Successful summer winds into school preparation

The library closes Saturday-Monday for the Labor Day holiday. We will be open regular hours again Tuesday. We hope you have a nice Labor Day holiday.

I’m pleased to report that our summer reading program was a big success. We had 119 children complete the entire program, meaning each child read at least 16 books. Thank you to all who participated. Thank you to the Kiwanis Club of Superior also for lending its talents to our summer story time. The children loved having new readers each week.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month. Does your child have a library card? As school begins in September, now would be a great time for him or her to get one. In order to get a free card, your child must be at least 5 years old and a resident of Wisconsin. As the parent, you also need to have your own library card.

Your public library card also gives you and your children access to Badgerlink, “Wisconsin’s connection to the world of information.” Badgerlink provides all sorts of online resources from home such as encyclopedias, consumer information, auto repair databases and student homework resources. Go to badgerlink.net and log in with your library card number.

New DVDs: “Hatfields & McCoys,” “A Woman, a Gun & a Noodle Shop,” “Underworld Awakening,” “Warehouse 13: The complete third season,” “Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol,” “Boss, Season one,” “Endeavour,” “Eureka. Season 5,” “Friends with Kids,” “Margaret,” “Gone” and “A Thousand Words.”

Nonfiction: “Crazy Brave: A Memoir,” “Double Cross: The True Story of the D-day Spies,” “The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Sixties Cookbook: More than 100 retro recipes for the modern cook,” “Sow Simple: 100+ green & easy projects to make your garden awesome,” “Norwegian Mittens & Gloves,” “Make it Your Own: Paint & Color,” and “The Big Bang Theory A-Z.”

Fiction: “The Age of Desire: A novel” by Jennie Fields, “The World Without You” by Joshua Henkin, “Judgement Call” by J. A. Jance, “Island Apart” by Steven Raichlen, “Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas novel” by Dean Koontz, “Summerland: A Novel,” by Elin Hilderbrand, “A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh” by Jeff Shaara and “Country Plot” by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles.

Audiobooks: “Night Watch” by Linda Fairstein, “I, Michael Bennett” by James Patterson, “The Fallen Angel” by Daniel Silva, “Creole Belle” by James Lee Burke, “The Next Best Thing” by Jennifer Weiner, “Friends Forever” by Danielle Steel, “Close Your Eyes” by Iris Johansen and “The Nightmare Thief” by Meg Gardiner.

Music CDs: “The Journey” by Donna Summer, “London Calling” by the Clash, “Revelator” by Tedeschi Trucks Band, “Greatest Hits” by Big & Rich, “A Thousand Miles Left Behind” by Gloriana, “Little Hell” by City and Colour, “The Rite of Spring: The poem of ecstasy” by Igor Stravinsky, “The Amazing Spider-Man: Music from the Motion Picture” by James Horner and “Pet Sounds” by the Beach Boys.

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. Check out the library’s website at superiorlibrary.org.

Sue Heskin is the director of the Superior Public Library.

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