Our newsletter helps keep you informed about new books that are available through Dane County Library Service. We also like to print book reviews from seniors living in Dane County. If you like to read and enjoy sharing your books with others, Dane County Senior Readers is your chance to play critic! If you would like to submit a review of a book that you have read, or have feedback about our newsletter, contact:

Mary Driscoll
Dane County Library Service
201 W. Mifflin St.
Madison, WI 53703
608-266-4419
dclout@scls.lib.wi.us

Shirley Kevil Reviews

Holiday Outlook by Pamela Wright

Madison Community Foundation Grant Update




Madison Community Foundation Grant Update

The first year of spending the generous $25,000 received from the Madison Community Foundation is nearly complete. We were able to add almost 300 non-fiction titles to our collection. The focus in Year 2 will be building our fiction collection with titles suitable for group discussion. In addition, in working with activity directors around the county and in consultation with the staff at the Madison Community Foundation, we have added a number of wii games to be loaned to nursing homes and assisted living facilities. These will enhance the wii game equipment already purchased by the Madison Community Foundation for these facilities. We have also begun to experiment with Kindle and other electronic reading devices. More about this in years 2 and 3!

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Shirley Kevil of Sun Prairie Reviews:Death is a Bargain by Nora Charles



I find this story interesting as it’s about the circus. Who abused the elephants, Edna and Edgar? The tiger trainer brings his cat Fluffy from Moscow. Billy is the little boy who enjoys circus life.
Three people were murdered– maybe the killer wanted to prevent proof of the mistreated elephants from arrives at the Humane Society? Dead are Whitey Ford who was electrocuted, and Carl Krieg and Freddie Ducksworth who were both shot. Why did Freddie receive a blackmail letter? Did Jocko, the clown, shoot Carl in the sword swallowers bed?
The famous Cunningham Circus located in a center ring complete with a big top smack in the middle of the flea market.
Sean the clown wears a wild red wig, funny hat, a huge glove and large feet. Most vendors at the flea market lived in their vans.
This is a good “who done it” set against the backdrop of the circus.



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Holiday Outlook



The turkey is a memory;
the pumpkin pie’s all gone.
It’s “fare-thee-well”
To cranberries—
Thanksgiving feasting’s done.

We barely catch our breath;
The Christmas season bustles in.
It’s shop and wrap and bake and plan;
We’re busy once again!

Still, we surely wouldn’t
Have it any other way.
We’ll sigh and rush and suffer stress
Right up to New Year’s Day
November 1993

by
Pamela Wright, Sun Prairie


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