This Week in Summer Reading
Books are Tundra Fun! (age 3 - 5th grade)Register for Summer Reading
Be sure to sign your kids up for this 6 weeks of summer fun!
The Arctic Blast Kick-Off Party
Join us on the library lawn Tuesday morning from 11:30-1:30 for crafts, lunch, and Book Bingo. 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)
Mitten-Mania Guessing Contest
Guess how many gloves and mittens are in the jar anytime this week. Earn 4 points!
Get Your Game On--Read 4 the Fun of It! (grades 6 & up)
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Guessing Contest
Guess how may prizes are in the container of Crackerjack. Closest without going over wins a prize. Earn 1 point in your Playbook!
Baseball Pennant Album Craft-to-Go
Pick up everything you need to make a summer memories album. Earn 1 point in your Playbook! Available all week.
Volunteer at a Children's Event
Earn 1 point in your Playbook each time you volunteer to help at a children's event! Volunteer sign-up sheets are at the Circulation Desk.
Master the Art of Reading (adults)
Figure it Out Guessing Contest
Guess how many 3 dimensional shapes are in the container. Earn 1 weekly raffle ticket!
(Can't come in? Guess online.)
Master the Art of Reviewing
Share your impressions of what you read, and double your winning potential. Fill out a book review form to earn an extra weekly raffle ticket for the chance to win an item from the gift shop. Submit your review at the library or online.
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New Downloadable Audiobooks @ Your Library!
The following titles have recently been added to the New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Book collection: Audition by Barbara Walters (non-fiction)
The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace (non-fiction)
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks
Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
The Fires of Merlin by T. A. Barron (kid's fiction)
First Test by Tamora Pierce (kid's fiction)
The Front by Patricia Cornwell
Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Life's a Beach by Claire Cook
No Choice But Seduction by Johanna Lindsey
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Our Dumb World by The Onion (non-fiction)
Page by Tamora Pierce (kid's fiction)
Peeled by Joan Bauer (teen fiction)
Plague Ship by Clive Cussler
Shadow Command by Dale Brown
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Summer Blowout by Claire Cook
Sway by Ori Brafman (non-fiction)
What Happened by Scott McClellan (non-fiction)
Download these books for free via New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Books. For more information, read Downloadable Audio Books are Here!
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Library Closed on July 4th
The library is closed on Friday, July 4th, for the celebration of Independence Day. We hope you will enjoy the day with family and friends.
The library will also be closed on Saturdays during July and August. Saturday service will resume on September 6th.
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Arctic Blast on Tuesday
Have you heard about the Arctic Blast that due to hit town on Tuesday? That's right the Blast will last about 2 hours: 11:30-1:30. Bring your kids, a picnic lunch, and a gently used book, and join us on the library lawn for crafts, lunch, and Book Bingo. This event is part of our Books are Tundra Fun summer reading club for kids age 3 - 5th grade, but you don't have to be registered to join the fun.Should it rain, and let's hope it doesn't, the Arctic Blast will be moved to the LMS cafeteria.
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Adults Master the Art of Reading This Summer
Join the Cutler School of Art, July 1st - August 22nd, as we Master the Art of Reading this summer. Our curriculum is designed to maximize your summer reading enjoyment. Electives include reading, reviewing, discussion, and entertainment. Choose the areas you enjoy, and leave out the rest.
Attendance is, of course, at your convenience; there are no set times to come to the library. Naturally we’d love to see you every week, but we know that isn’t always possible.
No grades will be given. Instead, you receive raffle tickets for each book, review, discussion, and activity you complete. Book Bucks, Fine Credits and Art Kits (provided by the Friends of the Library) will all be given away in the drawing at the end of each week. Winners will be announced each Tuesday morning for the previous week.
At the conclusion of this course of study, all participants will be entered in the Great Giveaway. All weekly raffle tickets will be combined for the prize drawing on August 26th. Prizes include generous donations from area businesses.
A complete "course" description is available at the library or online. Sign-up at the library now, or when you complete your first book or activity.
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'Tweens & Teens will Read 4 the Sport of It This Summer
Just ask Joe Super Fan, and he'll tell you there's a lot going on at the library this summer for 'Tweens and Teens in grades 6 and up. Get Your Game On--Read 4 the Sport of It! offers boredom busters for 7 weeks in the form of reading, crafts, contests, book discussion, and other activities.Reading for 100-250 minutes per week in the 1st Inning Book Clubs will get you up to 3 points each week. The 2nd Inning Weekly Trivia and Picture ID contests, 3rd Inning Volunteering, and 7th Inning Stretch Activities, all earn 1 point for each activity. Earn 2 points in any given week (with 1 coming from reading), and take home a prize!
Record your points in the provided Playbook from July 1st - August 15th, add them up, and join the 9th Inning All Star Pizza Party and Raffle. Raffle tickets are awarded for every 2 points earned. 'Tweens and Teens earning at least 10 points (with 5 coming from reading) get a movie pass to O'Neill Theaters in Londonderry!
And if that's not enough, you won't want to miss the special performance by Peter Boie, the Magician for Non-Believers, in which you'll both see and learn magic.
Sign-up in the Teen Room at the library, and pick up your Read 4 the Sport of It Activity Guide and Calendar. Oh, and while you're at it, bring a friend!
Labels: events/activities for teens, summer reading club for teens, TeeN RooM News
Sign-Up for Books are Tundra Fun!
Bring in your children, age 3 - 5th grade, and sign-up for 6 weeks of summer reading fun! Between July 1st and August 8th, Books are Tundra Fun will have your kids reading, participating in crafts & contests, and attending other activities, making their summer extra fun.Weekly activities in the Idita-read earn children 4 points each. Participation in the Chill Out events earn 2 points each. Reading, or being read to, for 75 minutes a week in the Tundra Fun Book Clubs earns 6 points each. Track points earned on the provided Point Log, and before you know it they're earning raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes.
In additon, if your child reaches 36 points out of a possible total of over 86 (with 24 points coming from reading), he or she will earn this year's 3 final prizes: a sundae from McDonald's, a kid's meal from Bugaboo Creek, and a slice of pizza from Papa Gino's!
Top this off with 12 other fun events, and you've got yourself quite a lot to do! Children can take part in any or all of the activities--it's total up to you and what fits in your schedule. And did I mention it's absolutely FREE? That's right. Free, zero, zip, nada!
Stop by the library to register and pick up your Books are Tundra Fun Activity Guide and Calendar. You'll be glad you did.
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, summer reading club for kids
New Downloadable Audiobooks @ Your Library!
The following titles have recently been added to the New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Book collection: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (kid's fiction)
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
Bonk by Mary Roach (non-fiction)
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Degrees of Separation by Sue Henry
Do Hard Things by Alex Harris
The Downhill Lie by Carl Hiaasen (non-fiction)
Escape by Carolyn Jessop (non-fiction)
Exit Wounds by J. A. Jance
The Genius by Jesse Kellerman
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger
Henry and Beezus by Beverly Cleary (kid's fiction)
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron (kid's fiction)
Love the One You're With by Emily giffin
Madness by Marya Hornbacher (non-fiction)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (non-fiction)
Mozart's Ghost by Julia Cameron
Odd Hoursw by Dean Koontz
Paradise Lost by J. A. Jance
Pendragon Book 9: Raven Rise by D. J. MacHale (kid's fiction)
The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg (non-fiction)
Queste by Angie Sage (kid's fiction)
Quicksand by Iris Johansen
The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner (teen fiction)
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Spook by Mary Roach (non-fiction)
The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith (teen fiction)
The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick
Under the Baseball Moon by John H. Ritter (kid's fiction)
What Now? by Ann Patchett (non-fiction)
The Whole Truth by David Baldacci
A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs (non-fiction)
Download these books for free via New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Books. For more information, read Downloadable Audio Books are Here!
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All Booked Up Reads Pillars of the Earth for August
All Booked Up is reading Pillars of the Earth, a 2007 Oprah Book Club pick, by Ken Follett for their August 6th meeting at 6:30 p.m.. That's right, August, not July. Because this novel is over 900 pages, the group thought it a good idea to read it over two months!"With this book, Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner, escaping the narrow genre of suspense thrillers to take credit for a historical novel of gripping readability, authentic atmosphere and detail and memorable characterization. Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through four decades during which social and political upheaval and the internal politics of the church affect the progress of the cathedral and the fortunes of the protagonists. The insightful portrayals of an idealistic master builder, a pious, dogmatic but compassionate prior and an unscrupulous, ruthless bishop are balanced by those of a trio of independent, resourceful women (one of them quite loathesome) who can stand on their own as memorable characters in any genre. Beginning with a mystery that casts its shadow on ensuing events, the narrative is a seesaw of tension in which circumstances change with shocking but true-to-life unpredictability. Follett's impeccable pacing builds suspense in a balanced narrative that offers action, intrigue, violence and passion as well as the step-by-step description of an edifice rising in slow stages, its progress tied to the vicissitudes of fortune and the permutations of evolving architectural style. Follett's depiction of the precarious balance of power between monarchy and religion in the Middle Ages, and of the effects of social upheavals and the forces of nature (storms, famines) on political events; his ability to convey the fine points of architecture so that the cathedral becomes clearly visualized in the reader's mind; and above all, his portrayals of the enduring human emotions of ambition, greed, bravery, dedication, revenge and love, result in a highly engrossing narrative. Manipulating a complex plot in which the characters interact against a broad canvas of medieval life, Follett has written a novel that entertains, instructs and satisfies on a grand scale." (From Publishers Weekly)
Reading this book could earn you 4 raffle tickets in the Master the Art of Reading summer reading club: 2 for the read + 1 for attending the discussion +1 for the art theme. Pick up your copy at the Circulation Desk and get started!
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