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May Fiber Arts Workshop

May 23 meeting, 7 p.m.

Published on Monday, May 20, 2013

Hoopla bookcover Well, yes, Hoopla is the art of unexpected embroidery. So far we have no embroiders, but whatever your prefered craft, we invite you to select from free, donated, high-quality yarn in small quantities to excite your imagination and create something unexpected. In the past, a small amount of hemp became a stunning belt; a combination of partial skeins became fingerless gauntlets in jewel stripes, unique scarves and hats, and decorative vases in Tunisian crochet. Surprise yourself, and us, with your inspired creativity.

The Fiber Arts Workshop welcomes all fiber artists, at any level of skill. If you are a beginner, we provide one-on-one instruction in most needle arts.

The Fiber Arts Workshop meets on the fourth Thursday of the month, at 7 p.m.

Kid's Graphic Novel Book Club

Thursday, May 30 at 5:00 pm

Published on Monday, May 20, 2013

Cover of Bone Every month, kids at the library get together, eat pizza and talk about a graphic novel. This month, we're talking about fan favorite Bone Vol. 1: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith.

In the first volume in a nine-volume epic, the reader is introduced to the Bone Cousins; Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone. They've been kicked out of their hometown, Boneville, and are wandering a vast uncharted desert. Join us as we talk about their adventures, the artist, and why Bone is so popular.

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Teen Events- May Edition

Check out this month's teen events at Cleveland Park

Published on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Paper Towns cover

Spring has finally arrived, and with this weather comes fun events at Cleveland Park!

Don't forget to join us on May 18 at 2 p.m. for this month's Teen Book Club! We'll be reading John Green's Paper Towns. Quentin and Margo are neighbors, childhood friends who have drifted in their older years. Q and Margo reunite only for Q to find that Margo has run away. But not without leaving a trail of clues behind. Quentin must now track her down, before its too late and she's gone forever.

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'By a Spider's Thread' by Laura Lippman

Staff recommendations

Published on Monday, May 13, 2013

By a spider's thread bookcover By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman is a suspense novel about a private detective, Tess, and her search for a missing woman and her three children. The husband/father, Mark Rubin, enlists Tess's help after the police refuse to help him. Mark has no idea why his wife would just take the kids and leave and he gives Tess virtually no clues with which to start the search.

Little by little, she finds out bits of information and the reader is on the verge of his/her seat wondering how, or if, the family will be reunited.

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'Rookie Yearbook One,' Edited by Tavi Gevinson

Published on Thursday, May 2, 2013

Cover of Rookie Yearbook One Rookie Yearbook One is not just a style guide. Tavi Gevinson is the editor of the book and founder of the website Rookie. Rookie Yearbook One is a compilation of articles, photos and stories from the website and from Tavi's mind.

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Cleveland Park History Files: 60th Anniversary series

The Early Years

Published on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Prior to the permanent location of Cleveland Park Library, it was housed in a school building.

In 1911, the Cleveland Park School and Community Association established a temporary library in the John Eaton School. Miss Clara Herbert was the first librarian.

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Celebrating National Poetry Month

Published on Monday, April 29, 2013

April is National Poetry Month; In celebration we are posting a new public domain poem every Monday.
Rainy doorway
"Spring Storm" by William Carlos Williams

The sky has given over
its bitterness.
Out of the dark change
all day long
rain falls and falls
as if it would never end.
Still the snow keeps
its hold on the ground.
But water, water
from a thousand runnels!
It collects swiftly,
dappled with black
cuts a way for itself
through green ice in the gutters.
Drop after drop it falls
from the withered grass-stems
of the overhanging embankment.

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'Beethoven's Hair' by Russell Martin

Staff recommendations

Published on Monday, April 29, 2013

Beethoven's Hair bookcover Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin is a fascinating true account about a lock of Beethoven's hair snipped off on his deathbed and preserved in a glass and wood frame for almost two hundred years. The readers find themselves traveling from the present, when a surgeon is opening the frame for the first time in years, back to the day the hair is reverently cut from the dead man's head.

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'Bombingham' by Anthony Grooms

Where were you in 1963?

Published on Friday, April 26, 2013

Bombingham bookcover Join us at Cleveland Park on Saturday, May 11, 1:30-2:30 p.m., to discuss Bombingham. Reminisce if you're the right age, and hear first-hand what it was like to be there in 1963.

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'Beautiful Creatures' by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Published on Thursday, April 25, 2013

Beautiful Creatures, at its core, is a "forbidden love" story, with a healthy portion of "it's a race against time" thrown in.

I'm not one to delve into the details of a book, giving away spoilers and secrets to try to convince people if the book is good or not. The real questions - the ones you want to know - are:

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'Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker' by Jennifer Chiaverini

Staff Recommendation

Published on Thursday, April 25, 2013

In her first historical novel, best selling author Jennifer Chiaverini writes about Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hobbs Keckley, an African-American modiste who lived in Washington, D.C. for many years. A former slave, Mrs. Keckley sewed gowns for the women of Washington. Her numerous clients included First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, Varina Davis, wife of Senator Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Robert E. Lee, and other leading society ladies of the day. It is her life and her friendship with Mrs.