Library News: Week of September 19, 2021



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Minnesota State Park Passes: A free pass can be withdrawn from Wednesday to Tuesday. You must be a resident of Nobles County and a Plum Creek Library card holder.

Reading Club: The Friends of the Library Book Club will meet on September 27 at 7 pm to discuss “The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich. Contact the library to participate.

New books for adults: “Rock Paper Scissors” by Alice Feeney, “Defending Britta Stein” by Ronald H. Balson, “Into the Forest” by Rebecca Frankel, “Apples Never Fall” by Liane Moriarty and “The Inheritance” by JoAnn Ross.

New children’s books: “Big Nate, Aloha! “By Lincoln Peirce,” Diary of a Pug, Scaredy-Pug “by Kyla May,” Negative Cat “by Sophie Blackall,” Dragons are the worst! ” by Alex Willan and “I Spy School Days, A Book of Picture Riddles” by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo.

New DVD: “Blue Blood” (11th season)

Please join us from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Worthington Library to learn more about how the library can help your child’s learning. There will be a tour of the library, a demonstration on how to use the catalog and e-books, and how to use the library’s computers. There will be a treasure hunt at the end! This event is aimed at both parents and children; No registration necessary.

Please stop by the library or call 295-5340 to register your children for these activities:

  • Monday: Wii U Gaming (Grades 5-9), after school until 4:45 p.m.

  • Tuesday: after school program (levels K-5) until 4:45 p.m.

  • Wednesday: Story Time (toddlers, preschoolers), 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

  • Thursday: after school program (levels K-5) until 4:45 p.m.

  • Sep 27: Just Gurlz (Grades 5-9 girls), until 4:45 p.m.

  • Sept. 28: after-school program (levels K-5) until 4:45 p.m.

Students are responsible for their return trip to the library and must be picked up by 5:00 p.m.

September 21: “Moving Words” presented by a panel of Minnesota Book Award winners. Daniel Bernstrom of Worthington, 2021 winner for children’s literature, will be joined by Su Hwang, 2020 winner for poetry, and Kaethe Schwehn, 2015 winner for creative non-fiction. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Worthington Library.

September 22: Computer tutorial on creating and using a gmail account to send and receive emails, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Call 295-5340 to reserve a seat.

October 28: Musical artist Dennis Warner will perform at 1 p.m. at the Adrian Senior Citizens Center, 120 N. Maine Ave., and at 4 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, Worthington.

Watch our Facebook page and website for updates and future events.

These electronic resources are available 24 hours a day on the Nobles County Library website, under Search> Digital Libraries. All you need is your library card so you can access it from anywhere.

BookFlix: For Kindergarten to Grade 3 students: animated and talking story books, games and other activities.

TrueFlix: For grades 3 and above. Hundreds of units to supplement social studies and science learning.

FreedomFlix: For grades 4 and above. Over 70 multimedia units providing students with insight into the people, places and events that have shaped our world.

ScienceFlix: For grades 3 and above. More than 50 comprehensive scientific units in six fields, videos and articles at different reading levels and ideas for project and experimentation.

School education: Over 30,000 K-6 resources; activity sheets, lesson plans and more, covering all topics and themes. Also over 2,000 mini-books.

Watch and Learn Library: For Pre-K to 3 levels. Over 200 educational videos with real world footage in English or Spanish to help build knowledge on all topics and expand vocabulary.

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