Older Americans Month 2023

Golden Gear

Digging In The Dirt; Kit 1

Kit - 2022

You'll really get down and dirty with this kit. With books about gardening, a playlist for your listening enjoyment, and a kit with garden scents and sounds, your garden won't know what hit it! You'll really get down and dirty with this kit. With books about gardening, a playlist for your listening enjoyment, and a kit with garden scents and sounds, your garden won't know what hit it! Show less

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Grandparents Are Great!

by Berenstain, Stan

Picture Book - 2020

Brother and Sister Bear love to spend time with Gramps and Gran! Children ages three to seven will adore this hardcover Berenstain Bears book, which featu...Show more Brother and Sister Bear love to spend time with Gramps and Gran! Children ages three to seven will adore this hardcover Berenstain Bears book, which features two humorous stories and a unique die-cut cover! It's perfect for lap reading when Grandma or Grandpa come to visit! Show less

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It's Not All Downhill From Here

by McMillan, Terry

Book - 2021

On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty supply empire, a gaggle of lifelong friends, and a husband who's still got moves that su...Show more On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty supply empire, a gaggle of lifelong friends, and a husband who's still got moves that surprise. True, she's carrying a few more pounds than she should be, but she's not one of those women who thinks her best days are behind her, and she's determined to prove her mother, her twin sister, and everyone else with that outdated view of aging wrong--it's not all downhill from here. But when an unexpected loss turns her world upside down, Loretha will have to summon all her strength, resourcefulness, and determination to keep on thriving, pursue joy, heal old wounds, and chart new paths. With a little help from her friends, of course Show less

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Honest Aging

An Insider's Guide to the Second Half of Life

by Leipzig, Rosanne M.

Book - 2023

The author is a geriatrician who provides readers with inside information about the aging process. She details what to expect, what's normal and what's no...Show more The author is a geriatrician who provides readers with inside information about the aging process. She details what to expect, what's normal and what's not, and what options there are when adapting to getting older"-- A geriatrician, Leipzig provides readers with inside information about the aging process. She details what to expect, what's normal, what's not-- and what options there are when adapting to getting older. By recognizing age-related changes in your body and mind, you will gain the knowledge to optimize aging and make the best decisions about your life. Show less

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No Stopping Us Now

The Adventures of Older Women in American History

by Collins, Gail

Book - 2020

In her lively social history of American women and aging, acclaimed New York Times columnist Gail Collins illustrates the ways in which age is an arbitrar...Show more In her lively social history of American women and aging, acclaimed New York Times columnist Gail Collins illustrates the ways in which age is an arbitrary concept that has swung back and forth over the centuries. From Plymouth Rock (when a woman was considered marriageable if "civil and under fifty years of age"), to a few generations later, when they were quietly retired to elderdom once they had passed the optimum age for reproduction, to recent decades when freedom from striving in the workplace and caretaking at home is often celebrated, to the first female nominee for president, American attitudes towards age have been a moving target. Gail Collins gives women reason to expect the best of their golden years Show less

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Golden Gear

Let's Get Physical. Kit

Kit - 2022

This kit will really get you moving! It has yoga and stretching exercises, workouts for older adults, and a resistance band. This kit will really get you moving! It has yoga and stretching exercises, workouts for older adults, and a resistance band. Show less

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Abuela, Don't Forget Me

by Ogle, Rex

Book - 2022

Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. Rex ...Show more Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Show less

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The Heirloom Garden

by Shipman, Viola

eBook - 2020

Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind the ...Show more Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to illness and, finally, her reason to live. Walled off from the world for decades behind the towering fence surrounding her home, Iris has built a new family—of flowers. Iris propagates her own daylilies and roses while tending to a garden filled with the heirloom starts that keep the memories of her loved ones alive. When Abby Peterson moves next door with her family—a husband traumatized by his service in the Iraq War and a young daughter searching for stability—Iris is reluctantly yet inevitably drawn into her boisterous neighbor's life, where, united by loss and a love of flowers, she and Abby tentatively unearth their secrets, and help each other discover how much life they have yet to live. Show less

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Let Me Fix You A Plate

A Tale of Two Kitchens

by Lilly, Elizabeth

Picture Book - 2021

A girl describes her family's annual visit with Mamaw and Papaw in West Virginia, then Abuela and Abuelo in Florida, especially the foods and cultural elements that make each kitchen unique. A girl describes her family's annual visit with Mamaw and Papaw in West Virginia, then Abuela and Abuelo in Florida, especially the foods and cultural elements that make each kitchen unique. Show less

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Resistance Band Workouts for Seniors

Strength Training at Home or on the Go

by Inkster, Karina

Book - 2022

This is a resource for older adults looking to improve their strength and body composition without having to purchase a gym membership. Fitness coach and ...Show more This is a resource for older adults looking to improve their strength and body composition without having to purchase a gym membership. Fitness coach and author Karina Inkster will teach you about the many benefits of strength training for seniors. You'll learn how to choose resistance bands, how to use them at home with a door anchor, and how to use them safely. An overview of the three types of resistance bands will help readers put together their own 'mini gym' that can fit into a small bag. A collection of 50 resistance band exercises that work all the major muscle groups will inspire readers to create--and maintain--a regular strength training practice, whether they're working out at home, outdoors, or while traveling. Exercises vary in difficulty from beginner to advanced; this book caters to older adults of all fitness levels. Once readers are familiar with the various exercise possibilities, they'll learn how to put together their own strength programs Show less

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We Are Not Broken

by Johnson, George M.

eBook - 2021

This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul -- four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold each oth...Show more This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul -- four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold each other close through early brushes with racism, memorable experiences at the family barbershop, and first loves and losses. And with Nanny at their center, they are never broken. George M. Johnson captures the unique experience of growing up as a Black boy in America through rich family stories that explore themes of vulnerability, sacrifice, and culture. Complete with touching letters from the grandchildren to their beloved matriarch, this heartwarming and heartbreaking memoir is destined to become a modern classic of emerging adulthood. Show less

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Silver Alert

by Smith, Lee

Book - 2023

Herb's charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her seventies, now needs constant care, and Herb is in ...Show more Herb's charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan, in her seventies, now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a much-needed sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan's adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and consequently, Renee's gig with Susan—and her grand plans for her own life—start to unravel as well. Herb isn't ready to let go of all that he has ever had, and it turns out that Renee is not the happy, uncomplicated girl she pretends to be. She is not even Renee; she is really Dee Dee, and she, too, has reasons of her own to hit the road. So, when Herb suggests one last joy ride in his Porsche with Dee Dee riding shotgun, they light out for parts north, setting off a Silver Alert. As the unlikely friendship between Herb and Dee Dee deepens, we see how one life opens as another is closing. The time Dee Dee has spent—with Susan, in Key West, in the Porsche with elderly Herb—reveals to her how much more truly lies ahead. Show less

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Golden Gear

Back In My Day; Kit 1

Kit - 2022

Reminisce the day away with this kit that includes DVDs of classic TV shows and musicals and books about grandparenting. Reminisce the day away with this kit that includes DVDs of classic TV shows and musicals and books about grandparenting. Show less

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Have You Seen Luis Velez?

A Novel

by Hyde, Catherine Ryan

Book - 2019

Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn't belong. Not with his mother's new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father's wife. Not at school,...Show more Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn't belong. Not with his mother's new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father's wife. Not at school, where he's an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he's tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who's introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez? Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two. Despondent at the loss of Luis, Mildred isolates herself further from a neighborhood devolving into bigotry and fear. Determined not to let her give up, Raymond helps her see that for every terrible act the world delivers, there is a mirror image of deep kindness, and Mildred helps Raymond see that there's hope if you have someone to hold on to. Show less

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