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eBooks and eAudiobooks in our Cloud Library

It's easy to download popular current titles. First time user? Click here to get the App and see which eReaders are compatible. If you find you can't download, make sure your library card has not expired. Check with your library.
Made possible by an LSTA grant given to Navajo County LIbrary District by the AZ State Library from IMLS..

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You can also pay library fines
with a credit card through
PayPal from this page.

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Download Audiobooks for all ages from anywhere 24/7!
(Need help or instructions? Click here...)

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60,000+ Maps: political, physical, population, Bible, precipitation, climate maps, and more!

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Use eSequels to quickly find out what book comes next in a series. (This resource is for our Navajo County patrons only. For patron barcode, type in the first 4 numbers of your library card only)

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What is your library worth to you? How much would you pay out-of-pocket for your library services?
Click here to find out!

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RBDigital eAudiobooks

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NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory solution for fiction lovers. NoveList Plus will help you to answer the question of what to read next. Find that next great book you will want to read!

 

Here are three more links to help you find great books to read:

 

Book Reporter

Book Spot

Goodreads

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LibraryElf.com

Track your library books. Let Elf help you manage your library loans and holds. Avoid overdues with email alerts. Check multiple library cards. Track books, DVDs, CDs, videos, etc. Join for free. Please click here to create your account.

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Looking for a book at Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com? Want to know if your library has it before you buy? Try out the new 'Check Library' browser button.

This button is helpful when you are reading any article or online newspaper that reviews a book. You can quickly check if it's in our library catalog.

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LibraryThing.com

Catalog your books online

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Baker & Taylor Best-Sellers
1.  Redemption, by David Baldacci
2.  Someone Knows, by Lisa Scottoline
3.  Miracle at St. Andrews, by James Patterson
4.  Neon Prey, by John Sandford
5.  The 13-Minute Murder, by James Patterson
6.  The A List, by J.A. Jance
7.  Lost Roses, by Martha Hall Kelly
8.  Triple Jeopardy, Anne Perry
9.  The Department of Sensitive Crimes, by Alexander McCall Smith
10. The Better Sister, by Alafair Burke

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Navajo Code Talkers Resources
With the sad news that another Navajo Code Talker, Fleming Begaye, Sr., has passed away recently, the Library District encourages people to read and learn more about these patriotic Americans who played such a crucial role in World War II. Here are some resources held in our public libraries:

Navajo code talkers : secret American Indian Heroes of World War II     Baker, Brynn.     2016

Under the eagle : Samuel Holiday, Navajo code talker     Holiday, Samuel, 1924-     2013

Code talker [CD audiobook] : [the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII]     Nez, Chester.     2011

Code talker     Nez, Chester.     2011

Unsung heroes of World War II : the story of the Navajo code talkers     Durrett, Deanne, 1940-     2009

True whispers [DVD videorecording] : the story of the Navajo code talkers     Hurd, Gale Anne.     2007

Code talker [audiobook] : [a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two]     Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-     2006

Navajo code talkers [DVD videorecording]     Triage Entertainment Inc.     2006
 

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Pinedale Public Library has lots to offer
    
















 
    


Pinedale Public Library has lots of new books, a great large print collection, DVDs, launchpads, early literacy kits, and more. Make a visit, get a library card or use the universal one you already have. The friendly volunteers are ready to help. They are gearing up for many great activities and programs this summer. The library is open Monday through Friday from 1 pm to 4:30 pm.




















County Librarian Geneva Durkee visited recently to give the Pinedale Library a check for annual support and enjoyed meeting the library visitors that day. Karen and Ann were volunteering.


 

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Have you read to your pet today??


Stop by your local library and check out a book that you and your furry friend can enjoy together!!!

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Ideas for old books?!

UK-based book sculptor Emma Taylor sources old books from second-hand and antique shops and gives them a second story. Taylor uses simple materials—glue, paper, and scissors—to sculpt architectural façades, lively animals, and leafy trees from otherwise unused titles. Each scene is inspired by the book’s written content, with a garden scene emerging from An Introduction to Botany and Italian houses built out of The Story of Venice. Taylor has been carving and sculpting books for several years and has recently opened an Etsy shop stocked with a few of her paper-based artworks.     From American Libraries magazine
 

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The six oldest libraries in New England

Many New England towns claim to have the oldest libraries in their state. In New Hampshire, for example, the Portsmouth Athenaeum was founded as a private library in 1817, 16 years before the Peterborough Town Library. Peterborough, funded by taxpayers from the start, claims to be the oldest tax-supported library. But this list is limited to the oldest libraries that lend books. So Peterborough in, Portsmouth out. Here are six of the oldest libraries in New England, one in each state....

New England Historical Society

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The movie "The public" spotlights the public library and homelessness
The movie, 'the public'  just released this April, is a humorous film about a group of homeless library patrons who stage an action during a polar vortex in order to stay in the public library and avoid freezing to death.  Politicians, the media and the police overreact and things get a little crazy.
Enjoy this trailer:

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How to clean a computer keyboard

Gabe Carey writes: “Whether you’re a gamer, a hard-working professional, or both, you’re bound to get your hands on something gunky prior to clicking and clacking away at your keyboard. When all that sludge and silt becomes too much, you’ll have to undertake that most thankless of PC tasks: cleaning your keyboard. Here are five handy ways you can clean your keyboard without spending much, before you replace it or ditch it. From a simple chassis shakedown to removing all the keycaps and the outer shell and giving certain bits a bath, these tips range from beginner to intermediate-enthusiast level.”...

PC Magazine, Apr. 12

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The million word gap

Young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than kids who were never read to, a new study found. This “million word gap” could be one key in explaining differences in vocabulary and reading development, said Jessica Logan, lead author of the study and assistant professor of educational studies at the Ohio State University. Even kids who are read only one book a day will hear about 290,000 more words by age 5 than those who don’t regularly read books with a parent or caregiver....

Ohio State University, Apr. 4

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Great Tips for Genealogists in this article!
Click on the Title line to read the full article.

Simple tips for reading old handwriting

Lisa Lisson writes: “Reading old handwriting in genealogy documents can be tough for a variety of reasons. Faded ink. Poor penmanship. Unusual script. Add in unfamiliar language and new-to-you abbreviations, and interpreting your ancestor’s document just got more tedious. Here are some tips for reading old handwriting. With practice, you will become more skilled and confident when you read that old handwriting.”... Are You My Cousin?, Feb. 25

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Alaska library lends out taxidermy specimens

Jennifer Nalewicki writes: “Inside Alaska Resources Library and Information Services, a library on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus, are shelves upon shelves of archival boxes, each carefully labeled with its specific contents—a perfectly preserved carcass of a ring-necked pheasant nestled in one, a mounted black rockfish in another. The collection has grown to include hundreds of specimens, making ARLIS the only known library in the US to hold such a taxidermic trove. It is not only open to the public, but its items can be checked out just like one would a library book—the only thing you need is an Anchorage public library card.”...

Smithsonian, Apr. 18

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Suggestions for eBooks From Freading - Try an eBook today!
 

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First Things First Video on Quality Child Care

Quality child care: What to look for in teacher-child interactions Quality child care helps children learn, grow and thrive. Teacher-child interactions that are stimulating and nurturing are an essential part of quality early learning programs. Check out FTF's 1-minute video for what to look for.

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National Book Award Finalists

The National Book Foundation has announced the winners of the 2018 National Book Awards.

Fiction Winner

Nonfiction Winner

Poetry Winner

Translated Literature

 

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The first book printed in Antarctica

Cara Giaimo writes: “On January 29, 1908, the crew of the Nimrodlanded at Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound. Led by Ernest Shackleton, the explorers would spend the next two years ranging over the continent. Although they never achieved their chief objective of reaching the geographic South Pole, they did bring the first motorcar to Antarctica and climb Mount Erebus for the first time. They also wrote, illustrated, and printed a book, Aurora Australis, the first one ever made on that continent.”... Atlas Obscura, Sept. 24

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The packhorse librarians of eastern Kentucky

During the Great Depression, the Appalachians were hit hard. Coal mines were being shut down. Many people were living in dire poverty. In 1936, as part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Kentucky WPA began to hire packhorse librarians, mostly women, to carry books to isolated cabins, rural school houses, and home-bound coal miners. The bookwomen followed creek beds and fence routes, their saddlebags and pillowcases stuffed with Robinson Crusoe, Women’s Home Companion, and Popular Mechanics.... NPR: Morning Edition, Sept. 13

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Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

At the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., on September 1, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden awarded the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction to acclaimed writer Annie Proulx (right), author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Shipping News and the short story “Brokeback Mountain.” The prize, one of the library’s most prestigious awards, honors an American literary writer whose body of work is distinguished for its mastery of the art, originality, and imagination.

Proulx urged the crowd to make literacy a top priority for children.

"You can never introduce your child to reading too early," Proulx told the crowd, adding that they should start reading to babies before they're born and as often as possible. "If you repeat this recipe every day ... you will have a smart, intelligent, involved person in your life."
 

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Arizona Assets Map to explore
The Arizona Commerce Authority recently unveiled the Arizona Assets Map, an interactive tool that identifies statewide resources across 27 different categories, including certified development sites, foreign trade zones, Opportunity Zones, land ownership, startup resources and community profiles with demographics.

The map is useful for residents and visitors alike, allowing for a statewide search of facilities including libraries, hospitals, schools, airports, arts and cultural landmarks, outdoor activities and state and national parks.

The map is an ever-evolving tool, and the ACA welcomes input. Please click here to submit additional resources for inclusion.
 

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The Great American Read Top 100
Starting on Tuesday May 22nd, The Great American Read series begins! An 8-part TV Special on PBS, it celebrates the power, passion, and joy of reading by taking a look at the top 100 best-loved books that the public has chosen!

Below is the list of those 100 books. How many of the those have you read? Is your favorite on the list?

1984 A Confederacy of Dunces A Prayer For Owen Meany A Separate Peace A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Alchemist, The Alex Cross Mysteries (series) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Americanah And Then There Were None Anne of Green Gables Another Country Atlas Shrugged Beloved Bless Me Ultima Book Thief, The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, The Catch 22 Call of the Wild, The Catcher in the Rye, The Charlotte's Web Chronicles of Narnia, The (series) Clan of the Cave Bear Coldest Winter Ever, The Color Purple, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Crime and Punishment Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime, The Da Vinci Code, The Don Quixote Doña Barbara Dune Fifty Shades Of Grey (series) Flowers In The Attic Foundation (series) Frankenstein Game of Thrones (series) Ghost Gilead Giver, The Godfather, The Gone Girl Gone with the Wind Grapes of Wrath, The Great Expectations Great Gatsby, The Gulliver's Travels Handmaid's Tale, The Harry Potter (series)

Hatchet (series) Heart of Darkness Help, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Hunger Games, The (series) Hunt for Red October, The Jane Eyre Joy Luck Club, The Jurassic Park Left Behind (series) Little Print, The Little Women Lonesome Dove Looking for Alaska Lord of the Rings, The (series) Lovely Bones, The Martian, The Memoirs of a Geisha Mind Invaders Moby Dick Notebook, The One Hundred Years of Solitude Outlander (series) Outsiders, The Picture of Dorian Gray Pilgrim's Progress, The Pillars of The Earth Pride and Prejudice Ready Player One Rebecca Shack, The Siddhartha Sirens of Titan, The Stand, The Sun Also Rises, The Swan Song Tales of the City (series) Their Eyes Were Watching God Things Fall Apart This Present Darkness To Kill a Mockingbird Twilight Saga (series) War and Peace Watchers, The Wheel of Time, The (series) Where the Red Fern Grows White Teeth Wuthering Heights

 

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2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners have been announced! Below are the winners of Letters, Drama, and Music:

Fiction: Less, Andrew Sean Greer.
"For a generous book, musical in its prose and expansive in its structure and range, about growing older and the essential nature of love."

Drama: Cost of Living, by Martyna Majok.
"An honest, original work that invites audiences to examine diverse perspectives of privilege and human connection through two pairs of mismatched individuals: a former trucker and his recently paralyzed ex-wife, and an arrogant young man with cerebral palsy and his new caregiver."

History: The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, by Jack E. Davis.
"An important environmental history of the Gulf of Mexico that brings critical attention to the Earth's 10th largest body of water and one of the planet's most diverse and productive marine ecosystems."

Biography: Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser.
"A deeply resourced and elegantly written portrait of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of The Little House on the Prairie series, that describes how Wilder transfers transformed her family's story of poverty, failure and struggle into an uplifting tale of self-reliance, familial love, and perseverance."

Poetry: Half-light, by Frank Bidart.
"A volume of unyielding ambition and remarkable scope that mixes long, dramatic poems with short, elliptical lyrics, building on classical mythology and reinventing forms of desire that defy societal norms."

General Nonfiction: Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, by James Forman Jr.
"An examination of the historical roots of contemporary criminal justice in the United States, based on vast experience and deep knowledge of the legal system, and its often devastating consequences for citizens and communities of color."

Music: DAMN., by Kendrick Lamar.
"A virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life."

To see the Journalism winners and the finalists for all the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes here.

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Featured website - Best travel sites like Priceline

Best 9 Websites Like Priceline for Flights, Hotels, & Car Rentals

And here are some other websites that offer hints for travelers:

• Priceline competitor comparison table: coverage, services, best feature, and more
• How do search-aggregator travel websites work?
• When should you get travel insurance?
• 3 helpful apps for the traveler
• Other helpful tips and tricks resources for booking travel online

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Techboomers 8 Airbnb Alternatives
Airbnb offers vacationers an online alternative to rent homes or rooms for their next vacation, rather than going through hotels. Hosts and renters verify their identity and rate each other as security against scams. However, some renters find the process to get a rental on Airbnb to be a bit of a hassle.

Techboomers has collected 8 other sites that might suit your traveling style better than Airbnb. Click here to take a look!

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Great Accessibility sites for Android and iOS from Techboomers

From Techboomers...
Navigating daily life with accessibility needs is hard – there’s no question about that. But why struggle more than you have to? If you have accessibility needs, or know someone who does, we’ve got the solution to many of your daily issues. With more and more apps being developed every day, there is an increasing number of apps you can make use of to make your daily life easier.

There are apps with many different ways to help with various accessibility needs, and we will help outline them in this article. We’re going to cover:
•    Visual impairment apps
•    Hearing impairment apps
•    Apps for physical disabilities and to help improve motor skills
•    Other useful accessibility apps
•    Built-in accessibility functions for your smartphone
•    Tips for using these apps
Check out these apps, and our information about how some functionality may be built right into your phone to help with accessibility. Then check out our tips at the end to help you make good use of these great new apps.

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Homeschool Collection has rotated!
Are you interested in homeschooling your child? Are you already homeschooling, and are looking for some new materials to help you teach your children? The Navajo County Library District has your back!

Located at the Holbrook Public Library, Pinetop-Lakeside Public Library, Show Low Public Library, Snowflake-Taylor Public Library, and the Winslow Public Library, we have our Homeschool Rotating Collections just waiting to help you teach your children from home. You can go in to any of these libraries and browse what we have, or you can search our catalog from home and place what you need on hold. From books for the parent on how to homeschool or teach about new topics to books aimed at the children so they can learn, we will surely have something for you to take advantage of.

Don't know how to find the items in our catalog? Well then just follow the steps below:

1. Select 'For more Search Options, click here' either on our homepage or on the Search/Home page of the catalog.
2. Select Homeschool in the Item Category2 field.
3. Press Search to browse all of our items that are classified in our Homeschool collections, or enter a keyword/author/title search if there is something specific you want help with.

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Need help with Finances and Budgeting? - Sign up for email Debt Boot Camp
Email Boot Camp. There is help to get your finances in shape with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's email Debt Boot Camp.  This 21-day course helps with financial goal setting, handling money emergencies, debt pay down, and creating and following a budget.  Participants receive two to three emails each week with tips, tools and activities to help them manage their debt and finances.  Go to this webpage to sign up:  https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/sign-our-email-course-and-get-your-finances-shape/
 
 

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Great Sites for Weather Info

As holiday visitors, travel, and shopping take up some time now and you want to keep track of the weather on your smartphone, TechBoomers has listed some great sites:

Best Free Weather Apps to Get the Forecast Right We’ve got the list of the best weather apps for Android and iOS to help you find the forecast in an instant. And best of all – they’re all free!

 

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Where to Use Your Military Discount Online

Where to Use Your Military Discount Online If you're a member of an American military branch, you can get discounts in some online stores. Techboomers explains how these discounts work and where they apply.

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According to Sebco Books Publisher...
FUN FACT!
DID YOU KNOW? In 2009, author Jeff Kinney was named one of the world's most influential people by TIME Magazine?
 

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Interested in Beadwork? Check out these ONLINE MAGAZINES
Here are four eMagazines that are great resources for anyone who does beadwork, and they are all free subscriptions to Library Card Holders in Navajo County. Just click on this link or the links below the cover to add them to your list of subscriptions. Read anywhere from your smartphone, tablet or computer.
 

Bead Style

Bead&Button

Beader's Handbook 2

Beadwork

 

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TumbleBooks Active Again.
Our TumbleBooks Collection was down for a short while but is now up again. The producer is requiring people who access Tumblebooks at home to enter the first 5 digits of their library card or the 5-digit zip code of your community in Navajo County if you don't live near a library. You will only need to do this once if you have cookies enabled on your computer. No login is required when accessing TumbleBooks in the library. This collection of online eBooks / animated picturebooks is a great, fun way to develop your child's reading skills as these popular books are read to the child if desired, or kids can choose to read themselves. The collection also includes some chapter books for older readers and there are also some teen titles included - a great boost for reluctant readers. TumbleBooks even has some books in Spanish and French. There are also puzzles and games to reinforce reading and comprehension skills. Especially during the summertime, make sure your child is getting exposed to lots of reading to avoid the summer slide. Chldren will love the video clips available. Links are on the children's page also. Please make use of this resource of over 600 titles provided by Navajo County Library District.
 

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McNary Community Library Closed
McNary Community Library was destroyed by a fire June 15. If you have any materials checked out from this library, please return them to the Whiteriver Public Library or to any of our other libraries in the county. The destruction of the library is a tremendous loss to the McNary Community, and no one knows at this point whether a new library can be built.
 

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5 Ways to Learn Music Online for Free
From Techboomers:
Learning music through online methods is something that is now more possible (and easier) than ever. This article is meant to be a great starting point for you when you want to start learning to play, read, or perform music – all on your own. When starting out, it’s important to know that there are many different ways you can go about learning music online, and it’s important to choose the right method for you.

(Click here to learn 5 ways you can learn music online for free!)

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Suggestions for Writing Your Will
Click on the link below to see TechBoomers' suggested websites if you have not yet created your will or want to revise an existing willl. Besides these sites you can find the basic forms for creating a will by using our reference database Legal Forms.
 

How to Get A Will Made Online Looking for an easy way to create a will on your own? There are websites that will allow you to create a will online. We’ll tell you how it works!

 

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Have You Accessed ComicsPlus Yet?

Here are 2017’s top-ten circulating comics in ComicsPlus, Library Edition our downloadable eBooks collection of comic books. These are multiple use so you don't have to place holds, but you'll need a library card from one of our Navajo County public libraries. There are thousands of comics to choose from!




You can also find the link on our Digital Downloads page.
Reading eBook Comic books will count toward your Summer Reading Program points.

 

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A study by the National Endowment for the Arts concluded that people who read books are more likely to be civically engaged, exercise, and enjoy cultural experiences. Reading fiction has been found to make readers more empathetic with others who are different from themselves. The more types of reading materials available in a home, the higher students are in reading proficiency, according to the Educational Testing Service. Research suggests that people who read are two and a half times less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Syndrome. Reading expands your vocabulary, and makes you smarter!

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PlayAway Launchpads now available at a library near you!

Navajo County Library District has started a new rotating collection of PlayAway Launchpad tablets, rechargeable tablets that are pre-loaded with at least ten educational video games for ages 3-5; 5-7; and 8-10. These are tremendously helpful in increasing early literacy/school readiness skills. Elementary students will find great games to practice math, science and reading. Check out these new tablets for seven days at the libraries in Clay Springs, Heber, Holbrook, Pinedale, Pinetop-Lakeside, Show Low, Snowflake, Winslow, and Woodruff.

 

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by Peter Grant

Looking to start a business? Take a look at the Census Business Builder tool offered by the United States Census Bureau. The Business Builder offers a simple map-based interface that allows you to enter your type of business, choose a geographic area, and retrieve data such as household size, median income, or even find the number of comparable businesses and information about their receipts and revenue.   Try it here: https://cbb.census.gov/sbe/#

Census Business Builder

(from the State Library of Arizona Capitol Stacks newsletter)

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How Many AZ Children Live in Poverty? Access the Kids Count Statistics to Find Out
​New county-level statistics compiled by Children’s Action Alliance, in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, show a detailed insight into child poverty, academic achievement, child safety and juvenile crime in Arizona. The 2016 Arizona KIDS COUNT Data Book analyzes five years of data from 2009 – 2014, comparing conditions for kids and families from a difficult economic period during and after the nation slowly emerged from the Great Recession. The report also includes a look into the lives of Arizona families affected by public policies.




  To view the entire report, click here.

  To access the Navajo County statistics directly, click here.
 

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Book Readers Live Longer!

A recent study published in the Social Science and Medicine  Journal reveals the finding of scientists that people who read books live on average two years longer than people who read no books at all. Magazines and newspapers had some benefits but not as much as reading books. Read more about the study in this New York Times blog.


 

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Get in Touch with the Outdoors! Go Geocaching!

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Book Bundles - Grab and Go!
Navajo County Library District's federal LSTA grant to advance early literacy in Navajo County is well underway, and the libraries are busy getting book bundles ready for the public to check out. These book bundles, which contain four picture books, make it easy to read with your child about certain topics such as colors, shapes, adoption, potty training, national parks, the alphabet, zoos, brothers and sisters and many more subjects. Winslow Public Library, Show Low Public Library, Holbrook Public Library, and Snowflake-Taylor Public Library will have bundles available. We hope they will make it easy for busy parents to find great books to read to their children as they work on increasing early literacy. Pictured below are pictures from Winslow and Show Low:









































 

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Featured Website

                                                

Any Soldier is a non-profit organization that takes in care packages for members of the military and distributes them to those who do not receive support from home. The response has overwhelmed the recipients, as well. AnySoldier updates from the men and women in service express gratitude, joy and awe at the support they receive. For more information about this organization, visit them here.

 

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The Big Picture for Arizona's Little Kids

State-National Comparisons in Three Key Areas

A child’s early years hold the key to their success – and our state’s. Children who are healthy and prepared when they enter kindergarten do better in school and are more likely to graduate and enroll in college.

Data furnished by First Things First.

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Read 20 Minutes a Day to Your Child
Navajo County Library District and its member libraries are busily implementing a new federal grant awarded to the Library District to add new children's books to their collections which will give parents and caregivers new selections to read with their children. Many of these new books will be grouped in bundles that deal with certain topics such as adoption, the desert, sharks, gardening, dinosaurs, autumn, and many more. The bundles will make it easy for parents and kids to focus on certain subjects for their "reading together" times. The best way to improve your child's vocabulary and school readiness skills is to read to him or her. Your public library offers story hour as well. Pictured below is a story hour at the Rim Community Library in Heber.




 

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Featured Website

Get great do-it-yourself tips about a host of home remodeling and repair from the Rosie on the House website, an Arizona homebuilding and remodeling industry expert for 25 years.


 

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Notable Books List 2016
The new Notable Books List for 2016 has been released, naming the top 26 titles published in the U.S. for adult readers. A panel of librarians from RUSA, a division of the American Library Association,  select the "best of" titles of adult fiction, adult nonfiction and poetry. Click here to access the Notable Books List.


 

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Access the Internet Free @ Your Library!


Clay Springs Public Library patrons get in some online time at the library. All of Navajo County Public Libraries offer free Wi-Fi also if you have your own device.

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That All May Read

by Christine Tuttle

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Featured Website
If you're an avid RV'er, here's a site you'll want to bookmark or add to your favorites!

Woodall’s North American Campground Directory http://www.woodalls.com/
Also known as Good Sam RV Travel Guide and Directory, this website features descriptions and ratings of campgrounds with an emphasis on travel by RV (recreational vehicles). The facilities rated include RV parks, resorts, and rentals in addition to private tent campgrounds. The directory can be searched by location, names, or browsed and is an excellent resource for families or retired persons planning vacations or extended winter travel. Each entry has detailed information about the facility, sites, nearby recreation, and other amenities. Includes National Forest and National Park campgrounds as well with detailed information about fees and facilities.

Author/Publisher: Good Sam RV Travel Guide and Campground Directory
 

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Arizona's only toll-free resource for parents, caregivers and professionals who have questions or concerns about the development of children ages birth to 5! Expert staff is available to assist with a host of issues. Share this number with anyone you know who may have questions about their baby or toddler.
 

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Great Sources for Grant writing information

If you're thinking of applying for grant funding and want to learn how to write a winning proposal and find out more about funding sources, the  Foundation Center has an informative website that has lots of helpful information Take a look at GrantSpace for some grantwriting pointers.

Another helpful website for grant seekers is The Grantsmanship Center.
The University of Wisconsin's Libraries have developed a great webpage with a number of very useful websites for information on grants.

 

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Check Out the New eBooks Available to You!

Navajo County Library District now subscribes to eBooks through 3M Cloud Library to bring you current, new bestsellers and other eBooks. 3M Cloud Library offers a platform for quick and easy downloading to get you the eBooks you want with the minimum of effort. You will need a library card from one of our public libraries. Just download the app for the eReader you use, click on the title you want, and start reading. A title can only be checked out by one patron at a time so you may have to place a hold on a popular title. To follow the links above to the 3M Cloud page and to see the book jackets, please upgrade your Internet Explorer browser to version 10 or 11 or use Chrome or Firefox recent versions. To get the App for your eReader click here. Then click on the link on the left for "Find My Library".

Navajo County Library District is able to provide eBooks to you and the public libraries in Navajo County as a result of being awarded a Library Services and Technology Act grant for $28,700 from the Arizona State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

eBooks are also available through Freading, which offers a wide selection of ebooks from small and independent presses.

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View New Panda Webcams from Explore.org

Explore.org features four live webcams of pandas in China:

WOLONG GROVE was named in honor of the original Wolong Center. Its resident is Ao Ao, a four-year-old adult male.

HAPPINESS VILLAGE was named in honor of the village of Xingfucun. Here we see two yards, one with one-year-old giant panda toddlers Sen Sen, a male, and Xin Xin, a female; the other houses Zheng Zheng, an adult male.

GENGDA VALLEY was named in honor of the new center. Its resident is Jia Jia, 2-year old female.

DRAGON POND VILLAGE was named in honor of the village of Longtancun. It resident is Yi Ran (aka Dottie), a two-year-old female.

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Helping Struggling Readers
Click here to access statistical information from the Children's Action Alliance about how well Arizona's children are doing with reading.

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Featured Website

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Bookmobile Fun Times

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Playaway Views - More added to the Libraries' collections

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Languages that have doubled the coursework Include...

• Arabic, Levantine • Arabic, MSA • Armenian • Azerbaijani • Bengali • Chinese, Cantonese • Chinese, Mandarin • Croatian • Czech • Danish • Dutch

• ESL Arabic, MSA • ESL Armenian • ESL Spanish • Finnish • French • French, Canadian • German • Haitian Creole • Hawaiian • Hungaria • Icelandic

• Indonesian • Italian • Japanese • Kazakh • Malay • Malayalam • Norwegian • Portuguese, Brazil • Punjabi • Romanian • Russian

• Serbian • Slovak • Spanish, Latin America • Spanish, Spain • Swahili • Swedish • Tamil • Telugu • Ukrainian • Yiddish

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15 Emergency Maintenance Jobs You Can Learn With Online Videos

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Tap into the expertise of the Britannica Encyclopedia Online!
NEW! Navajo County Library District provides access to the online Britannica Library for all of its patrons. Britannica Library is divided into three easy to use sections; Children, Young Adult, and Reference Center, which has the most detail. Search for Snow or search for Snowden, Britannica Library has thousands of detailed articles that are more researched and more accurate than Wikipedia. Get the facts you need with your Navajo County public library card. Let's get started!

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Announcing TumbleBooks in Spanish

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Images of the Arizona Capitol Museum

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American Community Survey Released by U.S. Census Bureau

The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2010-2012 American Community Survey in mid-November, and has made it available on the American Fact Finder website. The American Community Survey provides a wide range of important statistics about all communities in the country. The American Community Survey gives communities the current information they need to plan investments and services. Retailers, homebuilders, police departments, and town and city planners are among the many private- and public-sector decision makers who count on these annual results. You can search for Navajo County information or facts about the cities and towns in the county or anywhere across the U.S.

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Most Popular Baby Names Registered with SSA

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How Healthy is Navajo County?

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Track your reading history?

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How do you decide whether to keep reading a book?

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Featured Websites to Encourage Your Child to Read

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Constant Reader iPhone App
There is a new iPhone/iPad App called Constant Reader which allows you to track your reading by keeping lists and rankings of books you are reading or would like to read or just keep track of. Why not give it a try. You can download it free in the Apple app store. The Navajo County Library District is not associated in any way with this app - just letting readers know about it.

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Foreign Language Learning with Mango
On your Mobile Phone or in your Browser

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Downloadable Audiobooks - A New Download Site

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Genealogy Database Adds Collections
 

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Are you interested in historical newspapers? The Library of Congress’s Chronicling America project gives you free full-text access to many newspapers from 1860-1922 from several states. Arizona is one of them. Click here to read about events reported when they actually happened (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) and find out more about our state’s history. Get better prepared for the Centennial coming up in 2012.

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Click Here for 85 Reasons to be Thankful for Librarians

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• Commuters love Playaways because they do not have to change CDs or tapes on the go!
• Seniors love Playaways because they do not have to fumble with loading or unloading tapes or CDs.
• Children love them because they can hear their favorite Kidz bop songs, ghost stories, nursery rhymes over and over without losing any tapes or CDs.
• Teens love Playaways because they can hear their classic novel assigned for English class and their friends think they are listening to the latest music and have no idea their buddies are doing their homework!
• Everybody loves them because they are portable!

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