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The Underground Railroad plays a dual role in the story of the continental
movement to abolish slavery. It was unquestionably the highly effective
means by which a number—an exaggerated and indefinite number of
fugitive slaves reached British North America. It was the cause of a legend
that would make it possible for Canadians to reinforce their self-congrat
ulatory attitudes toward their position on the Negro, and to strengthen
those self-congratulatory assumptions into the twentieth century. The latter role was more demonstrable than the former.
To say that the Underground Railroad was enlarged by legend is not
to say that it did not exist. Clearly, there was a loose network of abolition
ists, perhaps predominantly Quaker, who communicated with one another
in order to make known various places of refuge where fugitive slaves
might go during their journey from the slave states to the free border cities
of the north and to the British provinces. Thousands of fugitive slaves were
helped in this manner, being passed on from hand to hand, fed, clothed,
and hidden, and on occasion given transport or money for the purchase of
tickets. In some areas—especially southern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio—
the so-called Underground Railroad agents worked clandestinely, living
amidst proslavery or anti-Negro neighbors. But in many other areas
further to the north the Railroad was seldom underground, being well
known to local newspapers and law officers alike—as in Syracuse, Detroit,
and Toledo. That the Railroad did help many fugitive slaves reach Canada
West in particular, yet that its importance was much exaggerated, is now
well demonstrated.1 Both aspects of this legend are central to an under
standing of the position of the Negro in the Canadas during the decade
before, and the several decades after, the Civil War.
Canadian legend today claims that at least sixty thousand fugitive
slaves were resident in Canada West in 1860. Contemporary estimates
ranged from fifteen to seventy-five thousand, with many whites accepting
figures closer to the latter. If this were so, the black population of Canada
West in the 1850s was around 4 percent of the total, since the 1861 census
1. See, in particular, Larry Gara: “Propaganda Uses of the Underground Railway,”
Mid-America, n.s., 23 (1952), 155-71; and idem, “The Underground Railway: Legend
or Reality?”, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 105 (1961), 33439.
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for the province showed 1,396,000. That the Negro population did increase
precipitously in the southwestern part of the province also is clear, a condition that helps to explain the rapidly rising anti-Negro sentiment in that
portion of Canada West as well as the tendency to overestimate Negro
numbers. If so many fugitive slaves did find refuge in the single province,
two other conclusions follow: the great majority returned to the United
States at the end of the Civil War, since the Negro population in 1871
was undeniably but a fraction of sixty thousand; and the Canadians could
rightly take credit for harboring—and for at least a decade and a half
giving aid to—a quite substantial body of refugees from the political and
social conflicts of the Republic.
Yet, both the estimates of the Negro population, and the conclusions
relating to fugitive slaves that flow from these estimates, must be tempered
by a number of observations:
1. While contemporary accounts often suggested that sixty thousand or
more fugitive slaves were present in Canada West, in fact at least, both
Canada West and Canada East were meant—as one may see when the
estimates are read in context; and on occasion all of British North America
was indicated. Thus, the sixty thousand should be read against a total
population of over three million. In fact, the black segment of the population probably gained only a percentage point in the 1850s, since there
was massive white immigration during the decade.
2. While the estimates implied that they referred to fugitive slaves only,
again when read in context nearly all show that they applied to the total
black population. The figures often were given out in ignorance of the
presence of many free Negroes from the northern states and of free
Canadian Negroes who traced themselves back to the American Revolution. One may ask, What is said of the British North American attitude
toward Negroes when all were assumed to be fugitives? 2
3. In any event, the estimates utterly ignore the official censuses of the
governments of the Canadas. The census for Canada West in 1851 showed
a total of 4,669 Negroes, while official estimates suggested 8,000; the
census for 1861 showed 11,223; and other official figures raised the total
to 13,566. The 1861 census, in particular, was thought at the time and has
proven since to be quite inaccurate.3
2. Siebert, Underground Railroad, p. 219; Booker T. Washington, The Story of
the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery (New York, 1909), 2, 240. Contemporary authority for the estimate of a total of sixty thousand Negroes in the Canadas
appears in “W. M. G.” “A Sabbath among the Runaway Negroes at Niagara,” Excelsior, 5 (1856), 41. Typical exaggerations include the estimate of Thomas Nye, men
tioned in chapter 6, note 28, above.
3. See M. C. Urquhart and K. A. H. Buckley, cds., Historical Statistics of Canada
(Cambridge, 1965), pp. 1-4, for an analysis of the inaccuracy of the early census
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4. Further, no accurate figures can be given either for the number of
fugitive slaves in the whole of the British North American provinces, or
for the total number of Negroes. Many attempted to pass for white when in
the Canadas, many were not enumerated, and census takers might reasonably have confused fugitive American with free American blacks, since the
former often claimed the status of the latter, especially because of their
misplaced fear of extradition.
5. Samuel Ringgold Ward, a fugitive slave himself, wrote in his autobiography in 1855 that reaching Canada was a most difficult task, and that
"but few comparatively can come.” This would seem a logical conclusion,
for the Canadas were far away and little known to the fugitives, and many
were told that the colonies were uninhabitable for black men. One must assume that the majority of the total number of fugitive slaves did not reach
the Canadian provinces and remained in the free northern states.4
6. This being so, how many might have reached the Canadas? Official
reports suggested that the slave states lost perhaps a thousand runaway
slaves a year. Assuming this to be so for the period 1830 to 1860, even
had every single fugitive reached Canada safely, the total would have been
only 30,000.° As it was, many died en route, disappeared and could not be
accounted for, returned to the South to escape another time and be counted
again (for one man escaping twice is two escapes, although he is still but
one man when on Canadian soil), or remained in the North.
7. Thus, contemporary accounts tended to refer to fugitives as “passing
through” Syracuse, Albany, or Cleveland “on the way to Canada.’ All
of these were assumed to have reached the Canadas. But many—perhaps
the majority—stopped short of the Canadian border; and many were
counted more than once, “passing through” Albany and, at a later date,
“passing through” Syracuse, Rochester, or Buffalo. No doubt, there were
many, like William Wells Brown, who set out for Canada West and, finding
ice on Lake Erie had curtailed steamer traffic, simply stayed in Ohio.6
returns. The census of 1851 is believed to have underenumerated the province’s
total population by a hundred thousand. Both it and that of 1861 undercounted
children.
4. Ward, Autobiography, p. 158; Gara, The Liberty Line: The Legend of the
Underground Railroad (Lexington, Ky.f 1961), pp. 37-40, 67, 111, 145, 149, 161,
185-90. Gara has drawn upon the Siebert Papers in the Ohio State Historical Society
and Harvard's Houghton Library; I have examined both collections and accept his
conclusions.
5. However, in 1855 a Southern judge guessed that the slave states had lost
“upwards of 60,000 slaves” (Kenneth M. Stampp, The Peculiar Institution: Slavery In
the Ante-Bellum South [New York, 1964], p. 118).
6. See William Edward Farrison, “A Flight Across Ohio: The Escape of William
Wells Brown from Slavery,” The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly,
61 (1952), 272-82, and Brown’s Narrative . . . (Boston, 1847). A typical entry
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8. Related to this terminological guesswork was the tendency for
abolitionists, in letters, newspaper accounts, and their autobiographies, to
rejoice at having put a fugitive “on the stage for Canada.” This phrase
could be invoked in Cincinnati—where it meant nothing, since no stage
ran from southern Ohio to Canada—as well as in Buffalo, where it had
genuine meaning. To count a fugitive who boarded a stage in Cincinnati,
or even Oberlin, as being safely in Canada is similar to assuming that a
Hungarian refugee who was seen leaving Budapest in 1957 arrived safely
in Vienna.
9. The abolitionist press quoted each other at length, usually but not
always with credit, and with repetitious figures—all of which served to
create the impression that refugees were reaching Canada West in waves.
The Voice of the Fugitive would report that forty Negroes had arrived in
Amherstburg; six weeks later the same item would be reprinted in another
abolitionist journal in New York or Ohio. The forty fugitives one read of
in June were the same forty that one had read of in April.7
10. The free Negro population in the northern states, and the total
Negro population in British North America —fugitive and free—showed
an excess of females. Most fugitives were males. One might conclude that
the majority in either population therefore consisted of nonfugitives.
11. Many southerners, who had some reason to wish to exaggerate thenlosses, did not think the Canadas harbored large numbers of fugitive slaves.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin suggested in 1859 that fifteen
hundred slaves had escaped each year for fifty years. This figure applied
to the entire South and was said to represent an outer limit of the possible;
even so, this would have accounted for but seventy-five thousand fugitives,
the upper figure sometimes given for Canada West alone. When the
Baltimore Sun said, in 1856, that all living fugitives were worth thirty
million dollars, it also suggested that the average value was nearly $9,000,
a patent untruth.8
12. The abolitionists, who might also have wished to exaggerate thensuccesses, were less sanguine. In 1861 the American Anti-Slavery Society
estimated that the total number of slaves who had escaped was well below
seventy-five thousand. Most were thought to be in the North.9
13. The fugitives who did reach the British provinces were by no means
entirely happy. A number returned to the northern states, through which
they had passed while seeking out the North Star, further reducing the
total in the Canadas. At the beginning of the Civil War, more returned.
14. After the Fugitive Slave Bill was passed, abolitionists on the border,
such as Henry Bibb, Isaac Rice, and Hiram Wilson, reported that fugitives
were arriving at the rate of thirty a day. This seems a substantial figure,
and indeed it was when so many descended upon the strained resources of
Rice or Wilson. Yet were this so, the post-1850 fugitive black population
of Canada West alone (setting aside those who returned to the North or
died in the province) would have been 110,000 in 1860, a clear absurdity.
At the height of the fugitive influx, the total Negro population of Amherst
burg—the single most important entry point for refugees—was at most
eight hundred; and during the eighteen months of initial panic after pas
sage of the bill, even the Toronto Globe set the figure at no higher than
three thousand.10
15. On occasion free Negroes from the northern states moved into the
Canadas and pretended to be fugitives in order to attract the sympathy of
Canadian abolitionists or to benefit from the fugitive slave hostels. In
1854, for example, a free black barber from New Hampshire twice raised
money to reach Canada by claiming that his master was pursuing him.
Many of the begging preachers appear to have been free men.11
16. One of the most publicized of the Underground Railroad depots
was that run by the fugitive J. W. Loguen in Syracuse. His activities were
not secret, and once in a free state a fugitive could learn of Loguen and
his work. Yet in nearly nine years in Syracuse, Loguen—whose account
is exaggerated on other matters—saw but fifteen hundred fugitive slaves,
not all of whom moved on to the Canadas.12
17. Studies of Negro songs and folk tales in Canada show relatively
few references to fugitives. More important, recent investigations of
southern slave songs show that Canaan, the Promised Land, and the New
Jerusalem were equated most often with Africa and seldom with Canada.
In the South, those slaves who contemplated other lands did not appear
to have had the British provinces uppermost in their minds.13
would tell how "a female, Patsey Williams, of Kentucky, on her way to Canada,
passed through Rochester Thursday" {Stratford [C. W.] Beacon, May 31, 1861).
7. And the "six covered wagons filled with Negroes" hailed by the Owen Sound
Comet on May 18, 1852, were the same covered wagons earlier praised by the
Detroit press.
8. Gara, Liberty Line, p. 153, quoting Baltimore Sun of March 13. The St.
Catharines Journal esU'mated in 1857 that “1,500 to 2,000 slaves" were brought to
Canada annually, predicted an end to slavery in the South, and that there would be
no blacks in Canada by 1900. See The St Catharines and Lincoln Historical Society,
St. Catharines A to Z by Junius 1856 ([St Catharines, 1967]), p. [70].
9. Ibid., pp. 38-40.
10. Anti-Slavery Reporter, n.s., 4 (1856), 135; Toronto Globe, June 10, 1852;
Montreal Gazette, Oct 4, 1860. See W. H. Withrow, “The Underground Railway,"
RSC, Proceedings and Transactions, sec. 2, 8 (1902), 73; Fred Landon, "Canada’s
Part in Freeing the Slave,” OHS, Papers and Records, 17 (1919), 74-84; and Landon,
"The Negro Migration to Canada after the Passing of the Fugitive Slave Act," JNH,
5 (1920), 22-36.
11. Siebert, Underground Railroad, p. 249.
12. Loguen, The Rev. J>W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman: A Narrative
of Real Life (Syracuse, N.Y., 1859), p. 444.
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18. This is not surprising, for the slaves were kept in ignorance of
British North America, and most of them were probably not, at the
moment of their escape, thinking of taking refuge under the lion’s paw.
Slaveholders emphasized the harshness of the northern climate, denied
their slaves maps or the education that would enable them to read them,
and suggested that all Canadians spoke French, worshipped idols, and
executed black men upon arrival. Lewis Clarke, in memoirs published in
1845, said that he had been told that Canadians would skin his head,
eat his children, poke out their eyes, and wear their hair as coat collars.
Even so astute a Negro as Frederick Douglass thought that Canada was
where “the wild goose and the swan repaired at the end of winter” and
not “the home of man.” 14
19. These estimates, confusions, and exaggerations were added to by
the publications of contemporary observers. In 1860, Reverend William M.
Mitchell published in London an influential book on The Under-Ground
Railroad. A free Negro who had been a slave driver, Mitchell lived in
Toronto after 1855 as an agent for the American Baptist Free Mission
Society. He claimed that the railroad had been operating for a quarter
of a century and that “nearly two thousand” fugitives reached “Canada”
each year. This would have meant a total fugitive population of fifty
thousand; and allowing for deaths his estimate was forty-five thousand.
This figure, then, is well below many of the estimates, and yet it is given
by a man who had every reason to enlarge it, since he used his book as
a medium by which he solicited funds for his church and school in Canada
West; many of the communitarian settlers condemned him as “a pious
fraud.” 10 Later it was suggested that in 1860 alone five hundred Negroes
“from Canada” went into the slave states to rescue others, a figure that
surely confuses border crossings into the North for business, social, and
religious purposes with antislavery journeys. Even so industrious and
courageous a person as Harriet Tubman made not more than nineteen
(and probably fifteen) such trips over eight years.10
Museum of Canada, Bulletin No. 117 (Ottawa, 1950), pp. 86, 127; Creighton, “Songs
from Nova Scotia,” Journal of the International Folk Music Council, 12 (I960),
84-85; W. J. Wintemberg, “Some Items of Ncgro-Canadian Folk-Lore,” The Journal
of American Folk-Lore, 38 (1925), 621; Arthur Huff Fausct, “Folklore from the
Half-Breeds in Nova Scotia," ibid., pp. 300-15; Fausct, cd., Folklore from Nova
Scotia (New York, 1931), pp. vii-xiv.
14. Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a Captivity of More than
Twenty-Five Years, Among the Algerines of Kentucky . . . (Boston, 1845), pp. 3940; Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Hartford, Conn., 1884) pp.
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16. Herbert Aptheker gives this figure in The Negro in the Abolitionist Move
ment (New York, 1941), p. 16, perhaps drawing it from Benjamin Brawlcy, A Short
History of the American Negro, 2nd rev. ed. (New York, 1927), p. 78.
A Continental Abolitionism?
Another of the chief accounts of the Underground Railroad was by
William Still, a free Negro who from 1847 was on the staff of the
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. Philadelphia
was a prime entrepot for fugitive slaves, and many visited Still at his home;
during fourteen years of active work on behalf of escaping slaves, includ
ing a visit to Canada West in 1855, he kept detailed records from which,
in 1872, he published his Record of Facts. Subsequent students of the
Railroad drew heavily upon this massive volume of 780 finely printed
pages, twice revised and extended, of narratives and letters.17 Yet a close
reading of Still’s work, together with an examination of his manuscripts,
does not support the notion that great streams of fugitives reached British
North America through the medium of “the Road.’’ Still gives evidence on
892 fugitives in his volume—although there appear to be more, some are
repetitions—and he provides names for most. Of these, he gives evidence
clearly showing that 112 reached the Canadas, and he asserts on nine
other occasions, without evidence, that fugitives did so; the rest are left
departing from Philadelphia with “their faces set Canada-wards.” From
the names provided by Still, one may identify five more who reached
Canada West, unknown to him. No doubt there were others, for many
fugitives changed their names—if not always radically, as when John
Atkinson became John Atkins—and a number, not alone on Still’s evi
dence, could have passed for white after arriving in the provinces. None
theless, the figures that one may project as safely having reached British
North America via Philadelphia are not, despite Still’s frequent usage of
Canada as a presumptive goal, very large.18
20. Subsequent scholarship added to the figures. Many volumes re
peated the estimates. Some, such as Homer Uri Johnson’s From Dixie
to Canada: Romances and Realities of the Underground Railroad, pub
lished in 1894,10 are presented as factual, when they were in truth a
pastiche of tales. Other works, such as the highly influential treatment by
Wilbur H. Siebert, The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom—
the first genuinely scholarly study of the fugitive slaves’ escape routes,
published in 1898—further fed the legend. Siebert (whose position at his
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North-Side View of Slavery, p. 43. I have examined the Letter Book of William
Still, and the Journal of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society Underground Rail
road in the PSHS, and they add little to Still’s published account
18. A number of Still’s letters have been reprinted in Carter G. Woodson, ed.,
“Letters Largely Personal and Private," JNH, 11 (1926), 104-75. See also Larry
Gara, "William Still and the Underground Railroad,” Pennsylvania History, 28
(1961), 33-44; and C. Lightfoot Roman, The Underground Railroad (Valleyfield,
P.Q., [1933]), passim.
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published materials, a lengthy questionnaire he sent to aging antislavery
advocates, and from conversations with former fugitives. He did not verify
the published accounts—many of them repetitive, taken from each other—
against manuscript sources, and he accepted the answers to his question
naire at face value. His descriptions and references—to “taking an agency”
for the Railroad, or “employees of the U.G.R.R.”—tended to suggest a
greater degree of organization than existed.20 Even so careful a scholar as
western Ontario’s Fred Landon, the foremost student of the Negro settle
ments in Canada West, was content to accept from Siebert and elsewhere
the estimates of sixty thousand fugitives, did not distinguish carefully
between fugitive and free Negroes, and reported that after 1850 “the early
trickle which had become a stream turned for a time into a torrent.”
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today are descendants of fugitive slaves, the slave condition, poverty, and
America—inheritors of the disgrace of both caste and mark. In 1956 when
a journalist, J. C. Furnas, asked acquaintances to guess at the total number
of fugitive slaves, the average reply set the figure at 270,000; some
answered a million.22 Is it little wonder, then, that one heritage of the
fugitive slave period, for Canadians, is an easy assumption of Negro
uniformity? The legend of the Underground Railroad and its aftermath
has united all Canadian Negroes into a single group in the eyes of white
Canadians, reinforcing those prejudices which grow from the notion that
an ethnic group must be viewed as a single social unit. To Canadians,
Negroes were a monolith, both because of their color and because of their
presumed origins as fugitive slaves—origins probably shared by no more
than half the Negro population of Canada today.
British North Americans who read the literature of the Underground
Railroad, the fugitive slaves, and the abolitionists in general also were
reinforced in their consciousness of moral purity. Some few accounts—by
Drew, Henson, Ward, Israel Campbell, and Austin Steward in particular 23
—remarked upon the incidence of prejudice in the Canadas and compared
Canada West to the northern states; but the great mass of fugitive nar
ratives were unstinting in their praise of the Canadian haven and found
no occasion to mention the quasi-segregated pattern of life developing
there, the numerous demeaning incidents that the fugitives encountered,
or the morass of conflicting claims made upon the confused fugitive by
missionary groups, communal settlements, and school societies. In the
thirty most widely known fugitive slave accounts published between 1836
and 1859, British North America is mentioned in all but four; of these
twenty-six accounts, few can be said to provide anything like a realistic
picture of conditions in Canada West.24
The structure of these fugitive slave narratives tended to be similar.
Often the fugitive was said to have “much white blood” flowing in his
veins, was forced to watch drunken masters down great quantities of
whiskey (for the books also preached temperance), and had to listen to
s, and b----- h”) from which religion was a
foul language (“d—n, b
solace taken despite the master’s disapproval. During the flight one was
usually helped by Quakers, met a band of Indians, and kissed the earth
of Canada. Much was written off as “substantially, if not literally, true,” as
Loguen remarked. For the white reader, interest focused upon the exciting
That Siebert’s Underground Railroad existed is quite true. Many brave
and selfless men labored for it in behalf of the fugitive slaves. Thousands
of fugitives did find refuge in Canada West And one should not denigrate
the estimates contemporary to 1860 without putting something in their
place. This is difficult, for the censuses were inaccurate, the fugitives often
stayed in the Canadas only a few weeks, and no figures are available with
consistency from school, tax, or voting records, since some but not all
provide an indication of color. On the basis of my own research, the best
I can offer—in addition to the statement in the Appendix—is that by
1860 the black population of Canada West alone may have reached forty
thousand, three-quarters of whom had been or were fugitive slaves or their
children, and therefore beneficiaries of the Underground Railroad.
But the legend outgrew the reality in Canada, as legends invariably do
without the correctives of time, logic, or scholarship. And the legend fed
the twentieth-century assumption that nearly all black men in Canada
20. Siebert wrote many articles on the underground railroad, as well as his mas
sive book, cited previously, The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (see
pp. 29, 70-72, 76, 151). He confuses the date of his interviews, however (compare
p. 194 n. 1, and p. 249 n. 4). The uncritical acceptance of his book is shown in the
Siebert Papers in the Houghton Library, vol. 45 of which contains letters and reviews
(including Canadian ones) on its publication. See, for example, the Montreal Star,
Jan. 28,1899.
21. Landon, “Canada and the Underground Railroad," Kingston Historical Society,
Reports and Proceedings (1923), p. 17, and “The Underground Railway along the
Detroit River," Michigan History, 39 (1955), 63-68. The chief volumes that build
upon Siebert are: Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, The Railroad to Freedom (New York,
1932); Henrietta Buckmaster [Henkle], Let My People Go: The Story of the Under
ground Railroad (New York, 1941); and William Breyfogle, Make Free: The Story
of the Underground Railroad (Philadelphia, 1958).
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23. Henson, Ward, Steward, and Drew have been cited previously. Campbell’s
account, an unusually able one, was Bond and Free: or, Yearnings for Freedom . . .
(Philadelphia, 1861); see especially pp. 199, 203-39, 251-64, 291-97.
24. See those titles discussed in Nelson, “Negro in Literature," pp. 60-67.
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moment of escape from the master and the long journey northward to
freedom; a secondary interest lay in accounts of life on the plantation,
culminating in a series of brutalities which precipitated the decision to
flee. Little space was given to the post-escape life of the fugitive, in part
because the narratives often were written soon after the fugitive had
arrived in the North or in Canada, and in larger part because the later
aspects of the story held less intrinsic interest. Even Benjamin Drew, in his
A North-Side View of Slavery—published in Boston in 1856 by John P.
Jewett, the enterprising publisher of Uncle Tom’s Cabin—gave most of
his space to accounts of how the fugitives escaped, despite his announced
intention to provide a record of “the history and condition of the colored
population of Upper Canada.”
Representative accounts were those by J. W. Loguen, Moses Roper, and
Laura Haviland, and those on Harriet Tubman. Loguen was born in
Tennessee, the natural son of a white man and a slave mother. His flight to
freedom, in 1834-35, was a daring undertaking; during his five years in
Canada West he learned to read, took a two-hundred-acre farm (which he
lost because of a partner’s bad judgment), and spoke of acquiring British
citizenship. He turned to teaching school in Utica, New York; became an
elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (and in 1868, a
bishop); and was for some years a teacher and minister in Syracuse,
where he was one of the prime movers in the “Jerry rescue,” leading to his
taking temporary refuge with Hiram Wilson in Canada. He died in 1872.
Loguen’s autobiography, which is contradictory and unclear on dates and
sequences, became an important primary source for historians. Although
Loguen stated that there was no Underground Railroad at the time of his
flight, the Dictionary of American Biography later would note how his
escape revealed that “preliminary surveys” had been made for the under
ground system and that “a few lines already ran . . . as unerringly as
railroads run through the large towns and cities.” 25 On the other hand
Roper, whose narrative sold widely in England, went on to London. Later
he became famous in British North America through a lecture tour.20
It was in Sarah Bradford’s biography of Harriet Tubman in 1869 that
several of the songs allegedly sung as the fugitives crossed the Suspension
25. See Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman, which despite its date (1859) con
tains letters for 1860; Wfilliam] H. A[Uison], “Jermain W. Loguen," DAB 11 (1943),
368-69; James Egert Allen, The Negro in New York (New York, 1964)*, pp. 74-75J
and Rhodes House, Oxford, Anti-Slavery Papers: Wilson to Scoble, Feb. 24, 1852!
The Syracuse Public Library’s copy of Loguen’s book contains a note indicating
that he was sixty-three when he died, which suggests that he was bom in 1810 (the
DAB says 1813); the New York Tribune for Oct. 1, 1872, contains an obituary.
26. Roper’s account was A Narrative of the Adventures and Escapes of Moses
Roper, from American Slavary, 3rd ed. (London, 1839).
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Bridge at the Niagara frontier were first recorded. The most famous words
betrayed abolitionist and non-Negro origins, however, even as printed
in the Bradford account:
I’m now embarked for yonder shore,
Where a man’s a man by law.
De iron horse will bear me o’er,
To ‘shake de lion’s paw’;
Oh, righteous Father, wilt thou not pity me,
And help me on to Canada, where all de slaves are free.
Oh I heard Queen Victoria say,
That if we would forsake,
Our native land of slavery,
And come across de lake,
Dat she was standing on de shore,
Wid arms extended wide,
To give us all a peaceful home,
Beyond de rolling tide.
To this Bradford added, “No doubt the simple creatures . . . expected
to cross a wide lake instead of a rapid river, and to see Queen Victoria
with her crown upon her head, waiting with arras extended wide, to fold
them all in her embrace.” 27
Laura Haviland, a white Canadian-born Quaker “Superintendent of
the Underground,” also was the subject of much postemancipation writing
in Canada. Her narrative, A Woman’s Life Work, although rambling, un
clear, and filled with fictitious dialogue, unquestionably shows that she
aided several fugitives to escape, knew Hiram Wilson and Isaac Rice, and
was to the Detroit frontier what Harriet Tubman was to the Niagara. In
addition to her active part in the Anderson extradition case, Laura Havi
land taught school and, hoping to avoid denominational strife, opened a
Christian Union Church in the Puce River area in 1852-53 with the
support of Henry Bibb and two Detroit philanthropists. She suffered all
the publicized rigors of the Canadian climate, frequently awakening “with
snow sifting on her face, and not infrequently [finding] the snow half an
inch or more deep on her bed upon rising in the morning.” 28 The point at
27. Sarah Bradford, Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People, 2nd ed. (New
York, 1886); Smith College, Sophia Smith Collection: Martha Coffin Wright to
Lucretia Coffin Mott, n.d. [18601; Earl Conrad, Harriet Tubman (Washington, 1943),
passim. Conrad suggests there were fifteen trips, Bradford mentions nineteen. The
author visited the Harriet Tubman Memorial Home, near Auburn, New York, but
found no useful memorabilia.
28. See Mildred E. Danforth, A Quaker Pioneer: Laura Haviland, Superintendent
of the Underground (New York, 1961), passim (the quotation is from p. 122);
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passing as white. Ages ranged widely, with many being middle-aged (or
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usually for Kingston, Cobourg, or Toronto. They made their way over the
lakes on steamers, in smaller craft, and in one instance by floating across
on a wooden gate—to land at Point Pelee, the ports of Burwell, Rowan,
Talbot, and Stanley, at Long Point and Fort Erie, and elsewhere. The
steamer Arrow, moving between Sandusky and Detroit under its noted
Captain J. W. Keith, transported a large number of fugitives; and small
vessels under Robert Wilson put in with “grain” which had been sent out
from an Ashtabula warehouse for human cargo. Toronto, Brantford, Oak
ville, Collingwood, London, and the village of Shrewsbury, saw sharp
rises in their black populations as a result of such traffic. Others went
among the French near Windsor but, finding them “distant,” moved away
from the Detroit frontier, several establishing a short-lived all-Negro
town, New Kentucky, in 1860. In 1851 the Voice of the Fugitive said that
twenty-five hundred Negroes were at work on the railroad, and Ingersoll
attracted a number once the line was open to Windsor because wood for
the railway engines was cut and stored there. Some few went to the oil
field near Petrolia, at Oil Springs.31
Just how sharp the rise was in specific communities cannot be said. In
1852 Isaac Rice thought there were between one and two thousand Ne
groes in Hamilton, while there were “not far from one hundred” in
Brantford and between two and three hundred in London. He set the
black population of Chatham at fifteen hundred, and on the Detroit fron
tier at four thousand. Two years later Drew found a thousand Negroes in
Toronto, mostly in the northwest section of the city, which then had a
population of forty-seven thousand. He thought there were forty Negroes
in Galt, two hundred in Windsor, five hundred in Amherstburg (of a total
population of two thousand), nearly the same in Colchester (of fifteen
hundred population), and two thousand in or near Chatham of a total
population of six thousand. Dr. Howe found seven hundred Negroes in
St. Catharines, although the census had reported 472, and in Hamilton he
found five hundred where the census had enumerated only 62—unlikely,
given the large numbers reported for nearly a decade earlier. The census
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Underground Railroad, pp. 83, 148-49; O. K. Watson, “Along the Talbot Road,”
Kentiana (n.p., 1939), p. 67; O. K. Watson, “Early History of Shrewsbury," Kent
Historical Society, Papers and Addresses, 6 (1924), 83-84; Lauriston, “Negro Col
onies,” p. 96; John Nettleton, “Reminiscences, 1857-1870," Huron Institute, Papers
and Records, 2 (1914), 13-15; Fred London, “Over Lake Erie to Freedom," North
west Ohio Historical Quarterly, 17 (1945), 132-38; Landon, “Fugitive Slaves in Lon
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reported 510 Negroes in Toronto, while Dr. Howe found 934. The proper
numbers were not known and cannot now be recovered, but it is clear
that while the Negroes were not so numerous as subsequent myth-making
and contemporary abolitionist propaganda would lead one to believe,
they nonetheless were substantial, and on occasion—in Chatham, for
example—comprised as much as a third of the population.32
Conditions for the fugitives were, as before 1800, mixed. Some adjusted
readily and soon enjoyed relative prosperity. John W. Lindsey, who could
pass for white, was worth $10,000 or more, as were Aaron Siddles and
Henry Blue of Chatham. John Little and his wife—who moved into
Queen’s Bush—came to have over one hundred acres under good cultiva
tion, could lend a friend $2,000, and owned a horse and carriage. In
London, A. B. Jones, who had arrived penniless, soon owned several
properties, one worth $4,000; and his brother, Alfred T., ran a prosperous
pharmacy. Some fugitives became brakemen on the Great Western Rail
road, which paid well, while others helped clear new lands around Col
chester. Apprentices earned $2.50 a week, and waiters, especially around
Niagara and in Toronto, received wages of $12.00 a month.
Still, lodgings might cost $15.00 a month and earnings were seldom
sufficient to replace clothing left behind, to pay for the journey to Canada
of wives and children who had remained in the South, or to pay doctor’s
bills. Most fugitives, badly dressed for the Canadian winters, arriving
“like frogs in Egypt,” were consumptive: one Toronto woman lost ten
children from tuberculosis.33 Thomas F. Page, a young man from the
upper South, reported “I do not like Canada, or the Provinces. I have been
to St. John, N.B., Lower Province, or Lower Canada, also St Catharines,
C.W., and all around the Canada side, and I do not like it at all. The
people seem to be so queer.” The more frequent sentiment probably lay
closer to that expressed by John H. Hill, a skilled carpenter and an officer
in a company of Negro rifle guards, who wrote to William Still, “I wants
you to let the whole United States know we are satisfied here because I
have seen more Pleasure since I came here than I saw in the U.S. the 24
years that I served my master.” “It is true,” he added the following year,
“that I have to work very hard for comfort but I would not exchange
32. Amherstburg Quarterly Mission Journal, 1, Sept 25, 28, Oct 12, 1852; Drew,
pp. 94-95, 118-19, 136, 147-48, 234-35, 321, 348-49; Siebcrt, pp. 220-21; Howe,
Refugees from Slavery, pp. 15-16. In 1843 Hiram Wilson had put the Negro popula
tion of Canada West at sixteen thousand (BPL, Samuel J. May, Jr. Papers, 1:
circular, Sept 30).
33. London Free Press, June 12, 1954; M. Murray, “Stories of the Underground
Railroad," The Methodist Magazine and Review, 48 (1898), 221-22; Mitchell, UnderGround Railroad, pp. 158-67; Siebert, pp. 205, 223; Drew, pp. 149-53, 198-233,
250, 270-73; Still, Underground Rail Road, pp. 2, 51, 77, 152, 319, 324, 490, 598.
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Happy, Happy.” “Those that will work,” remarked another, “do well—
those that will not—not; it is the same here as everywhere. It is the best
poor man’s country that I know of.”34
Until the economic panic of 1857, this judgment was a fair one. Jerry
of the famous rescue became a barrel-maker in Kingston, and the equally
famous Shadrach opened a restaurant in Montreal. In Toronto one Lemon
John prospered by peddling his special ice creams about the streets, and in
Saint John the city’s ice trade was the monopoly of a Negro, Robert
Whetsel. Joseph Mink became wealthy by managing a line of stages
running from Toronto. In Colchester, Nathan S. Powell survived by
manufacturing and selling Powell’s Indian Tonic. In Bronte a refugee
opened the first blacksmith shop; in Otterville a fugitive ran the only
saloon. Still others made rope, worked as fishermen, in the brickyards
and slaughterhouses, in livery stables, and as carpenters. Many women
were servants, as they had been in the South, or opened dress-making or
wig shops. In Hamilton, Negroes were in charge of the dead cart during
the 1850s—a fact that cuts two ways—and New Brunswick had a black
hangman who was regarded as standing apart from humanity, as had
been the executioner of Quebec, Mathew Leveille of Martinique, in the
previous century. Many Negroes, it was said, were “well dressed, quite
clean and interesting,” and owned houses that were “patterns of neat
ness.” 35
Indeed, the desire of most fugitives, once they had looked about and
had overcome the initial period of adjustment, was to acquire a house and
land. Most of the whites shared this goal, representative as it was of the
middle-class values to which the fugitives often attached themselves. One,
John Long, had owned land in the area that became Toronto in the 1830s,
34. Still, p. 333, Oct. 6, on Page; pp. 194, 197, Hill to Still, n.d. Pate 1853], and
Sept. 14, 1854; Robert Jones to Still, Aug. 9, 1856, p. 272; and pp. 250-54; Drew,
P. 172.
35. Fort Malden “Fugitive Slave File"; New York Tribune, Oct. 24, 1857; London
Free Press, July 5, 1924, April 30, 1932; Toronto Star, Aug. 11, 1943; NBM, "Whetscl Family" file; The Life of Rev. James Thompson, The World’s Wonder (Rich
mond, Va., 1885), pp. 13-23; Eber M. Pettit, Sketches in the History of the Under
ground Railroad . . . (Fredonia, N.Y., 1879), p. 53; Nina Moore Tiffany, “Stories
of the Fugitive Slaves, II: Shadrach," The New England Magazine, n.s., 2 (1890),
283; Blodwen Davies, Storied York: Toronto Old and New (Toronto, 1931), p. 68;
Marjorie Freeman Campbell, A Mountain and a City: The Story of Hamilton
(Toronto, 1966), p. 113; Lloyd A. Macham, A History of Moncton Town and City,
1855-1965 (Moncton, N.B., 1965), p. 67; A. Carle Smith, The Mosaic Province of
New Brunswick (Saint John, 1965), p. 93; Andrd Lachance, Le Bourreau au Canada
sous le regime frangais (Quebec, 1966), pp. 79-81; Colonial Church and School
Society Report for 1856-7 (PAC microfilm): A-325, p. 55, Nov. 1, 1856.
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and a number had acquired property in the Niagara district before 1850
and without benefit of communitarian practices. By 1853, one investigator
estimated, 276 Negroes in London owned real estate valued at $13,504—
an average higher than for whites in the city.
In 1862 Dr. Howe found that one in eleven of Malden’s Negroes paid
taxes on property, while one in thirteen in Chatham were so taxed. (In
both cases, one in every three or four whites owned ratable property.)
But in Windsor one in five blacks, and only one in seven whites, were ratepayers. In this case, however, the average assessment on white-owned
property was $18.76, while on black it was $4.18; in Chatham the figures
had been $10.63 and $4.98 respectively.36 And prejudice operated to keep
even those Negroes who could afford better properties from moving else
where.
Few fugitives attempted to deny that they encountered substantial
prejudice. In the 1850s city directories began to designate those residences
and businesses owned by Negroes. Blacks were expelled from camp meet
ings, and those churchmen who—like Cronyra in London—wished to
help educate the fugitive, now argued that separate schools were needed
because of white opposition. Dresden was called “Nigger Hole” by those
who had opposed the Dawn settlement; racial jokes increased in the press;
Negroes who, a decade or two earlier, had been able to employ whites
to work for them no longer could do so. Throughout British North America
blacks were thought, by some, to be responsible for “all the outrageous
crimes, and two thirds of the minor ones”; chicken coops and laundry lines
were said to require special protection where black men were about; and
their women were blamed for an alleged rise in prostitution. Hotels in
Hamilton, Windsor, Chatham, and London refused blacks admission, and
they could not purchase cabin-class tickets on the Chatham steamer. The
Montreal Gazette, turning back to the Nova Scotian experience, suggested
that the fugitives should be sent to Sierra Leone. Beginning in 1855,
auctioneers at the sale of building lots in the Windsor area refused to take
bids from any Negroes, the city’s Herald remarking that an owner had the
right to “preserve his property from deterioration.” Negroes should wish to
stay with their own people, and if they did not they were welcome to
leave. To oppose intermarriage and social mixing was not to be pro
slavery. So long as blacks remained in Canada West, the Herald warned,
they would “ever have to contend with their superiors,” and thus one
36. Edwin C. Giullet, Toronto from Trading Post to Great City (Toronto, 1934),
p. 310; [Archibald Bremner], City of London Ontario. Canada: The Pioneer Period
and the London of To-day (London, 1897), pp. 60-61; Howe, pp. 61-62; Siebert,
p. 232.
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helped them by refusing to sell them land. Canada West had become,
according to Samuel Ringgold Ward, writing in what John Scoble called
his “belligerent spirit,” “beneath and behind Yankee feeling” in its colorphobia.37
The widely held Canadian view that there was a disproportionate
number of Negroes in prison, jails, or the insane asylum was current well
before 1850—and it cannot be supported. In 1851 the provincial institu
tion for the insane in Canada West had only one Negro among 220
patients. The Reports of Penitentiary Inspectors tended to emphasize the
“high percentage” of Negroes behind bars, while noting that fugitives
educated only to slavery naturally were more prone to petty crime. Nor are
the percentages particularly high: in fact, of the 3,223 persons who
enjoyed Toronto’s jail in 1859, 117 were black. Of 1,057 women committed in 1856, only eight were black; and of the Kingston penitentiary’s
125 prisoners, eight also were Negroes. But each Negro offense received
major publicity: when blacks burned down the barns of three of their
opponents; when a Negro stabbed a colleague in a raffle, another murdered an Indian, and two beat a white to death—all in 1852; when one
Negro killed another over noise in a Negro church in 1853; and when
two black men murdered a mail carrier in 1859 and were hanged. Through
out these years the begging preachers and agents continued to be much
in the news over their suits, assaults, and petty thefts.38 Public opinion
considered that fugitives were too often not punished for minor crimes out
of sympathy for their condition: “it was found,” according to the Montreal
Gazette as early as 1842, “to be a sufficient reason to be an Indian or
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1851; Sarnia Observer, Nov. 25, 1859; Hamilton Canadian Illustrated News, 1
(1862), 8, 44, (1863), 131; Chambers, Things as They are in America, pp. 2728; Dclany, Niger Valley Exploring Party, p. 71; Ward, Autobiography, pp. 14446, 202; Lauriston, Romantic Kent, p. 383; Edith C. Firth, ed., The Town of York,
1815-1834: A Further Collection of Documents of Early Toronto (Toronto, 1966),
pp. 333-34.
38. See, for example, Windsor Herald, Jan. 4, 1856; London (C.W.) Times,
May 4, 1849; Toronto News of the Week, Aug, 28, Nov. 6, Dec. 24, 1852, March 12,
1853; The Friend of Man, Aug. 30, 1837; Brantford Expositor, July 31, Aug. 6,
1852; the Inspector’s Reports in the Appendixes to the Journal of the House of
Assembly of Upper Canada, 1837-38, and the Journals of the Legislative Assembly
of the Province of Canada, 1841-43, 1860; Linton, Liquor Law, p. 24; and James
Silk Buckingham, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Other British
Provinces in North America, with a Plan of National Colonization (London, n.d.),
P- 67. Of 5,346 people committed to Toronto jail in 1857, only 78 were Negroes
(W. G. Brownlow and Abram Pryne, Ought American Slavery to be Perpetuated?
. . [Philadelphia, 1858], pp. 237-38).
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Negro to escape the gallows, no matter what crime they may have com
mitted.” 38 In short, the record was broken even before it was played.
This rising tide of prejudice, remarked upon by nearly all of the white
members of Canadian antislavery organizations and many of the refugees
themselves, was ascribed by most to four groups of people. All singled
out the American-born settlers—or those who had acquired “Yankee
ways”—who moved into the Niagara peninsula and, in greater numbers,
into the extreme southwest corner of the province. Most had occasion to
include Irish settlers as a source of anti-Negro sentiment. Others suggested
that former planters from the West Indies and their children—having lost
their patrimony and now displaced from what they considered to have been
a leading position in Imperial society—were enemies of the black man.
Finally, nearly everyone had an amorphous body of villains to blame,
those “lower orders” of whatever ethnic or national origin (including but
not limited to the Irish settlers) with whom the Negroes competed for
work and with whose women black men allegedly were able to make
their way. To prove any of these contentions would be impossible; of
the fugitive at the time no proof was asked. They were, many perceived,
what James G. Birney—twice the Liberty Party’s presidential candidate—
had predicted they would be: “an inferior class" in the “bleak and hyper
borean regions. » 40
Why this should have been so may not be answered clearly. Certainly
imported prejudices played a role. Certainly the pressures created by a
growing awareness of mass Negro arrivals, to compete for labor and
allegedly to add to the crime rate, contributed. The persistence of selfconscious Negro associations, of separate communities, of improvement
societies such as the Sons of Uriah or the Negro Order of Odd Fellows,
and of all-Negro churches, were both a symptom of prejudice and a con
tributor to it Unquestionably the flow of fugitives changed in character
after 1850 as a result of the Fugitive Slave Act, that desperate compromise
by which nationalist American statesmen attempted yet again to hold the
union together. The new fugitives were not only more numerous but
poorer, more ready to take fright, armed and suspicious. Among British
North Americans there was a growing awareness of the many moral
ambiguities thrust upon them by the fugitives and their problems. This
awareness helped to induce that confusion which has always been present
when Canadians have had to deal with issues not of their own making but
arising mostly from the unfortunate circumstance of sharing a continent
with a giant neighbor where confusion and moral ambiguity were magni
fied, more passionate, and seemingly endemic.
In short, and as we have seen, British North Americans shared the
patterns of prejudice found in the North, although these patterns appeared
in colors muted by distance from the central scene of action. So, too, were
these patterns varied even within Canada West, and economic realities
again provided the conditions that led to those differences. Systematic
prejudice—in the schools, in the churches, in the sale of property—was
mild in the eastern part of the southwestern peninsula, in Hamilton, and
north into Toronto, while it was relatively stringent in the western part.
One explanation for this observable difference—noted at the time and
clear from the evidence now—is that Hamilton and Toronto were pros
perous, especially after 1854 and even after 1857 despite the slump, and
that the building trades were in need of much semiskilled labor, so that
Irish and Negro alike could find jobs; while at the frontier on the west,
opposite Detroit, the economy was not able to absorb the new arrivals,
Prejudice, always individual, was also a matter of the moment, the place,
and the market, however, for discrimination was widely practiced in St.
Catharines, despite this geographical generalization.
But if many of the cherished beliefs of Canadians—then and since
about the haven they provided fugitives from federal marshals are myths,
or at least exaggerated, a countervailing fact also remains indisputably
true: in British North America, the Negro remained equal in the eyes of
the law—after the abolition of slavery, and setting aside the growing
tendency toward segregated education, a most damaging exception to be
dealt with in a later chapter. Although challenged in 1851, Negro jurors
and jury foremen served in Toronto and elsewhere, and Negroes gave
evidence with full legal protection. They generally were taxed as the white
man was, were punished in no harsher a manner than any other criminals,
and cast their votes openly and with impunity. British consuls looked after
the black Canadian’s interests when he was abroad with the same care
that any British subject might expect, and even American consuls in the
British provinces treated Negro Canadians with the respect that was their
due.41 If social and economic realities did not conform to legislative and
39. [D. N. Haskell], The Boston Committee in Canada: A Series of Eight Letters
reprinted from the Boston Atlas (Boston, 1851), p. 19; Anti-Slavery Reporter, n.s.,
4 (1856), 134, 166, 229-30; The Provincial Freeman, July 4, 1857.
40. Quoted in William H. and Jane H. Pease, eds., The Antislavery Argument
(Indianapolis, Ind., 1965), p. 46.
41. Anti-Slavery Reporter, June 21, 1843, and n.s., 4 (1856), 230, Voice of the
Fugitive, July 2, 1851; Toronto Globe, Oct 8, 1859; Ottawa Citizen, May 3, 1867«
PRO, BTI/479: Francis Waring, consul, Norfolk, Va., to J. T. Briggs, Oct 25, and
ends., in re New Brunswick Negro Antonio Nicholas; NA, Foreign Semce Post
Records, C.D., Halifax: cases of destitute Negro seamen (e.g., no. 6, R. W. Fraser
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43. A longer version of the material that follows appears in Robin W. Winks,
“‘A Sacred Animosity’: Abolitionism in Canada," in Martin Duberman, ed., The
Anti-Slavery Vanguard: New Essays on the Abolitionists (Princeton, NJ., 1965), PP301-42.
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events in and after 1850 in particular—the Larwill election campaign, a
public petition relating to segregated schools, and the passage of the Fugitive
Slave Bill—made such a society imperative in the minds of those who had
followed the color question in the United States with growing apprehension.
There was a ready-made group of Negro sympathizers in the white
Canadians who had contributed to the support of Wilberforce, Dawn, and
Elgin.44
Foremost among Canada’s abolitionists was George Brown, the powerful
editor of the province’s most important newspaper, the Toronto Globe.
Brown had shown an interest in the condition of the Negro in Canada
from the journal’s inception in 1844. He, his brother Gordon, his father
Peter, and his sister Isabella formed the nucleus of an antislavery society
in Toronto; and Isabella’s husband, Thomas Henning, was the first secre
tary of the Canadian Anti-Slavery Society as well as a member of the
Globe's editorial staff until 1854.45 Far more restrained than Garrison’s
Liberator and far more forthright than the lesser abolition sheets, the
Globe provided the antislavery group with a forum for the “sacred ani
mosity” its owners held toward slavery.40 In his paper Brown attacked
Henry Clay, the Fugitive Slave Law, Larwill, Prince, and separate schools
with equal force, for—as he wrote—Canadians had the “duty of preserv
ing the honour of the continent” against slavery.47
The Toronto-based group were able to ground their work on previously
established channels of communication. In 1827 Samuel Cornish and a
Quebec-educated Jamaican, John Browne Russwurm, editors of Freedom’s
Journal, which they published in New York for two years, had sent agents
into Canada to solicit support. Negroes in Windsor had established a short
lived antislavery society there, and Upper Canadians, led by John Roaf,
a Congregational minister, had attended a temperance convention in Sara
toga Springs, New York, in 1837, making contact with many American
abolitionists.48 As a result, Reverend Ephraim Evans, a Wesleyan Meth-
legal forms, those forms at least limited the ways in which prejudice
might make itself felt.
Still, the hierarchy of the unequal will have its way. In British North
America, as in the United States, the Kingdom of Individuals would be
long in coming. Even those who felt most committed in that cause, mem
bers of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada and others who worked with
the abolitionists to cleanse North America of that which George Brown
accepted as a continental rather than merely American stain, were limited
in their effectiveness by that sense of paternalism which may so easily shade
into a racism no less hurtful for its presumptive benevolence; for such
paternalism reveals the quiet arrogance of those who feel that they have
all to give to an underprivileged group and nothing to learn from it
Can one condone wholly—or condemn entirely—the blind, well-meaning
certitude of that missionary-teacher who, reporting to the Colonial Church
and School Society in 1856 of her Negro charges, concluded that “The
worse they are, the more need there is for British Christians to instruct,
enlighten and reform them”? 42
The major thrust in the Canadian contribution to worldwide abolition
ism came not from the British mission boards, the self-segregated, selfhelp communities, the begging ministers, or the isolated Negroes of the
Maritime Provinces. These groups were interested in helping those blacks
who were citizens in British North America and in easing the adjustment of
the fugitives. Certainly individual members of some of the communities
helped to flay slavery through the press or hoped to weaken it by journeys
south of the border to guide fugitives toward freedom. Certainly, too,
many reasoned that any aid given to fugitives in British North America
made the provinces additionally attractive, and that by creating a magnet
for runaway slaves, they were helping to sap the strength of the institution.
But as collective bodies they did not attack slavery directly. Abolitionism
in British North America was expressed through attempts to subdue
prejudice within the provinces and efforts to lend vocal and moral support,
and limited financial aid, to the more exposed but also far more effective
abolitionist groups in the United States.43
The first major Canadian antislavery society was created to combat the
growing evidence of organized, group prejudice in Canada West. Three
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45. J. M. S. Careless, Brown of the Globe, 1: The Voice of Upper Canada, 18181859 (Toronto, 1959), pp. 102-03; Syracuse Univ., Gerrit Smith Miller Papers:
Henning to Smith, Feb. 2, 13, 1861, Oct. 12, 1863; Columbia Univ., Gay Papers:
Henning to Gay, May 27, 1852, Feb. 18, 1854, April 11, 1855.
46. A phrase drawn from the Toronto Globe's notice, on June 8, 1860, of
Charles Sumner’s speech before the Senate, “The Barbarism of Slavery." See The
Works of Charles Sumner (Boston, 1874), J, 124.
47. See, for example, editorials of Feb. 7, March 19, May 28, Aug. 10, Sept 19,
Oct. 5, Nov. 9, 1850; Feb. 22, March 6, 27, April 3, 12, 18, May 10, 13, June 20,
Sept. 18, 25, Nov. 27, Dec. 18, 1851; and March 24, 1852.
48. Aptheker, Abolitionist Movement, p. 33; Washington, Story of the Negro, 2,
292-93; M. A. Garland, “Some Frontier and American Influences in Upper Canada
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ScholasticGo: Eveiy topic search
provides results at four different reading
levels. This easy-to-navigate resource
includes more than 80,000 vetted
websites, topographical, historical, and
current interactive maps, videos, and
multiple dictionaries. ScholasticGo was
developed to help students strengthen
content knowledge, vocabulary, and core
proficiency skills.
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Facts on File/Issues &
Controversies: Contains more than
800 articles on current events issues
written for students, including pro/con
articles, debate videos, guidance on
evaluating online sources, and more.
Ib ensure objective coverage and a
wide range of competing viewpoints, the
editors rely on hundreds of leading print
and electronic news sources from the
United States and around the world.
Homework Help
Everyone has a different
learning style, and you’ll be sure to find
the right fit with this resource.
Brainfuse HelpNow: Come here
for help from real, live tutors online!
Assistance is available for math, science,
social studies or English. Tutors are
available for Kindergarten - 12th grade,
college introduction level students, and
adult learners, seven days a week from
2:00-9:00 pan. CT. You can also take
advantage of the Writing Lab for online
writing assistance, and skills testing.
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Learning a foreign language
contributes to cognitive development and
also offers an advantage in the future of
our global marketplace.
Mango Languages: You’ll eqjoy this
interactive platform to learn one or more
of over 50 languages including Hindi,
Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Urdu.
ESL courses are available in 17 native
languages.
Little Pim: This program is specifically
designed to teach kids foreign languages
at the age they learn best: birth to age
6. Languages offered include Arabic,
French, German, Hebrew, Italian,
Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. English
is also available for Spanish speakers.
It won’t take long to learn how to
make the most of the Library’s online
resources. If you need help, just ask a
DPL Librarian!
�0 Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
www.deerfieldlibraryorg. Registration opens Wednesday, August 15.
Book and Film Discussions
Thursday Booh Discussioos
Copies ofthe books will be available at the self-service holds shelfa month before the
discussion. Drop-in.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
Thursday, September 13,10:30-11:30am
A socially awkward, routine-oriented loner teams up with a
bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident
victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of
isolation and secret unhappiness.
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The Twelve Lives ofSamuel Hawley
by Hannah Tinti
Thursday, October 11,10:30-ll:30am
A once-professional killer protects his daughter from the
legacy of his criminal past, an effort that is challenged by his
daughter’s struggles with the death of her mother and the
reckoning of old enemies.
The Seven Husbands ofEvelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Thursday, November 8,10:30-11:30am
An aging and reclusive Hollywood icon selects an unknown
magazine reporter to write her life story. The baffled journalist
forges deep ties with the actress during a complicated interview
process that exposes their tragic common history.
Classics Booh Biscussioo
Middlemarch
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:15p.m.
September 5: Prelude, Books 1,2
October 3: Books 3, 4,5
November 7: Books 6, 7, 8, Finale
Join our new Classics Book Discussion.
Each session we’ll discuss the literature you were (supposed!)
to read in school or a forgotten classic. For the fall, we’ll
meet monthly to tackle a “Big Read”: Middlemarch by George
Eliot (Mary Anne Evans). Widely regarded as one of the greatest English novels,
Middlemarch: A Study ofProvincial Life tells the intersecting stories of the residents
of a fictitious Midlands town. Eliot covers wide-ranging themes including the status
of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political
reform, and education. We’ll discuss how Eliot’s nearly 150-year-old novel speaks to us
today. Books available now at the Adult Services Desk. Q
Adult Programs
Books With A Twist
Program held at Ponera, 1211 Half
Day Rd., Bannockburn. Copies are
available on the holds shelfa month
prior. Dropan.
Less
by Andrew Sean Greer
Monday, September 24, 7:30-8:30pm
Receiving an invitation to his
ex-boyfriend’s
wedding, Arthur,
a failed novelist
on the eve of his
50th birthday,
embarks on an
international
journey that finds
him falling in
love, risking his
life, reinventing himself and making
connections with the past.
Eleanor Oliphant is
Completely Fine by Gail
Honeyman
Monday, November 19, 7:30-8:30pm
See description for September 13,
Thursday Book Discussion.
tor Film Butts
No registcation required.
Tuesday ‘New Movie’ Night
Tuesdays, September 11,25;
October9,23; November 6,20
TUESDAY FILMS BEGIN AT 6:30pm
Come to the Library for New Movie
Night on select Tuesdays this fall,
and preview the hot new release of
the week. As we get closer to each
date, you can check our website or
ask at the Multimedia desk for a
listing of upcoming showings.
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|j|} Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
wvmdeerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, August 15.
Take the Confusion
Out of Medicare
Wednesday, September 12, 7:00-8:00pm
If it’s time for you to start understanding
Medicare, David Wylly of Medicare
Solutions Network returns to explain the
nuts and bolts of this government health
insurance program so you can make more
informed decisions. Q
Do-It-Yourself Medicare Part D
Tuesday November 13,2:00-3:30pm
Thursday, November 15, 7:00-8:30pm
It’s Enrollment time! Learn how easy it is to choose the best and least expensive
Medicare Drug Plan to meet your individual needs. Smart Medicare beneficiaries
know they should re-evaluate and, if indicated, change their Part D prescription plans
every year. But how? Come to our hands-on session to learn about the online Medicare
Drug Plan Finder! Participants will be guided on how to find it, enter their drugs,
interpret their results, and select and sign up for a plan. All participants must bring
their Medicare card and list of their drugs, along with dosage and frequency and
must be comfortable using a computer. This program is brought to you by the Patty
Turner Center SHIP (Senior Health Insurance Program) Volunteers ofthe Illinois
Department on Aging. Q
DIY FaU Tulle Wreath
Tuesday September 25, 7:00-8:00pm
Welcome the change of season with Ms
DIY tulle wreath that’s perfect for fall.
The 10” size looks
great on the
front door or Jr
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home. All
supplies
will be
provided.
Space is
limited. Q
Run Your Dungeons &
Dragons Campaign
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Thursday, September 27, 7:00-8:30pm
Adults/Teens
Learn how to lead others on an adventure
through the immersive fantasy world of
Dungeons & Dragons. We’ll go over the
basics of how to create a story, learn the
lingo, and take your players on an exciting
quest to save the world! You’ll also have
the opportunity to put your new skills to
use in a hands-on play session. Q
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Thinks and Drinks Trivia
Wednesday October 10, 7:30-9:00pm
@Deerfield GolfClub, 1201 Saunders Rd.
Adults Only
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|Sv. Prove it! The library
is hosting another
evening of its popular
Av' trivia night at the
Deerfield Golf Club
in Deerfield. Play
individually or team up in groups of up
to 4 people and test your knowledge of
world trivia. Refreshments will be served
and prizes will be awarded to the biggest
know-it-alls! Register in advance with
Adult Services. Q
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How to Sell Your Writing in
the Age of Social Media
Saturday, October 13,10:30-11:30am
There’s really only one way to sell your
writing today— on the Internet Best
selling novelist William Hazelgrove has
used the power of social media to build
sales for his five novels. Hazelgrove will
talk about what it takes to get started and
how to put - and keep - your name in
front of readers. Q
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Guided Meditation
Ready, Set, Vote!
Thursday, October 4, 7:00-8:30pm
If you’ve been hearing a lot about
meditation lately but don’t know where
to start, here’s your chance. This
introductory session talks about what
stress is, how it affects our body and
mind, and different ways to cope. Sachs
Recreation Center’s Wellness Services
Coordinator, Jennie Michalik will lead
us through both a mindfulness body scan
and a guided meditation. No equipment
required, just bring an open mind! Q
Wednesday October 17, 7:00-8:00pm
Adults/Teens
How do you know who to vote for on
Election Day? Are you overwhelmed by
all the candidates on your ballot? And
why are there so many judges to vote for?
The League of Women Voters-Deerfield
Area will walk us Mough a sample ballot,
explaining what you are voting for and
how to find more information about the
candidates. Whether you are a first-time
voter or just want to be a more informed
voter, this program will get you ready for
the voting booth! Q
�HI Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-331 lor at
www.deerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, August 15.
Harry Potter Escape Room!
Friday, October 19, 6:30-8:30pm
Adults 18+
Muggles, do you have what it takes to
conquer our Harry Potter Escape Room?
Use your knowledge of Harry Potter’s
world to decipher the clues and find
the spell to release you. Join us for one
of the sessions to see if you’re up to the
challenge! Refreshments will be served
before and after your scheduled start time. Important sign-up info:
Please REGISTER in person or by callingAdult Services at 847-580-8933.
Registration begins on Wednesday, August 15 @ 9:00am.
Sign up individually or in teams of up to 4. Teams may be combined.
Please arrive 15 minutes before your session begins. Do not be late!
Professor Moptop
Presents 51 Facts about
The White Album
Saturday, October20,2:00-3:30pm
Adults/Teens
This year
celebrates
the 50th
anniversary
of the release
of one ofThe
Beatles most
interesting albums, The White Album.
Professor Moptop from WXRT’s “Breakfast
with the Beatles” returns to give us “51
Facts about the White Album.” You’re sure
to learn new and fascinating things about
the Beatles and this great double album. Q
pop, flamenco and jazz. Award-winning
songwriter Julie Patchouli and master
guitarist Bruce Hecksel light up the air
with sparkling sounds and contagious
chemistry. Q
Sunday, October 21,2:00-3:00pm
All Ages
Back by popular demand, Patchouli
embodies all that is good about modernday folk music, blending elements of folk,
happy to teach you. Please let us know
in advance about anyfood allergies or
dietary restrictions. Q
Game Night at
Warehouse Eatery
Thursday, Nov. 8, 7:00-9:00pm
Adults Only
Join us at Warehouse Eatery in Deerfield
for an evening of fun and food. Play one of
the many board games from the Library’s
collection including games like Catan,
Pandemic or Ticket to Ride. Don’t know
how to play a specific game? We’ll show
you! Appetizers will be served and prizes
awarded. Q
Your Smart Home
Thursday, November 8, 7:00-8:00pm
The future is now! Apple, Amazon, Google,
and others have released products to
help make your home smarter. Michael
Gershbein from Very Smart People will
share what’s available, what’s around the
bend, and all the trends leading to ‘The
Internet ofThings.’ Q
PLACE Program: Read,
Discuss, Create!
I Graduated with Student
Loans. Now What?
Saturday November3,10:30-11:30am
Adults/Teens
This just-the-facts program will show you
how to determine the types of loans you
have and the rules that apply to each,
including repayment options, advantages
and disadvantages of consolidating, and
getting back on track with a loan that is
behind or in default Q
Game Night for All
Patchouli Returns!
Live Folk-Rock Music
Adult Programs
Monday November 5, 6:00-8:00pm
All Ages
Join us for an evening of fun, snacks, and
connecting with family and friends of all
ages. Play one of the many modern board
games from the Library’s collections (or
bring your own). Don’t know how to play
a specific game? Don’t worry, we'll be
Saturday, November 10, l:30-3:30pm
Adults/Teens
PLACE (Public Library Access and
Community for Everyone) programs
welcome adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities as well as their
parents and caregivers.
If you love reading and art, this program
is for you! Join us for an afternoon of
reading, conversation, crafts, and fun
with this poetry-centered program. It
will include an autumn poetry reading,
followed by crafts inspired by the reads.
Light refreshments will be served. Q
Menu Planning Workshop
Thursday, November 15, 7:00-8:30pm
Registered dietitian, Kim Blum, MS,
RDN, LD, will explain the basics of
building healthy meals, including sample
meal plans, how to account for nutrient
needs (i.e. sodium, sugar, vitamins and
minerals), as well as creative ways to fit
nutrition into a busy lifestyle. Q
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�Adult Programs
iPhone Buyer’s Guide
and Maintenance
Thursday, September 6, 7:00-8:00pm
With new iPhones coming
out every year and so many
purchase plans to choose
from, picking the best one
can be challenging. We’ll
talk about the variety of
options available and also
provide maintenance tips and tricks to
guarantee your iPhone will be functional
and useful for a long time. Q
Drop-in Genealogy Help
Thursdays @ 3:004:00pm
September 13, November 8
If you’re delving into your family’s history
and you have questions, we’re here to
help! Staff will be in the lobby to answer
questions and give you tips and tricks
for doing genealogical and family
history research.
t;p Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
wumdeerfieldlibraty.org. Registration opens Wednesday, August 15.
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Cut the Cable-Revised!
Saturday, Sept 22,2:00-3:00pm
Wave goodbye to the cable bills and start
streaming! This class will teach you
the pros and cons of cutting the cable.
You’ll learn about options other than
cable, including over the air antennas,
streaming devices and services such as
Netflix, Hulu, Hoopla, PlayStation Vue,
and more. We’ll talk about what they
are, how they work, the costs of various
options, and how you can potentially
save money. O
3D Print Your Own Pumpkin
Decoration
Monday, October 8, 7:00-8:00pm
Get ready for Halloween with this fun fall
decoration. We’ll use the Tinkercad 3D
Printing software to create our projects
together and then everyone will have
time to customize their creations before
submitting their projects. Printing fees
will be waived for class participants. Q
Read Without Boundaries
We are more than halfway through our year of reading without boundaries and have
almost 300 completed reading challenges! We’ve read stories about immigration, travel,
race, gender identity, and more. There are some exciting themes planned for the rest of
the year, as well as fabulous monthly prizes and a drawing for an Amazon Echo Show for
those who finish all 12 months.
Entries will be accepted for all months through the end of December. We provide
reading suggestions for each theme, but readers can choose another title, as long
as it fits the monthly theme. To sign up, stop by the Adult Services desk or
f more
information, or sign up online atdeerfieldlibrary.beanstack.org/reader365.
We are honored to share that Read Without Boundaries was named the winner of the
2018 Illinois Library Association Readers’ Advisory Service Award. We hope that if
you haven’t joined yet, you’ll take the challenge!
Happy 200th Birthday Illinois!
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September 1-30
Celebrate our State’s Bicentennial by visiting the Library’s special display honoring the
event. Highlights include key moments in Illinois’ 200-year-old history, some of its most
respected luminaries, and interesting Illinois trivia. The display will be located in the
hallway cases by Youth Services. For more information about Bicentennial events,
visit Ulinois200.com. #UlinoisProud
�Please register in advance at the Library, online at deerficldlibraryorg under
“Programs”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registration begins Wednesday, August 15.
Wi- ? nr Teens
NOTE: For Teen programs, Grades 6-12 are welcome. Exceptions arenoted,
so please read each description carefully!
Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Meeting
Run your Dungeons &
Dragons Campaign
Looking for ways to be seen and heard
at the Library? As a TAB member you
can help Nina, the Teen Librarian, plan
programs, create content for our website,
and keep the Teen Space awesome!
There are plenty of snacks and drinks
for all AND any hours you contribute to
TAB meetings and programs count as
volunteer service in the community.
Upcoming meetings, Tuesdays @ 5:00pm:
September 4, October 9, November 13
For more information contact Nina
Michael at nmichael@deerfieldlibraiy.org
Thursday, September 27, 7:00-8:30pm
Teens/Adults
Learn how to lead others on an adventure
through the immersive fantasy world of
Dungeons & Dragons. We’ll go over the
basics of how to create a story, learn
the lingo, and take your players on an
exciting quest to save the world! You’ll
also have an opportunity to put your
new skills to the test in a hands-on play
session. Q
FREE ACT and SAT Practice
Tests @ the Library
SATPractice Test: Saturday
September 15,9:30am-l:00pm 0
ACTPractice Test: Saturday, October 6,
9:30am-l:00pm 0
How to Pay for College
Without Going Broke
Thursday, September 20, 6:30-8:00pm
High School Students and Parents/
Guardians
This free seminar for families of High
School Students, led by My College
Planning Ifeam, will offer pertinent
information on College scholarships and
loans. You’ll come out with tips and tricks
on how to save on the cost of education! 0
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I Graduated with Studen t Loans.
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Meet Your Library:
Accessibility Hour
Sunday, September 23,12:00-1:00pm
For children, teens, and adults of all
abilities and theirfamilies/caregivers
Would a gentler library environment
work better for you or your family? Join
us an hour before the library opens for
a quiet event to learn more about the
library, enjoy sensory activities, and feel
comfortable! Please let us know ifany
accommodations are required. 0
Pizza and Paperbacks
Monday October8, 6:30-7:30pm
Every year Teen
Read Week is held
in celebration of
awesome Teens and
their love of reading!
Celebrate this year’s
«
theme “It’s Written
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in the Stars...
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READ” with a special
discussion ofDefy the Stars by Claudia
Gray, while munchin’ on some pizza.
Afterwards, we’ll head outside and use
the Library’s telescope to take a look at
the night sky. Please register in advance,
asfree copies ofthe book will be given to
participants to keep. 0
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Ready, Set, Vote!
Harry Potter Escape Room!
Friday, October 19,6:30-8:30pm
Muggles, do you have what it takes to
conquer our Harry Potter Escape Room?
Use your knowledge
of Harry Potter’s
world to decipher
the clues and find
the spell to release
you. Join us for
one of the sessions to see if you’re up
to the challenge! Sign up individually
or in teams of up to 4. Teams may be
combined. Please register in person or by
calling Youth Services at 847-580-8962.
Sessions run 30 minutes. Q
Spooooooky Scaaaary Stories
Tuesday October 30, 7:00-8:00pm
Join us for a Teens only storytime! Come
sit around our (faux) campfire and sip on
hot cocoa while listening to extra spooky,
extra scary short stories told by your one
and only Iteen Librarian! Q
Print in 3D!
Wednesday November 7, 5:30-6:30pm
Come test out our 3D printer! You’ll learn
how to use Tinkercad to create something
awesome, and then we’ll print it out
for you to keep, free of charge. Come
with creative ideas and leave with
something cool! 0
Wednesday October 17, 7:00-8:30pm
Teens/Adults
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Whether you are a first-time voter orjust
want to be a more informed voter, this
program will get you ready for the voting
booth. The League of Women VotersDeerfield Area will walk us through a
sample ballot, details on the different
offices up for election, and how to find
more info about the candidates. 0
Code and Create
Monday, November 12, 7:00-8:00p.m.
Learn a new coding language and
create your own project so show off. No
experience is necessary for this hands-on
workshop! 0
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�Children’s Programs
4?k All children’s activities, except those designated as “drop-in”, require registration. Please register in advance in person, online at
deerfieldlibrary.org under “Programs”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registrationfor all of the programs listed here begins on
Wednesday, August 15.
FF Family Friendly programs with multi-age appeal and group registration option.
In addition to specific programs offered for children with special needs, we are also happy to make reasonable accommodations so that your
child can participate in all our programs. For more information about programs and services for children with special needs, please contact
Julia Frederick atjfrederick@deerfieldlibrary.org.
Drop-In Activities
Family Time
Saturdays at 10:00am
September 1 - November 24
Children with an adult
Come to the Youth Program Room for a
drop-in storytime the whole family will
enjoy! FF
Drop-in Storytime
Wednesdays at 10:30am or 1:00pm
September 19,26; October 3,10,17, 24;
November 7,14,21,28; December 5,12
Children with an adult
Enjoy stories, songs, and fingerplays in
this drop-in storytime for all ages! FF
Drop-in Crafts
Tuesday, September 4 - Sunday,
September 9
Monday, October 8 - Sunday October 14
Monday, November 5 - Sunday,
November 11
Stop by the Youth Services department to
make a fun craft! FF
LEGO Club
Wednesdays at 4:30-5:30pm
September 5, October 3, November 28
All Ages
Join us for an hour of building and show
off your creativity at LEGO® Club! Build
your own design or follow the monthly
challenge. FF
Trick or Treat the Library
Wednesday, October 31, All day
Stop by the Youth Services department
anytime on Halloween to show off your
costume and receive a special
(non-food) treat! FF
Registration for Session 1 begins on
Wednesday, August 15
Registration for Session 2 begins on
Wednesday, October 3
Baby Lapsit Storytime
Thursdays at 10:00am OR 11:00am
Session 1: September20,27;
October 4,11,18,25
Session 2: November 8,15,29;
December 6,13
Ages 0-12 months with an adult
It’s never too early to start reading to
your baby! Join us for stories, rhymes,
and songs for you and baby, plus social
time after the program. Q
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Toddler Time
Preschool Storytime
Mondays at 10:00am OR 10:45am
OR 11:30am
Session 1: September 17,24;
October 1, 8,15,22;
Session 2: November 5,12,19,26;
December 3,10
Ages 1-2 years with an adult
One and two-year-olds with their
caregivers are invited to a special weekly
stoiytime, including songs and movement
activities designed just for them, plus
social time after the program. O
Tuesdays at 10:30am OR 1:00pm
Session 1: September 18,25;
October 2, 9,16,23;
Session 2: November 6,13,20,27;
December 4,11
Ages 3-5 years
Three- to five-year-olds have a program
just for them! We’ll listen to stories, sing
songs, and have fun while building early
literacy skills! Q
�13-Story Treehouse Party
3D Design and Print
Minecraftemoons
Thursday, September 6,4:30-5:30pm
Grades 2-4
Do you love the
13-Story Treehouse
books by Andy
Griffiths & Terry
Denton? Join us as we
celebrate the series
with games, drawing,
and a treehouse
building challenge. Q
Wednesday, September 26 OR
Tuesday, November 6
4:30-5:30 PM
Grades 3-5
Are you ready to
try 3D modeling
and printing?
Join us to learn
how to design
3D objects in Tinkercad, create your own
project, and have it printed on our 3D
printer! Feesfor 3Dprinting will be waived
forparticipants in this program. Q
Grades 1-3: Monday October 15,
4:30-5:30pm
Grades 4-6: Monday September 19,
4:30-5:30pm
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dig deeper into Minecraft as each week we
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Fall Dance Jam
Friday, September 7,11:00-11:45am
For children up to age 6 with an adult
Drop-in to shake out your sillies and
wiggle out your waggles at this actionpacked dance program! Children will find
their rhythm with shakers while singing
along to their favorite songs, ff
Little KiDLS: Calling
All Vikings, Pirates and
Scientists!
Saturday, September22,11:00-11:45am
Ages 4-6
Are you a Pirate or a Viking? Discover
who was the
bravest and
the strongest
and the
common bond
between both.
We’ll explore
through games,
crafts, and
science! Q
KiDLS: Defending the Castle
Saturday, September 22, l:00-2:00pm
Ages 7-10
Calling all brave kids! Come defend
the castle with catapults, crafts, and
stories. Discover the science of the
Medieval Era. Q
Laura Doherty
Saturday, September 29,11:00-11:45am
All Ages
Parents’ Choice
Award-winning
artist Laura
Doherty will
rock the Library
with her upbeat
acoustic rock
children's music.
This interactive
concert will have kids dancing and
clapping along to Laura’s original catchy
tunes. Q ff
DIY Research Lab
Wednesday, October 3, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
Ibgether we will explore a few of the
libraiy’s do-it-yourself books, and test the
instructions that they offer for making
slime, bubbles, and more. Q
Book Bites: Secret Agents
Wednesday, October 10,4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
Do you like to read spy
stories, The Genius Files
and Spy School? Join us
to leam about real life
spies as we discuss The
Dark Game: True Spy
Storiesfrom Invisible
Ink to CIA Moles by Paul B. Janeczko.
Register early, as free copies of the book
will be given to participants. Please let us
know in advance about anyfood allergies
or restrictions. Q
Family Tech Night
Tuesday, October 16, 6:30-7:30pm
Ages 6 and up with an adult
Join us for a tech-filled evening with
Sphero robot races, littleBits, and more
technology fun! Please register everyone
attending. Q ff
Franken-toys!
Monday, October 22,4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
Calling all Dr. Frankensteins! Celebrate
the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein by
Mary Shelley by creating your very own
creature. We’ll provide a variety of toys
for you to mix, match, and combine into
something new. Q
Monster-ology
Thursday, October25,4:30-5:30pm
Grades K-2
Enjoy a monster-iffic storytime and
then eat a snack, create a craft, and
participate in a game about all-thingsmonsters! Please let us know in advance
ifyou have anyfood allergies or dietary
restrictions. Q
Deerfield Train Station
Field Trip
Saturday, October27,11:00-11:45am
Children of all ages with an adult
Do you love trains? Meet us at the
Deerfield Road Train Station to learn
about trains, and all the fascinating local
history and train history that happened
there. Q
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(r) Please register in advance at the Library, online at deerfieldlihraryorg under
"Programs”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registration begins Wednesday, August 15.
Slightly Spooky Stories
& Pumpkin Painting
Fantastic Puppets and
How to Make Them
Tuesday, October30, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 1-3
Let’s get scary! Listen to spooky stories
while decorating your very own pumpkin.
Saturday November 10, l:00-2:00pm
Grades 1-5
What fantastical creature will you create
with the Sea Beast Shadow Puppet
Company? You’ll combine, color, and
create your own shadow puppet at this
interactive workshop! 0
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Homeschool Programs
Getting to Know You
Tuesday, September 4 ©
Deerfield Train Station
Field Trip
Tuesday, October 23 O
2:00-3:00pm: Ages 4 and up
Science Challenge
Tuesday, September 18 ©
People and Animals
from Illinois’ Past
Life-Size Clue
Saturday, November 3, l:00-3:00pm
Grades 3-5
It’s the classic whodunnit board game
on a whole new scale! Join Miss Scarlet,
Prof Plum, Mrs. Peacock, Col. Mustard,
and more as you work together in teams to
solve the mystery at the Library. ©
Game Night for All
Monday, November 5, 6:00-8:00pm
All Ages
Join us for an evening of fun, snacks, and
connecting with family and friends of all
ages. Play one of the many modern board
games from the Library’s collections
(or bring your own). Don’t know how to
play a specific game? Don’t woriy, we’re
happy to teach you. Please let us know
in advance about anyfood allergies or
dietary restrictions. © ff
Thankful Together Stories
Friday November23,11:00-11:45am
Children ofall ages with an adult
Bring your grandparent, aunt, uncle,
cousin, friend, or any of your favorite
people to share some special stories
all about being thankful and make a
fun craft!
Make-it: LED Paper Flowers
Monday November 26,4:30-5:30pm
Grades 24
Light up your life with your very own LED
Paper Flower to keep or give as a gift!
We’ll learn about circuits as we design
paper flowers that glow. ©
Tuesday, October 2 ©
KNOW-vember
Tuesday, November 6 & 13 ©
2:00-2:45pm: Ages 4-6
3:00-4:00pm: Ages 7 and up
Homeschool Book Club
Tuesdays, September 11,25;
October 16,30; November 27
2:00-3:00pm
Join us as we read books off the
Monarch and Bluestem lists. Book
club members will participate in
discussions, complete fun activities,
and vote in the statewide competition
at the end of the year. ©
Sensory Programs
Meet Your Library:
Accessibility Hour
Sunday, September 23,12:00-1:00pm
For children, teens, and adults of all
abilities and theirfamilies/caregivers
Would a gentler library environment
work better for you or your family? Join
us an hour before the library opens for
a quiet event to learn more about the
library, epjoy sensory activities, and feel
comfortable! Please let us know ifany
accommodations are required. © ff
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Sensory Storytime
Wednesday, September 26, 4:00-5:00pm
Saturday November 17, l:00-2:00pm
All Ages
Join us for an inclusive and interactive
storytime filled with stories, songs,
sensory play, and socialization! Children
of all abilities with their siblings and
caregivers are welcome. Please let us
know if any accommodations are
required, ff
Sensory Friendly
Family Film
Wednesday October 10, 4:00-6:00pm
Enjoy the A\m Finding Dory with the
whole family! The Library welcomes
patrons of all abilities to enjoy a movie
with the lights turned up, the sound
turned down, and the option to walk,
dance, and sing, during the movie.
(PG, 1 hr. 43 min.), ff
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Register to Vote @ the Library
More to Know
Maybe you’ve heard... there is an election coming up! Are you registered to vote at your current address?
FULL registration and election information can be accessed on the Lake County Clerk Election website:
lakecountyil.gov/332/Voter-Services.
Who can register to vote?
• Be a United States citizen.
• Be at least 18 years of age on or before election day,
Tuesday, November 6.
Where and when can you register?
• Deerfield Public Library: We have several deputy registrars
on staff. Call ahead to make sure a registrar is on the schedule.
Last day for regular registration (including at the Library) is
Tuesday, October 9.
• West Deerfield Township (601 Deerfield Rd.)
• Various Lake County voter registration sites (see Clerk website)
• Online via the Illinois Board of Elections:
https://ova.elections.il.gov (open until Sunday, October 21).
• Mail-in application (see Clerk website)
What will you need in order to register?
• IWo forms of identification; At least one I.D.
must show both your name and current address,
including:
• government issued-I.D.
• current utility bill
• personalized check or bank statement
• car registration or proof of insurance
Grace Period Registration: Required to vote
at the time ofregistration. Begins October 10;
See the Clerk’s website for details.
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• Why should you become a member of the Friends of the
Deerfield Public Library? The Friends fund items and sponsor
programs that might otherwise be beyond the Library budget.
Become a member and receive a voucher for one free book or two
DVDs from our Book Store at the Library.
• Treasurer/Board Member Wanted: The Friends need your help!
We are looking for a Treasurer to serve on our Board. Deerfield,
Bannockburn, Riverwoods residents eligible. If interested,
please leave a message at 847-945-3311, x8895.
• Our remaining 2018 meetings will be held at the Library on
September 24 and November 12,7:00 p.m.
The Friends can be contacted at 847-945-3311 x8895 or at
friends@deerfieldlibraiy.org. Check for updates on our web
page or Facebook.
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Mike Goldberg
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ay:
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incentives: Baskin Robbins, California
Pizza Kitchen, Campus Colors,
Chick-Fil-A, Goldfish Swim School,
and D Forno.
Hats off to the shining STAR volunteers
who helped register reports for the
Summer Reading Program, and to the
Book Buddies who worked weekly with
young readers on literacy activities.
Thanks to our teens for their generosity
and inspiration.
Thank you to the Friends of the
Deerfield Public Library for sponsorship
of the super cool beach towels for the
Youth Summer Reading Program
sign-up gift.
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13-Story Treehouse
3D Printing
Amazon
American College Test (ACT)
Amy Falasz-Peterson
Andrew Sean Greer
Andy Griffiths
Apple
Arabic
Bannockburn Illinois
Baskin Robbins
Bluestem Awards
Brainfuse HelpNow
Bruce Hecksel
Cable Bills
California Pizza Kitchen
Campus Colors
Chick-Fil-A
Claudia Gray
Coding
Colonel Mustard
David Wylly
Deerfield Golf Club
Deerfield High School
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Board Games
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Book Buddies
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Dungeons and Dragons
Deerfield Public Library Email
Deerfield Public Library Homeschooling Services
Deerfield Public Library Kids in Deerfield Love Science (KiDLS)
Deerfield Public Library Movie Showings
Deerfield Public Library Online Resources
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Public Library Access and Community for Everyone (PLACE)
Deerfield Public Library Read Without Boundaries
Deerfield Public Library S*T*A*R Volunteers
Deerfield Public Library Sensory Friendly Programs
Deerfield Public Library Snapchat
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Deerfield Public Library Website
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield Train Station
Defy the Stars
Dungeons and Dragons
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Encyclopedia Britannica
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Facts on File
Finding Dory
Frankenstein
French
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Board
Gail Honeyman
Genealogy
George Eliot
German
Goldfish Swim School
Google
Hannah Tinti
Harry Potter
Hebrew
Hindi
Hoopla
Howard Handler
Hulu
Il Forno Pizza and Pasta
Illinois
Illinois Bicentennial
Illinois Board of Elections
Illinois Library Association (ILA)
Illinois Library Association Readers' Advisory Service Award
iPhones
Issues and Controversies
Italian
Japanese
Jennie Michalik
Julia Frederick
Julie Patchouli
Kenan Abosch
Kim Blum
Kyle Stone
Lake County Clerk
Lake County Clerk Election Website
Laura Doherty
League of Women Voters Deerfield Area
LED
LEGO
Less
Life Size Clue
Little Pim
LittleBits
Luisa Ellenbogen
Mandarin Chinese
Mango Languages
Mary Anne Evans
Mary Shelley
Maureen Wener
Medicare
Medicare Drug Plan Finder
Medicare Drug Plans
Medicare Part D
Medicare Solutions Network
Meditation
Menu Planning
Michael Gershbein
Michael K. Goldberg
Middlemarch
Minecraft
Miss Scarlet
Monarch Awards
Mrs. Peacock
My College Planning Team
Netflix
Nina Varma Michael
Pandemic
Panera Bread
Parents' Choice Award
Patchouli
Paul B. Janeczko
Pirates
PlayStation Vue
Professor Moptop
Professor Plum
Puppets
Registered Dietician
Riverwoods Illinois
Russian
Sachs Recreation Center
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
ScholasticGo
Scientists
Sea Beast Shadow Puppet Company
Searchable PDF
Seth Schriftman
Settlers of Catan
Smart Home
Snapchat
Social Media
Spanish
Sphero
Spy School
Student Loans
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Teen Read Week
Terry Denton
The Dark Game: True Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles
The Genius Files
The Internet of Things
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
The White Album
Ticket to Ride
Tinkercad
Urdu
Very Smart People
Vikings
Voter Information
Voter Registration
Warehouse Eatery
West Deerfield Township
William Hazelgrove
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�As you know from reading our
quarterly editions of Browsing,
the Deerfield Public Library is
so much more than books. We
provide gathering space and
programs for people of all ages.
Our professional staff carefully
review and select databases to
supplement our collection.
The Library allocates
approximately 5% of our
annual budget to provide our
community with access to
current electronic resources.
All the resources can be
accessed from the Library’s
website, deerfleldlibraiy.org.
Click “Research” along the top
Libby: The Fast Lane
to Reading Happiness
Checkout the newest and
easiest way to read e-books
from OverDrive. Same
account, same books with a
new and improved look!
Libby was designed to get
people reading e-books and
e-audiobooks as quickly and
seamlessly as possible. Libby
is available for Android, iOS
(iPhone/iPad/iPod touch) and
Windows 10 devices.
Lucky you! There's
never been a better time
to begin.
It’s going to be love at first
tap!
Many long-time e-book
readers have let us know how
much more they are enjoying
their digital experience since
Libby came into their life!
menu bar, and then “Online
Resources” to view our
current offerings.
In addition to Libby, which is
featured in this issue, we
provide access to over 50
popular magazines with
RBDigital Magazines.
Often these magazines have
enhanced content that you will
be able to access right from
your device.
Our more popular databases
include our collection of
consumer resources. Consumer
Reports is always a top choice,
and there’s also Chicago
Consumers Checkbook, which
provides ratings and advice on
everything from automotive
repairs to financial services. We
have recently added Auto
Finance Resource,
a unique database that helps
the consumer develop a finance
strategy for the best loan rates
based on location and car
model. It also provides advice
for dealing with pushy sales
people and how to manage your
entire vehicle purchase from
start to finish.
Ancestry is one of the most
well-recognized genealogy data
bases available, containing
thousands of census records
and photos. Its sister site,
Heritage Quest, provides
PERSI, Revolutionary War
records, and Freedman’s Bank
documents.
These arejust a few of the
electronic resources that we
provide. Find out more by
visiting our website, or stop by
to speak with a librarian in
person. We are always happy to
help you discover new services
at the Library!
Amy Falasz-Peterson
Library Director
“The more I use the Libby
app, the more I love it,”
said Vicki Street, executive
director of the DBR Chamber
of Commerce. “The design
looks more modern, like
other popular apps, and in
turn is more intuitive. It’s
simple, user-friendly,
and fun.”
Features you will love
• You have the option to
download titles for online
and offline reading or
stream them to save space.
• Your book will display in
a simple, beautiful format
regardless if the title is a
novel, comic or graphic
novel, reference material,
cookbook, or Read-Along.
• Libby remembers your
place in the book and book
marks across your devices.
Your Quick Start:
1. Install the Libby app from your device’s
app store.
2. Open the app, scroll down and tap on Find My
Library, and select Deerfield Public Library.
3. Tap on This is my Library.
4. Tap on add it now and enter your DPL card
number, and tap on Sign In.
�Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
www.deerfieldlibraty.org. Registration opens Wednesday, February 14.
Adult Programs
Booh and Film Discussions
Copies ofthe books available at the
self-service holds shelfa month before
the discussion. Drop-in.
New Location!
Thursday Booh Biscussions
Program held atPanera, 1211 Half
Day Rd., Bannockburn. Attendees are
welcome to orderfood and drinks off the
mem to enjoy during the discussion.
Copies are available on the holds shelfa
month prior. Drop-in.
Perfect Little World
by Kevin Wilson
Thursday, March 8,10:30-11:30am
Set in a psychologist’s utopian exper
iment involving children collectively
raised apart from their biological
families, a pregnant teen struggles
with the group’s growing hostilities.
History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
Thursday, April 12,10:30-11:30am
While living with her parents in a nearly
abandoned counterculture commune,
14-year-old Linda finds her perspectives
and desires changed by the scandalmarked arrest of a teacher, and the
secrets of a new neighbor family.
This Is How It Always Is
by Laurie Frankel
Thursday, May 10, 10:30-11:30am
A family reshapes their ideas about love
and loyalty when youngest son Claude
reveals preferences for girls’ clothing and
refuses to stay silent.
Boohs with a Twist
No One is Coming to Save Us
by Stephanie Powell Watts
Monday, March26, 7:30-8:30pm
JJ Ferguson has returned home to
Pinewood, North Carolina, to build his
dream house and to pursue his high
school sweetheart. But as he reenters
his former world, where factories are in
decline and the legacy of Jim Crow is still
felt, he’s startled to find that the people
he once knew and loved have changed
just as much as he has.
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Monday, May 21, 7:30-8:30pm
A Harvard sociologist follows eight
families in Milwaukee as they struggle
to keep a roof over their heads. Eviction
as a cause of poverty is examined along
with how people forced from their homes
experience extreme disadvantages. Its
scenes of hope and loss remind us of the
centrality of home, without which
nothing else is possible.
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Tuesday ‘New Movie’ Night
March 13,27, April 10,24, May 8, 22
TUESDAY FILMS BEGIN AT 6:30pm
Come to the Library for New Movie
Night on select Tuesdays this
Spring, and preview the hot new
release of the week. As we get
closer to each date, you can check
our website or at the Media desk
for a listing of upcoming showings.
Spring Discussion Series:
Oscar Best Picture
Contenders
THURSDAY FILMS BEGIN AT 2:00pm
The Academy Awards will be
announced on March 4 and it is
likely that one of the films below
will win the Oscar for Best Picture.
There will be a brief discussion
both before and after each movie.
Thursday, March 22:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri, Rated R, 115 minutes
Thursday, April 19:
The Shape of Water, Rated R,
123 minutes
Thursday, May 17:
The Post, Rated PG-13,115 minutes
Classics Booh Biscussion: American Poetry
Thursday, April 26, 7:00-8:00pm
In our new, quarterly sessions, we’ll discuss the literature you were
(supposed!) to read in school, or a forgotten classic. For National
Poetry Month, we’ll discuss a selection of classic poems by American
writers. Pick up a poetry packet at the Adult Services desk or on the
Holds Shelf. Register in advance. Q
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�Adult Programs
Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
wvmdeerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, February 14.
SCORE SA
ADULT PLAY TIME
FOR THE LIFE OF YOUR BUSINESS
Adults Only. Register in Advance
Resources for Small Businesses
LEGO and Nostalgia Game Night
Monday, March 12, 7-8:30pm
Kids aren’t the only ones who need time for A
play! Playtime shouldn’t end when we grow
up. Join us for a night of play with classic video
games, LEGO®, coloring, and more. ©
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Thinks and Drinks Trivia
Wednesday, April 11, 7:30-9:00pm
Deerfield GolfClub, 1201 Saunders Road
Think you know it all? Prove it at the Library’s trivia night
at the Deerfield Golf Club. Play individually or teams up to
four and test your knowledge of world trivia.Refreshments
unll be served and prizes will be awarded to the biggest
know-it-alls! ©
Game Night @ Warehouse Eatery
Thursday May 10, 7:00-9:00pm
Warehouse Eatery, 833 Deerfield Road
Get ready for an evening of play at Warehouse Eatery with
the Library’s collection of board games like Pandemic, The
Settlers ofCatan, or Ticket to Ride. Don’t know how to play?
We’re happy to teach you. Appetizers will be served and
prizes awarded. ©
Vagabond Traveling:
How to do it Like a Pro
Wednesday March 28, 7:00-8:00pm
Join vagabond traveler Brian Michalski
as he shares his 22-month solo backpack
ing journey of working and volunteering
around the world in Australia, Asia,
Europe, Hawaii, Mexico,
and Cuba. Learn money
saving tips, how to
utilize the best travel
apps, the realities of
hostel life, visa
applications, and
tons more to help you
travel like a pro. ©
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Bringing A Book to Market
Saturday April 14, 10:30-11:30am
Tbdd Stocke, vice president and editorial
director at Sourcebooks, will discuss how
to approach a publisher, what a publisher
does (and does not do), and what book
editors look for. He’ll also discuss the
opportunities and the challenges of
self-publishing and how to connect
with your readers. ©
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The Secret to a Financially
Stress-Free Future for Small
Business Owners
Wednesday March 14, 7:00-8:00pm
Holly Bach from SCORE covers the
leading causes of financial stress for small
business owners today. The program also
includes the trends and pitfalls that have
gotten us here, how to get out from under
them, and the four key financial concepts
that need to be part of every business
owners financial picture. ©
Stop Hacking Before They
Stop You
Tuesday April 10, 7:00-8:00pm
Ignorance can make you an easy target.
Learn about hackers, their tools and
motives, and how to protect yourself and
your business. Mark Lieberman from
SCORE presents. ©
PLACE Program: April Showers
Bring May Flowers-Poetry
and Crafts
Saturday, April 21, 1:30-3:30pm
Adults, Teens
PLACE (Public Library Access and
Community for Everyone) programs
welcome adults with intellectual and
developmental disabilities as well as their
parents and caregivers.
Join us for an afternoon of reading,
conversation, crafts, and fun with this
poetry-centered program. It will include
a springtime poetry reading, followed by
crafts. Light refreshments will be served.
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�Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
www.deerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, February 14■
MONEYSMARTWEEK
APRIL 21-28,2018
Auto Finance Resource: A New Online Resource
Monday, April 23, 7:00-8:00pm
This Library resource will save you time, money, and plenty of frustration
when shopping for a new car. Learn how to compare interest rates from
local banks and credit unions, calculate the cost of loans, and navigate the
car financing process. Q
Is it the Right Time to Retire?
Saturday, April 28,10:00am-12:00PM
There’s a lot of talk about “the number” - the specific amount of money you
need to retire. But retirement planning involves much more. Karen Chan,
CFP, discusses how to look at your overall financial picture and gather the
information that will help you make an informed decision. 0
10 Tips for Getting the Most from Your Retirement Money
Saturday, April 28, 1:30-3:30pm
The right strategy can help you get the most from your IRA, 401(k), or
other retirement plan. Rollovers, qualified charitable distributions, Roth
conversions, and other tools can help you manage income taxes, streamline
(or even avoid) distributions, and simplify your life. Q
Paper Cut Art Workshop
Thursday May 3, 7:00-8:30pm
Paper artist Corinne Dean will help you
create a paper cut work of artjust in time
for Mother’s Day. A variety of designs will
be available. 0
Music Discussion:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Inductees 2018
Tuesday May 1, 7:00-8:00pm
Take a look at the bands and artists that
were inducted in the 2018 Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees
include The Moody Blues, The Cars, and
Bon Jovi. We’ll talk about each band, listen
to their hits, and discuss their impact on
the history of Rock and Roll. We’ll also
talk about some of the bands that didn’t
make the cut and their future chances. 0
Local Author Fair
Saturday,
June 16, 10:30am-12:30pm. Interested
authors should contact Kay Palecek
at 847-580-8955 or kpalecek@
deerrieldlibrary.org.
yTlAuthors must have a
book that has been published within
the last two years and be a Lake
County resident.
Adult Programs
Writers Workshop:
Turning Life into Fiction
Saturday, May 5, 10:00am-12:00pm
Writers often base their stories on actual
people, places, and events, either from
their own lives or the lives of others.
But translating real life into compelling
fiction can be a challenge. Author
and writing teacher Carmela Martino
describes the steps in the process along
with how to create composite characters,
research setting details, and more.
Hands-on exercises to help jumpstart
your writing process will be provided. Q
Veterans Tour of the Deerfield
Historical Cemetery
Saturday May 12,10:30am-12:00pm
All Ages
Explore Deerfield's military history with
a special walking tour highlighting the
veterans buried in the Deerfield Historical
Cemetery. Note: The tour takes about an
hour and goes over uneven terrain. Meet
at the Cemetery gate on Waukegan Road.
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Deerfield Train Station
History Tour
Sunday May 20, 1:30-2:30pm
All Ages
This guided walking tour will explore the
history of the Deerfield Train Station,
which this year celebrates 100 years in
its current form. Learn about the famous
“No Kissing” sign, why our train line is
orange on Metra maps, and more stories
about the only building in Deerfield on
the National Register of Historic Places.
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�Adult Programs
Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
wumdeerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, February 14.
New! Kindle E-readers Now
Available for Checkout
Kindle E-readers are now available for
lending as part of the Library’s mobile
device lending program. The E-readers
come preloaded with books selected
from the New York Times bestseller list
and many of the Library’s own Book
Discussion Group titles. Checkout
period for E-readers is three weeks.
For more information, stop by the
Library or visit deerfieldlibraiy.org.
Available to Deerfield Library
cardholders.
TECH CONNECTIONS
Drop-in Tech Help
Alternate Thursdays
3:00-4:00pm Library Lobby
Staff will be available to answer
questions about your devices,
downloading books, music, and
movies from the Library’s website.
Each date will also highlight other
resources and services available
at the Library.
March 8:
Libby & Hoopla
March 22: Mobile Device Lending
Library - Roku, WiFi
Hotspot, and Kindle
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April 5:
Tips to Speed Up Your
Computer
April 19:
Money-saving Online
Resources
May 3:
Genealogy
@ the Library
May 17:
iPad & iPhone
May 31:
Streaming Services Netflix, Hulu, and more
Clean Up to Speed Up Your
Computer
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If you haven’t already signed up for our
new year-long reading program, there’s
still plenty of time. Stop by the Adult
Services desk for more information.
Patrons can also sign up online at
deerfieldlibrary.beanstack.org/reader365.
Prizes will be awarded monthly, and
those who complete all 12 months will be
entered into a grand prize drawing.
Snapchat & Instagram Basics
Thursday, March 8, 7:00-8:00pm
Learn how to remove programs, manage
the space on your computer, and find and
delete files you’re not using to get your
machine running efficiently. Q
Thursday, April 12, 7:00-8:00pm
Learn how to use the popular pho
to-based social media apps Snapchat and
Instagram. Class includes taking and
editing pictures and how to share them
with your friends and family. Q
Introduction to eBay
3D Print Your Own Flower
Thursday, March 15, 7:00-8:30pm
Are you ready to make some money by
selling your stuff on eBay? Join us for an
introduction to this marketplace website,
and leam more about the basics of buying
and selling on eBay.com. O
Tuesday, April 17, 7:00-8:00pm
Leam about Tinkercad 3D printing
software and create your own decorative
flower using the Library’s own 3D printer.
We’ll create a basic flower together and
then everyone will have time to customize
their creations before submitting their
projects. Printing fees will be waived for
class participants. 0
How to Back Up Your Computer
Thursday, April 5, 7:00-8:00pm
Have you ever lost a digital photo,
music file, or important document that
you thought was safely saved to your
computer? Come learn how to back up
your important computer data and never
lose a file again. 0
�Please register in advance at the Library, online at deerfieldlibrary org under
“Programs", or by calling 847-580-8962. Registration begins Wednesday, February 14.
NOTE: For Teen programs, Grades 6-12 are welcome.
Note exceptions with listings.
Calling all S.TAR Volunteers!
Print in 3D!
• Teen volunteers grades 7-12 are needed
for the Library’s upcoming Summer
Reading Program! Volunteers assist
with signing participants up for the
Reading Program, handing out prizes,
and putting together goody bags.
• Interested in being a Big Buddy?
Volunteers in our Book Buddies
program will be matched with young
readers and meet once a week for six
weeks to read aloud together, play
games, make crafts, and have fun!
• You can be a Summer Reading
volunteer or a Big Buddy or both! Pick
up an application at Youth Services
beginning April 2. Applications must
be submitted by Sunday, May 6.
Wednesday, March 7, 5:30-6:30pm
Celebrate Teen Tech Week by creating
your own cell phone stand! You’ll learn
how to use Tinkercad to design the stand
from scratch, then we’ll show you how
our printer puts it all together. Fees for
3D printing of this project will be waived
for class participants. ©
Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Meeting
Looking for ways to be seen and heard
at the Libraiy? As a TAB member you
can help Nina, the Teen Librarian, plan
programs, create content for our website,
and keep the Teen Space awesome!
There are plenty of snacks and drinks
for all AND any hours you contribute to
TAB meetings and programs count as
volunteer service in the community.
Upcoming Meetings
Tuesdays @ 5:00pm
March 13, April 10, May 8
For more information contact Nina
Michael at nmichael@deerfieldlibraiy.org
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BOOKS
Grades 6 and up
Stop by the Teen Space (or online)
starting in Februaiy to vote for your
fav book. See page 8 for details.
Bad Art Party
Wednesday, March 14, 7:00-8:00pm
It’s time to forget the rules, get messy,
and create some “bad” art! Chill out
with zero pressure and see what you can
make. A prize will be awarded for the
“worst” piece of art. ©
Dungeons & Dragons
@ the Library
Thursday March 15, 5:30-7:30pm
Immerse yourself in a vibrant fantasy
world with the role-playing game, Dungeons
& Dragons. You’ll fight monsters, solve
puzzles, eat pizza, and (hopefully) save
the day. No experience required! ©
MONEY
SMART
WEEK
Money Smart Teens
Throughout the month ofApril
Money Smart Week is April 21-28. Keep
an eye out for available resources in the
Teen section of our website throughout
the month of April, including tips for
budgeting as a Teen, saving for college
and other expenses, and fun trivia to get
your brain in gear.
Page to Screen Movie Night
Monday, April2, 6:30-8:30pm
Watch The Giver by Lois Lowiy come
alive on the big screen. Popcorn and
drinks will be provided, and a copy of
the book will be raffled off to one lucky
winner! ©
Pizza and Paperbacks
Monday, April 16
7:00-8:00 pm
Join Nina, the Teen Librarian, for a
discussion of Warcross by Marie Lu,
while munchin’ on some pizza. Please
register in advance, as free copies of the
book will be given to participants
to keep.©
Online Offense:
Choose Privacy!
Tuesday May 1
7:00-8:00pm
Every May the American Library
Association sponsors “Choose Privacy
Week”. This year empower yourself by
learning simple and effective tips for
protecting your identity from hackers,
scammers, trolls, and bots. We’ll play
games and offer handouts that will equip
you with the confidence to combat those
online offenders! ©
FREE ACT and SAT Practice
Tests @ the Library
SAT Practice Test
Saturday April 7, 9:30am-1:00pm ©
ACT Practice Test
Saturday May 12, 9:30am-1:00pm ©
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/?v All children’s activities, except those designated as “drop-in", require registration. Please register in advance in person, online at
w deerfieldlibrary. org under “Programs”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registrationfor all oftheprograms listed here begins on Wednesday,
February 14.
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Family Friendly programs with multi-age appeal and group registration option.
In addition to specific programs offered for children with special needs, we are also happy to make reasonable accommodations so that your
child can participate in all our programs. For more information about programs and services for children with special needs, please contact
Julia Frederick atjfrederick@deerfieldlibrarj.org.
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BOOKS
Round of32: February 13-20
Round of16: February 21-27
Exciting 8: February 28-March 6
Favorite 4: March 7-13
Championship Game: March 14-27
Drop-in Storytime
Wednesdays at 10:30am or 1:00pm, March 14,21; April 11,18,25; May 2
Children with an adult
Enjoy stories, songs, and fingerplays in this drop-in storytime for all ages!
Drop-in Crafts
Winning titles announced on
March 28.
Deerfield Public Library is pleased to
announce our 5th annual Ibumament
of Books! Starting February 13, stop
by Youth Services or go online
(deerfieldlibrary.org) to vote for your
favorite teen titles, chapter books,
graphic novels, picture books and
early readers. Will your favorite make
it to the championship game? \bte
early! Vote often!
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Family Time
Saturdays at 10:00m, March 3-May 26, Children with an adult
Come to the Youth Program Room for a drop-in stoiytime the whole family
will enjoy!
Monday, March 12-Sunday, March 18, Monday, April 2-Sunday April 8,
Monday, May 21-Sunday May 27
Stop by the Youth Services department to make a fun craft!
LEGO Club
Wednesday March 7, 4:30-5:30pm, Tuesday, April 3, 3:30-5:30pm,
Wednesday May 9, 4:30-5:30pm, All Ages
Join us for an hour of building and show off your creativity at LEGO®
Club! Build your own design or follow the monthly challenge, ff
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Minecrafternoons
Bad Art Night
Mondays at 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 1-3: March 5, April 16
Grades 4-6: April 2, May 14
Minecrafternoons are back! We’re going
to dig deeper into Minecraft as each week
we work together to build a new project.
Wednesday, March 14, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
It’s time to forget the rules, get messy,
and create some “bad” art! There’s no
pressure to create anything perfect or
beautiful tonight. Just dig-in and see
what you can create. A prize will be
awarded for the “worst” piece of art. ©
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Tech Explorers
Thursday, March 8, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
Explore STEM concepts like circuits,
robotics, and engineering through
hands-on experimentation with our
Discovery Kits! ©
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Time to Tesser:
A Wrinkle in Time Celebration
Monday, March 12, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
Share your love for the classic story
and cheer on the release of its new film
adaptation with a party that will include
games and hands-on fun. Prior knowledge
of the book and movie are not required all are welcome! ©
Springtime Dance Jam
Friday March 16,11:00-11:45am
Children up to age 6 with an adult
Shake your sillies out at this actionpacked dance program. Children will find
their rhythm with shakers while singing
along to their favorite songs. No
registration required! ff
�Family Craft: 3D Print Your
Own Four-Leaf Clover
Saturday, March 17, 10:30-11:30am
Ages 6 and up with an adult
Share the love of 3D printing together
with this spring craft. Grown up/child
pairs will work together to create a
four-leaf clover using Tinkeread Fees
for 3D printing ofthis project will be
waivedfor classparticipants. ©
K-9 Reading Buddies of the
North Shore
Monday, March 19 or Monday,
April 23
6:00-7:00pm, Grades 1-5
Our furry, four-legged friends are back!
Register children for a 15-minute
slot to read to a trained therapy dog.
Please register in person at the
Youth Services Desk or by calling
847-580-8962. ©
Sphero Obstacle Courses
Thursday, April 5, 1:30-2:30pm
Grades 1-4
Try your hand at driving Sphero robots
through obstacle courses after you
work with a team of creators to build
them out of recycled materials. ©
3D Design and Print
Monday, April 9, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
Come learn all about our 3D printer!
You’ll design something awesome in
Tinkeread and we’ll print it for you
to keep or give as a gift. Feesfor 3D
printing ofthis project will be waived
for class participants. ©
Dinosaurs vs. Robots
Wednesday, April 11, 4:30-5:30pm
Ages 5-8
Come learn from Mark Anderson how
to draw cool dinosaurs on one side of
the page, and awesome robots on the
other! Will they fight? Share some ice
cream? You decide! ©
The Adventures ofTintin
Saturday, April 14, 1:00-3:30pm
Ages 7 and up
Prepare for action and adventure as
we celebrate this classic comic book
hero! There will be hands-on activities
and a drawing for a Tintin memento
to remember your special afternoon
followed by a screening of Steven
Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin
(1 hr. 46 min., PG). ©
Family Engineering Night
Tuesday, April 17, 6:30-7:30pm
Ages 6 and up with an adult
Join us for building challenges with
KEVA Connect Building Blocks, DIY
Marble Runs, and more engineering
fun!© ff
1,000 Books Before
Kindergarten Celebration
For participants in our 1KBKprogram
Saturday, April 21, 11:00am-12:00pm
Celebrate the joy of reading! Whether
you’ve read 1,10,100, or 1,000 books
together, we hope you’ll join us for this
reading party. We’ll read, play games
and do a craft together. ©
Stonytimes
Registrationfor all programs listed here
beings on Wednesday, February 14.
Please register in advance in person,
online at deerfieldlibrary.org under
“Programs”, or by calling 847-580-8962.
Baby Lapsit Storytime
Thursdays at 11:00am
March 15,22; April 12,19,26; May 3
Ages 0-12 months with an adult
It’s never too early to start reading to your
baby! Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs
for you and baby, plus social time after the
program. ©
Toddler Tune
Mondays at 10:00am, 10:30am OR 11:00am
March 12,19; April 9,16, 23, 30
Ages 1-2 years with an adult
One and two-year-olds with their caregivers
are invited to a special weekly storytime,
including songs and movement activities
designed just for them, plus social time
after the program. ©
Make-it: T-Shirt Tote Bags
Wednesday, April 25, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 3-5
Give an old t-shirt new life at this
recycled craft program in honor of
Earth Day. Bring in an old t-shirt and
together we’ll transform it into an awe
some tote for all your stuff! No sewing
required. ©
Poetry Party
Thursday, April 26, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 1-3
Join with other kids to celebrate
“Poem in Your Pocket Day” and
explore, create, and share poetry in
the most unexpected of places. ©
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays at 10:30am OR 1:00pm
March 13,20; April 10,17,24; May 1
Ages 3-5 years
Three- to five-year-olds have a program just
for them! We’ll listen to stories, sing songs,
and have fun while building early literacy
skills. ©
Drop-in Storytimes - no registration
required! See page 8for details.
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�Children’s Programs
Free Comic Book Day
Saturday, May 5, All Day
Join us for a celebration of Free
Comic Book Day! FCBD is an annual
event when major publishers release
special issues of comics that are given
away for free at comic book stores and
libraries across North America. Visit
the Library to join in the celebration
of comics and all things pop culture;
answer trivia for a chance to win
prizes, and pick up a free comic while
supplies last!
KiDLS:
Dig in the Dirt
Saturday May 12
1:00-2:00pm, Grades 1-4
Let’s dig deep and learn about soil,
seeds, and gardens. Crafts and
activities abound in this exciting
program filled with surprises where
we explore the roots of gardening. ©
Little KiDLS:
Green and
Growing
Saturday May 12,11:00-11:45am,
Ages 4-6 urith an adult
Let’s dig deep and explore dirt and
seeds and the gardens they create.
We’ll do crafts and activities to
develop your green thumb. ©
Let’s Play Games!
March 6 and 20
We’ll play math and other board games.
We’ll also create our own board games to
play together on the 20th. ©
Discover Discovery Kits
Reader’s Theater Rehearsals
jSuper Stolie Guacamole!
Saturday May 19, 11:00am-12:00pm
All Ages
Super Stolie presents a
Spanish-English bilingual show for
the whole family featuring original
songs, stoiy time in both languages, a
family dance party and a live guacamole-making demonstration (and tasting
after the show!) Stolie will give
instruction, sing and read in both
English and Spanish as well as
teaching key words, so this bilingual
show is for little language learners
at all levels! © ff
SENSORY PROGRAMS
April 24 and May 1
Everyone will have a role in our first-ever
Reader’s Theater! From performances to set
design to invitations, come take part in the
fun.©
Reader’s Theater Performance
May 15
Adults, please plan to attend this special
performance of our first-ever Reader’s
Theater! ©
Big Homeschool
Ages 7 and up, Tuesdays at 3:00-4:00pm
Let’s Play Games!
March 6 and 20
We’ll play math and other board games.
We’ll also create our own board games to
play together on the 20th. ©
Escape the Room
Sensory Storytime
Sensory Friendly Family Film
Fridays, March 9, April 20
11:00am-12:00pm, All Ages
Join us for an inclusive and inter
active stoiytime filled with stories,
songs, sensory play, and socializa
tion! Children of all abilities with
their siblings and caregivers are
welcome. Wo registration required.
Please let us know if any accom
modations are required, ff
Wednesday May 9,
4:00-5:45pm, All Ages
Enjoy the film, Monsters, Inc., with
the whole family at the Library!
The Library welcomes families and
children of all abilities to er\joy a
movie with the lights turned up, the
sound turned down, and the option
to walk, dance, and sing, during the
movie. No registration required.
(Rated G, 1 hr. 32 min.) ff
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Little Homeschool
Ages 4-6, Tuesdays at 2:00-2:45pm
April 10
Explore STEAM concepts with Makey-Makey,
Strawbees, KEVA Planks, and more. ©
Jedi Training Academy
Saturday May 5, 1:00-3:00pm, Ages 6
and up with an adult
Calling all Padawans and Rebels! Your
Star Wars skill and knowledge will
be put to the test in the Jedi 'Gaining
Academy. Explore the Star Wars
universe through games, crafts and a
fun trivia contest! ©
Homeschool Programs 'X
April 10
Use your puzzle solving skills to crack codes,
solve ciphers, and escape the room! ©
Project Fair Preparation
April 24 and May 1
Everyone will have a chance to present a
project at our first-ever Project Fair! These
two weeks will be spent creating projects
and making invitations. ©
Project Fair
May 15
Adults, please plan to attend our first-ever
Project Fair! ©
�More to Know
A World of Reading: Language Resources for Youth
Is your child looking to learn a new language or enhance their current language study? Look no Jurther than our
expanding Youth World Languages collection - on the book shelves and online!
Books and More
The consolidated in-house collection includes books, DVDs,
and CDs in a variety of languages such as Spanish, Chinese,
French, Russian, and more. The collection is organized by
language; within each language, materials are sorted by
format and genre. Whether patrons are browsing just for fun
or entering the library with a specific need in mind, this cen
tralized setup makes the language resources easier to locate.
If there is a language not yet in the collection that you’d like
to see represented, please share your thoughts by speaking to
a staff member or leaving a note in the comment box located
by the Youth World Languages collection.
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Online Resources
The library also subscribes to Mango Languages and Little
Pim, a suite of digital resources created to support patrons of
all ages in language acquisition. Mango Languages includes
resources for at least 17 native languages, and Little Pim is
specifically designed for young children to use as they develop
their language skills.
The libraiy’s e-resources (deerfieldlibrary.org/onlineresources) also support language learners. Britannica
Online features an embedded language translator, and
materials in other languages can be accessed through Hoopla.
Let us know what you think! It will be exciting to watch the
collection evolve as community members let their ideas,
interests, and languages be known.
sZ7 Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
• Become a Friend: Membership dollars help fund items for
the Library. We can’t do it without your help! You can use
the form below, or you can join online at
deerfteldlibrary.org/friends-of-the-library.
• Meetings: Remaining 2018 meetings are March 26, May 21,
July 23, September 24, November 26. Meetings are at the
Library, 7:00pm. Visitors welcome.
The Friends can be contacted at 847-945-3311 x8895 or at
friends@deerfieldlibrary.org.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
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Upcoming Holiday Closings and Late Openings
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY
THE LIBRARY WILL OPEN AT 1 Oam
iday, February 19-Presidents' Day
Sunday, April 1 - Easter
Monday, May 28 - Memorial Day
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Amy Falasz-Peter
library Director
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Library BoardMembers value
your opinions!
Maureen Wener, President
847-530-8408
wenerm@yahoo.com
Ken Aboseh, Secretary
84 7-948-5390
ksabosch@aol.com
Seth Schriftman, Treasurer
847-770-21530
sethschiiftman@gmail.com
Luisa Ellenbogen
312-543-7258
rmgshgmom@yahoo.com
Mike Goldberg
847-945-0076
mikegoldberg@mac.com
Howard Handler
312-925-2597
hhandler@deerfieldlibraiy.org
Kylei Stone
248-7162-1309
kyle. evan.stone@gmail.com
Libraiy Hours
Mon.-Thurs: 9:00am-9:00pm
ay:
9:00am-6:00pm
irday:
9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday:
1:00pm-5:00pm
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FOOD DRIVE
Benefiting the West Deerfield Township Food Pantry
March 1-22
The Food Pantry serves approximately 250 township residents
each month who find themselves in need, either on a long-term or
temporary basis. Starting March 1, you can drop off donations in
the Library’s lobby of non-perishable foodstuffs, household cleaning
items, and personal hygiene products, including:
• Canned protein (tuna, chicken, ham)
• Pasta and Pasta sauce
• Lunchbox friendly foods
• Coffee and Tea
• Canned fruit
• Tbilet paper
• Jelly or Jam
• Paper towels
• Macaroni & Cheese
• Laundiy detergent (small size)
Please check the expiration date, and donate non-expired foods, only!
RECYCLE YOUR SHOES!
April 1-23
Bring in almost any type of footwear, in any condition. Please try to keep pairs together:
tie laces, or secure with rubber bands.
NOT accepted: Snow boots, moldy shoes, and shoes in pieces, no bottoms.
Look for the collection box in the lobby. Sponsored, by SWALCO
Donate shoes and receive a reusable, PVC-free green Libraiy tote bag. While supplies last
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March - May 2018
3D Printing
A Wrinkle in Time
Academy Awards
Amazon Kindle eReaders
American College Test (ACT)
American Library Association (ALA)
American Poetry
Amy Falasz-Peterson
Ancestry.com
Asia
Australia
Auto Finance Resource
Bannockburn Illinois
Bon Jovi
Brian Michalski
Britannica Online
Carmela Martino
Certified Financial Planner
Chicago Consumers' Checkbook
Chinese
Choose Privacy Week
Consumer Reports
Corinne Dean
Cuba
Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce (DBR)
Deerfield Golf Club
Deerfield Historical Cemetery
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Board Games
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Book Buddies
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Book Group Collection
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Discovery Kits
Deerfield Public Library Dungeons and Dragons
Deerfield Public Library Email
Deerfield Public Library Homeschooling Services
Deerfield Public Library Kids in Deerfield Love Science (KiDLS)
Deerfield Public Library Kindles
Deerfield Public Library Local Author Fair
Deerfield Public Library Movie Showings
Deerfield Public Library Music Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Online Resources
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Public Library Access and Community for Everyone (PLACE)
Deerfield Public Library Read Without Boundaries
Deerfield Public Library S*T*A*R Volunteers
Deerfield Public Library Sensory Friendly Programs
Deerfield Public Library Staff
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Deerfield Public Library Tournament of Books
Deerfield Public Library Tours
Deerfield Public Library Website
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield Train Station
Deerfield Train Station No Kissing Zone
Dinosaurs
Dungeons and Dragons
Earth Day
eBay
Emily Fridlund
Europe
Evicted
Free Comic Book Day
Freedman's Bank
French
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Genealogy
Harvard University Sociology Department
Hawaii
Heritage Quest Online
History of Wolves
Holly Bach
Hoopla
Howard Handler
Hulu
Instagram
iPads
iPhones
J.J. Ferguson
Jedi Academy
Jim Crow Laws
Julia Frederick
Karen Chan
Kay Palecek
Kenan Abosch
KEVA Connect Building Blocks
Kevin Wilson
Kyle Stone
Lake County Illinois
Language Resources
Laurie Frankel
LEGO
Libby by Overdrive
Little Pim
Lois Lowry
Luisa Ellenbogen
Mango Languages
Marie Lu
Mark Anderson
Mark Lieberman
Matthew Desmond
Maureen Wener
Metra
Mexico
Michael K. Goldberg
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Minecraft
Money Smart Week
Monsters Inc.
National Poetry Month
National Register of Historic Places
Netflix
New York Times
Nina Varma Michael
No One is Coming to Save Us
North Shore K-9 Reading Buddies
Overdrive
Pandemic
Panera Bread
Perfect Little World
Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
Pinewood North Carolina
RBDigital Magazines
Reader's Theater
Retirement
Robots
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Roku
Russian
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
SCORE Chicago
Searchable PDF
Seth Schriftman
Settlers of Catan
Shoe Recycling
Snapchat
Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO)
Sourcebooks
Spanish
Sphero
Stephanie Powell Watts
Stephen Spielberg
Streaming
Super Stolie
Teen Tech Week
The Adventures of Tintin
The Cars
The Giver
The Moody Blues
The Post
The Shape of Water
This is How It Always Is
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Ticket to Ride
Tinkercad
Todd Stocke
Vagabond Traveling
Vicki Street
Warcross
West Deerfield Township Food Pantry
Wifi Hotspots
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Each winter, many of us gaze longingly
at travel brochures full of all-inclusive
resorts and cruises in balmier climates.
I once had the pleasure of traveling with
all my transportation, food, and
activities covered by my prepaid fees.
All I had to do was indulge to my heart’s
content. Recalling that adventure, I
realized that, for our tax payers,
Deerfield Public Library is like an
all-inclusive vacation for the mind,
complete with Master’s-degreed
“personal trainer” Librarians!
Your annual library taxes cover your
year-long enjoyment of books, movies,
and music, of course. And there is wo
extra charge for computer classes,
one-on-one lessons, musical
entertainment, cooking demonstrations,
lectures, use of our meeting spaces and
study rooms, unlimited use of computers
and laptops, Wi-Fi for all your devices,
premium-subscription databases, and so
much more. And that’s just on-site!
What music are you in the mood to listen to today? Whether it is Adele, Pharrell
Williams, Sarah Vaughan or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Deerfield Public Library
cardholders can now download music from thousands of artists directly to their
computers, tablets, and phones.
Our Virtual Libraiy offers you all day, all
night access to many of the features
above, as well as downloadable books,
audiobooks, magazines, music, and an
expanding array of services.
The Library is offering free downloads through Freegal Music,
which provides access to over seven million songs, including
Sony Music Entertainment’s catalog of legendary artists.
Remember: There are no added fees to
ei\joy these. ALL of it is covered by your
Libraiy taxes, which account for 3.8% of
your total real estate tax bill.
With your Library card, you can download three songs a week and stream
three hours of music a day.
Songs can be transferred into existing playlists in iTunes and GooglePlay. No due
dates, no expirations - keep your songsforever■!
Are you getting the most for your money?
Stop by and let us show you all the
possibilities.
For more information and instructions on how to get started, visit
www.deerfieldlibraiy.org/music. All you need is your library card!
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Copies of the books will be available at the self-service
holds shelf a month before the discussion.
No registration required for book or film discussions.
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Boohs with a Twist
BOOK DISCUSSION WRAP-UP PARTY
Thursday, December 11,10:30-11 :30am
Join us for holi
treats and a
discussion of your favorite books of
the year. Come prepared to give a brief
summary of one or two books you've
read and enjoyed over the
Share your favorites and g goo
reading suggestions from yo urfr iends!
Books with a Twist is a new adult book discussion to be held at Biaggi’s in downtown
Deerfield. Adult Services librarians will be leading the discussion, and attendees are
welcome to order food and drinks off the menu to enjoy during the discussion.
Programs will be held at Biaggi's Restaurant Deerfield, 711 Deerfield Road
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Monday, January 26, 7:30-8:45pm
Set in both India and America, this is a tale of two brothers bound by
tragedy, a fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past, a country tom by
revolution, and a love that lasts long past death. Born just fifteen months
apart, Subhash and Udayan Mitra are inseparable brothers, but they are
also opposites, with gravely different futures ahead. Suspenseful and
sweeping, The Lowland is an engrossing family saga and a story steeped in
history that spans generations and geographies with seamless authenticity.
Burial Rites by Hanna Kent
Thursday, January 8, 10:30-1 1:30am
Set ainst Iceland's stark
landscape, Hannah Kent
brings to vivid life the story
of Agnes, who, charged with
the brutal murder of her
former master, is sent to
an isolated farm to await
execution. Horrified at the
prospect of housing a
convicted murderer, the family at first
avoids Agnes. Only T ti, a priest Agnes
has mysteriously chosen to be her
spiritual guardian, seeks to understand
her. But as Agnes's death looms, the
farmer's wife and dauqhters learn there
is another side to the sensational story
they've heard.
Big Brother by Lionel Shriver
Thursday, February 12,10:30-1 1:30am
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overweight brother, a once
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Pandora is forced to choose
between her exercise-fanatic
husband and her brother,
who desperately needs her
support in losing weight.
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Ages 16 through Adult
Calling Y.A.L.L.! Whether you’re young or young at heart and ei\joy reading Young Adult
books, this discussion group is your perfect fit. Copies of the books will be available at the
self-service holds shelf a month before the discussion. Already read the book and just want
to chat? Come on down!
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
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Tuesday, January 13, 7:00-8:00pm
Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of
two star-crossed misfits-smart enough to know that first love
almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to tiy. It was
named Indies Choice Young Adult Book of the Year by the
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Adult Winter Reading Program:
Cozy Blanket Bingo
Monday, December 1 - Saturday,
February 28
Read, watch, or listen to an Adult item,
mark a box on your bingo card and win
prizes! Participants can register at the
Adult Services Desk for a Bingo playing
card. For each Bingo completed,
participants can enter to win weekly
drawings that will start January 2, and
lead up to the grand prize drawing at the
end of February. The more Bingos you
complete, the more chances to win!
gister in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
library.org. Registration opens Wednesday, December 3.
Trash to Treasure
Thursday January 8, 7:00-8:30pm
Interior decorator Rhody Hausauer
specializes in “creative design solutions on
a budget”. She’ll show us the tips and
tricks to change, enhance, reuse and
repurpose items you already own. El
Southern Italy:
A Travelogue, Part 2
Ugly Holiday
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Thinks and Drinks Trivia
| December 10,
Wednesday, January 14, 7:30-9:00pm @
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Join us for an evening Trasc Tavern and Grill Deerfield
Adults
Only
V of fun and festivity and
Think you know it all? Prove it! The library
create your very own ugly
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hosting
another evening of its popular
holiday sweater to wear to all your holiday
trivia night at Trax Tavern & Grill in
parties. You bring the sweater (or
Deerfield. Play individually or team up in
sweatshirt), we’ll bring the ugly. Please
groups of up to 4 people and test your
register in advance. El
knowledge. Refreshments will be served
and prizes will be awarded to the biggest
Deerfield High School
know-it-alls! El
Sr
Chamber Orchestra
Sunday December 14, 2:O0-3:OOpm
This group was so good last year, we
invited them back for a repeat
performance. Join us as our meeting
rooms will once again be filled with the
sound of holiday chamber music. El
‘Guess the Grammys’ Contest
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Monday January 5-Sunday February 8
Join us for one of our most popular
contests of the year - the 4th Annual
“Guess the Grammys” Contest! Choose
who you think will win the Grammy award
in 11 different categories. First and
second place winners will be chosen from
the entries with the most correct answers.
Entries will be accepted until we close on
February 8. The Grammy awards will be
announced that evening.
Professor Moptop:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Club Band by the Beatles
Saturday, January 17,2:00—3:30/^1/
Professor
Moptop from
WXRT’s
“Breakfast with
the Beatles” will
lead a discussion
on the Beatles’
Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts
Club Band, one of the greatest albums in
the history of Rock & Roll. We’ll listen to
and talk about all of the songs on the
album. Stay till the end to have a chance
to win a copy of the enhanced CD edition.
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Wednesday, January 21, 7:00-8:30pm
This is the second in our series of three
travelogues. Presenter Ralph Danielson
will take us on a journey of colors and
contrasts from Adriatic fishing towns and
the Amalfi Coast to animated Napoli and
the charming isle of Capri. El
Great Decisions
Tuesdays, January 27-March 24,
7:30-8:45pm
Once again, Tom Jester coordinates
thoughtful discussions and stimulating
analyses of some of the great foreign
policy issues of our time. The Foreign
Policy Association’s discussion guidebooks
will be available for purchase at the
Patron Services desk after
Monday, January 12. El
Zentangle A Valentine
Saturday, January 31, 1:00-3:00pm
Zentangle is a form of doodling that is
fun, relaxing and so easy to do. In this
hands-on drawing program, learn about
Zentangle and then make a tangle of
your own for Valentine’s Day. Certified
Zentangle teacher Sue Jacobs will show
us how it’s done. El
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gister in advance at the Library, by phon e at 847-945-3311 or at
library.org. Registration opens Wednesd:ay, December 3.
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How About a Blind Date
with a Book?
February 1-28, Adults
Is there such a thing as a no-risk blind date?
There is if you stop by the Library during the
month of February and take a chance on
meeting the literary love of your life. Your
date will be dressed in pink or red paper
and you won’t know the identity until you
take it home. Whether your date is a match
made in heaven or a dud, fill out a “Rate
Your Date” entry form and return to the
Adult Services Desk by February 28, for a
chance to win a dinner for two at Biaggi’s
Restaurant in Deerfield.
Life in a Japanese Internment Camp
Wednesday, Feburary 18, 7:00-8:30m
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans living on the West
Coast were forced to live in relocation camps. Among the over 120,000
Japanese Americans incarcerated, over two-thirds were American born.
Historian Sarah Okner, a descendant of internees, shares photos and details of
daily life in the camp, and the profound effects it had on those living there. El
Beautiful Bavaria: A Travelogue, Part 3
Tuesday, February 24, 7:00-8:30pm
For the final travelogue in our series, we'll travel to beautiful Bavaria A trip
here includes the towns of Munich and Rothenburg. We’ll also go beyond the
tour bus to northern Bavaria which is known for its dramatic history and
ponder Europe’s celebrated art, architecture, gorgeous rivers and castles.
Presenter: Ralph Danielsen. El
Jazz Vocalist Petra van Nuis
and Quartet
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Resources for Small Businesses
The Basics of Social Media
Sunday, February 8, 2:00-3:00pm
In celebration of Valentine's Day,
Petra van Nuis and company present an
Afternoon ofRomance with old-fashioned
love songs from the Great American
Songbook. El
SCORE A*
Wednesday, February 4, 7:00-8:30pm
If you’ve been thinking about marketing your business using social media but
don’t know how to start, we can help. SCORE Chicago will look at five of the
most popular social media marketing tools- Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln,
Google+ and Pinterest—and help you decide what is right for your business. El
PowerPoint Alternatives
Tuesday February 24, 10:00-11:30am
PowerPoint is great, but there are other fantastic presentation platforms
available to use! Come and learn about these other options, including Prezi,
Google’s Presentations, and more. 13
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lower level unless otherwise noted.
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Computer 101
Microsoft® Office Software
Need an introduction to the basic ins and
outs of the personal computer and the
Internet? These hands-on classes are the
place to start.
Basic hands-on knowledge of keyboarding
and mouse functions required.
Computer Basics
Tuesday, December 16, 10:00-11:30am
Thursday, January 15, 6:00-7:30pm
Excel Basics
Tuesday, December 9, 10:00-11:30am
Internet Basics
Wednesday, December 10, 2:00-3:30pm
Basic hands-on knowledge of keyboarding
and mouse functions required.
Email Basics
Thursday, December 11, 6:00-7:30pm
Attendees do not need to have an email
account. If you already have one, come
prepared with your passwords.
Word Basics
Thursday, December 18, 6:00-7:30pm
Word 2.B
Thursday, January 22, 6:00-7:30pm
Basic Word knowledge is required.
Excel 2.B
Thursday, February 12, 6:00-7:30pm
Basic Excel knowledge is required.
Device Drop-in & Tea
Basic Internet Safety
Wednesday, December 17, 2:00-3:30pm
Drop in and ask our librarians any quick
questions you have about your technology
gadgets. Bring your device passwords and
libraiy card. Iba will be provided. Meeting
Room A. Drop-in.
Tuesday January 20, 10:00-11:30am
It can be an intimidating task to keep your
information secure on the Internet. Learn
what the average user needs to know to stay
safe. Basic hands-on knowledge of computers
required.
Meet the Mobile Library
Android Basics
Wednesday January 21, 2:00-3:30pm
Tuesday, January 6, 10:00-11:30au
We’ll take a look at how to get started and
Everyone's going mobile! Learn how to
navigate through tricky situations. If you
connect to library services without leaving
bring your device (not required), be sure it is
home. We'll discuss many of the Library's
apps, including Overdrive, Zinio and Freegal. registered with Android and bring all pertinent
You may bring your device, but also have your log-in information. Meeting Room A.
libraiy card and all log-in information.
Facebook Basics
Meeting Room A.
Tuesday January 27, 10:00-11:30am
iPad and iPhone Basics
Find out how to connect with family and
friends. A Facebook account is not required,
Wednesday, January 7, 2:00-3:30pm
but if you have one, bring your log-in
Thursday February 5, 6:00-7:30pm
information. Basic hands-on knowledge of
Learn the basics from apps to getting the
computers is required.
most out of SirL Devices are not required,
but if you do bring yours, make sure it is fully
Better Internet Searching
registered with Apple and have all of your
usernames and passwords. Meeting Room A. Thursday, January 29, 6:00-7:30pm
You can find the answers to just about any
Cloud Computing
question on the Internet, but you have to
know where to look! Learn search strategies
Tuesday, January 13, 10:00-11:30am
that can help you make more sense of the
Learn about the different options you have
Internet.
for storing information, as well as important
tips you need to know before you use the cloud.
Dig Up the Past with
Ancestry.com
Tuesday, February 3,10:00-11:30am
Tour this awesome new-to-the-libraiy
resource to fill in all the branches of
your family tree. This is a hands-on class,
so come prepared.
iPad and iPhone 2.0
Wednesday February 4, 2:00-3:30pm
Thursday February 19, 6:00-7:30pm
Learn how to change settings, about
hidden menus, and more. Users should
have mastered basic usage before taking
this course. Bring your device and log-in
information. Meeting Room A.
Streaming Content to Your
Device
Tuesday February 10,10:00-11:30am
We'll talk about the basics of paid and
free streaming options you can use to
listen to music, watch TV shows, movies
and more. Devices are not required.
Bring all log-in information for your
accounts.
Personal Google Tools
Tuesday February 17,10:00-11:30am
At this hands-on class, learn how to use
Google's many tools to their full
potential, including sharing calendars,
using maps and more. If you have a
Google or Gmail account, bring all
pertinent log-in information.
Intro to Windows 8.1
Wednesday February 18, 2:00-3:30pm
Does your computer run on Windows 8.1,
and have you running ragged? Join us for
this demonstration-only class on how to
use this system. Meeting Room A.
Took the Photo...Now What?
Thursday February 26, 6:00-7:30p.m
Once you’ve taken a snapshot, you can do
many things with it—from turning it into
a calendar to creating a canvas-worthy
art piece. This class explores the Web
options available to consumers. Basic
computer navigation knowledge is
required.
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Teen Winter Reading
Program:
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Saturday December 13 - Saturday
January 10, Grades 7-12
Warm up with a good book this winter
at the Library! Look for the slips in the
Teen Space and fill out your favorite
book title and an author. You’ll
automatically be entered into a drawing
for a chance to win awesome prizes. P.S.
For each Then program you attend this
winter you get an extra entry into the
drawing!
Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Meeting
Grades 7 and up
Looking for ways to be seen and heard
at the Library? As a TAB member you
can come up with programming ideas
for Teens at the Library; help create
content for the Library’s Tfeen Web page;
help out with programs at the Library;
and give input for the Teen Space. Plus,
any hours you contribute to TAB
meetings and programs count as
volunteer service in the community!
Join Nina, the Teen Librarian, every 2nd
Tuesday of the month and er\joy snacks
while hanging out and talking about the
Teen Space.
Tuesday, December 9, 5:00pm
Tuesday, January 13, 5:00pm
Tuesday, February 10, 5:00pm
For more information contact Nina
Michael at nmichael@deerfieldlibrary.org
Get Creative with Minecraft
Monday December 8, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 7-12
Join us at the Library in our Digital
Computer Lab and let your imagination
run wild with other Minecraft fens as you
create and show off your own unique
world! El
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R = Please register in advance in person, online at www.deerfieldlibirary.org
under “Programs and Classes” or by calling 847-580-8962. Registratioin begins
Wednesday, December 3.
Create your own Gingerbread
House for the Holidays!
Thursday, December 11, 7:00-8:00pm
Grades 7-12
Hang out and have an awesome holiday
celebration with your own Gingerbread
house creations! We’ll provide all of the
materials (and some snacks) for your
amazing culinary craft. El
Makers Club
Thursday January 8, 7:00-8:00pm
Grades 7-12
Celebrate the Winter Reading Program
theme “Fizz, Boom, Pop” with homemade
science experiments. Create your own super
bouncy ball, artbot, magnets and lava lamp.
There will even be a bonus, extra hard
experiment for the super scienc-y. All
materials will be provided. El
FREE ACT and SAT Practice
Tests @ the Library*
ACT Practice Test: Saturday January 2b,
10:00AM-1:30pm
SAT Practice Test: Saturday, February 21,
10:0Oam-2:30pm
Taking a full length, proctored practice test
is the best preparation for the actual exam.
You’ll learn what to expect on test day and
receive an analysis of your results. Bring #2
pencils, and a calculator, wear comfortable
clothing, and leave your cell phone in the
car. Participants will receive their scores via
email approximately two weeks after the
exam. Register early! El
Pizza and Paperbacks
Winter Edition: Chill out with
a Good Book
Monday, February 2,
7:00-8:00pm
Grades 7-12
Join Nina, the Teen
Librarian, for a
fin i Hit
discussion ofNot a Drop
to Drink by Mindy
McGinnis, while
munchin’ on some pizza. Please register in
advance, as free copies of the book will be
given to participants to keep. El
Bingo with a Book
Thursday, February 26,
u 7:00-8:00pm
SAtfn Grades 7-12
Break up the long winter
with a Bingo-fied blast
VygS; tsiWA Play Bingo and win books
for keeps! El
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Young Adult Lit Lovers
(Y.A.L.L.) Book Discussion
Ages 16 through Adult
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Tuesday, January 13, 7:00-8:30pm
Whether you’re young or young at heart
and enjoy reading Young Adult books,
this group is your perfect fit Join us for
discussion and an activity based on the
book. Copies of the book will be
available at the self-service holds shelf a
month before the discussion. El
*The practice tests include all aspects ofthe actual
test exceptfor the essay portion.
Blind Date with a Book “Teenified”
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Sunday February 1 - Saturday February 28
Back by popular demand! Stop by the
Teen Study Lounge
Library for a “blind date” throughout the
Saturday January 17- Thursday,
entire month of February and you could
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have the chance to win prizes (and maybe
High school students looking for a place to
even meet your match)! Your date will be
study for exams can make themselves at
dressed in pink or red paper; you won’t know home in the Libraiy’s large meeting room
the type, author, title or anything else about during finals week. The Library will provide
the selection. Keep a lookout for the “Teen” large tables for group study, snacks and
labeled books, and take it home, unwrap and beverages, Wi-Fi access, and help using the
enjoy. Then tell us how the date went by
Library’s extensive collection of print and
filling out the “Rate your Blind Date” entiy
online resources.
form for a chance to win an AMC Movie
Theaters gift certificate! Return entry
forms to the Teen Space by February 28.
�Children’s Programs
El All children’s activities, except those designated as “drop-in”, require registiration.
Please register in advance in person, online at www.deerfieldlibrary.org under “Programs
and Classes”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registration for all of the programs liste;d here
begins on Wednesday, December 3.
Tween Programs
In addition to spe cific programs offered for children with special needs, we are also happy to
make reasona ble accommodations so that your child can participate in all our prog rams.
For more information about programs and services for children with special needs, please
contact Paula Shapiro at pshapiro@deerfieldlibrary.org.
Preschool and Early Childhood Fair
Tuesday, January 27, 6:30-8:00pm I Adults/Adults with children
Explore the many wonderful early childhood services available
in Deerfield in one place: the Libraiy! We are proud to host our
first annual Preschool and Early Childhood Fair. A variety of
organizations will have representatives on hand to speak with
you about their programs and philosophy, as well as information
to take home. For more information, contact Kaiy Hemy at
khemy@deerfieldlibrary.org.
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Galaxy T-shirts
Thursday, January 22, 7:00-8:00pm
Grades 6-8
Cosmic creations ahoy! We’ll provide all of
the materials for you to create a one of a
kind T-shirt that’s out of this world! El
Movie Night for Tweens of
All Abilities
Thursday, January 29, 6:30-8:00pm
Grades 6-8
Join us for a sensory-friendly movie night
Movie TBD. Snacks will be provided! El
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Family Winter Reading Program: Fizz, Boom, Read!
Saturday December 13 - Saturday January 10
Children through grade 6 and theirfamilies
In this four-week, science-themed family program, everyone contributes toward
reaching the family’s reading goal. In addition to providing reading incentives, the
Library will host a variety of science-themed programs for all ages. Register your
family to be part of this fun and exciting way to keep kids reading over the winter
break! El
Dave Rudolfs Booming Concert!
Saturday December 13,10:30-11:15am
Family program, 3 years and up
Dave Rudolf will kick off our Fizz, Boom, Read! Family
Winter Reading Program with a boom! Kids and adults
alike will ei\joy the interactive musical show with beach
balls, hula hoops, mummy wraps and much more! El
Close Encounters of the
Chemical Kind
Saturday, January 10, 1:00-2:00pm
Family program, pre-K through 7th grade
Presented by the Science Alliance, Close
Encounters of the Chemical Kind will wow
you! Kids will have the opportunity to get
involved in hands-on experiments with color
changes, a mysterious genie, gooey slime,
springy super balls and more! Round out the
Fizz, Boom, Read! Family Winter Reading
Program with this exciting and educational
show. El
Paper Rollercoasters
Thursday, February 19, 7:00-8:00pm
Grades 6-8
Ever wanted to try your hand at making
your own super twisty and turn-y
rollercoaster model? Ity out these paper
designed coasters to make your own
creation. El
Homeschool Programs
Calling all homeschool families!
Join us for these fun and educational
programs and meet new friends. For more
information about programs and services
for Homeschool Families contact Kate
Easley at keasley@deerfieldlibrary.org
Make the Connection
Monday January 12, 2:00-3:00pm
Mess around with circuits to make things
spin and light up; then construct a working
flashlight you can keep! El
Reader’s Theater
Monday February 9, 1:30-3:00pm
Let’s have fun acting out our favorite
stories and books. El
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�Children’s Programs
H = All children's activities, except those designated as “drop-in”, require registration. Please register in advance in person, online at
www.deerfieldlibrary.org under “Programs and Classes”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registration for all of the programs listed here begins
on Wednesday, December 3.
Minecraft Club
Grades 1-3: Monday, January 12,
4:30-5:30pm
Grades 4-6: Monday February 9,
4:30-5:30pm
Join us at the
Library in
our Digital
Computer Lab
for Minecraft
Club! Let your
imagination run
crazy with other
Minecraft fans as you create and show
off your own unique world! El
Adventures in Color: A
Sensory Experience!
Saturday February 14, 11:00am-12:00pm
Children ages 3 and up with caregiver
Children of all abilities and their
families are invited to join us as we
explore the colors of the rainbow
through science, art, and music. El
Games Galore: Board Games
and Snacks for Children of all
Abilities
Winter Wonderland Jam
Monday January 12, 4:00-5:00pm
Grades 1-6
Mess around with circuits to make
things spin and light up; then construct
a working flashlight you can keep! El
Monday, January 19, 2:00-3:00pm
Children up to age 6 and their parent
or caregiver
Shake your sillies out at this actionpacked dance program. Children will
find their rhythm with shakers and
tambourines while singing along to
their favorite songs. El
Family BYO Dinner & Movie:
Muppets From Space (G)
Reading Buddies
Make the Connection
Thursday January 15, 6:00-7:30pm
Children and their parent or caregiver
Pack a picnic dinner and bring your
family to the Library for dinner and a
movie! El
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Winter Inuit Art Program
Saturday February 21, 1:00-2:30pm
Ages 8-13
Let’s honor our neighbors to the north
by investigating the Inuit culture!
Children will learn about how the Inuit
way of life affects their art. Then we’ll
choose an animal or scene native to the
region and illustrate it in the subdued
colors of winter. El
KiDLS:
Saturday January 17, 1:00-2:00pm
Ages 5-9
Didn’t get enough cool chemistry
during our Family Winter Reading
Program? Sign up for our exciting
KiDLS and explore even more fizzing
and booming and reading! El
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Sunday, February 15, 3:00-4:00pm
Grades 3-5
Children of all abilities are invited to
the library to play some games! Meet
new friends, help others, and practice
your social skills. Learn some new
games and play your favorites. El
Monday January 26, 6:00-7:00pm
Monday, February 23, 6:0O-7:OOpm
Grades 1-5
Our furiy, four-legged friends are the
best listeners! Register children for a
15-minute slot to read to a trained
therapy dog. El
Superhero Science Storytime
Saturday February 28, 11:00am-12:00pm
Ages 5-8
Dress up as your favorite superhero for
this science storytime! We’ll read, play
superhero games, make a cool craft, and
learn about the science behind those
superpowers! El
�Storytimes
Baby Lapsit Storytime
Fridays at 11:00am
January 16,23,30, and February 6,13,20
Ages 0-12 months and theirparent or caregiver
It’s never too early to start reading to your baby!
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs for you and baby,
plus social time after the program. El
Fun for Ones
Tuesdays at 10:30am I January 13, 20,27, and February 3,10,17
Ages 13-23 months and theirparent or caregiver
One-year-olds and their parents or caregivers are invited to a storytime just for them,
including stories, songs, movement activities, rhymes, and social time after the program.
This action-packed program will engage new walkers in early literacy activities and
encourage a love of books and reading. El
Time for TWos
Thursdays at 10:30am I January 15, 22, 29, and February 5,12,19
Ages 24-35 months and their parent or caregiver
Two-year-olds and their caregivers are invited to a special weekly storytime, including
songs and movement activities designed just for them. El
Preschool Pals
Mondays at 10:30am I January 12,19, 26, and February 2, 9, 23
3-year-olds and their parent or caregiver
Three-year-olds and their caregivers have a program just for them! We’ll listen to stories,
sing songs, and have fun! El
Drop-In Activities
Family Times
Saturdays, December 6 February 28, 10:00am
Children and theirparent or caregiver
Come to the Youth Program Room for
a drop-in storytime the whole family
will enjoy!
Drop-in Crafts
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Monday, December 15 - ^
Sunday, December 21
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Monday January 26 -Sunday, February 1
Monday, February 23 - Sunday March 1
Children and their parent or caregiver
Stop by the Youth Services
Department to make
a fun craft!
Panera Storytimes
Tuesday December 2, 9:30am
Tuesday January 6, 9:30am
Tuesday February 3, 9:30am
Children and their parent or caregiver
Join us every 1st Ihesday of the month for
a Milk & Cookies Storytime at Panera
Bread in Bannockburn, 1211 Half Day Rd.,
Bannockburn.
Ready, Set, Learn!
Wednesdays at 1:00pm I January 14,21,28, and February 4,11,18
Ages 4-5 years, but not yet in Kindergarten
This storytime is designed especially for preschoolers1 incredible curiosity about the
world around them. Stories will be combined with math and science activities, singing,
play and writing in this early literacy program. Caregivers must remain in the Libraiy. El
After School Stories
Thursdays at 4:30pm I January 15,22,29, and February 5,12,19
Grades K-2
This program is specifically designed for younger elementary school children and
features stories and crafts. Caregivers must remain in the Libraiy. El
Evening Storytime
Wednesdays at 7:00pm I January 14,21,28, and February 4,11,18
Families with children ages 2-6
Join us for a fun, interactive program, including books, stories, rhymes, music,
movement, and more! This program builds language and literacy skills and encourages a
love of stories. Children are invited to come in their pajamas. El
Great Character Hunt
Monday, January 19 - Sunday
January 25
Children and theirparent or caregiver
Picture book characters have escaped
their books! Join in the Great Character
Hunt throughout this week and help us
locate the characters that are hiding
throughout the department! Stop by the
Youth Services desk to pick up an activity
sheet to participate. Locate all the
characters and your name will be added
to our Master Sleuth poster!
�More to Know!
Find your story on Ancestry.com
2014 Tax Forms
@ the Library
Tax forms will be provided at the
Library on a first-come, first-served
basis. Due to the declining popularity
of paper forms, the volume of tax
forms provided to the Library by the
Internal Revenue Service has
decreased, and that pattern is
expected to continue. Please feel free
to call the Library or visit the website
to check on the availability of
specific tax forms. The website will
list all the forms we have received,
and contact information for the IRS
should patrons need documents we
do not carry. The Library will also
print reasonable amounts of tax
forms for free. Large quantities of
forms or instruction packets can be
printed for a fee of 10 cents per page.
Ready to start work on your
family tree? The popular
genealogy resource,
Ancestiy.com, is now available at
the Library. The collection
includes individuals from North
America, United Kingdom,
Europe, Australia, and beyond.
Ancestry delivers billions of
records in census data, vital
records, directories, photos,
and more.
Ancestry.com is only available in the Library If you want to get started from home, we
also have Heritage Quest. Both are available at deerfieldlibrary.org/online-resources.
Little Pirn:
Language
Learning for
Children
Iteaching your child a foreign
language is no longer a luxury —
it’s become a necessity. It
contributes to a young child’s
cognitive development and also
offers an advantage in the future
of our global marketplace. Little Pirn is specifically designed to teach kids foreign
languages at the age they learn best: birth to age 6. Languages offered include Arabic,
Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. English is
also available for Spanish speakers. Little Pirn is available both in the Library and from
your home computer at deerfieldlibraiy.org/online-resources.
April Trustee Election Information
Candidate packets for persons interested in being Library Trustees are now available at
Village Hall for the April 2015 election.
There will be four open seats: One 2-year, one 4-year, and two 6-year seats. For
information about the duties and responsibilities of Library Trustees, please contact any
Board member or the Library Director. Contact information is on the back of this
newsletter and on our website. All Board meetings are open to the public, and
interested parties are encouraged to attend.
The election filing period is from December 15 - 22, 2014. Election papers will be
accepted at Village Hall, Monday through Friday, from 8:00am-4:30pm except for
December 22, when the office will be open until 5 p.m. Please note that the Library
cannot accept election papers.
For more information, visit the Lake County Clerk’s website at
http://countyclerk.lakecountyil.gov/.
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�Friends of the Library
• Browse the wide variety of used books, DVDs and CDs
available for a suggested donation of $1-2 (or more if you like)
in our beautiful book comer - straight ahead from the Library
front door.
• The Friends accept gently used hardback and paperback
books, as well as CDs and DVDs (NO VHS, cassettes, textbooks
or encyclopedias, please).
• Be the first to see our sale books as they go on the shelf. The
Friends welcome volunteers from the community to help sort
and shelve book donations.
• We are always recruiting new members for our Friends’ Board.
Join us at a future Board Meeting. 2015 meeting dates:
January 28, March 25, May 27, July 22, September 30,
November 11. All meetings begin at 7:00 pjn. in the meeting
room across from our sale area
• The Friends have raised over $65,000 since our inception in
2007! We have provided funds for iMac computers, iPads,
outside drop boxes, Banjo Buddies, storyteller events, outdoor
bench, early literacy interactive panels, Rosemary Sazonoff
writing contest, staff camera, class Jeopardy set, and books for
the ESL and Alzheimer’s collection. We are very proud of our
accomplishments and will keep raising money with the help of
our community to provide additional equipment and programs
for your Deerfield Public Library.
The Friends can be contacted at 847-945-3311, ext 8895 or at
friends@deerfieldlibrary.org
FRIENDS OF THE DEERFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
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Please join the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library.
Your annual membership will enhance the materials and programs
at our library so that it will better serve you and your family.
I would like to become a member of Friends of the Deerfield Public Library for a year at the following level:
_$15-$29
__$50-$99
__$250-$499
Good Friend
Dear Friend
Loyal Friend
$30-$49
Family Friend
$100-$249 Best Friend
$500 +
Partner
NAME,
ADDRESS,
PHONE,
E-MAIL,
□ Please check this box if you do not want your name listed in any publication.
Please make your check payable to: Friends of the Deerfield Public Library and mail or bring the form to:
920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, IL 60015
The Friends are a 501(c) (3) nonprofit group. Contributions may be deductible under IRS regulations.
Does your company have a matching gift program?
Thank you to our current members:
GOOD FRIEND
Anonymous
Herbert M. Berman
Joann Carbine
Susan Cramer
Susan Dvora
Mrs. Teddye Felix
Fern Gauer
Carol Hannah
Susan Karp
Krosnick Family
Lanin Family
Betsy McLoughlin
Mark & Lois Nagy
Kyle Nakazawa
Marla Peckler
Susan Schloss
Ruth R. Wenke
FAMILY FRIEND
Ed & Dorothy Collins
Christine & Rob Cowan
Sharon Gonsky
Shari & Harvey Herman
James E. Hill
Gene & Barbara Reich
John & Alice Roth
Ed & Emmy Rothschild
M.J. Turner, Jr.
Elyse Weiss
DEAR FRIEND
Anonymous
Babs & Bob Benton
Leslie Brookfield
Marla & Andrew Dembitz
Shirley & Peter Fitzgerald
Barbara & Ken Gore
Sue & Bob Gottlieb
Frank & Elaine Haney
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Maxine & Larry Kane
Garry & Tamara Katz
Laura & Rick Kempf
Carol & Rich Kraines
Kathy Johnson & Alex
Lieberman
Dan & Diane Mazur
Mary & Richard
Oppenheim
Lynn Pivan
Dave & Bry Roemer &
Greta & Brian Davison
Luisa Ellenbogen & David
Neil & Lynn Samuels
Marilyn & David Scholl
Lisa & Brian Schurgin
Bill & Janie Seiden
Ellen G. Wolff
Jan & John Zobus
Dave Grimm
Glynis & David Hirsch
Marley S. Korn
Rabbi Charles & Dr.
Sandra Levi
Mary Pergander
Lee & Jeff Rivlin
Ron & Cheryl Simon
Larry & Katie Sullivan
BEST FRIEND
Ken & Donna Abosch
Ackerson Family
LOYAL FRIEND
Susan Fried
Michael Goldberg
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�Deerfield Public Library
920 Waukegan Road
Deerfield, Illinois 60015
Non Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Deerfieeld, IL
No. 196
Important Library Numbers
• Telephone: 847-945-3311
• TTY: 847-945-3372
• Library home page and catalog:
www.deerfieldlibrary.org
Carrier Route Presort
Deerfield Postal Patron
• Email:
DPL@deerfieldlibrary.org
• To ask a reference question:
reference@deerfieldlibraiy.org
• Text us at 847-790-4TXT (4898)
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Upcoming Holiday Closings and Late Openings
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY
Thursday, November 27 - Thanksgiving
Wednesday, December 24 - Christmas Eve
Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day
Thursday, January 1 - New Year's Day
Mond ay, February 16 - President's Day
Deerfield Public Library
Mary Pergander, Library Director
847-580-8901
mpeigander@deeifieldlibraiy.org
Libraiy Board Members value
your opinions!
Ron Simon, President
847-204-8267
simon.ronald@yahoo.com
Ken Aboosch, Secretary
7-948-5390
ksabosch@aol.com
Jeff Rivlin, Treasurer
847-374-0709
jeff.rMin@comcast.net
Marla Bark Dembitz • 847-9404049
mbarkdembitz@gmail.com
Luisa Ellenbogen • 847444-0677
rmgshgmom@yahoo.com
Mike Goldberg • 847-945-0076
mikegoldberg@mac .com
Seth Schriftman* 847-770-2530
sethschriftman@gmail.com
Library Hours
.
Mon.-Thurs:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
9:00am-9:00pm
9:00am-6:00pm
9:00am-5:00pm
1:00pm-5:00pm
THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE AT 5PM
Wednesday, November 26
Wednesday, December 31
Couldn’t Have Done it
Without You!
Special thanks to our generous Friends of
the Library for sponsoring the purchase of
four iPads and two Nabis for Youth Services
patrons. Additional thanks for sponsoring
the new Memorial Wail by the community
meeting rooms.
Tasty thanks to Real Urban Barbeque for
sharing their recipes at the “Tailgating”
program.
Many thanks to the Citizens Utility Board for
presenting the “Making Sense of your Electric
Bill” program.
Special thanks to our local partners for
providing the perfect atmosphere for spirited
book discussions, tastings, and trivia hoopla:
Biaggi’s Restaurant, Whole Food Market
Deerfield, and Trax Tavern and Grill.
THE LIBRARY WILL OPEN AT 10AM
Thursday, January 29
Wednesday, February 25
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The Library will once again serve as a drop
off point for the Marines Toys for Ibts
program Drop off new, unwrapped toys in
the box in the Library’s lobby now through
December 20. All types of toys for all ages are
accepted, and remember that books make
great gifts!
Photo Permission
Library staff may take pictures at progrrams and events to
use in our newsletter and other public!ity, including social
media. Photitographers and camera crews from newsipapers
or televisioin stations may;
r ■ also document events at the
Library. If you prefer not to' have Library staff or reporters
photograph or film you or a member of your family, please
fee : ree to decline at th at time. We respect your privacy.
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December 2014 - February 2015
Academy Awards
Adele
Adriatic Sea
Alex Lieberman
Alice Roth
Alzheimer Disease
Amalfi Coast
AMC Movie Theaters
American Booksellers Association
American College Test (ACT)
Ancestry.com
Andrew Dembitz
Android Phones
Apple
Arabic
Australia
Babs Benton
Banjo Buddies
Bannockburn Illinois
Barbara Gore
Barbara Reich
Bavaria
Betsy McLoughlin
Biaggi's
Big Brother
Blu-Ray Format
Board Games
Bob Benton
Bob Gottlieb
Brian Davison
Brian Schurgin
Bry Roemer
Burial Rites
Capri
Carol Hannah
Carol Kraines
Charles Levi
Cheryl Simon
Chinese
Christine Cowan
Citizens Utility Board (CUB)
Cloud Computing
Dan Mazur
Dave Grimm
Dave Roemer
Dave Rudolf
David Gass
David Hirsch
David Scholl
Deerfield Elections
Deerfield High School
Deerfield High School Chamber Orchestra
Deerfield High School Finals Week
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Apps
Deerfield Public Library Blind Date with a Book
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Book Drop Boxes
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Computers
Deerfield Public Library Contests
Deerfield Public Library Donations
Deerfield Public Library Early Childhood Literacy Stations
Deerfield Public Library Email
Deerfield Public Library Homeschooling Services
Deerfield Public Library Meeting Rooms
Deerfield Public Library Memorial Wall
Deerfield Public Library Movie Showings
Deerfield Public Library One-on-One Training Sessions
Deerfield Public Library Online Resources
Deerfield Public Library Preschool and Early Childhood Fair
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Special Needs Programming
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Taxes
Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Deerfield Public Library Teen Study Lounge
Deerfield Public Library Website
Deerfield Public Library Winter Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield Village Hall
Diane Mazur
Donna Abosch
Dorothy Collins
Ed Collins
Ed Rothschild
Elaine Haney
Eleanor and Park
Ellen G. Wolf
Elyse Weiss
Emmy Rothschild
English
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Europe
Facebook
Fern Gauer
Foreign Policy Association
Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Program
Frank Haney
Freegal
Freegal Music
French
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Board
Garry Katz
Gene Reich
Genealogy
German
Glynis Hirsch
Goodfellas
Google Play
Google Slides
Google Suite
Google+
Grammys
Great American Songbook
Greta Davison
Hanna Kent
Harvey Herman
Hebrew
Herbert M. Berman
Heritage Quest Online
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Iceland
iMac
Income Tax Forms
India
Indies Choice Young Adult Book of the Year
Interior Decorator
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Internet Safety
Inuit Art
iPad
iPhone
Italian
iTunes
James E. Hill
Jan Zobus
Jane Seiden
Japanese
Japanese American
Japanese American Internment
Jazz Pianist
Jeffrey Rivlin
Jeopardy
Jhumpa Lahiri
Joann Carbine
John Roth
John Zobus
Kary Henry
Kate Easley
Kathy Johnson
Katie Sullivan
Ken Gore
Kenan Abosch
Kyle Nakazawa
Lake County Clerk
Larry Kane
Larry Sullivan
Laura Kempf
Lee Rivlin
Leslie Brookfield
LinkedIn
Lionel Shriver
Lisa Schurgin
Little Pim
Lois Nagy
Luisa Ellenbogen
Lynn Pivan
Lynn Samuels
M.J. Turner Jr.
Marilyn Scholl
Mark Nagy
Marla Bark Dembitz
Marla Peckler
Marley S. Korn
Mary Oppenheim
Mary Pergander
Maxine Kane
Michael K. Goldberg
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Mindy McGinnis
Minecraft
Mrs. Teddye Felix
Munich Germany
Muppets from Space
Nabi Tablets
Napoli
Neil Samuels
New York City New York
Nina Varma Michael
North America
North Shore K-9 Reading Buddies
Not a Drop to Drink
Overdrive
Panera Bread
Pearl Harbor Oahu Hawaii
Peter Fitzgerald
Petra van Nuis
Pharrell Williams
Pinterest
Prezi
Professor Moptop
Rainbow Rowell
Ralph Danielson
Real Urban Barbeque
Rhody Hausauer
Rich Kraines
Richard Oppenheim
Rick Kempf
Rob Cowan
Rock and Roll
Ronald Simon
Rosemary Sazonoff Writing Contest
Rothenburg Germany
Russian
Ruth R. Wenke
Sandra Levi
Sarah Okner
Sarah Vaughan
Scarface
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)
Science Alliance
SCORE Chicago
Searchable PDF
Seth Schriftman
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Shari Herman
Sharon Gonsky
Shirley Fitzgerald
Siri
Small Businesses
Social Media
Sony Music Entertainment
Southern Italy
Spanish
Streaming
Subhash Mitra
Sue Gottlieb
Sue Jacobs
Susan Cramer
Susan Dvora
Susan Fried
Susan Karp
Susan Schloss
Tamara Katz
The Beatles
The Godfather
The Lowland
Thomas Jester
Toys for Tots
Trax Tavern and Grill
Twitter
Udayan Mitra
United Kingdom
United States Marine Corps Toys for Tots
United States of America
Whole Foods
WiFi
William S. Seiden
Windows 8.1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
WXRT Breakfast with the Beatles
Zentangle
Zinio Digital Magazines
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Promises Kept
Our year-long construction project to
bring you a 21st Century library is nearly
complete. We’ll be closing the doors at
7 N. Waukegan Road on Friday, May 24 at
6pm. We look forward to greeting you at
our Grand Reopening on Sunday, June
23 at 1:00pm. After a brief ribbon cutting
ceremony and words of greeting, we will
invite the community in to experience
the Library like never before. Want to
see the whole thing, and hear about all
the new features? Guided tours will
show you around. Use one of our new
laptop computers to explore the world.
Share our new Preschool Pavilion with
your children. Curl up with your favorite
read and enjoy the silence of our Quiet
Area for adults. Have a few overdue
books or movies? Enjoy fees and fines
amnesty for the entire first week we
are open.
The Board members and I want to thank
you for your support and patience
throughout the Library Improvement
Project. We believe you will agree it has
been worth it - with a refreshed Library
space, and informed staff members
ready to serve you. And the physical
Library isn’t the whole story - ask about
our virtual services, available whenever
and wherever you are.
We hope you will agree that the renewed
Deerfield Public Library represents
“promises kept” to our community.
We look forward to seeing you on
June 23!
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• 10,000 sq. ft. expansion
• More open and flexible spaces to
allow for shared and multiple uses
• Space rearranged into active and
quiet zones for a better Library
experience
• Dedicated “Quiet Room” for
students and adults
Improved Youth
Services area
• A dynamic Preschool Pavilion to
help develop early literacy skills
• Better designed Storytime Room for
children’s programs, after-school
activities, and family events
• More computers and additional
educational games to develop
reading and cognitive skills
• Eight study rooms available for
private study or small groups, two in
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for use by not-for-profit groups.
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sound system, plus fresh new
chairs, tables and other amenities.
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• Updated or new heating, cooling,
plumbing and electrical systems
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• Express computers for quick access
safety and other building codes
• Laptops will be available for use
throughout the Library
On time, on budget
Save your donations and visit us in our
new space after the Grand Reopening. If
you have an urgent donation that can’t
be held, please contact us by emailing
friends@deerfieldlibrary.org or calling
847-945-3311, ext. 8895 before May 24.
We are especially looking for donations
of cookbooks and children’s books for
our sale this year at the Deerfield
Farmer’s Market on September 21st.
Look for our big, new sale area in the
remodeled, refreshed and renovated
Library!
Be the first to see our sale books—the
Friends welcome volunteers from the
community to help sort and shelve book
donations!! Contact the Friends for more
information.
Become a Friend of the Deerfield Public
Library with an annual membership! A
membership form is available on our
page of the Library website and in our
book sale area.
The next Friends of the Library board
meeting will be on Wednesday, July 24th
at 7pm at the Library. Community
members and potential new volunteers
are always welcome—we are looking for
new board members, too!
The Friends can be contacted at
(847) 945-3311, ext 8895 or at
friends@deerfieldlibrary.org.
Farmers Market Visits
Library Trustees
July 20 and October 5
Stop by and ask questions or share your
ideas.
Countdown to the Grand Reopening
Computer lab
• Dedicated space with 12
computers for hands-on,
interactive instruction about
using the Library’s electronic
resources and the Internet for
research, personal pursuits and
homework assignments
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interest rates, taxpayers will be
paying about $76-$79 each year
(based on a home valued at
$500,000 at the time of the
referendum in November, 2010)
rather than the $88 or so we had
estimated. This will be a FLAT RATE,
annually, for the next 20 years.
June 15, 8:00-11:00am
Staff will be on hand to answer your
questions about our repurposed,
refreshed and reinvented Library.
Kamishibai Stories @ the Farmers
Market • August 17, 8:00am-11:00am
Stop by the Library tent at the Farmers
Market to hear some Japanese
Kamishibai Stories and try your hand
at origami!
Get the Low Down on Downloads
September 7, 8:00-11:00am
Get a quick course on how to download
books, audiobooks, and more on your
e-reader, tablet, or smartphone.
�R = Please register in advance online at deerfieldlibrary.org. If you need to register
by phone, call 847-945-3311 before we close on May 24 or on or after June 23.
Have Book, Will Travel! Adult
Summer Reading Program
PariScenes
Thursday, July 25, 7-8:30pm
Whether you’re already head over heels in
love with Paris or anticipating the thrill of
your first visit, this program is for you.
Presenter Tish Robinson, a former French
teacher and avid traveler, shares lots of
insider information, presents a fascinating
historic overview of the city and gives plenty
of tips on how to make the most of your
visit. Detailed handouts are included, and
there will be plenty of time for questions. ID
Sunday, June 23 - Sunday, August 18
Celebrate the Library’s Grand Reopening
by signing up for the 2013 Summer
Reading Program, Have Book, Will
Travel! Participants who read, watch, or
listen to five titles this summer can
enter to win a Kindle Fire, or other
travel-related prizes. Attendance at
any of the adult library programs can
count as one of your five titles.
Start your journey by stopping by the Adult Services
desk to pick-up a registration form and your free luggage tag. Registration
forms will also be available on the Library website beginning Sunday, June 23.
Travel Lite: Best Travel Apps for your Smartphone
Tuesday, July 16th, 7:30-8:30pm
Tired of lugging guidebooks, maps, magazines, and novels on your trips? Now you
don’t have to! Make the most of your smartphone or tablet with some of the best
travel apps available on iOS and Android. □
Travel Movie Discussion: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Thursday, July 18, 6:00pm
A group of retired English couples travel to India to take up residence at a
restored hotel. The journey ends up changing all of their lives. Stay until the
lights come up for a brief discussion.
Starring: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith
Rated PG • 124 minutes
Shoot Like a Pro Digital Photography Workshop
Saturday, July 20, 12:30-4:30pm
Tired of blurry travel photos? Wish you knew
more about your digital camera?
Join Chicago Tribune photographer, John
Dziekan, in this 4-hour workshop as he
covers the basics required for good
photographs including lighting, shooting
angles and low cost tips that can produce
better photos. Participants will also spend part of
the workshop taking photos—please bring your own digital camera, memory
card and manual—followed by a helpful critique. Class size is limited, so
register now. □
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Explore World Music
Wednesday, July 31, 7:30-8:30pm
Learn about different music from around
the world while we listen to and talk about
some of the best world music CDs in the
Library’s collection.
The Lore and Lure of Spices
Tuesday, August 6, 7:00-8:00pm
Join Tom and Patty Erd, owners of The
Spice House in Evanston, as they discuss the
history of the spice trade and share fasci
nating stories of the spices we love today.
Gift bags provided! ID
Thinks and Drinks World
Trivia Night
Wednesday, August 14, 7:30pm
Trax Tavern and Grill, 833 Deerfield Road
Think you know it all?
Prove it! Test your
knowledge of world
trivia as you match
wits with friends and
neighbors at Thinks
and Drinks World Trivia
Night at Deerfield’s
own Trax Tavern &
Grill. Play individually or team up in groups
of up to four people. Refreshments will be
served and prizes awarded to the biggest
know-it-alls! This popular program fills up
fast, so register online now. □
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Thursday Book Discussions
Copies of the books will be available at the self-service holds shelf a
month before the discussion. No need to register in advance.
The History of Star Trek: From
Concept to Screen
Wednesday, August 21, 6:30-8:30pm
Boldly go with College of Lake County
Professors and “Trekkies” John and Maria
Jose Tenuto as they trace the amazing
history of one of popular culture’s most
enduring phenomenon. This fascinating
presentation features rare and never
before seen photos, trivia, and previously
unknown information from production
memos and early drafts of scripts. Learn all
the fascinating backstories of how “Star
Trek” was produced despite the odds being
against it. □
Author Visit:
Meet Maggie Shipstead
Wednesday, August
28, 7:00pm
Maggie Shipstead’s
debut novel, Seating
Arrangements, has
been praised by the
New York Times
Book Review, the
Washington Post, USA Today, 0 magazine,
and the New Yorker. Seating Arrangements
is the story of the Van Meters, who have
gathered at their family retreat to
celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne
to the impeccably appropriate Greyson
Duff. The weekend is full of champagne,
salt air and practiced bonhomie, but longburied discontent and simmering lust stir
beneath the surface. Shipstead will discuss
her novel and answer questions from the
audience. Lake Forest Bookstore will be
selling copies of the novel, which Shipstead
will sign following her talk. El
The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg • July 11, 10:30am
Two siblings with very different personalities attempt
to take control of their mother’s food obsession
and massive weight gain to save her life after their
father walks out and leaves her reeling in the
Chicago suburbs.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett • August 8, 10:30am
A researcher at a pharmaceutical company must step
out of her comfort zone when she is sent into the heart
of the Amazonian delta to check to track down her
former mentor, who seems to have all but disappeared
while working on what is destined to be an extremely
valuable new drug.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern • August 15,
7:30pm
The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there,
when yesterday it was not. Within the striped canvas
tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtak
ing amazements. But behind the scenes, a fierce
competition is underway: a duel between two young
magicians, Celia and Marco. Unbeknownst to them
both, this is a game in which only one can be
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Travel Movie Discussion:
The Motorcycle Dianes
Thursday, August 29, 6:00pm
The true story of the young Che
Guevara’s travels throughout South
America on a motorcycle. Stay until
the lights come up for a brief
discussion.
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal and
Rodrigo De la Serna
Rated R for language
In Spanish with English subtitles
126 minutes
Hackers and Phishers
and Viruses, Oh My!
Wednesday, August 28, 7:00-8:00pm
This class will teach the basics
staying safe on the Internet. Learn
how to create a strong password,
recognize a secure website, and tips
on avoiding viruses. Class size
limited to twelve. □
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register by phone, call 847-945-3311 before we close on May 24 or on or
after June 23.
Have Book—Will Travel!
Sunday, June 23 - Sunday,
August 18
Children ages birth
through 6th grade
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paperback book of their choice and be
eligible for a variety of wonderful raffle
prizes. When they aren’t busy reading,
children are invited to participate in the
Library’s fabulous, free activities all
summer long.
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Saturday, July 13,
1:00pm
Children going into
grades K-5 and their
parent or caregiver
Pack your suitcases
and visit Hawaii with
Holly Nagel and her
Aloha to You program.
Join us as Holly demonstrates Hawaiian
culture with stories and instruments and
teaches us to Hula dance! □
Let’s Go for a Drive with
Elephant and Piggie!
Saturday, July 27th, 10:30am
Ages 4-7
Miss Amy and Miss Kary love Elephant &
Piggie so much!! We can’t wait to have
fun with these zany characters and
YOU! We’ll laugh our way through Mo
Willems’ wonderful series, complete a
fun craft, and play games. □
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Wednesday, August 14, 7:00pm
All ages welcome
Travel to the moon as Lake County
Astronomical Society members offer
telescopes and viewing guidance in
Jewett Park where participants can see
the Moon’s mountains and craters and
other planets of our solar system. And
you don’t even have to take a spaceship!
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Tuesday, July 30, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Children going into grades 3-5
Do you dream about Hogwarts? Want to
visit Neverland? Love the Rainbow Magic
fairies? Get ready to create the world of
your favorite book! Participants will make
beautiful relief maps of imaginary places
as they explore the world of cartography
(map-making). Please bring a copy of your
favorite fantasy book with you to the
program! □
Family Movie and Dinner
Thursday, August 1, 6:00pm
Children and their parent or caregiver
Bring a picnic dinner and take a trip to
Hotel Transylvania (PG), a high-end
resort for monsters and their families run
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Three...two...one... Rockets!!
August 3, 1:00pm
Grades 3-6
Get your brain and hands immersed in
science with this hands-on program!
Led by Discovery Center Museum staff,
participants will construct and launch
air-powered rockets and master
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Jim Gill Family Concert
Saturday, August 17, 2:00pm
Children and their parent or caregiver
Along with North Shore Special
Education District (NSSED), the Library
is proud to welcome nationally acclaimed
and award winning musician, author, and
child development specialist Jim Gill.
Gill offers more than a show to watch.
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Shanta
Sunday, August 18, 2:00pm
All ages welcome
Join us for an
unforgettable
experience as the
renown storyteller,
Shanta, performs
spellbinding stories and sounds of
musical instruments of African origin.
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Have Book— Henna at the Library!
Tuesday, July 23, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Will Travel!
Ages 12-17 “
Teen Summer
Join Kendra Williams, a Henna expert, and
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learn about the history behind these
Program
stunning body art designs that have been
Picnic Stories
Thursdays, June 27 - August 15, Noon
Children and their parent or caregiver
Bring a bag lunch and enjoy stories for
the whole family in the Storytime
Room at the Library.
Family Times
Saturdays, June 29 August 17, 10:00am
Children and their parent
or caregiver
Come to the Youth
Services department
for a drop-in
storytime the whole
family will enjoy!
Drop-in Craft
Mondays, July 15 and August 12,
10:00am- 8:00pm
Children and their parent or caregiver
You don’t have to travel far to have fun!
Stop by the Youth Services department to
make a paper city and then come back
and make a suitcase to keep your paper
city in!
Campfire Stories
Wednesdays, July 10 and August 7,
7:00pm
Children and their parent or caregiver
Come dressed in your pajamas and bring
your favorite stuffed animal to share in
the fun!
Kamishibai Stories @ the
Farmers Market
Saturday, August 17, 8:00-11:00am
Children and their parent or caregiver
Stop by the Library tent at the Farmers
Market to hear some Japanese
Kamishibai Stories and try your hand
at origami!
Sunday, June 23 - Sunday, August 18
Journey to the Library this summer and
see where it will take you! Teens in grades
7-12 are invited to participate in the Teen
summer reading program, by writing book,
audiobook, movie, or music reviews in the
Library’s catalog. Teens who submit at
least 5 reviews will be entered to win a
variety of awesome prizes! Teen Summer
Reading Program registration forms will
be available on the Teen page of the
Library’s website and in the Teen area of
the Library beginning Sunday, June 23.
celebrated around the world for over 3,000
years. Following her presentation, Kendra
will decorate participants with individual,
temporary designs. Space is limited, so
register today! □
Calling all S.T.A.R. Volunteers!
Tween/Teen T-Shirt Upcycle
Sunday, June 23 - Sunday, August 18
Teen volunteers going into grades 7-12 are Thursday, August 8, 7:00pm
needed for the Library’s upcoming summer Ages 10-17
reading program! S.T.A.R. Volunteers assist Learn how to transform your old T-Shirt or
Tank-Top into an earth friendly,
within the Youth Services Department
fashionable tote bag with beads, sequins,
with signing participants up for the
stamps and other materials. Don’t have an
Reading Program, handing out prizes, and
old shirt? Don’t worry, we’ll provide you
putting together goody bags. Fill out an
with one! Space is limited, so
application online at
www.deerfieldlibrary.org or pick up a copy register today! □
at the Youth Services desk. All
applications must be completed and
Tween Book Discussions
returned to the Library by Friday, May
24th for consideration.
@ the Library
Ages 10-12
Girls Night: Thursday, July 18,
Teen World Trivia Night
6:30pm
Tuesday, August 13, 6:30pm- 8:15pm
Join Nina, the Teen Librarian, in
Ages 12-17
discussing the book A Girl Named
Bring your smarts to the Library and put
Faithful Plum: The True Story of a
your worldly knowledge to the test! Play
Dancerfrom China and how she
individually or create teams of up to four.
Achieved her Dream by Richard
Snacks will be provided and prizes will be
Bernstein. Enjoy snacks while
awarded to the brainiest of the bunch!
exploring the book.
Space is limited, so register today! □
Teen Movie Night
Thursday, July 11, 6:30pm
Ages 12-17
Celebrate Have Book—Will Travel! with a
screening of Tim Burton’s Alice in
Wonderland at the Library. Refreshments
will be provided. □
Guys Night: Thursday, July 25,
6:30pm
Join Nina, the Teen Librarian, in
discussing Cosmic by Frank Cottrell
Boyce. Snacks will be provided.
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CLOSING MAY 24 - OPENING JUNE 23
• We’ll close our doors at 7 N. Waukegan Road at 6pm May 24 and
reopen in our renovated Library at 920 Waukegan Road on June 23.
• No returns will be accepted at either location until we reopen June 23.
Items can be returned June 23 - June 30 without incurring fines.
Deerfield Public Library
Mary Pergander, Library Director
847-580-8901
mpergander@deerfieldlibrary.org
Library Board Members value
your opinions!
Ken Abosch, President
847-948-5390
ksabosch@aol.com
Ron Simon, Secretary
847-204-8267
simon.ronald@yahoo.com
Jeff Rivlin, Treasurer
847-374-0709
jeff.rivlin@comcast.net
Mary Courtney • 847-945-9460
marycourtneymail@gmail.com
Marla Bark Dembitz • 847-940-4049
marbar46@aol.com
Mike Goldberg • 847-945-0076
mikegoldberg@mac.com
Sunday Mueller • 847-940-7431
muellers@umich.edu
Library Hours
Mon.-Thurs:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:
9:00am—9:00pm
9:00am—6:00pm
9:00am—5:00pm
1:00am—5:00pm
LIBRARY LOBBY OPEN 11am - 2pm 4th of JULY
Stop in for complimentary water and clean restrooms in
the Library’s lobby on the 4th!
Couldn’t Have Done it
Without You!
Congratulations to incumbent Board members
Mike Goldberg and Mary Courtney, who have
been re-elected to six-year terms. In addition,
Trustee Sunday Mueller has agreed to continue
serving on the Board until the Board conducts a
search and appoints a new Trustee to fill a
vacant, two year seat. Our heartfelt thanks to
Sunday, who has served as Library Trustee for
the past 14 years.
Many thanks to Celeste Hanson, Lindsay
Schmitt and Michael Cianfrani for all of their
great work on creating the Library’s lively Grand
Reopening graphic.
Shout out to Michael Carniello and Mindy
Kolof, first and second place winners of the
Library’s 2nd annual “Guess the Grammys”
contest.
Thanks to our good friends at TRAX for their
above-and-beyond support of the Library’s
THINKS AND DRINKS TRIVIA NIGHT.
Many thanks to Gidwitz Place for Assisted Living,
Deerfield Metra Stations, Starbucks, and the
Sachs Center for partnering with the Library on
World Book Night.
Claire Johnson,
8th grader at
Holy Cross, is the
winner of the
new Children’s
Library card
design contest!
Claire is an avid
Library user who
“reads, reads
and reads”—
which is how she
got the idea for the award-winning design.
Claire’s was one of almost 80 entries. These
were pared down to six semi-finalists and we
asked the community to vote for their
favorite. Young people 18 and under will be
able to exchange their old cards for this new
design, and adult patrons will be able to
exchange their cards for the new adult design
featuring the renovated Library building very
soon. Check the website for more details.
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June - August 2013
A Girl Named Faithful Plum
Africa
Alice in Wonderland
Aloha
Amazon Kindle eReaders
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Amy Robillard
Android
Ann Patchett
Bill Nighy
Celeste Hanson
Che Guevara
Chicago Area Suburbs
Chicago Tribune
Claire Johnson
College of Lake County
Cosmic
Daphne van Meter
Deerfield Farmers Market
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Computers
Deerfield Public Library Email
Deerfield Public Library Facebook
Deerfield Public Library First to Know eNewsletter
Deerfield Public Library Grand Reopening
Deerfield Public Library Improvement Plan
Deerfield Public Library Infrastructure
Deerfield Public Library Meeting Rooms
Deerfield Public Library Movie Showings
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library S*T*A*R Volunteers
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Study Rooms
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Website
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield Train Station
Discovery Center Museum
Dominican University
Dracula
eBooks
Erin Morgenstern
Evanston Illinois
Facebook
Frank Cottrell Boyce
French
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Board
Gael Garcia Bernal
Gidwitz Place for Assisted Living
Greyson Duff
Hawaii
Henna
Hogwarts
Holly Nagel
Holy Cross Catholic School
Hotel Transylvania
India
Internet Safety
iOS
Jami Attenberg
Jeffrey Rivlin
Jewett Park
Jim Gill
John Dziekan
John Tenuto
Judi Dench
Kamishibai
Kary Henry
Kenan Abosch
Kendra Williams
Lake County Astronomical Society
Lake County Astronomy Under the City Lights Program
Lake Forest Bookstore
Lindsay Schmitt
Maggie Shipstead
Maggie Smith
Maria Jose Tenuto
Marla Bark Dembitz
Mary Courtney
Mary Pergander
Michael Carniello
Michael Cianfrani
Michael K. Goldberg
Mindy Kolof
Mo Willems
Moon
Neverland
New York Times Book Review
Nina Varma Michael
North Shore Special Education District (NSSED)
O Magazine
Paris
Patty Erd
Rainbow Magic
Richard Bernstein
Rodrigo de la Serna
Ronald Simon
Sachs Recreation Center
Searchable PDF
Seating Arrangements
Shanta
Smartphone Apps
South America
Spanish
Star Trek
Starbucks
State of Wonder
Sunday G. Mueller
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Middlesteins
The Motorcycle Diaries
The New Yorker
The Night Circus
The Spice House
Tim Burton
Tish Robinson
Tom Erd
Trax Tavern and Grill
USA Today
Washington Post
World Book Night
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is up at nearly all libraries. This
trend is repeated across the
United States. At Deerfield Public
Library, circulation this year is
running over 22% ahead of the
same period last year, and nearly
55% higher than the same period
two years ago! At this rate, we
expect to reach the level of
500,000 items checked out annually
within the next year or so. Many of
you have commented about the
increased level of activity in the
Library, and we are seeing
increased usage via our Web-based
services from home and other
places as well. We hope you feel
the same pride we do in the
popularity of your hometown
library.
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Library Remodeling Update
On September 22, 2009, about 30 people attended an information session about the
Library’s recent space needs assessment and facility analysis. The questions posed,
and the Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees and architect responses are
available on our Web site. The Board appreciated the many thoughtful interactions
that took place, and invites others to comment as well.
Recently, the Board engaged Ehlers and Associates to help evaluate the Library’s
current financial status, expected cash flow for the future, possible future financial
needs, and possible sources of funds for the proposed project. The Board is taking
the current economic climate and other factors into consideration as part of the
planning process.
One Book, One Zip Code
The 2010 “One Book, One Zip Code” selection for adults
and high school students is Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
Satrapi’s award-winning memoir of growing up during
Iran’s Islamic Revolution is a graphic novel, laid out and
illustrated like a comic book. Her charming black and
white illustrations help the reader see the countiy’s
dramatic changes. The constant “but, why?” of childhood
is the perfect vehicle for exploring the world-changing
events of 1980s Iran.
This is the third year for the “One Book, One Zip Code” pro
gram. Previously, the communities of Bannockburn,
Deerfield, and Riverwoods came together to discuss
Mountains Beyond Mountains and Listening Is an Act ofLove.
This spring, “One Book, One Zip Code” partners will once again provide readers
with opportunities to come together at locations throughout the community for
discussions, lectures, films, and other interactive events related to the book. Learn
more at www.onebookonezipcode.org.
If your book group is interested in reading Persepolis, a trained book group leader
from the Deerfield Public Library can come to your group for free to lead the discussion.
Call Karen Kleckner at (847) 580-8950 for more details.
�Programs are free and open to the public. Please register in advance at
under “Programs & Classes” or by calling (847) 945-3311.
WWW .deerfieldlibrary.org
Winter Computer Classes
Career Advice
No personal computers are requiredfor these group classes.
Tuesdays, December 1, January 5, and
February 2, 9:30 a.m. - 12p.m.
Google, Yahoo!, and More
Thursday January 14, 3 p.m.
The first in a series of basic computer skills classes,
a Reference Librarian discusses search engines
and how to navigate them.
Career Counselor Roberta Glick of Jewish
Vocational Service offers free, half-hour
consulting sessions for anyone ages 18-80.
Please register in advance.
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Job Hunting in the Library
Thursday, February 4, 7p.m.
Learn how to optimize your job search results using the Internet and
Library subscriptions such as ReferenceUSA and Tutor.com’s Career
Center. This session also includes tips on how to craft attention-getting
cover letters and letters of inquiry.
Consumer Savvy
Thursday, February 11, 7p.m.
Learn about the best consumer resources the Library and Internet have
to offer including access to Consumer Reports online. A question and
answer session will follow the demonstration.
Modern Israel: A Three-Part Series
Moshe Pomerantz discusses three important aspects of today's Israel.
Israeli Politics and Democracy
Wednesday January 20, 7p.m.
Labor, Likud, or Kadima? Who is in or out in Israeli politics? Pomerantz
explores the unique electoral system, the role of the President, and
where the courts and justice fit in. Music, movie clips, and hard news
present the picture of a country that loves politics as much as it
loves soccer.
Women in Israel
Wednesday February 17, 7p.m.
A look at the different sectors of society—the religious, the orthodox,
the urban educated, and the working mothers. Where are Israel’s women
today? Clips from television and movies help show how much or how
little the egalitarian dream has been fulfilled.
Israel’s Neighbors
Wednesday March 17, 7p.m.
Take a tour “around the block” and learn more about the countries with
which Israel has formal peace and those at war. Discover who is warm
and who is cold in Europe and what it might mean for the next
few years.
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Creating an Energy-Efficient Home
Wednesday, December 2, 7p.m.
Master Electrician Dick Dorgan demonstrates how
to improve energy efficiency by weatherizing your
home. This workshop includes hands-on demos to
find and reduce air leaks, how to test wires and
switches for current, and how to install or replace
thermostats, dimmers, and timers.
Wii Bowling for Grown Ups
Fridays, December 4, Januai'y 8,
February 5, 2-4p.m.
Stop by the Library to eqjoy a few frames of
bowling on the Nintendo Wii system. A great
opportunity for a little exercise and a lot of fun!
Holiday Snacks for All Occasions
Sunday December 6,2p.m.
A Whole Foods representative demonstrates easy,
yet delicious appetizers for all of your holiday
events. Audience members can sample the recipes
as treats are prepared.
Deerfield High School Choraliers
Celebrate the Holidays
Monday, December 7, 7p.m.
Bring the entire family for a delightful concert by
the Deerfield High School Choraliers. Led by Alicia
Akers, this 30-member chorus will get you in the
holiday spirit. Only registered attendees can be
guaranteed a seat for this popular program.
Home for the Holidays
Sunday, December 20, 2 p.m.
Cabaret duo Beckie Menzie
and Tom Michael celebrate
the season with music and
merriment that would get even
Scrooge singing along. Critics
have called their playful,
passionate performances
“sizzling,” “pure brilliance,”
and “cabaret at its best!”
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Wednesday, January 6, 7p.m.
Master Electrician Dick Dorgan will walk
the audience through the basic, safe
installation of electrical fixtures and
devices that will add beauty, efficiency,
and convenience to the home. This
hands-on workshop is for the DIY
beginner and the seasoned handy person.
My Media Mall
Thursday, January 7, 7p.m.
Learn more about the Library’s new
downloadable audiobooks, ebooks, and
even videos. Library staff will walk you
through finding compatible devices, look
ing up titles, how the loan rules work,
and the basics of the download process.
Shop Smart to Make
More With Less
Book Discussions
in the Library
Tuesdays and Fridays, February 2 April 13,1 -4 p.m.
IRS-trained volunteers for the AARP will
provide help in completing simple tax
returns. You do not have to be an AARP
member or a senior citizen to receive
assistance. Please bring copies of last
year’s tax returns. No appointment needed.
You canfind copies of the discussion
books at the Circulation desk one month
prior to discussion. Read more about
them at wumdeetfieldlibrary.org under
“Programs & Classes.”
Modern Iran, Ancient Persia
□ Thursday, January 14,10:30 a.m.
The Great Ulan by Kate Christensen
Wednesday, February 3, 7p.m.
Bill Helmuth takes the audience on a
journey to a fascinating, influential
country. Visit the friendly people and tour
the magnificent sights in a country that
hitches its traditional past to the contra
dictions of an uncertain future. Along
with understanding the problems of radi
cal Islam, we will see some of the great
est architecture in the world.
Tuesday January 12, 7p.m.
Join Kelly Donlea, author of 10 Meals,
One flip to the Store, to learn how to
shop smart so you never have to run out
to the store to make dinner again. Learn
strategies for cooking a delicious meal
and also saving money.
The Big Band Sound of
Deerfield Remembers
Dave Wolff
Sunday January 24,2 p.m.
The Big Band Sound of Deerfield honors
Dave Wolff, who helped form the band in
1979 and was a past Library Board President
with a swinging celebration of his life.
Come listen to the music of the 30s and
40s and some of Mr. Wolff’s favorite songs.
Refreshments will be served.
That’s Amore
Sunday February 14,2 p.m.
Heather Braoudakis sings songs of love
from musical theatre and big band to Nat
King Cole and Peggy Lee. A toe-tapping
and heart-lifting way to spend part of
your Valentine’s Day.
Songs From Around the World
Sunday, February 28,2 p.m.
Er\joy Chicago’s popular entertainer Eddy
Patay and tour the world in Yiddish and
Hebrew, Serbo-Croatian, Italian, Russian,
French, German, Spanish, and more.
Patay has appeared in numerous
operettas, variety shows, and musicals in
the Chicago area.
□ Tuesday, January 19,10:30 a.m.
A Great Idea at the Time by Alex Beam
□ Thursday, January 21,7:30 p.m.
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
□ Thursday, February 11,10:30 a.m.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
□ Tuesday, February 16,10:30 a.m.
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story
of an Ov/I and His Girl by Stacey O’Brien
□ Thursday, February 18,7:30 p.m.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Library Poets
Tuesdays, December 1 - January 19
Mondays, January 25 - March 22,
6:30 p.m.
Local poets are encouraged to share their
work, inspiration, and creative processes.
The group is open to poets of all levels of
experience and actively seeks new mem
bers.
Voter Registration by the
League of Women Voters
Saturday December 5,10 a.m. -2 p.m.;
Friday December 11,3- 6 p.m.;
Saturday December 19,10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Register to vote in the lobby of the
Library.
Rosemary Sazonoff Writing Contest: New Beginnings
Great Decisions
Monday, February 1 - Sunday, February 28
Tuesdays, January 26 - March 23, 7:30p.m.
Tom Jester coordinates thoughtful
discussions and stimulating analyses of
some of the great issues of our time.
Purchase discussion guidebooks at the
Circulation desk for $18.
The Library’s 14th Annual Creative Writing Contest welcomes stories,
poems, or essays about a moment, an event, or a move that changed
a life. The contest honors the memory of Library trustee, community
activist, and journalist Rosemary Sazonoff. High school students and
adults may submit short, unpublished pieces of creative writing on the
theme “New Beginnings” by February 28. The Library will honor winners at
a reading and reception in March. Get entry forms and more information in all
departments and online beginning Monday, February 1.
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�Teen Advisory Board
Monday Night Movies
Popcorn and beverages will be
provided, Allfilms will start at
6:00p.m. Please register in advance.
December 7: My Sister’s Keeper
Rated PG-13
December 21: Julie & Julia
Rated PG-13
January 11: Away We Go
Rated R
Check the Teen Events pagefor meeting dates and times.
Grades S-12
As a Teen Advisory Board member you can talk about books, video games,
movies, and music with other members; come up with programming ideas
for Teens at the Library; help create content for the Library’s Teen Web page
and blog; help out with Teen programs at the Library; and give your input
and ideas for the new Teen Space. The Library will keep track of all service
hours that Advisory Board members contribute. For more information, con
tact Colleen Seisser 847-945-3311 or cseisser@deerFieldlibraiy.org.
Teen Study Lounge
Friday, January 15th - Wednesday January 20, available all hours the
Library is open.
Grades 9-12
High school students looking for a place to study for exams can make
themselves at home in the Library’s Meeting Room and Teen Space during
fmals week. The library will provide large tables for group study, snacks and
beverages, improved Wi-Fi access, and help using the Library’s extensive
collection of print and online resources.
January 25: Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince
Rated PG
February 8: When Harry Met Sally
Rated R
February 22: Who Gives Kisses Freely
from Her Lips
Not Rated
Wednesday Afternoon Movies
Popcorn and beverages will be
provided. Allfilms will start at
1:00 p.m. Please register in advance.
December 2: Up
Rated PG
December 16: Four Christmases
PG-13
January 13: Whatever Works
Rated PG-13
January 27: Public Enemies
Rated R
February 10: Philadelphia Story
Rated G
February 24: Persepolis
Rated PG-13
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ACT Practice Test and Test Strategies 101 Workshop:
A Two-Part Program presented by Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions
Part I: Practice ACT Test Saturday Febniaiy 20, 10 a.m. -2p.m.
Part II: Test Strategies 101 Workshop, Saturday Febmary 27,10 -11 a.m.
Grades 9-12
For the first part of this ACT Prep program, students will take a fully-proctored practice ACT test and will experience what to expect in a test-like
environment. Students will receive a comprehensive analysis of their
performance on the test, detailing individual strengths and weaknesses.
Be sure to bring a calculator, two #2 pencils, and wear comfortable clothes.
Cell phones will not be allowed.
In the second part, both parents and students are invited to learn how to
score higher on the ACT test. The format and content of the test are
explored, including ways to take advantage of the test format to maximize
efficiency on the exam. This is an ideal follow-up to the practice test.
Seating is limited, so be sure to register now.
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Magazine Check Out
Notice anything different about the
Beginning in January, you may check out
Circulation desk? No, we didn’t get a hair back issues of all of the Library’s magazines.
cut or go from glasses to contacts. The
small change you may have noticed is
Longer Loan for TV on DVD
that we no longer individually date-stamp
Beginning
December 1, all television
every item as it is checked out. This
series
on
DVD
will check out for one week.
change will not only speed up things at
the front desk, but the Library can get
Income Tax Forms
new items on the shelf even faster. (And
no date due slips on multimedia means
The Library will have a limited supply of
nothing covering up the descriptions of
the most-used tax forms beginning in
the audiobooks, movies, and games!)
January. All federal tax forms are
available at www.irs.gov or by phoning
You can still see when your items are due 1-800-TAX-FORM. Illinois tax forms are
on the due-date slips that are printed
available through www.tax.illinois.gov or
upon check out or by clicking “Login” on
by phoning 1-800-356-6302. Smallthe upper right side in the Library’s new
business owners and anyone needing
online catalog.
multiple copies of forms should place
orders directly with the federal or state
government for home or office delivery.
Download Free Books
You can now use your Deerfield Library
card to download popular audiobooks,
ebooks, or movies to your computer, MP3
player, even your iPod. Use the My Media
Mall link on the Library’s home page to
start exploring over 2,000 new titles for
adults, teens, and children.
Meeting Rooms
If you or your group regularly use one of
the Library’s meeting rooms, please visit
our web site for a copy of our updated
policy. If you are interested in using a
public meeting room at the Library,
please contact Jody Wilson at (847) 5808954 or jwilson@deerfieldlibraty.org.
DVD Check Out Policy
to Change
Beginning March 1, juvenile patrons
(under 18) may check out any DVDs or
video games unless their guardian fills
out a form restricting their borrowing
privileges. Previously, all minors were
restricted from borrowing movies or
games unless a parent signed a
permission slip allowing them to do
so. As before, parents assume full
responsibility for return, damage, fees,
or fines for materials loaned, and hold
the Deerfield Public Library harmless
from the loan of any materials.
Toys for Tots
The Library will be a drop-off point for
Toys for Tots through December 15.
Please, new and unwrapped gifts only.
Have you Tried
Enotification?
You can get all of your notices about holds
or materials that are due sent directly to
your email. Click on “Get Email
Reminders” on the right side of the
Library’s home page to register.
Deerfield's Winter Celebration
Friday, December 4 (5-9 p.m.) and
Saturday, December 5(11 a.m.-3p.m.)
The end of the year can be a stressful
time. The Deerfield Public Library makes
it easy for you and your family to “Chill
Out & Read” this December. Stop by the
Library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday,
December 5 for a “Restless Winter
Survival Kit." Each fun-filled kit is full of
great ideas for keeping all ages enter
tained as the temperatures drop and the
year winds down. Readers in grades K - 8
can reap rewards for their reading when
they sign up for the Winter Reading
Program in the Youth Services department
beginning December 5. The Library will
also be accepting donations for the West
Deerfield Township Food Pantry that day.
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The Friends of the Library would like to thank
the community and volunteers for helping
make the October 3 and 4 Weekend Book Sale
such a big success. They would especially like
to thank the following volunteers/ organiza
tions for all their hard work and generosity:
Philip Novak, Loren Samson, Burt Snider,
Richard Meenahan, Barry Clark, Lorraine
Clark, Chris Mitchell, Daiyl Anisfeld, Sharon
Benjamin, Kyle Nakazawa, Denise Mock,
Arlene Kushen, Richard Kushen, Micky Baer,
Nancy Ginsburg, Mary Schwartz, Michele
Felman, and the Deerfield Walgreens and
Whole Foods Market.
The Friends continue to need book donations
for the ongoing Used Book Sale in the Library’s
upstairs meeting room. Top sellers include
children’s books, history books, cookbooks, and
CDs and DVDs. (Please—only gently used
books and no encyclopedias or textbooks.)
The Friends continue to need the support of
volunteers willing to sort and shelve used
books and serve on their Board. Your help
makes it possible for the Friends to continue
their support of special projects for the
Library. This year, the Friends donated the
very popular drive-up book drops in front of
the building.
The Friends also receive support through
membership dollars. Basic membership is $15
per year. (But every contribution helps!)
Checks should be made payable to the Friends
of the Deerfield Public Library. Membership
forms are available on the Friends’ page of the
Library’s web site.
The Friends of the Library board will meet at
7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24 at
the Library.
To contact the Friends please call
(847) 945-3311, ext. 8895 or email,
friends@deerfieldlibraiy.org.
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�Children’s Programs
REGISTERED ACTIVITIES
Space is limited for these events. Please register in advance in person, by phone, or online.
Lunch & A Movie
Monday, January 18,11:30 -1, All ages
Registration begins Monday December 7
The whole family can ei\joy an indoor
picnic lunch and movie on this day off
from school! Please bring a sack lunch.
Beverages and dessert will be provided.
K-9 Reading Buddies of
the North Shore
Mondays, January 25 and February 22,
6:30 - 7:30p.m., Grades 1-5
Registration begins Monday December 7
for both sessions
Read to four-legged friends in this safe,
non-judgmental program.
Heartfelt Cookies With
Gale Gand
Saturday February 6,2-3p.m.
Ages 5 and up
Registration begins Monday, January 4
Celebrate Valentine’s
Day at this fun
program where kids
can work with
renowned pastry
chef Gale Gand on
the fun and tasty art
of frosting cookies.
Percy Jackson Party
Wednesday February 10
4:30 - 5:30p.m., Grades4-6
Registration begins Monday, January 4
Join us for a party of epic proportions to
celebrate the new movie based on The
Lightning Thief with fun activities and
foods fit for the gods!
BFF Scrapbooking
Saturday February 13,2-3p.m.
Grades 3-6
Registration begins Monday January 4
Come with your BFF and make a great
scrapbook featuring the 2 of U. You’ll
learn cool scrapbooking techniques and
leave with an awesome accordion scrap
book filled with photos, stickers, and fun
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memories. Bring 5-10 photos, and we’ll
provide the rest. Celebrate your BFF just
in time for Valentine’s Day!
Stories & Music with
Judy Rundell
Sunday February 21, 2 - 3 p.m.,
Ages 3-5
Registration begins Monday, January 4
Preschoolers and
their caregivers are
invited to this lively Jgaffiipiz;
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program led by Judy
Rundell, Assistant
Director at Christian
Beginnings Preschool and
creator of the Naptime Nanny CDs.
Dr. Seuss Birthday Party
Saturday March 6,2- 3:30 p.m.
Grades K-2
Registration begins Monday February 8
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s big day with stories,
crafts, games, and a snack.
Chill Out & Read! Winter
Reading Program
Saturday December 5 - Sunday,
January 10, Grades K-8
The Deerfield Public Library is excited
to once again be partnering with the
Chicago Wolves for the Winter Reading
Program. In this five-week reading pro
gram, children will be asked to set their
own reading goals. Those who set the bar
high, “train,” and reach their goal will get
a prize. In addition to providing reading
incentives, the Library will host Chicago
Bears Mascot “Staley Da Bear,” a visit
with a Chicago Wolves hockey player,
and finish the program with Eureka
Discoveries’ “The Big Chill.”
Thank you to Barnes & Noble at
Deerfield Square for continuing to
share their costumed characters with
us! Check the Library’s Web site^foW S;
upcoming Character Visit storytimes.
Winter Reading Program
“Kick-Off’: Visit With Chicago
Bears Mascot “Staley Da Bear”
Saturday December 5,2- 3 p.m.
All ages and their caregivers
Please register in advance
“Kick-off’ the Winter Reading Program
and cheer on the Chicago Bears during
this visit with Bears’ mascot “Staley Da
Bear.” This exciting visit will include a
story followed by a meet-and-greet with
“Staley.” (Don’t forget to bring your
cameras!)
Visit With a Chicago
Wolves Player
Wednesday December 9, 4 - 5 p.m.
All ages and their caregivers
Please register in advance
Celebrate the Winter Reading Program
with a Chicago Wolves Player! A brief
presentation will be followed by Q & A,
autographs, and prizes for kids.
Eureka Discoveries Presents:
The Big Chill
Sunday, January 10, 2 - 3:15p.m.
Grades K-8
Please register in advance
Learn how super low temper
atures are produced and see
what happens to ordinary
things when they are
exposed to “the big chill.”
Right before your eyes a
banana is turned into a
hammer and used to drive a
nail into a piece of wood! Participants
will get to enjoy liquid nitrogen ice cream
at the end of the program.
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Book Groups
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Family Times
Preschool Pals
Saturdays, December 5 - February 27,
11 a.m., All ages
Come to the Picture Book Room for a
drop-in storytime for the whole family.
Mondays, January 4 - February 8,
1:30 p.m. or Wednesdays, January 6 February 10,10:00 a.m.
Ages 3 years - 5 years, but not yet in
Kindergarten
Registration for both sessions begins
Monday, December 7
Preschoolers and their caregivers have a
new program created especially for them!
We’ll listen to stories, sing songs, and have
fun, all while getting ready to read! This
program is made possible by a generous
grant from Target Corporation.
Baby Lapsit Storytime
Fridays, January 8, Januaiy 22,
February 5, February 19
10:00 a.m., Ages 0 -12 Months
Registration begins Monday, December 7
It’s never too early to start reading to your
baby! Join us for our first ever Baby Lapsit
Storytime program with rhymes, books,
and songs for you and baby, plus social
time after the program.
After School Stories
Thursdays, January 7-February 11,
4:30 p.m., Grades K-2
Registration begins Monday, December 7
This program is specifically designed for
younger elementary school children and
features stories and crafts.
Spanish Language Storytimes
Toddler Times
Thursdays, January 7-February 11,
10:30 a.m., Ages 18 months - 2 Vz years.
Registration begins Monday, December 7
Toddlers and their caregivers are invited
to a special twice-monthly storytime
designed just for them in the Stoiytime
Room.
Tuesday, January 12,11 -11:30 a.m.
Tuesday February 9,11 -11:30 a.m.
Registration for both sessions begins on
Monday, December 7
Young children and their caregivers are
invited to this play-based, full immersion
program. These storytimes are generously
provided by native-speaking staff from the
Language Stars of Deerfield.
Rosemaiy Sazonoff Writing Contest: New Beginnings
Monday, February 1 - Sunday, February 28, Grades 2-8
Was there a defining moment in your life that marked a new beginning? Enter this
year’s writing contest with a story, poem, or essay on the theme “New Beginnings.”
First place winners in each age category will receive a prize. Get entry forms and
more information at the Youth Services desk and online beginning Monday,
February 1. To be eligible, please turn in your submission by Sunday, February 28.
Annual Bookmark Contest
Monday, February 22 through Monday March 29, Grades Preschool - 8
Pick up your entry forms in the Youth Services department. Bookmarks will be on
display for voting during the month of April. The winning bookmark will be given
out during our Summer Reading Program. Please, only one entry per person.
Books are available in the Youth
Services department,
Reading Warriors: Boys’ Book Group
Saturday, January 9,2- 3p.m.
Grades 4-6
Registration begins Monday
December 7
This month we will be discussing our
favorite non-fiction titles. Bring
yours to show off and join us for
some snacks and great activities!
Musings: Girls’ Book Group
Saturday February 20, 2 -3 p.m.
Grades 4-6
Registration begins Monday
January 4
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Join us for discussion, snacks, and
fun activities!
Bonding With Books: Parsnt/Child
Book Group
Saturday January 16,2 - 3:30 p.m.
Grades 2-3 and their parents or
caregivers
Registration begins Monday
December 7
The Littles by John Peterson
Read to your child, and then have
your child read to you.
DROP-IN ACTIVITIES
Drop-In Crafts
Children and their caregivers
Wednesday January 13, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Stop by and make a Winnie-the-Pooh
craft in honor of author A.A. Milne’s
birthday.
Thursday February 18, 9 a.m. -9 p.m.
Join us in making a pioneer craft in
honor of author Laura Ingalls Wilder’s
birthday.
Drop-In Gaming
Tuesday February 16, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Preschool - Grade 5 and their parents
or caregivers
Drop by the Library to play Wii games
and board games, put together puzzles,
and eryoy some light refreshments.
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Mary Pcrgandcr, Library Director
Library Board Members value
your opinions!
Ken Abosch, President
847-948-5390
ksabosch@aoI.com
Ron Simon, Secretary'
847-317-0116
simon.ronald@yahoo.com
Jeff Rivlin, Treasurer
847-374-0709
jeff.rivlin@comcast.net
Maty Courtney • 847-945-9460
maiycourtneymail@aol.com
Marla Bark Dembitz • 847-940-4049
marbar46@aol.com
Mike Goldberg • 847-945-0076
mikegoldberg@mac.com
Sunday Mueller * 847-940-7431
muellers@umich.edu
Library Hours
Mon.-Thurs:
9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday:
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday:
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday:
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
The 1959 Deerfield Integration
Case—A Commemoration
Thursday, December 3, 7:15 p.m.
Caruso Middle School Auditorium,
1801 Montgomery Road, Deerfield
On the fiftieth year since open housing
efforts in Deerfield, the community is
invited to a panel discussion and multimedia presentation. The meeting will
discuss the historical context of the Civil
Rights Movement, the fears surrounding
integration, and the changes that Deerfield
has experienced up until the present day.
Refreshments will be served. The event is
free and open to the public.
Raining Season
Monday, February 22
Patty Turner Senior Center
Students working with the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum will perform
this moving play, based on personal
interviews with survivors of the Holocaust
and other genocides. Sponsored by the
Deerfield Fine Arts Commission.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Youth Services department would like to
thank Target for awarding the Library $1,800
to be used in support of early childhood
reading. We will use the money to enhance
the popular “Toddler Time” storytime and to
create “Preschool Pals” storytimes, with
morning and afternoon sessionss.
We thank Dr. Claudia Katz, professor at
National Louis University, for her generous
donation of Teen fiction titles.
Thank you to the community leaders that
volunteered at Family Reading Night: A
Community Storytime: Harriet Rosenthal,
Mayor of Deerfield, Dr. Charles Caruso,
retired Superintendent of District 109,
Dr. Renee Goier, Superintendent of District
109, Gale Gand, Restaurateur and Pastiy Chef,
Ray Larsen, Deerfield and Bannockburn Fire
Department, Mary Courtney, Deerfield
Public Library Board Member.
Congratulations to Adult Summer Reading
and GPS drawing winners Ruth Wenke and
Hugh Merrill.
We appreciate the loan of the plaque
honoring the Junior Women’s Club of
Deerfield for their donations to U.S. Troops.
Deerfield Public Library
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° Telephone: 847-945-3311
° TTY: 847-945-3372
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0 Library Home Page and Catalog:
www.deerfieldlibrary.org
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Announcements
The Library will be closed all day Thursday, December 24 and Friday,
December 25. The Library will close at 5 p.m. Thursday, December
31 and remain closed all day Friday, January 1.
The Library will open at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 14.
The Library will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9.
The Library will be closed all day Monday, February 15.
The Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m.
on the third Wednesday of each month.
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11 Birthdays
70 Meals One Trip to the Store
A Great Idea at the Time
A.A. Milne
Alex Beam
Alicia Akers
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American College Test (ACT)
Arlene Kushen
Away We Go
Bannockburn Illinois
Barnes and Noble Book Store
Barry Clark
Beckie Menzie
Big Band Sound of Deerfield
Bill Helmuth
Burt Snider
But Not Next Door
Career Advice
Caruso Middle School
Charles J. Caruso
Chicago Bears
Chicago Illinois
Chicago Wolves Hockey Team
Chris Mitchell
Christian Beginnings Preschool
Civil Rights Movement
Claudia Katz
Colleen Seisser
Consumer Reports
Daryl Anisfeld
David B. Wolff
Deerfield Bannockburn Fire Prevention Department
Deerfield Fine Arts Commission
Deerfield High School
Deerfield High School Choraliers
Deerfield High School Finals Week
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Integration
Deerfield Junior Women's Club
Deerfield Mayor
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Audio Visual Circulation
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Book Drop Boxes
Deerfield Public Library Bookmark Contest
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Circulation
Deerfield Public Library Circulation Department
Deerfield Public Library Circulation Policies
Deerfield Public Library Electronic Book Collection
Deerfield Public Library Email
Deerfield Public Library Email Notification System
Deerfield Public Library Magazines
Deerfield Public Library Meeting Rooms
Deerfield Public Library Movie Showings
Deerfield Public Library Online Public Catalog
Deerfield Public Library Online Resources
Deerfield Public Library Poets
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Renovations
Deerfield Public Library Space Needs Assessment
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Deerfield Public Library Teen Study Lounge
Deerfield Public Library Video Game Circulation
Deerfield Public Library Website
Deerfield Public Library Winter Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Youth Book Groups
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield School District #109 Superintendent
Deerfield Winter Celebration
Denise Mock
Dick Dorgan
Doctor Seuss
eAudiobooks
eBooks
Eddy Patay
Ehlers and Associates
Electrician
Elizabeth Strout
Energy-Efficiency
Eureka Discoveries
Europe
eVideo
Federal Tax Forms
Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Program
Four Christmases
French
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Book Sale
Gale Gand
German
Google
GPS Navigation System
Harriet Rosenthal
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Heather Braoudakis
Hebrew
Holocaust
Hugh Merrill
Illinois Family Reading Night
Illinois Tax Forms
Illinois Tax Forms Website
Income Tax Assistance
Income Tax Forms
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Website
Internet
iPods
Iran
Iranian Revolution
Islam
Israel
Israeli Democracy
Israeli Politics
Israeli Women
Italian
Jeffrey Rivlin
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) Career Planning Center
Job Hunting
Jody Wilson
John Peterson
Judy Rundell
Julie and Julia
Kadima
Karen Kleckner Keefe
Kate Christensen
Kelly Donlea
Kenan Abosch
Kyle Nakazawa
Laura Ingalls Wilder
League of Women Voters Deerfield - Lincolnshire
Likud
Listening is an Act of Love
Loren Samson
Lorraine Clark
Marjane Satrapi
Marla Bark Dembitz
Mary Courtney
Mary Pergander
Mary Schwartz
Michael K. Goldberg
Michele Felman
Mickey Baer
Moshe Pomerantz
Mountains Beyond Mountains
MP3 Player
Musicals
My Media Mall
My Sister's Keeper
Nancy Ginsburg
Naptime Nancy
Nat King Cole
National Louis University
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Wii Bowling
North Shore K-9 Reading Buddies
Olive Kitteridge
One Book One Zip Code
One Book One Zip Code Website
Operettas
Panel Discussion
Patty Turner Senior Center
Peggy Lee
Percy Jackson
Persepolis
Persia
Philadelphia Story
Philip Novak
Public Enemies
Ray Larsen
Reference USA
Renee Goier
Richard Kushen
Richard Meenahan
Riverwoods Illinois
Roberta Glick
Ronald Simon
Rosemary Sazonoff
Rosemary Sazonoff Writing Contest
Russian
Ruth Wenke
Say You're One of Them
Scrapbooking
Searchable PDF
Serbo-Croatian
Sharon Benjamin
Spanish
Stacy O'Brien
Staley da Bear
Sunday G. Mueller
Target Corporation
The Great Man
The Littles
Thomas Jester
Tom Michael
Toys for Tots
Tutor.com
Tutor.com Career Center
United States
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Up
Uwem Akpan
Variety Shows
Voter Registration
Walgreens
Wendy Mass
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
West Deerfield Township Food Pantry
Whatever Works
When Harry Met Sally
Who Gives Kisses Freely from Her Lips
Whole Foods
WiFi
Winnie the Pooh
Yahoo
Yiddish
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Library Now
Open Sundays
in Summer!
Hals off to Jack Hicks
for tiis 34 years of dedicaied service fo file Deerfield Public Library.
Responding to community
requests, the Deerfield Library
will now be open seven days a
week year-round, including four
evenings. The library is now
open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday
through Thursday, 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday. The library is closed
only on major holidays. On a
daily basis throughout the year,
the library is open more hours
and used by more people of all
ages than any other community
service- and it receives the least
in tax revenues.
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from June 12 to August 4. Please
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/ \ s I began to write my last newsletter column, 1 could not help but reflect over the past thirty/\ \ four years and remember all the issues—collection development, remodeling, money,
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JL. A freon leaks, and electrical fires—that I have been involved with for all those years. A lot
of tasks not dissimilar from the myth of Sisyphus—working away at the big and little projects every
day for 34 years and realizing that the work is never actually finished but is always a work in progress.
A work we can always improve. It is important to remember that a library is a dynamic organization
and that if it remains static, it fails. An untended library is merely a room full of books, not a function
ing library7—and it will not be a busy place. There are always a hundred and one jobs, repairs, projects,
enhancements, and changes taking place. The Library currently needs more than a few fluffy chairs and
a coat of face paint. As I look forward to retirement in June, I realize that there is a lot more heavy
lumber that needs to get hauled.
The options for the future of the library are not infinite, nor can they be delayed to the time when the
memory of man runneth not to the contrary. They boil down to some simple choices: 1. Remain in this
building as is and replace or repair the infrastructure. This will cost more than several million dollars.
2. Add on to this building. 3. Build a new library on this site. The work of the consultants (space needs
studies, 1000 respondent resident survey, and a handful of other reports that were done in 2002, 2003,
and 2004) amply demonstrated the capital needs of this library, which remain valid today. The options
are not equal, nor do they all really support adequate library service, and my concern is several of them
are too costly for the miniscule return on the investment. Add to this mix District library concerns,
rapidly evolving computer products, the Internet, and you can see the Board of Trustees have a full
plate before them.
What is necessary for those of you who recognize the needs of the Library is to support this Board as
they move forward. Help them reorganize the Friends of the Library, build consensus and spread the
Library message to all the residents. Support for your library is what is needed most as we move to the
future. It is also very important to remember that, through the efforts of Treasurers like Tony Sabato and
Bill Seiden, this Library has always operated within a balanced budget and is the lowest-taxing entity in
the Village—open more hours and serving more residents than any other.
The failure of the Library referendum constrains a logical and normal growth path for the Library,
leaving limited options. The property to the north is no longer available. What will help the Library
most to succeed is community support, resident involvement, and constructive dialogue. It is important
to remember that nothing innovative was ever done without risk and that nothing worthwhile was ever
easy. There is a lot of tree felling and hauling yet to be done. I encourage all of you library users, who
know and use the library7 daily, to step up and help the new director and the Library Board—and I urge
you to be resolute. You know you need a library now more than ever and have told us clearly you want
it in exactly the same location. Services cannot be expanded, or even maintained at present levels,
without substantial capital improvement.
I end my 34 years in Deerfield June 30th. It has been a great run for me personally and professionally.
Libraries have changed more in the past thirty years than in the past three hundred years. Deerfield was
always at the cutting edge of those changes and developments. Personally, I have raised my family in
Deerfield and made many great lifetime friends. I have a lot of plans for the future—travel, volunteer
work, kayaks, motorcycles, and building projects. I am proud to have been Deerfield Library Director
number five and wish my successor, number six, all the best. The Library’s Deputy Director, Sally
Brickman is also retiring from full-time work. Sally has been my partner, the Library’s creative force,
and friend for over twenty years and it is a partnership I treasure. I will miss the Library and our resi
dents more than words can tell; people have always been the joy of my job. Thanks for the memories.
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Board Pursues
Search for New
Director
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Ken Abosch, library board member
and chair of the Search Committe for
a new Deerfield Library director,
reports that 37 people, from the U.S
Ron Simon Elected Board President
and overseas, have applied for the
position. “We are very excited about
At the May meeting of the Deerfield Library Board
of Directors, Ron Simon was elected president. He
has served as board secretary and chair of the Long
Range Planning Committee. Ron is the Special
Education Coordinator for New Trier High School,
where he was a full time teacher for 15 years. His
three priorities are his family, career and role as a
library board member. Ron said, “With my free time
I like to read, hence my love for the library! I
believe the library is a tremendous resource.” He
said he wants to continue his work keeping the
Deerfield Library integrally involved in the lives of
people in the community. “I support the direction
our Board has taken in defining a new mission
statement for the library and its future.”
the pool of candidates who have
expressed an interest in the posi
tion,” said Abosch. The committee
has reviewed the credentials of the
candidates, has narrowed down
the field, will conduct phone and
in-person interviews, and hopes to
have a new director in place by
July 1.
The Mission of
the Deerfield
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lifelong learning and
personal growth in a
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Other Library Board officers elected at the May
meeting are Ken Abosch, Secretary, and
Jeff Rivlin, Treasurer.
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Village Manager Bill Franz swears in Mary Courtney
as New Board Member
Mary Courtney has been selected by the
Deerfield Library Board of Trustees to
fill the position of Sheryl Lamoureux,
who resigned from the board. Mary’s
term will continue until the 2007
election. A Deerfield resident for 18
years, Mary is President of the
Deerfield High School’s Parent Teacher
Organization.
She has also had experience as a library employee in the Deerfield Library Youth Services
Department and as director of the Library Media Center at South Park School. She holds a
masters degree in teaching and plans to work towards her masters in library science at
Dominican University.
A staunch library supporter, Mary said, “We are on the threshold of the library of the future.
It is an exciting time for the Deerfield Library, where we have a chance to do really great things
and come together as a community. I love to turn kids on to books and teach lifelong learning.”
�Adult Program
Programs are free but we request reservations.
Career Advice
The Internet for Travelers
Tuesdays, June 13 and August 22,
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m
Meet individually for a half-hour session
with Roberta Glick, JVS Career
Counselor. You must sign up in advance.
Wednesday, June 21,7 p.m.
Travel plans? Librarian John Kelsey has
new information on the many resources
the Internet provides and claims to pro
vide for all types of travel. Live, online
format.
Medieval Cuisine
Tuesday, June 13, 7 p.m.
Meg Bowman, Whole Foods Market
Deerfield, has an M.A. degree in
Medieval Studies. She will offer an enter
taining discussion of medieval cuisine and
provide samples. Special attention will be
paid to table manners and food pairings
from medieval cookbooks. Co-sponsor:
Deerfield Area Historical Society.
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Special Event - A Literary
Tribute to Jack Hicks
from Deerfield author
Lowell Komie
Friday, June 16, 7p.m.
(Library closed, meeting room open)
Lowell Komie, award-winning author,
will read from his new novella, The
Silhouette Maker of Copenhagen in honor
of his friend, retiring library director Jack
Hicks, for his 34 years of service as
“librarian, puppet master, poet, essayist, a
man for all seasons.” Refreshments will
be served.
Adult Summer Reading
Program Luncheon
For all participants. Friday, August 4,
12 noon in the Fiction Room
Reception for Jack Hicks’
Retirement
Friday, June 30, 3-6 p.m. All welcome, no
reseiyations, see page one.
Rosemary Sazonoff Creative
Writing Contest Winners!
A Walk in Millennium Park
Thursday, July 13, 7 p.m.
Visit this park, named one of the seven
wonders of the world by Conde Nast
Traveler Magazine, with Hy Speck, a
12-year architecture docent and college
professor. He’ll share his insight and
passion for the masterpiece made possible
by its artists and the “movers and
shakers” of Chicago.
This spring the 10th annual writing
contest theme was for adults, Books That
Made a Difference in My Life, and for
children, My Favorite Book. All winners
were acknowledged at separate parties in
May. The adult winners were Harriet
Berman, Eric Oken, Vernon Swanson
and Ann Yang. The youth winners were
Emily Kamen, Eva Friedman and Aliza
Small. Youth runners up were Alanna
Hirsch and Lauren Bilow.
Adult Summer Reading Program
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Library
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Attention, Armchair Adventurers! We’ve got a
great way for you to survive summer vacation:
READ! We want to help you escape into exhilarat
ing epics this summer. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for a journey of the
heart or to the bottom of the sea—we’ll recommend heaps of high-octane reads!
Register for our adult summer reading program on or after June 12, read 5 books
by August 4, and receive a survival surprise. Participants are invited to a
luncheon in the Fiction Room at noon on Friday, August 4.
Sign up on June 12 to be entered in a drawing for free Ravinia lawn passes!
(A limited number of passes are available.)
�Book Discussions
in the Library
□ Free lightning-fast internet at the library on your laptop or on the
library’s computers! Questions? Ask at the Reference Desk.
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□ Thanks to Deerfield’s Tom Jester and Dan Havens. Tom led the very
successful nine-week Great Decisions program at the library and Dan,
with his AARP colleagues, prepared tax returns free of charge for 158
people in the library.
□ When the book you asked us to reserve comes in, we shall call you at
the number on your computer record (which you gave us when you got your
library card). If you want to be called at a different number, please inform
us!
□ Please call us before you bring in donated books as we have limited
storage space. Do not deposit donations in our bookdrop.
□ It is good that your small child knows how to call 911, but please
practice at home. We have had several calls from the police department
inquiring about the emergency calls made from the library’s public phone.
□ Please do not donate books to the library that you have purchased from
the withdrawn collections of schools and other libraries. We cannot use
them or sell them but might be able to suggest places that you may take
them.
language learning inline at Intone
With your Deerfield Library card bar code you can now access the Rosetta Stone.
This is language learning software which has been added to our library databases,
available free to you at home from the library's website, www.deerfieldlibrary.org.
Aimed at the traveler, Rosetta Stone courses include French, German, Italian,
Russian, Spanish, English (UK) and English (US). Mid-summer we shall add up to
22 new languages to the database.
The language immersion method emphasizes speech and is a fast way to learn a
language. You match an image to a spoken word or phrase.
□ June 8,10:30 a.m.
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
This nonfiction tale explores the true
adventure of two Americans who
risked everything to solve one of the
last mysteries of World War II.
□ June 15,7:30 p.m.
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
The classic study of human nature,
depicting the degeneration of a
group of schoolboys marooned on a
desert island.
□ July 13,10:30 a.m.
Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift
The voyages of an Englishman carry
him to such strange places as
Lilliput, where people are six inches
tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants;
and a country ruled by horses.
□ July 20,7:30 p.m.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Robert Langdon is brought in to
solve the murder of an elderly
curator of the Louvre, a case that
leads to clues hidden in the works of
Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret
society.
RosettaStone
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You need only to click on “online databases” on the library website, scroll down
and click on “Rosetta Stone”. You must make up and enter your own user name and password, then enter the bar code from
your Deerfield Library card as the registration code. You must enter user name and password each time you use the product.
Instructions guide you through. Rosetta Stone offers free technical support.
The Rosetta Stone interactive language learning online product is for home use only. You cannot access it in the library.
�Youth Services
Registered Activities
Hoot Book Party
Call or stop in at the Youth Services Desk
to register. These programs are designed
with specific age groups in mind; we are
unable to make exceptions. Please regis
ter early, as space is limited and pro
grams may be canceled if a minimum of
participants fail to register.
Friday, June 16 at 4 p.m. for kids enter
ing 6th-9th grade. Registration starts
June 1.
Discussion and activities based on the
popular book and the new movie; treats
will be served.
S*t*a*R Volunteers
Space Adventure Craft
Be a Reading Buddy or help us with
other programs for younger kids. There
will be 2 sessions: June 12-July 7 &
July 10-August 4. Session 1 registration
starts June 1. Session 2 registration starts
June 19. You must attend one of the
orientation sessions in order to
participate. Orientations are Thursday,
June 8 at 4:30 and Saturday, June 10 at
10:30 a.m. for session 1 and Thursday,
July 6 at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 8
at 10:30 a.m. for session 2.
Wednesday, June 28 at 4 p.m. for kids
entering K-2nd grade. Registration starts
June 5.
Out of this world craft and stories for
junior space cadets.
Ghost Busters
Adventure Craft
Wednesday, June 14
at 4 p.m. for kids
entering 3rd5th grade.
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and stories for
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Wednesday, July 19 at 4 p.m. for kids
entering 3rd-5th grades. Registration
starts June 19.
Activities based on the popular book and
soon-to-be released movie; snacks will be
served.
Crocodile Hunters
Saturday, July 22 at 4 p.m. for kids
entering 3rd-5th grade. Registration
starts June 26.
Crikey! Sign up for an Australian
crocodilian adventure with stories, facts,
activities and treats.
Dinosaur Adventure Craft
Wednesday, July 26 at 4 p.m. for kids
entering K-2nd grades. Registration
starts July 10.
Dino-mite craft and stories for dinosaur
hunters.
Reading Buddies
Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. June 20-August 1
(except July 4) for kids entering K-2nd
grade. Registration starts June 1.
Special storytimes led by our S*T*A*R
volunteers. You may sign up for as many
sessions as you wish.
How To Eat Fried Worms
Book Party
Lunchtime Movie: Zathura
Wednesday, July 12 at 4 p.m. for kids
entering 3rd-5th grades. Registration
starts June 19.
Hot craft and stories for young volcanol
ogists.
Saturday, July 29 at 12 p.m. All ages are
welcome, but children 7 and under must
be accompanied by an adult.Registration
starts July 10.
Bring a bag lunch to enjoy while
watching this space adventure. We'll
supply candy and drinks. This film is
rated PG and runs 101 minutes.
YA Mystery:
The Bastille Day Caper
Junior Mystery:
Who's a Fraidy Kat?
Danger, Volcano!
Adventure Craft
Friday, July 14 at 4 p.m. for kids entering
6th-9tli grades. Registration starts June 1.
The famous Middle School Detectives
are once again needed to solve a crime at
the Deerfield Library.
Wednesday, August 2 at 4 p.m. for kids
entering 3rd - 5th grades. Registration
starts July 10.
Junior detectives examine the evidence
and solve the mystery in this fun-filled
game.
�Youth Services
Special Performances
Summer Reading Program:
Choose Your Own Libraiy Adventure!
Space is limited, so register early. Limit 5
spaces per family. Children 7 and under
must be accompanied by an adult.
Please follow age recommendations when
registering, as these are given by the
performers.
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Age 4 through entering 9th grade. June 12-August 4
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We are excited about our new Summer Reading Program, which offers more
choices and emphasizes using the whole library and even exploring the world I
outside of our building! You must complete ten tasks from a long list of suggested
activities. Six will be reading related, two will be other library-related activities,
< and two will be community or cultural activities. You may earn four prizes J
during the program; all those who complete it will be entered in a
drawing for a $100 gift certificate
to Northbrook Court.
Family Fun Nights
These programs are designedfor families
to attend together. All ages are welcome,
but children must be accompanied by an
adult. Space is limited, so register early.
Limit of 5 spaces perfamily.
Twist 'n' Shout:
Interactive Hula Show
Saturday, June 17 at 2 p.m. Recommended
for Pre School- 8th grade. Registration
starts June 1.
Holly Nagel offers an island adventure
with Hawaiian folk stories and Hula
lessons for both boys and girls.
Drop-In Events
Picnic Stories
Thursdays at 12 p.m. June 15 - August 3.
Bring a bag lunch to eat while listening to
fabulous stories. We’ll supply cookies and
juice.
Dinner and a Movie
Bring a picnic dinner and watch adventur
ous family films. We’ll supply candy and
juice. Registration starts Thursday, June 1
for June movies and Monday, June 26 for
July movies.
• Madagascar
Monday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m.
• The Jungle Book
Monday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m.
• The Rescuers
Monday, July 17 at 6:30 p.m.
• An American Tail
Monday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m.
You Chose It!
Pajama Storytime
Monday, July 10 at 7 p.m. Registration
starts June 5.
Wear your PJs to this Family Fun Night
and listen to stories you chose ahead of
time. Cookies and juice will be served.
Dennis DeBondt's Veiy Funny
Magic Show
Tuesday, June 20 at 7 p.m. Recommended
for “children of all ages.” Registration
starts June 5.
Dennis is very tall and very funny! Don’t
miss this adventure in magic for all ages.
Bill Hooper's Active Music
for Children
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Follow the Facts
June 19-July 2; July 17-July 30;
August 7-August 20
For kids entering 3rd-5th & 6th-9th grades.
Pick up a “Follow the Facts” sheet at the
Youth Services Desk. You'll get a small
prize when you hand in your completed
sheet, and for every correct answer your
name will be entered in a drawing for a
Borders gift card. This fun library scav
enger hunt will be different each time it's
offered, so you can do all three!
Saturday, July 15 at 2 p.m. Recommended
for kids ages 2-10 and their families.
Registration starts June 19.
Bill's original songs are fun and interactive.
Join us for this active musical adventure.
Mike
Offutt's
Ultimate
Science
Show
Thursday, July
20 at 7 p.m.
Recommended
for kids K-8.
Registration starts June 26.
Mike's science adventure is a demonstra
tion of seemingly magical tricks with
scientific explanations.
�Deerfield Public Library
Jack Hicks, Administrative Librarian
Library Board Members value
your opinions!
Ron Simon, President
847-317-0116
simonrl967@yahoo.com
Ken Abosch, Secretary
847-948-5390
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Jeff Rivlin, Treasurer
847-374-0709
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jcblaw@Ameritech.net
Mary Courtney • 847-945-9560
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Sunday Mueller • 847-940-7431
muellers@umich.edu
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Library Hours
Mon.-Thurs:
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday:
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday:
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday:
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Editor: Sally Brickman
Tulips at the Library
The Deerfield Library has planted
a “tobacco free garden” of 100
tulips received from Tobacco
Free Lake County and funded by
Illinois Department of Public
Health. The bulbs were planted
during the annual Red Ribbon
Campaign (a national drug pre
vention awareness week).
Deerfield volunteer Walter Benn
planted the bulbs in the front of
the library.
Library Closed
After 5 p.m. July 3 and all day
July 4
The Deerfield Library Board holds
open meetings at 7 p.m. the third
Wednesday of each month.
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• Telephone: 847-945-3311
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Crisis by Robin Cook
The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
Tivelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
The Whole World Over
by Julia Glass
The Husband by Dean Koontz
Proof Positive by Phillip Margolin
Blue Screen by Robert B. Parker
Judge and Jury
by James Patterson
Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
The Messenger by Daniel Silva
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Alanna Hirsch
Aliza Small
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Americans
An American Tale
Ann Yang
Anna Quindlen
Anthony G. Sabato
Australia
Bastille Day
BIll Hooper
Blue Screen
Borders Book Store
Brobdingnag
Career Advice
Coming Out
Conde Nast Traveler Magazine
Crisis
Dan Brown
Dan Havens
Daniel Silva
Danielle Steel
David B. Wolff
Dean Koontz
Deerfield Area Historical Society
Deerfield High School
Deerfield High School Parent Teacher Association
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Police Department
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees Long Range Planning Committee
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees Search Committee
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Building and Property Maintenance
Deerfield Public Library Circulation Policies
Deerfield Public Library Collection Development
Deerfield Public Library Computers
Deerfield Public Library Donations
Deerfield Public Library Email
Deerfield Public Library Family Fun Nights
Deerfield Public Library Long Range Planning
Deerfield Public Library Mission Statement
Deerfield Public Library Online Resources
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Referendum
Deerfield Public Library Renovations
Deerfield Public Library S*T*A*R Volunteers
Deerfield Public Library Services
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Website
Deerfield Public Library Wireless Internet
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Deerfield Village Manager
Dennis DeBondt
Dominican University
Drug Prevention Awareness
Emily Kamn Eva Friedman
English
Eric Oken
Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Program
French
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library
German
Gulliver's Travels
Harriet Berman
Hawaii
Hawaiian Folk Stories
Hit Parade
Holly Nagel
Hoot
How to Eat Fried Worms
Hula
Hy Speck
Illinois Department of Public Health
Income Tax Assistance
Internet
Italian
Jack A. Hicks
James Patterson
Janet Evanovich
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffrey C. Blumenthal
Jeffrey Rivlin
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) Career Planning Center
John Kelsey
John Updike
Jonathan Swift
Judge and Jury
Julia Glass
July 4th Activities
Kenan Abosch
Lake County Illinois
Lauren Bilow
Lawrence Block
Leonardo da Vinci
Lilliput
Lord of the Flies
Louvre
Lowell Komie
Madagascar
Mary Courtney
Master's of Arts in Medieval Studies
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Mike Offutt
Millennium Park Chicago
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Northbrook Court
Phillip Margolin
Proof Positive
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Rise and Shine
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Roberta Glick
Robin Cook
Ronald Simon
Rosemary Sazonoff Writing Contest
Rosetta Stone
Russian
Sally Brickman Seifert
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Sheryl Lamoureux
Sisyphus
South Park School
South Park School Library Media Center
Spanish
Sunday G. Mueller
Terrorist
The Cold Moon
The Da Vinci Code
The Husband
The Jungle Book
The Messenger
The Rescuers
The Silhouette Maker of Copenhagen
The Whole World Over
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Tobacco Free Lake County
Twelve Sharp
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Vernon Swanson
Walter Benn
Whole Foods
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Space StrugglesNew Services
As
librarians in each department are struggling with
space limitations of our current library, we are doing our best to
keep the collection up-to-date and organized, without overflow
ing, and make the best use of space while still providing some
new services in response to user requests.
The new services are
• Language learning ONLINE (for home use only). The
library has added the Rosetta Stone language learning soft
ware to its list of databases. You use this interactive language
learning product from your home computer (you cannot use it
at the library)! learning at your own pace with no tapes or
CDs to return to the library.
Aimed at the traveler, these Rosetta Stone courses include
French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, English (UK) and
English (US). You can use the English course to improve your
skills in your own language. The language immersion method
emphasizes speech and is a fast way to leant a language. You
match an image to a spoken word or phrase.
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• More Internet computers...streamlined sign-up...relocation
of library catalogs. Starting in fall, there will be three more
Internet computers (making a total of nine) in the Adult
Reference area better to meet the demand within the available
space. Some library catalogs will be relocated to kiosks more
convenient to the stack areas. The Internet computers in Youth
Services will be dedicated to children and their parents or
caregivers.
A new collection of video games for Playstation 2 and
X-box console systems! Deerfield cardholders will be able to
check out these titles for one week. Some of the new titles
purchased include Halo, Lord of the Rings, Prince of Persia,
Ninja Gaiden and X-Men. In the coming months we shall be
adding more titles to keep up with the growing demand for
these titles. Borrowing is limited to 2 per family until the
collection grows. Children under 18 must obtain a parental
permission slip (different from the video permission slip) at
the Circulation Desk for the games.
Go to the library’s website (www.deerfieldlibrary.org) and
click on “Online Databases.” Scroll down and click on
“Rosetta Stone.” You must make up and enter your own
user name and password, then enter the bar code from
your Deerfield library card as the registration code. You
must enter user name and password each time you use the
product. Instructions will guide you through. Rosetta Stone
offers free technical support by e-mail, fax and telephone.
Studying in the library is easier with our lightening-fast wireless
internet. Bring your laptop and enjoy this library service.
What to read next? Pick up a copy of “Award Winning Reads: Adult Summer
Reading Favorites” in the fiction room. There are a variety of suggestions
from your neighbors!
�Adult Programs
Programs are free but reservations are requested.
Scrapbooking: Creating a Bond
Stronger than Paper and Glue
Wednesday, September 14, 7 p.m.
Marci Holzer, proprietor of Deerfield’s newly
opened Fine Arts Scrapbooking store, lectures
on how to scrapbook and why. Find a wonder
ful way to put your memoirs, treasured photos,
love letters, etc. into artistic format. Hands-on
demo! Co-sponsor: Deerfield Fine Arts
Commission.
Transforming Houses into Homes America in 3-D
Tuesday, September 27, 7 p.m.
Deerfield architect Bud Dietrich discusses the
problems homeowners face with their housessize issues, lack of functionality, charm and
comfort-and solutions. He’ll provide an
overview of design, construction, costs and
investment return.
The Legal Fiction of
Lowell Komie
Career Advice
Tuesday, November 1, 7 p.m.
With an introduction from Deerfield’s Michael
Hyman, President of the Chicago Bar
Association, Lowell Komie, local author,
presents his entertaining book The Legal
Fiction of Lowell B. Komie, 29 stories centered
in Chicago. The Tribune reported “Komie
deserves high praise for these penetrating
stories.”
Tuesdays, September 20 and November 15,
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Roberta Glick, JVS career counselor, offers
free individual half-hour sessions. You must
make your individual half-hour appointment in
advance.
The Immigrant Experience
Tuesday, September 20, 7 p.m.
Highland Park native
and local teacher Jeff
Libman discusses his
book, An Immigrant
Class: Oral Histories
from Chicago ’s Newest
Immigrants. He’ll
include the struggles, successes, and
disappointments of the modem immigrant
experience. Studs Terkel said, “In these
poignant accounts, Jeff Libman does a true
service in recounting these often-overlooked
human stories.” Co-sponsor: Deerfield Area
Historical Society.
The Internet
Internet for Travelers
Wednesday, October 5, 7 p.m.
Internet for Job Seekers
Tuesday, November 15, 7 p.m.
Reference librarian John Kelsey presents some
new, useful ideas for the best ways maneuver
the web.
Wednesday, October 26, 7 p.m.
Mary Malish and Jan Pavlovic provide an
entertaining look at the unique qualities that
make the American character different from
any other, with music, art and literature of each
generation since 1776. Co-sponsor: Deerfield
Area Historical Society.
Classical Guitarist
Peter Fletcher
Sunday, October 2, 2 p.m.
Nationally acclaimed for his newest recording,
A Peter Fletcher Recital 2005, Fletcher visits
Deerfield for an entertaining afternoon. “With
an acoustic guitar, nimble fingers and musical
creativity, he transports his audiences from
Elizabethan England to modem Spain, France
and the U.S.,” said reporter Eric Feber. “A
vibrant performer!” said Steven Rings of
American Record Guide. Refreshments!
South Africa with Art and Music
Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m.
Lindy Rubin, bom and raised in South Africa,
offers a slide lecture on major cities and
beautiful landscapes, history of the region,
apartheid era, nature, art and music. She’ll also
show her museum-quality beadwork
collection.
Creative Holiday Tables
Tuesday, November 8, 7 p.m.
Dazzle your family and friends with an invit
ing holiday table. View four unusual settings;
learn to expertly fold napkins; take home
samples and instruction sheets. Presenter
Philomena Urhausen suggests attendees may
want to bring a cloth napkin from home.
Librarian tells Stories
at Fall Fest
Plan to attend the Deerfield
Historical Society's 30th annual Fall
Fest from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday,
September 11 at the Deerfield
Historic Village, Deerfield Road and
Kipling Place. Energetic Deerfield
Librarian Cindy Schilling will do two
storytelling sessions, along with
musical entertainment, pioneer
demonstrations, antique car show,
craft show, bake sale, refreshments
and tours of all five buildings.
Admission is free.
�K.LD.D.O.S. Raises Money
for Library
Deerfield’s energetic Sue Vani, mother of two young children and
Lincolnshire first grade teacher, decided that young children need
ed to learn about philanthropy and that even pre-schoolers needed
to find a way to give back to their community. She came up with
the idea of K.LD.D.O.S. (Kids in Deerfield Doing Outstanding
Service). Their first annual event was a very
successful talent, fashion and art show July 21 at Deerfield’s First
Presbyterian Church. Highlights included an Elvis impersonator
(Kevin Mell, age 8) and hula dancers (Molly and Caroline
Nakahara, ages 7 and 3). Kevin Quigley of Cherry Pit fame
volunteered to emcee, and all proceeds from the show (which also
included a raffle, artwork and crafts) were donated for toys for the library’s Youth
Services Department. Vani said about $1000 was raised and already used to pay for a
new train set, dollhouse, puppets, puzzles and more.
Library Board News
At the spring library board of directors meeting,
the officers were re-elected to their posts for
another year. They are President, David Wolff;
Secretary, Ron Simon and Treasurer, Jeff Rivlin.
Other board members include Ken Abosch, Jeff
Blumenthal, Sheryl Lamoureux and Sunday
Mueller. Their phone numbers and e- mail
addresses appear on page four, should you wish
to contact any of them. Each month the trustees
are holding “Librarian in the Lobby” to discuss
library issues informally with the public. Open
library board meetings are held at 8 p.m. the
third Wednesday of each month.
THE MISSION OF THE
DEERFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
is to provide our community
with open access to the world
of information and ideas,
encouraging lifelong learning
and personal growth in a
welcoming environment.
Vani’s friends Danielle Pedderson and Marla Callistein helped Vani organize the very
successful event. Their goal this year was to attract children to the library and provide
activity for their younger siblings that would lead to a pleasant library experience. The
library staff is most grateful to Sue, her adult helpers and the children who made it
possible.
2005 Summer Reading Programs
Best Year Ever!
“Super Stories: Award Winning Reads” Adult Summer Reading Program boasted a
record sign-up of 180, with over 70 completing their cards. A “super summer” says
Karen Kleckner of the Fiction Department; all participants enjoyed a free luncheon at
the completion of the program.
Over 500 children and young adults participated in the Youth Services Summer
Reading Program. Thanks to the 34 S*T*A*R* volunteers who helped make it a
success! Thanks too, to Old Country Buffet and McDonald’s Restaurants for their
generous donations.
Librarian Cindy Schilling signs up Charlie, Carolyn, and Sarah Simon
for Summer Reading Program.
�Book Discussions in the Librar
■ September 8,10:30 a.m.
Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer Hicham
In 1957, when fourteen-year-old Homer Hickam, Jr. (aka Sonny) watches
Sputnik fly over his hometown of Coalwood, West Virginia, his life is changed
forever.
■ September 15,7:30 p.m.
The Photograph by Penelope Lively
Finding a mysterious photograph of his late wife holding hands with another
man, Glyn begins a search that proves shocking to their family and friends.
■ October 6,10:30 a.m.
Aw Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg
Seeking to escape her brutal boyfriend and hoping to introduce her daughter,
Griff, to the grandfather she has never met, widow Jean Gilkyson seeks refuge in
her late husband's Wyoming hometown with her estranged father-in-law.
■ October 20,7:30 p.m.
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
In his 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winner, Jones displays stunning emotional depth
and literary power in bringing to life the story of a black slaveowner and his
plantation.
■ November 10,10:30 a.m.
Bee Season by Mvla Goldberg
The discovery of little Eliza’s near-miraculous talent for spelling changes
everything for her doting father, secretive mother, and now-neglected brother.
■ November 17,7:30 p.m.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendships and betrayal, that takes readers
from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the
present.
In Memoriam
The Library staff was saddened to learn of the
death of John A. Anderson, who served on the
Deerfield Library Board of Trustees for
twenty-four years. Anderson retired from the
board in 2001 when he moved to Wauconda.
He had been a Deerfield resident for thirty-four
years, was first elected to the library board in
1977 and reelected in four subsequent
elections. A multi-faceted man, Anderson was
a strong advocate of freedom of speech, access
by all residents to all forms of information and
of library literacy. He was always a staunch
supporter and friend of our library and we shall
miss him.
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ily.
Dinner and a Movie:
Chicken Run
Wednesday, September 21 at 6:30 pm.
Registration begins Tuesday, September 6.
Bring a picnic dinner to enjoy while watch
ing this claymation classic about chickens
planning a great escape from Mrs.
Tweedy’s farm. This film is rated G and is
84 minutes long.
Pajama Storytime: Not So
Scary Stories for Halloween
Thursday, October 27 at 7 pm.
Registration starts Monday, September 26.
Wear your PJs and enjoy gentle Halloween
stories, while enjoying cookies and juice.
Nursery Rhyme Fun
Monday, November 21 at 7 pm.
Registration starts Monday, October 17.
Stories, crafts, games and activities based
on your favorite nursery rhyme
characters.
Family Reading
Night Kits
Available starting Monday,
October 24
Illinois Family Reading Night is
Monday, November 7. Pick up a
Family Reading Night Kit at the
Youth Services Desk when you
pledge to set aside any night that
week (November 6-12) to read
together as a family. Kits include
cocoa, popcorn, booklists, a
raffle ticket and more!
�)uth Services
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Drop-In Events
Ren-;.
RouL.-up
September 6, 2005 May 21, 2006
For readers grades
1-8
Read books from
different categories and receive a sticker.
Earn 5 different stickers and you’ll receive
a $5 gift card to Borders Books and
Music.
Do You Want Fries With That?
September is National Library Card
Sign-Up Month! Kids who show their
library cards at the Youth Services Desk
will receive a coupon for McDonald’s
fries. Children must be 5 years old to get
their own library cards.
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Toddler Times
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Toddlers and caregivers are invited to a
special Storytime designed for children
18 months to 2 >/2 years. No registration
necessary. 11 am in the Picture Book
Room: September 2, 15 & 24; October 7,
15,20; November 4,17,26. We have
added Saturdays at the request of working
Teen’s Top Ten
If you are 12-18 years old, you can help
the American Library Association
choose its Teen’s Top Ten books. See the
display in the Youth Services Department
for details. Vote online during Teen Read
Week, October 16-22. It’s fun, free and
easy—and you don’t have to register your
name.
Registered Activities
Space is limited so register early. Children
under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
Please follow age recommendations when reg
istering, as these are given by the performers.
Call or stop in at the Youth Services Desk to
register. These programs are created with
specific age groups in mind; we are unable to
make exceptions. Space is limited so please
register early.
Saturday, October 29 at 2 pm for grades 3 and
up. Registration starts Monday, September 26.
Michael Kett’s show is designed for kids 3rd
grade and up with creepy stories, Halloween
magic and plenty of audience participation.
While there is nothing gross or violent, the
performer requests that the audience be age
appropriate for the show.
Peace Pipe Tales
Saturday, November 12 at 10 am
Recommended for K-3rd grade. Registration
starts Monday, October 17.
Paddy Lynn presents an interactive storyacting event for the whole family, using
costumes, props and audience participation to
tell Native American legends.
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Registered Storytimes
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Special Performances
Fears, Phobias & Halloween
Frights
;
Inkheart Book Party
Friday, September 30 at 4 pm. Grades 5-8.
Registration starts Tuesday, September 6.
Participate in games, crafts, and discussion
about Cornelia Funke’s international bestseller
about a girl who can read characters out of
books. Psst, Inkspell, the sequel, comes out in
October.
Daring Detectives
Fridays, October 21-November 18 at 4 pm.
Grades 3-5. Registration starts Monday,
September 19.
This five-week session is a new genre-based
program designed for kids too old for our
regular storytimes. This fall we’ll be investi
gating mysteries! Each week we’ll read a
mystery story and try some fun detective
activities.
Tuesday, October 18 - Thursday November 17
Registration starts Monday, September 13.
date to register is October 22. Sessions may v
added or cancelled depending on demand. >J
one session per child.
Family Stories
(Children must bring an adult)
Wednesdays at 10 am. Children must have been
born on or before April 18, 2003.
Children 2 -3 lh and their adults will be the
primary focus; however older or younger siblings
are welcome as unregistered guests. This may
also be a good choice for 3 V2 - 5 year olds more
comfortable attending Storytime with an adult.
Stories ‘n’ More
Ages 3 lh -5 Tuesdays 10 am or 1:30 pm
Children must have been bom on or before April
18,2002. Children attend this Storytime without
an adult; however, their adult must remain in the
library building.
After-School Stories
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade. Thursdays at 4 pm
This program is specifically designed for younger
grade-school children and features stories and
crafts.
Thankful Turkeys
Are you thankful
for something?
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Come to the
Youth Services
Department
during November
and fill out a
Thankful Turkey
for us to display.
ithan
National Children’s Book
Week - November 14-20
Help us celebrate children’s books!
We’ll have games, trivia questions and
other activities all week long and
drop-in crafts on Monday and Saturday
afternoons.
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reserves or research, please go directly to the Reference Desk, Youth Services Desk or
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A Peter Fletcher Recital 2005
Afghanistan
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American Library Association (ALA)
American Record Guide
An Immigrant Class Oral Histories from Chicago's Newest Immigrants
An Unfinished Life
Bee Season
Bud Dietrich
Career Advice
Carolin Nakahara
Carolyn Simon
Charlie Simon
Cherry Pit Cafe
Chicago Bar Association
Chicago Illinois
Chicken Run
Cindy Schilling
Coalwood West Virginia
Cornelia Funke
Dan Havens
Danielle Pedderson
David B. Wolff
Deerfield Area Historical Society
Deerfield Area Historical Society Fall Fest
Deerfield Fine Arts Commission
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
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Deerfield Public Library Audio Visual Circulation
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Deerfield Public Library Circulation Policies
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Deerfield Public Library Family Fun Nights
Deerfield Public Library Family Reading Kits
Deerfield Public Library Mission Statement
Deerfield Public Library Online Resources
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Deerfield Public Library S*T*A*R Volunteers
Deerfield Public Library Services
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Technology Classes
Deerfield Public Library Toddler Times
Deerfield Public Library Video Game Circulation
Deerfield Public Library Website
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Edward P. Jones
Elvis Presley
English
Eric Feber
Fine Arts Scrapbooking
First Presbyterian Church
French
German
Halo
Highland Park Illinois
Homer "Sonny" Hickam Jr.
Illinois Family Reading Night
Immigration
Income Tax Assistance
Inkheart
Inkspell
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Internet
Italian
Jack A. Hicks
Jan Pavlovic
Jean Gilkyson
Jeff Libman
Jeffrey C. Blumenthal
Jeffrey Rivlin
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) Career Planning Center
John A. Anderson
John Kelsey
Karen Kleckner Keefe
Kenan Abosch
Kevin Mell
Kevin Quigley
Khaled Hosseini
Kids in Deerfield Doing Outstanding Service (KIDDOS)
Lincolnshire School System
Lindy Rubin
Lord of the Rings
Lowell Komie
Marci Holzer
Mark Spragg
Marla Callistein
Mary Malish
McDonalds
Michael Hyman
Michael Kett
Moly Nakahara
Myla Goldberg
National Children's Book Week
National Library Card Sign-Up Month
Native Americans
Ninja Gaiden
Old Country Buffet
Paddy Lynn
Penelope Lively
Peter Fletcher
Philomena Urhausen
Playstation 2
Prince of Persia
Pulitzer Prize
Roberta Glick
Rocket Boys
Ronald Simon
Rosetta Stone
Russian
Sally Brickman Seifert
Sarah Simon
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South Africa
Spanish
Sputnik
Steven Rings
Studs Terkel
Sue Vani
Sunday G. Mueller
Teen Read Week
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The Kite Runner
The Known World
The Legal Fiction of Lowell B. Komie
The Photograph
Wauconda Illinois
Wyoming
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XBox
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Fall 1996
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Pick up your copy of the library’s
1995-1996 annual report at the Cir
culation Desk. Our year included
dedication of the Thomas E. Parfitt
Fiction Room, a circulation of
322,175 items from a collection of
151,810 and program attendance of
5,322 adults and children. We added
8,781 materials including books,
CD's, book cassettes, music cassettes
and videos and withdrew 4,604 out
dated items. We added online data
bases and more. It's not just num
bers. Take one home!
Deerfield Public Library
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Volume 12, Number 1
Behind Hie Scenes...
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French language-to the degree that they even
have laws to prevent the distortion of their native
tongue. I think they have a point, but we should be
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Commiffee's Goal:
Service fo Unserved
ibrary board member
WiillliiiGareB Sende&a has
been appointed by George
H. Ryan, Illinois Secretary of State
and State Librarian, to serve on The
Lake County Regional Public Li
brary Sendee Planning Panel to look
at future development of public li
brary services in Lake County. The
committee will address: how library
service should be delivered to the
unserved, what the local service ar
eas should be, options for forming
these service areas and how they
should be funded.
The planning may have impor
tant results for Riverwoods and
Bannockburn, our adjacent commu
nities which are now unserved by
any library.
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just as worried about that phenomenon here in the
U.S. We are dangerously close to not only losing
the beauty, precision, and eloquence of the English
language but also any coherent meaning. I am not
hankering back to some “good ol’ days" when the
American use of language was the very model of
perfection, I just want intelligible English when I read
rchitect
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rand Assosisifles have pre
pared preliminary designs for
short and long term renovation of
the library’s main floor and children’s
department. According to Admin
istrative Librarian Jack Hicks, this
is probably the longest and hardest
part of the renovation process as staff
and board study the plans and focus
on what is most needed now and in
the future. Planning and fine tun
ing for best use of public space will
probably run into late fall.
The Suaoneflell enrad fifteary
F©sdlasC3 ©Garden
will be developed out
side the Fiction Room. *
It will be planted for year
round beauty. New light
ing will brighten this
space. The new garden has ^
been made possible by gifts to
the Fosdick Memorial Fund.
Sazonoff
or listen. All too often I read scientific sounding sen
tences that not only have no poetry or beauty but
Established
are maddeningly devoid of meaning.
The Rosemary Sazonoff Me
morial Fund has been estab
lished in memory of Mrs. Sazonoff
who died last spring. For many years
she had been an active member of
the library board and the Deerfield
community. The library staffwill use
the funds for an annual Rosemany
Sazonoff writing contest for the
community. This is a fitting memo
rial to Sazonoff who was a journalist
for the Pulitzer Lerner Newspapers.
The contest will be held in spring.
The Danish comic piano player, Victor Borge,
made a career of onstage talk—made doubly meaning
less by the delivery itself—horrible mispronunciations
that were often the literal interpretation of the writ
ten word. Borge called his language “ word infla
tion." These were not malapropisms, spoonerisms,
neologisms-just gobbledygook. Now we all know
that language changes—it changes every day—as
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Youth
Services
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Storytime registration for ages 21/2-grade
2 begins at 9 a.m September 16. Phone-in
registration will begin at 10 a.m. All children must have a program card on file with
us to be registered in a storytime class. If
your child does not have one, please stop
by the Youth Services desk with your Iibrary card prior to registration. Please notify us of any absences. As space is limited
we cannot accept your child in class after
two unexcused absences,
f
Performers provide programming targeted
to specific age groups. For your childrens
continued enjoyment, please follow the age
guidelines. Due to limited space and the
popularity of these events, we would like to
allow as many children as possible to attend.
We limit tickets to five per family, and ask
that you kindly limit adult tickets to one
per family. Children age six and under must
be accompanied by an adult. Please, no children under one year old.
October 1-November 7
Tots Together
(ages 2 1/2-3 1/2 with adult)
Wednesdays, 10:00-10:20 a.m.
Thursdays, 10:00-10:20 a.m.
Mike OffuR s Science Safari
Grades K-6
Wednesday, September 25, 7-7:45p.m.
Join Mike Offutt as he presents an amazing
scientific magic show. Tickets available Sep
tember 18.
Stories 'n' More
(ages 3 1/2-6)
Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m.
Thursdays, 1:30 p.m.
Stianla
Ages 4-12
Saturday, October 26, 10-10:45 a.m.
Celebrate Halloween with stories about
Anansi the spider. Popular storyteller Shanta
will delight with trickster tales.Tickets avail
able October 19.
Read oil RbouMT
Ages 5-12
Saturday November 23, 2-2:45p.m.
The library is celebrating Childrens Book
Week with the help of Imagination Theater
who will present a play about the importance of books and reading. Tickets avail
able November 16.
September
Storytime Registration begins, 9 am
Tickets available, Science Safari
Toddler Time, 10:30
Mike Offutt’s Science Safari, 7 pm*
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19
26
October
Storytimes begin*
Toddler Time, 10:30 am
Tickets available, Shanta
Shanta, 10 am*
942 children and 185 adults went for the gold
in the librarys' two “olympic” summer reading
clubs. Thanks for making them a big success!
Youth Services thanks the following: Baskin
Robbins, The Cherry Pit Cafe, McDonalds,
Futurekids, Lindemann Pharmacy, Renu Spa,
and So Many Roads.
Affterschool Stories
(grades K-2)
Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
Toddler Time
Toddlers and their caregivers can gain an
introduction to libraries and library
storytimes at Toddler Time. This drop-in
program at 10:30-11:00 a.m., for children
ages 18 months to 2 1/2 years features sto
ries, songs and fingerplays. Dates are Fri
days, September 20, October 18 and No
vember 15.
©<@0. Youth Services Calendar © A
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20
25
Jack Hicks, left, accepts two awards for Deerfield
Library's outstanding publicity materials from
Mark Eisen, President of the Library Public Re
lations Council. The awards were presented at
the American Library Association Conference in
New York City.
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November
Storytimes end'
Toddler Time, 10:30 am
Tickets available, Read All About It
Read All About It, 2 pm*
° Deerfield Library circulation has been climb
ing! We are pleased!
• YOU CAN RENEW BOOKS AUTO
MATICALLY BY TELEPHONE, find out
what titles you have out or hear current fines
by dialing 676-1846. A voice will ask for
library card bar code number and you will
hear a menu of options. You can renew once
if there is no waiting list and materials are
not overdue.
• Our videos (except new ones) are loaned free
to those 18 years and older. To easily iden
tify adult library cards, those belonging to
youths under 18 are now punch holed.
• If your library card is lost or stolen, please
report it to us immediately, as you are held
responsible for its use!
* Tickets or registration necessary.
• We welcome small exhibits to our front hall
display case. If you have an interesting col
lection to share for one months time, piease
contact Sally or Betty.
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�Reservations are requested!
What Should Every Woman
Know About Money?*
Wednesday, September 11, 7 pan.
'Men welcome to attend
Deerfield’s Debra Berg, Merrill Lynch Finan
cial Consultant, reviews important basics of
budgeting, insurance, investing, retirement
planning and estate planning. Debra has taught
college finance and edited a textbook, Personal
Finance. She will answer questions.
Chicago Mystery Author
Michael Raleigh
Tuesday October 1, 7 pan.
Author of the Paul Whelan series, Death in Up
town, A Body in Belmont Harbor, Maxwell Street
Blues, Killer on Argyle Street and next year’s
Riverview Murders, Raleigh looks at the road
to becoming an author and his use of Chicago
locales. The Chicago Sun Times said, “With his
flair for vivid prose and his vesting of dignity in
the humblest of characters, Raleigh renders a
superlative work on another of Chicago’s darker
recesses.” His lively talk will kick off Illinois
Arts Week.
Cities and Towns of Illinois
Wednesday October 9, 7 pan.
A special tour of the charms, traditions,and per
sonalities of the cities, towns and villages of Il
linois. Adventure lecturer John Lynn has vis
ited all 2,403 Illinois places and presents a slide
presentation and narration of his discoveries.
Co-sponsored with Deerfield Historical Society.
Vampires: The Creatures
of the Night
Wednesday October 23, 7 pan.
--_
Author and director of Vampire
Studies (a center he founded to collect and share Vampire information), Martin Riccardo examines the mysteries of the vam
pire in legend, film, fantasy, and fact. Ricardo’s
book, Liquid Dreams of Vampires, due out this
month, explores the psychological power of the
vampire image in the human subconscious and
imagination.
Preserving Old Family
Photographs
Wednesday, November 6, 7 pan.
James Hojnacki,
award winning na
>
ture photographer
and photo artist will Stfc'
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offer advice on what
can be done to re
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store and preserve
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fading photographs,
how to store or copy
them. He’ll also offer suggestions on preserva
tion of video and computer data. Co-sponsors:
Deerfield Area Historical Society.
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September
2 Library Closed Labor Day
8 Open Sundays beginning today
11 What Should Every Woman Know
About Money? 7 pm
12 Book Discussion, The Hoad From
Coorain, 10:30 am
18 Library Board, 8 pm
October
Author Michael Raleigh, 7 pm
Librarian in the Lobby, 9-12
Cities and Towns of Illinois, 7 pm
Book Discussion, “What It Takes; The
Way to the White House, 10:30 am
16 Library Board, 8 pm
23 Vampires; Creatures of the Night, 7 pm
1
5
9
10
November
Librarian in the Lobby, 9-12
Preserving Photographs, 7 pm
Classical Guitarist Shinobu Sato, 2 pm
Book Discussion, Montana 1948,
10:30 am
20 Library Board, 8 pm
27 Thanksgiving Eve, Close 5 pm
28 Thanksgiving Day Closed
2
6
10
14
Voter's Registration
Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sept. 28 and Oct. 5.
Classical Guitarist Shinobu Sato
Sunday November 10, 2 p.m.
Multi talented Sato has been called the music
lover’s musician. With passion and enthusiasm
he will play an eclectic mix of Scott Joplin rag
time, traditional Japanese music, J. S. Bach and
Latin American dances-all on one small guitar
“where his heart is”. Join us for this cozy Sun
day afternoon concert in the Fiction Room.
Refreshments will
be served.
Flu Prevention
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, Visiting Nurse
Association North will offer $10.00 flu shots at
the library. Questions? Call 847-581-1717.
Librarian
in the Lobby
An opportunity to meet informally with library
administrators and talk of library concerns:
Saturdays, 9-12, Oct. 5 and Nov. 2. Stop by
and voice your opinions!
Book Discussions
in the Library
Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.
September 12 The Road From Coorain by Jill Ker Conway.
Conway tells her story of her own search for identity as a parallel to
the coming of age of her native Australia.
October 10 What it Takes, The Way to the White House by Richard Ben Cramer.
What drives a politician to risk the ruin of his family, his marriage,
his children for the sake of ambition?
^ November 14 Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. The events of a
small town summer in 1948 forever alter 12 year old
David Haydens view of his family.
�Librarian's DesH continued
it must to cope with the nature of a
dynamic society—dead languages
reflect dead cultures. The way our
language is evolving, what we are
soon going to have is a cross
between Victor Borge and the brutal
language in Anthony Burgess’s book
about a ruthless, soul-less future, A
Clockwork Orange.
Here is a tiny sampling of the
non-words that are commonplace in
our new non-language: go to the
mat, input, surf—which is both a
computer and sports cliche,
risktaker—who is always rewarded,
cyber-anything, paradigm,
sidemantle, interactive, stake
holder—who was someone in the
Boy Scouts who helped put up your
pup tent, outsource, and the feared
outplace, ecosystem, access,
gatekeeper—who is good at getting
money in but never letting it out,
enable, empower, supercomputer,
virtual reality, cheese food—
whatever that is, learning curve—
which I always seem to be behind,
parameters, interface, share,
enriching, network, downsize—the
dreaded catch-word of the 90’s,
advocacy, quality time, information
superhighway which we all surf. Oh,
these words and the sentences they
bloat—they’re just so, so meaningful.
I use what I call the Kentucky
Colonel test when I read jargon and
drivel--if I can insert the phrase Ken
tucky Colonel in place of the catch
phrase and the sentence still makes
sense, you’re in trouble.
What I hear and see falls into about
four general categories: the increasing
use of non-words, the horrible mispro
nunciation you hear on television, the
overuse of cliches, and finally—maybe
the worst—the worthless habit of turning
nouns into verbs.Throw in the computerisms and sports terms that have crept
into daily usage and you find a language
that is losing the power of expression.
What is it we want from language? First
and foremost the language must be of
specificity to avoid ambiguity (yet not
mimic German). But we crave and
demand more; there must be beauty—
even grandeur from our language The
English language has always been
renowned for its power, beauty, and
expressiveness—it has the potential to
stir our souls—the most lyrical and
descriptive language on earth.
We have always welcomed words
from other languages, because they
often express an emotion or feeling
better than old stale words. Terms like
bungalow and badminton from India
have become staples of the English
language. I would suggest that up to
now our language has followed a
natural transformation to make words
more effective or expressive. The word
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pollution now prevalent is not that
kind of transformation—instead of
making words more effective, the
drive is to make words more
accessible. Accessible language
panders to the lowest instincts, not
the most noble, to produce a
meaningless choreography of banal
words. Maybe the use of non
language is directly proportional to
our efforts when we try to simplify an
increasingly complex world, or when
we just shirk our duty to think.
Language is probably the most
perfect barometer we have for a
society; it reflects exactly and totally
who we are and what we think. Our
language has begun to emulate our
domestic architecture—no front
porch, but elaborately enclosed
backyards. Maybe our language is a
perfect metaphor for today; it reveals
all that we are willing or able to
reveal about ourselves. I would like
to think otherwise; but words speak
louder than hopes and words are
definitely losing as we surf our way
out into the mainstream of the
information superhighway. What will
the permanent barometer of our
language record about us?
Deerfield Postal Patron
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Browsing | Deerfield Public Library | Fall 1996
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Vol. 12, No. 1
Creator
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Seifert, Sally Brickman
Source
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Deerfield Public Library
Publisher
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Deerfield Public Library
Date
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09/1996
Format
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Searchable PDF
Language
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English
Identifier
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DPL.0010.042
Coverage
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September - November 1996
A Body in Belmont Harbor
A Clockwork Orange
American Library Association (ALA)
American Library Association Annual Conference
Anansi
Anthony Burgess
Anthony G. Sabato
Australia
Bannockburn Illinois
Baskin Robbins
Betty Reschke
Boy Scouts of America
Cherry Pit Cafe
Chicago Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times
Children's Book Week
David B. Wolff
David Hayden
Death in Uptown
Debra Berg
Deerfield Area Historical Society
Deerfield Illinois
Deerfield Public Library
Deerfield Public Library Adult Services Department
Deerfield Public Library Annual Report
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees
Deerfield Public Library Board of Trustees Trustee in the Lobby
Deerfield Public Library Book Discussions
Deerfield Public Library Browsing Newsletter
Deerfield Public Library Circulation Policies
Deerfield Public Library Display Case
Deerfield Public Library Programming
Deerfield Public Library Renovations
Deerfield Public Library Storytimes
Deerfield Public Library Summer Reading Programs
Deerfield Public Library Tot Time
Deerfield Public Library Youth Services Department
Diane Kraus
English
Financial Consultant
Flu Shots
Fosdick Garden
Fosdick Memorial Fund
French
Futurekids
George H. Ryan
German
Illinois
Illinois Arts Week
Illinois Secretary of State
Illinois State Librarian
Imagination Theatre
India
Jack A. Hicks
James Hojnacki
Japanese Music
Jill Ker Conway
Johann Sebastian Bach
John A. Anderson
John Lynn
Kentucky
Killer on Argyle Street
Lake County Illinois
Lake County Regional Public Library Service Planning Panel
Larry Watson
Latin American Music
Lindemann Pharmacy
Liquid Dreams of Vampires
Mark Eisen
Martin Riccardo
Mary Fosdick
Maxwell Street Blues
McDonalds
Merrill Lynch
Michael Raleigh
Mike Offutt
Montana 1948
National Library Public Relations Council
Paul Whelan
Personal Finance
Pulitzer Lerner Newspapers
Renu Spa
Richard Ben Cramer
Riverview Murders
Riverwoods Illinois
Rosemary Sazonoff
Rosemary Sazonoff Memorial Fund
Rosemary Sazonoff Writing Contest
Sally Brickman Seifert
Sam Fosdick
Sam Fosdick Fund
Samuel and Mary Fosdick Garden
Scott Javore and Associates
Scott Joplin
Searchable PDF
Shanta
Shinobu Sato
So Many Roads
Susan L. Benn
The Road From Coorain
Thomas E. Parfitt Fiction Room
Vampire Studies
Vampires
Victor Borge
Visiting Nurse Association North
Voter Registration
What It Takes the Way to the White House
William S. Seiden
Yvonne Sharpe