News, Information, and Fun Things to Do
from the
Middleborough Public Library
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Library Lines
May 19, 2021
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More Summer Reading News
Just four weeks from today, we'll be launching our summer reading programs for all ages. Although COVID restrictions will keep us from offering any indoor programming, we'll still have lots of fun activities planned outdoors (when we can) and online.
Watch the newsletter in the coming weeks for more details.
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Through Me To You Puppetry invites you to join Newton and his puppet friends on Zoom for some storytime fun on Wed., June 2 at 10:30 a.m.
Newton and his friends take turns reading stories and singing songs. At the end of the show, kids are invited to “unmute” and say hi to Newton. This 30-minute Zoom show is geared to ages 3-6, but all are welcome!
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- MBLC survey
- SAILS survey
Your answers will help the SAILS network and the Commonwealth help deliver more of what you'd like to see at your library.
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Miss Lori's Fun Puzzle Challenges
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Fri., May 21: For Endangered Species day, try to find as many of them (like this polar bear) as you can in this word find puzzle.
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Fri., May 28: It's Memorial Day weekend so try this word scramble and read something about all the selfless men and women who've served our country.
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Collection News and Updates
We've been busy rearranging spaces in our adult collection to make them more accessible for you.
It will now be easier for you to find your favorite documentaries, History Channel programs, or PBS series within our DVD collection.
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Nonficton DVDs are now shelved separately. |
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Paperbacks are now shelved with adult fiction. |
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Next time you look for one of these items, be sure to look on the wall near the newspaper table. You'll find our entire nonfiction collection all together in one place now -- should make for easier browsing to help you find that perfect "what to watch next" DVD.
In addition, our small paperbacks have been moved into the adult fiction shelves, between the mysteries and nonfiction titles.
Stop by soon and let us know what you think about these changes.
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Good Reads for Mental Health Awareness Month
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Your mental health is just as important as your physical health and we've got plenty of titles to help you with new feelings you might be experiencing or stresses in your life from the COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe it's too much social media sniping, or just life in general that's overwhelming right now.
This is just a sampling of what we have. Start by clicking on the book cover to reserve your OverDrive Copy (if there is one), or the red title under the book image to place a hold in SAILS.
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Durlofsky details the whys and hows of creating a safe digital space, and cultivating digital and social media mindfulness. She also offers suggestions for how to use social media and digital technology to create meaningful social interactions and positive mental health, and provides readers with practical steps to put these ideas into action.
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Written as a love letter to those in pain, Wait encourages us to seek out a path to peace and freedom from suffering.
Cuong Lu witnessed a shooting while fleeing Vietnam in 1975. The memory of this trauma prompted him to dedicate his life to sharing the wisdom of deep listening, finding understanding, and in his words, "defusing the bombs in our hearts."
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The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not.
Resilient Grieving offers an empowering alternative to the five-stage Kübler-Ross model of grief—and makes clear our inherent capacity for growth following the trauma of a loss that changes everything.
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With wit, wisdom, and warmth, Paul Greenberg presents practices for connection, mindfulness, conversation, creativity, and well-being.
Reconnect to life's enduring pleasures. You'll learn tricks to cut down on phone use—the average person spends 1,400 hours per year on their phone.
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Anna McGovern writes with charm about the joy and practicality of living in the meandering moment, not asking too much of yourself and yet still getting things done in the gentlest of ways.
This is the book for people who want to discover productivity at an easier pace, and above all the contentment you achieve when accepting that you can only do what you can do.
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Are you failing to find inner peace on a yoga mat? Does life feel like all work and no play?
Having fun and getting creative can boost your mood and your well-being. So if you're looking for ways to unwind and make time for yourself, then let this book guide you on a LEGO® brick road to happiness.
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More than ever, people of all ages, backgrounds, and traditions are becoming aware of the benefits of meditation. This guide offers information on 43 meditation practices.
The authors describe all the major forms of Eastern and Western religious practice — from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam to the traditions of India, Japan, China, and Tibet.
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Everyone gets a little anxious now and again, but sometimes worry and fear can reach unhealthy limits.
In this guide, you'll learn how to gain control over panic and anxiety with a variety of helpful approaches. It includes information on symptoms and warning signs of panic disorder; how stress and anxiety affects you physically; professional treatments and therapies; and self-help anti-anxiety techniques you can do at home.
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Amit Sood, M.D., M.Sc., a Mayo Clinic specialist in stress and resiliency, reveals how the mind's instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness generate stress and anxiety and presents strategies for living a more peaceful life.
You'll learn skills that will help you develop deep and sustained attention; practice gratitude, compassion and acceptance; live a meaningful life; cultivate nurturing relationships; and achieve your highest potential.
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"Book Blurbs" -- What We've Been Reading |
Periodically, we bring you a brief Book Blurb from the staff about what we've been reading/watching/playing. This week, a recommendation from Reference/Adult Services Librarian Libby Fox.
Between Two Kingdoms A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, by Suleika Jaouad, tells the story of the author's transition from a healthy recent college graduate about to embark on the next phase of her life as a war correspondent in Paris, to a patient on the pediatric floor of a New York hospital where she begins a four-year battle with a rare, highly lethal from of leukemia. Following the end of her treatment, Jaouad questions how she'll ever be able to find a path back to a "normal" life.
At times both uplifting and discouraging, this book is for anyone who finds motivation from others' stories of perseverance and triumph over great odds.
Click on the red linked title to place a hold on a print copy in the SAILS catalog. Click on the book cover image to check out the e-book or digital audiobook in OverDrive.
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Book News From Around the World |
For all you library lovers out there (and we know that's all of you), what could be better than a library that looks like a shelf full of books? BookRiot writer Gianessa Refermat reports on three libraries around the world that take their books seriously, going so far as to design the entrance to the building to look like book stacks. In her piece, among other things, you'll learn a little about how the designers selected the titles and authors that would get primo space at the main entrance. |
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News About Our Marvelous Museum Passes
We have news about two more organizations that have re-opened!
As of today, these other organizations also are open and accepting Library passes: Buttonwood Zoo, the New England Aquarium, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Mass Parks, the Museum of Fine Arts, Zoo New England, and the Patriots Hall of Fame (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only).
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It must be almost summer as Heritage Museum & Gardens in Sandwich is open once again!
This year, to receive the discounted price, you'll get a promo code once you make your reservation through the Library's museum pass system. (There's nothing to pick up at the library.) Heritage requires an online reservation for the day of your visit, although there's no timed-by-the-hour requirement with this pass.
One reservation per day is allowed with this promo code.
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We're happy to announce that we can now offer passes to the Boston Museum of Science again.
Just sign up on our website and you'll get an automatic code to use with the museum's online reservation system. There's nothing to pick up at the Library. If you're not able to access your pass from a mobile phone or other device, or print it, we can print it for you here.
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COVID-19 Critical Content |
We know you've got lots of sites where you can go to get information on the Coronavirus pandemic, so each newsletter, we'll provide links to a few trusted and respected sources. |
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- Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave Pfizer emergency use authorization to make their vaccine available for adolescents ages 12-15, calling it a "significant step in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic."
- Confused about what you can and can't do if you're fully vaccinated now? Check out this guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for detailed information and this infographic for a quick glance at what's currently recommended as safest vs. least safe.
- Need help covering your past-due utility bills that have piled up during the pandemic? Residents of Middleborough and Lakeville who rent their apartments can now apply for up to $1,500 in assistance from Middleborough Gas & Electric. Look here for more information.
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Hours
Tuesdays
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturdays
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