Adult Book Club Meeting

“What Else Are You Reading?”

The next meeting of the McKinney Public Library Adult Book Club will be Wednesday, December 2nd, at 12:00 noon. Please join us for conversation and refreshments at our “What Else Are You Reading?” meeting where participants discuss books they’ve recently read. These titles help form the basis for books chosen for the next year’s reading list.

We meet on the first Wednesday of the month at noon in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 E. Hunt St. New members are welcome!

In January the book club will discuss The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff.

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Holiday Hours

The McKinney Public Library will observe the following hours for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Wednesday, November 25th - Close at 6:00 pm

Thursday, November 26th - Closed

Friday, November 27th - Closed

Author Appearance

Mystery Writer and McKinney native Deborah Crombie
Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 E. Hunt St.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7 PM

The McKinney Public Library will offer a free talk to the public by bestselling mystery writer Deborah Crombie on Thursday, December 3rd at 7 PM. Ms. Crombie will discuss her thirteenth and latest Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid/Sergeant Gemma James mystery, Necessary as Blood, published October 2009.

Ms. Crombie, a McKinney native, was born in Dallas, grew up in Richardson, and graduated from Austin College in Sherman with a degree in biology. Although a native Texan, her novels are set exclusively in the United Kingdom. She divides her time between Britain, where she researches her novels, and McKinney, where she shares an early Arts and Crafts bungalow with her husband, three cats, and two German shepherd dogs.

After living in both England and Scotland, she wrote her first Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novel, A Share in Death (Scribner, 1993), which was nominated for the Agatha and Macavity awards for Best First Novel. Her fifth novel, Dreaming of the Bones (Bantam, 1997) was nominated for a Best Novel Edgar award in 1997. It was a Macavity winner, a New York Times Book of the Year, and was chosen by the Independent Mystery Booksellers of America as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century. Her subsequent award-winning novels have been published worldwide to international acclaim.

Youth activities for November 16th - 22nd

Monday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Dulaney room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult)
7:00 in the Story Time room

Tuesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:05 in the Dulaney room
10:35 in the Dulaney room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
11:15 in the Story Time room

Wednesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult) (bi-lingual program)
7:00 in the Story Time room

Basic Internet Class en Espanol

Tuesday, November 17th

at 7:00 PM

This class is an introduction to computers and Microsoft Windows for beginners. Instruction will include basic computer make-up, using the mouse, managing windows, and navigating through folders, creating shortcuts on your desktop, etc.

There are only four computers available, so arrive early to sign up at the Reference desk on the second floor. For further information, contact library staff.

Beginner Power Point Class

Tuesday, November 10th

7:00 pm

This class is offered to anyone who wants to learn the basics of using Microsoft PowerPoint. Instruction will include what the program is, how to create simple slideshows and using basic features and formatting, slide transition, slide animation, and advanced formatting options.

There are only four computers available, so arrive early to sign up at the Reference desk on the second floor.

For further information, contact library staff at 972.547.7323.

Home School Program

Basic Internet Searching

Grades: 4—6th

Time: 3:30 p.m.

Conference Room (upstairs)

Tuesday, November 17th

Learn how to search the internet and how to evaluate internet sites to get reliable and quality information.

Registration required.
Please contact Wendy Turner at wturner@mckinneytexas.org or 972-547-7319 to register.

Home School Program

November 12th

Getting to Know Your Library

Grades: K—3rd

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Dulaney Room

Participate in a special program to learn more about the library and the Children’s Department.

Registration required.
Please contact Wendy Turner at wturner@mckinneytexas.org or 972-547-7319 to register.

Family Movies

Saturday, November 14 10:30 a.m.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin’s Thanksgiving Celebration
Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving

Game Day Program

Friday, November 13th 2:30 p.m.

in the Children's Department.

No registration is required.

The Mystery of Vampires

Vampires in History and Literature

A talk by Dr. Nancy Remp Smith

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7PM

in the Dulaney Room

How did the concept of the vampire come about? What made vampires so popular?

Dr. Smith discusses the romance and folklore of vampires, the scientific investigations into their reality, and the literature of vampires, including the popular Twilight series and depictions of vampires in Japanese Manga.