In ANTicipation of summer, why not read? Children ages 2-12 are invited to participate in this reading promotion during the month of May at the Covington location. Beginning May 1, children can pick up a reading log. After reading 5 books, they can return their completed log to the library to receive a prize and be entered into the reading raffle. The raffle drawing will take place in early June.
Ages: 2 - 12
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Regularly scheduled computer classes will not be held at the Covington, Mary Ann Mongan Branch of the Kenton County Public Library until the completion of renovations in 2013. Classes are available at the other two KCPL branches and there are free online software tutorials you can access with your library card. Limited individual sessions can be scheduled in Covington to meet additional computer instruction needs. Accommodations can also be made at your location for groups with a computer lab. Topics include: Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher), First Time Computer Users, Exploring the Internet, Creating and Using E-mail, and Job Searching and the Internet. Contact Susan Rasche at (859) 962-4060 Ext. 4215 or Susan.Rasche@kentonlibrary.org for registration.
Meet one-on-one with an expert staff member for guidance on the Library's job search assistance. Get help updating your resume or learning to research job opportunities.
Join us for this online book discussion! We will be talking about "The Women of Brewster Place" by Gloria Naylor. This group is featured on www.goodreads.com. You can sign up for free and join Southbank Reads by searching for it under "Groups".
Regularly scheduled computer classes will not be held at the Covington, Mary Ann Mongan Branch of the Kenton County Public Library until the completion of renovations in 2013. Classes are available at the other two KCPL branches and there are free online software tutorials you can access with your library card. Watch the Programs listing on the KCPL website for the resumption of Covington computer classes.
As you travel this summer, it doesn’t matter how near or how far, send a postcard from your destination to your home branch and we’ll display them in the library.
Mary Ann Mongan Library / Children's Department / 502 Scott Blvd / Covington, Ky 41011 // William E. Durr Library / Children's Department / 1992 Walton Nicholson / Independence, KY 41051 // Erlanger Library / Children's Department / 401 Kenton Lands Rd / Erlanger, KY 41018
Ages: 12 and under.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington Location: William E. Durr Branch, 1992 Walton-Nicholson Road Location: Erlanger Branch, 401 Kenton Lands Road
Reading to real dog companion improves reading skills and dogs make great listeners! All participants will receive a certificate. Raffle tickets can be earned for a give-a-way of toy reading companions this month! Find out how you can participate and possibly win!
Grades: 1 - 6
Register: 859-962-4077
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Join us as we participate in the Big Library Read! We will be discussing Michael Malone's "The Four Corners of the Sky". There will be an ebook version available on our website's ebook page beginning May 15th through June 1st. If you don't already belong to Southbank Reads, it's free and easy to join. Just sign up for a free account on www.goodreads.com and then search the groups for Southbank Reads. Then click to join!
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Quick guide Zinio: download complete magazines on your computer or iPad
Zinio is an online newstand made free to you by the Library. Learn how to view and download complete popular magazines on your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and Blackberry Playbook.
Sample titles:
Consumer Reports,
Dwell,
Bazaar,
Martha Stewart Living and Weddings,
Men's Fitness,
Parenting,
Outside,
Smart Money,
Us Weekly,
Vegetarian Times.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Telling Stories reads "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
Join us for a lively discussion of Markus Zusak's "The Book Thief"! New members are always welcome and books may be picked up at the Reference Desk.
It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery....
Narrated by Death, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl living outside of Munich in Nazi Germany. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist – books. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever they are to be found.
With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, Liesel learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids, as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Quick guide: How to borrow e-books for your Kindle, iPad, and iPhone
In this short online tutorial learn how to use Overdrive to download and borrow e-books for any of your Kindle devices or by downloading the Kindle app on your computer, phone, iPad, or iTouch. You'll get the basics in about 15 minutes and the instructor will stay online to answer any questions you may have.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Summer Reading Club Kickoff with Cincinnati Circus…Balloon artists, face painters and jugglers…oh, my! Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to noon. To be held in conjunction with KCPL's 5K Run & Walk.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Meet one-on-one with an expert staff member for guidance on the Library's job search assistance. Learn more about the assistance the Library offers for writing resumes and applying for jobs.
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Quick guide: How to borrow e-books for your Nook or Sony Reader
In this short online tutorial learn how to use Overdrive to download and borrow e-books for your Nook or Sony Reader. You'll get the basics in about 15 minutes and the instructor will stay online to answer any questions you may have.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Meet your fellow readers: Southbank Reads gathering at Roebling Point Books
Southbank Reads is an online book club the library hosts on Goodreads. Join us at Roebling Point Books and Coffee at 306 Greenup Street, Covington, KY on 6/15 at 12:30pm. It's a chance to meet other readers and enjoy refreshments that we'll provide. New members and the curious are welcome. Registration isn't required but will help us prepare the event.
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Regina Siegrist from the Behringer Crawford Museum will present the first of two programs about the Ice Age in Kentucky, fossils we can find in our own backyards, and the wooly mammoth who roamed this land thousands of years ago.
Grades: Pre-K - 3
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
It's summer and time to read! Come one, come all and get book suggestions on Facebook! On Friday June 21 from 1pm - 5pm, Readers’ Advisory Librarian Leigh Mauer will be ready and waiting to steer you to your next good fiction or non-fiction read. All you need to do is post a message to the KCPL wall telling us the last 3 books you’ve enjoyed, and we’ll give you a suggestion or two for what to read next.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington Location: William E. Durr Branch, 1992 Walton-Nicholson Road Location: Erlanger Branch, 401 Kenton Lands Road
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Meet one-on-one with an expert staff member for guidance on the Library’s job search assistance. Learn about the assistance the Library offers for writing resumes and applying for jobs.
Regularly scheduled computer classes will not be held at the Covington, Mary Ann Mongan Branch of the Kenton County Public Library until the completion of renovations in 2013. Classes are available at the other two KCPL branches and there are free online software tutorials you can access with your library card. Watch the Programs listing on the KCPL website for the resumption of Covington computer classes.
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Join us for a lively discussion of Antonya Nelson's "Bound"! New members are always welcome and books may be picked up at the Reference Desk.
Catherine and Oliver, young wife and older entrepreneurial husband, are negotiating their difference in age and a plethora of well-concealed secrets. Oliver, now in his sixties, is a serial adulterer and has just fallen giddily in love yet again. Catherine, seemingly placid and content, has ghosts of a past she scarcely remembers. When Catherine's long-forgotten high school friend dies and leaves Catherine the guardian of her teenage daughter, that past comes rushing back. As Oliver manages his new love, and Catherine her new charge and darker past, local news reports turn up the volume on a serial killer who has reappeared after years of quiet.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Meet one-on-one with an expert staff member for guidance on the Library’s job search assistance. Learn about the assistance the Library offers for writing resumes and applying for jobs.
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Quick guide: How to borrow e-books for your Kindle, iPad, and iPhone
In this short online tutorial learn how to use Overdrive to download and borrow e-books for any of your Kindle devices or by downloading the Kindle app on your computer, phone, iPad, or iTouch. You'll get the basics in about 15 minutes and the instructor will stay online to answer any questions you may have.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Chidlren ages 6-2 will create a design on fuse board using beads. The design will then be fused together with an iron. When cooled the children may take the art home.
Children's author and illustrator, David Catrow, will visit our library to share about his art for children's books and his new Max Spaniel book series for early readers. David is also the artist for KCPL's summer reading club art!
Ages: All Ages
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Learn about the online library for kids. Download apps for e-books and audiobooks on your device or use your home computer to research homework assignments and projects.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Regina Siegrist from the Behringer Crawford Museum will present the first of two programs about the Ice Age in Kentucky, fossils we can find in our own backyards, and the wooly mammoth who roamed this land thousands of years ago.
Grades: 3 - 6
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Quick guide Zinio: download complete magazines on your computer or iPad
Zinio is an online newstand made free to you by the Library. Learn how to view and download complete popular magazines on your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and Blackberry Playbook.
Sample titles:
Consumer Reports,
Dwell,
Bazaar,
Martha Stewart Living and Weddings,
Men's Fitness,
Parenting,
Outside,
Smart Money,
Us Weekly,
Vegetarian Times.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Meet one-on-one with an expert staff member for guidance on the Library’s job search assistance. Learn about the assistance the Library offers for writing resumes and applying for jobs.
Come to the library for stories, songs & activities just for preschoolers. Storytimes in Covington are designed to help children develop early literacy skills.
Toddlers, bring your favorite adult to share books, songs and activities just for two-year-olds. Siblings are welcome. Storytimes in Covington are designed to develop early literacy skills.
Regularly scheduled computer classes will not be held at the Covington, Mary Ann Mongan Branch of the Kenton County Public Library until the completion of renovations in 2013. Classes are available at the other two KCPL branches and there are free online software tutorials you can access with your library card. Watch the Programs listing on the KCPL website for the resumption of Covington computer classes.
Learn how to use the library on your tablet or smartphone. Download apps designed just for library users such as the Kenton County Public Library app that lets you access the catalog and your account, Freegal for music, Zinio for magazines, Blio for kids e-books, OneClick for audiobooks and more.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Quick guide: How to borrow e-books for your Kindle, Android and Apple devices
In this short online tutorial learn how to use Overdrive to download and borrow e-books for any of your Kindle devices or by downloading the Kindle app on your computer, phone, iPad, or iTouch. You'll get the basics in about 15 minutes and the instructor will stay online to answer any questions you may have.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Telling Stories reads "Life Sentences" by Laura Lippman
Join us for a lively discussion of Laura Lippman's "Life Sentences"! New members are always welcome and books may be picked up at the Reference Desk.
From its gripping opening pages...Life Sentences may be the most absorbing, entertaining mystery published in the last year."--Boston Globe USA Today calls Laura Lippman, "A writing powerhouse," and Life Sentences powerfully confirms it. Past and present, truth and memory collide in this searing novel from a New York Times bestselling author whose novels have won virtually every major prize bestowed for crime fiction--from the Edgar(R) to the Anthony to the Agatha to the Nero Wolfe Award. As she did in her blockbuster What the Dead Know, Lippman takes a brief hiatus from her popular series character, Baltimore p.i. Tess Monaghan, to tell a riveting story of deceptions and dangerously fragile truths that People magazine says, "Succeeds brilliantly."
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Quick guide Zinio: download complete magazines on your computer or iPad
Zinio is an online newstand made free to you by the Library. Learn how to view and download complete popular magazines on your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and Blackberry Playbook.
Sample titles:
Consumer Reports,
Dwell,
Bazaar,
Martha Stewart Living and Weddings,
Men's Fitness,
Parenting,
Outside,
Smart Money,
Us Weekly,
Vegetarian Times.
Please note: this is an online class and requires an Internet and audio connection from a home, office, or library computer. Please provide your email when registering.
Meet one-on-one with an expert staff member for guidance on the Library’s job search assistance. Learn about the assistance the Library offers for writing resumes and applying for jobs.
Learn how to find companies in your industry, how to identify company contacts, and where to find the information you need to excel in interviews. This class will teach you how to use library resources, search company web sites for critical information and use other online/print sources more effectively in your job search.
Learn how to target your resume to compete in today's competitive job environment. Get expert help editing or updating your resume from Human Resources professionals to give you a fresh look in the marketplace.
Meet one-on-one with an expert staff member for guidance on the Library’s job search assistance. Learn about the assistance the Library offers for writing resumes and applying for jobs.
Join us for this online book discussion! We will be talking about "Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street" by Michael Davis. This group is featured on www.goodreads.com. You can sign up for free and join Southbank Reads by searching for it under "Groups".
Attention all readers! Come one, come all and get book suggestions on Facebook! On Wednesday August 28 from 6pm - 9pm, Readers’ Advisory Librarian Leigh Mauer will be ready and waiting to steer you to your next good fiction or non-fiction read. All you need to do is post a message to the KCPL wall telling us the last 3 books you’ve enjoyed, and we’ll give you a suggestion or two for what to read next.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington Location: William E. Durr Branch, 1992 Walton-Nicholson Road Location: Erlanger Branch, 401 Kenton Lands Road
Telling Stories reads Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw"
Join us for a lively discussion of "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James! New members are always welcome and books may be picked up at the Reference Desk.
"The Turn of the Screw" is an intense psychological tale of terror. It begins in an old house on Christmas Eve. It is the story of a Governess who comes to live with and take care of two young children. The Governess loves her new position in charge of the young children, however she is soon disturbed when she begins to see ghosts.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Join us for this online book discussion! We will be talking about "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbury. This group is featured on www.goodreads.com. You can sign up for free and join Southbank Reads by searching for it under "Groups".
Telling stories reads "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Join us for a lively discussion of Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" New members are always welcome and books may be picked up at the Reference Desk.
A final, apocalyptic, world war has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending the majority of mankind off-planet. Those who remain, venerate all remaining examples of life, and owning an animal of your own is both a symbol of status and a necessity. For those who can't afford an authentic animal, companies build incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep . . . even humans.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Purchase nearly-new and used books at the Friends of the Library Book Sale! Prices range from $0.25 to $4, and all proceeds benefit programs at your Kenton County Public Library. The sale is open during regular library hours, but ends 30 minutes prior to closing time.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Join us for this online book discussion! We will be talking about "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins. This group is featured on www.goodreads.com. You can sign up for free and join Southbank Reads by searching for it under "Groups".
Join us for a lively discussion of "Heresy" by S. J. Parris. New members are always welcome and books may be picked up at the Reference Desk.
Giordano Bruno was a monk, poet, scientist, and magician on the run from the Roman Inquisition on charges of heresy for his belief that the Earth orbits the sun and that the universe is infinite.
In S. J. Parris's gripping novel, Bruno's pursuit of this rare knowledge brings him to London, where he is unexpectedly recruited by Queen Elizabeth I and is sent undercover to Oxford University on the pretext of a royal visitation. Officially Bruno is to take part in a debate on the Copernican theory of the universe; unofficially, he is to find out whatever he can about a Catholic plot to overthrow the queen.
His mission is dramatically thrown off course by a series of grisly murders and a spirited and beautiful young woman. As Bruno begins to discover a pattern in these killings, he realizes that no one at Oxford is who he seems to be. Bruno must attempt to outwit a killer who appears obsessed with the boundary between truth and heresy.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
Join us for this online book discussion! We will be talking about "The Archivist" by Martha Cooley. This group is featured on www.goodreads.com. You can sign up for free and join Southbank Reads by searching for it under "Groups".
Telling Stories reads "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Join us for a lively discussion of "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern. New members are always welcome and books are available at the Reference Desk.
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
Location: Mary Ann Mongan Library, 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington
