January 2023 Newsletter from the Yarmouth Town Libraries

From the Director:

Happy winter solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and New Year 2023! It has been quite a week, a month, a year. We thank everyone who has dropped off goodies for staff in appreciation over the past few weeks as the year came to a close. Everyone here has certainly had their choice of sweet decadence for the season. We are wrapping up the year and looking forward to greatness in the months and years ahead. My thanks to our hard-working, friendly, and cooperative library staff and wishes for peace, happiness, and success in the future.

-Jane Cain
Library Director

ALA Youth Media Awards

Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA Youth Media Awards (YMA), include the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards and guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth. The awards encourage original and creative work in children’s and young adult literature and media.

Watch the 2023 Youth Media Award announcements on Monday, January 30, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., during LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience, through the livestream posted to the ALA Youtube page, https://www.youtube.com/@americanlibraryassociation

Author Talk with Maureen Johnson and Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Wednesday, January 4, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
This is a virtual event. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom meeting via email.

In collaboration with the Tewksbury Public Library, join a special evening with two of the country's top young adult authors as Maureen Johnson (Nine Liars) is interviewed by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Final Gambit), in this ZOOM presentation.

Maureen Johnson is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling YA author. Her work includes the Truly Devious series, the Shades of London series, Suite Scarlett, and 13 Little Blue Envelopes. She writes with Cassandra Clare, John Green, and Lauren Myracle. Maureen's books have sold more than three million copies worldwide and have been published in more than thirty countries.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes, also a #1 New York Times bestselling author, writes the Inheritance Games trilogy, Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals, The Lovely and the Lost, and The Naturals series.

Visit yarmouthlibraries.org, Calendar of Events to register. Please note: this program is open to both adults and teens.

Mark Forest Office Hours

Friday, January 6, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
South Yarmouth Library
Yarmouth Selectman Mark Forest will hold office hours at the South Yarmouth Library on Friday, January 6. Please call (508) 394-7606 X 1330 to make an appointment. If you can’t make it, feel free to email Mr. Forest at: mark.r.forest@comcast.net.

Musical Discoveries in January

Saturdays: January 7 and 21 at 11:00 a.m.
South Yarmouth Library
Birth - 8 years old
The joy of Musical Discoveries returns with Rachel Youngling during January. This program is appropriate for babies to 8-year-olds and their caregivers. Enjoy singing, movement and instruments. Drop in. Mark your calendars for January 7 and January 21. Funding is provided by the South Yarmouth Library Association.

Plant-Based Living,
a 3-Part Sunday Series

January 8 What is Whole-Food Plant Based Living?
January 15 How Do You Begin?
January 22 The Whole-Food Plant-Based Lifestyle, tips and tricks
Jeanne Schumacher earned her doctorate in science and education and has taught for over 35+ years. She is a firm believer in “walking the walk” and shares her knowledge through motivational and educational lectures. She is committed to inspiring people to change their health destiny through a non-toxic whole-foods, plant-based lifestyle and is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others by teaching practical ways to improve their health. Visit www.yarmouthlibraries.org and click on Happenings to register for one or all of the free classes.

Adventures in Storytime

Tuesdays: January 10, 17, 24, 31, 10:30 a.m.
South Yarmouth Library
Come and join storytime, featuring interactive stories and songs for you and your child! No registration needed. Birth through 5 years old. Children must come with an adult.

Cape Cod Children’s Place Presents:
Kids Movement Jamboree
with Britt Burbank

Wednesdays: January 11, 18, 25 and February 1, 8, 15, 10:00 a.m.
South Yarmouth Library in the Leonard Room
Ages 2-5 years old
Registration required for all programs: Contact CCCP at 508-240-3310.

Creative, uplifting and inspiring movement activities that will engage you and your child and have you singing, dancing and playing together with new friends.

Maker Mondays

Mondays are for makers. Each week, a new craft will be in the Children's area at the South Yarmouth Library and West Yarmouth Library. For ages 5+.

Family Fun Days

Saturdays, January 14 and 28, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
South Yarmouth Library Leonard Room
Family fun for all. Bring the family to the library to enjoy a family-based activity. Parents are encouraged to participate. To ensure everyone who wants to is able to participate, we recommend you sign up - and, please register each participating family member. Visit yarmouthlibraries.org, Calendar of Events to register. Recommended for ages 8+; children under the age of 8 require parental assistance.

January 14 - Rubber Duck Races
January 28 - Painted Lanterns

Fireside Stories

Tuesday, January 17, 4:30 p.m.
West Yarmouth Library
Fireside stories to warn your spirit. Read Aloud with Marguerite E. Small Assistant Principal Shannon Carlson. Registration is required. Please call Cape
Cod Children’s Place at 508-240-3310 to register.
For ages 5-10.

My Own Creation Club

My Own Creation Club
Thursday, January 19, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
West Yarmouth Library
Ages 5+

Monday, January 23, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
South Yarmouth Library
Ages 5+

The Library provides all the bricks for you to build whatever you choose. Let your imagination run wild! For ages 5 and up. Children under 10 years old need to come with an adult.

Teen Programs
Drop-In Teen Crafts

South Yarmouth Library Teen Room
Relax, create, and socialize. Each week in January a new activity just for teens makes its way to the SYL teen room. Come on in!

January 3-7 - Yarn Birds
January 9-14 - Duck Origami
January 17-21- Squirrel Origami
January 23-28 - Daisy Rings

Design a Duck Teen CrafterNoon

Friday, January 13, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
South Yarmouth Library Leonard Room
Ages 12-18
In honor of National Rubber Ducky Day, bring your creativity and we will provide everything else needed to customize your own ducky friend. Snacks will be provided.

Gone Nutty Teen CrafterNoon

Saturday, January 21, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
South Yarmouth Library Leonard Room
Ages 12-18
Don’t be squirrelly, join us for an afternoon of squirrel crafts. Make squirrel-igami, sugar glider planes, and an acorn craft. Snacks will be provided.

Show Us Your Shelfie

Show us your shelfie all month long. The fourth Wednesday in January offers a unique opportunity for book lovers on Library Shelfie Day. However your books are organized on the shelf, they are meant to be photographed and shared on social media. Share your shelfie with us on social media for a chance to win a mystery book bundle. The winner with the most likes will be announced live at our Teen Book Nooks event on January 25. Submit your Shelfie by tagging us on Facebook @YTLYouthServices, Instagram @yarmouthtownlibraries, Twitter @YTL_YS, or via email to ytlchildrens@gmail.com.

Teen Book Nooks

Wednesday, January 25, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Ages 12-18
Registration recommended
Escape inside a good book. Teens will create their very own book nooks giving the illusion that there is another world hidden inside their shelves. To register, visit www.yarmouthlibraries.org, calendar of events.

Monthly Book Discussion Group
A Woman of No Importance:
The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

Tuesday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. via Zoom
Virginia Hall was rejected from the foreign service because of her gender and her prosthetic leg, yet became the first woman to deploy to Occupied France before the United States had even entered the Second World War. At a time when sending female secret agents into enemy territory was still strictly forbidden, Hall coordinated a network of spies to blow up bridges, report on German troop movements, arrange equipment drops for Resistance agents, and recruit and train guerrilla fighters. The Gestapo considered her the most dangerous of all Allied spies.

Copies of this book are available at both libraries. You can also listen to the audiobook or read the ebook on Overdrive/Libby. 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 help, please call 508-760-4820 to set up a troubleshooting session or if you need any other assistance.

Congratulations, Rebecca!

With the recent promotion of Mindy Herington to Youth Services Supervisor, the position of Youth Services Library Assistant/Staff Librarian became available. After posting the position in town and throughout the CLAMS network, we determined that our best option was to hire internally, again, and we promoted Rebecca Goode. She has been with the Library since late 2019, and has proven to be a creative, smart, proactive, and engaging library professional. Please join me in welcoming Rebecca to this new level of involvement and responsibility. She will be focusing on Teen Services in her new role and we are delighted.

Big Brothers Big Sisters
Information Session

Tuesday, January 31, at noon
South Yarmouth Library (Leonard Room)
Interested in getting involved as a school-based mentor at M.E. Small Elementary? Come to this information session and find out all about it; get your questions answered. Bring a friend or neighbor! If you are unable to make this event, contact Deb Martin at dmartin@capebigs.org for more information.

Staff Picks
Digestion: The Musical
by Adam Rex;
illustrated by Laura Park

Candy's made it. She's finally here: the human body! This intrepid sweet treat meets each of the human body's organs as she approaches her "big break" of being successfully digested! Here is the scientific process of digestion as you've never seen it before--told through a musical, with Candy in the role of the small-town kid who wants to make it big, the baby carrots as the Greek chorus narrating all the action, and cameos from every body part that plays an important role in transforming food from ingredients to nutrition. This is a genuinely educational, laugh-out-loud Broadway musical of a book about an epic adventure through the human body.
J 612.3 REX Reading Age 3-7 years old

Teen Manga
Death Note: Short Stories
by Tsugumi Ohba; art by Takeshi Obata; translation by Akira Shiwawa and Stephen Paul

Kira's story may be over, but the Death Note's story continues in this collection of short stories. Discover tales of lives irrevocably changed by a sinister influence, with surprising and thrilling answers to the question of what it truly takes to use the Death Note...or fight it.
YA MANGA Grade 8 and up

The Library Planning Committee Seeks New Members

The Library Planning Committee (LPC) is looking for new members. The group typically meets monthly. We are currently working on a Request for Proposals (RFP) with our Town Administration, for consultation on community input sessions, surveying and garnering additional information from the public regarding what is important to you about the library – what you wish for, and how we can satisfy community needs and wants in your library: good information sharing, community gatherings, reading, learning and growing strong together. If you are interested in the LPC, please stop by and visit Library Director Jane Cain at the South Yarmouth Library, or call her: 508-760-4820, ext. 1312.

Database Spotlight: CommCat
Can't find what you
are looking for in CLAMS?

The Commonwealth Catalog broadens your search beyond Cape Cod. In one easy step, you can search through millions of items at participating Massachusetts libraries. Make a request and it will be delivered to either the South Yarmouth or West Yarmouth library. Visit www.yarmouthlibraries.org/ebranch/ and click on Commonwealth Catalog.