Tag: library

Locating a Book Tip

When you shop at the grocery store, do you read the aisle signs or just wander around? When you browse for a library book, do you read the signs on the end of aisles? In addition to our large selection of fiction books that are arranged alphabetically by author, you can find another large section…

Donations to Your Library

  Thanks to many people, the SunBird Library houses your donated books, movies, puzzles, and current magazines for the community to enjoy and return to the library. The library volunteers want to remind and inform you to return your books to the cart by the library entrance. Please also put your donated media on this…

Library News

Welcome back, snowbirds, and hello to new neighbors. Thank you for the donations of books and puzzles to the library. There are a few changes in the library. We no longer accept the following: old magazines, cookbooks, large books (coffee table size), travel books, medical books, self-help books, VHS tapes, and music CDs. If you…

So Many Books, So Little Time

Dear Reader, You may have noticed I tend to review books that are not recent publications or current best sellers, as I think you will hear about them from many other sources. I try to go back and find a few gems that may have slipped your attention. These Is My Words (1998), by Nancy Turner,…

Footnotes from the Library

Nancy Smith There you are, all settled in your favorite chair with your best-seller book, ready to enjoy your quiet time. When you get up to leave, you put a bookmark in the book. Folks, you would be surprised at the bookmarks you turn in when you return our books. There are “To Do” lists,…

Footnotes from the library

Nancy Smith When June arrives, On quiet feet, The days dance on, To a gentle beat. June comes along softly, To say “Hello,” “It’s hot out there, So take it slow.” June whispers on breezes, She smiles at you – Stretch out and relax, With a book or two. The SunBird Library invites you to…

Footnotes from the library

  Lois Anderson As we are about to end 2018, we need to keep our patrons advised of small changes in our library. One of the baskets on the counter is for travel brochures. Most are about cruises, but there are a few about foreign travel on land as well as in the USA. We…

December at the Ed Robson Branch Library

  Please join us for the following programs in December! Tuesday, December 4, at 1:00 p.m.: The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction* In 1904, a group of nuns brought 40 young children from New York to Arizona for adoption by pre-arranged “Spanish” parents. Because of a dispute with the arrangement, this little-known incident went all the…

September at the Ed Robson Library

  Patty Dennehy Thursday, September 20, at 1:00 p.m.: Salsa Gardening with Tomatoes and Herbs* Do you love salsa? Master Gardener Lee Ann Aronson returns to share tips for selecting and caring for tomatoes and growing onions, garlic, peppers, mint and cilantro to replicate her award-winning salsa recipe! Monday, September 24, at 1:00 p.m.: Landscaping…

Library program news

  Patty Dennehy Join us on Saturday, June 23, at 1:00 p.m. for Music & More from the Land Down Under! Travel on a musical journey to Australia and beyond as the performer plays an assortment of didgeridoos and percussion instruments mixed with colorful stories and humor. The performers play a modern style, mixing fast-paced…