January 31, 2017 • Page 10 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com The Bookworm ... For Kids ‘Lucky’ Is A Lot Of Fun “PoPo’s Lucky Chinese New Year” by Virginia LohHagan, illustrated by Renné Benoit; © 2017, Sleeping Bear Press. 32 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER What a lucky kid you are! You have lots of things that some kids only dream of having: toys to play with, things to eat, and someone special who reads books to you. And when you’ve got “PoPo’s Lucky Chinese New Year” by Virginia Loh-Hagan, illustrated by Renné Benoit, you can bring even more luck into your life. It’s always great when Grandma comes to visit, but this year is extra special because PoPo is coming all the way from China! It’s Chinese New Year, and PoPo says it’s a “time for new beginnings.” Out with the old, and in with the new, which means new luck for the whole family. Making luck is “serious business,” everybody knows that, and it starts with sweeping the dirt up and out the back door. It means washing windows to let fortune in, and washing yourself and your hair, but be sure to do all those things the day before. Washing anything on Chinese New Year is bad luck! PoPo starts the preparations early, by making traditional foods: a fish with its head and tail still attached, and a whole chicken both go into the oven so that “wishes come true.” PoPo makes noodles, but don’t break them! Eat them long, for a long life. It’s important to stay awake on Chinese New Year’s Eve because someone will need to open doors and windows at midnight, to let the old year out. Drink lots of green tea and play games – that should help. Staying awake is also good luck for your parents – but don’t be up too long. Chinese New Year’s Day is when the real fun starts. Say “Gung Hay Fat Choy!” to everyone you see; it means “Happy Chinese New Year!” Be sure to start your day right; PoPo says it could be “important to your fortune.” Don’t say or think anything bad and don’t use knives or scissors. Wear lots of red clothing, count things in fours, enjoy the fireworks, save your lai see, and remember that “A lucky Check out the Vermillion Library To Begin WiFi Hotspot Check-Outs VERMILLION — After gathering sufficient community for great specials at your local restaurants! In Print and Online! Buy • Sell • Trade feedback, the Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library has announced it will begin offering mobile Hotspots for checkout beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1. Thanks to an opportunity provided through the government contract division of Verizon, the Library will be able to make 4G Jetpack mobile Hotspots available to patrons for free. During our trial period in the month of February, the library will have two devices available for patrons aged 18 and up with a patron card in good standing for at least the past six months, and a valid ID. Check-out periods for the trial period will be for three days, with no automatic renewals. Patrons may check devices out again, if available, after a 24 hour waiting period. Additionally, patrons who utilize the devices will be asked to complete a follow-up survey to assist us in assessing the program, and to determine future needs. Further information will be available for patrons at the Circulation Desk, or by calling 677-7060. A brochure with all relevant patron information will be available by the end of the trial period. Beginning in March, the Library intends to offer more devices for check-out, with a circulation period of five days. Quality... 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Older children will love those facts to know and use in their own celebrations, while younger children will relish the bright colors in the illustrations from Renné Benoit. For 6- to 10-year-olds with questions, here’s an end-of-book craft project and some great information disguised inside a story they’ll love. “PoPo’s Lucky Chinese New Year” is filled with fu, and isn’t that fortunate? New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: ADULT BOOKS • The Boy Who Escaped Paradise by J.M. Lee; Fiction • Burning Bright by Nick Petrie; Fiction • The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman; Fiction • Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang; Fiction • The Girl in Green by Derek B. Miller; Fiction • Huck Out West by Robert Coover; Fiction • Love, Alice by Barbara Davis; Fiction • Love Bears All Things by Beth Wiseman; Fiction • The Magdalen Girls by V.S. 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Lee Center for Fine Arts on the University of South Dakota campus in Vermillion. To schedule an audition appointment, sign up on the callboard at USD Theatre, call (605) 622-0423, or e-mail company@ sdshakespearefestival.org. You are asked to prepare two contrasting Shakespeare monologues, and bring a picture and resume. Actors have the option to prepare a song to showcase their vocal and/or instrumental abilities. Total audition packages should not exceed four minutes. Callbacks will be held at USD on Wednesday Feb. 8, by invitation. The SDSF will present “The Comedy of Errors” at Vermillion’s Prentis Park June 8-11. Rehearsals begin May 15 in Vermillion The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival (SDSF) is a professional non-profit theatre company, supported in collaboration with USD’s College of Fine Arts and Department of Theatre. The mission of the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival is to increase the cultural, artistic and educational offerings of the state of South Dakota and surrounding regions through professional Shakespeare performances and arts education events delivered in a lively and accessible format. For more information about the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival visit us www.sdshakespearefestival.org.