Do you have a New Year’s resolution to get healthier and more fit?  Are you looking for some fun family activities?  Do you want to get familiar with CCPL’s digital collections that provide FREE workout videos (Kanopy), free music (Freegal), digital magazines (RB Digital), audio books (Hoopla) and e-books (Libby)? You can find music to take on your walk or an audio book to keep you company on a stroll.  You can find workout routines in ebooks, magazines, and videos.  You can find great healthy meal recipes in our ebooks, too! 

Check out this calendar for the month of January with suggestions each day to guide you on your journey to better care for yourself and your family.  

Do you need a way to turn dinner on Saturday night into a laugh riot?  Put some large serving utensils into a bag or a pillow case,  Have each member of your family pick one at random. Each person has to eat their dinner with the utensil they chose.  It will definitely turn into a Silly Saturday!

How about starting a day with a Detox beverage?  For example: hot water, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, a dash of cayenne pepper, the juice from a lemon and a teaspoon of honey, or agave. There are many recipes for these healthy drinks in CCPL’s digital collection.  

Another activity on the calendar is a gratitude journal. Try to list 3 things that you are thankful for and then pick the one that means the most to you.  

Substitution Sunday can be anything that you want to try and decrease from your diet.  A piece of fruit instead of a candy bar.  A glass of water or herbal tea instead of a soda.  Some sweet potato fries instead of french fries.  

There is no rule that says you can’t do more than one activity per day and some you may want to incorporate into your daily routine.  Here’s to a healthier you in 2021!!

We have compiled a list of books and magazine articles that will help us dismantle racism and learn more about the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. This is a good time to read and engage in these conversations.

(All book summaries are from the publishers, Overdrive or Hoopla)

Stolen Justice: The struggle for African voting Rights

Overdrive Ebook
Hoopla Audiobook

Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them former slaves, be granted the right to vote?

In a bitter partisan fight over the legislature and Constitution, the answer eventually became yes, though only after two constitutional amendments, two Reconstruction Acts, two Civil Rights Acts, three Enforcement Acts, the impeachment of a president, and an army of occupation. Yet, even that was not enough to ensure that African American voices would be heard, or their lives protected. White supremacists loudly and intentionally prevented black Americans from voting — and they were willing to kill to do so.

In this vivid portrait of the systematic suppression of the African American vote, critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone traces the injustices of the post-Reconstruction era through the eyes of incredible individuals, both heroic and barbaric, and examines the legal cases that made the Supreme Court a partner of white supremacists in the rise of Jim Crow. Though this is a story of America’s past, Goldstone brilliantly draws direct links to today’s creeping threats to suffrage in this important and, alas, timely book.

I’m still here: Black dignity in a world made for whiteness

Overdrive Ebook

Austin Channing Brown’s first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools and churches, Austin writes, “I had to learn what it means to love blackness,” a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America’s racial divide as a writer, speaker, and expert helping organizations practice genuine inclusion.

In a time when nearly every institution (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claims to value diversity in its mission statement, Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice. Her stories bear witness to the complexity of America’s social fabric—from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations.
For readers who have engaged with America’s legacy on race through the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Eric Dyson, I’m Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God’s ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness—if we let it—can save us all.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

OverDrive Ebook

In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America.

Citizen U.S.A. A 50 State Road Trip

OverDrive Ebook

In the HBO documentary tentatively titled Citizen USA, acclaimed filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi sets out on a road trip across America to attend naturalization ceremonies in all fifty states to meet brand-new citizens and find out why they chose America as their home. What she discovers is that America welcomes them all-the disabled, the cancer patients, homosexuals, Obama- haters, Christian missionaries, Muslim imams, Jewish rabbis, Buddhist monks, scientists with Ph.D.s (trying to find the cure for all the diseases that are plaguing us), tech giants in Silicon Valley, movie directors, race car drivers, and even a wrestler with his own action figure!

Whether these new Americans arrived here through online dating, adoption, political asylum, student and work visas, or by swimming the Rio Grande River (and remained long enough to be granted amnesty) they all came here to live the “American Dream.” And even though they are no longer visitors, our newest citizens still look at America with an outsider’s perspective; they hold up a mirror to show us how we look as a nation-and how much we take for granted. At a time when unemployment is at an all-time high, America’s manufacturing base is eroding, the federal deficit is exploding, and the poverty rate is at seventeen percent, immigrants from every other country on earth still flock here because no matter how bad it gets here, it’s still a heck of a lot better than most other places on earth.

The Young Lords: A Radical History

Hoopla Ebook

Against the backdrop of America’s escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city’s racist policies and contempt for the poor. Their dramatic flair, uncompromising vision, and skillful ability to link local problems to international crises riveted the media, alarmed New York’s political class, and challenged nationwide perceptions of civil rights and black power protest. The group called itself the Young Lords.

Utilizing oral histories, archival records, and an enormous cache of police records released only after a decade-long Freedom of Information Law request and subsequent court battle, Johanna Fernandez has written the definitive account of the Young Lords, from their roots as a street gang to their rise and fall as a political organization. Led predominantly by poor and working-class Puerto Rican youth, and consciously fashioned after the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords confronted race and class inequality and questioned American foreign policy. Their imaginative, irreverent protests and media conscious tactics won significant reforms and exposed U.S. mainland audiences to the country’s quiet imperial project in Puerto Rico. In riveting style, Fernandez demonstrates how the Young Lords redefined the character of protest, the color of politics, and the cadence of popular urban culture in the age of great dreams.

Race Man

Hoopla Ebook

An inspiring, historic collection of writings from one of America’s most important civil rights leaders.

No one in the United States did more to advance the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. than Julian Bond. Race Man-a collection of his speeches, articles, interviews, and letters-constitutes an unrivaled history of the life and times of one of America’s most trusted freedom fighters, offering unfiltered access to his prophetic voice on a wide variety of social issues, including police brutality, abortion, and same-sex marriage.

A man who broke race barriers and set precedents throughout his life in politics; co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center and long-time chair of the NAACP; Julian Bond was a leader and a visionary who built bridges between the black civil rights movement and other freedom movements-especially for LGBTQ and women’s rights. As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, there is no better time to return to Bond’s works and words, many of them published here for the first time.

Uncounted: The crisis of voter suppression in America

Hoopla Audiobook

(From Hoopla) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered one of the most effective pieces of legislation the United States has ever passed. It enfranchised hundreds of thousands of voters, particularly in the American South, and drew attention to the problem of voter suppression. Yet in recent years there has been a continuous assault on access to the ballot box in the form of stricter voter ID requirements, meritless claims of rigged elections, and baseless accusations of voter fraud. In the past these efforts were aimed at eliminating African American voters from the rolls, and today, new laws seek to eliminate voters of color, the poor, and the elderly, groups that historically vote for the Democratic Party.

Uncounted examines the phenomenon of disenfranchisement through the lens of history, race, law, and the democratic process. Gilda R. Daniels, who served as Deputy Chief in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and more than two decades of voting rights experience, argues that voter suppression works in cycles, constantly adapting and finding new ways to hinder access for an exponentially growing minority population. She warns that a premeditated strategy of restrictive laws and deceptive practices has taken root and is eroding the very basis of American democracy-the right to vote!

The New Jim Crow

Hoopla Ebook
OverDrive Ebook
OverDrive Audiobook

Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. This book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that ‘we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.’ By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control-relegating millions to a permanent second-class status-even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a ‘call to action.’

The Week (June 15, 2020)

RB Digital Magazine

Page 4-5: Police violence sparks demands for reform

Protests for racial justice gain strength across U.S. 

New Yorker (June 22, 2020)

RB Digital Magazine

Page 20: The Trayvon Generation: On childhood in the face of police brutality

Page 24: The Riot Report: A long history of government inaction. What government commissions say about protest for racial justice.

The Economist (June 13, 2020)

RB Digital Magazine

Page 7: The Power of Protest: Race and Social Change

Page 17: The Politics of the protests

Page 62: Free exchange: Racial Inequality

Page 68: Johnson:: Unconscious bias

New York Magazine (June 8, 2020)

RB Digital Magazine

(On the Cover) Black Lives Matter Protest in LA

Page 16: This Can’t Be Contained 

Page 20: The Long View: John Lewis

Page 27: The View From…

Want to know all the things you can do with your library card? During our closure it can do even more for you, from additional checkouts to new streaming services.

Check out this chart to learn more about all the services your library card allows. 

Some of these services are extra while our physical buildings are closed. 

• Digital Content: Download Books, Music and Magazines
• Homework Help
• Online Resources – Databases
• Register for a Library Card (temporary)

Sandwiches make quick, easy, and nutritious meals. August is National Sandwich Month, a great time to try a different type of sandwich or have fun inventing a new sandwich for you or to share with family and friends. We have been getting creative in the kitchen during this quarantine therefore we have made for you a list of books that can help you create the perfect sandwich.

Care for a Tutti-Frutti Sandwich? How about some Lobster Canapes? Anyone looking for new, easy ways to jazz up lunch will appreciate this eminently useful casual cookbook. Dating from the early 20th century, the vintage collection presents 400 tasty recipes based on common, easily obtained fixings. No skill is required for following the recipes, which are organized by main ingredient and offer brief, to-the-point directions. Categories include fish, egg, salad, meat, cheese, nut, sweet, miscellaneous, and canapes. A brief Foreword offers serving suggestions.

Let these enticing photos and simple instructions persuade you to better your daily eating habits. Healthy, filling, and delicious, they are budget-friendly and adjustable to any diet. Whether you follow a Paleo, non-gluten, low-carbohydrate, or just an all-around healthy lifestyle, Sandwiches Without Bread is for you. Featuring one hundred creative recipes along with mouthwatering photographs, this book will appeal to both your appetite and your waistline. Instead of bread, sandwiches can be made as lettuce wraps, between scooped cucumber, apple slices, grilled eggplant or pineapple, and dozens of other substitutes-the options are endless. Recipes include: Smoked tofu banh mi, Crispy one-bite cracker sandwiches, Easy nori sandwich with butterfish, Crab cucumber roll-ups, Zucchini panini, Pesto chicken halloumi sandwich, Lentil pancake sandwich with herbed mushrooms, Cauliflower breakfast cups, and so many more!

100 Cambodian- and Southeast Asian-inspired recipes from New York’s favorite sandwich shop In a city with so many great sandwich joints, Num Pang Sandwich Shop is a standout, receiving high praise from numerous sources including Bon Appétit and Zagat. First opened in 2009 by Ratha Chaupoly and Ben Daitz, the restaurant introduced New York City to Cambodian-inspired sandwiches and sides. Today, there are six locations in the city with more in the works. Num Pang sandwiches are similar to Vietnamese banh mi, but what makes them so special is the inventive fillings, ranging from Glazed Five-Spice Pork Belly to Seared Coconut Tiger Shrimp to Hoisin Meatballs. The book provides recipes for all the fan favorites as well as ones for condiments like Pickled Five-Spice Asian Pears, sides like the Sambal Chili–Glazed Chicken Wings, soups and stews like Curried Red Lentil Soup, salads like Green Papaya Salad, and drinks like Cambodian Iced Coffee. With touches of graffiti art inspired by the chain’s signature urban, hip-hop style, Num Pang looks just as bold as the mouthwatering recipes taste.

Delicious recipes of New York Deli sandwiches to tantalise your tastebuds, combined with stunning new full colour photos of New York city.

In I Scream Sandwich!, cookbook author Jennie Schacht redefines this hugely popular sweet treat and shows us how it can easily be the star of a dinner party, child’s birthday bash, family picnic, or just a lazy summer afternoon. The book includes a variety of ice cream sandwich recipes, from the classic (chocolate cookie bars with vanilla ice cream), to the exotic (kaffir lime and lemongrass sorbet on five-spice cookies), to the seasonal (blackberry-buttermilk ice cream on crispy meringues), to the upscale (pistachio gelato on a brioche bun). In addition to cookies and ice cream, sandwiches are made with brownies, bars, cakes, brioche, crusts, gelatos, sorbets, and dairy-free options. This idea-filled book also includes recipes for sauces, roll-ins, and decorations.

Way better than a cupcake, these omnivore and vegetarian slider recipes include limitless ingredient and flavor combinations just waiting to be squeezed between two buns. Sliders are the perfect bite that can be served as an appetizer, tapas, entrée, side, or midnight snack. The Slider Effect focuses on these amazing, handheld mini sandwiches featuring more than 75 recipes and 65 delicious photographs designed to turn you into a slider pro.

Whether you’re looking for lunch recipes, side dishes, or hearty mains, you’ll love the variety in 101 Soups, Salads & Sandwiches Cookbook.

Food Network star Michael Symon shares 120 superfast and delicious recipes for busy cooks.
With his boisterous laugh and Midwestern charm, Michael Symon has become one of the most beloved cooking personalities on television. For ABC’s The Chew, he developed a brilliant, simple formula to help home cooks pull together fresh, from-scratch meals on weeknights: a maximum of five fresh ingredients that cook in five minutes. This cookbook ties into the segment, featuring dazzlingly quick, satisfying dinners that your whole family will love.

Michael first teaches you how to set up your pantries with essentials that make whipping up dinner easy. Then he shares 120 recipes for pastas, skillet dinners, egg dishes, grilled mains, kebabs, foil packets, and sandwiches illustrated in 75 photographs. This is streamlined cooking for busy families and firmly solves the “what’s for dinner?” conundrum for home cooks everywhere.

After a long day spent in one of his restaurants or taping a television show, what Bobby Flay craves more than anything else is … a crusty-on-the-outside, juicy-on-the-inside burger; a fistful of golden, crisp, salty fries; and a thick, icy milkshake. Given the grilling guru’s affinity for bold flavors and signature twists on American favorites, it’s no surprise that he has crafted the tastiest recipes ever for this ultimate food trio

Featured on Page 28 Lentil Burgers –
“These veggie patties are streamlined enough for a weeknight dinner packed with protein, and deeply savory thanks to mushrooms and mellow white miso recipe.

Featured on Page 8 The World’s Greatest Tuna Sandwich
“It’s not your everyday tuna sandwich.” There is moisture management.

Featured on Page 16 The product review. Alternative to buns. Paleo friendly sandwich bread.

Featured on Page 55 Green Chile Cheeseburger
Recreate travels down route 66. Stop off in Sante Fe, NM @ the Sante Fe Bite. A super juicy and well seasoned cheeseburger

Featured on Page 53 Chicken Salad
“From Sandwich fillings to salad toppings,, this versatile southern staple can be made plenty of ways and it is always a hit.”