Library Closed Today, Friday May 31st
The library is closed today for staff development, and will re-open on Saturday, June 1st at 9:00 a.m. Have a great weekend!
Labels: library closings
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!
101 Solutions for Easier Living, Learning and Working as We Age
on Wednesday at 10:30
Learn how to use everyday items to make your life, or the life of a loved one, easier. You'll be glad you did.
Library CLOSED on Friday
The library is closed on Friday for Staff development.
Book Club Books
Book Bunch: My Life As A Book by Janet Tashjian
Page Turners: Schooled by Gordon Korman
All Booked Up: Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda
Book of the Month: The Weird Sisters of Time by Eleanor Brown
Labels: this week
Library Closed Today, Saturday May 25th
The library is closed today for Memorial Day weekend, and will re-open on Tuesday, May 28th at 10:00 a.m. Have a great weekend!
Labels: library closings
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 on Tuesday from 11:00-1:00
Unraveled on Thursday from 6:00-8:00
If your hobby involves stitching of any type, bring your project to the library and stitch with one of our groups. In Stitches meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, and Unraveled meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. And yes, in months such as this, the 3rd Tuesday occurs in the same week as the 4th Thursday!
Library Closed on Saturday
The library is closed on Saturday for Memorial Day weekend.
Book Club Books
Book Bunch: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (Group meets Wednesday at 4:00)
Page Turners: Schooled by Gordon Korman
All Booked Up: Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda
Book of the Month: The Weird Sisters of Time by Eleanor Brown
Labels: this week
Closings This Month
The library will be closed:
> Saturday, May 25th for Memorial Day weekend
> Friday, May 31st for staff development
Labels: library closings
Book Bunch Reads My Life As a Book for June
About The Book
Summer’s finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek’s dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he’s been labeled a “reluctant reader,” his mom has pushed him to read “real” books—something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes.
As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls.
Labels: book bunch, book discussion for kids, KiDS' RooM News
New Stuff @ Your Library!
>> New Stories for Early Readers
>> New Chapter Books for Kids
>> New Non-Fiction for Kids
>> New Movies for Kids and Families
>> New Fiction for Adults
>> New Non-Fiction for Adults
>> New Movies for Adults and Teens
>> New Documentaries for Adults
Labels: new stuff
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!
Spring Blossom Make 'n Take, all week
Bring the kids in this week to make a blossoming spring sculptured tree.
Note: Make 'n Take note available during Story Time.
Book Bunch on Wednesday at 4:00
The 3rd-5th grade Book Bunchers gather to discuss Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes, and comploete a quick activity. New faces are always welcome!
Book Club Books
Book Bunch: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (Group meets Wednesday at 4:00)
Page Turners: Schooled by Gordon Korman
All Booked Up: Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda
Book of the Month: The Weird Sisters of Time by Eleanor Brown
Labels: this week
Page Turners Read Schooled by Gordon Korman
About the Book
Capricorn Anderson had never watched a television show before. He'd never tasted a pizza. He had never even heard of a wedgie. And he had never, in his wildest dreams, thought of living anywhere but Garland Farm commune with his hippie caretaker, Rain.
Capricorn (Cap for short) had lived every day of his life on Garland Farm growing fruits and vegetables. He was homeschooled by Rain, the only person he knew in the world. Life was simple for Cap. But when Rain falls out of a tree while picking plums and is hospital-ridden, he has to attend the local middle school and live with his new guidance counselor and her irritable daughter. While Cap knew a lot about Zen Buddhism, no amount formal education could ready him for the trials and tribulations of public middle school.
Cap doesn't exactly fit in at Claverage Middle School (dubbed C Average by the kids). He has long, ungroomed hair, wears hemp clothes, and practices Tai Chi out on the lawn. His weirdness basically makes him biggest nerd in school. This is great news for Zach Powers, big man on campus. He can't wait to instate the age-old tradition in C-Average School: The biggest nerd is nominated for class president--and wins. So when Cap becomes president, he is more puzzled than ever. But as Cap begins to take on his duties, the joke starts to turn on Zach.
Will Cap turn out to be the greatest President in the history of C-Average School? Or the biggest punchline?
Labels: events/activities for tweens, KiDS' RooM News, page turners, TeeN RooM News
Litchfield Garden Club Plant Sale on Saturday
You can support their continued endeavors by attending their annual Plant Sale on Saturday, May 11th from 9:00-12:00 at Griffin Memorial School.
Labels: miscellaneous
Solutions for Easier Aging, May 29th @ 10:30 a.m.
>> back issues,
>> gripping difficulty,
>> memory improvement,
>> getting up, into and out of,
>> one handedness,
>> slips and fall reduction,
>> reaching,
>> low vision or hearing loss?
Anne Long, of the UNH Speaker's Bureau will present "101 Solutions for Easier Living, Learning and Working as We Age" on Wednesday, May 29th at 10:30 a.m. in the North Room of the library. This program is "guaranteed to be very entertaining, interactive and informative," so mark your calendars, call your friends, and we'll see you then!
Labels: events/activities for adults
Spring Blossoms Make 'n Take Craft May 14-18
Bring the kids by the library to create a tree brimming with Spring blossoms! Available all week, except during Story Time.
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, make 'n take
New Stuff @ Your Library...
>>New Non-Fiction for Kids
>>New Fiction for Adults
>>New Non-Fiction for Adults
>>New Audio for Adults
>>New Movies for Adults and Teens
>>New Documentaries for Adults
Labels: new stuff
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 on Tuesday from 11:00-1:00
If your hobby involves stitching of any type, bring your project to the library and stitch with our group. The group meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month.
Page Turners on Thursday at 2:30
The 5th-7th grade group gathers for a snack, a discussion of The Wish List by Eoin Colfer, and a quick activity. New faces are always welcome!
Book Club Books
Book Bunch: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Page Turners: The Wish List by Eoin Colfer (Group meets Thursday at 2:30)
All Booked Up: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Gissom
Book of the Month: Crossing the Borders of Time by Leslie Maitland
Labels: this week
All Booked Up Reads Never Have Your Dog Stuffed for May
“My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six,” begins Alda’s irresistible story. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession.
Yet Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is not a memoir of show-business ups and downs. It is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow.
It is the story of turning points in Alda’s life, events that would make him what he is–if only he could survive them.
From the moment as a boy when his dead dog is returned from the taxidermist’s shop with a hideous expression on his face, and he learns that death can’t be undone, to the decades-long effort to find compassion for the mother he lived with but never knew, to his acceptance of his father, both personally and professionally, Alda learns the hard way that change, uncertainty, and transformation are what life is made of, and true happiness is found in embracing them.
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, filled with curiosity about nature, good humor, and honesty, is the crowning achievement of an actor, author, and director, but surprisingly, it is the story of a life more filled with turbulence and laughter than any Alda has ever played on the stage or screen.
Next Month: Defending Jacob by William Landay
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
Stuffed Animal Sleepover Photos are Ready!
Check-out the photo set here or the slideshow here.
Special thanks to the Litchfield Lion for helping with crowd control.
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News
New Stuff @ Your Library!
>>New Stories for Early Readers
>>New Chapter Books for Kids
>>New Audio for Kids
>>New Fiction for Teens
>>New Fiction for Adults
>>New Documentaries for Adults
Labels: new stuff
The Weird Sisters is May's Book of the Month
Eleanor Brown's novel, The Weird Sisters, is our featured title this month. Copies are available upstairs at the Circulation Desk.About the Book
There is no problem that a library card can't solve.
The Andreas family is one of readers. Their father, a renowned Shakespeare professor who speaks almost entirely in verse, has named his three daughters after famous Shakespearean women. When the sisters return to their childhood home, ostensibly to care for their ailing mother, but really to lick their wounds and bury their secrets, they are horrified to find the others there. See, we love each other. We just don't happen to like each other very much. But the sisters soon discover that everything they've been running from-one another, their small hometown, and themselves-might offer more than they ever expected.
Coming next month: Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
Stone Wall Presentation was Fantastic!
Copies of Gardner's book, The Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls, were available for purchase. (In case you're wondering, a "granite kiss" is having your fingers smashed between two stones.) Kevin quipped he wrote the book for two kinds of people: those who areinterested in building stone walls, and those who are not.
Other books recommended by Gardner available through Interlibrary Loan:
Sermons in Stone: the Stone Walls of New England and New York by Susan Allport
Stone by Stone: the Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls by Robert Thorson
Stone in the Garden by Gordon Hayward
Good Fences: a Pictorial History of New England's Stone Walls by William Hubbell
Labels: events/activities for adults
Remember to READ 4 THe FuN oF iT @ Aaron Cutler Memorial Library!
