Local author offer book talk, signing

The library will be closed Saturday and Monday for Labor Day.

Local author and educator, Linda Berg, will be giving a book talk and book signing for her newly published book, “The Kissing Pot,” in the large meeting room at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.

Linda has a wonderful, heart-warming story to tell.

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. Library cards are free for all Wisconsin residents ages 5 and up. Be sure to bring a picture ID and something with a current address for proof of residency.

The children’s room will resume story times on September 22. They will take place every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the children’s room for children ages 3-5. No registration is necessary.

Some more tips for reading aloud to your child: 1. Be expressive. Add sounds. Make the snake hiss and the door creak. 2. Let your child choose. Sometimes kids want to hear a favorite book over and over again. 3. Read rhyming and counting books and recite the rhymes and numbers together. 4. Let your child hold the book, tell the story and read to you, too. 5. As you go through the day, read other things aloud — signs along the street, labels at the grocery store. Talk about what you’re seeing and doing; it builds vocabulary. 5. Stick to it. Make reading aloud a regular, enjoyable daily event.

New non-fiction includes: “Washington Rules,” “The Carb Lover’s Diet,” “First the Broccoli Then the Ice Cream: a Parent’s Guide to Deliberate Discipline,” “Bringing Down High Blood Pressure,” “The Nonstop Garden,” “Avoiding the Con in Construction,” and “Composed” by Rosanne Cash.

New fiction includes: “Legends of Shannara” by Terry Brooks, “Lost Empire” by Clive Cussler, “Body Work” by Sara Paretsky, “The Postcard Killers” by James Patterson, “Fantasy in Death” by J.D. Robb, “The Vigilantes” by W.E.B. Griffin, and “Faithful Place” by Tana French.

New books on CD include: “The History of the Medieval World” by Susan Bauer, “Horns” by Joe Hill, “The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart” by Mathias Malzieu, “I’ll Mature When I’m Dead” by Dave Barry, “Whiplash” by Catherine Coulter, and “The Search” by Nora Roberts.

New DVD’s include: “Warehouse 13,” “A Single Man,” “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier,” “The Mermaid Chair,” “What if God Were the Sun,” “The Greatest,” “Secrets of Egypt’s Lost Queen,” “Clash of the Titans,” “The Runaways,” “Unforgettable: the Korean War,” and “The Ghost Writer.”

New YA books include: “Crispin: the End of Time” by Avi, “Heart to Heart” by Lurlene McDaniel, “The Six Rules of Maybe” by Deb Caletti, “Only the Good Spy Young” by Ally Carter, “Bruiser” by Neal Shusterman, “Geek Charming” by Robin Palmer, and “Tweet Heart” by Elizabeth Rudnick.

Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Superior; 2-7 p.m. Monday and 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Solon Springs; and 2-7 p.m. Wednesday in Lake Nebagamon. Call 394-8860 in Superior, (715) 378-4452 in Solon Springs, or (715) 374-3477 in Lake Nebagamon.

Janet Jennings is the director of the Superior Public Library.

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