Check out digital and audio books

If you’re interested in downloading and checking out e-books and audiobooks, you can do that on the Library Memorial Library website.

Downloadable audiobooks and e-books are available for checkout through the Kansas EZ Library; this includes OneClickdigital for audiobooks and 3M Cloud for ebooks.

The books available in this collection are provided through a consortium including the State Library of Kansas and your local public library.

Downloadable audiobooks are available from OneClickdigital. Users must register online for an account before they can access the audiobook site.

There are more tutorials on the Kansas EZ Library site and under Help in OneClickdigital.
Downloadable e-books are available from 3M Cloud Library. Users must have a Kansas Library Card, which they can get at their local library.

There are mobile access and computer access tutorials on the Kansas EZ Library site. Their 3M help page offers troubleshooting advice.

To get started, go to the Library webpage at www.lmlibrary.org, look at the quick links section on the left side and click on Downloadable audiobook and e-book help. Follow the instructions on the page and you’ll be on your way in no time.

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If you haven’t experienced the world of e-books, you can check out one of our two e-readers. We have a Nook and Kobo. Both are just e-readers and not tablets. While you can’t surf the net, there are hundreds of books downloaded onto the readers. You can pick and choose from a varied selection and this should give you a quick introduction into the world of e-books.

And there is a rumor that a tablet may be appearing at the Library for check out in the near future. Keep your eyes and ears open for further details!

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The Library will be closed from Monday, December 24 to Wednesday, December 26. We’ll re-open for regular hours on Thursday, December 27 at 9 a.m.

We’ll also be closed on New Year’s Day, January 1.

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Here are events for January:

Preschool storytimes:
January 7, 14, & 28 from 11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Toddler storytimes:
January 10, 17, 24, & 31 from 11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.
Infant storytimes: January 8, 15, 22, & 29 from 11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.

Computer classes in English will meet on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. and computer classes in Spanish will meet on Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m.
The library will be closed on Tuesday, January 1 for the New Year’s Day.

Make It and Take It Craft program on January 2 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Chess Club will meet on Thursdays, January 3 and 17 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Library and Lunch will meet on Tuesday, January 8 at noon for "A Gift of Hope” by Danielle Steel.

The Gardening Club will meet on Tuesday, January 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Book Chat will meet on Thursday, January 17 at 4:30 p.m.

The library will be closed on Monday, January 21 for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

There will be a Teen Pizza Party on Thursday, January 24 at 4 p.m.

The Library will be doing a Recipe Swap on Monday, January 28 at 6:30 p.m.

New Titles Abound @ Your Library

As this column is being typed, visions of gingerbread houses are dancing through the heads of over 50 children signed up for our Gingerbread House Decorating Event, which will be history by the time you read this column.  Those same visions are dancing through the heads of staff members who will mix about 25 batches of royal icing and put together those 50+ houses before the children arrive on Saturday morning.  As in past years, surely it will prove to be a good time indeed for all involved.  Our teen staff and teen volunteers are a huge help with this project and are greatly appreciated!

 Since the last writing of Kids’ Corner on November 11, some changes have taken place in the children’s library.  The desk is now manned from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday.   Story times have changed as well.  Preschoolers now meet on Monday beginning at 11:15.  On Tuesday, infants come to story time at 11:15.  Toddlers have their story time at 11:15 on Thursday mornings.  Please stop by the library or check our website for the exact dates that each of these groups of youngsters meets. 

The display rack just inside the children’s area has been continuously stocked with Christmas books for the past several days.  These books, as well as any others that are on display, may be checked out.  A number of new chapter books and picture books have recently come into the library.  One of these books could possibly win the Caldecott or Newbery award this winter, so make sure you check out some of these new titles.  Here are a couple of the new chapter book titles.   The first is Cold Cereal by Adam Rex.  Fine print on the cover reads “there’s a little bit of magic in every box.” Inside the dust jacket is a chart like a typical nutrition label on food items.  It reads as follows:

That should be intriguing enough to attract some readers!  The next title is The Boy on Cinnamon Street by Phoebe Stone.  This is the description provided by the publisher “A wounded girl and the boy who won’t give up on her.  Seventh grader Louise Terrace has a secret admirer.  He sends her notes when she needs cheering up, and draws chalk hearts on the sidewalk outside her apartment.  It should be the perfect romance…but somehow they never meet up.

 “It’s the same with gymnastics.  Louise is a natural champion.  She can do cartwheels all day long and even backflips on the balance beam.  She should be captain of the school team…but somehow it doesn’t work out.

 “There’s something holding Louise back, a family secret from the past so heart-breaking that it’s got her frozen inside.  And it’s going to take a miraculous spring to thaw her out again.”

 For the younger crowd, new to our collection is Hello! Hello! by Matthew Cordell.  In our techno-saturated society, a young lady finds a meaningful escape in the great outdoors.  Follow her on her escapades in the pages of this book.  Philip Stead’s newest, A Home for Bird is a cleverly written, wonderful story of friendship.  Do plan to stop by and check out these or other new titles on display in our in both the Easy book and J Fiction areas.

 In a never-ending quest to assist parents with valuable early literacy materials, Memorial Library is putting together 6 by 6 kits in line with the statewide initiative of the same name.  These colorful yellow and blue bags will contain a book and a suggestion card of activities to use with the book.     The kits are geared to three separate age groups—early talkers, talkers, and pre-readers.  Be watching for more information about availability of these resources in the very near future. 

 With Christmas fast approaching, plan to stop in and check out some materials, as the library will be closed December 24, 25, and 26.  Have a Merry Christmas and we’ll see you at Memorial Library!