Aurora Public Library, Minnesota

Now available at the Aurora Public Library....

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11 free tickets to the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra's 49th annual "Lollipop Concert" for children--Sunday, February 12, at 3:00 pm at the DECC in Duluth.

22 free tickets to the "Voces 8" concert--
Monday, February 20, 7:30 pm, at the high school in Virginia.

10 free tickets to a play based on the "Fancy Nancy" books--
Friday, February 24, at 7:00 pm, at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids.

Come on in and check them out!

Check It Out! Selected new titles at the Aurora Public Library

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NONFICTION

The Bond--Wayne Pacelle
Spontaneous Happiness--Andrew Weil
Celebrating Advent--Ann Hibbard
Brave Girl Eating--Harriet Brown
Righteous Indignation--Andrew Breitbart
Muzzled--Juan Williams
Homeschooling Gifted and Advanced Learners--Cindy West
The Origin of AIDS--Jacques Pepin
No Higher Honor--Condoleeza Rice
Organize for a Fresh Start--Susan Fay West
Word Savvy--Nancy Ragno
Homework Helpers: Algebra--Denise Szecsei
Minnesota Rocks and Minerals--Dan R. Lynch & Bob Lynch
A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods--Ann Hansen et al
Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers--Ralph H. Blum & Mark Scholz
Let's Ride: Sonny Barger's Guide to Motorcycling
Creative Homeowner Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement
Wiring Simplified--H.P. Richter et al
Mommy MD's Guide to Your Baby's First Year--Rallie McAllister & Jennifer Reich
Down Syndrome Parenting 101--Natalie Hale
101 Law Forms for Personal Use
Strategic Planning Kit for Dummies--Erica Olsen
Painting Vibrant Watercolors--Soon Y. Warren
Working With Tile--Tom & Lane Meehan
Start Calligraphy--Maureen Sullivan
Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book
The 100 Best Swimming Drills--Blythe Lucero
Apollo's Angels---Jennifer Homans
Of Thee I Zing--Laura Ingraham
Canada's Constitutional Monarchy--Nathan Tidridge
Stern's Guide to the Cruise Vacation--Steven B. Stern
Lonely Planet: Scandinavia
Lonely Planet: Eastern Europe
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life--Natalie Haynes
Being George Washington--Glenn Beck
War Stories--Al Zdon
The Time of our Lives--Tom Brokaw
Kearny's March--Winston Groom
Founding Rivals--Chris DeRose
London Under--Peter Ackroyd

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

Physical Education--Maggie Barbieri
The Affair--Lee Child
Threadbare--Monica Ferris
Micro--Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth--Alexander McCall Smith
Outwitted--Beth Solheim

FICTION

Love Finds You in Sisters, Oregon--Melody Carlson
Escape--Barbara Delinsky
Promise Me--Richard Paul Evans
The Scottish Prisoner--Diana Gabaldon
The Trial--Franz Kafka
Knight's Ardor--Teresa Swift
A Ship for the King--Richard Woodman

WESTERNS

Arizona Ambush--William W. Johnstone with J.A. Johnstone
The Long Hunt--Cameron Judd
Between Hell and Texas--Dusty Richards
Snake Eyes--Jory Sherman

ROMANCE PAPERBACKS

Holiday Magic--Fern Michaels et al

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

Ghost Story--Jim Butcher
The Parasol Protectorate--Gail Carriger
Rides a Dread Legion--Raymond Feist
The Griffin Mage Trilogy--Rachel Neumeier

MOVIES

Mr. Popper's Penguins
Temple Grandin

TEEN

Sass and Serendipity--Jennifer Ziegler

CHAPTER BOOKS

Wildwood--Colin Melody

PICTURE BOOKS

Home for Christmas--Jan Brett
Grandma Puts Love in Her Cookies--Marjorie Olson

JUVENILE NONFICTION

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?--Susan A. Shea
Simple Machines--Anita Yasuda

Upcoming Events at Aurora Public Library

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Hot Reads for Cold Nights:
An Adult Winter Reading Program
January 17-March 2, 2012

Sign up and receive a reading log and bookmark and, while supplies last, a small incentive. You may enter your name in a weekly drawing for each library book you check out from the Aurora Public Library and read. Prizes will be donated books in excellent condition. Sign up and read away the winter!

The Minnesota Legacy Fund presents....
The Okee-Dokee Brothers

Enjoy a fun-filled concert for the young and young and heart--
Thursday, February 19, 7:00 p.m. at the Aurora Public Library
It's free--bring your friends!

Aurora Friends of the Library
BOOK CLUB MEETING
Thursday, February 23, 6:00 p.m.

Come share your thoughts on Diane Wilson’s Minnesota Book Award winning memoir Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past. If you would like to read the book and join the discussion, you may visit the online library catalog or call the library to place a request on the title.

The Minnesota Legacy Fund presents:
The Puppet Tellers: A Night on Bear Island
Thursday, March 29, 4:00 p.m. at the Aurora Public Library

For more info and to see photos, click here to link to their web site!

Library News

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What's new and news at the Aurora Public Library?

NEW SCHEDULE FOR STORY TIMES AT THE AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Aurora Public Library is making a change to the story time schedule. We plan to offer two Friday morning story times (the first and third Friday) each month, as well as one afternoon and one evening story time or children's program each month. Check the web site or the library's Facebook page for details!

January's story times will be:

Wednesday, January 25, 6:30 p.m
Celebrate Minnesota!

AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MAKES CHANGE TO MOVIE BORROWING POLICY

Aurora Public Library patrons may now check out 4 (raised from 2) entertainment movies per card. Late fees on entertainment movies have been reduced to $1/day/movie.

FOUR KINDLES NOW IN CIRCULATION AT THE AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Aurora Public Library now has 4 Kindles in circulation, each loaded with 40 books. One Kindle contains nonfiction titles; another mystery/suspense/thriller/horror novels; a third has general/historical/romance/Christian fiction titles; and the fourth contains an assortment of science fiction/fantasy/western/teen novels. Currently all four Kindles are on hold or checked them out--but you may search their contents and place a hold in the Aurora Public Library catalog. They may be checked for three weeks by any Aurora Public Library card holder age 18 and older. Please note that fines are $5/day, and the Kindles MUST be returned to the Aurora Public Library during open hours; they may not be returned in the book drop. Three Kindles and their titles were donated through the generosity of individual donors to the Aurora Public Library; the fourth Kindle and its titles were donated by Harp Construction.

STRATEGIC PLAN PROGRESS REPORT

The Aurora Public Library has completed the strategic planning process, and has approved a strategic plan which will guide library priorities through 2015. The library's misison statement, revised to reflect the current library goals is as follows:

The Aurora Public Library contributes to an informed, connected community by providing books, technology, and special programs that support early literacy and academic achievement, and encourage people of all ages to become lifelong learners.

The current library goals are as follows:

Residents, newcomers, and visitors are informed of available resources and inspired to participate in local events and groups.

Library staff put together a "GetInvolvedAurora" brochure featuring local service and special interest organizations that wished to be listed. The brochures is accompanied by a web site, linked from the library's web page, which includes the organizations' listings and a community calendar of meetings and events held by those organizations which wished to be listed. The community calendar is now also printed on the back of the library newsletter, which is mailed to all City residents each month and is also available at the library and the Loon Lake Community Center, and is posted at various other locations. Displays in the library display case in the past year have included a display of Amish dolls, a display by the Range Women's Advocates, a display by the "Angel of Hope" committee for the children's memorial park in Virginia, a historical display relating to the Boy Scouts, a display by the Care Partners, and a display by the Mesabi East Early Childhood Coalition.

People of all ages will nurture their curiosity and obtain knowledge to enrich their lives.

Utilizing funding available through the Legacy Fund, funds raised by the Aurora Friends of the Library, and in partnership with other organizations, the library has been able to offer a variety of lively, educational programs, including a folk-dancing program with Terrence Smith, a harp and flute concert, an art event for children by the Creativity Tank, a concert by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, a class on playing the American dulcimer, a presentation on and demonstration of weaving, a presentation by the Minnesota Crime Wave, and free passes to various regional museums and events available to check out at the library. Several more events are scheduled for the summer months.

Children will develop enthusiasm for reading and learning, and caregivers will develop social connections and gain tools for increasing literacy in their homes.

The library continues to offer weekly preschool story times featuring music, action rhymes, and songs. Story times are planned around the six pre-reading building-block skills, and early literacy information is available for parents and caregivers. The library will again partner with 2 local day cares this summer to offer on-site story times and story time kits in conjunction with the summer reading program.

Students will have the out-of-school support needed to increase their academic achievement and successfully complete their education.

The library hosted a series of "Minnesota History Mornings at the Library" for grade-school homeschooled children, a pilot project using kits developed by the Minnesota Historical Society. We will again encourage reading and learning throughout the summer with the children's "One World, Many Stories" and teen "You Are Here" reading programs.

A full copy of the strategic plan and its supporting documents can be found at the Arrowhead Library System web site or by clicking here.
DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE

Downloadable ePub ebooks are now available to anyone with a library card from the Arrowhead Library System. To access the list of available titles, click on the "Downloadable audiobooks and ebooks" link under the links section on the right side of this web page. To learn more, you may click here for a list of frequently asked questions.

WE NOW HAVE WI-FI!

The Aurora Public Library now offers wireless internet access, funded by monies raised during the Spring Library Technology Fundraiser Meatball Dinner. Many thanks to everyone who helped out with the meal and purchased tickets! If you have a laptop with wireless access, you may now access the internet at the library on your own computer. (Library patrons accessing the internet via the library’s wireless network are responsible for abiding by the library’s internet use agreement; please stop by the front desk to view and sign the form if you have not already done so.) The wireless network is available 24-7; its range extends several feet in front of the library and about 1/3 of the way back in the parking lot behind the library.

NEW! AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY PAGE NOW ON FACEBOOK®

Do you use Facebook®? So do we! Become a fan of the Aurora Public Library to receive updates about library news, events, and new releases! Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc.
Friends of the Library NewsThe Aurora Friends of the Library support the Aurora Public Library through fund-raising efforts and through volunteering at the library.

The Friends of the Library do not meet over the summer, although many volunteer with the summer reading program. Regular, non-summer meeting dates are the first Tuesday of each month at 1:30. New members and volunteers are always welcome!

Would you like to search the library catalog?

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Click here to search the Arrowhead Library System catalog.
To search the Aurora Public Library catalog only, click here.

Teens Talk Books: A Teen Forum

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Share reviews and comments on what you have been reading with other teens through the "Teens Talk Books" forum! To share a review or to comment on a previously mentioned title, click on the "Comments" button. Detailed instructions appear below. To read additional posts and comments, click on the number of comments at the bottom of the post.

Some recently ordered titles of possible interest include:

Naomi's Song--Selma Kritzer Silverberg

A novel based on the biblical story of Naomi and Ruth.

Emily--by Emily Smucker

A biographical account of a teen's diagnosis of
and learning to live with chronic illness.

To post a comment:

If you would like to post a comment:

1. Click on the blue link below that says "(number) comments."
2. Type your comments into the box to the right of the screen labeled "Leave your comment." You are welcome to sign your name or to leave an anonymous comment.
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