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Our 2017 Reading Challenge

…celebrates 100 years of books from 1917 ~ 2017. Each month we will highlight a different decade on our display rack. The book selection will include titles published in those years or books about world events in that time period.

The challenge will cover books either published or written about world events that occured between 1917 and 2017.

Readers have two options:

100 Books: There books are of the reader’s choice. Reading from our selected list in snot necessary, but certainly can be done.

12 Books: Readers can chose to read one of our selected books per month throughout 2017.

We will keep a reading record at the Library to help readers reach goals.

Our Book Sale Cart is full and we have more books waiting their turn on the cart.

Stop in to see for yourself what we have available, for only ten cents each!! 

That deal is nearly a steal! See you soon.

We also have a basket of old magazines to give away inside the Library.

Quilting 101 with Susan Mitchell.
Are you interested?

The two-part class is set for

THURSDAY JUNE 15 from 7:00~9:00 PM

and continues on

SATURDAY JUNE 17 from 10:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM

at Seneca Free Library Community Room.

Deadline to sign up and pay the $15.00 fee is MONDAY JUNE 5.

Anyone interested in learning to quilt is welcome.

You will need to bring your own sewing machine, fabric and notions. 

The fee covers the cost of the latest Start Quilting with Alex Anderson, a very handy,

full-color guide for beginning quilters.

Pictured are samples of the projects Susan will be starting you on.

Choose EITHER the 20×42 inch table runner OR the 42×42 inch baby/wall quilt.

Materials you will need to bring, besides the fabric:

Sewing machine, rotary cutter, rotary mat, 12 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ rotary ruler, glass head pins, extra needles for sewing machine, thread, measuring tape and extra wound bobbins.

You will pick up the fabric list when you come in to sign up.

 This is the first in a series of adult continuing education classes sponsored by EYE, a collaboration between Nemaha Central Schools, Seneca Free Library and the Nemaha Central Schools Education Foundation. 

Share this with anyone you think might like to attend.

December Meeting – Frozen Party !!

Be sure to read the descriptions under each picture for the rest of the story. The winning fake snow recipe is: Recipe 1 Baking Soda & Shaving Cream Mix 1 cup of baking soda with 1 cup of shaving cream with a fork. Add a few drops of water until mixture takes on a snow-like appearance. you may need to add a little more water or baking soda, depending on the humidity of your room.

 

 

 

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At our October STEM meeting we learned all about

thermal dynamics with water and air.

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At the September 2016 STEM meeting attendees learned about density, polymers magnetism.

 

 

 

We had 3 gingerbread houses entered in our contest! Take a look at the wonderful creations:

 

 

 

WHO: You can do this project as a family or as an individual, those are the 2 categories.

WHAT: A gingerbread house, of course! The sub-structure may be cardboard, but the main body and all decorations must be edible. Such as graham crackers, frosting, pretzels, gum drops, frosting, cereal, chocolate candies and don’t forget frosting!

WHEN: Bring your house to the Library anytime between December 12 and 14. Judging takes place Thursday December 15, before we open. If you want your creation back to show off during the holidays, please pick them up before closing time Saturday December 17.

WHERE: Seneca Free Library.

WHY: December 12 is National Gingerbread House Day, what better reason is there??

If you need help getting the creative juices flowing check out the December issue of Food Network Magazine, there are several pages dedicated to gingerbread houses. Don’t pick it up at the store! You can access this magazine {and many more} through Flipster with your Seneca Library card. Ask us how to do this!

Too big to fit in one picture!!  Our race track is busy with more waiting to get in the race!

The only rules we have is for you to document how many books have been read to your child and that your child is not yet in kindergarten. Any and everyone can read to your preschooler and all you have to do is make a tally mark on the bright green paper. Once there are 100 tallies, bring the paper in to the Library to move the car down the track and your child picks a prize. You can read 1,000 different books or one book 1,000 times. Remember, those tally marks are verification, so don’t forget to bring in some proof of how many books you’ve read! Get everyone involved! Sign up today, it will go a lot faster than you think!

Just how long does it take to read 1,000 books? Well, someone, somewhere figured it out for us: 1 book per day for 3 years = 1,000 books; 10 books per week for 2 years = 1,040 books; 3 books per day for 1 year = 1,095 books. So, not long at all!

Want to learn more about the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Foundation? Click on the picture below for information and advice to boost your child’s learning.

The end is here! We started the year celebrating 5 states

and we are going to end the year busing out 5 states!

* Oklahoma * New Mexico * Arizona * Alaska * Hawaii *

You can find books about these states on our display rack.

The adult summer reading theme is, “Exercise Your Mind, Read!

We’ve had TWO patrons finish reading about ALL 50 states!!  Congratulations!

We are offering this challenge so you can exercise your mind and read beyond your favorite genre.

                  We have compiled a list of books from each of the 50 United States. There are fiction and non-fiction alike. The book may just be set in a particular state or there may be many locations and facts mentioned. Read as many or as few as you like. Each patron accepting the challenge will be given a U.S. map that can be kept at the library. Each time a book is read we can make a mark on that state. You will have from January 1 through December 31 to finish the challenge. We will be promoting the states in order of their statehood dates. January we will feature Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia. Of course we are throwing Kansas in this month because Kansas will celebrate 155 years as a state on January 29. Each month from then on will have four more states to read about. In December we will promote the last five of the United States. If you want to read about Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico that would be considered bonus work.

Interested? We hope so. Think this sounds just daunting? Relax, you can read as many as you like. There is no test and no grade. We aren’t saying you have to like the book, you just have to read it. At the end you will have exercised your mind and left your reading comfort zone. For those of you who like bragging rights we have established some different reading levels:

The Weekend Traveler – read up to 10 state books.

The Vagabond – read up to 30 books.

The Adventurer – Read up to 49 books.

First Class Passenger -Read all 50 books.

 

Ask the librarians how to get started. Happy Trails!

 

 

GETTING STARTED WITH FLIPSTER

Patrons of Seneca Free Library can now access their favorite digital magazines using Flipster® from EBSCO Information Services.

Flipster is a next-generation magazine service that allows people to browse digital versions of the latest issues of  popular magazines, courtesy of the library.

Our patrons have access through Flipster for magazines such Fortune, Time, People, Scientific
American, Sports Illustrated, Us Weekly and more so you have the option of accessing the content at
the library or remotely. Magazines can be downloaded to Android™ phones and tablets, Apple® phones
and tables, and Kindle Fire tablets for offline reading anytime, anywhere.

Flipster offers an easy, browse-able reading experience. Users can browse magazines by category as well
as perform searches for specific periodicals. An online newsstand provides a carousel of the most recent
issues, as well as a carousel of all issues allowing for quick access to magazines. The table of contents
contains links for quick access to articles of interest and hotlinks within magazines are hyperlinked,
opening in separate tabs when clicked. In addition, there is an option to zoom in and out for better readability.

Any current NExpress patron can use the service by going to http://catalog.nexpresslibrary.org in their
browser (on their computer or mobile device) and logging into the catalog with their library user name
and PIN. From there, you will find “Access Flipster” under the Digital Resources links on the left side of
the screen. That one click will get you directly to the magazines available through NExpress.

This is new as of May 1. More titles will be added in time, as individual libraries have time to shop for magazines.

Everyone had a great time in our latest paint class. This time we invited youth to attend with their parent or grandparent or aunt. Be sure to check out the video to see everyone’s creation.

The photo booth props were a big hit. Children had a great time deciding what to ‘wear’ and asked to see their pictures right away. Anyone remember having to wait day, weeks or months to see printed pictures? Not anymore!!