Book Lover Cupid Make 'n Take Craft
What better way for the kids to celebrate than with a "Book Lover Cupid" craft to make at the library and take home to enjoy!
The craft table will be set-up for fun February 19-23.
Note: The Make 'n Take craft table is not available during Story Time.
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Book Bunch Reads The Bronze Pen for February
About the Book
Twelve-year-old Audrey Abbott dreams of becoming a writer, but with her father's failing health and the family's shaky finances, it seems there is no room for what her overworked mother would surely call a childish fantasy. So Audrey keeps her writing a secret. That is, until she meets a mysterious old woman who seems able to read her mind. Audrey is surprised at how readily she reveals her secret to the woman.
One day the old woman gives Audrey a peculiar bronze pen and tells her to "use it wisely and to good purpose." It turns out to be just perfect for writing her stories with. But as Audrey writes, odd things start happening. Did Beowulf, her dog, just speak to her? And what is that bumping under her bed at night? It seems that whatever she writes with the pen comes true. However, things don't always happen in the way that she wants or expects. In fact, it's quite difficult to predict what writing with the pen will do. Could the pen be more of a curse than a gift? Or will Audrey be able to rewrite the future in the way that she wishes—-and save her father's life?
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Braver's Tunnel Vision and Skin Deep Available for Check-Out
To gear up for this event, we have copies of two of Braver's 8 novels available for check-out for those of you who'd like to get familiar with his work before the talk. But don't worry, this isn't required reading--there will be no quiz at the event.
Following the talk, Braver will have copies of his books for sale, which he will, of course, be happy to autograph.
In addition, our adult book discussion group, All Booked Up, will read Braver's Flashback for their March 6th meeting.
Available now: Tunnel Vision and Skin Deep
Zack’s revival catches the attention of a small team of neuroscientists secretly researching near-death experiences. Their objective: to determine if there is anything to the reports of floating down tunnels into celestial light and meeting spiritual beings. Is this evidence of the afterlife? Or is it just neurobiology, as Sarah Wyman, one of the young researchers, suspects?
Zack’s experiences are anything but heavenly. While he and Sarah struggle to understand his horrific out-of-body experiences, sinister forces have taken an interest in them. Forces to whom near-death experiences are utter blasphemy—deceptions created by Satan himself—and who, in the name of God, will stop at nothing to terminate the project and all involved.
Homicide detective Lieutenant Steve Markarian must stop the killer before another woman is sacrificed. The stakes increase when he realizes his own wife has caught the killer’s eye.
In this stunning psychological thriller, bestselling author Gary Braver explores the nature of beauty, and the forbidding yearnings that kill in its name.
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New Stuff @ Your Library!
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This Week @ Your Library...
Join Miss Carrie-Anne on Tuesday at 10:30 or Wednesday at 12:30 for stories, songs and fun!
In Stitches on Tuesday from 11:00-1:00
Bring your needlework project (knit, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, etc.) and join the group to gab and stitch!
New Book of the Month on Friday
Check-out February's recommended read, A Widow's Hope, beginning Friday.
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Suspense Author Gary Braver to Speak
Gary Braver, the pen name of Northeaster English professor
Gary Goshgarian, is the author of 8 critically acclaimed thrillers that have
been celebrated for their high concepts, careful craftsmanship, well rounded
characters, and page turning momentum.
He is the only writer to have three books listed on the Top10 highest
customer rated thrillers on Amazon.com at the same time, and has optioned 3 of
his novels for movies.
His most recent title,
Tunnel Vision, which centers on a Northeastern graduate student who gets involved in a
secret project involving near-death experience, was praised by legendary author
Ray Bradbury as “a wonderfully frightening and insightful tale.”
A limited number of copies of
Braver’s Skin Deep are available now for
checkout at the Circulation Desk, and Flashback has been selected for discussion at the March meeting of All Booked Up.
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This Week @ Your Library...
Join Miss Carrie-Anne at 10:30 on Tuesday or 12:30 on Wednesday for stories, songs, and fun!
Get Your Knit On this Thursday from 6:00-8:00
Bring whatever project you are working on and drop in to knit and chat with other knitters.
Pick Up Hurt Go Happy for Page Turners
Copies of Hurt Go Happy are available in the Teen area upstairs, or downstairs in the Young Readers' Room. The 5th-7th grade Tween book group will meet on February 14th at 2:30.
Copies of The Dry Grass of August Available
Have you read this month's featured novel by Anna Jean Mayhew? If not, pick one up at the upstairs Circulation Desk for a fine read.
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Page Turners Read Hurt Go Happy for February
From Kerri on Hurt Go Happy
I’m so excited to read Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby with the Page Turners this month!
It’s going to be fun and interesting to read about Joey Willis, the main character in Hurt Go Happy. Joey is 13 and has been 70% deaf since she was 6. Joey was never taught sign language, and it’s hard to read lips. I know a lot of teenagers struggle to find some sense of belonging, but I really feel for Joey. Her everyday, teenage problems are compounded by the fact that communicating is so difficult for her.
Joey’s world changes for the better when she meets an old man and his baby chimp. Her two new friends communicate using American Sign Language, and Joey secretly starts learning to sign with them.
I was drawn to this story just by reading book reviews. Now that the book is here I can’t wait to see how this unlikely friendship will change the characters.
“Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she's been deaf since the age of six, Joey's mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her, but often fails.
Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. Her new friends use sign language to communicate, and Joey secretly begins to learn to sign. Spending time with Charlie and Sukari, Joey has never been happier. She even starts making friends at school for the first time. But as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, Charlie's and Sukari's choices begin to narrow--until Sukari's very survival is in doubt.” (goodreads.com)
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This Week @ Your Library...
Drop-in the Young Readers' Room this week for a "puzzling" winter wreath craft.
Book Bunch on Wednesday at 4:00
3rd-5th grade Book Bunchers will discuss The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook and complete a short activity. New faces are always welcome!
Get Your Copy of Cathedral of the Sea
Read February's All Booked Up selection by Idefonso Falcones and join the group on February 13th at 6:30 p.m.
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New Stuff @ Your Library!
Find new items in:
Fiction for Adults
Movies for Adults and Teens
Fiction for Tweens and Teens
Chapter Books for Kids
Movies for Kids and Families
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Join Us on Thursday for "Mindfulness" Program
Join Kate, from Yoga Balance, at the library on Thursday, January 10th, at 6:30 p.m. to find out what mindfulness is all about, and how you can begin using it to improve your overall well-being.
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All Booked Up Reads Cathedral of the Sea for February
From the Publisher
In the tradition of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, here is a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war, set in the golden age of 14th-century Barcelona. Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona and joins the powerful guild of stone-workers building the magnificent cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar, while his adoptive brother Joan studies to become a priest. As Arnau prospers, he secretly falls in love with a forbidden woman. When he is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself face-to-face with his own brother. Will he lose his life just as his beloved cathedral is finally completed, or will his brother spare him?
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This Week @ Your Library...
Tweens in grades 5-7 will gather with Miss Kerri to discuss The Grimm Legacy, just one day before it hits the movie theaters. New faces are always welcome.
Mindfulness Presentation on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Join us at the library as Kate from Yoga Balance tells how being "mindful" can improve our lives in the new year.
Grab a Copy of Dry Grass of August
January's Book of the Month is available for checkout at the upstairs Circulation Desk.
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Dry Grass of August is January's Book of the Month
From the Publisher
In this beautifully written debut, Anna Jean Mayhew offers a riveting depiction of Southern life in the throes of segregation, what it will mean for a young girl on her way to adulthood--and for the woman who means the world to her. . .
On a scorching day in August 1954, thirteen-year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family for a Florida vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family's black maid, Mary Luther. For as long as Jubie can remember, Mary has been there--cooking, cleaning, compensating for her father's rages and her mother's benign neglect, and loving Jubie unconditionally.
Bright and curious, Jubie takes note of the anti-integration signs they pass, and of the racial tension that builds as they journey further south. But she could never have predicted the shocking turn their trip will take. Now, in the wake of tragedy, Jubie must confront her parents' failings and limitations, decide where her own convictions lie, and make the tumultuous leap to independence. . .
Infused with the intensity of a changing time, here is a story of hope, heartbreak, and the love and courage that can transform us--from child to adult, from wounded to indomitable.
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Holiday and Other Closings for 2013
The library will be closed on the following days in 2013:
Tuesday, January 1st, New Year's Day - Closed
Saturday, May 25th, Memorial Day Weekend - Closed
Friday, May 31st, Staff Training Day - Closed
Tuesday-Wednesday, June 11th-12th, Staff Training for KOHA
Thursday-Friday, July 4th - 5th, Fourth of July - Closed
Saturdays, July 6th - August 31st, Library Closed on Saturdays for July and August
Friday, October 25th, Staff Development- Closed
Wednesday, November 27th - Closed at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, November 28th - 30th, Thanksgiving - Closed
Tuesday, December 10th, Computer System Installation - Closed
Tuesday, December 24th, Christmas Eve Day - Closed at 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 25th, Christmas Day- Closed
Tuesday, December 31st, New Year's Eve Day - Closed at 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Cancellations:
Story Time is cancelled whenever school is closed in Litchfield.
Winter Weather:
Watch WMUR (channel 9) for winter weather closings.
Bring the kids to the library January 15-19 for a "puzzling" Make 'n Take craft to create and take home!
Tuesday, January 1st, New Year's Day - Closed
Saturday, May 25th, Memorial Day Weekend - Closed
Friday, May 31st, Staff Training Day - Closed
Tuesday-Wednesday, June 11th-12th, Staff Training for KOHA
Thursday-Friday, July 4th - 5th, Fourth of July - Closed
Saturdays, July 6th - August 31st, Library Closed on Saturdays for July and August
Friday, October 25th, Staff Development- Closed
Wednesday, November 27th - Closed at 5:00 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, November 28th - 30th, Thanksgiving - Closed
Tuesday, December 10th, Computer System Installation - Closed
Tuesday, December 24th, Christmas Eve Day - Closed at 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 25th, Christmas Day- Closed
Tuesday, December 31st, New Year's Eve Day - Closed at 2:00 p.m.
Story Time Cancellations:
Story Time is cancelled whenever school is closed in Litchfield.
Winter Weather:
Watch WMUR (channel 9) for winter weather closings.
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"A Puzzling Picture" Make 'n Take Craft in January
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