38255 L’Anse Creuse, Suite A
Phone: 586-329-1261
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.htlibrary.org
Business Hours
Monday
10 am - 6 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday
12 pm - 8 pm
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
11 am - 5 pm
May 2017
News from HTPL
Hats off to the Kentucky Derby
Saturday, May 6th @ 1:00pm
There are few American sporting
events with the history and popularity
of the Kentucky Derby. Its rich
traditions make it a celebration of
southern culture and a true icon of
Americana. We invite you to wear your
hat and join us as the ladies from
“Fashion and the Automobile” take a
look at the Kentucky Derby and the
Parade of Hats worn throughout the
years.
Refreshments will be served. Space is limited, please
register early.
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Detroit Institute of Arts presents:
May Workshops & Events
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Children’s Classes & Events
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Cows at the Opera House and other
Museum Mysteries
New Books,
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Wednesday, May 17th at 7:00pm
New Non-Fiction Books
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New Easy, Juvenile Books
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New Young Adult Books
5
New DVDs & Audio Books
7
Event Calendar
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HTPL is Bringing the Detroit
Institute of Arts to you with
Behind the Seen Talks. Jill Best
from the DIA will be here to
present Cows at the Opera
House and Other Museum
Mysteries. The many mysteries
of the DIA include stories and
images, newly discovered meanings and issues of
authenticity. Come explore some of the mysteries of the DIA
with us!
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Metro-Detroit Travel Attractions
Tuesday, May 2nd at 7:00pm
Staying close to home this
summer or just looking for
some local attractions?
Chris Pokorski from the Detroit Metro
Convention and Visitors Bureau will be
here to share the best Metro-Detroit
travel attractions this summer. Come
explore your local travel options!
Flour Soaking Workshop
Larry Martin’s WWII:
In Their Own Words
Saturday, May 13th at 1:00pm
This program is designed to
educate further generations
on this fascinating and
unique history of World War
II as well as to foster an appreciation for
the hardships endured by all war veterans
so that we may all live in a free country.
Special focus on Fred Bahlau, a
Michigan native and 101st Airborne
Paratrooper.
Wednesday, May 10th at 7:00pm
Pancakes with Soaked Flour? Ever
wonder why so many people have issues
with wheat/flour (which is in just about
everything)? Generations of the past
knew the health benefits of soaking flour.
Come learn how to properly prepare
breads and flour products by soaking
them before cooking.
Shred Day In Cooperation with
State Representative Steve Marino
Pilates for Beginners
Tuesday, May 23rd at 7:00pm
Pilates is a safe, effective nonimpact training method good for
injury prevention, strong core
development, increased muscle
flexibility, and reduces stress.
Preserve Your Memories:
Photo Workshop
Friday, May 12th from 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Wednesday, May 24th at 7:00pm
Spring clean up….Avoid identity theft
and dispose of all your old documents
safely.
Come learn about the different types of
photos, how to organize and protect them,
and why the stories behind them are
important. Photo organizer, Cheri
Warnock will offer a hands-on look at ways
to store and display your pictures, as well
as tips to prevent loss in a disaster. Enjoy
your photos now and for a lifetime.
Adult Book Club
Tuesday, May 30th at 7:00
The Life We Bury
By: Allen Eskens
Registration is required for all programs.
To register, call 586-329-1261, email [email protected], visit our website at
www.htlibrary.org, or stop in the library.
Children’s Classes & Events Spring 2017
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April 8th - May16th
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Start your child on a lifetime of literacy today!
This is an ongoing national initiative that parents
and caregivers may choose to join at any time. The
goal is to read 1000 books to your little one before
the start of kindergarten. Come to the library to
register, and you will receive a packet of materials,
including a detailed explanation of the program
and a book log. For each milestone (100, 200, etc.)
your child will get a sticker and move his or her
name on our “Wall of Fame.” A free book and
certificate of completion are awarded to those
reaching the 1000 book goal.
Mother Goose on the Loose
Reading ABCs
Tuesdays, 10:30 - 11:00
Our preschool class features a
different letter of the alphabet each
week, with a variety of skill-building
finger plays, stories, music and more!
Rockin’ Readers
Mondays, 9:30 - 10:00 & Saturdays, 10:45 - 11:15
Saturdays, 11:30 – 12:00
This award-winning lap-sit class for little ones and
their caregivers includes songs, nursery rhymes,
knee-bounces, and movement to help develop
important pre-literacy skills. This class is appropriate
for infants through preschool age.
Bring the family to enjoy a readaloud story, followed by an activity
or craft. This class is loosely geared
toward elementary-aged children,
but preschoolers and tweens are
welcome, too! No pre-registration is
required.
Weekly Topics:
May 6:
Happy, Smiley Things
No pre-registration is required.
Middle Grades Movie Book Club
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Bullies, burrowing owls, potty-trained alligators, a
sinister pancake PR man, and several extremely
poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparking tails…
This is Roy Eberhardt’s life in Florida, where being
the new kid in town leads to mystery and an ecoadventure like no other.
Our Movie Book Club is recommended for children in
grades 4-8. Those who register for the club by March
31 will receive a free copy of the book. We will meet
at the library on Saturday, April 29 from 2:30-4:30 for
a popcorn video viewing party and discussion of the
book and movie. Register online, by phone, or stop
by the library. (Movie is rated PG).
May 13:
Mother’s Day
All classes are free, and children
must be accompanied by an adult
during Mother Goose on the
Loose, Rockin’ Readers and
Reading ABCs.
Please note that some classes
begin before the library’s normal
hours of
operation.
Coming in May 2017
Marked for Revenge – Emelie Schepp
Mockingbird Songs – Wayne Flint
Fiction
My Kind of You – Tracy Brogan
16th Seduction – James Patterson
New Boy – Tracy Chevalier
Against All Odds – Danielle Steel
The Night Mark – Tiffany Reisz
All by Myself, Alone – Mary Higgins Clark
No One Can Pronounce My Name – Rakesh Satyal
The Best of Adam Sharp – Graeme Simsion
Price of Duty – Dale Brown
Between Them – Richard Ford
Private: Gold – James Patterson
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies – David Fisher
Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies – Ace Atkins
The Broken Road – Richard Paul Evans
Saints for All Occassions – J. Courtney Sullivan
The Day I Died – Lori Rader-Day
Salt Houses – Hala Alyan
Detective Cross – James Patterson
Same Beach, Next Year – Dorothea Benton Frank
A Dogs Way Home – W. Bruce Cameron
Secrets in Summer – Nancy Thayer
Dragon Teeth – Michael Crichton
Shadow Men – Alan Drew
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman Since We Fell – Dennis Lehane
Exit Strategy – Steve Hamilton
Testimony – Scott Turow
The Fallen – Eric Van Lustbader
The Thirst – Jo Nesbo
The Frozen Hours – Jeff Shaara
A Twist in Time – Julie Mcelwain
Full Wolf Moon – Lincoln Child
Walking on My Grave – Carolyn Hart
The Garden of Small Beginnings – Abbi Waxman
White Hot – Ilona Andrews
The Gift – Barbara Browning
Woman No. 17 – Edan Lepucki
Ginny Moon – Benjamin Ludwig
The Girl Who Knew Too Much – Amanda Quick
Non-fiction
The Girl Who Was Taken – Charlie Donlea
101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health &
Home – Jan Berry
G-Man – Stephen Hunter
Heat Storm – Richard Castle
The Heirs – Susan Rieger
House of Names – Colm Toibin
Idaho – Emily Ruskovich
20-Minute Whittling Projects – Tom Hindes
American Epic – Bernard MacMahon
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry – Neil deGrasse
Tyson
If I Run – Terri Blackstock
Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades – Steven
Raichlen
Into the Water – Paula Hawkins
The Bigfoot Book – Nick Redfern
The Leavers – Lisa Ko
The Boy Who Knew Too Much – Cathy Byrd
The Light We Lost – Jill Santopolo
Democracy – Condoleezza Rice
The Long Drop – Denise Mina
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the Century (Juv) – Sarah Miller
Bug Bear (E) -- Patricia Hegarty
Ernest Hemingway – Mary V. Dearborn
Caring for Your Teethe (Juv) – Sian Smith
The Exile – Adrian Levy
Cat Book, The (E) – Sylvia Borando
Faster, Higher, Farther – Jack Ewing
Cool Backyard Grilling (Juv) – Lisa Wagner
Heirloom Wood – Max Bainridge
Danger in Ancient Rome (Juv) – Kate Messner
The Jersey Brothers – Sally Mott Freeman
Dead Girls Society (YA) – Michelle Krys
JFK – Stephen Kennedy Smith
Dog Book, The (E) – Lorenzo Clerici
Last Hope Island – Lynne Olson
Door in the Alley, The (Juv) – Adrienne Kress
MacArthur's Spies – Peter Eisner
Dreaming the Bear (Juv) – Mimi Thebo
Never Call Me a Hero – Jack N. Kleiss
Du Iz Tak? (E) – Carson Ellis
The Official SAT Study Guide 2018 – College Board
On Edge – Andrea Petersen
Ellie’s Story: A Dog’s Purpose Novel (Juv) – Bruce W.
Cameron
Oola for Women – Dave Braun
Ender-Eye Prophecy, The (Juv) – Cara J. Stevens
The President Will See You Now – Peggy Grande
Eva and the New Owl (E) – Rebecca Elliott
The Radium Girls – Kate Moore
Eva Sees a Ghost (E) -- Rebecca Elliott
Reality Is Not What It Seems – Carlo Rovelli
Eva’s Treetop Festival (E) -- Rebecca Elliott
Rising Star – David Garrow
Every Person Has a History (Juv) – Rebecca Vickers
Scared Selfless – Michelle Stevens, Ph.D.
Fly Guy Presents Castles (Juv) – Tedd Arnold
The True Jesus – David Limbaugh
Freedom in Congo Square (E) – Carole Boston
Weatherford
What is Hynosis? – Tm Fortes Mayer
You’re the Only One I Can Tell – Deborah Tannen
Easy, Juvenile and Young Adult
Alexander Hamilton: American Hero (Juv) – K. C.
Kelley
Aliens Love Dinopants (E) – Claire Freedman
Anna and the Swallow Man (YA) – Gavriel Savit
Attack on Pearl Harbor, The (Juv) – Katherine Krieg
Freedom Over Me (Juv) – Ashley Bryan
Freedom Riders (Juv) – Heather E. Schwartz
Frogkisser! (YA) – Garth Nix
Fruits in Suits (E) – Jared Chapman
Get Inventing! (Juv) – Mary Colson
Girl in Pieces (YA) – Kathleen Glasgow
Go Gaming: The Ultimate Guide to the World’s
Greatest Mobile Games (Juv) – Jon White
Hattie Peck (E) – Emma LEvey
Bailey’s Story: A Dog’s Purpose Novel (Juv) – Bruce W.
How to Hang a Witch (YA) – Adriana Mather
Cameron
I am Fartacus (Juv) – Mark Maciejewski
Blue Hour, The (E) – Isabelle Simler
I Got This (Juv) – Laurie Hernandez
Bolds to the Rescue (Juv) – Julian Clary
If I Were a Kangaroo (E) – Mylisa Larsen
Book Scavenger (Juv) – Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Borden Murders, The: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of
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Recipes from Mexico (Juv) – Dana Meachen Rau
Reformed (Juv) – Justin Weinberger
Infamous Ratsos, The (E) – Kara Lareau
Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Juv) – Kate Messner
Inheritance of Traits: Why is My Dog Bigger than Your Revenge of the Star Survivors (Juv) – Michael
Dog? (Juv) – Jen Green
Merschel
Journey Through Ash and Smoke (Juv) – Kate
Messner
Scooby Doo! A Subtraction Mystery: The Case of the
Disappearing Doughnuts (Juv) – Mark Weakland
Juana & Lucas (E) – Juana Medina
Significant Battles of the American Revolution (Juv) –
Gordon Clarke
Junk Drawer Engineering (Juv) – Bobby Mercer
Leave Me Alone! (E) – Vera Brosgol
Long Road to Freedom (Juv) – Kate Messner
Look Both Ways (YA) – Alison Cherry
Lotterys Plus One, The (Juv) – Emma Donoghue
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (Juv) – Jen
Bryant
Story of Easter, The (Juv) – Gwen Ellis
Shake a Leg, Egg! (E) – Kurt Cyrus
Making Machines with Pulleys (Juv) – Chris Oxlade
Story of the Little Rock Nine and School
Desegregation in Photographs, The (Juv) – David
Aretha
Magnificent Flying Baron Estate, The (Juv) – Eric
Bower
This is the Part Where You Laugh (YA) – Peter Brown
Hoffmeister
March—Book One (Juv) – Johnny Lewis
Tiger Tiger (E) – Jonny Lambert
March—Book Two (Juv) – Johnny Lewis
Top Secret Science: Projects You Aren’t Supposed to
Know About (Juv) – Jennifer Swanson
Lucy and Linh (YA) – Alice Pung
March—Book Three (Juv) – Johnny Lewis
Miz, The: Pro Wrestling Superstar (Juv) – Matt
Doeden
Tracking Sea Monsters, Bigfoot, and Other Legendary
Beasts (Juv) – Nel Yomtov
Mob School Survivor (Juv) – Greyson Mann
Trash to Treasure: A Kid’s Upcycling Guide to Crafts
(Juv) – Pam Scheunemann
Monkeys (Juv) – Alex Kuskowski
Tree, The (E) – Neal Layton
Moo Moo in a Tutu (E) – Tim Miller
Triangle (E) – Mac Barnett
Mr. Postmouse Takes a Trip (E) – Marianne Dubuc
Old MacDonald’s Things that Go (E) – Jane Clarke
Unbreakable Code, The (Juv) – Jennifer Chambliss
Bertman
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! An Alphabet Caper (E) –
Mike Twohy
Uprooted: The Japanese-American Experience Durng
World War II (Juv) – Albert Marrin
Peeper and Zeep (E) – Adam Gudeon
Walruses (Juv) – Julie Murray
Pig and Goose and the First Day of Spring (E) –
Rebecca Bond
Warm Hearts Day (E) -- Rebecca Elliott
Race to the South Pole (Juv) –Kate Messner
Whole Thing Together, The (YA) – Ann Brashares
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel
Basquiat (Juv) – Javaka Steptoe
Woodland Wedding, A (E) -- Rebecca Elliot
Read and Share: 5 Minute Bible Stories (Juv) – Gwen
Ellis
Watched (YA) – Marina Budhos
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You Are Three (E) – Sara O’Leary
Testimony – Scott Turow
Large Type
16th Seduction – James Patterson
Against All Odds – Danielle Steel
All By Myself Alone – Mary Higgins Clark
Beartown – Fredrik Backman
Come Sundown – Nora Roberts
Dragon Teeth – Michael Crichton
Exit Strategy – Steve Hamilton
Fast and Loose – Stuart Woods
Full Wolf Moon – Lincoln Child
Golden Prey – John Sandford
Into the Water – Paula Hawkins
The Jane Austen Project – Kathleen A. Flynn
One Perfect Lie – Lisa Scottoline
Saints for All Occassions – J. Courtney Sullivan
Same Beach, Next Year – Dorothea Benton Frank
Since We Fell – Dennis Lehane
Testimony – Scott Turow
The Women in the Castle – Jessica Shattuck
DVDs
The Affair: Season 3
All Governments Lie (Documentary)
The Book of Love
The Comedian
Divorce: The Complete First Season
A Dog’s Purpose
Fifty Shades Darker
Gold
The Great Wall
I Am Heath Ledger
Logan
Orange is the New Black: Season 4
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Rock Dog
Shadow Effect
The Space Between Us
Viking Legacy
Walking with the Enemy
Audiobooks
16th Seduction – James Patterson
Detective Cross – James Patterson
Dragon Teeth – Michael Crichton
Exit Strategy – Steve Hamilton
Full Wolf Moon – Lincoln Child
Gwendy’s Button Box – Stephen King
Into the Water – Paula Hawkins
The Lost Order – Steve Berry
Private: Gold – James Patterson
Same Beach, Next Year – Dorothea Benton Frank
Since We Fell – Dennis Lehane
XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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Memorial Adult Book Club
Day
The Life We Bury
31
Preserve your
Memories: Photo
Pilates
30
24
23
22
17
21
16
Flour Soaking
Workshop
Reading ABCs
Cows at the Opera
House and other
15
14
10
3
Wed
9
Reading ABCs
Metro-Detroit Travel
Attractions
2
Tue
Mothers
Day
8
1
Mon
7
Sun
25
18
11
4
Thu
May 2017
26
19
Author
Larry Martin
Shred Day
1:00 - 3:00
27
20
Mother Goose
Rockin’ Readers
13
Mother Goose
Rockin’ Readers
6
Hats off to the
Kentucky Derby
Sat
12
5
Fri