Stacks & Stories

Bruce C. Clarke Library, Fort Leonard Wood

Volume 5

June 2015

Summer Reading- Step by Step

Read to the Rhythm begins in just a few days!
Hours of Operation
Monday through Thursday
10:00 am 6:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday
10:00 am 5:00 pm
Closed
Sign up is easy and can be done from any device with internet access starting Monday,
June 8th through Saturday, July 31st . All ages (-1 to 101+) are encouraged to participate in
the program and all reading activities can be logged. Books, audiobooks, magazines,
eBooks, graphic novels, even school assignments.... If it has to do with reading, it counts!

Fridays & Holidays

Inside this issue:

S.R. Step by Step

Read to the Rhythm

James Dean /Eric Litwin

Story Times

Novel Ideas

Neil Gaiman

A to Z Databases

Calendar

Fallen Phrases

Media Highlights

Step #1- Go to the BCCL homepage http://www.wood.army.mil/library/community.html and click

on the Read to the Rhythm link or go to https://usarmy.evanced.info/clarke/sr/homepage.asp
Step #2- Important! Parents, register yourself first. First, select the correct program/age
level from the links running across the middle of the page (Look toward the left side of the
page under the picture.) The graphics will be purple on the adult program homepage.
Step #3- Click on Sign Me Up and enter your personal information. Ta-da! Youre in.
Step #4- Once you are registered click on the Add Member button. By registering the
rest of your family as members under your account you can use one login to enter the
reading statistics for every member of the household. Important! As you add each individual make sure that you choose the correct program/age level. This is important because
there are different reading goals at each level and the prizes awarded are determined by
the age of the participant.

Step #5- You are now ready to log your reading! Just click on the Add/View Log button
and enter the titles information. One cool feature of this program is that you can write
personal reviews of the books you log for other summer reading participants to see. Remember that reviews will be seen by other patrons and library staff so be mindful of that
as you write.

Step #6- Win prizes! As you log your reading the system will notify you automatically
when there is a prize to be picked up from the library. You dont need to bring anything
with you, just come in and stop by the circulation desk to receive your goodies.
If you have any questions regarding sign up procedures or the reading program in general
please give us a call at 573-563-4113. We look forward to seeing you this summer!
SNJ

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http://www.wood.army.mil/library/childrens.html
(573) 563-5857

Read to the Rhythm is Here!

Summer reading signup starts June 8th and goes through July 31st. You will register and log all of your books online. You
will only need to come into the library to collect your prizes and to participate in our fun activities.
During the 8 weeks of Summer Reading we will have extra crafts, musical programs, and games. This month the dates
for special summer reading activities will be Saturday, June 13th, Thursday, June 18th and Saturday, June 27th.
(There will also be special Read to the Rhythm events in July .) All special activities will run from 2 to 3 pm and will
take place at the library. There is no pre-registration for these events. All you have to do is show up and enjoy!
Remember that when you read to your young children it counts for both of you! What better way to teach your children to
realize their reading goals then to show them that you are meeting yours!
Ms. Kimberly

The Childrens Authors of the Month

for June are James
Dean and Eric Litwin.

Not to be confused
with the brooding
actor of the 1950s,
James Dean is the
Author James Dean
creator of Pete the
Cat! Mr. Dean is a painter as well as
author, and illustrator. Mr. Dean
adopted a skinny black cat from a local shelter in 1999 and decided to
paint a picture of him. That idea soon
expanded into the childrens books
that are so loved today.

Get the IPhone App!

The first four Pete

You can find these authors books spethe Cat books are
cially displayed, as well as their bios
written by Eric
in the display case in the Childrens
Litwin. He is a
Library.
Ms. Kimberly
recorded musician,
which explains
why Petes books
have such a groovy
rhythm to them!
Mr. Litwins books Author Eric Litwin
have won 18 state
and national awards and sold over 6.5
million copies. His new series The Nuts
expands on his musical leanings. The
Click on Pete for free downloads!
first book The Nuts, Bedtime at the Nut
House has a lullaby, and song lyrics to Sources- http://www.petethecat.com/about
go along with it.
http://www.ericlitwin.com/
Photo credit www.sprockster.com

Photo creditwww.pinterest.com/jamesdean

Childrens Author James Dean and Eric Litwin

Story Times
June 2 & 3 Puppies

June 9 & 10 Boogie Monster

June 16 & 17 Fathers

June 23 & 24 Music June 30 4th of July

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.
-Emilie Buchwald
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Novel Ideas.

June 2015

Adults

In the tradition of Gorky Park,

Financial Times columnist
and editor John Gappers new
thriller, The Ghost Shift,
takes readers inside the secretive and dangerous world of
modern China.
The body of a woman who worked the
overnight shift at the factory of a massive American tech company near Hong
Kong is found in the marshes, bearing
odd markings. Mei, an inspector for the
Guangdong Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection, is called out in
the middle of the night to investigate
only to confront the most shocking discovery imaginable: the dead womans
face is identical to her own.

The Childrens Crusade by

Ann Packer is a sweeping, masterful new novel that explores
the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds, and saving graces
of one California family over the course
of five decades.
Bill Blair finds the land by accident and
buys it on a whim for his future wife
and family. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon
Valley. Thirty years later, the three oldest Blair children, are disrupted by the
return of the youngest, whose sudden
presence and all-too-familiar troubles
force a reckoning with who they are,
separately and together, and set off a
struggle over the family's future.

In Miss Mayhem, the 2nd

book of the Rebel Belle series
by author Rachel Hawkins,
life is almost back to normal
for Harper Price. Now she can
return her focus to the important things
in life: school, canoodling with David,
her nemesis-turned-ward-slashboyfriend, and even competing in the
Miss Pine Grove pageant.
Unfortunately, supernatural chores are
never done. The Ephors have decided
theyd rather train David than kill him.
The catch: Harper has to come along for
the ride, but she cant stay Davids Paladin unless she undergoes an ancient
trial that will either kill her . . . or connect her to David for life.
Decisions, decisions..

In Etherworld, the sequel to

Claudia Gabel and Cheryl
Klams Elusion, three teens
fight a virtual reality program
that threatens to destroy their
minds. Dangerous secrets and lies add
up to a thrilling futuristic fantasy with
an Inception-inspired twist.
Etherworld is a dimension hidden deep
beyond Elusion's firewall, where players
can hide and fight back but the longer
they stay the less likely they'll be able to
return to the real world alive.
Escape means attacking Elusion from
within the program. It's dangerous and
its a puzzle. And even if they manage it,
how will they be able to stop Orexis
from distributing Elusion to the masses
when the people who run it are corrupt?

Catherine Jinks continues her

bestselling Bogle series.
Jem spent most of his early life
picking pockets for a wily old
crook named Sarah Pickles
until she betrayed him. Now he wants
revenge, but first he needs a new job.
Luckily Alfred the bogler, the man who
kills the child-eating monsters that hide
in the shadows of Victorian London,
needs a new apprentice. In A Plague of
Bogles, as more and more orphans disappear under mysterious circumstances,
Alfred, Jem, and Birdie find themselves
waging an underground war in a city
where science clashes with superstition
and monsters lurk in every alley.

Fans of Donna Gepharts How

to Survive Middle School will
welcome the adventures of a
contest-crazed seventh grader
who uses his wits and way
with words in hopes of winning a big
cash prize to help his family avoid eviction.

Over the past decade, Steven D.

Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
have published more than 8,000
blog posts on Freakonomics.com.
Many of them, they freely admit,
were rubbish. But now theyve gone
through and picked the best of the best.
In their book When to Rob a Bank
youll discover what people lie about, and
why; the best way to cut gun deaths; why
it might be time for a sex tax; and, yes,
when to rob a bank. (Short answer: never; the ROI is terrible.) Youll also learn a
great deal about Levitt and Dubners own
quirks and passions, from gambling and
golf to backgammon and the abolition of
the penny.

Teens
The Mad Apprentice is the
newest book in the Forbidden
Library series by Django Wexler.
When Alice's mysterious Uncle
Geryon sends her to help capture a rogue
apprentice--a boy who has the same ability Alice has to Read himself into stories-she knows to expect a wild and unpredictable trip. But even though Alice has
visited the magical realms inside libraries before, this adventure is far more
dangerous. Because Torment, the magic
creature holding this library together,
has gone mad.
But he might also have information
about Alice's missing father.

Children
Cuddly Critters,
Animal Nursery
Rhymes
By Terry Pierce
Illustrated by Simone Abel
Do you like dogs and cats and hogs and
rats? This collection of 20 animal
rhymes will have you roaring with
laughter and purring with joy.

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In Death by Toilet Paper, Benjamin is

about to lose a whole lot more than good
toilet paper. But even with his flair for
clever slogans, will he be able to win a
cash prize large enough to keep a promise he made to his dad before he died?
Page Source Goodreads.com

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Author Spotlight- Neil Gaiman

Photo Credit- http://venturegalleries.com

negie Medal. He fulfilled that 43 year

old wish in 2010 making his seven-year
-old self very happy.

Neil Gaiman writes stories for all ages

and is well known to readers of various
genres which can be seen from his
many, many, award recognitions. He
has won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, Newbery, and Carnegie awards, just
to name a few. Depending on the person asked, and their reading habits, the
name Gaiman may bring up different
British author Neil Gaiman learned to titles in conversation. Science fiction
read at age four and never stopped.
geeks might mention Stardust. Young
This self-proclaimed feral child who
horror fans, Coraline. Mythology lovers,
was raised in libraries says his love
American Gods. Pre-school kids, Chus
of reading was fostered at an early
Day the Beach. Older kids, The Graveage by librarians who fed his vorayard Book and the list goes on. One
cious appetite for books when his par- of his most well-known titles, Good
ents would let him spend the entire
Omens, was co-authored with Neils
day at the local library.
good friend, the late, Terry Pratchett
and has become a cult classic to fans.
By age seven Gaiman had already
decided to be an author and one of his Gaimans work is available in several
goals was to win the prestigious Car-

formats. He is well known in the comic world for his award winning Sandman series. He loves to write and
gather collections of short stories, he
has written several television screenplays (including several episodes of
Doctor Who), and of course he writes
full length novels as well. Several of
his works have been turned into live
theater, radio broadcasts, and motion
pictures. For example, Coraline and
Stardust were both hits at the American box office, Neverwhere still re-runs
on the BBC, and Good Omens opened
to fans at the Cottiers Theater in Glasgow, Scotland to rave reviews.
If you want to know more about Neil
and what makes him tick or just to
find a complete list of his works check
out his websites www.mousecircus.com
(Neils official site for young readers)
and www.neilgaiman.com.
SNJ
Source www.neilgaiman.com

Tech Talk A to Z Databases

The Clarke Library is pleased to introduce A to Z Databases to our family
of databases available to registered
patrons.
What makes these databases so useful
is its versatility and utility in daily
life. These databases are an incredible
tool should a patron want to learn
more about an individual, business or
job opportunity. According to the A to
Z Databases website, they provide
information on 30 million businesses
and executives, 2 million job postings,
1 million healthcare professionals and
220 million American citizens. New
records are compiled and updated
weekly.
The search page allows searches to be
performed either by business profile,
job title or person search by name,
city or state. I was curious to see how
many Chipotle restaurants are in
America, so I did a business search.
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The results page showed over 1,500

restaurants nationwide, the name of
the franchisees, contact information
and annual revenue. I selected a random Chipotle franchise in Rochester,
MI, and was quickly able to see their
location, key executive, number of
employees, annual revenue, credit
score and job offerings. The entire
search process was easy and took less
than 2 minutes.

and executives, 2 million job postings,

The A to Z Databases is a great jobhunting resource because job postings

are updated constantly. You can look
for jobs with a keyword search (i.e.
mechanic, electrical engineer, hair
stylist). You can also search by city,
state or zip code if youre looking to
work in a particular town. I did a
search for jobs in my local hometown
in Tennessee, and was impressed to
find over 762 listings. You can further
refine your search by choosing what

The A to Z Databases, as well as all

other library databases, are available
24/7 to eligible library patrons. Please
feel free to reach me at 563-8154 if
you have any questions regarding database usage or library eligibility.

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type of employment youre looking for;

full-time, part-time or temporary.
A to Z is also useful in doing screenInformation on 30 million businesses
1 million healthcare professionals and
220 million American citizens

ings, such as nannies or private contractors. The databases allow you to

check the genealogy, background,
criminal and arrest history of millions
of people.

Jerry Wallace
Source AtoZ databases

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Fun and Games Fallen Phrases

Puzzle created with- Discovery Education.com

INSTRUCTIONS- CHOOSE 1 LETTER FROM THE SCRAMBLED ROW DIRECTLY BELOW EACH SETOF VERTICAL BOXES TO FILL IN THE
FALLEN PHRASE. THE FIRST WORD OF THE PHRASE AND THE PROPER PUNCTUATION IS PROVIDED FOR YOU.

Answer- The Bruce Clarke Library's Read to the Rhythm Summer Reading Program starts on Monday, June eighth! Sign up online!

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Audio books
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Games

Music

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Movies
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Audio Books

Games

Movies, Music, Games, and Audiobooks

Music

New in the Media Zone!

Community Services for the Bruce C. Clarke Library (BCCL)

can be accessed on the first floor of the building. Library privileges are extended to active duty service members, dependents,
retirees, Department of the Army civilians and contractors. The
proposed patron must provide a current military ID or CAC card
in order to obtain library privileges.
Library services offered include circulation and reference services, public computer access with print capability, digital document scans, a coin operated copy machine, weekly childrens
story times, and reading programs for all ages. Other benefits
enjoyed by BCCL patrons include free access to educational software, databases, and digital materials.
The librarys collection consists of thousands of items available
for checkout by eligible patrons. Print titles include fiction, nonfiction, biographies, graphic novels, and magazine selections for
adults, teens, and children. Media available includes movies,
music, audiobooks, and video games for all ages.

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Building 3202
Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473

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Phone: 573-563-4113

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Credits and Sources

Newsletter compiled by Salena N. Jones.

Content credits: Salena N. Jones, Jerry W. Wallace, Kimberly L. Jones

Filmography links, images and data courtesy of IMDb, Goodreads.com, Amazon.com, and Barnesandnoble.com. All links used in this publication are for informational and non-profit purposes
only. BCCL does not endorse any specific website or source.

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