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Learn about library apps that
let you read and listen more
The library offers great content through its digital platforms. There are e-books, audiobooks, Hoopla, Sunflower eLibrary, digital content, reading magazines on your phone, Beanstack, and RBDigital. Are you taking advantage of these services?
If you get befuddled by all that, we can help! Come to this special program to learn how to get the most out of the library's digital services with just your library card.
Please bring whatever mobile device you want to use to access these services and we'll walk you through installation, registration and how to access all the good stuff you can
find there.
7-8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 5 in the Community Room — no registration required
Refreshments will be served.
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Get an early start on literacy with Baby and Me
Baby and Me is a 20-minute early literacy program designed for a parent/caregiver and their baby, age birth to 12 months. Each week, parents will share with their baby board books that are consistent with the baby's development.
They will also learn rhymes and action songs to use with their baby at home, with the babies joining in when ready.
11 a.m. Thursdays, in the Frank Fanning Room |
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 Gathering Space Gallery to feature DHS student and faculty art
Opening March 16, art created by students and faculty at Derby High School will be on display in the Gathering Space Gallery at the library. Students' work will be on display in the Community Room, while faculty art will be hung in the lobby Gathering Space. Ceramic art will be featured in the display case in the lobby.
This is the first time faculty works have been included in an exhibition for the high school. All student art work will be juried by USD 260 art teachers. Members of the community are invited to a reception to enjoy the art and meet the artists. Light refreshments will be served.
Public reception for Derby High School artists: 5-7 p.m., March 26, in the Community Room
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Looking for someplace to discuss books?
We've got you covered!
We have three active book groups here at the library that are open to everyone. If you love to read and talk about the books you read, pop in to one or more of the book groups!
Bemused Bibliophiles meets during the day and reads popular books that have been on the bestseller list. Hauntingly Good Reads meets in the evening and explores all kinds of books that have a supernatural/magical/unexplainable kind of bent—we look far beyond the traditional vampires, ghosts and witches.
Joyful Page Turners is the most enduring book club at the library—it's been meeting regularly since May 2000! Books selected for this book club include just about everything: classics, modern bestsellers, non-fiction, and more.
Click on the book titles below to see them in the library catalog. Sign in to your library account on the catalog and you can place a title on hold.
You can keep up to date with what's happening in our book clubs, and find lists of all the books that have been read on the book clubs page on our website.
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Grow a Reader early literacy backpacks are here!
We are happy to announce a new addition to our children's picture book collection. The Grow a Reader take-home packs are designed to help families with children age 3-6 make the most of their reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing time.
The check-out period for the packs is two weeks and they are limited to one per family. They can be placed on hold and were made possible by a generous donation by the Bill Pickens Memorial Fund.
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Spring break fun for everyone!
Join us at the library for lots of fun during spring break! We've got activities planned for all ages. Click on the links below for more details about each event.
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All ages storytime, 10 a.m., March 17 |
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Teen movie for grades 6-12, 4 p.m., March 17 |
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LEGO STEM challenge, grades K-5, 2 p.m., March 18 |
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Family craft day, 1 p.m., March 19 |
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Library treasure hunt, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 20 |
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Monkey and Me
by Emily Gravett
Summary: This book was especially fun. It's about a little girl and her monkey saying "Monkey and me, Monkey and me, Monkey and me, we went to see, we went to see..." and each time they see a different animal.
My Thoughts: This book was actually recommended to me by the Beanstack App. Which if you haven't signed up for you really should. I use the app to log books for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program for Amelia. Each week it sends me an email with book recommendations and this week's was Monkey and Me.
Now, I don't know if they intended it to be this way, but I made it into a song, and after a few times Amelia was singing along which I couldn't even take. It was SO CUTE! After we read it a few times through, the rest of the day I would hear her sing it, which it turn made me sing it too, and became somewhat of a learning game. I would sing the phrase, then choose an animal and ask her what noise that animal makes. SO MUCH FUN!
Amelia's Rating: I think she would give it a solid 5 stars, I foresee us checking this book out several times!
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Scavenge the Stars
by Tara Sim
First line: The first thing Silverfish had learned on board the Brackish was how to hold a knife.
Summary: Amaya has spent seven years on a ship working off the debt her parents sold her to cover. Just a few days before she is due to be released she rescues a man from the sea. For her kindness he offers her the chance to get revenge on the people who have wronged her.
As their scheme progresses she becomes entangled with the son of the wealthy merchant they intend to bring down. The more she learns about him the harder it becomes to follow through with their plans.
My thoughts: This is a gender swap retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It has a stunning cover and a fun plot. It is always fun to read a retelling especially if it was done well. I liked Amaya and Cayo’s interactions. I wish that there was more of it. Hopefully in the second book there will more. It ended with a big cliffhanger! I am looking forward to the sequel coming out next year.
Release date: Jan. 7, 2020
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The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
First line: The night it all ended, Vivian was alone.
Summary: In 1982, Viv Delaney is hitchhiking through New York when she is dropped off at the Sun Down Motel. That night she is offered the job of night clerk for the motel. On her first nights she learns that not everything is as it seems at the Sun Down. The strong smell of cigarettes, doors opening and closing on their own and ghostly voices around every corner. Then one night in November, Viv disappears without a trace.
Flash forward to 2017, Carly Kirk travels to the town of Fell, New York, to find out what really happened to her aunt who disappeared from the Sun Down Motel in 1982.
My thoughts: This was so much fun!! I read it in just 2 days. I loved the old motel, the people and the mystery. I always drive by old motels and wonder who actually stops there. This answered it for me. St. James’ descriptions of the place are just eerie. It is a place stuck in a time bubble. I can easily imagine the smell of the old smoke, the dirty carpets and the old bedspreads. Add to the creepy hotel a few ghosts and you have the recipe for a perfect story. The first time that Viv sees the woman it gave me chills.
Release date: Feb. 18, 2020
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Those who are homebound can still use the library
If you know someone who is not able to get out of the house easily, let us bring the library to them! Derby Public Library and Derby Rotary Club have collaborated on Library2Go to bring library materials to those who cannot get to the library because of physical or medical limitations.
This service is available to anyone who lives in the USD 260 boundaries and is homebound, including those who may be temporarily homebound due to illness or other conditions. The program is free. Materials are delivered to the patron's home on Friday afternoons, every four weeks.
To register for Library2Go, visit the library's Library2Go web page and click on the link to complete the form, or call the library at 316-788-0760 and the person who answers the phone can help you register.
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