Catch the Reading Bug This Summer!! June 18, 2008

Catch the Reading Bug this summer at the Tulare Public Library.

It lands Wednesday June 25 at 3:00pm!

We are kicking off our summer reading program

with a performance by the Fratello Marionettes of

“The Frog Prince”.

We will continue to meet on Wednesday afternoons

from 3-4pm through August 6^th.

Tips for Keeping Our Kids Safe Online June 18, 2008

Internet Safety for Parents and Minors

 

Statement of Purpose:

Parents and guardians are encouraged to have open communication with minors about Internet safety.  The suggestions below are provided to promote Internet safety.

 

Tips for Parents

• Never give out identifying information – home address, school name, or telephone number – in a public message such as chat or newsgroups, and be sure you’re dealing with someone both you and your children know and trust before giving out this information via E-mail.
• Get to know the Internet and any services your child uses.
• Never allow a child to arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone they “meet” on the Internet without parental permission. If a meeting is arranged, make the first one in a public place, and be sure to accompany your child.
• Never respond to messages that are suggestive, obscene, belligerent, threatening, or make you feel uncomfortable. Encourage your children to tell you if they encounter such messages.
• Set reasonable rules and guidelines for computer use by your children.

Tips for minors

• Do not give out personal information such as your address, telephone number, parents’ work address/telephone number, or the name and location of your school without your parents’ permission.
• Tell your parents right away if you come across any information that makes you feel uncomfortable.
• Never agree to get together with someone you “meet” online without first checking with your parents.
• Never send a person your picture or anything else without first checking with your parents.
• Talk to your parents and establish rules for going online.
• Do not give out your internet passwords to anyone (not even your best friends) other than your parents.
• Check with your parents before downloading or installing software or doing anything that could possibly hurt your computer or jeopardize your family’s privacy.
• Do not do anything that hurts other people or is against the law.
• Help your parents understand how to have fun and learn things online and teach them things about the Internet, computers and other technology.

 

For additional information try the website:  safekids.com

Staff Recommendations June 17, 2008

Anne-Marie Delupy – Library Assistant

Attack and Release by the Black Keys

Last year, Gnarls Barkley’s sound scientist, Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, asked the Black Keys to write songs for an album by Ike Turner. When Turner died in December, so did the project, but its ideas took root. The Black Keys went ahead with the music and Danger Mouse signed on to produce the album. Attack and Release is a psychedelic hybrid of vintage Southern R&B,  British Invasion rock, and country blues. This is a whole new direction for the Black Keys, but they still have their strong blues/rock roots. I recommend putting it on without expectations and just enjoying the multicolored set.  

 

Lisa Monteiro – Library Assistant

The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

By Steve Lopez

   I became familiar with Steve Lopez’s column in the L.A. Times while I was living in Long Beach. I would scan the papers for updates on a story about a homeless man he had befriended that was once a promising musician who was classically trained at Juilliard. The Soloist tells the story of Nathaniel Ayers, of a love for music, and how despite his battle with schizophrenia Lopez is able to slowly take steps to try and get Nathaniel off the devastating streets of Skid Row. “Relationship is primary,” a doctor tells Lopez. “It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend.” Lopez creates a story of compassion, of struggle, of growth, and improvement — not just for Nathaniel, but also for himself.

 

Heidi Clark – Librarian

Bronx Masquerade*

By Nikki Grimes

        Told from the unique and individual points of view of 18 students in a high school English class, Grimes reminds us all that beneath the surface, we are more alike than different. Mr. Ward and his class have been studying poetry from the Harlem Renaissance. In response the students began to write and then perform their own poetry. White, Black, and Hispanic, many of these young people find respect and validation for the first time in their lives. They also find the strength to be themselves in a world that looks down on them. Each student has a voice in the text, and in the poems that follow their stories. Watching these young people grow reminds me that while we have so much to be grateful for, we need to continue supporting the next generations, and create a world worthy of them.  

 

*Ask at the front desk how you can get a copy!