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AUGUST 2021
A monthly guide to events, services and resources
One Book,
One Tulsa
Read the book; meet
the author virtually.
Friday,
Sept. 3
6 p.m.
CONNECT!
Virtual Events If hard of hearing or sight impaired, contact Customer Care at 918-549-7323 or
askus@tulsalibrary.org for accommodations 48 hours in advance of the program.
beginner-friendly yoga class taught by you may enjoy. Email Becky.Leedy@
certified yoga instructor Beth Richmond. tulsalibrary.org for Zoom link to join the
Join us here: www.facebook.com/ discussion. For adults.
tulsalibrary. For adults.
Cover to Cover Book Club
Presented by Broken Arrow Library
Tuesday, Aug. 3 • 6:30-7:15 p.m.
This month's selection is "Holes" by Louis
Sachar. Email marie.welden@tulsalibrary.
org for a Zoom invitation. For adults.
Live Virtual Q&A
With Genealogist Mark Lowe What to Read Next
Tuesday, Aug. 3 • 10:30 a.m.-noon Wednesdays, Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25 • 2-3 p.m.
Join us for a live virtual Q&A session Join us here: www.facebook.com/
with genealogist Mark Lowe. Listen to tulsalibrary. Write a comment telling us Color Me Jazzy Party
Lowe's presentations on the Genealogy what you last read and liked, a favorite Saturday, Aug. 7 • 1-2 p.m.
Center's webpage at www.tulsalibrary. author or three words describing what What do you do to de-stress? Have you
org/research/genealogy-center and then you'd like to read, and then let us know tried coloring? Join Suburban Acres
bring your questions to the Q&A for if you prefer an e-book or e-audio. Library for an hour of relaxation with
Lowe to answer. Register online at We’ll respond with two personalized crayons and intricate coloring pages.
www.tulsalibrary.org/events for Zoom suggestions! For adults. We will take some much needed time
link. This session will be taped. For more to release the stress from the week and
information, call 918 549-7691. For adults. LitWits' Book Club discuss other ways adults can indulge
Wednesday, Aug. 4 • 6:30-7:30 p.m. in self-care. Register at www.tulsalibrary.
Yoga for Every Body Join fellow book enthusiast to discuss org/events to receive Zoom link.
"Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier and For adults.
Tuesdays, Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 • 6-7 p.m.
Join us via Facebook Live for a free discover similar authors and titles
CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • August 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 1
Collinsville Book Discussion The resource fair features: free Tech Talk: Tech for Travelers
immunizations; free school supplies
Tuesday, Aug. 10 • 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20 • noon-1 p.m.
while supplies last (children must be
Read "Oona Out of Order" by Margarita Looking for tools and apps to help you
present to receive school supplies); and
Montimore and then join us for a lively while you travel? Join us for an intro to
information about reading, homework
discussion on Zoom. "Time Traveler's Airbnb, Uber and SitorSquat apps, plus
help, nutrition and more. Presented by
Wife" meets "Eternal Sunshine of the library apps to keep you entertained
The Coalition of Hispanic Organizations
Spotless Mind" in this wondrous novel while you travel. Register at www.
together with Tulsa Tech, Tulsa Public
exploring the burdens of time, the tulsalibrary.org/events to receive Zoom
Schools and Martin Regional Library.
endurance of love and the timelessness link. For adults.
Prepárese para un año escolar exitoso
of family. Email cv@tulsalibrary.org for
con información, servicios y útiles
Zoom invite. For adults.
escolares de numerosas organizaciones
Sista' Chat Book Club -
comunitarias. Vacunas gratis. Útiles End of Summer Edition
escolares, hasta que se agoten*. Saturday, Aug. 21 • noon-1 p.m.
Información sobre lectura, ayudas de Join us on Zoom as we say farewell to
tarea, nutrición, ¡Y MUCHO MÁS! Los summer with our selected book, aptly
niños/as tienen que estar presentes para titled, "Summer on the Bluffs" by Sunny
recibir los útiles escolares. Hostin. Email sa@tulsalibrary.org to
receive Zoom link to join the discussion.
Beyond the Book For adults and teens.
Thursday, Aug. 19 • 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Join us for a lively Zoom discussion Another Chapter
about "The Golem and the Jinni" by Thursday, Aug. 26 • 2-3 p.m.
Helene Wecker. Reserved copies Read or listen to "Island of Sea Women"
BeTween the Pages are available by request. Email kelli. by Lisa See and then join us on Zoom
Tuesday, Aug. 10 • 6-7 p.m. mcdowell@tulsalibrary.org for details to for a lively conversation. Email crystal.
Play fun games and chat about your join the event. For adults. brownstone@tulsalibrary.org to receive
favorite sports and competition stories. a Zoom link to join the discussion.
Register at www.tulsalibrary.org/events Mistakes to Masterpieces: For adults.
with your email address to get the Zoom
link. For tweens.
Family-Friendly Paint-Along
Thursday, Aug. 19 • 5-6:30 p.m.
Join us on Zoom to paint along or create
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club your own original work of art. Pick up
Wednesday, Aug. 11 • 6-7 p.m. or reserve your paint kit at Pratt Library.
Join fellow sci-fi and fantasy enthusiasts Supplies include one canvas, paints, two
on Zoom to discuss "The Windup Girl" brushes and visual instructions. Register
by Paolo Bacigalupi. What happens at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to receive
when bioterrorism becomes a tool for Zoom link. For all ages.
corporate profits? And what happens
when this forces humanity to the cusp
of post-human evolution? This is a tale
Jenks Library Book Club
of Bangkok struggling for survival in a Thursday, Aug. 19 • 6-7 p.m.
post-oil era of rising sea levels and out- Join us for discussions of great books. Creative Truths:
of-control mutation. Contact rebecca. This month we'll discuss "House of Gold" A History Book Discussion
by Natasha Solomons. Email jenks.
mcwilliams@tulsalibrary.org for the
library@tulsalibrary.org for Zoom link.
Saturday, Aug. 28 • 9-10 a.m.
Zoom link. For ages 16 and up. Join librarians Mark and Sarah on Zoom
For adults.
to discuss "The Three Mothers: How
Back-to-School Community the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr.,
Resource Fair/La Feria de Recursos Between the Covers Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped
Thursday, Aug. 19 • 6-7 p.m. a Nation" by Anna Malaika Tubbs. Email
Para El Regreso a La Escuela Calling all romance lovers! Join us as HK@tulsalibrary.org for the Zoom link.
Saturday, Aug. 14 • 10 a.m.-1 p.m. we discuss a delightful romance novel. For adults.
LOCATION: Hicks Park Community Center, Register at www.tulsalibrary.org/events
3443 S. Mingo Road to receive Zoom link. Email ellen.nole@
Calling all families! Get ready for a tulsalibrary.org for more information and
successful school year with information, this month's book selection. For adults.
services and school supplies from
numerous community organizations.
CONNECT | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • August 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 2
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia
Moreno-Garcia
Register online at
www.tulsalibrary.org/events or
Friday, Sept. 3 • 6 p.m.
email register@tulsalibrary.org Join us for a virtual reading and
to receive a Zoom invite.
presentation with Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
author of the New York Times bestselling
horror novel Mexican Gothic.
READ!
Bestsellers coming
soon for Adults
Visit www.tulsalibrary.org to check out these titles and find more.
Flying Angels Tom Clancy Chain of The Stranger in the Lifeboat
By Danielle Steel Command By Mitch Albom
World War II brings together six By Marc Cameron What would happen if we called
remarkable young flight nurses, who An unscrupulous pharmaceutical on God for help and God actually
face the challenges of war and its billionaire has a plan to flood the US appeared? In Mitch Albom's profound
many heartbreaks and victories as market with counterfeit drugs in the new novel of hope and faith, a group
unsung heroes. latest entry in Tom Clancy's No. 1 New of shipwrecked passengers pull a
York Times bestselling series. strange man from the sea. He claims
to be "the Lord." And he says he can
only save them if they all believe
in him.
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Maverick The Dickens Boy The Lighter Step-by-Step
By Jason Riley By Thomas Keneally Instant Pot Cookbook
Jason Riley explores the life and The award-winning author of By Jeffrey Eisner
ideas of Thomas Sowell, one of modern classics such as Schindler's Recipes for lighter versions of
America's most influential and List and Napoleon's Last Island is comfort food favorites, made
trenchant Black social critics and at his triumphant best with this especially for the Instant Pot.
conservative intellectuals alive today. vibrant and engaging novel about
the adventures of Charles Dickens'
son in the Australian Outback
during the 1860s.
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New and coming soon
titles for Teens & Tweens
Visit www.tulsalibrary.org to check out these titles and find more.
Namesake Boy From Buchenwald Truly Tyler
By Adrienne Young By Robert Waisman By Terri Libenson
When Fable and the Marigold's crew A powerful memoir about a Holocaust Ever since Tyler started getting into
become pawns in a notorious thug's survivor who was deemed hopeless art and hanging out with Emmie,
scheme, Fable delves into a world and the rehabilitation center that gave his friends and teammates have
of deception and betrayal, risking him and other teen boys the chance to been giving him a hard time. He
everything to secure her and the learn how to live again wonders why can't he nerd out on
crew's freedom. drawing and play ball.
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Unforgotten Like Father, Like Son Make a TikTok Every Day
By Anita Silvey By James Patterson By Dave Jorgenson
Explore the fascinating life In Ali's toughest case ever, his Making a TikTok video that goes viral
and legacy of groundbreaking friend Zoe is in trouble after Ali is all about having a quirky idea that
primatologist and conservationist and his friends witnessed a crime can grab attention in as little as 15
Dian Fossey, who made it her in Anacostia Park, and it's up to Ali seconds. This book provides a year's
life's mission to study and protect to figure out why Zoe is lying to worth of ideas in the form of creative
mountain gorillas, in this the police and who prompts to keep you posting new
powerful biography. she's protecting. videos every day.
After-School Homework Club
el Club dedelas
el Club lasTareas enTu
Tareas en Tubiblioteca
biblioteca
The After-School Homework Club is open to third- El programa del club de las tareas ayuda a estudiantes del
through eighth-graders who need individualized help 3ro al 8vo grado con ayuda individualizada con tareas y
completing their homework assignments. The free trabajos escolares. El servicio es gratis y se ofrece de lunes
service is offered Monday through Thursday, September a jueves, empezando en Septiembre y culminando en el mes
through April. Registration is required to participate. de Abril. Para participar en el programa necesitas registrarte.
Visit www.TulsaLibrary.org/homeworkclub Visita nuestra página: www.Tulsalibrary.org/homeworkclub
or call 918-549-7323 for more details. o llama al 918-549-7323.
VOLUNTEER HOMEWORK COACHES NEEDED! ¡NECESITAMOS VOLUNTARIOS!
READ | Tulsa City-County
We need experienced individuals who enjoy working
with students to serve as homework coaches for the
Library Virtual Event
¡La Guide esta
biblioteca • August 2021
en busca de •personas
www.tulsalibrary.org
con experiencia en
educación que disfruten ayudando con las tareas a estudiantes para
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After-School Homework Club. To volunteer, visit: trabajar como Homework Coaches! Si estás interesado o para más
New and coming soon
titles for Children
Visit www.tulsalibrary.org to check out these titles and find more.
Anteaters, Bats & Boas The Bench School Days
By Roxie Munro By Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex By Sarah Schuette
Macaws squawk, snakes coil and Evoking a deep sense of warmth, Treat kids to a seek-and-find
monkeys swing. Follow true-to-size connection and compassion, The Bench celebration! Find hundreds of objects
rainforest animals as they journey gives readers a window into shared hidden in full-color photos of school
through a noisy, colorful ecosystem and enduring moments between a supplies, books, letters and numbers,
like no other on Earth. diverse group of fathers and sons – and more.
moments of peace and reflection, trust
and belief, discovery and learning, and
lasting comfort.
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You're a Star, Lolo Paola Santiago and the How to Build an Insect
By Niki Daley Forest of Nightmares By Roberta Gibson
Join Lolo as she makes homemade By Tehlor Kay Mejia Visit a whimsical workshop and
soup for her mom, grows a tomato Pao's search for her father will send follow along as we learn how to
plant, faces down a scary noise at her far from home, where she will build an insect! Conversational text
night and takes a vacation with encounter new monsters and ghosts, and playful illustrations introduce
some unexpected detours. a devastating betrayal and, finally, readers to insect body parts in this
the forest of her nightmares. charming picture book.
READ | Tulsa City-County Library Virtual Event Guide • August 2021 • www.tulsalibrary.org 9The Coalition of Hispanic Organizations together with Tulsa Tech,
Tulsa Public Schools and Martin Regional Library present
Community Resource FAIR
COMMUNITY RESOURCE Fair
Saturday, Aug. 14 • 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Hicks Park Community Center • 3443 S. Mingo Road
For more information, please contact 918-549-7323.
Calling all families!
Get ready for a successful school year with
information, services and school supplies
from numerous community organizations.
• Free immunizations
• Free school supplies while supplies last*
• Information about reading, homework help, nutrition
and more!
*Children must be present to receive school supplies.
La Coalición de Organizaciones Hispanas junto con el Tulsa Tech, las
Escuelas Públicas de Tulsa y la Biblioteca Martin Regional presentan
Para El Regreso A La Escuela
Sábado, 14 de agosto • 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Hicks Park Community Center • 3443 S. Mingo Road
Para más información: 918-549-7323
¡Atención familias!
Prepárese para un año escolar exitoso con
información, servicios y útiles escolares de
numerosas organizaciones comunitarias.
•
Vacunas gratis
Útiles escolares, hasta que se agoten* •
Información sobre lectura, ayudas de •
tarea, nutrición, ¡Y MUCHO MÁS!
*los niños/as tienen que estar presentes para recibir los útiles escolares.
Thank you to the following organizations/Agradecemos a las siguientes organizaciones:
Access Medical Centers Urgent Care • Arvest Bank • Carmen Eagles Agency/Farmers Insurance • City of Tulsa • Coalition of Hispanic
Organizations • Community Higher Ed • Community Health Connection • Es Tu Ley • Financial Empowerment Center • Oklahoma1 Bixby Library
20 E. Breckenridge, 74008
Tulsa City-County
2 Broken Arrow Library
300 W. Broadway, 74012
3 Broken Arrow Library/South
3600 S. Chestnut, 74011
Library Locations
4 Brookside Library
1207 E. 45th Place, 74105
5 Central Library
400 Civic Center, 74103
All locations are open for in-person services. 6 Charles Page Library
551 E. Fourth St., Sand Springs, 74063
Curbside pickup is evolving! Soon, you will be able to schedule 7 Collinsville Library
1223 Main, 74021
your holds pickup in advance through our website or by calling
AskUs. We are excited to offer this service permanently at all 8 Glenpool Library
730 E. 141st St., 74033
TCCL locations. Visit www.tulsalibrary.org for the most up-to-date
9 Hardesty Regional Library
information about curbside pickup. and Genealogy Center
8316 E. 93rd St., 74133
10 Helmerich Library
5131 E. 91st St., 74137
11 Herman and Kate Kaiser Library
5202 S. Hudson Ave., Suite B, 74135
12 Jenks Library
523 W. B St., 74037
13 Judy Z. Kishner Library
10150 N. Cincinnati Ave. E., Sperry, 74073
14 Kendall-Whittier Library
21 S. Lewis, 74104
15 Martin Regional Library
and Hispanic Resource Center
2601 S. Garnett Road, 74129
16 Maxwell Park Library
1313 N. Canton, 74115
17 Nathan Hale Library
6038 E. 23rd St., 74114
18 Owasso Library
103 W. Broadway, 74055
19 Pratt Library
3219 S. 113th W. Ave., Sand Springs, 74063
20 Rudisill Regional Library
and African-American Resource Center
1520 N. Hartford, 74106
21 Schusterman-Benson Library
3333 E. 32nd Place, 74135
22 Skiatook Library
316 E. Rogers, 74070
23 Suburban Acres Library
4606 N. Garrison, 74126
24 Zarrow Regional Library
and American Indian Resource Center
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