Mental toughness books – available now on OverDrive

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Are you looking for ways to increase your mental toughness during this period of uncertainty? These eBooks and eAudiobooks are available for download now.

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do – Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success by Amy Morin (eBook) – click here for eAudiobook.

“Kick bad mental habits and toughen yourself up.”—Inc. Master your mental strength—revolutionary new strategies that work for everyone from homemakers to soldiers and teachers to CEOs.

The Mental Toughness Advantage – A 5-Step Program to Boost Your Resilience and Reach Your Goals by Douglas Comstock (eAudiobook)

Mental toughness enables us to get up when we want to give up, but it’s a skill that takes practice. To develop mental toughness for everyday life, The Mental Toughness Advantage offers a practical 5-step program to boost resilience and overcome every obstacle.

Option B – Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. (eBook)

#1 New York Times Best Seller. Named a Best Book of 2017 by Barnes & Noble and Amazon. From Facebook’s COO and Wharton’s top-rated professor, the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks.

Peak Performance – Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness (eBook)

“A transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take

“An essential playbook for success, happiness, and getting the most out of ourselves.” Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution

“I doubt anyone can read Peak Performance without itching to apply something to their own lives.” —David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Sports Gene

Resilient – How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson, Ph.D. (eBook)

With his trademark blend of neuroscience, mindfulness, and positive psychology, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Rick Hanson shows you how to develop twelve vital inner strengths hardwired into your own nervous system. Then no matter what life throws at you, you’ll be able to feel less stressed, pursue opportunities with confidence, and stay calm and centered in the face of adversity

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Do you have any books to recommend on this subject? Leave your suggestions in the Comments below. We’d love to hear from you!

Chester County Main Street Preservation Grant Program

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The Chester County Commissioners and Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC) will host a webinar on Thursday, May 7 at 10:00am about the Chester County Main Street Preservation Grant Program.

Chester County’s Commissioners set up a $5M fund to establish the Main Street Preservation grant program – up to $25,000 in funding for county’s small businesses and agriculture enterprises impacted by COVID-19. The competitive grant program will provide funding for small businesses and agricultural enterprises in the county that were unable to take advantage of any federal and commonwealth existing COVID-19 response programs. Grants of up to $25,000 will be available to eligible businesses through the Chester County Main Street Preservation program.

The webinar will cover the the structure of the program, eligibility requirements, and the application process. Questions may be submitted to mainstreet@ccedcpa.com.

Viewing Options:
Registration is not required. The webinar will be live streamed at the following locations:

Application Checklist

Main Street Program Website

Application Form

Teen Update: Teens’ Top Ten Nominees for 2020!

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Are you looking for suggestions on what to read next?? Here is a great place to start! The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. The 2020 Teens’ Top Ten Nominees have been announced by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association). More information, including an annotated list, is available at the Teen’s Top Ten web page.

Many of the nominated titles are available in an e-book format through the library. So, be sure to Meet Libby to learn more about the our digital resources.

Resources for Inventors

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Libraries offers many resources and services to help inventors answer many questions: What is the market for my idea? Will I need a patent? How do I promote my idea? The US Patent & Trademark Office provides sites devoted to serving the special needs of inventors. The Lemelson-MIT Invention Dimension site also provides a wealth of inventor resources including inventor profiles, patent guidelines, links to online invention resources, and more.

Library databases, like ReferenceUSA, can be helpful in locating businesses to license or manufacture your product, or to find out how large a market exists for your invention. ReferenceUSA provides detailed information on millions of U.S. companies, organizations, agencies, and households. Search its business module by company name, company executive name, sales volume, SIC/NAICS codes, number of employees, and more.

The library’s ebook collection includes many books about inventors and innovation that you can check out from home with a Chester County Library card.

Kids’ Update: Virtual Storytime and More!

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Just a reminder that the Youth Services Staff at the Chester County Library and Hankin Branch are presenting Virtual Storytimes. There are groups for three different ages groups — 0 to 2 Year Olds, 3 & 4 Year Olds, and 5 & 6 Year Olds, so you can choose the group that’s just right for your child. More programs are added all the time, and there are programs for grown-ups, too!

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.

Once registered, registrants will receive a Zoom link by email to 2 hours before the program starts.  Make sure to check the email address you registered with to receive the link.  You do not need a Zoom account to attend the virtual program.

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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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!