May 2021 – Mentor Public Library

05 29, 2021

All Booked Up with Cailey & Meg: Graphic Novels for People Who Don’t Read Graphic Novels

By admin|2021-05-29T12:00:44-04:00May 29, 2021|

Cailey and Meg love graphic novels. It’s their jam and they think it could be your jam too! So this week they’re recommending graphic novels for people who don’t typically read them, including:

The Great Gatsby adapted by Fred Fordham and Aya Morton
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
The Golden Age by Roxanne Moreil and Cyril Pedrosa
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.

Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card

05 28, 2021

Explore the Urban Legends of Ohio

By admin|2021-05-28T16:00:17-04:00May 28, 2021|

Ohio is stuffed with frightening folktales and chilling legends. Have you heard of Cry Baby Bridge? Helltown? The Melon Heads that were rumored to live in Kirtland?

Our own Ms. Mollie introduces you to the stories behind the legends of Mothman, the Monster of Minerva, the Lake Erie Monster, and more. She’ll also tell you about the state’s many Bigfoot sighting and the only known Witch Trial to occur in Ohio.

If you can’t get enough of local lore, our YouTube channel has authors sharing some of their favorite stories that they’ve researched:

05 27, 2021

Uncover the Hidden History of Lake County

By admin|2021-05-27T06:00:24-04:00May 27, 2021|

Jennifer Boresz Engelking joins us for an interview and explains how an amusement park and shipwreck kindled her interest in local history and inspired her to write Hidden History of Lake County, Ohio. She also describes the research her book required.

Then chats about her first forays into writing, how she acted in the movie Unstoppable, and talks about her favorite Metroparks.

By the way, if you’re interested in local history, we’ve hosted several programs about it – many of which can be viewed in their entirety on our YouTube channel – including:

05 22, 2021

How (and Why) to Plant a Rain Garden

By admin|2021-05-22T12:00:47-04:00May 22, 2021|

Natalie Gertz-Young from the Master Rain Gardener Program explains why rain gardens are so important and how to add one to your property. She walks you through designing, digging, planting, and maintaining your rain garden!

If you want to know more you can check out the Master Rain Gardener Program.

Two more tips for any green thumbs out there:

1. Did you know that you can get free veggie, flower, and herb seeds from our Seed Library? Check out our collection the next time you visit our Main Branch. Borrow up to 15 packets of seeds per season.

2. You should also check out the special collection from Holden Forests & Gardens’ Corning Library available at our Main Branch. In addition to a gorgeous arboretum in Kirtland, Holden also has a spectacular collection of gardening, horticulture, environmental and botany books at Corning Library within its arboretum.

Dozens of Corning Library’s books are now available to borrow at our Main Branch. Thanks to a partnership between libraries, you can use your cards to check out books from this special collection. Our typical lending rules apply.

05 20, 2021

Genealogy Research: Using Secondary Sources

By admin|2021-05-20T19:00:46-04:00May 20, 2021|

We have a special presentation to share!

Ms. Lisa, one of our library associates and leader of our Back to your Roots Genealogy Club, explains how you can use secondary sources to answer tough questions in your family’s history.

By the way, your library card gives you access to several genealogy websites, including Ancestry. You can search for your family’s history through censuses, cemeteries, city directories, military and immigration records, and more public records!

You don’t need to know much to get started on our databases—a name, somewhere that person lived and it helps to know his or her approximate birth year. And, frankly, if you don’t know your great-grandfather or great-great-mother’s birth year, it usually only takes a single search to find out.

These databases search through millions of public records: census and immigration information, birth/marriage/death certificates, and more. Not only can you view these documents, but you can email them to yourself and your family members.

And each document that you discover provides more information that you can use to hone your search.

So start searching and explore that family tree!

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