In honor of Collier County Public Library’s 65 birthday, the library and Friends of the Library will be hosting events at the end of November and the beginning of December.
Friends of the Library Night will be held on Wednesday, November 30 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Naples Regional Library. If you are interested in gaining early access to their special events and supporting the literary and educational needs of our community, consider becoming a Friend of the Library. Annual memberships begin at $30. Join us on November 30 to learn more about the organization and membership benefits.
Are you on the hunt for new additions to your at-home library? On December 1st- 3rd, we will be hosting our 65th- anniversary book sale at Naples Regional Library. A wide variety of books, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs will be available for purchase. All proceeds from the event will go directly to Collier County Public Library. We hope to see you there!

This Day in History
Many know the book Little Women, but do you know the story behind the author? Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29^th, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was a nurse during the civil war, where she caught typhoid fever and pneumonia. She was given a toxic mercury compound which caused her to suffer from mercury poisoning for the rest of her life. She was an early suffragette and was the first woman registered to vote in Concord, Massachusetts. She wrote Little Women in under three months.  Much of Little Women’s characters are based off of real people in Louisa May Alcott’s life. She grew up with three sisters, and they provided the very inspiration for Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy in Little Women. Can you guess which character Louisa May Alcott was? If you guessed Jo March, you are absolutely correct. Much of Jo’s beliefs mirrored her own.  Alcott died in 1888 of a stroke at 55 years old

November is Aviation History Month. This month celebrates the people, and achievements related to aviation. Here is a list of ten picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, and nonfiction books about aviation and flying.

-5 Steps to Drawing Aircraft by Pamela Hall – This book provides a basic history of flying. Also, it provides instruction on how to draw a jet, a hot air balloon, and more flying objects.

-A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom by Jonathan London – A colorful rhyming picture book describing the sounds of planes, and how they work.

-A Voyage in the Clouds by Matthew Olshan – an amusing story about the first international flight crossing in 1785 across the English Channel in a hot air balloon.

-Amelia Earhart (My Itty-Bitty Bio) by Emma Hadley – A basic biography about one of the most famous pilots of all time, Amelia Earhart.

-The Amelia Six by Kristin L. Gray – Amelia Ashford is invited to a sleepover at the childhood home of Amelia Earhart. There is a combination of aviation history, and mystery occurring in this novel.

-An Astronaut Cookbook by Sarah L. Schuette – A cookbook that includes recipes for Moon Rock Salad, and Saturn’s Rings.

-Mission Moon (CatStronauts #1) by Drew Brockington – A suspenseful and witty graphic novel about four CatStronauts flying to the moon and making it a solar power plant.

-Traveling by Airplane by Pierre Winters and Tineke Meirink – A factual and fun picture book about types of airplanes, and how they work.

-We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly – In this moving novel, three seventh graders are waiting for the launch of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger.

-The Wright Brothers Fly by Robyn O’Sullivan – A biography about the Wright Brothers, who were the first pilots to fly an airplane successfully.

Virtual Book Discussions

CCPL Virtual Book Club – "Sea of Tranquility"

by Emily St. John Mandel

Zoom Discussion, Tuesday, Nov 22 at 2:00pm 
Email [email protected] to receive an invite.

There will be a preview of the book in a Facebook Live discussion on Tuesday, Nov 29 at 2:00pm!

In-Person Discussions

Mystery Book Club
Monday, Nov 14 2:00pm 
Naples Regional Library

"The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin 
Wednesday, Nov 16 6:00pm 
Naples Regional Library

"Noushin, A Memoir: The Making of a Woman Architect" by Noushin Eshan
Wednesday, Nov 23 at 2:00pm
South Regional Library

Find us at collierlibrary.org/events to check for more events and sign up online to get back to talking about books

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
by Oliver Burkeman
Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society?and that we could do things differently.

Clean Mama's Guide to a Peaceful Home: Effortless Systems and Joyful Rituals for a Calm, Cozy Home
by Becky Rapinchuk
The creator of the popular cleaning website Clean Mama and author of Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home, shows you how to establish systems and rituals to transform your home into a clean, organized, and comfortable space for you and your family.  

Taking the Stress Out of Homework: Organizational, Content-Specific, and Test-Prep Strategies to Help Your Children Help Themselves
by Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer
Taking the Stress out of Homework breaks down for parents exactly when and how to offer homework support. Whether your child's stress point is executive functioning--the ability to plan or organize--or a subject-specific struggle in math, reading, writing, or standardized test-preparation, Abby and Brian use real-life stories to provide individualized, actionable advice.

Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day
by Cassandra Aarssen and Peter Walsh
An organizing book with clutter-free solutions for keeping an organized home in just 15 minutes a day from a professional organizer and host of HGTV’s HOT MESS HOUSE.

The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
by Robin Sharma
Based on the key insight that winning starts at the beginning of the day, Sharma shows how you can reduce stress, improve focus, unleash uncommon creativity, achieve exponential productivity and restore balance.  Just one hour a day can change your life.

The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done
by Kendra Adachi
Discover a better way to approach your relationships, work, and piles of mail. Be who you are without the complication of everyone else’s “shoulds.” Do what matters, skip the rest, and be a person again.

Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters
by Laura Vanderkam
In Tranquility by Tuesday, Laura Vanderkam explains that if you want something to happen, you need to design your life to make it happen. Work crises, childcare emergencies, and home repairs are inevitable, and the mundane tasks of life – cooking, cleaning, laundry – aren’t going anywhere. To make time for what matters, you need a resilient schedule, not a perfect schedule. Based on a time diary study of over 150 people, Vanderkam shares nine strategies for building opportunities for joy, nourishment, and fulfillment into your week.

The Everyday Hero Manifesto: Activate Your Positivity, Maximize Your Productivity, Serve the World
by Robin Sharma
For over twenty-five years, leadership legend and personal-mastery path-blazer Robin Sharma has mentored billionaires, business titans, professional-sports superstars and entertainment royalty via a revolutionary methodology that led them to accomplish rare-air results. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Sharma makes his transformational system available to anyone who is ready for undefeatable positivity, monumental productivity, deep spiritual freedom and a life of helping others.

The Twelve-Week Year Field Guide: get more done in 12 weeks than others do in 12 months
by Brian P. Morgan and Michael Lennington
Explains how to drive productivity and increase results by behaving as though a year was twelve weeks instead of months, resulting in focusing on the more urgent tasks and affording little time for complacency.

Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
by Nir Eyal
What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused? What if you had the power to become "indistractable?"

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
by Greg McKeown
By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy—instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results
by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
By focusing their energy on one thing at a time people are living more rewarding lives by building their careers, strengthening their finances, losing weight and getting in shape, deepening their faith, and nurturing stronger marriages and personal relationships.

Good Housekeeping Simple Organizing Wisdom: 500+ Quick & Easy Clutter Cures
by Good Housekeeping, Laura Jennings
Good Housekeeping Simple Organizing Wisdom is loaded with easy (and pretty!) storage and space-saving solutions for every room. From gaining extra space in cabinets and closets to streamlining the laundry area and garage, controlling gadgets to getting company-ready, this essential guide will help you keep your home neat and tidy.

In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later
by Gene Newman, Abby Schneiderman, Adam Seifer
Even the most disorganized among us can take control of our on- and off-line details so our loved ones won’t have to scramble later. The experts at Everplans, a leading company in digital life planning, make it possible in this essential and easy-to-follow book.

Organization Hacks: Over 350 Simple Solutions to Organize Your Home in No Time!
by Carrie Higgins
With Organization Hacks, you can get your house in order and turn your home from a hoarding nightmare into a clutter-free paradise.

The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit
by Mel Robbins
The High 5 Habit is a simple yet profound tool that changes your attitude, your mindset, and your behavior. So be prepared to laugh and learn as you take steps to immediately boost your confidence, happiness, and results.

Love eBooks and eAudiobooks? CloudLibrary is the perfect app for you! Whether you love the ease of traveling with books digitally, or you just want to widen your access to books, CloudLibrary is easy to use. With the ability to check out up to ten books at a time, and read for two weeks, you can easily keep your online library stocked and ready with your next read. Do you travel often? Whether you’re driving in the car, or flying to new places, all books on Cloudlibrary can be downloaded with wifi and then accessed while offline. That means no using up data while traveling long distances or not having access to your library books because your phone is in airplane mode. You can read or listen anytime, anywhere, at your pleasure. It’s just one of the way’s Collier County Public Library is bringing your library to you. Download the app with any of the below Appstore’s, and call or visit any branch for help setting up your account and use for free with your library card!