Plan ahead for the holiday reads

Everyone at the Superior Public Library would like to wish you a very happy holiday season. For the Christmas holiday, the library is closed on Friday through Monday, but will be open regular hours — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — on Dec. 31. The library is closed Jan. 2 for the New Year Holiday.

Please plan ahead for your library visits and returning materials during the holidays.

Did you buy your loved one a Nook or Kindle e-reader, a tablet computer or a smartphone for the holidays? Let them know they can check out e-books from the library for their devices, just like regular books. The cost of bestselling e-books has gone up a lot this year, with the e-book edition sometimes costing as much or more than a print edition. Those same titles might be available free at the library. Check it out by searching our online catalog at merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us.

There are some interesting items in the library’s display cases through the month of December. The antique Christmas ornaments displayed are compliments of Crystal O’Sullivan of Allouez Antiques. There is also a display of snow globes compliments of staff member Susan Mattson.

New DVDs: “Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows. Part 1 and Part 2,” “Making the Boys,” “Tabloid,” “Captain America,” “The Change-Up,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “Life as We Know It,” and “Whitechapel.”

New Music CDs: “Mylo Xyloto” by Coldplay, “Break the Spell” by Daughtry, “Bad as Me” by Tom Waits, “Under the Mistletoe” by Justin Bieber, “Christmas” by Michael Buble, “A Holiday Carole” by Carole King and “Stronger” by Kelly Clarkson.

New Nonfiction: “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero,” “Steve Jobs,” “Love at First Bark: How Saving a Dog Can Sometimes Help You Save Yourself,” “Whateverland: Learning to Live Here” and “Pearl Harbor Christmas: a World at War, December 1941.”

New fiction: “Heartwood: A Novel” by Belva Plain, “Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years” by Gregory Maguire, “Coffin Man” by James Doss, “The Mercy” by Beverly Lewis, and “Lawman From Nogales” by Ralph Cotton.

New large-print fiction: “Wonderland Creek” by Lynn Austin, “Plugged” by Eoin Colfer, “Shock Wave” by John Sandford, “The Leftovers” by Tom Perrotta, “Guns On the Cimarron” by Allan Elston and “Martha” by Diana Wallis Taylor.

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 (715) 394-8860 in Superior, (715) 378-4452 in Solon Springs, or (715) 374-3477 in Lake Nebagamon.

Sue Heskin is the director of the Superior Public Library.

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