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 any needlework project you can stitch, and stitch with friends.
All Booked Up on Wednesday at 6:30
Our adult discussion group will share their thoughts on Below Stairs, a memoir by Margaret Powell.
Grab a Book Bunch Title
Andrew Clements is the author for April meeting of Book Bunch. Check-out one of his books in the Young Readers' Room and join the crew on April 17th at 4:00.
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Fabulous Evening with Marina Forbes
Join us in April for: Discovering New England Stone Walls with Kevin Gardner
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Book Bunch Reads Andrew Clements for April
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| Photo: Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Join Us for Discovering New England Stone Walls on April 30th
Discovering New England Stone Walls
April 30, 2013 at 7:00p.m.
Campbell High School Library
Kevin Gardner ,
author of The Granite Kiss: Traditionsand Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls, delivers an informal
talk touching on the history, technique, stylistic development, and aesthetics
of the stone wall.
He explains how and
why New England came to acquire its thousands of miles of stone wall, the ways
in which they and other dry stone structures were built, how their styles
emerged and changed over time, and their significance to the famous New England landscape.
Restoration tips and techniques,
the differences between historical and contemporary wall-builders, along with a
generous Q and A, round out the evening.
Copies of The Granite Kiss
will be available for sale.
This free event is open to the public, and is co-sponsored
by the Litchfield Historical Society.
Labels: events/activities for adults, ReC RooM News
>>New Fiction for Adults
>>New Movies for Adults & Teens
>>New Documentaries for Adults & Teens
>>New Audio for Kids
>>New Non-Fiction for Kids
>>New Movies for Kids
>>New Fiction for Tweens & Teens
>>New Non-Fiction for Tweens & Teens
Labels: new stuff for adults, new stuff for kids, new stuff for teens
This Week @ Your Library...
Join Miss Carrie-Anne on Tuesday at 10:30, or Wednesday at 12:30, for stories, songs and fun!
Imperial Russian Faberge Eggs on Wednesday at 7:00
Join us for an illustrated presentation on the work of Russian master jeweler and artist, Peter Carl Faberge.
Unraveled on Thursday from 6:00-8:00
Bring your knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, or other needlework project, and stitch with friends.
Pick up the April Page Turners Title
Hero by Mike Lupica is available for checkout in the Teen Area and Young Readers' Room. This 5th-7th grade book discussion group will meet again on Thursday, April 11th at 2:30.
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Stuffed Animal Sleepover is Coming in April!
At 6:30 pm, Miss Carrie-Anne will begin a special
Pajama Story Time for the animals and any of the children that can stay. She will read a few bedtime stories, and the
children will sing a lullaby to their animals and give them a good-night kiss. The
animals will be tucked in for the night and the children will be sent home.
When the
children return for their animals on Friday, Miss Carrie-Anne will tell them all about their
exciting sleepover adventure!
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, story time
Page Turners Read Hero for April
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From the Publisher
Zach Harriman knew that his dad was something of a hero, a man trusted by the president to solve international crises at a moment's notice. Suddenly people are telling him he has powers - people who know much more about his father than Zach ever did. But there are the Bads, who appear out of nowhere and attack him and his best friend. One thing is clear: he can do things ordinary people cannot. Like fend off grown men as though he possesses the strength of a hundred. Like sense when evil is about to strike. And evil is about to strike in a very big way. Zach Harriman is his father's son. And he, too, is a hero.
Labels: book discussion for tweens, events/activities for tweens, KiDS' RooM News, page turners, TeeN RooM News
Library Closed Today
The library is closed today. Enjoy your last day of winter, and we'll see you tomorrow!
Preschool Story Time on Tuesday or Wednesday
Join Miss Carrie-Anne on Tuesday at 10:30, or Wednesday at 12:30, for stories, songs and fun!
Kid's Make 'n Take Craft, all week
Stop by the Young Readers' Room for a yummy Bunny Bag make 'n take craft this week. Note: Make 'n Takes are not available during Story Time.
In Stitches, Tuesday 11:00-1:00
Bring your needlework project (knit, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, etc.) and join the group to gab and stitch!
Book Bunch, Wednesday at 4:00
3rd-5th grade Book Bunchers will discuss Because of Mr. Terupt, complete a short activity, and get next month's book. New faces are welcome!
Below Stairs is All Booked Up's choice for April. Pick up this memoir by Margaret Powell in the "New" room upstairs, and join the discussion on Wednesday, April 3rd at 6:30 p.m.
From the Publisher
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powell’s classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. Powell first arrived at the servants' entrance of one of those great houses in the 1920s. As a kitchen maid – the lowest of the low – she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed, mistresses to be appeased, and bootlaces to be ironed. Work started at 5.30am and went on until after dark. It was a far cry from her childhood on the beaches of Hove, where money and food were scarce, but warmth and laughter never were. Yet from the gentleman with a penchant for stroking the housemaids’ curlers, to raucous tea-dances with errand boys, to the heartbreaking story of Agnes the pregnant under-parlor maid, fired for being seduced by her mistress’s nephew, Margaret’s tales of her time in service are told with wit, warmth, and a sharp eye for the prejudices of her situation. Margaret Powell's true story of a life spent in service is a fascinating “downstairs” portrait of the glittering, long-gone worlds behind the closed doors of Downton Abbey and 165 Eaton Place.
Read the Town of Litchfield Annual Reports for 2012 online, or pick up a print copy here at the library or at Town Hall.
2012 Town Annual Reports
2012 School Annual Reports
Preschool Story Time on Wednesday at 10:30
Join Miss Carrie-Anne for stories, songs and fun!
Page Turners on Wednesday at 2:30
Tweens in grades 5-7 join Kerri tfor a snack, a discussion of Peak, and a short activity. Join them, and bring a friend.
Unraveled on Thursday from 6:00-8:00
Bring your knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, or other needlework project, and stitch with friends.
Pajama Story Time on Thursday at 6:30
Put your kids in their PJ's for some Story Time fun! (PJ's are optional, but fun is a must.)
This unique and beautifully illustrated presentation by Marina Forbes focuses on the remarkable work of Russian master jeweler and artist, Peter Carl Fabergé, who created 50 eggs for the imperial family.
This program is made possible through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Additional support is provided by the library.
Hop on over to the library with the kids March 19-23
for a yummy Bunny Bag craft.
Make it here and take it home to enjoy!
Carlos Ruiz Zafon's Shadow of the Wind is the Book of the Month Club's featured title in March. Copies are available at the upstairs Circulation Desk.
From the Publisher
Barcelona, 1945—just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother’s face. To console his only child, Daniel’s widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona’s guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel’s father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax’s work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn’t find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly.
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea is the book of choice for the March20th gathering of Book Bunch. Bunchers in grades 3-5 will meet at 4:00 for a book discussion and quick activity. Copies of Because of Mr. Terupt are available for check-out downstairs in the Young Readers' Room. New members are always welcome!
About the Book
It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school.
Only Mr. Terupt, their new and energetic teacher, seems to know how to deal with them all. He makes the classroom a fun place, even if he doesn’t let them get away with much . . . until the snowy winter day when an accident changes everything—and everyone.
Preschool Story Time, Tuesday or Wednesday
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room on Tuesday at 10:30 or Wednesday at 12:30 for stories, songs, and fun!
In Stitches, Tuesday from 11:00-1:00
Bring your needlework project (knit, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, etc.) and join the group to gab and stitch!
All Booked Up, Wednesday @ 6:30
The group discusses Flashback by Gary Braver, and takes home April's book, Below Stairs by Margaret Powell. New faces are always welcome!
Pick Up a Book Discussion Group Title
All Booked Up (adults): Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
Page Turners (grades 5-7): Peak by Roland Smith
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): Because of Mr. Terupt by Buyea
Matt Michael is the winner of the Love Your Library Month Sweet Treats Contest. Matt guessed the exact number of hearts, 212, and takes home the Van Otis chocolate assortment!
Love Your Library Month is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. All raffle proceeds will be used to support library programming.
Congratulations to Sue Smith, the winner of this year's Love Your Library Month Dinner and a Movie Raffle! Sue takes home a $50 gift card to Puritan Backroom and 2 movie tickets to Cinemagic.
Love Your Library Month is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. All raffle proceeds will be used to support library programming.
The Page Turners book discussion group for Tweens in grades 5-7 is reading Peak by Roland Smith for their March 14th meeting at 2:30. Come join Kerri for a snack, book discussion and an activity. Pick up your copy of Peak upstairs in the Teen area, or downstairs in the Young Readers' Room.
Bus transportation from LMS to the library is available. Call 424-4044 for details.
About the Book
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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!
Kid's Make 'n Take Craft, all week
Stop by the Young Readers' Room for a yummy Bunny Bag make 'n take craft this week. Note: Make 'n Takes are not available during Story Time.
In Stitches, Tuesday 11:00-1:00
Bring your needlework project (knit, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, etc.) and join the group to gab and stitch!
Book Bunch, Wednesday at 4:00
3rd-5th grade Book Bunchers will discuss Because of Mr. Terupt, complete a short activity, and get next month's book. New faces are welcome!
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All Booked Up Reads Below Stairs for April
From the Publisher
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powell’s classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England, never stopped aiming high. Powell first arrived at the servants' entrance of one of those great houses in the 1920s. As a kitchen maid – the lowest of the low – she entered an entirely new world; one of stoves to be blacked, vegetables to be scrubbed, mistresses to be appeased, and bootlaces to be ironed. Work started at 5.30am and went on until after dark. It was a far cry from her childhood on the beaches of Hove, where money and food were scarce, but warmth and laughter never were. Yet from the gentleman with a penchant for stroking the housemaids’ curlers, to raucous tea-dances with errand boys, to the heartbreaking story of Agnes the pregnant under-parlor maid, fired for being seduced by her mistress’s nephew, Margaret’s tales of her time in service are told with wit, warmth, and a sharp eye for the prejudices of her situation. Margaret Powell's true story of a life spent in service is a fascinating “downstairs” portrait of the glittering, long-gone worlds behind the closed doors of Downton Abbey and 165 Eaton Place.
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2012 Town of Litchfield Annual Reports
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2012 Town Annual Reports
2012 School Annual Reports
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This Week @ Your Library...
Join Miss Carrie-Anne for stories, songs and fun!
Page Turners on Wednesday at 2:30
Tweens in grades 5-7 join Kerri tfor a snack, a discussion of Peak, and a short activity. Join them, and bring a friend.
Unraveled on Thursday from 6:00-8:00
Bring your knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, or other needlework project, and stitch with friends.
Pajama Story Time on Thursday at 6:30
Put your kids in their PJ's for some Story Time fun! (PJ's are optional, but fun is a must.)
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Join Us for Imperial Russian Faberge Eggs on March 27th
Just in time for Easter decorating inspiration! Join us at the library for Imperial Russian Fabergé Eggs on Wednesday, March 27th at 7:00 p.m.
This unique and beautifully illustrated presentation by Marina Forbes focuses on the remarkable work of Russian master jeweler and artist, Peter Carl Fabergé, who created 50 eggs for the imperial family.
Each egg included “an element of surprise—a tradition that began with the
first egg, known as the Hen Egg, which
Alexander III commissioned as a gift for his wife,
Empress Maria Fyodorovna, for
Russian Orthodox Easter. Its unadorned white enamel
shell housed a yellow-gold yolk, which opened to reveal a golden hen, resting
in a bed of suede edged with stippled gold, meant to evoke the straw of a hen's
nest. The hen, in turn, opened to reveal the final surprise—a miniature version
of the Russian imperial crown, crafted in diamonds and rubies, holding a small
ruby pendant egg.” ("Fabergé, Peter Carl." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. 8 Mar. 2013.)
The program
features a spectacular photo-tour of Fabergé collections at the Constantine Palace
in St. Petersburg
Forbes will explore the
important role of egg painting in Russian culture and the unique
development of this major Russian art form from a traditional craft to the level
of exquisite fine art under the patronage of the tsars. She will also discuss the
fascinating history of these eggs, their role in the dramatic events of the
last decades of Romanov rule in Russia
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Bunny Bag Make 'n Take Craft for Kids
for a yummy Bunny Bag craft.
Make it here and take it home to enjoy!
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News
Shadow of the Wind is March's Book of the Month
From the Publisher
Barcelona, 1945—just after the war, a great world city lies in shadow, nursing its wounds, and a boy named Daniel awakes on his eleventh birthday to find that he can no longer remember his mother’s face. To console his only child, Daniel’s widowed father, an antiquarian book dealer, initiates him into the secret of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, a library tended by Barcelona’s guild of rare-book dealers as a repository for books forgotten by the world, waiting for someone who will care about them again. Daniel’s father coaxes him to choose a volume from the spiraling labyrinth of shelves, one that, it is said, will have a special meaning for him. And Daniel so loves the novel he selects, The Shadow of the Wind by one Julian Carax, that he sets out to find the rest of Carax’s work. To his shock, he discovers that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book this author has written. In fact, he may have the last one in existence. Before Daniel knows it his seemingly innocent quest has opened a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets, an epic story of murder, magic, madness and doomed love. And before long he realizes that if he doesn’t find out the truth about Julian Carax, he and those closest to him will suffer horribly.
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
Book Bunch Reads Because of Mr. Terupt for March
About the Book
It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school.
Only Mr. Terupt, their new and energetic teacher, seems to know how to deal with them all. He makes the classroom a fun place, even if he doesn’t let them get away with much . . . until the snowy winter day when an accident changes everything—and everyone.
Labels: book bunch, book discussion for kids, events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room on Tuesday at 10:30 or Wednesday at 12:30 for stories, songs, and fun!
In Stitches, Tuesday from 11:00-1:00
Bring your needlework project (knit, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, etc.) and join the group to gab and stitch!
All Booked Up, Wednesday @ 6:30
The group discusses Flashback by Gary Braver, and takes home April's book, Below Stairs by Margaret Powell. New faces are always welcome!
Pick Up a Book Discussion Group Title
All Booked Up (adults): Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
Page Turners (grades 5-7): Peak by Roland Smith
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): Because of Mr. Terupt by Buyea
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Matt Michael Takes Home the Chocolate!
Matt Michael is the winner of the Love Your Library Month Sweet Treats Contest. Matt guessed the exact number of hearts, 212, and takes home the Van Otis chocolate assortment!
Love Your Library Month is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. All raffle proceeds will be used to support library programming.
Labels: FRieNDS' CoRNeR News, love your library month, ReaDiNG RooM News
Sue Smith Wins Dinner and a Movie Raffle!
Congratulations to Sue Smith, the winner of this year's Love Your Library Month Dinner and a Movie Raffle! Sue takes home a $50 gift card to Puritan Backroom and 2 movie tickets to Cinemagic.
Love Your Library Month is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. All raffle proceeds will be used to support library programming.
Labels: FRieNDS' CoRNeR News, love your library month, ReaDiNG RooM News
Page Turners Read Peak for March
Bus transportation from LMS to the library is available. Call 424-4044 for details.
About the Book
After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or go live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his father's renewed interest in him has strings attached. Big strings. He wants Peak to be the youngest person to reach the Everest summit--and his motives are selfish at best. Even so, for a climbing addict like Peak, tackling Everest is the challenge of a lifetime. But it's also one that could cost him his life.
Labels: book discussion for tweens, events/activities for tweens, KiDS' RooM News, page turners, TeeN RooM News
Remember to READ 4 THe FuN oF iT @ Aaron Cutler Memorial Library!
