Tails & Tales!
2021 Summer Reading Program

Registration begins June 14. Children 12 and under can register via email or Google form on the library’s website. Download the Beanstack app to register teens, ages 13-18. Join the summer reading adventures from the Library!

We are offering many opportunities for fun and learning for all ages.

• Arts & Crafts
• Outdoor Storytimes
• Field Games
• Animal Visitors
• Reading Challenges
• Music
• StoryWalks®
• And more!

To register for the summer reading program, visit www.yarmouthlibraries.org or give us a call at 508-760-4820 X 1316. The first 25 people who register will be eligible for a Tails & Tales book bag featuring supplies and surprises.

Online Zoom Book Talk

Wednesday, June 2, 10:30 a.m.
Gather online and discuss books you have been reading or listening to, TV shows or movies you have been watching, books you'd like to be reading (or would like the library to purchase), get recommendations from staff and information about new releases. All are welcome. Please email ckaufmann@clamsnet.org or call the library at 508-760-4820 to register to receive a Zoom link or with any questions.

There is no assigned book for this event; everyone will discuss whatever they have been reading or watching, or just listen and get ideas for their next read/listen/watch.

If you have not used Zoom in the past or have encountered difficulties using Zoom, please call 508-760-4820 x1315 or email ckaufmann@clamsnet.org to set up a troubleshooting session.

Take and Make Kits are back for June! It’s all about Rainbows!

Kits, appropriate for children 5 and up, will be available for you to pick up at West Yarmouth and South Yarmouth Libraries on Saturdays from 10:00-3:00 p.m. Supply is limited. Please pre-register on the Library’s calendar of events or give us a call at 508-760-4820 X 1316 to reserve a kit.
Please Note: These kits are in high demand. Register for each week's featured kit in advance, to avoid disappointment.

• June 5   Rainbow Mobile
• June 12 Circle of Friends
• June 19 Rainbow Weaving
• June 26 Skittles Experiment

Summer Reading Begins!
Amazing Animal Ambassadors

Wednesday, July 7, 11:00 a.m.
Amazing Animal Ambassadors will provide an entertaining presentation at the West Yarmouth Library on the lawn. For all ages. Preregistration is required. We will follow all recommended safety protocols.

Wildlife and Biodiversity on
Cape Cod with Zac Mertz,
Director of the Cape Cod Wildlife Center via ZOOM

Tuesday, June 8, 6:00 p.m.
Learn about wildlife on Cape Cod, what to do if you find an injured animal, and more. Presented in conjunction with the Hyannis, Provincetown, Yarmouthport, Cotuit, Vineyard Haven, Whelden, and Mashpee Libraries. Register online at http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=YARMOUTH&curName=Wildlife-and-Biodiversity or email tcassisi@clamsnet.org to receive a Zoom link.

Author Sue Mellen
The History of Theater on Cape Cod

Thursday, June 10, 6:30 p.m. on ZOOM
If you are curious about the world of play-writing, producing and acting on Cape Cod, you will want to tune in for this presentation by Sue Mellen, author and entertainment columnist. Sue covers the more than 100 years of theater in such places as Provincetown, Falmouth, and Dennis. Learn how Eugene O’Neill, Lillian Hellman, and Tennessee Williams got their start and how Yarmouth’s own Edward Gorey wrote and produced shows on the Cape and took them to New York City. Call the South Yarmouth Library at 508-760-4820, ext. 1,
to register or sign up online at www.yarmouthlibraries.org to receive a Zoom invite by email.  

Zoom Confidently:
a Program in Conjunction with Yarmouth Senior Services

Friday, June 11, 10:00 a.m.
Zoom is an online platform that allows you to video chat with your family, friends, doctors and others. Enjoy classes, presentations and meetings from the safety of your home. Chris will ease concerns that you may have getting onto Zoom and knowing what to expect from it. Chris can also provide individual one-on-one trainings if you contact her at 508-760-4820 x1315 or at ckaufmann@clamsnet.org.
Call: 508-394-7606 x 1333 or email: lnoferihoff@yarmouth.ma.us to Register.

Mystery Book Club on Zoom

Tuesday, June 15, 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 16, 10:30 a.m.
Join us for either the evening or morning session this month as we discuss The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan. Detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty look into the death of a local man who has fallen off a cliff. Soon it comes to light that the man might have been living under an assumed name, and he may not have been the upstanding Canadian citizen he appeared to be. 
 
Copies of the book are available at both libraries. You can also read the ebook on Overdrive/Libby through CLAMS or another consortium in Massachusetts or listen to the audiobook on the Hoopla app with no wait. Please email ckaufmann@clamsnet.org or call the library at 508-760-4820 to register to receive a Zoom link or with any questions.
 
If you need Zoom assistance, please call 508-258-9496 or email ckaufmann@clamsnet.org to set up a troubleshooting session or if you need any other assistance.

Book Discussion Group on Zoom

Tuesday, June 22, 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 23, 10:30 a.m.
Join us for either the evening or morning session this month as we discuss My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Korede's sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace, but now she must reckon with what her sister has become and what to do about it. 
 
Copies of the book are available at both libraries. You can also read the book online or listen to the audiobook on Overdrive/Libby through CLAMS or another consortium in Massachusetts with your CLAMS card. Please email ckaufmann@clamsnet.org or call the library at 508-760-4820 to register to receive a Zoom link or with any questions.
 
If you need Zoom assistance, please call 508-258-9496 or email ckaufmann@clamsnet.org to set up a troubleshooting session or if you need any other assistance.

AAA Programs in June
Key Timing

Thursday, June 17, 1:00 p.m. 
Are you concerned about the safety of a loved one’s driving? This program offers advice on how to start the conversation and how to put the plan you and your loved one develop into action.

Handling Driving Emergencies
Thursday, June 24, 1:00 p.m. 
Knowing how to handle driving emergencies is something every driver should know. This program will advise drivers what to do if they break down, how to stay safe on the road, and items to keep in your vehicle.

Presented by AAA Virtual Outreach. To register call either library at 508-760-4820 x1 or x2 or email tcassisi@clamsnet.org to receive a Zoom link. 

Outdoor Storytimes at West Yarmouth Library

Join Ms. Mindy on the West Yarmouth lawn for socially distanced stories and a whole lot of fun.

Tuesdays at 11:00 p.m. for babies to 5-year-olds and their caregivers.

Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. for 5-years-old and up and their caregivers.

We will follow all recommended safety protocols.
Please visit the Library’s calendar of events for a review of the safety protocols.

Book Bundles for Children and Teens

Send an email to Ms. Connie at cmarr@clamsnet.org or give us a call at 508-760-4820 X 1316. Let us know what topics you are interested in or who your favorite authors are and we will provide you with 5-10 titles to take home to enjoy. We will gladly schedule a pick-up time for your convenience.

Database Spotlight: Hoopla

Are you a fan of Hercule Poirot? Hoopla has 7 seasons of the television series available, seasons #7- #13. www.yarmouthlibraries.org/ebranch/

Staff Picks:
Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors
by Valerie Luu

This book shares nuggets of philosophical wisdom and personal stories about immigration, Chinese American culture, and how to stay stylish. Available on Hoopla.

Every Day is a Gift: a Memoir
by Tammy Duckworth

This is an exceptional story of resiliency. Senator Duckworth's life is both inspiring and humbling, and her personality comes through clearly in the way she chose to share her story. Senator Duckworth narrates the audiobook and I highly recommend it. Available on CLAMS and Overdive/Libby. 

Staff Picks for Junior Nonfiction Graphics Series:
Big Ideas that Changed the World
by Don Brown

Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.

A Shot In The Arm

Explore a very timely subject: the history of vaccines.
A Shot in the Arm!, Book 3 in the Big Ideas that Changed the World series, is the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease. Beginning with smallpox--perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date--and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, award-winning author Don Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. The book's narrator is Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who historically popularized inoculation in England in the early 18th century. Brown covers the science behind how our immune systems work, the discovery of bacteria, and major achievements from scientists like Louis Pasteur, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and Edward Jenner, the "father of immunology."