FCPL Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage

Forsyth County Public Library (FCPL) celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage through a series of free educational programs at all four libraries this May.

Helping Kits: Anxiety

Needless to say, recent years have brought on plenty of anxiety.   

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 7% of children between ages 3 and 11 are impacted by anxiety. Symptoms of anxiety often begin to manifest around age six. Anxiety sufferers experience worry, anxiety, or distress out of proportion with a given situation. Sometimes the feeling is near-constant.  

FCPL’s Anxiety Helping Kit contains five picture books that feature characters dealing with various types of anxiety. The kits also include an anxiety activity guide and a list of online resources for parents and caregivers. I was really impressed with the thoughtful picture books in FCPL’s Anxiety Helping Kit.  

FCPL Reads 2022 - April Goal

Are you working towards your goals for FCPL Reads 2022? Here's the next reading goal to inspire you to Read Something New (to You!) in 2022!

The reading goal for April is to read a book set in a different country.

Library Limelight: Jodie Barger, FCPL Friends and Advocates President

Library Limelight is intended to be a quick read to help FCPL patrons get to know our librarians, staff, and volunteers. We hope you enjoy learning about the people who make our libraries great!

Name: Jodie Barger
Position: FCPL Friends and Advocates President

Where is your hometown?

Chattanooga, Tennessee 

 

How long have you been at FCPL?

Staff Picks: Good Citizens Need Not Fear by Maria Reva

Good Citizens Need Not Fear by Maria Reva

Good Citizens Need Not Fear is a collection of linked short stories set in a housing complex in Ukraine in the years leading up to and following the fall of the Soviet Union. Residents of the 10-story housing complex, 1933 Ivansk Street, face struggles that US readers will be familiar with like poverty, health concerns, and government bureaucracy as well as uniquely Ukrainian threats like being spied on by neighbors and sent to Siberia. 

OverBOOKed to Read: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

The Widows of Malabar Hill, the first book in Sujata Massey's Perveen Mistry series, transports you to another time, another place, and another culture. Set in Bombay in 1921, Perveen Mistry is the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family and one of the first female lawyers in India.