CPL Art Walk

May 10, 2019 | haink

As part of the 9th annual Canton Acts of Culture Week, our staff created a self-guided art tour in the form of a map. Pick one up at the Main Desk if you're interested. Discover our sculptures, quilts, paper mache works, bronze statues, vintage posters and more. You can also view a video or see most of the art with a 'walk' through via Google.

Germs and The Human Body

May 10, 2019 | Brad B.

Enjoy kids books about science, germs, and the human body? Try one of these:

Do not lick this book* : *it's full of germs by Idan Ben-Barak
Inside your germs by 1979- Karin Halvorson

Under the Radar YA Fantasy

May 9, 2019 | jonesw

Looking for a new fantasy series to try? Already read popular series like Red Queen, Throne of Glass, and Shadow and Bone? You may have missed some of the fantastic fantasy titles below!

Daughter of the pirate king by Tricia Levenseller
East by Edith Pattou

New Books on the Biography Shelf

May 9, 2019 | SuzyQ

Check out these new titles recently added to the Library's Biography shelves.

The light years : a memoir by 1956- Chris Rush
Never a lovely so real : the life and work of Nelson Algren by Colin Asher

May Mental Health Graphic Novels

May 8, 2019 | Patton

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Below is a collection of graphic novels and illustrated works that paint our thoughts and emotions beyond words, offer art as therapy, and help inform us in new ways. 

Just peachy : comics about depression, anxiety, love, and finding the humor in being sad by Holly Chisholm
One year wiser : an illustrated guide to mindfulness by Mike Medaglia

Become a Citizen Scientist!

May 8, 2019 | kimba
butterfly

Citizen science projects help scientists with research about our environment. Labs provide instructional tools for the public and a way for people to submit their data and observations. Projects can be quick, like watching 10-second videos of birds and reporting what you saw in a survey. Other projects involve self-guided training to learn how to identify species or life stages of birds, butterflies or other wildlife. There are also great citizen science project for kids!

"A Republic, if You Can Keep it"

May 8, 2019 | SuzyQ

The above quotation is attributed to Benjamin Franklin at the close of the Constitutional Convention. Franklin gave this response to a query as he was leaving Independence Hall on the final day of deliberations. According to Maryland delegate James McHenry,  "A lady asked Dr. Franklin, Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy." From the Latin "res publica," a republic is a form of government in which the country is considered a “public matter”, not the private concern or property of the rulers, in which public offices are consequently appointed or elected rather than privately accommodated (i.e., through inheritance or divine mandate).

The creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S Wood
Founding the Republic : a documentary history

Democracy Dies in Darkness

May 7, 2019 | SuzyQ

Recently The Washington Post added a new phrase to it's online masthead:  "Democracy Dies in Darkness." Indeed, a free and independent press is an essential part of a democratic society. 

The soul of the First Amendment by Floyd Abrams
Freedom for the thought that we hate : a biography of the First Amendment by 1927- Anthony Lewis

Share a Story: What's Different? What's the Same? Storytime

May 7, 2019 | strande

 

Did you miss our What's Different? What's the Same? Storytime this week? Don't worry, here's what you missed, plus a few more suggestions so you can create your own storytime at home, complete with songs and stories.

Don't need a full storytime? Borrow a rhyme when you need a short distraction, or check out these materials and spend a few minutes reading together.

From Storytime

Dino duckling by Alison Murray

Library Board Meeting Agenda — Thursday, May 16, 2019

May 6, 2019 | gladdenk
  • Call the Meeting to Order
  • Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of General Meeting Minutes
  • Communications
  • Report of the Library Director
  • Trustee Comments
  • Unfinished Business & General Orders
    • Audit Services Contract
    • 2020 Budget Discussion – Expenditures
      • Capital Replacement Schedule and ENGIE Engineering Services Contract
  • New Business
    • 2020 Budget Discussion
      • Revenues
        • Millage rate
        • Property tax collection rate
    • Expenditures
      • Salaries
  • Call to Audience (5 min. maximum)
  • Adjourn

 

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