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Winter 2010
You’re Invited!
Friday Morning
Story Hours
When Fridays
time 10:30 am
Where Bishop Library
Pajama Story Hour
When Friday, March 5
TIME 7-8 pm
Where Bishop Library
For kids up to 6. Hot cocoa
and cookies will be served!
Classics
Reading Group
“Looking Back to the Classics”
Please join us at our next
monthly meeting in the Bishop
Library conference room. Call
the Bishop Library for dates
and details (873-5115).
Our group is led by Dr. Don-
ald J. Matthewson, former
Lecturer in Political Philoso-
phy at California State Uni-
versity, Fullerton.
Friends of the Bishop
Library Meetings
The Friends usually meet
on the third Thursday of
each month at 7 pm in the
Conference Room of the
Library. Join us — we’re a
friendly group! Please call
the Library first to confirm
the date (873-5115).
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Chair’s Letter
Come to
To All Friends of the PJ Story Time!
Bishop Library & Patrons by alana forbes
D ue to the generosity of the Friends and the com-
munity the Friends were able to make significant
contributions to the Library last year. In addition to sup-
Please join us for our
last Pajama Night Story
Time on Friday, March 5,
porting ongoing programs such as the Summer Reading from 7 to 8 pm at the li-
Program, the Friends also contributed $2000 to purchase brary. For questions, please
new books and audio CDs. call the Library (873-5115)
In addition, Annie, our should be spent to help our or Alana (873-5653).
Branch Library Head, was Library. We invite you to This popu-
able to buy new shelves attend our meetings and lar event has
for our Library. Money give us your ideas.
been going on
since last No-
has also been set aside Please come to the vember. Chil-
to upgrade the Children’s Friends’ next meeting at 7 dren preschool to 6 years
Area of the Library. The pm on Thursday, March
old are invited!
$1200 will be used for 25 (in the Library). We’ll This winter, Theona Was-
new furniture, rugs, table also be nominating new
son, Irene Cameron, and
and chairs, and magnetic officers and looking for Betsy Thomsen – along
flannel board.  new board members at this with her seeing-eye dog
Happily, the Friends’ meeting. We look forward in training – have been
treasury is still comfort- to seeing you there! the volunteer readers. The
ably large. We need the — Donald J. Matthewson, evening groups of children
help of patrons and Friends President, Friends of the and adults have ranged from
in deciding how money Bishop Library 12 to 20 listeners. See our
photo gallery on Page 2.
Kids Will Go Children and accompany-
ing adults are encouraged to
Wild for Reading wear their pajamas and bring
in Bishop Library’s their favorite blanket, quilt,
2010 Summer Reading or stuffed animal. Cocoa and
Program cookies, donated by McDon-
ald’s, are served during a break
By alana Forbes, in the middle of the hour.
Friends of the Bishop Library
The Bishop Library’s Summer Read- In This Issue
ing program will start on Monday, June Library Funnies . . . . . . . . . . 2
14. (school is out June 10). This year’s Pajama Story Hour Gallery . . . .2
theme is WILD FOR READING. Kids Other Side of the Mountain . . . . 2
can register at the Library. For more Favorite: Microcosm . . . . . . 3
info, call the Library (760-873-5115) Newsletter Online in Color . . 3
or Alana (760-873-5653). The Sum- Read Across America . . . . 3
mer Reading program is sponsored by Join the Friends! . . . . . . . . . 4
Friends of the Bishop library. Book Lovers’ Calendar . . . . 4
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Pajama Story Time Gallery

photos by alana forbes

2010 Top Ten Best Books Inyo County Reading One Book
Celebrations
for Young Adults
March (ALA Young Adult Library  the other side of the mountain 
Read Across America (for Services Assoc.)
Demon’s Lexicon By Jill Kinmont Boothe
Dr. Seuss). For more info Sponsored by Inyo County Superintendent of Schools
on Bishop's Read Across Brennan, Sarah Rees
America, see Page 3. Also, The Orange Houses
visit the National Education Griffin, Paul March 2010 Events
Assoc.web site (www.nea. The Great Wide Sea
Herlong, M.H.  Book discussion with Jill
org/readacross). Tuesday, March 2, 7 pm
The Reformed Vampire
April Support Group Inyo Council for the Arts (760-873-8014)
School Library Month Jinks, Catherine
Come and talk with Jill in person about her
National Poetry Month Alligator Bayou
Napoli, Donna Jo book, The Other Side of the Mountain.
National Library Week
(April 11-17) Stitches: A Memoir Movie: White Ecstasy
Support Teen Small, David Tuesday, March 9, 7 pm
Literature Day When You Reach Me Inyo Council for the Arts (760-873-8014)
(April 15) Stead, Rebecca.
Marcelo in the Real World
Watch this classic Austrian movie about
William Shakespeare’s skiing in the 1930s, with breathtaking
446th birthday Stork, Francisco X. 
continued below
jumps and tricks. This movie is a piece
(April 23) of history.
Library Funnies Altrusa watercolor class
with Tom Fujiwara
Saturday, March 13, 9 am to 1 pm
Cook’s residence, Jill’s childhood home
The class is held outdoors. Cost $30. To reserve,
contact Andrea (760-873-7360) or Ramona
Wilson Library Bulletin, April 1989.

(760-873-4668).
Lips Touch: Three Times Lives of Jamestown
Taylor, Laini & Colonial Maryland
Written in Bone: Buried Walker, Sally M.

It’s time to renew

your Friends membership!
Please see page 4 for information and coupon.
Winter 2010 Friends of the Bishop Library Page 3

What’s New? Favorite Books

Gifts from Friends of the Bishop Library microcosm:

Y our Bishop Library staff has been lis-

tening to your requests for new mate-
rial. Through the generosity of the Friends
E. coli & the New Science of Life
by Carl Zimmer
(Pantheon, 2008)
and the help of Spellbinder Books, the Li-
brary has made many new purchases. Here’s
a small sample of what’s available. Zimmer’s science-fact book about the
Louis L’Amour most-studied species of bacteria, Esch-
Agincourt
Collection erichia coli, presents bacteria as more complex and
(Bernard Cornwell)
Mouse Tales not nearly as primitive as we’d thought. In the topic’s
Alice’s Adventures in
Audio Collection CD strangeness and in Zimmer’s engaging prose, this book
Wonderland
(Lewis Carroll) (Arnold Loebel) almost resembles science fiction.
All Together Dead My Antonia Here’s a quote from page 26 that gives a flavor of life
(Charlaine Harris) (Willa Cather) lived on a very small scale:
Boots on the Ground My Life in France “Offer E. coli a taste of something interesting ...
by Dusk (Julia Child) and it will give chase. E. coli’s ability to navigate
(Mary Tillman) Rain Gods is remarkable when you consider how little it has
Drood (James Lee Burke) to work with. It cannot wheel and bank a pair of
(Dan Simmons) Relentless wings. All it can do is swim in a straight line or
Elmore Leonard’s (Dean Koontz)
tumble. And it can get very little information about
Western Roundup Shantaram
(Gregory David Roberts)
its surroundings. It cannot consult an atlas. It can
Glenn Beck’s only sense the molecules it happens to bump into
Storm Cycle
Common Sense (Iris Johansen) in its wanderings. But E. coli makes good use of
James Herriot’s Tell Me a Story what little it has. With a few elegant rules, it gets
Treasury for Children (Amy Friedman) where it needs to go.”
Julie & Julia: My Year The Battle for America
of Cooking Dangerously (Don Balz) Booklovers’ Event
(Julie Powell) The Choice
(Nicholas Sparks) Friday, April 16
Did You Know? The Defector Read Across Bishop Chain Day
(Daniel Silva)
(in honor of Dr. Seuss’s Read Across America)
The Essential Kipling
You Can See Our Library The Forgotten Garden Organized by Adventist School this
Newsletter Online in Color! (Kate Morton) Betsy McDonald at year to hold up our
Try this link to the new, The Hobbit Pine Street School. chain, and celebrate
all-color (though not all-sing- (J.R.R. Tolkien) East Side Books and together with treats and
ing and all-dancing) Bishop The Lost City of Z the Library are two more stories, of course!
Library newsletter! (David Grann) of several locations Read Across Bishop is
h t t p : / / w w w. s c r i b d . c o m / The Other Side with a “community part of the nationwide
doc/18863697/Bishop-Library- of the Mountain chain” where ev- project in honor of Dr.
Winter-2010-Newsletter (5 copies) eryone’s books read can be
Once there, you can choose Seuss’s Read Across America
(Jill Kinmont Boothe) added as links to our chain. project. The activities encour-
full screen (see near top of page)
and then view by choosing one The Scarecrow On April 16th the chains will age kids to read for fun.
of three ways: Scroll (default), (Michael Connelly) all be joined together along Please come and add your
Slide Show, or Book. The Whiskey Rebels Main Street, and hopefully books read to our chain, or
After the last issue, your (David Liss) stretch end to end! (Last year another chain at the Library,
editor sent the newsletter True Grit the chain went from Penney’s a school classroom, or Spell-
link to a few interested peo- (Charles Portis) to the Fairgrounds.) binders, so we can show the
ple. Surprisingly, however, Twenties Girl East Side Books is partner- kids how much our commu-
(Sophie Kinsella) ing with the Seventh Day nity values reading!
over 200 people viewed it!
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FRIENDS of the

Be a Friend of the Library! Book Lovers’ Calendar

W hat’s a community without a good li-

brary? Your support can truly make a differ-
ence. You can make contributions toward general
East Side Books
Saturday, March 20
Annual Leprechaun Party
Spellbinder Books
Book Discussion Group
Our book group meets monthly
purchases or to specific ones. If the library has a 6 to 8:30 pm and welcomes everyone! Cur-
special place in your heart, please begin or renew Stories, crafts, treats rent book selections and meet-
and treasures for kids ing dates are posted on the store
your membership now. Don’t forget to fill in your of all ages, to celebrate bulletin board. Please call store
e-mail address so you can receive Library news. spring, the magical for details (873-4511).
little people around the Book Blog for Kids
Name _______________________ Date __________ world, and to enjoy the
Address_____________________________________ Genevieve Woods, Spellbinder’s
really good stories about them. All
_____________________________ Zip __________ Free. Donations to the fairy well will lead bookseller, has a great blog
Phone/s ________________E-mail ______________ go to community literacy projects. for kids’ books: <www.bookykids.
blogspot.com>. Check it out for
Membership & Donations Friday, April 24 (tentative) her reviews and suggestions. It’s
Popcorn & Poetry Party fun reading for all ages.
___ Friend, $10 ___ Friendlier, $25 ___ Friendliest, $50 The 2nd annual party in
April 23, 2010
___ Scholar Circle, $100 up ___ Franklin Circle, $250 up honor of April as Poetry Happy 446th
Month. Poets and readers birthday, Mr.
___ Alexandria Circle, $500 up are invited to read their Shakespeare!
own work or another favorite poem Have a Shakespeare’s Birthday Party!
Please make checks payable to Visit your Library and check out a
(family friendly please). We’ll have lots Shakespearean movie or book or audio
“Friends of the Bishop Library.” of popcorn and prizes for the brave read- tape. Then, bake a cake or pop some pop-
Send to Bishop Library, P.O. Box 1053, Bishop, CA 93514-1053 ers. Call East Side Books for details as corn and invite friends over to watch a
Shakespearean play on video or read it
or drop off at Library, 210 Academy Avenue, Bishop. the date gets closer (760-873-6882). out loud. Enjoy!