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Podcasts produced by the Pioneer Library System. Highlighting books, authors and other topics of interest to patrons of the hometown libraries.

Food For Fines Results!

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Last Updated on Sunday, 25 December 2011 08:12

During our Food for Fines Program, the Pioneer Library System raised a total of 3.3 tons (6600 lbs) of food. This is equivalent to the weight of 33 adult male reindeers. Also, we raised a total of 8,748 food items, which is about 4,200 ft high if stacked up. This is equivalent to 210 Tyrannosaurus Rex (~20 ft/each) stacked on top of each other or about 2.8 Sears Towers high (North America’s tallest building).

This program was a promotional program used to raise food items for local Oklahoma food pantries. Each can, box, or bag of non-expired, non-perishable, unopened, undamaged food items that was brought to a library in the Pioneer Library System was counted towards $1 off library fines.

The Pioneer Library System would like to thank you for our success!

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PLS Presents: Mother Goose

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Last Updated on Thursday, 01 December 2011 11:38

children in circle As children we all love to hear our favorite nursery rhyme. The Pioneer Public Library presents a podcast on Mother Goose read by Susan Lura from Norman Children's. Your hometown library encourages you to start reading to your children at a very young age.

Growing Like A Read (better known as GLAR) is a project of the Pioneer Library System that promotes brain development for literacy skills in children from birth through age 4 through reading, talking, playing and singing. So sit back and enjoy 7 minutes of your favorite Mother Goose nursery rhymes. This podcast will be sure to bring back sweet childhood memories.

Mother Goose read by Susan Lura from the Norman Children's Department

Click to listen to or download Mother Goose Rhymes read by Ms. Susan

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How the Whale Got His Throat

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Last Updated on Monday, 25 July 2011 13:55

Humpback Whale jumping Whales have been the main characters in legends and stories for centuries. The majestic animals can be found throughout the world and are some of the largest mammals known to man.

This month, the Norman children's department asked Father Alan Sutherland of St. Michael's Episcopal Church to share Rudyard Kipling's story about how the whale got its throat. This is an interesting story about why many whales only eat krill, plankton and small fish even though they are such large animals.

If you would like to follow along, Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling is available as a book from the library or ebook from our OverDrive collection.

Read on to hear the story!

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How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin

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Last Updated on Monday, 25 July 2011 13:56

Rudyard Kipling the author of "Just So Stories" created this book in 1902. "Just So Stories" is filled with stories about how different animals from around the world got different body parts. Also the book is filled with different aspects of life and how they came to exist. In the podcast you will hear a story about a Rhino. Rhinoceros are large, thick-skinned, herbivorous mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Asia and Africa. Rhinos are found to grow 8 -14 ft long and 3 - 6.5 feet tall. Also they can weight up to 5 tons.

The Norman Public Library Children's Department would like to share a few of these stories with you in the coming months. The second Kipling story is "How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin" read by the fantastic Ms. Basha.

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How the Leopard Got His Spots

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Last Updated on Monday, 25 July 2011 13:56

lepoard drawing Since 1902, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories has been entertaining children and adults alike with tales of how things came to be as they are now. The Norman Public Library Children's Department would like to share a few of these stories with you in the coming months. And, to start it off, we have the fantastic Ms. Kim reading "How the Leopard Got Its Spots."