Next Meetings:
3 PM Readers
4 PM General
Location:
Rosenberg Library
From Karen:
Okay gang, I have good/bad news. The good news is that the summer reading club for children is going well and we have lots of kids attending our programs. The bad news is that this means the programs are a little more staff intensive than I originally thought they would be and we definitely need all hands on deck for the ferry ride scheduled July 21. What this means to you is the next Galveston Reads Meeting will be rescheduled for Tuesday, August 11 at 4:00 pm. The next Book Selection Meeting will be that same day at 3:00 pm. The meetings will be held at Rosenberg Library. Please adjust your schedules and I do apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you!
Karen
Karen Stanley, Head of Children's Services
Rosenberg Library*2310 Sealy Avenue*Galveston TX 77550
(409)763-8854 x119
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Galveston Reads Commitees 2010
There are 4 committees to choose from:
1. Programming: Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor
2. Publicity: Emmy Morrison, Barbara Arnold
3. Fundraising: Sandra Sullivan, Pat Jacobi
4. Book Selection: Carol Hodges
Each committee welcomes volunteers. For further information contact the Chair, Karen Stanley at kstanley@rosenberg-library.org or call 763-8854, ext. 119.
1. Programming: Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor
2. Publicity: Emmy Morrison, Barbara Arnold
3. Fundraising: Sandra Sullivan, Pat Jacobi
4. Book Selection: Carol Hodges
Each committee welcomes volunteers. For further information contact the Chair, Karen Stanley at kstanley@rosenberg-library.org or call 763-8854, ext. 119.
July Meetings
Our next general meeting is at Rosenberg Library on Tuesday, July 21 @ 4pm.
The Reader's Committee will be meeting earlier, at 3 pm.
Please contact Karen Stanley for further information on Galveston Reads.
The Reader's Committee will be meeting earlier, at 3 pm.
Please contact Karen Stanley for further information on Galveston Reads.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Galveston Reads Launches a New Season
Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Homer H. HIckam Jr. is the Galveston Reads book section for 2010. A highly accessible slice of mid-century Americana, Rocket Boys is the coming of age story of Hickam during the infancy of space exploration. It’s 1957, Russia has just launched Sputnik 1, and young Hickam dreams of being a part of this new frontier. In sharp contrast, his home town of Coalwood, West Virginia, is a dying mining town where the majority of teens have little aspirations other than following their daddies down into the mines. Despite a couple of early rocketry misfires, Hickam, three friends and an inspirational science teacher succeed with a science fair project that helps him launch a space career. This story will ring true with Galvestonians who understand the importance of remaining optimistic despite unsettling conditions. The Island’s close proximity to N.A.S.A. makes this a very relevant read for the community.
Rocket Boys was published in 1998 and was selected by the New York Times as one of its Great Books of the year. The movie, October Sky, based on Rocket Boys was released in 1999. The book is available under both titles.
This is the seventh year of Galveston Reads. Book discussions and related programs will be scheduled January through March, 2010.
Galveston Reads Committee welcomes anyone who would like to become a part of the project and help with planning. The first meeting will be on Thursday,
May 21, 4:00 pm at Rosenberg Library. Volunteers are needed to serve on several committees, including programming, fund raising, publicity and book selection. For additional information on how to become involved in the pre-programming stages of Galveston Reads, please call Committee Chair Karen Stanley at Rosenberg Library,
(409) 763-8854 ext.119.
May 15, 2009
Barbara Arnold
Children’s Librarian
Rosenberg Library
409.763.8854 ext.135
Rocket Boys was published in 1998 and was selected by the New York Times as one of its Great Books of the year. The movie, October Sky, based on Rocket Boys was released in 1999. The book is available under both titles.
This is the seventh year of Galveston Reads. Book discussions and related programs will be scheduled January through March, 2010.
Galveston Reads Committee welcomes anyone who would like to become a part of the project and help with planning. The first meeting will be on Thursday,
May 21, 4:00 pm at Rosenberg Library. Volunteers are needed to serve on several committees, including programming, fund raising, publicity and book selection. For additional information on how to become involved in the pre-programming stages of Galveston Reads, please call Committee Chair Karen Stanley at Rosenberg Library,
(409) 763-8854 ext.119.
May 15, 2009
Barbara Arnold
Children’s Librarian
Rosenberg Library
409.763.8854 ext.135
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Rocket Boys Wins Selection for 2010
Galveston Reads is proud to announce the selection of Rocket Boys by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. for 2010.
A skillfully written memoir that captures the wonder of the early years of space
exploration, this book reminds us of the mid-century wonder of seeing Sputnik in
the night sky. In his honest rendering of his youth, the author evokes the universal
angst of being a teenager while showing that anyone can rise above their
circumstances. Brought to the screen as October Sky”, the novel is far richer
and contains many more details about his life and times.
A skillfully written memoir that captures the wonder of the early years of space
exploration, this book reminds us of the mid-century wonder of seeing Sputnik in
the night sky. In his honest rendering of his youth, the author evokes the universal
angst of being a teenager while showing that anyone can rise above their
circumstances. Brought to the screen as October Sky”, the novel is far richer
and contains many more details about his life and times.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Thank You, All~
To the Editor:
Over the past years we have been fortunate to work with a remarkable group of people on Galveston Reads. This particular year, we were able to rebound after Hurricane Ike and continue with this project. This city wide book club, under the organizational umbrella of Rosenberg Library, sponsored a season long series of events to encourage everyone in town to read and discuss the same book, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls. This is the sixth year of this project in Galveston, starting with Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle, in 2004. This project owes its success to the efforts of many people and organizations, whom we would like to thank publically:
For sponsoring: Kempner Fund, Rosenberg Library, and Friends of Rosenberg Library.
For presenting at the various discussion programs scheduled: Dale Taylor, Stephen Curley, John Gorman, Dayle DeLancey, Kat Joel-Reich, Alan Griffin, Michelle Sierpina, Dwight Wolf, Karen Smith, Glennda Rassin and Trudy Deen Davis. And for hosting those programs: Galveston College, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Moody Methodist First United Methodist Church and Mosquito Café.
For volunteering on the Galveston Reads committee:
Barbara Arnold, Bernice Torregrossa, Beth Dekeyser, Carol Hodges, Dale
Taylor, Dayle DeLancey, Debra Morris, Emmy Morrison, Fanny De
Gesero, Glennda Rassin, Gracie Otin, Joan Hyatt, John Gorman, Lynn Burke,
Margaret Scofelia, Mary Case, Michael Berberich, Michelle Quinn,
Pat Bumpus, Patricia Jakobi, Patty Mayeux, Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor,
Sandra Sullivan, Sharon Pagan, Stephen Curley and Karen Stanley, Chair.
For offering the book for sale: The Galveston Bookshop and UTMB Bookstore.
For advertising the book program: Galveston Daily News, Wizard, Parrot, Islander and Guidry News.
Special thanks to Heber Taylor, of the Galveston County Daily News, for his support. The newspaper coverage was invaluable.
And finally, we’d like to thank all of you who read the book and talked about it with your friends and neighbors, especially the students and teachers that incorporated the reading of this book into their curriculum. The Galveston Reads committee is currently working on a book selection for 2010.
Vote for your choice for the Galveston Reads 2010 book:
Online voting at: galvestonreadsbooks@yahoo.com
Email voting at: kstanley@rosenberg-library.org
Phone voting at: Karen Stanley 409.763.8854 x119
Voting ends April 24, 2009.
If you would like to serve on the committee, please contact Karen Stanley at kstanley@rosenberg-library.org or call 763-8854, ext. 119.
Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor
Program Chair, Galveston Reads committee
Rosenberg Library
Over the past years we have been fortunate to work with a remarkable group of people on Galveston Reads. This particular year, we were able to rebound after Hurricane Ike and continue with this project. This city wide book club, under the organizational umbrella of Rosenberg Library, sponsored a season long series of events to encourage everyone in town to read and discuss the same book, The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls. This is the sixth year of this project in Galveston, starting with Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle, in 2004. This project owes its success to the efforts of many people and organizations, whom we would like to thank publically:
For sponsoring: Kempner Fund, Rosenberg Library, and Friends of Rosenberg Library.
For presenting at the various discussion programs scheduled: Dale Taylor, Stephen Curley, John Gorman, Dayle DeLancey, Kat Joel-Reich, Alan Griffin, Michelle Sierpina, Dwight Wolf, Karen Smith, Glennda Rassin and Trudy Deen Davis. And for hosting those programs: Galveston College, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Moody Methodist First United Methodist Church and Mosquito Café.
For volunteering on the Galveston Reads committee:
Barbara Arnold, Bernice Torregrossa, Beth Dekeyser, Carol Hodges, Dale
Taylor, Dayle DeLancey, Debra Morris, Emmy Morrison, Fanny De
Gesero, Glennda Rassin, Gracie Otin, Joan Hyatt, John Gorman, Lynn Burke,
Margaret Scofelia, Mary Case, Michael Berberich, Michelle Quinn,
Pat Bumpus, Patricia Jakobi, Patty Mayeux, Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor,
Sandra Sullivan, Sharon Pagan, Stephen Curley and Karen Stanley, Chair.
For offering the book for sale: The Galveston Bookshop and UTMB Bookstore.
For advertising the book program: Galveston Daily News, Wizard, Parrot, Islander and Guidry News.
Special thanks to Heber Taylor, of the Galveston County Daily News, for his support. The newspaper coverage was invaluable.
And finally, we’d like to thank all of you who read the book and talked about it with your friends and neighbors, especially the students and teachers that incorporated the reading of this book into their curriculum. The Galveston Reads committee is currently working on a book selection for 2010.
Vote for your choice for the Galveston Reads 2010 book:
Online voting at: galvestonreadsbooks@yahoo.com
Email voting at: kstanley@rosenberg-library.org
Phone voting at: Karen Stanley 409.763.8854 x119
Voting ends April 24, 2009.
If you would like to serve on the committee, please contact Karen Stanley at kstanley@rosenberg-library.org or call 763-8854, ext. 119.
Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor
Program Chair, Galveston Reads committee
Rosenberg Library
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Last Program in 2009~
Galveston Reads presented the last program, The Successfully Resilient Child and The Glass Castle; a panel discussion at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall on 502 Church Street, on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.
This season finale was well attended, with Dr. Taylor and several students from Galveston College and members of the Galveston Reads Committee. With over 55 people in the audience, panel participants Dwight Wolf, MD, a child psychiatrist at UTMB, Karen Smith, PhD, a child psychologist also at UTMB, and Trudy Deen Davis, LMSW with Glennda Rassin, LMSW, serving as moderator.
Trudy discussed how close to real life this book was for her. Literally, she felt that she couldn’t read the book, as she lived it, hearing the stories that she could name the families who were similar to the Walls family. She felt the parents did not provide sufficient support/scaffolding. She both loved and hated this book.
Karen mentioned meta-recognition, whereby Jeannette knows she has to pretend that her family’s life was one long adventure. In addition, the boundaries were blurred and the parents exposed the children to risk. The example she used was the sink or swim theory Rex used to teach Jeannette how to swim. There must have been some support as, the children; both Brian and Jeannette could read.
Dwight did not enjoy the book, as he became detached from the narrative. Initially was engaging, but, he felt the author offered little insight to her life. He mentioned the novel seemed voyeuristic. He also pointed out that children tend to trust their parents, as all powerful, all caring, all good, or all bad. Jeannette seemed to idolize her father.
Glennda defended the book with enthusiasm, as she felt that the author recalled the highlights and was successfully resilient.
Some engaging comments from the audience were received from the panel members such as background of the second husband, who had problems with alcohol and his first marriage, and impending release of a second novel: Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel. Glennda noted this seems contradictory. The evening ended around 7:30 with more conversation among the panelists and audience.
This season finale was well attended, with Dr. Taylor and several students from Galveston College and members of the Galveston Reads Committee. With over 55 people in the audience, panel participants Dwight Wolf, MD, a child psychiatrist at UTMB, Karen Smith, PhD, a child psychologist also at UTMB, and Trudy Deen Davis, LMSW with Glennda Rassin, LMSW, serving as moderator.
Trudy discussed how close to real life this book was for her. Literally, she felt that she couldn’t read the book, as she lived it, hearing the stories that she could name the families who were similar to the Walls family. She felt the parents did not provide sufficient support/scaffolding. She both loved and hated this book.
Karen mentioned meta-recognition, whereby Jeannette knows she has to pretend that her family’s life was one long adventure. In addition, the boundaries were blurred and the parents exposed the children to risk. The example she used was the sink or swim theory Rex used to teach Jeannette how to swim. There must have been some support as, the children; both Brian and Jeannette could read.
Dwight did not enjoy the book, as he became detached from the narrative. Initially was engaging, but, he felt the author offered little insight to her life. He mentioned the novel seemed voyeuristic. He also pointed out that children tend to trust their parents, as all powerful, all caring, all good, or all bad. Jeannette seemed to idolize her father.
Glennda defended the book with enthusiasm, as she felt that the author recalled the highlights and was successfully resilient.
Some engaging comments from the audience were received from the panel members such as background of the second husband, who had problems with alcohol and his first marriage, and impending release of a second novel: Half Broke Horses: A True Life Novel. Glennda noted this seems contradictory. The evening ended around 7:30 with more conversation among the panelists and audience.
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