April 2015
Roachdale-Franklin Township
Public Library
National Library Week April 12-18
Activity
Lego Builders
Day
Super Sensory
Saturday
10am-Noon
11
9
23
We have several activities lined up to celebrate National Library Week! We’re starting early with (2nd & 4th Thursdays
Super Sensory Saturday on the 11th, and continue with a fun Dr. Seuss evening, After School each month)
3:30-4:30pm
Nutrition, and Yarn Group. See sidebar for dates and times!
April is ……
National Stress Awareness Month
There’s no way to complete avoid stress in your life, but there are ways to help manage it.
Take some time to enjoy your favorite activity - we love a good book  Laughter is also a
great stress reliever! Visit these sites for more ways to lessen your stress:
http://stress.about.com/od/tensiontamers/a/stressrelievers.htm
http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/10-ways-to-relieve-stress
http://www.beliefnet.com/Wellness/Galleries/10-Ways-to-Celebrate-National-Stress-AwarenessMonth.aspx?b=1
Autism Awareness Month - Did you know?
This is a come & go event.
We’ll have a wide variety of
activities for kids & parents
to take part in. Find some
new ways to include more
of your senses into play!
Free Family Fun
Night!
Tuesday
5:30-7 pm
Enjoy a light meal & fun
Dr. Seuss activities!
About 1 percent of the world population has autism spectrum disorder. (CDC, 2014)
Prevalence in the United States is estimated at 1 in 68 births. (CDC, 2014)
Visit these sites for more information!
Information: www.autism-society.org/ www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm After School
Fun activities: www.learning4kids.net/list-of-sensory-play-ideas/
Nutrition
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/10-activities-children-autism/
Thursday 3:15pm
National Child Abuse Prevention Month – Local information: http://pcfss.net/
Child abuse is a sensitive topic, but one that affects millions of children a year. 5
children die daily in the United States from child abuse ( https://www.childhelp.org/).
Learn how you can help & find more information about child abuse from these sites:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/preventionmonth/
For parenting information & help, visit: http://www.safekids.org http://pcain.org/
http://www.healthychildren.org http://www.parentfurther.com/
http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/ (parenting teens)
Community events:
Russellville Community Center
Saturday, April 4 Easter Egg Hunt
11:30am: Bake sale
1:00pm Sharp: Easter Egg Hunt
1:30-4:30 Roller Skating ($3 for skate rental)
Sunday, April 12 Soup & Sandwich Dinner
Noon-?? Free will donation – all you can eat.
Variety of soups, sandwiches, & desserts!
McCloud Nature Park
Saturday, April 4 2-3:30 Introduction to Fossils
Saturday, April 18 9am-4pm Native Plant Sale
$4 per plant, limited quantities available.
Tot's Time is a free child
care program offered to the
parents in the community
with children ages 0 to 5
years of age. The program is
Wide
offered Tuesday mornings
from 9am to 12pm. This is a
1st come, 1st serve program.
It is located at the Gobin
United Methodist Church at
307 Simpson St. in
Greencastle. For more
information, call 653-4820
Saturday, April 25 2-3:30 Frog Fun
Interactive learning experience - Snakehead Ed will visiting!
1
16
~Purdue Educator Jennifer
Cannon
Free class! After picking up
your children, come and enjoy
some healthy snacks & learn
more about budget friendly
nutrition. Older elementary
students may attend alone.
Yarn Group
18
Board Meeting
28
Saturday
11am- 1pm
Tuesday
Tot's Time (Greencastle)
Free Tuesday morning out
for parents
14
5pm
Poetry & Writers
Night
30
Thursday 6-7:30 pm
Share your own writing or
that of a favorite author.
NEW Hours:
Monday
Noon-7pm
Tuesday
Noon-7pm
Wednesday
Noon-5pm
Thursday
Noon-7pm
Friday
Noon-5pm
Saturday
9am-1pm
Our hours change April 6th
We hope the later hours and
consistent opening time allow more
patrons to utilize our services.
Children’s Books
Where's My Puppy
Sarah Creese
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Caroline Church
Cupcakes and More
Roachdale-Franklin
Township Public Library
100 E Washington St.
PO Box 399
Roachdale, IN 46172
(765)522-1491
Adult Books
Disney
Barbie & the Secret Door Mary Man-Kong
Olivia Plants a Garden
Emily Sollinger
I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat
Carlyn Beccia
The Medusa Plot
Staff:
 Jennifer Stranger,
Director
 Rachel Fenton
 Madison Powell
 Kayla Mahoy
Gordon Korman
Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Still Alice
Lisa Genova
(Jodie Foster stars in the movie version)
Secrets Exposed (Tall, Dark & Deadly Series)
Lisa Renee Jones
Last One Home
Elementary/Tweens
roachdalepl@tds.net
Lincoln's Grave Robbers Steve Sheinkin
http://roachdale.lib.in.us/
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Three Little Words
Debbie Macomber
The Undertaker's Daughter
Katherine Mayfield
Whipping Boy: The Forty-Five Year
Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully
Allen Kurzweil
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids
who are Grounded, Generous, and
Smart About Money
Ron Lieber
Steadfast Heart (Brides of Seattle series)
Tracie Peterson
Low Carb Slow Cooker
Before He Finds Her
Michael Kardos
The Complete Low-Carb Cookbook
George Stella
Never Ending
Martyn Bedford
Sara Banks
Young Adult Books
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Stephan Pastis
Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule
Jennifer Chiaverini
When the Whistle Blows
Fran Cannon Slayton
The Adventures of Man Sponge & Boy
Patrick in Goodness Man Ray
Nickelodeon
Night Night, Sleep Tight: A Novel of Suspense
Hallie Ephron
Seeing Red
Bad Kitty:Drawn to Trouble Nick Bruel
Robert B Parker's The Bridge Robert Knott
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die
April Henry
New Serial: Infinity Ring: 7
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Harari
New Graphic Novels
Regular Show Volume One KC Green
Brain Camp: A Summer at Camp Fielding
Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth
Christopher Scotton
Simon Serrailler Mystery
Kathyrn Erskine
WWII Book One: Dead in the Water
WWII Book Two: The Right Fight
Chris Lynch
My Life with the Walter Boys
Ali Novak
The Soul of Discretion: A Chief Superintendent
Simon Serrailler Mystery
Susan Hill
* New books & movies arrive throughout the month as vendors ship them to us. This list is just a sampling of new materials.
New Movies for April
Children & Family
Tinkerbell & the Legend of the Neverbeast
Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy
Gladiators of Rome
Into the Woods
Replaced
Spy Kids Trilogy
101 Dalmatians
Dolphin Tale
Jurassic Park
Lemony Snicket
Teen & Adults
Wild
Unbroken
The Rocker
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Dragonheart 3
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
The Theory of Everything
Book Club
The Movers: The Heartland Chronicles by Nancy
N. Baxter
For discussion on Thursday, May2nd (6:30-8pm)
Participation is free! Call or stop in if you
would like to join.
On the evening of Book Club, the selection will
be discussed (and snacks enjoyed)! At the
conclusion of the meeting, the book for the
following month is distributed. If you happen
to miss a month’s discussion, simply return
your monthly book to the library and receive
the next month’s selection.
Nancy N. BaxterYoung
is a Hoosier
author
and veteran teacher. She was the recipient of
Adult
Selections
the Eli Lilly Lifetime Achievement in History of the Indiana Historical Society award
Whistle
in 2000. SheWhen
also the
served
as Blows
editor for over 200 Indiana and Civil War history books.
Fran Cannon Slayton
The Movers: The Heartland Chronicles is historical fiction. The book is closely based,
however, on the McClure family (whose descendants actually live in the oldest
Seeing Red
Kathyrn Erskine
continually occupied house in Indiana). The Scotch-Irish family traveled from
northern Ireland
the Was
18th Supposed
century to
America to flee oppression and poverty. Their
The GirlinWho
to Die
journey began
Ireland where the book begins in 1736. Follow with family and their
AprilinHenry
traveling companions to Pennsylvania, then to Kentucky, and to their final landing
WWII Book
Dead
in thewith
Water
place in Indiana.
ThisOne:
story
is rich
pioneer history and details life in the
WWII Book Two: The Right Fight
budding heartland.
Chris Lynch
My Life with the Walter Boys
2
Ali Novak