by Marilee A. Cogswell
Manager, Burien Library

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Burien, Boulevard Park, White Center, and Greenbridge Libraries!!!

All Libraries will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24th and Saturday, Dec. 25th for the Holidays.

DID YOU KNOW?

KCLS offers lots of Digital Downloads
You can download a variety of materials for FREE! Why buy when you can borrow?  Digital downloads for your eReader, tablet, phone, MP3 player and computers are free for King County Library System users. In most cases you will need to download and install free software to manage your downloads. Check it out here: http://www.kcls.org/downloads.

BURIEN LIBRARY EVENTS:

• The Three Little Pigs: a Puppet Show
  Thursday, December 30, 10:30am
  Presented by Rowbes.
  All ages welcome.
  Three brothers set out to make the perfect house, but a pesky wolf is intent on doing a little unwanted redecorating! Experience this classic story with modern updates sure to tickle your funny bone.
  Sponsored by the Burien Library Guild.
• Opera Preview: The Barber of Seville
  Wednesday, December 22, 7pm
  Arguably the funniest of all comic operas, Rossini’s delightful, vivacious romp kicks off with an instantly recognizable overture, gains speed with a non-stop parade of hit tunes and concludes with an “all is forgiven” finale!
  Sponsored by the Burien Library Guild.

BOULEVARD PARK LIBRARY EVENTS:

• Cookie Story Time
  Wednesday, December 15, 6:30pm
  Ages 2 to 6, families welcome.
  Come for a special Story Time featuring cookies of all shapes and sizes! Everyone will get their own cookie to decorate and take home.
• Game On!
  Tuesday, December 28, 3:30pm
  Ages 10 to 18.
  Play your favorite multi-player video games on GameCube, Xbox 360 and Wii! We’re turning the meeting room into an arcade so don’t miss the fun!

WHITE CENTER LIBRARY EVENTS:

• Board Game Blast!
  Thursday, December 30, 2pm
  All ages welcome.
  Back by popular demand! Play your favorite games with your friends and munch on some holiday snacks.

Check out all King County Library System programs here: http://www.kcls.org/programs/index.cfm.

Great Books for Giving this Holiday Season – Recommended by Library Staff:

For Cooks:

• ‘I’m Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking’ by Alton Brown (of Iron Chef fame)
• ‘In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart’ by Alice Waters
• ‘How it all Vegan: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal Free Diet’ by Tanya Barnard
• ‘Fresh Food Fast: Create Delicious Seasonal Vegetarian meals in under an Hour’ by Peter Berley

For Animal Lovers:

• ‘You Had Me at Woof’ by Julie Klam
• ‘Three Among the Wolves’ by Helen Thayer

For Teens:

• ‘Last Summer of the Death Warriors’ by Francisco X. Stork
• ‘The Bartimaeus Trilogy’ by Jonathan Stroud
• ‘Ghostopolis’ by Doug TenNapel (a graphic novel)
• ‘Make Lemonade’ by Virginia Euwer Wolff

For Children & Parents:

• ‘The Giving Tree’ by Shel Silverstein
• ‘It’s a Book’ by Lane Smith
• ‘My Very First Mother Goose’ by Iona Opie & illustrated by Rosemary Wells
• ‘Mr. President goes to school’ by Rick Walton

Something funny:

• ‘Holidays on Ice’ by David Sedaris
• ‘The Daily Show with John Stewart Presents Earth (the book): A Visitors Guide to the Human Race’ by John Stewart, Rory Albanese and Steve Bodow

For the Yogi:

• ‘Shiva Rea: Daily Energy – Vinyasa Flow Yoga’ starring Shiva Rea (on DVD)
• ‘Mantras for Precarious Times’ by Deva Premal (chant music on CD)

For Adults:

• ‘There’s no Place like HOPE: a Guide to Beating Cancer in Mind Sized Bites’ by Vickie Girard
• ‘Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet’ by Jamie Ford
• ‘Crocodile on the Sandbank’ by Elizabeth Peters (first of the Amelia Peabody series)
• ‘My Lady Judge’ by Cora Harrison
• ‘The Lives of the Heart’ by Jane Hirshfield

Until next time – see you in the stacks!

- Marilee A. Cogswell

Marilee A. Cogswell is the Manager of the Burien Library.