This Week @ The Library...
Get Your Copy For All Booked UpCopies of To Kill a Mockingbird are still available. Get your copy at the Circulation Desk and join the group on March 3rd.
No Storytime This Week
Don't forget--there's no storytime during school vacations. Join us again next week!
Final Week of Love Bug Challenge
Complete the final week's challenge for a chance to win prizes at the end of the month.
Last Chance to Win Dinner and a Movie
This is the final week to enter the Dinner and a Movie Raffle sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Complete a simple puzzle, earn a raffle ticket. Simple as that.
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New Stuff for Adults @ Your Library!
New titles recently added to the library collection:
FictionRoses by Leila Meacham
Secrets of Eden by Christopher Bohjalian
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Worst Case by James Patterson
Non-Fiction
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know by John Barrow
Complete Book of Home Preserving
Facebook for Dummies by Leah Pearlman
How Fiction Works by James Wood
Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz
These titles are available for check-out now. Check the online catalog for availability. If the title you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve through the online catalog or at the Circulation Desk.
Labels: new stuff for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News, ReFeReNCe RooM News
New Stuff for Teens @ Your Library!
New titles recently added to the library collection: Information
Animal Testing by Stephanie Watson
The Duel by Judith St. George
Food: Ethical Debates On What We Eat by Jim Kerr
I Can Has Cheezburger? : a LOL Cat Collekshun by Eric Nakagawa
The Keys to American History by Richard Panchyk
Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs by Albert Jack
Sew Darn Cute by Jenny Ryan
These titles are available for check-out now. Check the online catalog for availability. If the title you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve through the online catalog or at the Circulation Desk.
Labels: new stuff for teens, TeeN RooM News
Looking For Something to Do With the Family?
Why not take the family to the Museum of Science in Boston or the S.E.E. Science Center in Manchester? Reserve an activity pass at the library for great savings on admission! Click here for more information.Labels: ReC RooM News
No Story Time Next Week
Just a reminder to all you Story Time families--there will be no Story Time next week during school vacation. Join Miss Carrie-Anne again on March 2nd or 3rd at 10:30 a.m., or March 4th at 7:30 p.m. for more stories and fun!Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, story time
This Week @ Your Library
Make Your Best GuessGuess how many rose petals we have in the Loves Me, Loves Me Not Guessing Contest.
Bring the Kids for Story Time
Stories, songs, and fun on Tuesday or Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
Friends of the Library Meet Tonight
If you'd like to be a part of the Friends of the Library, join them at the library tonight at 7:00 p.m.
Read a Bit of Romance
Choose a romance from our display of romantic authors, such as Jude Deveraux, Susan Wiggs, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Debbie Macomber, Julie Garwood, Karen Robards, and more!
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Author Dick Francis Dies at Age 89
Well it looks like I've lost another favored author. Dick Francis, who introduced me to the world of British horse racing in the 26+ books of his that I have read, died today at the age of 89. Once a champion steeplechase jockey, he went on to write 42 mystery novels, and each time I picked one up, I knew I would enjoy it. I will miss adding his books to our collection at the library.Labels: miscellaneous, ReaDiNG RooM News
Meg Cabot and Twitter
I just read a blog post on BBC Audiobooks America about an interesting novel writing project on Twitter: "Starting February 16 at Noon EST, author Meg Cabot (@megcabot) will launch a special interactive storytelling experience. She'll tweet the first line of an original tale and then the rest is up to you! Just login to your Twitter account (registration is free) to tweet your own suggested sentence to continue the tale." read the rest of the story here
BBC Audiobooks America's first Twitter tale, Hearts, Keys, and Puppetry, was lead off by author Neil Gaiman with the sentence, "Sam was brushing her hair when the girl in the mirror put down the hairbrush, smiled, and said, "We don't love you anymore."" With the help of many Tweeters, an epic tale took shape and is now available for free download on the BBCAA web site or from iTunes.
Round two is your chance to help shape a new tale. Why not get your imagination ready and give it a try!
Labels: ReaDiNG RooM News, TeeN RooM News
Board Meeting Minutes and Reports
The approved minutes, and other reports, from the January Board of Trustees Meetings are now available for viewing.Labels: BoaRD RooM News, minutes
Time to Pay the Piper: Tax Forms @ Your Library
Stop by the library for the following forms and schedules: 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, Schedules A, B, D, D-1, EIC, L, M, R, Form 2441, and Notice 1396. Other forms are available for photocopying or printing.Other resources:
- Online tax forms, instructions, publications and tax information are available from the IRS at www.irs.gov.
- Live tax assistance at 1-800-829-1040.
- Order for tax forms, instructions, or publications, call 1-800-829-3676.
- Tax assistance for the hearing impaired through TTY/TDD equipment is available at 1-800-829-4059.
Labels: miscellaneous, ReFeReNCe RooM News
Story Time in February
Story Time continues in Fabulous February! Kids ages 3 through kindergarten can join us on either Tuesday or Wednesday morning at 10:30 for stories, songs and lots of fun. We'll miss you on February 23rd & 24th (no story time during school vacation), but then it's back to business in March!Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, story time
This Week @ The Library...
Make 'n Take Craft All WeekBring the kids in for the Crazy in Love Make 'n Take available 12-8 Tuesday and Wednesday, and all day Thursday-Saturday.
Grab a Copy of Carpe Demon
Do you sometimes feel like a demon-hunting soccer mom? Pick up this fun read by Julie Kenner and enjoy our featured novel for February.
Earn Your Chance for Dinner and a Movie
While you're at the library, fill out week 2's valentine anagram for a chance to win Dinner and a Movie from the Friends of the Library, 99 Restaurant, and O'Neil Cinemas.
Don't Forget the Love Bug Challenge
Let the kiddos participate in the Love Bug Challenge for a chance to win fun prizes. Read more for what to do.
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New Downloadable Audiobooks @ Your Library!
The following titles have recently been added to the New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Book collection: Blood Sins by Kay Hooper
Broken Places by Sandra Parshall
Captivate by Carrie Jones (Teen)
The Chestnut King by N.D. Wilson (Children's)
Flirt by Laurell Hamilton
The Fourth Time is Murder by Steven Havill
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Midnight Sons Vol. 2 by Debbie Macomber
Midnight Sons Vol. 3 by Debbie Macomber
Numbers by Rachel Ward (Teen)
Out of Season by Steven Havill
Reckless by Amanda Quick
Short Squeeze by Chris Knopf
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Worst Case by James Patterson
Download these books for free via New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Books. For more information, read Downloadable Audio Books Free!
Labels: new downloadable audiobooks, ReaDiNG RooM News, TeeN RooM News
New Stuff for Adults @ Your Library!
New fiction recently added to the library collection:Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig
Burn by Ted Dekker
The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Kisser by Stuart Woods
Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Watchlist by Jeffery Deaver et al
The Wolf at the Door by Jack Higgins
These titles are available for check-out now. Check the online catalog for availability. If the title you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve through the online catalog or at the Circulation Desk.
Labels: new stuff for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
New Stuff For Kids @ Your Library!
New titles recently added to the library collection:
Board BooksTugga-Tugga Tug Boat by Kevin Lewis
Picture Books
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Rosenthal
Green Wilma, Frog in Space by Tedd Arnold
The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School by Laurie Anderson
Henry and the Crazed Chicken Pirates by Carolyn Crimi
Our Corner Grocery Store by Joanne Schwartz
Princess K.I.M. and the Lie That Grew by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Princess Pig by Eileen Spinelli
Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea by Marcus Pfister
Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli
Skippyjon Jones Lost in Spice by Judy Schachner
Stretch by Doreen Cronin
Strega Nona's Harvest by Tomie DePaola
Super Duck by Jez Alborough
Thunder Boomer by Shutta Crum
Zachary's Ball by Matt Tavares
Beginning Readers
Amazing Sharks by Sarah Thomson
Annie and Snowball and the Shining Star by Cynthia Rylant
Biscuit Takes a Walk by Alyssa Capucilli
Fancy Nancy: The Show Must Go On by Jane O'Connor
Mr. Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans by Cynthia Rylant
Really Riding! by Cathy Hapka
Young Cam Jansen and the Molly Shoe Mystery by David Adler
Chapter BooksAmong the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
Bear (Puppy Place) by Ellen Miles
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein
Cody (Puppy Place) by Ellen Miles
Emma Dilemma and the Camping Nanny by Patricia Hermes
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
The Wyrm King by Tony DiTerlizzi
Audiobooks
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
Orange You Glad It's Halloween by Paula Danziger
Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker by Megan McDonald
These titles are available for check-out now. Check the online catalog for availability. If the title you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve through the online catalog or at the Circulation Desk.
Labels: KiDS' RooM News, new stuff for kids
All Booked Up Reads To Kill a Mockingbird for March
All Booked Up is participating in the New Hampshire Big Read in March by reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Get your copy at the Circulation Desk, and join the discussion on Wednesday, March 3rd at 6:30 pm.From the Publisher
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
Coming up next: Eye Contact by Cammie McGovern
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
Love Your Library Month Dinner and a Movie Raffle
The Friends of the Library is celebrating Love Your Library Month with a raffle for Dinner and a Movie! Each week, teens and adults can solve the puzzle of the week to earn a raffle ticket for the chance to win $25 to the 99 Restaurant and 2 tickets to O'Neil/Appletree Cinemas. Participate all four weeks and earn four chances to win!
Week 1: Famous Movie Quotes
Week 2: Valentine's Day Anagram
Week 3: Falling in Love Cryptogram
Week 4: Love is A-mazing
The winner will be notified on March 2nd.
Labels: events/activities for adults, events/activities for teens, FRieNDS' CoRNeR News, love your library month, ReC RooM News, TeeN RooM News
Romantic Reads
Love is in the air at the library! Grab a bundle of 6 romance novels for just $1 while supplies last!
Labels: book sale, FRieNDS' CoRNeR News, love your library month, ReaDiNG RooM News
Loves Me, Loves Me Not Guessing Contest
Answer the age old question this month by guessing how many rose petals we have at the Circulation Desk. Optimistic teens and adults will guess an odd number; pessimistic participants will guess an even number. Which are you? Closest guess without going over will win!Labels: events/activities for adults, events/activities for teens, love your library month, ReC RooM News
Summer Reading T-shirts On Sale!
Warmer weather... longer daylight hours... the Summer Reading Club at the library... It's the stuff dreams are made of. Start making those dreams come true today and purchase your summer reading T-shirts now!The theme for the children's 2010 Summer Reading Club is "Make a Splash--Read." Shirts are on sale now and can be ordered through February 20th. Sizes range from toddler (2-4) through adult XL (46-48), and prices are definitely patron friendly at only $4.25 per tee. (Larger sizes are available at an additional charge.)
Don't miss this opportunity. Stop by the library and order yours today!
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, summer reading club for kids
Take the Love Bug Challenge...
In honor of Love Your Library Month, we're daring all kids to take The Love Bug Challenge! Throughout February, children can participate in weekly activities in to earn tickets for prizes to be raffled off at the end of the month. Each week a child participates, they also get their Challenge Sheet stamped, and if they spell "L - O - V - E" by the end of the month, they'll earn a special prize. All this fun and prizes for free! It doesn't get any better than that!Week 1 Challenges (February 2-6):
- check out a poetry or riddle book
- bring in a toilet paper tube
- come to any story time
- bring in a friend who's new to the library
- check out any holiday book
- bring Miss Carrie-Anne a valentine!
- wear something red
- bring in a friend who's new to the library
- check out a book on presidents or the USA or history
- bring in a button
- tell Miss Carrie-Anne (or another librarian) a joke
- bring in a friend who's new to the library
- check out a book about school or vacations
- bring Miss Carrie-Anne a hand-drawn picture
- wear a hat
- bring in a friend who's new to the library
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, love your library month
Carpe Demon is the Book of the Month in February
Pick up a copy of this month's featured novel, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom, by Julie Kenner.From Publisher's Weekly
Lots of women put their careers aside once the kids come along. Kate Connor, for instance, hasn't hunted a demon in ages. That must be why she missed the one wandering through the pet food aisle of the San Diablo Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, he managed to catch her attention an hour later-when he crashed into the Connor house, intent on killing her.
Now Kate has to clean up the mess in her kitchen, dispose of a dead demon, and pull together a dinner party that will get her husband elected to County Attorney-all without arousing her family's suspicion. Worse yet, it seems the dead demon didn't come alone... It's time for Kate Connor to go back to work.
Now Kate has to clean up the mess in her kitchen, dispose of a dead demon, and pull together a dinner party that will get her husband elected to County Attorney-all without arousing her family's suspicion. Worse yet, it seems the dead demon didn't come alone... It's time for Kate Connor to go back to work.
If you like this title, try the other 4 in the series: California Demon, Demons Are Forever, Deja Demon, and Demon Ex Machina.
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
This Week @ The Library...
Book Discussion on WednesdayJoin All Booked Up as they discuss Bel Canto starting at 6:30 on Wednesday evening. Then get your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, the New Hampshire Big Read, for discussion in March.
Stories, Teddies, and PJs
Bring the kiddos for Pajama Story Time on Thursday at 6:30.
Get Your Romantic Reads
In celebration of Love Your Library Month, the Friends of the library are selling bundles of 6 romantic reads for just $1!
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Remember to READ 4 THe FuN oF iT @ Aaron Cutler Memorial Library!
