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Wednesday @ 4:00p.m. This program is open to children ages 5 and up and lasts one hour. Children should bring a picture that they can cut
with them to class. Registration begins at 3:30p.m. and is open to the first 20 children who sign up.
Second Saturday Matinee:
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Movies begin @ 1:00p.m. Come watch your favorite books come to life on the big screen; a snack and juice will be served.
Storytimes:
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Family Bedtime Storytime—New this fall!
Tuesdays @ 6:30p.m. This storytime is for children of all ages and their caregivers. Wear your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal and
settle in for a very quiet, relaxing, end of the day storytime.
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Lapsit: Wednesdays @ 11:00a.m. This storytime is geared especially for babies up to 18 months old. The library will be offering fingerplays,
short stories and songs. Beginning October 1st, we will offer the Every Child Ready to Read program as part of storytime. Parents and caregivers should be prepared to be actively involved in this 30 minute storytime. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and is open to the first 12 babies
who sign-up.
Toddler: Thursdays @ 11 a.m. This storytime is just for toddlers ages 18 - 36 months. The program offers fingerplays, short stories and songs.
Parents and caregivers should be prepared to be actively involved in this 25 minute storytime. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. and is open to
the first 12 children who sign up.
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Preschool: Thursday at 11:45 a.m. Children ages 3 to 5 are invited for a program featuring stories, songs, and crafts with a different theme
every week. This program lasts for 45 minutes. Registration begins at 11:15 a.m. and is open to the first 24 children who sign up.
Cagan Crossings Community Library
16729 Cagan Oaks
Clermont FL 34714
352-243-1840
http://www.mylakelibrary.org
http://www.lakeline.lib.fl.us
Miss Kerri—Children’s Librarian
[email protected]
Ms. Eleanor—Children’s Assistant
[email protected]
Ms. Josie—Children’s Assistant
Email to follow soon!