July 2020
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New Items in Our "Library of Things"
What's perfect for family fun on a sunny day
during a global pandemic? Yard games!
 
 
 
 
Pictured here, cataloguers Emma and Terri pose with 4-to-Score. We'll also be adding Ladder Toss, Corn Hole, KUBB, Bocce Ball, Tumbling Timbers, and Giant Wooden Dice. Do an advanced search in our catalog and limit to "yard games" to see the growing collection.
 
All games will be cleaned and disinfected (just like all library items!) between checkouts.  
 
 
*2-week checkout limit, no renewals; 1 game checked out on your account at a time.
 
*Because we can't transport these games between branches,
they will need to be picked up/dropped off at our Athens location. 
 
Representation in Children's & YA Lit 
 One important role libraries play is to accurately reflect our current communities, nation, and world--that's one reason we're
constantly working to increase diversity in our collection. 
  
In their annual survey of children's literature, the Cooperative Children's Book Center looked at main/protagonist characters in kids' and YA books published by U.S. publishers in 2019.
 
Out of the 3,716 books surveyed, main characters could be identified as belonging to the following categories: 

Black/African: 441 (11.9% of total books)
First/Native Nations: 37 (1% of total books)
Asian/Asian American: 325 (8.7% of total books)
Latinx: 197 (5.3% of total books)
Pacific Islander: 2 (0.05% of total books)
Brown skin (see note below): 343 (9.2% of total books)
White: 1,555 (41.8% of total books)
LGBTQIAP+: 115 (3.1% of total books)
(Dis)ability: 126 (3.4% of total books)
Animal/Other: 1,085 (29.2% of total books)
 
Note: "Brown skin" indicates books in which the primary character clearly has brown skin (indicated by illustrations or text), but there are no specific racial or cultural signifiers in the illustrations or text.
 
ACPL Staff put together a reading list of titles broadening the story of main characters for our youngest readers and their families:
 
Summer with the Library Continues
 
• See the full July calendar of virtual programs for kids and their families at events.myacpl.org
 
• Access our online programs on ACPL's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
 
• At summer.myacpl.org, keep track of your summer reading and the programs you attend for the chance to win prizes at the end of the summer (or ask for a paper entry tracker at your library's front desk).
 
Click on the Image Below to Read our Latest Annual Report
 Virtual Program Highlight: Books Alive!
In this series, Youth Services Librarian Lia reads a children's book, then demonstrates a crafting or cooking project related to the story! 
 
Check out the series so far here, and click the image below to hear Lia read The Wizard by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Brandon Dorman, followed by a workshop on how to make your own wand at home. 
 
*These recordings will be posted on our YouTube channel Fridays at 10am, and you can also access them for the rest of the summer. 
 
ACPL's Reopening Guidelines
 For a full list of our guidelines, info on curbside pickup, and other affected library services, visit https://www.myacpl.org/coronavirus/.
 
Thanks for helping us follow these guidelines so that we can 
stay open and help keep each other healthy!
 
Athens County Public Libraries
95 W. Washington St.
Nelsonville, Ohio 45764
myacpl.org