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September is Library Card sign-up month. This September, DC’s Wonder Woman is embarking on a new mission to champion the power of a library card as Library Card Sign-up Month’s Honorary Chair. A founding member of the Justice League, Wonder Woman is known for strength, compassion and truth. Armed with the Lasso of Truth, Wonder Woman makes a

Banned Books Week is an annual event that highlights the benefits of unrestricted reading and draws attention to censorship attempts.10 Most Challenged Books of 2019:1. George by Alex Gino2. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin3. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss4. Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg5. Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack6. I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings7. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood8. Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier9. Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling10. And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson

Clarence Public Library NewsSeptember 2020

perfect ambassador to support the value of learning and the role libraries play in transforming lives and strengthening communities through education.

Ways to Celebrate:

1. Visit your library onlineto see what’s new and take part in the celebration. Libraries across the country are participating. Do you have friends who don’t have library cards? Invite them to sign up during September

2. Help spread the word.Follow I Love Libraries on Face-book and Twitter and the hashtag #LibraryCardSignUpMonth to join the celebration on social media.

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SENSORY SATURDAYS SENSORY SATURDAYS ONLINEONLINESensory Saturday (at home)! Each week Mr. Jeremy will post a new sensory play activity along with directions on how to do it yourself on the CPL Facebook site.

STORYTIMEThis is a storytime for toddler and preschool age children. In September we are presenting two Zoom storytimes. Those interested may call or email the library toregister and be given an access code at 716-741-2650 or cla@buffalolib.org. Registration secures a Storytime Craft Kit.Tuesday September 15th and 29th at 11:00AM.

STORv ALKIn September we will be installingour final storywalk of the summer-in our Children’s Reading Garden. The pages of the picture book will accompany visitors on a stroll through our gardens.

Gather leaves to trace or just cut leaves out of paper. Then create a glider! The challenge is to use only paper, tape and paperclips to create your design. You can start with your own design or emulate thedesigns above posted on our social media. Post or send successful experiments to our Facebook page or email it to cla@buffalib.org.

This year there are many variations on “back to school.” For some it means pursuing instruction at home. Before the COVID-19 pandemic our library was exploring offering more resources to enrich education at home. Our S.T.E.M.Kits grew out of that effort. We alsohad planned to host afternoons with these kits out for children and their caregivers to explore. As we cannot safely hold events in the meeting rooms, we have postponed these plans for the immediate future.

We are still planning on providingmore resources for in-home instruction or homeschooling.A helpful resource to start for those exploring the homeschoolpedagogy was published in Parents magazine titled“The Best Homseschooling Resources Online” published in May of this year. It offers resources including a brief history of theeducational philosophies that haveshaped the movement as well as some helplful resources, and informative blogs from other parents who have navigated the process. Also, see the guide provided under Educational Resources in our Subject Guides.

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We are excited to continue our English Conversation Circle.It is held every Thursday at 2:00 PM in the Children’s Read-ing Garden. This is a conversation group for native and non-native English speakers encouraging cultural exchange.

D&D GameSpace Online: New and experienced D&D players alike are welcome. For adults and young adults ages 13 and up. Alternate Thursdays from 4:00 to 6:00 pm .

Meetings are held on the online platform Discord. Email cla@buffalib.org addressed to our librarian Jeremy for further information. Jeremy will send a link to the group.

A Study in SherlockBy Monica Mooney, Director

In September we will be premiering a new monthly program series, A Study in Sherlock. The first of the series will be held via Zoom on September 24 at 6:00 PM. The program will be hosted by Kevin Gallivan, who will give a brief presentation on SherlockHolmes and lead a discussion on a A Study in Scarlet a novella that marked the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A self-proclaimed Sherlockian who is an expert on the ‘famed fictional detective” Gallivan’s first recollection of the character goes back over 60 year, when as a child, he remembers watching The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce on television. Sherlock Holmes is arguably the most well-known fictional detective in the world. As Gallivan states, “Show somebody a deerstalker hat,

calabash pipe or a magnifying glass and they will invariably say, ‘Sherlock Holmes’.” Whether or not you have enjoyed the Sherlock Holmes stories, there is a something synonymous between those objects and the famous detective.

So what is a Sherlockian? According to Gallivan, a “Sherlockian not only has read the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but wants to know all about them and the world they inhabited ...A Sherlockian reads about Victorian and Edwardian London. A Sherlockian looks for similarities between Holmes cases and real crimes of that era.”

There are and have been many Sherlock Holmes groups in the world. Locally, there was the An Irish Secret Sociey At Buffalo, which, as Gallivan writes, was “named for an episode in the story, His Last Bow, where Holmes infiltrated a German spy ring by posing as an Irish American who had belonged to ‘an Irish secret society at Buffalo.”

The oldest Sherlockian society in the world (and still active) is the Baker Street Irregulars literary society, which was founded in 1934. The oldest Sherlockian publication, being The Baker Street Journal, was first published in 1946 by Edgar W. Smith. See https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/about-the-bsi/

If you are interested in seeing an eclectic collection of Sherlock Holmes ephemera, they will be on display all month. Call to register for the September 24th program-beginning September 10.

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