Dear Friends,
The Lake Worth Friends of the Library will meet Tuesday, January 14, at 5:30 p.m. in the dining room of the South Shores Tavern (Corner of M Street and Lucerne - across from the Library). The meeting will end by 6:30 p.m..
BOOK SALE
We will be making plans and signing up volunteers for our upcoming book sale. We need helpers to sort books on Friday, January 24 in the City Hall Annex from 1 - 3 p.m. And we need volunteers to help at the book sale on Saturday, January 25th, in shifts from 9 a.m. till 3:30 p.m.
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MEET THE AUTHOR EVENING SERIES
Meet the author evenings are held at the Lake Worth Public Library, 15 North M St., Lake Worth on Thursdays beginning at 7:00 pm. Authors will have copies of their books available for sale and you may have them autographed if you wish. Light refreshments will be served sponsored by the Friends of the Lake Worth Library.
Thursday, January 23rd
This book offers a blueprint for dramatically improving student achievement in an urban elementary school. It tells the story of a school's dramatic transformation, in one year, from being among the lowest performing into a school whose standardized test scores were impressive and competitive. Author, Dr Janice Scott Cover, veteran educator, using her proprietary transformation model, affirms that children can overcome academic weaknesses when effective instructional and administrative strategies are employed in a supportive, collaborative and organized school environment. The book also asserts that students can take responsibility for their own learning and behavior, and experience school success. Whether your school is urban or rural, and you are a school administrator, teacher, policy maker or education advocate, this book will prove an invaluable resource.
Dr. Cover has had an extensive career as an educator and school administrator. Currently she is the President & CEO at Improving Schools Consulting Services and an adjunct instructor at Nova Southeastern University. She has been a teacher, assistant principal, principal and Director of Elementary School District of Palm Beach County Schools.
Summer's fading, and there's more than the bite of autumn in the air. Zombies are biting in ‘Last Dawn,’ and that's just a taste of Scary Story, a collection of twisted fiction and dark fantasy that's guaranteed to keep you turning pages and checking your back. The undeads in ‘The Path of Dead Roses’ are more ethereal, but whether or not the posy-plucking polters have the key to helping the heroine's troubled father is as uncertain as their very existence, and can only be discovered by readers brave enough to wander down that path. An extra-sensual treat is detailed in ‘The Wrinkled Duplex Halfway up the Hill,’ unveiling suburban secrets and mysteries particular to those wild enough to explore. ‘Silent Night’ turns frightful when a young girl left alone on Christmas Eve improvises her own holiday cheer. From the haunted coal mines in ‘Paradise Lost,’ to iffy experiments on a med student’s trusting wife in ‘Fire of Faith,’ there's something for every horror fan in this anthology. Ms. Morrison has written the story Fire of Faith.
Thursday, February 13th
The Cottages, a fun-loving community, offers every conceivable excitement but murder. That changes when Ralph Albano snatches a jeep during an early bird special without realizing an elderly woman is in the back seat until she begins snoring. But he can’t turn back. This can’t be happening. Not now when he was so close to completing the deal.
Hilarious story with zany characters residing at The Cottages. What a fun place to live!
Fred Lichtenberg is a native New Yorker who lives with his wife in Jupiter, Florida. He has one son. A passion for writing, Fred, who worked for the Federal Government, exchanged hats and is currently writing full time. He is the author of Hunter’s World, a murder mystery set on New York’s Long Island, which was released by Five Star Publishing in May 2011. Fred’s next novel, “Murder 1040: The Final Audit” will be released in 2014.
Thursday, February 20th
Dina and Mark Marshall, a nouveau riche couple in their thirties, live at Boca Forest, the top country club in Boca Raton, Florida, where they vie to keep up with wealthier residents. Mark, a financial planner and popular golf partner, regularly invites club members to partake in Dina's gourmet dinners in an attempt to further his business that affords them a luxurious Florida lifestyle. When Mark suddenly leaves his wife for the hot, younger blonde Taffie and the two take off for Key West, Dina finds little solace in her family and "friendships"--instead, she trumps her initial self-doubt and turns her obsessive list-making tendency into a flourishing home-catering business. Intent on keeping her head above the water and winning back her husband, Dina encounters a dashing young fellow chef and all-around great guy, Dex Ryder. Now everyone's talking--and not just about her fantastic cuisine. Dina's life is definitely on the upswing...until it all comes crashing down. Laugh, cry and cook with Dina as she discovers her true friends and decides where and with whom her future lies.
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