2 More than just books! Have you ever checked out a game from the library? Here are some top picks from our team! Kenzie: Jenga - "I grew up playing Jenga and have always loved it. It's a great game to bring people together!" Kell: Disney Matching - "Memory games are fantastic for brain development. This one is even better because it's Disney!" Jacqui: Puzzles - "I like doing puzzles because I like working with the different colors, the different shapes, and the different textures. It's always such a thrill to see it completed!" Gill: Apples to Apples - "It's a fun game that I play at home with my family!" Emmy: Guess Who - "It's fun to come up with funny descriptions!" We have all of these and more at the Pleasant Hill Library, including a sensory bag and an 18-inch doll with accessories available for checkout! Booking it Forward! Outreach Services partners with Jay and Mary's Bookstore to give children the gift of reading. Purchase a book at Jay and Mary's and donate it to the Book It Forward program. Our staff periodically stops in at Jay and Mary's to pick up donations. They are then distributed to local non-profits such as CASA-GAL, the Family Abuse Shelter, Partners in Hope, the Juvenile Probation Center, and other local organizations. During our most recent pickup at Jay and Mary's we were not only given donations of books, we were also given the remainder of a gentleman's gift card to purchase some books. This donation was used to purchase some board books for our littlest friends. Outreach Services - On the Go! Oakes-Beitman Memorial Library - Pleasant Hill Digital Downloads Did you know? Digital Content Holds Remember to check out our digital collection! Perfect for traveling, a busy life on the go, or simply the ease of reading on your phone or tablet, the Libby app hosts our large array of digital materials like e-books, e-audiobooks, and magazines, and Kanopy offers movies and more! If you have used Libby, maybe you have wondered why the holds list for popular digital e-books or e-audiobooks is so long? Just like a physical book, we are limited to purchasing each copy of a digital title. Unless the book has entered public domain by copyright lapse, like with Dracula or Frankenstein, libraries don't receive unlimited copies when we purchase a title. Digital content also costs more than physical materials so we have to adjust our purchasing to reflect this. Libby has some features that help the lists move a little faster, for example, by offering the delayed checkout option if a held title becomes available at an inconvenient time.
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