Reading

April celebrates the Pennsylvania Literacy Initiative One Book Every Young Child, featuring What a Treasure by Jane and Will Hillenbrand.  Click on "more info" to access Booklists and Activities that promote the themes highlighted in this book.

"Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job - any job - could be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper on six to seven dollars an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered as a woefully inexperienced homemaker returning to the workforce.

Read the Avi story, Reading the Sky, in the Centre Daily Times each Sunday and Tuesday until the end of July. This is the story of young boy who can see wonderful stories in the cloud formations, but also a tale of a bank heist and the effort to get away by jumping out of a plane (remember this true story from some years back?). The robber thinks no one will be watching the sky. Avi is an award-winning author who started Breakfast Serials because he had enjoyed reading stories in the newspaper when he was younger.

Register June 1st for the Adult Summer Reading Program - Master the Art of Reading. This year, we will have online registration and book entries. You have the option of registering and recording your books at the referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. desk with our staff also. There will be a prize drawing each month. The link for this program will be here on June 1st. Summertime and the reading is easy. Join us.

NextReads has added two new lists that can be emailed directly to your inbox. They are the New York Times Fiction and Nonfiction lists. Once you receive the list, you can link directly to Schlow's catalog to see if we own the book and place a copy on reserveWhen the item you want is checked out to someone else you may request that it be held for you when it is returned. Requests can be made for any item in our catalog including new releases and items on order. You will receive notification via e-mail (or telephone) when your hold is available for pick up. Your request will be honored in the order it is received.. If there is a copy available, call the referenceQuestions that you ask of library staff that require knowledge of the content of the collection or other resources such as those on the web. Sometimes you are referred to the answer, hence Reference. Reference can also refer to our reference materials that are often encyclopedic books that have many volumes and a concentrated number of facts and/or statistics. These materials usually have an overnight loan period so they are available in the library most of the time. desk (235-7816) or email refdesk@schlowlibrary.org and have us pull it for you. If all copies are checked out, place a reserve online and you will be notified when a copy is available for you. NextReads offers lists in many genres from mysteries to fiction to business and fitness. There are also lists for teens and children.