Library Life 220

Library Life December 2019

This episode of Library Life includes:

• Recurring MPPL Beatles tribute band, Kaleidoscope Eyes, returns for a British Invasion Festival Night as part of our cultural series on England and Wales.
• An interview with author and home organizing professional, Caralyn Kempner on the art of organizing the home, and her upcoming Library program, Top-to-Bottom Home Organizing on Tuesday, January 21^st at 7:30 p.m.
• The cultural series continues with a chronicle of the life of gothic horror and science fiction author Mary Shelley and her most famous work in the event Mary Shelley: Love & Frankenstein.
• Adult Services Staff Recommendations are here to help with New Year’s Resolutions focusing on improving one’s outlook on life: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life by Richard Carlson; You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective by Richard Carlson, PhD; Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in your Work and in your Life by Dr. Spencer Johnson; Worried?: Science Investigates Some of Life’s Common Concerns by Lise Johnson and Eric Chudler; The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin; and Life’s Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
• Youth Services Staff Recommendations also have suggestions for new beginnings with beginner chapter books: Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro; Jasmine Toguchi: Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence; Ellie, Engineer by Jackson Pearce; Weekends with Max and his Dad by Linda Urban; Absolutely Alfie and the Furry Purry Secret by Sally Warner; and Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan by Frances O’Roark Dowell.
• Super Saturday: The World of Pooh.
• Patron Interview: Who is your favorite British author or musician, and why?