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eBooks 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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Please visit your library this month and show your love!

 

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Presidents Day Closures

Please be aware that the member libraries of the Navajo County Library District will be closed in observance of Presidents Day on Monday, February 18.

Do not worry though! We still have plenty of items for you in eBook, eAudiobook, and eMagazine format for you to access 24/7. All of these digital resources will still be available online and are accessible by clicking this link. Have a great day!
 

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Baker & Taylor Best-Sellers
1.  Liar Liar, by James Patterson
2.  Turning Point, by Danielle Steel
3.  A Delicate Touch, by Stuart Woods
4.  The Boy, by Tami Hoag
5.  Untouchable, by Jayne Ann Krentz
6.  The House Next Door, by James Patterson
7.  Verses for the Dead, by Dpuglas Preston
8.  The New Iberia Blues, by James Lee Burke
9.  An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks
10. The Best of Us, by Robyn Carr

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Novelist and Nobel Prize winner
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro an award-winning British novelist, screenwriter, short story and songer writer, will be presented with the Bodley Medal.  The Bodley Medal, Bodleian Libraries highest honour, will be given at the FT Weekend Oxford LIterary Festival on April 3, 2019.

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Music performer entertains in our libraries

  

Sagit Zilberman is an international musician from Israel who plays over ten unique instruments from around the world. She recently came to Navajo County and performed  her Songs of Peace program in five of our public libraries delighting audiences in Pinetop-Lakeside, Show Low, Holbrook, Snowflake, and Winslow. She featured songs and dances from various cultures around the world and demonstrated quite a variety of musical instruments to childrens and adults during these engaging programs.
 

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Grand Canyon Centennial

For more information about the many events taking place this year please visit. Listing of 2019 Centennial Events.

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First edition of Britannica goes online An online copy of the first edition of Encyclopædia Britannica was published December 10 by the National Library of Scotland. It was exactly 250 years ago that the first pages of Britannica were published in Edinburgh. With a distinctly Scottish viewpoint, the first edition emphasized two themes: modern science and Scottish identity. Britannica was conceived by printer Colin Macfarquhar, engraver Andrew Bell, and William Smellie, who edited the first edition. Originally issued in 100 weekly parts, it took three years to produce and consisted of three volumes when it was completed in 1771.

Navajo County residents and library card holders have access to the up-to-date Online Encyclopedia Britannica (click on the link) or from the link on the Reference Databases page. Get in-depth information on a vast array of subjects covered in this authoratative encyclopedia.

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Announcing Sarah Jessica Parker's Next Book Club Central Pick!

“I’m honored to announce the newest selection for Book Club Central, Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh. Ms.Smarsh writes with authority and urgency about the entrenched deprivation of overlooked Americans born into poverty across the country. Her straightforward, empathetic storytelling is motivated by a deeply-saturated love for her family and Kansas home and brings readers into the heart of what it means to live with brokenness and resilience every day. I look forward to sharing this important book with all of you at your libraries.”                 —Sarah Jessica Parker  

A finalist for the National Book Award, Heartland by Sarah Smarsh (Scribner, 2018) is an essential read for our times: an eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America that will deepen our understanding of the ways in which class shapes our country.

 

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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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'To Kill a Mockingbird' Is PBS's 'Great American Read'
The Book of Books

Harper Lee's classic 1960 novel of race relations in the American South, To Kill a Mockingbird, has been voted America's best-loved novel by PBS viewers of The Great American Read, showcasing Americans' 100 best-loved novels.

The show aired the final episode of the documentary on October 22, revealing that Lee's novel beat the Outlander series, by Diana Gabaldon, which came in at #2, to the spot. The other works in the top five, all penned by British authors, were, in descending order, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

 

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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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People Visited Public Libraries More Than a Billion Times in 2015!
Survey shows libraries offer more public programs and e-books
The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has released the Public Library Data report for FY 2015 that provides a snapshot of public library use, financial health, staffing, and resources.

The 2015 report includes the following findings:

• Nearly 311 million Americans lived within a public library service area in 2015, an increase from 306 million in 2014.
• In 2015, there were 1.39 billion visits to public libraries, or 4.48 visits per person.
• Public libraries offered 4.7 million programs in 2015, attended by nearly 107 million people, 5 million more attendees than the previous year.
• Public libraries made 1.31 billion collection items available to patrons and provided access to over a quarter million internet computers.
• The number of electronic materials available through public libraries, including audio, video and e-books, continued to grow. E-books, especially, have seen significant growth, increasing from 0.04 e-book per person in 2006 to just over one e-book per person in 2015.

Click here to find what Arizona's usage was. Unfortunately Arizona falls behind the national average in funding support, staffing levels, and the number of books per person.

 

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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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Check out our latest eBooks Available - Comics and Graphic Novels!

Navajo County Library District now offers unlimited access to over 18,000 popular and classic comic books and graphic novels online to library card holders.

                         
There is also a link to ComicsPlus on the Digital Downloads page.

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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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Arizona KIDS COUNT Data Book
July 2014
Untitled Document
The Arizona KIDS COUNT® Data Book delves into Arizona county-level statistics regarding the health, security, and education of our children. Some of the statistics in the research include:

• The rate of juveniles arrested for violent crimes dropped by almost half from 2000 to 2013
• 12 counties had more than half of their children living in low income families
• 67 percent of Arizona 3 and 4 year olds are not attending preschool, ranging from 54% in Coconino County to 82% in Santa Cruz County
• Arizona ranks 46th in the nation on overall conditions for children – only one spot better than in last year's Data Book

To view how Arizona ranks in all 16 national indicators, visit the KIDS COUNT® Data Center.
Arizona KIDS COUNT® Data Book summary one pager

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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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OneClickdigital Audiobook Support
Just a friendly reminder that OneClickdigital provides live toll-free technical support to patrons needing assistance with OneClickdigital audio books. So if you are having trouble with a mobile device or tablet, feel free to call 1-877-772-8346, and rest assured, they will take care of it. Support is available Monday thru Friday 8:30 am to 7:00 pm (Eastern).

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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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1940 United States Census Released

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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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