Holy Trinity Library

 Holy Trinity Library TRIVIA!

Join the trivia game by answering the following questions about the library rules and about some of the books in the library collection.  You can print this page and fill in the answers, then put your answers in the box on the library cart in the library.  Each correct answer will be worth one point.  The answers will be checked on April 19^th and the names of the top winners will be announced on the Holy Trinity Library website and displayed on the bulletin board in the library.  All participants will be entered in a drawing for a Barnes & Noble gift certificate to be held during coffee hour on May 3^rd.  Good luck! 

Your Name:__________________________________________

Sunday School Class Grade: __________________________

1.      What three pieces of information need to be written on the library card when you check out a book?______________, _____________, and ______________________ 

2.      The Holy Trinity library is located downstairs in the corridor outside the ____________________. 

3.      Library materials may be borrowed for a period of _________ weeks. 

4.      This famous president had trouble with his false teeth._______________________________________________ 

5.      What day does The Day the Animals Came tell about?_______________________________________________ 

6.      What shepherd boy, armed with only his sling and his faith in God, killed a giant warrior and later became a great king?_____________________________ 

7.      This talented spider saved the life of a pig named Wilbur._____________________________ 

8.      Miss Rumphius made the world more beautiful by planting _____________________________. 

9.      You can become a library star by _____________________ a book or video.

10.  A movie, The  __________________ Express, was based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg. 

11. What novel, written by Lois Lowry, is about two ten-year-old girls living in Nazi-occupied Denmark during World War II?
____________________________________________ 

12. What is the fourth book in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis?  _____________________________________ 

13. Jamie Lee Curtis wrote a book explaining how hard it is to be what age? _________________________ 

14. Big Angel __________________ helps Little Angel Mikey in the book And God Cried Too. 

15. During what war does My Brother Sam is Dead take place?_____________________________________________ 

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by Louise Moenke

I have always found reading to be a great pleasure.  One of my first memories of childhood was going to the library with my Mother, even before starting kindergarten.  Our library was in the basement of the elementary school, just a block from where I lived, and the librarian was a good friend.  She gladly helped me to find books that I would enjoy as I went from grade to grade.  I continued to do the same for our children, introducing them to the library as soon as they could read.

When Ellin Greene and her committee began developing the Sunday School Library, I was delighted.  It pleases me to be able to purchase books for the library through the Adopt-a-Book program.  The books are chosen most thoughtfully.  I encourage others to support this program and to take advantage of the opportunities the library offers.

One of the authors I especially like is Walter Wangerin, Jr.  For Christmas, I am giving our great-grandchildren copies of In the Beginning There Was No Sky, even though they aren’t able to read it yet by themselves.  This book is in the Sunday School Library (Bible section) along with Wangerin’s Water, Come Down! The Day You Were Baptized and Thistle (Picture Book Section).  For adults, I recommend Paul, a Novel, located in the library kiosk in Fellowship Hall.

Note: Louise and Al have four children, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.  What a wonderful legacy they are leaving them.  Our appreciation to all loving grandparents.

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Parents and other adults, did you know that Holy Trinity has a library?  The Holy Trinity Sunday School is located downstairs, in the corridor outside the nursery classroom.  It contains over 800 titles, including books, audiobooks, CDs, DVDs, and videos.  The purpose of the Sunday School Library is to enrich the Sunday School curriculum and to make available quality children’s books and audiovisual materials that foster a love of reading.  All nine Sunday School classes visit the library in the Fall for orientation and again in the Spring to hear about library activities and new books.

When you pick up your child after Sunday School, why not spend some time browsing in the collection?  Borrowing procedures are posted over the book cart.

Reading to children does make a difference!  Studies show that at age 6 the child who has been read to from birth has an average vocabulary of 20,000 words.  By contrast, the 6-year-old who has had little experience with books in early childhood has an average vocabulary of 3,000 words.  How about reading a story with your child(ren) or reading the same book that your older child is reading?  It’s really fun to share a story from different viewpoints.  You might even be inspired to write a book review together for Holy Trinity Lamplighter.

Our goal is to make our library, which is a member of the National Church Library Association, a Family Library for all members of our Holy Trinity family.  Our Library Kiosk, located in Fellowship Hall, highlights books for parents and teachers, selections from Weekday Spirituality, adult novels with religious themes, CDs from Grace Matters, the radio ministry of the ELCA, as well as children’s books to read alone or to read aloud with in the family.  Please avail yourself of this valuable resource.

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