bell co. public library district ~~ march · “reading can take you places you have never been...

“Reading can take you places you have never been before.” ~ Dr. Seuss MARCH 2020

Read Across America March 2-7 is Read Across America

Week! The Libraries and Bookmobile

will be represented at the

Middlesboro Mall on Saturday,

March 7th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 8th – 2:00 a.m. DON’T FORGET to set your

clocks AHEAD one hour before you go

to bed on Saturday night, March 7th!

FOML Spring Book Sale The spring book sale, sponsored by the

Friends of the Middlesboro Library

(FOML) will be held March 26th-28th.

These book sales are the main fundraisers for the Friends group.

Good News from Miss Erica We have BIG NEWS! The Pineville-Bell County

Public Library Youth received a mini grant from

the American Library Association to do Applied

Digital Skills programming in partnership with

Google for Education. We will be teaching basic

computer skills to middle-school and teen students

and cannot wait to begin!

The Middlesboro library was the

venue for a book signing by local

author Jamie Vaught on Saturday,

Feb. 22nd. His new book is called Chasing the Cats: a Kentucky

Basketball Journey and is available

for checkout at both library branches

and the bookmobile. This is his fifth

book about the Cats!

New York Times Best Sellers:

Hardback Fiction – February 23, 2020

Out of the top 15 titles, our libraries have

14 for your reading pleasure! ( ) = Number of weeks on the list

1. American dirt / Cummins, Jeanine (3)

2. Golden in death / Robb, J. D. (new)

3. (Crooked river) / Preston & Child

4. Where the crawdads sing / Owens, Delia (75)

5. The museum of desire/ Kellerman, Jonathan (new)

6. Such a fun age / Reid, Kiley (6)

7. The silent patient / Michaelides, Alex (33)

8. Lost / Patterson, James & James O. Born (4)

9. The Dutch house / Ann Patchett (20)

10. (The girl with the louding voice)/ Abi Daré (new)

11. Dear Edward / Napolitano, Ann (5)

12. The guardians / Grisham, John (17)

13. The giver of stars / Moyes, Jojo (18)

14. A long petal of the sea / Allende, Isabel (3)

15. When you see me / Gardner, Lisa (2)

Painting Class

artists!

See pgs. 6 & 7

for more!

Bel l Co . Pub l ic L i brary Dis t r i c t ~~ MA R C H 2020

Clients at Horizons Adult

Daycare made

"Wood U B My Valentine?"

wooden ornaments for

their Valentine Tree

on Feb 5th!


NEW: ADULT FICTION (by author)

The third woman : a Stephanie Patrick thriller /

Burnell, Mark

Lancaster burning trilogy / Byler, Linda

Gwendy's magic feather / Chizmar, Richard T.

The boatman's daughter : a novel /Davidson, Andy,

Lifesworn: the complete trilogy / Derr, Megan

If you knew her : a novel / Elgar, Emily

Sharp objects : a novel / Flynn, Gillian

Agency / Gibson, William

Stay : a novel / Hyde, Catherine Ryan

Last girl standing / Jackson, Lisa

Careless whiskers / James, Miranda

Treeborne / Johnson, Caleb

It all falls down / Kamal, Sheena

Zed : a novel / Kavenna, Joanna

Lives of the Saints : a novel / Lemann, Nancy

The Topeka school / Lerner, Ben

The Janes / Luna, Louisa

The Good Lord Bird / McBride, James

The witches of New York : a novel / McKay, Ami

Somerset / Meacham, Leila

Trouble is what I do / Mosley, Walter

Dear Edward : a novel / Napolitano, Ann

Weather : a novel / Offill, Jenny

Blindside / Patterson, James

The seep / Porter, Chana

The other lady vanishes / Quick, Amanda

The lucky one : a novel / Rader-Day, Lori

The plot against America / Roth, Philip

The last wish: introducing The witcher / Sapkowski,

Andrzej

No fixed line / Stabenow, Dana

The majesties : a novel / Tsao, Tiffany

On Earth we're briefly gorgeous : a novel / Vuong,

Ocean

The truants / Weinberg, Kate

NEW : ADULT NON-FICTION

The longing for less : living with minimalism /

Chayka, Kyle

Guts / Telgemeier, Raina

The truth never stands in the way of a good story /

Brunvand, Jan Harold

Say nothing : a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland / Keefe, Patrick Radden

Lost girls : an unsolved American mystery / Kolker,

Robert

Invisible Americans : the tragic cost of child poverty / Madrick, Jeffrey G.

We are the luckiest : the surprising magic of a sober life / McKowen, Laura

Smacked : a story of white-collar ambition, addiction, and tragedy / Zimmerman, Eilene

Wilmington's lie : the murderous coup of 1898 and the rise of white supremacy / Zucchino, David

Fish : the complete guide to buying and cooking /

Bittman, Mark

Every dish delivers : 365 days of fast, fresh, affordable meals / Lee, Sandra

Batman : the killing joke / Moore, Alan

London, reign over me : how England's capital built classic rock / Tow, Stephen

Player's handbook : dungeons and dragons / Wyatt,

James

Batman and philosophy : the dark knight of the

soul

Random family : love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx / LeBlanc, Adrian Nicole

The soul of America : the battle for our better angels / Meacham, Jon

Black gun, silver star : the life and legend of frontier marshal Bass Reeves / Burton, Arthur T.

Empire of the summer moon : Quanah Parker and

the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most

powerful Indian tribe in American history /

Gwynne, S. C.

Me : Elton John / John, Elton

The body burning detail : memoir of a Marine artilleryman in Vietnam / Jones, Bill

The phantom prince : my life with Ted Bundy /

Kendall, Elizabeth

Open book / Simpson, Jessica

NEW : YOUNG ADULT FICTION The night country : a Hazel Wood novel / Albert,

Melissa

Salt slow : stories / Armfield, Julia

A match made in mehendi / Bajpai, Nandini

The never tilting world / Chupeco, Rin

Ghosts of the shadow market / Clare, Cassandra

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When the stars lead to you / Davis, Ronni

Maybe he just likes you / Dee, Barbara

Our year in love and parties / Hattrup, Karen

A heart so fierce and broken / Kemmerer, Brigid

Shadow of the Batgirl / Kuhn, Sarah

Reverie / La Sala, Ryan

Loki : where mischief lies / Lee, Mackenzi

Just breathe / McGovern, Cammie

Loveboat, Taipei / Wen, Abigail Hing

Sí, si es contigo / Calle y Poché

NEW: JUVENILE FICTION

The best of Iggy / Barrows, Annie

The Fowl twins / Colfer, Eoin

Far away / Graff, Lisa

The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse / Mackesy,

Charlie

Caterpillar summer / McDunn, Gillian

The thief knot : a Greenglass House story / Milford,

Kate

Twister on Tuesday / Osborne, Mary Pope

The best at it / Pancholy, Maulik

The legend of Bass Reeves : being the true and

fictional account of the most valiant marshal in

the West / Paulsen, Gary

Dog man : fetch-22 / Pilkey, Dav

Pay attention, Carter Jones / Schmidt, Gary D.

Clean getaway / Stone, Nic

The fresh new face of Griselda / Torres, Jennifer

NEW: JUVENILE & YOUNG ADULT

NON-FICTION

Free lunch / Ogle, Rex

Major impossible / Hale, Nathan

NEW FICTION: EASY

Love : from The Very Hungry Caterpillar / Carle,

Eric

Let the children march / Clark-Robinson, Monica

Please don't eat me / Climo, Liz

River / Cooper, Elisha

Roar like a dandelion / Krauss, Ruth

The upper case : trouble in Capital City / Lazar,

Tara

Pluto gets the call / Rex, Adam

Almost time / Schmidt, Gary D.

Snail crossing / Tabor, Corey R.

Newly Added DVD’s (both branches)

Abominable

Anonymous

Arctic dogs

Bruce Almighty

Captain Ron.

CSI: Miami. The complete third season

CSI: Miami: The complete fourth season

The day the earth stood still (1951 original)

Doctor Sleep

Dora and the lost city of gold

Downton Abbey

The fault in our stars

Foxcatcher

Gemini man

Good Deeds

The good liar

Happy feet two

Harriet

I have Tourette's but Tourette's doesn't have me

It. Chapter two

Joker

The karate kid

The Karate Kid, part II : the story continues

The Karate Kid, Part III ; : The next Karate kid

The lion king

The Lone Ranger

The Longest Ride

Ma

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maximum risk

Outlander, Season two

Playing with fire

Terminator. Dark fate

Toy story 4

Walking tall

Walking tall : final chapter

Walking tall. part 2

Wild wild West

Yellowstone : season 1

Yellowstone Season 2

Are you wondering what

this QR Code is for?

See page 5 to find out!

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TEEN TUESDAYS

March 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th

@ 4:00 p.m.

Ages 11-16

Toddler Time

Wednesdays @ 10:30 a.m.

Ages 6 mos. – Pre-K

March 4th – J is for…Jump

March 11th – G is for…Green

March 18th – Y is for…You and Me

March 25th – O is for…Ocean

Dungeons & Dragons “Beginners Quest”

Ages 11-17

Wednesdays, March 11th & 25th

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Milk & Cookies Book Club Ages 6-11

Thursdays, March 5th, 12th, 19th,

& 26th

@ 4:15 p.m.

Book titles:

Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu

The Wolves in the Walls, by Neil Gaiman

Toddler Time: D is for… Dinosaur

V is for… Valentine

Milk & Cookies Book Club

Children & Youth Programs

Middlesboro

Branch

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MOVIE DAY The Pineville Library will show a family-friendly

movie based on a book by Dr. Seuss on

Tuesday, March 3rd at 10:15 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 5th Dr. Seuss Fun!

3:30 p.m. – ALL AGES

Adulting 101 Class – for Teens! Tues., March 10th @ 3:30 p.m.

Becoming an adult and living on your own can be

confusing, challenging, a bit scary, but also

exciting! This class will help you learn important

life skills that will make the transition easier. We

will meet the first Tuesday of every month.

Game Day – All Ages

Thurs., March 12th – 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

3D Printing Design Class with Jack Overbay

Saturday, March 14th 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (Lunch will be served after class)

This is a beginner design class that walks you

through the basics of creating your own 3D

printing design. Due to limited supplies, you are

encouraged to bring your own laptop.

Registration required.

Call Miss Erica

@ 606-337-3422

OR

scan this QR Code

to sign up.

Outdoor Skills Club Tuesday, March 17th @ 3:30 p.m.

w/ Brian Good from B.C. Extension Office

Ages 8+

“Super Readers” Book Club Thursday, March 19th @ 3:30 p.m.

Ages 9-12

The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau

Teen Book Club Tuesday, March 24th @ 3:30 p.m

Little Fires Everywhere,

by Celeste Ng

Toddler Time Tuesday, March 25th @ 11:00 a.m. Ages 18 mos. – 4 yrs.

LEGO Club Thursday, March 26th @ 3:30 p.m.

All Ages Welcome!

(We will meet the last Thursday of every month).

Sketching Class with Sarah Andrew

Tuesday, March 31st @ 3:30 p.m. All skill levels welcome - Ages 8+

Learning

fishing skills with Brian

Good.

Children & Youth Programs Pineville Branch

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Monday’s R Murder Mon., March 9, 2020

@ 10:00 a.m. Murphy’s Law, by Rhys Brown

Next Month: April 6th The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes novel,

by Anthony Horowitz

CROCK POT COOKIN’

Time for Tea & Thee Book Club

Tues., March 17, 2020

@ 10:30 a.m. Send Down the Rain, by Charles Martin

Next Month: April 21st Between Sisters, by Kristin Hannah

One-on-One

Computer Training

Call Bonnie at (606) 248-4812 to register.

Stephanie’s Painting Class

Wed., March 18th at 11:00 a.m. There is a $3.00 charge for materials.

(Space is limited; registration required.)

(These 4 pictures are from the Feb. 19th painting class in

which 15 artists painted a Cardinal.)

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We will meet on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 1:00

p.m. at the Middlesboro Library. The program will

be on “Reading Labels” and the recipe will be “Santa

Fe Soup”.

Upcoming programs are on these Mondays:

April 6th May 4th Bean Soup Fajitas

Call Christy Blevins at the Bell County Extension

Office, 606-337-2376, sign up at the Middlesboro Library, or call 606-248-4812 to reserve a seat.

Middlesboro Branch

Adult Programs @ your library

Time for Tea & Thee – Feb. 25, 2020 Shelia Nunn Kathy Hopkins Theresa Williams

(28 of the 29 who attended!) Kathy McCann Becky Holt Barb McCune


Mystery Loves Company

Book Club WEDNESDAY, March 11th

@ 11:00 a.m

Unholy Fire, by Robert J. Mrazek

NEXT MONTH: Wed., April 8th

The Keepsake, by Tess Gerritsen

Book Bunch Book Club WEDNESDAY, March 25th

@ 11:00 a.m.

People of the Book,

by Geraldine Brooks

NEXT MONTH: Wed., April 22nd

No Ocean Too Wide, by Carrie Turansky

Registration is required for both clubs.

KISS Yoga & Exercise Class

** 10:00 a.m. on MONDAYS**

M & W: 5:15 – 5:45 p.m.

Mondays: March 2nd, 9th, 16th 23rd, & 31st

Wednesdays: March 4th, 11th, 18th, & 25th

Tuesdays & Thursdays

* Weather Permitting *

March 3rd, 5th, 10th,

12th, 17th, 19th, 24th, 26th & 31st

5:00 p.m.

(<a href="https://www.clipart.email/">clipart.email</a>)

Stephanie’s Painting Class Wed., March 4th at 11:00 a.m. There is a $3.00 charge for materials.

(Space is limited; registration required.)

Sixteen (16) artists interpreted Vincent Van

Gough's famous painting "Starry Night," at

Stephanie’s February painting class!

Pineville Branch

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Adult Programs @ your library

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Middlesborough-Bell County

Public Library 126 S. 20th Street / P O Box 1677

Middlesboro KY 40965-3677

Telephone: 606-248-4812

606-248-8766 (fax)

Hours: M-F 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Clients at Just

Family made these

St. Patrick’s Day

decorations getting

ready for March.

Pineville-Bell County

Public Library 214 Walnut Street / P O Box 1490

Pineville KY 40977-1490

Telephone: 606-337-3422

606-337-9862 (fax)

Hours: M-F 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Bell County Bookmobile Schedule IF you need/want bookmobile services, or know of anyone else

who needs this service, please contact Piddle Johnson at 606-302-

6035 (Bookmobile) or through either library branch, Pineville at

606-337-3422 or Middlesboro at 606-248-4812.

Schedule runs bi-weekly:

Web-Address

http://www.bellcpl.org

Check us out!!

Weeks beginning MARCH 9th & 23rd

Mondays: MARCH 9th & 23rd

Pineville Homebound Patrons

Tuesdays: MARCH 10th & 24th Just Family Adult Day Care; Ferndale Apts.

Thursdays: MARCH 12th & 26th

Cumb. River Comp. Care, 1:15 p.m. Kettle Island; Stoney Fork; Wilderness Trail Manor

Friday: MARCH 13th

Wilderness Trail Manor 1:00 p.m.

Weeks beginning MARCH 2nd, 16th & 30th

Mondays: MARCH 2nd, 16th, & 30th Middlesboro Homebound Patrons

Day Care Centers: Kidz Korner, Noah’s Ark,

Pride & Joy, Small Wonders, and Smart Start

Wednesdays: MARCH 4th & 18th Horizon Adult Center, 10:15 a.m.

Mtn. View Rehab; Middlesboro Health & Rehab

Thursdays: MARCH 5th & 19th

Bell Co. Forestry Camp; Henderson Sett.; Frakes

Saturday, March 7, 2020 - “Read Across America” at the Middlesboro Mall

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