Month: May 2020

Just added – new magazines on Flipster!

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We have more magazines to share with you on Flipster, for all your reading tastes and interests. From new children’s literary and activity magazines to fashion, wellness, bird watching and many special interest periodicals, here’s a quick run-down of what’s new:

Children’s

Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle

Health and Fitness

Bird Watching

Reading and Writing

Special Interests

Here’s how to get started. Click here to sign in to Flipster with your library card or visit chescolibraries.org, select Downloads and scroll down to Flipster to access these and nearly ninety additional informative, fun and interesting magazines.

And here’s a full list of what we’ve added:

    • Advocate
    • Archaeology
    • Ask
    • Audubon
    • Backyard Poultry
    • Bicycling
    • Bird Watcher’s Digest
    • Butternut
    • Color to stay Alive A Zombie Coloring & Activity Book
    • Consumer Reports Buying Guide
    • Cricket
    • Dogster
    • Dwell
    • Elle
    • Harper’s Bazaar
    • Harvard Health Letter
    • Harvard Women’s Health Watch
    • Health
    • Ladybug
    • Mystery Weekly
    • National Geographic Kids
    • Outside
    • Rachael Ray in Season
    • Ranger Rick
    • Spider
    • Town & Country
    • Under the Radar
    • Writer’s Digest

Which will you read first?

Chester County Masketeers

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Would you like to help our Chester County Community but not sure how?  Please check out the Chester County Masketeers. They need help with sewing masks, donating materials, sewing machines, donating time to pick up and deliver masks. This group of volunteers has made and donated thousands of masks in 3 weeks to our county’s essential workers and community organizations that are working hard to make a difference during these difficult times.

Chester County Masketeers

See what they’ve done in just 3 weeks!

You can also can check out their Facebook pages and discussion groups.

“Ambient Pleasures and More: 9 Sound Libraries To Whisk You Away”

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Image from the New York Public Library

Would you like some new sounds to transport you to a different location or time, or provide you with interesting or comforting background sounds to work or relax to?

Library Journal‘s recent article “Ambient Pleasures and More: 9 Sounds Libraries to Whisk You Away” connects you with options, including the New York Public Library‘s new album Missing Sounds of New York, sounds from various libraries (including University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries), sounds from nature, historical recordings, imagined sounds from Hogwarts Library, and more!

Kids’ Update: Nature Trivia with National Geographic Kids

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Learn more about your favorite animal or have your nature questions answered at National Geographic Kids! With nonfiction articles and information, games, and videos, National Geographic Kids has something for all the kids in your family!

Here’s a story about an animal that will never make the cover of National Geographic — Quackenstein Hatches a Family.

The Youth Services Staff at the Chester County Library and Hankin Branch are presenting Virtual Storytimes beginning April 27th. They will be for three different ages groups — 0 to 2 Year Olds, 3 & 4 Year Olds, and 5 & 6 Year Olds. Registration is required via the Events Calendar at https://chescolibraries.org/. Virtual Storytimes are not registered as multi-week sessions; you will need to register for each storytime individually.

Teen Update: Author Matt de la Pena Writing Challenge

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Popular Young Adult author Matt de la Pena (“I Will Save You”, “Superman Dawnbreaker”) is also an acclaimed picture book author. Matt believes that picture books are not just for children and he is right! In two short videos Matt reads aloud his picture book “Love” and talks about thoughts and ideas behind its words and illustrations. Then he offers you a writing challenge to share your own interpretation of the story. Your response will be sent to Matt and also published in Words Alive! online gallery.

Build your skills with Cisco Networking Academy

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Take advantage of the Cisco Networking Academy! Available for free through Chester County Library, these online, self-paced courses will help you explore potential career pathways, develop technical mastery, and build critical thinking and problem-solving skills needed to succeed.

Get Connected: Learn how to use a computer, connect devices and access search, email, and social media. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Entrepreneurship: This course teaches business and financial skills, attitudes, and behaviors to help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset that can empower them to improve their lives.

Introduction to Cybersecurity: Learn how to protect yourself online and in social media while discovering careers in cybersecurity. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Cybersecurity Essentials: Develop an understanding of cybercrime, security principles, technologies, and procedures used to defend networks. This is a self-paced, intermediate level course.

Introduction to IoT (Internet of Things): Learn how the Internet of Things (IoT) and the digital transformation of business create new value and new job opportunities. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Introduction to Packet Tracer:  Learn the basics for using Cisco Packet Tracer to simulate network configurations. This is a self-paced, beginner level course.

Packet Tracer Mobile: Learn how to use the Cisco Packet Tracer Mobile software. This is a self-paced, hands-on course.

Take flight with these virtual rides

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Do you feel like taking flight during these stay-at-home times? If you love the feel that the freedom of the skies offers, take a look at these virtual rides. Experience the cockpits and controls of the earliest airplanes, ride over Manhattan in a helicopter and join a fighter jet crew over the Swiss Alps.

Virtual Cockpit Tours from EAA Aviation Museum

Experience NYC by Helicopter from youvisit.com

360° cockpit view | Fighter Jet | Patrouille Suisse | Virtual Reality

And here are some eBooks for you to enjoy after you land – available now!

Fight or Flight by Samantha Young

First Flight Around the World by Tim Grove

The Flight Girls by Noah Salazar (audiobook also available)

Hornet Flight by Ken Follett

Star Flight by Phyllis A. Whitney

Kids’ Update: Baseball for Everyone

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We don’t know yet if there will be a baseball season this, but while you wait you can learn more about the game from Duckster’s Baseball. Read about Little League Baseball or dream about the Major League Baseball. After all, Opening Day will come someday!

Here’s a baseball story for you — Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream.

The Youth Services Staff at the Chester County Library and Hankin Branch are presenting Virtual Storytimes beginning April 27th. They will be for three different ages groups — 0 to 2 Year Olds, 3 & 4 Year Olds, and 5 & 6 Year Olds. Registration is required via the Events Calendar at https://chescolibraries.org/. Virtual Storytimes are not registered as multi-week sessions; you will need to register for each storytime individually.