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Calendar• June 1 Sensory Storytime• June 4 Family Story Night• June 4 Morning Tai Chi• June 5 Ukulele for Beginners - #1• June 6 TAB End of Year Party• June 6 Chef Bananas Magic & Fun• June 7 Fandom Fridays: Comicfest• June 8 Isle of Erin Irish Dancers• June 10 Mock the Movie for Teens• June 11 Lego Night• June 11 Tuesday Book Club• June 11 Evening Tai Chi• June 12 Movie Trivia for Teens• June 13 Duke Otherwise• June 13 Thursday Book Club• June 14 Fandom Fridays: Pokemon• June 17 Keep Calm and Color On• June 18 Morning Tai Chi• June 18 Interactive Toy Story• June 19 Ukulele for Beginners - #2• June 20 Food for Thought Book Club• June 20 Kids Book Club• June 21 Fandom Fridays: Star Wars• June 24 Tutus & Tiger Ears• June 24 Dungeons & Dragons Club• June 25 Free Movie: Isn’t It Romantic• June 25 Evening Tai Chi• June 26 Anime Club• June 27 Pinterest Club• June 28 Fandom Fridays: Spider-Man• June 28 Tome Raiders Book Club

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June 2019

Off the ShelfSummer Reading has begun! Stop by the library today to sign up!

Fans of all ages are invited to come to the library on Fridays at 2:00 PM in June and July for crafts, activities, movies, and more. Each week is devoted to a fun fandom.

JUNE 7 - COMICFESTJoin us for a showing of LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (49 min., not rated, ©Warner Bros.), as well as free comics and other giveaways, superhero crafts, a costume contest, and more! Costumes encouraged!JUNE 14 - POKEMONWatch Pokemon: the First Movie (rated G, ©Warner Bros) and enjoy Pokemon-themed activities and crafts.JUNE 21 - STAR WARSWatch young Han Solo team up with Chewbacca and Lando in Solo (135 min., rated PG-13, ©Walt Disney) and enjoy Star Wars-themed activities and crafts. Note: while Fandom Friday programs are open to all ages, this film is rated PG-13. Star Wars-themed costumes encouraged!JUNE 28 - SPIDER-MANEnjoy watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (117 min., rated PG, ©Columbia Pictures) and participating in Spider-Man-themed activities and crafts.JULY 5 - SAILOR MOONCelebrate Sailor Moon and her friends by watching Sailor Moon Crystal (not rated, ©Warner Brothers) and enjoying Sailor Moon-themed activities and crafts. Sailor Moon-themed costumes encouraged! JULY 12 - HAMILTONDo not throw away your shot to celebrate all things Hamilton: An American Musical! We’ll listen to the soundtrack, test our knowledge with Hamilton trivia, make Hamilton crafts, and more.JULY 19 - ZENON: GIRL OF THE 21ST CENTURYDisney Channel Original Movie fans! Come watch Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (97 min., rated G, ©De Passe Entertainment) and participate in Zenon-themed activities and crafts!JULY 26 - LEGOEnjoy The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (107 min., rated PG, ©Warner Bros) and enjoy Lego-themed activities and crafts.

Fandom Fridays

Summer Reading at the Galesburg Public Library has begun. The theme for this year’s program is Showtime at Your Library. Registration for all ages is available on the Summer Reading page on the library website (www.galesburglibrary.org/summerreading), or you can sign up at the library: children 11 and under can sign up in the Children’s Room; adults and young adults can sign up at the Reference Desk. The program runs until July 27, with programs and prizes for all ages!

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Copies of all discussion books are available at the library about one month in advance. Newcomers are welcome.

Tuesday/Thursday Book DiscussionsTue. June 11, 1:00 PM at the libraryThur. June 13, 6:30 PM at Jimmy John’sDiscussion of Virgil Wander by Leif Enger. When Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander plunges into icy Lake Superior, he survives but emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents who never made it out of their defunct industrial district.

Food for Thought Book ClubThur. June 20, 11:30 AM at Craft Butcher and DeliDiscussion of Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood by Terry Masear, a hummingbird rehabilitator. You will pay for your own food.

Tome Raiders Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book ClubFri. June 28, 6:00 PM at Hardee’sIn The Big Sheep by Robert Kroese, an eccentric private investigator in a future Los Angeles gets the call to investigate the disappearance of a valuable genetically-altered sheep and the case of a TV star who thinks someone is trying to kill her. It soon becomes clear that the two cases are connected. You will pay for your own food.

Movie ClubTue. June 18, 6:00 PMFree interactive viewing of Toy Story (©Disney Pixar) at the library. For all ages. Register at the Reference Desk or in the Children’s Room.

Free MovieTue. June 25, 1:30 PMFree showing of the movie Isn’t It Romantic, in which a woman is knocked unconscious in a mugging and wakes to find herself in a romantic comedy, which she despises. (88 min., rated PG-13, ©Warner Brothers)

Keep Calm and Color OnMon. June 17, 2:00-3:30 PM Join us in adult coloring for relaxation. We’ll provide music, drinks, coloring pages, and colored pencils (donated by Blick Art Materials). Free!

Pinterest ClubThur. June 27, 6:30 PMMake a clothespin air freshener for your car. Free, but please register at the Reference Desk. Open to all ages.

Tai Chi is a Chinese art and exercise form that can help improve balance and joint mobility and maybe even help stave off dementia. Xiaoqi Wu of Eastern Therapeutic has been teaching Tai Chi in Galesburg for 14 years. She will be leading 30-minute sessions of the set routine each Tuesday at the Galesburg Public Library in June and July. If you have taken Tai Chi from Xiaoqi Wu before, please join us. We will meet outside if the weather is nice. A donation of $2 is suggested.

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Human Search

Engin eBy: Faith Burdick

Question: Do cows really have 2 or 3 stomachs? What does that look like?

Answer: Cows are amazing, spectacular creatures (in my opinion). They actually have 4 stomachs—or rather 1 stomach divided into 4 compartments! They are part of a group of animals classified as ruminants. Other ruminants are deer, sheep, goats and giraffes. These very special animals can do something that the rest of us mammals can’t. They can take any fibrous stringy food—like grass—and make from it, in their own body, the complete protein that contains all of the amino acids needed to grow and sustain life. The rest of us must consume eggs, milk, specific combinations of foods, or some other creature to obtain this complete protein. We can’t make it out of a mass of fiber like a ruminant does. This is what the 4 “stomachs” are all about. “The typical ruminant is an animal that survives by fleeing from danger. It is a prey species. It goes out into an open, grassy area…and eats as rapidly as possible, swallowing its food without chewing. Then it goes off to a safe place and brings up the undigested grass, or cud, one mouthful at a time and chews it thoroughly before swallowing it again.” (Keeping a Family Cow 632.2142/Gro). The cud then passes into the second stomach, where microorganisms that live in the cow’s gut begin to break it down into amino acids. And so forth, through all 4 stomachs. The result is a complete protein. This is how ruminants can survive on food that other animals could not possibly digest. Then the cow feeds us! Thank you, Bessy! If you want to look at a drawing of the cow’s stomach, check out Keeping a Family Cow and look at p. 134.

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Storytimes:

Toddler Storytime Wednesdays at 10:00 AMInteractive stories, songs, and movement for children ages 18-36 months and their caregivers.

Preschool Storytime Wednesdays at 10:45 AM & Thursdays at 6:00 PMBooks, crafts, songs, and movement for children ages 3-7.

Other Children’s events this month:

Sensory StorytimeSat. June 1, 11:00 AMOpen to all children ages 2-7, but designed for children with sensory integration challenges.

Family Story NightTues. June 4, 6:00 PMBring the whole family to enjoy stories, crafts, and activities. Fun for all ages, from babies to grownups!

Chef Bananas Magic & FunThurs. June 6, 6:00 PMGet ready to go bananas with St. Louis’ #1 family magician! His magic show has great comedy “aPEEL” for all ages.

Isle of Erin Irish DancersSat. June 8, 11:00 AMFree performance from Peoria-based dance troupe. May include audience participation; to be considered to participate, wear closed-toe gym shoes.

Lego NightTues. June 11, 4:30 PMCome build with Legos!

Duke OtherwiseThurs. June 13, 10:00 AMSinger, songwriter, and tap-dancer Duke Otherwise brings his hilarious and imaginative show to Galesburg.

Kids’ Book ClubThurs. June 20, 4:00 PMFun monthly book club for independent readers in grades 3-5. Ask in the Children’s Room for this month’s book.

Tutus & Tiger EarsMon. June 24, 6:00 PMCraft your own costume pieces, including tutus and animal ear headbands. Registration required in the Children’s Room.

Join us on Tuesday, June 18 at 6:00 PM to cheer on the toys of the first Toy Story movie (©Disney Pixar) at this interactive viewing before Toy

Story IV comes out in theaters on June 21. Free and open to all ages.

Registration required (in the Children’s Room or at the

Reference Desk).

Interactive Toy Story

Celebrate an awesome year of Teen Advisory Board with this

first-ever end of year party, which will be full of food, games, and

more! Open to any teen who attended a TAB meeting during

the 2018-2019 school year.

TAB End of the Year Party!

Ukulele for BeginnersSession 1 - Wed. June 5, 2:00-3:30 PM Session 2 - Wed. June 19, 2:00 PMDo you love music? Want to play some? Come to our beginners’ ukulele class! No experience needed! Advance sign-up is required.

TAB End of Year PartyThurs. June 6, 6:00-7:30 PMCelebrate an awesome year of Teen Advisory Board with a party full of food, games, and more! Open to any teen who attended a TAB meeting during the 2018-2019 school year.

Mock the Movie: Red Riding HoodMon. June 10, 2:30-4:30 PMJoin us in relentlessly making fun of this very loose adaptation of the fairy tale, in which Red Riding Hood’s plan to escape an arranged marriage is interrupted by a werewolf. Your mocking messages will appear on screen along with the film for everyone to enjoy! Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Gary

Oldman, and your snarky comments. Open to teens ages 13-18. No sign-up required. (2011, 120 minutes, rated PG-13, ©Warner Bros)

Movie TriviaWed. June 12, 3:00-4:00 PMCalling all movie buffs! Test your knowledge of movies new and old, popular and obscure, against other teens using Kahoot while you compete for prizes! Sign-up is not required.

Dungeons & Dragons ClubMon. June 24, 4:00-6:00 PMCreate your own hero and join the adventure! New players always welcome. Advance sign-up required.

Anime ClubWed. June 26, 4:00-5:30 PM

All teen events open to teens age 12-18 (or 6th-12th grade). Call 343-6118 or stop by the Reference Desk to sign up.

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