Holiday/winter reads from Sandy Public Library Staff

Did you see the article in the Sandy Post? Here is where you can find the books/movies we mentioned:

Books

• Let It Snow - Holly Hobbie
• I'll be Home For Christmas - Holly Hobbie
• Little Women \ Jo's Boys - Louisa May Alcott
• Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery 
• Merry Christmas Strega Nona - Tomie dePaola
• The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
• Owl Moon - Jane Yolen
• The Night Before Christmas 
• Cajun Night Before Christmas - James Rice
• Murder for Christmas - Francis Duncan
• Snowmen at Christmas - Caralyn Buchner

Movies

• The Muppet Christmas Carol
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• Love Actually 
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• A Christmas Story

We love CreativeBug for video lessons for most any craft.
Bookflix pairs a picture book with a non-fiction book for young readers. "Explore the world of reading with 135 animated stories paired with nonfiction ebooks, including 35 Spanish pairs. Build early literacy skills with interactive activities that support reading comprehension. For preschool through 3rd grade."

Thank you to Brittany Allen & the Sandy Post

Teen Art Contest 2022

  

Submit your artwork for the 2022 Teen Art Contest!

Each year libraries in Clackamas County look for help from local teens to design the Teen Summer Reading artwork. Young artists, ages 12-18, can submit their original artwork for this year’s theme: Read Beyond the Beaten Path.

The winning entry will receive a $100 cash prize and be used countywide on 2022 Teen Summer Reading materials.

What:

➡️Your original artwork that represents this summer's theme: Read Beyond the Beaten Path.

When:

➡️Submit your artwork between January 2-31.

Details

• 8 1/2" x 11" in size
• No words
• In color
• Computer-generated images may be used, but must be original
• Limit two (2) entries per contestant

Want to know more?

➡️View the contest rules.

Ready to submit your artwork?

➡️View the entry form.

Keep your original artwork. Finalists may be required to submit for high quality scanning.

BookNook News

December 14, 2021

The Elves are hurrying to finish wrapping and packing while Santa is in the barn oiling the sled before he takes Rudolf and the other boys out for a training run. It’s hectic and busy at the North Pole. Fortunately here at the BOOKNOOK we have holiday prepping under control.

The Black Bookcase by the office door is chock full of children’s DVDs. You’re sure to find one or two or maybe three to please a youngster on your Christmas list.

In middle of the BOOKNOOK walkway there’s a special box of books for the cook on your list. 365 Ways To Cook, a 14 book set that includes such titles as 365 Ways to Wok, 365 Main Course Salads, 365 More Ways to Cook Chicken, 365 Ways to Cook Hamburger, 365 Easy Mexican Recipes, 365 Great 20-Minute Recipes and more.

The Elves would be envious to know we’ve reduced the price from $20.00 for the box to $10.00. Buy this holiday bargain now.

A favorite at the BOOKNOOK has always been our Coffee Table books, oversized books for reading and display. We have themes for all interests: travel, gardening, history, and more, always bargain priced. An ideal gift for the difficult ones.

Crafters and quilters on your list may be interested in some of the classic magazines we offer. Or a BOOKNOOK Gift Certificate to come in and choose their own.

Books, CDs, DVDs, magazines for every taste and interest are here at the BOOKNOOK, and at bargain prices.

It’s a madhouse at the North Pole – the Elves hurrying, Santa rehearsing his ho ho hos, and Mrs. Claus hoping Santa’s good red suit gets back from the tailor in time for Christmas night. Here at the BOOKNOOK all is calm, all is bright for your shopping pleasure.

January 2022 Book Clubs

December 2021 News from OSU Extension Service

OSU Extension Service and Professional & Continuing Education

As the days get shorter and darker it can sometimes be difficult to remember sunnier times, but there's still a lot happening out there. Find out how to stay active this month with our December garden calendar.

Read our December garden calendar

You're also not going to want to miss our upcoming Master GardenerTM webinar on conserving fruits and nuts, our interview with retired horticulturist Neil Bell, or our publication on what trees and shrubs are blooming right now.

Conservation of fruit, nut and speciality crops - Master Gardener Speaker Series Kim Hummer, research horticulturist with the USDA National germplasm repository, will discuss how gene bank repositories preserve genetic diversity of traditional crop varieties and their wild species. Register here.

Arborvitae stands tall as easy-care hedge For a hedge, arborvitae has a place. It’s tall, skinny, evergreen, low maintenance and cheap. “Some people look down on arborvitae, but it fits in places that other things can’t,” said Neil Bell, a retired horticulturist for OSU Extension Service. Read on.

Professional & Continuing Education Trainings, workshops and events always starting: See upcoming programs

Agronomic soil testing course in Oregon This online course covers essential agronomic soil testing topics for agriculture professionals working in Oregon. In it you will gain basic knowledge of methods to analyze soil recommended by OSU.

Extension in your community Want to connect with Extension on a local level? Find your local Extension office

Trees and Shrubs for Fall and Winter Bloom Think bloom time is over in the garden? Think again. This list of fall- and winter-flowering trees and shrubs will have you — and the bees — buzzing all year.

We hope you're having a happy holidays and bringing light inside this month. Thanks for reading from the team at Professional and Continuing Education and OSU Extension!

Oregon State University, Professional and Continuing Education, 122 SW Waldo Place, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States, 541-737-4197

Holiday Closures

Just a reminder, Sandy and Hoodland Public Library will be closed for the following dates. 

Christmas Eve: Friday, December 24 
Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
New Years Day: Saturday, January 1 

We wish you happy holidays

        and a wonderful New Year ❄️

Use Libby or CloudLibrary to check out books at home

HOLIDAY SHOPPING AT THE BOOKNOOK (Friends of the Sandy Library)

December 3, 2021

It may not be snowing or the cold nipping at your toes, but there’s a definite holiday feeling at the BOOKNOOK. We’ve decorated our shelves and racks with bargain after bargain along with red ribbon and paper snowflakes.

Santa’s elves worked hard wrapping DVD and CD holiday priced packages as well as packages of Romance fiction and other popular fiction.
Cookbooks are always popular at the BOOKNOOK, but at Christmas time holiday-themed books offering selected Yuletide recipes are a must. Shop early for these items they go fast!

We have a remarkable collection of Children’s books along the wall where you first begin your browsing of BOOKNOOK shelves that include books for the new reader, young reader and everyone in between. You’ll find fiction and non-fiction that includes biographies, histories, and science for the young reader, and books of Christmas stories for all ages.
Looking for stocking stuffers? The BOOKNOOK offers a variety of items that will fill the bill...and the stocking you’re stuffing...no matter the size.
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Christmas shopping is expected to be more costly this year. We can guarantee at the BOOKNOOK our prices have not changed from last year. And, books always make ideal gifts.
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Only a few weeks before December 31. Consider the Friends of Sandy Library Library Endowment Fund when planning your tax returns.
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BOOKNOOK gift certificates are available at the Library front desk….another possible stocking stuffer.
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