“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

The Middlesboro & Pineville Public Libraries & the Bookmobile will be CLOSED on:

December 24th, 25th & 26th, 2015 – Christmas Holiday

Friday, January 1st, 2016 – New Year’s Day

Middlesboro (ONLY) closed: Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 Pineville (ONLY) closed: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015

(No items will be marked due on these dates.)

NEW: ADULT FICTION

Away in a manger / Bowen, Rhys

Mary's Christmas goodbye / Byler, Linda

Christmas bells : a novel / Chiaverini, Jennifer

The Mistletoe Inn / Evans, Richard Paul

Dashing through the snow : a Christmas novel /

Macomber, Debbie

NEW: ADULT LARGE PRINT

Falling like snowflakes : a Summer Harbor Novel / Hunter, Denise

NEW: ADULT PAPERBACK

Bring me home for Christmas / Carr, Robyn

Christmas on Candy Cane Lane / Roberts, Sheila

Both libraries will be having the annual

“Breakfast with Santa” program. (Registration is REQUIRED, but is free to the public.)

Middlesboro Library – see Pg. 4

Saturday, DECEMBER 5, 2015

Pineville Library – see Pg. 6

Saturday, DECEMBER 12, 2015

** Each library will be closed on the day of the program.

Teens at the

Middlesboro library

celebrated the 150th

anniversary of “Alice

in Wonderland” by

having a Mad Hatter

Tea Party!

GOOD READS ! ! GOOD NEWS ! ! Bel l Co . Pub l ic L i brary Dis t r i c t ~~ December 2015

B e l l C o . P u b l i c L i b r a r y D i s t r i c t ~ ~ N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5

SEASON’S readings

“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

NEW: ADULT FICTION

This side of wild : mutts, mares, and laughing

dinosaurs / Paulsen, Gary

The guilty / Baldacci, David

All dressed in white : an under suspicion novel /

Clark, Mary Higgins

The promise / Crais, Robert

Tricky twenty-two / Evanovich, Janet

Day of the dead. Book 1 : Gaza / Gordon, Dan

The wedding chapel / Hauck, Rachel

The girl in the spider's web / Lagercrantz, David

The Darling Dahlias and the eleven o'clock lady /

Albert, Susan Wittig

Bittersweet dreams / Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.)

The crossing : a novel / Connelly, Michael

Depraved heart : a Scarpetta novel / Cornwell,

Patricia

Undead and unforgiven / Davidson, MaryJanice

A banquet of consequences / George, Elizabeth

Playing with fire : a novel / Gerritsen, Tess

Ghost to the rescue / Hart, Carolyn G.

The grave soul / Hart, Ellen

Winter stroll : a novel / Hilderbrand, Elin

The theory of death : a Decker/Lazarus novel /

Kellerman, Faye

The bazaar of bad dreams : [stories] / King, Stephen

After Alice / Maguire, Gregory

Miss Ruffles inherits everything / Martin, Nancy

The survivor : a Mitch Rapp novel / Mills, Kyle

Saturn run / Sandford, John

Corrupted / Scottoline, Lisa

Streams of mercy / Snelling, Lauraine

A love like ours / Wade, Becky

The Golem of Paris / Kellerman, Jonathan

The sundown speech : an Amos Walker novel /

Estleman, Loren D.

The girl in the spider's web / Lagercrantz, David

The haunted season : a Max Tudor novel / Malliet,

G. M.

Every closed eye ain't 'sleep / Teague, MaRita

The pharaoh's secret : a novel from the NUMA files

Cussler, Clive

The mare : a novel / Gaitskill, Mary

Avenue of mysteries : a novel / Irving, John

Red tide / Lindsay, Jeffry P.

Crimson shore / Preston, Douglas J.

American blood / Sanders, Ben

The Japanese lover : a novel / Allende, Isabel

The mulberry bush : a novel / McCarry, Charles

Fancy Dancer / Michaels, Fern

The lake house : a novel / Morton, Kate

Nine lives / Staub, Wendy Corsi

From the start / Tagg, Melissa

NEW : ADULT NON-FICTION

Martha Stewart's appetizers : 200 recipes for dips,

spreads, snacks, small plates, and other delicious

hors d'oeuvres, plus 30 cocktails / Stewart, Martha

The China challenge : shaping the choices of a

rising power / Christensen, Thomas J.

Lights out : a cyberattack : a nation unprepared :

surviving the aftermath / Koppel, Ted

The tricky art of co-existing : how to behave

decently no matter what life throws your way /

Toksvig, Sandi

Sally's candy addiction : tasty truffles, fudges &

treats for your sweet-tooth fix / McKenney, Sally

Wildflower / Barrymore, Drew

Andy and Don : the making of a friendship and a

classic American TV show / De Vise, Daniel

The age of Clinton : America in the 1990s / Troy,

Gil

Duke in his own words : John Wayne's life in

letters, handwritten notes and never-before-seen

photos / Wayne, John

NEW : YOUNG ADULT FICTION

The sword of summer / Riordan, Rick

Truly madly famously / Serle, Rebecca

Six of crows / Bardugo, Leigh

Carry on : the rise and fall of Simon Snow /

Rowell, Rainbow

The scorpion rules / Bow, Erin

Lair of dreams / Bray, Libba

The trouble in me / Gantos, Jack

A year in the life of a complete and total genius

/ Matson, Stacey

Juba! / Myers, Walter Dean

Serpentine / Pon, Cindy

Ruin and rising / Bardugo, Leigh

Fires of invention / Savage, J. Scott

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“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

NEW: JUVENILE FICTION

Alice's adventures in Wonderland : and Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there /

Carroll, Lewis

The girl who could not dream / Durst, Sarah Beth

The astounding broccoli boy / Cottrell Boyce, Frank

Diary of a wimpy kid : old school / Kinney, Jeff

Piper Green and the fairy tree / Potter, Ellen

Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter / Russell,

Rachel Renee

Serafina and the black cloak / Beatty, Robert

The blackthorn key / Sands, Kevin

The carpet people / Pratchett, Terry

The story of Diva and Flea / Willems, Mo

Sky Raiders / Mull, Brandon

NEW: JUVENILE & YOUNG ADULT

NON-FICTION

This side of wild : mutts, mares, and laughing

dinosaurs / Paulsen, Gary

Smart and spineless : exploring invertebrate intelligence

/ Downer, Ann

Koala hospital / Eszterhas, Suzi

Book : [my autobiography] / Agard, John

Fable comics

NEW FICTION: EASY The fun book of scary stuff / Jenkins, Emily

A dog wearing shoes / Ko, Sangmi

The parakeet named Dreidel / Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Little Tree / Long, Loren

Sing a season song / Yolen, Jane

Mummy Cat / Ewert, Marcus

The bear report / Heder, Thyra

Ragweed's farm dog handbook / Kennedy, Anne

The fox chase / Nordqvist, Sven

RECENTLY ADDED DVDS

Inside out Max

Vacation Jurassic World

Follow me, boys! Terminator genisys

Ricki and the flash

The man from U.N.C.L.E.

The most wonderful time of the year

Have you read / heard a good book lately?

Visit www.bellcpl.org and click on the KLU/Overdrive

button near the bottom. You

can use your library card to download great

audio and ebooks to your device!

Resume Help at the Library!

Quickly create a resume, cover letter

and reference sheet.

Log in at home or at the library from

our home page.

No writing skills required!

FREE for all Bell County Public

Library District Patrons!

NOW Available on our Web Page…

http://bellcolib.driving-tests.org/kentucky/

11 Car Tests

8 Motorcycle Tests

3 CDL Tests

3 Handbooks

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“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

Children & Youth Programs

Toddler Time Thursday, December 3rd

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Ages 18 mos. – 4 yrs.

Story Time

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 4:00pm – 4:45 pm Ages 5 - 10

Ages: 13 years – 18 years Date: Thursday, December 17th Time: 4pm – 5pm

This month’s book: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

Next month’s book: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

TAB

We will be starting a Teen Advisory Board!! This group will provide our youth an opportunity to

express their opinion on what books and materials they would like for the library to carry that pertains

to their ages and interests! Spread the word!

4-H Garden Club

NO meeting in December!

Breakfast with Santa! Saturday, December 5th, Santa is coming to the Middlesboro Public Library! Toddler age children (18 mos. to 4 years) are meeting Santa from 9 - 10:30 am. Primary age children (5years to 10years) are meeting Santa from 11 - 12:30 pm. No more than one parent per child may enter the room due to limited space and seating is based on children in seats. Your little ones will make crafts, write a letter to Santa, hear a Christmas story, have breakfast and have their picture taken with Santa! In order to see Santa, you must come by the Library and register your child/children and receive a ticket. Children’s seating space is limited so hurry in before the spaces are gone!

Middlesboro

Branch

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If you have any questions about programs, you can contact Caitlin Jeffrey at the library by calling 606-248-4812.

You can email her at cjeffrey@bellcpl.org.

“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

Beginner

Computer Classes

Wednesday & Thursday, Dec. 16th & 17th

@ 10:00 a.m.

Learn the basics of using a computer

and the Internet.

Call Bonnie Banks at 248-4812 to register.

Holiday MOVIE SERIES

@ 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday, December 1st

Tuesday, December 8th

Saturday, December 12th

Wednesday, December 16th

Friday, December 18th

Monday’s R Murder Book Club

Mon., December 7, 2015

@ 10:00 a.m. A holiday mystery of your choice

Next Month: Jan. 11, 2016 – Mystery movie & discussion

Time for Tea & Thee Book Club

Tues., December 15, 2015 @ 10:30 a.m.

Gideon's Gift

by Karen Kingsbury

Next Month: Jan. 26th

The Emporer of Ocean Park

by Stephen L. Carter

Adult Programs @ your library Middlesboro Branch

Let’s R O C K

t h e C R O C K

Let’s ROCK the CROCK!

Monday, December 7th

@ 1:00 p.m.

Vegetable Group

Recipe: Red Bandana Stew

NEXT MONTH: Mon. Jan. 4th

Meal Planning - NO recipe

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“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

Children & Youth Programs

Morning Story Time

Tuesdays morning Story will not meet in December.

Ages 2 - 4

Afternoon Story Time

Thursdays, Dec. 3rd & 10th

@ 4:00 p.m. Ages 5-11

Teen Advisory Group

Taking a break in December!

Under Wraps

Once again the librarian elves in Pineville have

wrapped library books (variety of ages/genres/ subjects) and placed

them under the tree! Be sure and check one out!

Breakfast with Santa!

Breakfast with Santa sign-ups are available now! Please stop by or call the Library (606) 337-3422 to register for this

event. This year, we will be offering 2 sessions so that we may accommodate

more children. Please see the information below for more details.

Pineville Branch

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“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

Beginner Computer Classes

@ the Pineville Library

Wed., December 9th

- 10:30 a.m.

@ Wilderness Trail Manor

Wed., December 16th

- 11:00 a.m.

Get the basics of computers and the Internet in a

relaxed, workshop environment.

(Pre-registration is required.)

FRUGAL FRIDAY December 11

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Making Fire Starters

@ 4:00 p.m.

Simplify the process of building a fire in

your furnace! These fire starters are also

great to take during camping trips!

Adult Outreach Program

@ the Horizon Day Care Center

Wed., December 10, 2015 @ 10:00 a.m.

Book Bunch

Book Club

Wednesday, December 2nd

@ 11:00 a.m.

Finding Noel

by Richard Paul Evans

Coming up: January 27th A Woman's Place by Lynn Austin

Mystery Loves Company

Book Club Coming up: Friday, February 12, 2016

@ 11:00 a.m.

Fragile by Lisa Unger

(Pre-registration is required for both clubs.)

Adult Programs @ your library Pineville Branch 6

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“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor

DECEMBER 2015

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

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 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Web-Address

http://www.bellcpl.org Check us out!!

There’s no place like…

Check out these websites for recipes

and holiday cooking help.

Christmas http://allrecipes.com/recipes/187/holidays-and-events/christmas/

Hanukkah http://allrecipes.com/recipes/190/holidays-and-events/hanukkah/

Kwanzaa http://www.holidays.net/kwanzaa/recipes.htm

…for the holidays!

Bell County Bookmobile

During this transition time, please call either library if you

have Bookmobile materials that need to be renewed.

Thank you for your continued patronage – you are very

important to us.

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