Closed Wednesday, July 4th
The library will be closed on Wednesday,
July 4th, in observance of Independence Day.
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Commute Got You Down? Learn a Foreign Language!
If you're tired of the same old commute, why not try one of our free downloadable language courses?
Choose from French, German, Spanish, and Italian. None of those sound interesting? Then try Korean, Polish, Chinese, Arabic, or Japanese. Still not what you were thinking of? OK, how about Czech, Greek, Dutch, Hebrew, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Mandarin, or Turkish? Surely there is a language among all of these that tickles your fancy!
Visit New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Books and get started today. If you aren't familiar with this new service, please read Downloadable Audio Books are Here, and then email or call us at 424-4044 to get your login number.
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New Fiction @ Your Library!
The Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
The Navigator by Clive Cussler
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Penny by Joyce Meyer
The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker
These books are available for check-out now. If the book you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.
Labels: new stuff for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
The Magician for Non-Believers...Peter Boie
Peter Boie, the Magician for Non-Believers, will perform in the LMS cafeteria on Tuesday, July 10th, at 6:30 pm. Peter’s performance is a mix of magic choreographed to music, audience participation, and comedy.
When Peter was 11 years old, he found his first magic book at his local library and it forever changed his life. Now he travels the country performing his art, talking about his library experiences, places he’s visited around the country, magic he’s learned from different parts of the country, and magicians from those parts.
This family event is a terrific connection to our summer reading clubs. Bring your family, bring your friends, and bring a blanket to sit on.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Library, the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, donations from the Byrne Foundation, CHILIS, the Cogswell Benevolent Trust, and community donations.
edited 7/5/07
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This Week in Summer Reading
Reading Road Trip USA (age 3 thru 5th grade)
Storytime Voyage
Join Miss Carrie-Anne on the library lawn for stories, music, and fun on Tuesday at 10:30. Bring a blanket--the grass can be wet. (Storytime may be canceled in the event of bad weather.)
Rush Hour Guessing Contest
Guess how many vehicles are stuck in our traffic jam anytime this week. Earn 4 points!
Journey Jamboree
One of our favorite events, the Jamboree is Thursday from 11:30-1:30. Join us on the lawn for crafts, lunch, and Bingo for Books. Bring a picnic lunch, a blanket to sit on, and a gently used book. Come for the whole thing, or just a part. (Rain location: LMS cafeteria)
Reading Can Take You Anywhere (grades 6 - 12)
Airplane Munchies Guessing Contest
Guess how many snack packs we have anytime this week. Earn 1 stamp in your Passport.
Mark Your Mercator Weekly Contest
Find a group of North American locations anytime this week. Earn 1 stamp in your Passport.
Teen and Tween Reading GroupPick up your copy of Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White to read for the July 25th discussion.
Read 4 Kicks on Route 66 (adults)
Weekly Roadside Attraction...Land O' Lincoln
Illinois, the first stop on our Route 66 road trip, lands you smack dab in the middle of a penny guessing contest. Guess how many pennies we have, anytime this week, to earn 150 miles and a chance to win a travel book from the Souvenir Shop.
RRR Book Review
Tell us what you think. Fill out a book review form to earn 150 miles and a chance to win a travel book from the Souvenir Shop. Submit online or at the Circulation Desk.
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Countdown to New Harry Potter Releases
Don't lose track! The latest book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the latest movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will be out before you know it!
Labels: KiDS' RooM News, miscellaneous, TeeN RooM News
New Downloadable Audio Book Titles
Darkest Fear by Harlen Coben
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli (children's)
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Lethally Blond by Kate White
The Manny by Holly Peterson
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
Slipknot by Linda Greenla
The Star Beast by Robert A.Heinlein (teen)
Summer Reading by Hilma Wolitzer
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Labels: new downloadable audiobooks
Board Meeting Minutes
The approved minutes from the May 14, 2007 Board of Trustees Meeting are now available for viewing. If you are interested in reading these minutes, please click here.
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This Week @ The Library...
Pick up a copy of Laurie Graham's The Future Homemakers of America and join the online discussion on Book Chatter.
Summer Reading Club Sign-Ups
Registration is underway for all three reading clubs: Reading Road Trip USA, Reading Can Take You Anywhere, and Read 4 Kicks on Route 66. We have lots of fun, so hurry on in to sign-up or register online.
Give a Round of Applause to Gilles Bard and Dick Jerry!
Gilles and Dick have pitched in to keep our lawn mown while the Town is without a lawn maintenance contractor. It's great to have friends like these two!
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Reading Road Trip USA
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Reading Can Take You Anywhere
Don't miss out on the fun! Passports and club information are available at the library, or register online in the sidebar.
Reading Can Take You Anywhere Booklet (download)
Labels: events/activities for teens, KiDS' RooM News, summer reading club for teens, TeeN RooM News
Read 4 Kicks on Route 66
Read 4 Kicks on Route 66 is the theme for this year's adult summer reading club. The club, running from June 26th through August 17th, is a trip across the country involving reading, reviewing, weekly activities &contests and, of course, prizes.
Registration is underway, so hurry in to sign-up and pick up your summer reading booklet! Or, to register online, see the Summer Reading box in the sidebar.
Read 4 Kicks on Route 66 booklet (download)
Labels: events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News, summer reading club for adults
Author to Take Part in Book Discussion
Author Ron McLarty has agreed to talk with our All Booked Up group, via speakerphone, about his first novel, The Memory of Running! Librarian Ann McKillop is very excited to have the author as part of the discussion, a first for her reading group.
McLarty, however, has done this for a number of other reading groups. One member recently had this to say: "BRAVO!!!!!! I thoroughly enjoyed our evening together and Ron's reading of Norma's letter made the whole book come alive for me. I look forward to Ron's new book and I am now a member of his fan club. Many thanks for an enlightening evening!"
About the book: Meet Smithson "Smithy" Ide, an overweight, friendless, chain-smoking, forty-three-year-old drunk who works as a quality control inspector at a toy-action-figure factory in Rhode Island. By all accounts, especially Smithy's own, he's a loser. Then, within one week, Smithy's beloved parents are killed in a car crash, and Smithy learns that his emotionally troubled, long-lost sister, Bethany, has turned up in a morgue in Los Angeles. Unmoored by the loss of his entire family-Smithy had always hoped Bethany might return-he rolls down the driveway of his parents' house on his old Raleigh bicycle into an epic journey that will take him clear across the country. (read more... )
Get your copy of this book at the Circulation Desk, while supplies last, and join the conversation on Wednesday, July 11th at 6:30 pm
Participation in All Booked Up is worth 150 miles in the Read 4 Kicks on Route 66 summer reading club.
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This Week @ The Library...
Registration begins today for our three summer reading clubs:
Reading Can Take You Anywhere (6th - 12th grade)
Read 4 Kicks on Route 66 (adults)
All three clubs begin June 26th.
Pick Up Memory of Running
Get your copy of All Booked Up's July selection by Ron McLarty and join the group on July 11th at 6:30 pm.
Download a Free Audio Book
Get an audio book to go. Dowload it to your computer, CDs, or MP3 player.
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Book of the Month Club Reads The Future Homemakers of America in June
From the Publisher...
Stationed at a U.S. Air Force base in Norfolk, England in 1952, a group of "Yankee wives" are thrown together by nothing more than husbands who patrol the skies keeping the Soviets at bay. They seem to have little in common; some, like Pie Crust Queen Betty Gillis, are content to clip coupons and bake chocolate brownies, while others, like good-time girl Lois Moon, look for a little excitement beyond the perimeter fence. But the women soon discover similarities, from a common fear for their husbands to a desire to help out the war-ravaged British natives. Through marriage and divorce, separations and reunions, the gang will try to hold fast to each other in a story that takes us to the heart of female friendship-and reveals the secret of the perfect Three Color Refrigerator Cake.
Labels: book discussion for adults, book of the month club, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
Memorial Tree Dedicated
Cheryl, who passed away in December, was a founding member of our Friends of the Library group. She volunteered many hours to library events, and most recently ran the All Booked Up discussion group from July 2002 to July 2005. Her presence in the library, and throughout the community, is greatly missed.
Labels: FRieNDS' CoRNeR News, litchfield garden club
Construction Update
The lead abatement project has been completed, and the concrete pour by Cullen Concrete is curing as we speak. After the concrete cures for 30 days before, R&S Carpet the will install the carpeting. Stay tuned for further updates!
Labels: construction, KiDS' RooM News
New DVDs @ Your Library!
New DVDs recently added to the collection:
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Freedom Writers
Music and Lyrics
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
For Children:
Arthur and the Invisibles
Night at the Museum
These DVDs are available for check-out now. If the DVD you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.
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New Fiction @ Your Library!
New fiction recently added to the library:
6th Target by James Patterson
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
On Audio CD:
Dark Harbor by Stuart Woods
The Expected One by Kathleen McGowan
Innocent in Death by J. D. Robb
These books are available for check-out now. If the book you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.
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Something for Everyone
We've got something
for everyone!
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