All Booked Up Reads Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands for May 6th
About the Book
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is
the story of Emily Shepard, a homeless teen living in an igloo made of
ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a
nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom had experienced a
cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed.
Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown
may have been his fault. Was he drunk when it happened? Thousands of
people are forced to flee their homes in the Kingdom; rivers and forests
are destroyed; and Emily feels certain that as the daughter of the most
hated man in America, she is in danger. So instead of following the
social workers and her classmates after the meltdown, Emily takes off on
her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the
floor of a drug dealer's apartment, and inventing a new identity for
herself — an identity inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson.
When Emily befriends a young homeless boy named Cameron, she protects
him with a ferocity she didn't know she had. But she still can't outrun
her past, can't escape her grief, can't hide forever—and so she comes up
with the only plan that she can.
A story of loss, adventure, and the search for friendship in the wake of catastrophe, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is one of Chris Bohjalian’s finest novels to date—breathtaking, wise, and utterly transporting.
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
History Buffs Read The Captured for April 28th
About the Book
On New Year's
Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache
raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic
existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors.
Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted
to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but
forgotten by his family.
That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled over his own great-great-great uncle's grave. Determined to understand how such a "good boy" could have become Indianized so completely, Zesch travels across the west, digging through archives, speaking with Comanche elders, and tracking eight other child captives from the region with hauntingly similar experiences. With a historians rigor and a novelists eye, Zesch paints a vivid portrait of life on the Texas frontier, offering a rare account of captivity.
Labels: book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, history buffs, ReaDiNG RooM News
High School Book Group Reads Au Revoir Crazy European Chick for April 23rd
Readers of the Round Table, a high school book discussion group, reads Au Revoir Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber for their April 23rd gathering at 4:15PM.Copies of the book are available in the Teen Area on the upper level of the library.
Need a ride? Campbell High School students can take the late bus from school to the library.
About the Book
Ferris Bueller meets La Femme Nikita in this funny, action-packed young adult novel.
It’s prom night—and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a muchanticipated
gig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskas—their quiet, geeky Lithuanian exchange student—to the prom, he never expects that his ordinary high school guy life will soon turn on its head. Perry finds that Gobi is on a mission, and Perry has no other choice but to go along for a reckless ride through Manhattan’s concrete grid with a trained assassin in Dad’s red Jag.
gig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskas—their quiet, geeky Lithuanian exchange student—to the prom, he never expects that his ordinary high school guy life will soon turn on its head. Perry finds that Gobi is on a mission, and Perry has no other choice but to go along for a reckless ride through Manhattan’s concrete grid with a trained assassin in Dad’s red Jag.
Infused with capers, car chases, heists, hits, henchmen, and even a bear fight, this story mixes romance, comedy, and tragedy in a true teen coming-of-age adventure—and it’s not over until it’s “au revoir.”
Watch the Book Trailer...
Labels: book discussion for teens, events/activities for teens, readers of the round table, TeeN RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
If your hobby is knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or any other kind of stitching, bring you project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels. In Stitches meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of each month.
Preschool Story Time on Tuesday @ 10:30AM or Wednesday @ 12:30PM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Dungeons & Dragons Group 1 on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00PM
This multi-age group meets every other week. For more information, call Kerri at 424-4044.
Adult Book Discussion Group on Tuesday @ 6:30PM
All Booked Up discusses Me Before You by Jojo Moyes.
Stuffed Animal Sleepover on Thursday @ 6:30PM
It's that time again! Kids enjoy stories with their stuffed animals, then leave their stuffed friends at the library for an adventure they won't stop talking about! Animals may be picked up after 10:00AM on Friday. Click here to see what happened last year...
Book Babies on Friday @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for babies (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. The 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Tiny Tales on Friday @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit story time for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Activity Pass of the Month: Canterbury Shaker Village
Reserve the library's discount activity pass, which admits up to 2 adults for $6 each and children for $3 each, to the Canterbury Shaker Village. "Designated as a National Historic Landmark for its architectural integrity and significance, the Village has 25 restored original Shaker buildings, 4 reconstructed Shaker buildings, and 694 acres of forests, fields, gardens, nature trails, and mill ponds under permanent conservation easement." (http://www.shakers.org/about-us/our-mission/)
Current Book Group Titles
All Booked Up: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
History Buffs: The Captured by Scott Zesch
Book of the Month: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Book Bunch: Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings
Page Turners: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Readers of the Round Table: Au Revoir Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
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Book Bunch Reads Guinea Dog for April
About the Book
Fifth-grader Rufus's only wish is to get a dog, but his work-at-home dad objects. He lists numerous reasons, including that dogs lick people's faces, chase cars, and eat dead things. Rufus's mom brings home a guinea pig instead in an attempt to fulfill her son's desire for a pet. To his surprise, the guinea pig, which he names Fido, acts like a dog. She obeys his commands and chews his dad's shoes. When Rufus's family decides to return the animal to the pet store, a classmate is willing to buy her to replace her hamster. But Rufus begins to have second thoughts about relinquishing the guinea pig. (Sarah Polace, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH--School Library Journal)
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 for stories, songs and fun!
History Buffs on Tuesday @ 10:30AM
If you enjoy reading about history, this group is for you! This month's discussion is of The Gate by Francois Bizot.
Dungeons & Dragons Group 2 on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00PM
This multi-age group meets every other week. For more information, call Kerri at 424-4044.
Teen Book Group on Thursday @ 4:15PM
Readers of the Round Table discuss Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick.
Kid's Tabletop Game Night on Thursday from 6:00-8:00PM
You may drop-off** kids age 8-13 or stay and play with them! This new drop-in group continues the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. No registration required. **For children under 10 yrs old, a parent or caregiver 14 yrs or older must remain in the building.
Drop-In Knitting Group on Thursday from 6:00-8:00PM
If your hobby is knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or any other kind of stitching, bring you project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels. Unraveled meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month.
Book Babies on Friday @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for babies (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. The 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Tiny Tales on Friday @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit story time for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Activity Pass of the Month: McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center
Reserve the library's activity pass which admits up to 4 people to the Discovery Center Exhibit Galleries. Find yourself "inspired to reach for the stars, through engaging, artful and entertaining activities that explore astronomy, aviation, earth and space science."
Current Book Group Titles
All Booked Up: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
History Buffs: The Gate by Francois Bizot
Book of the Month: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Book Bunch: Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings
Page Turners: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Readers of the Round Table: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
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Get Out and About in Our Area
Classes for Those Who Dig Gardening
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| Learn the ground rules in this
garden workshop series sponsored by UNH Cooperative Extension,
Rockingham County Master Gardeners, the Massabesic Audubon Center, and
NOFA-NH. Click to enlarge |
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| Learn about 4-H on March 21st at the Milford Middle School. Click to enlarge |
Labels: out and about
Ever Wonder What's Out There?
Have you ever wondered what's out there? The library has a telescope you can borrow to find out!
The Orion StarBlast 4.5" telescope was donated to the library by the NH Astronomical Society in memory of John Lowry Dobson.
The telescope may be borrowed for 2 weeks. It comes with a National Audubon Society Pocket Guide Constellations book, a moon map and a Night Sky planisphere.
Check for availability and reserve here.
Labels: rec room
Kid's Tabletop Game Nights begin March 26th
A variety of games are available from 6:00-8:00PM for children ages 8-13.
Drop off your kids** or stay and play with them!
Kid's Tabletop Game Night continues on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
** For children under 10 yrs old, a parent or caregiver 14 yrs or older must remain in the library.
edited 3-18-15
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, ReC RooM News
Tweens Read One Came Home for April 9th
Copies of the book are available in both the Teen Area and Young Readers' Room.
About the Book
In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.
But when Georgie blurts out
something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with
a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when
the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing
Agatha's blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except
Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined)
before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will
track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet
even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot,
Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.
A 2014 Newbery Honor Book
Winner of the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Novel
Winner of the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Novel
Labels: book discussion for tweens, events/activities for tweens, KiDS' RooM News, page turners, TeeN RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Drop by for our creative craft "Hatch a Chick." (Not available during Story Times.)
Drop-In Knitting Group on Tuesday from 10:00-Noon
If your hobby is knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or any other kind of stitching, bring you project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels. In Stitches meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of each month.
Preschool Story Time on Tuesday @ 10:30AM or Wednesday @ 12:30PM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Dungeons & Dragons Group 1 on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00PM
This multi-age group meets every other week. For more information, call Kerri at 424-4044.
Kid's Book Group on Wednesday @ 4:00PM
Book Bunchers in grades 3-5 gather to talk about The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck and complete a short activity. New faces are always welcome.
STEAM Education with FIRST Robitics on Wednesday from 6:30-7:30PM
Campbell High School's FIRST Robitics Team #3323, "Potential Energy," provides a hands-on workshop for children. Kids will make squishy circuit pigs and learn about the importance of STEAM.
Book Babies on Friday @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for babies (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. The 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Tiny Tales on Friday @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit story time for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Activity Pass of the Month: McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center
Reserve the library's activity pass which admits up to 4 people to the Discovery Center Exhibit Galleries. Find yourself "inspired to reach for the stars, through engaging, artful and entertaining activities that explore astronomy, aviation, earth and space science."
Current Book Group Titles
All Booked Up: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
History Buffs: The Gate by Francois Bizot
Book of the Month: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Book Bunch: The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck
Page Turners: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Readers of the Round Table: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Labels: this week
This Week @ Your Library...
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Dungeons & Dragons Group 2on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00PM
This multi-age group meets every other week. For more information, call Kerri at 424-4044.
Movie Night on Wednesday @ 7:00PM
Join us for a viewing of The Theory of Everything. Rated PG-13.
Tween Book Group on Thursday @ 2:30PM
Page Turners in grades 6-8 discuss The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris along with a snack and short activity.
Drop-In Knitting Group on Thursday from 6:00-8:00PM
If your hobby is knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or any other kind of stitching, bring you project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels. Unraveled meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month.
Book Babies on Friday @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for babies (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. The 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Tiny Tales on Friday @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit story time for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time. Contact Miss Carrie-Anne to register. Walk-ins also welcome.
Russian Wooden Egg Painting Workshop on Saturday from 10:00AM-1:00PM at LMS
Register for a creative workshop with Marina Forbes in which you learn about Russian egg painting and create a piece of collectible folk art of your own. Kits range from $7-$17. Cash or check only. Call us at 424-4044.
Activity Pass of the Month: McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center
Reserve the library's activity pass which admits up to 4 people to the Discovery Center Exhibit Galleries. Find yourself "inspired to reach for the stars, through engaging, artful and entertaining activities that explore astronomy, aviation, earth and space science."
Current Book Group Titles
All Booked Up: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
History Buffs: The Gate by Francois Bizot
Book of the Month: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Book Bunch: The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck
Page Turners: The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
Readers of the Round Table: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Labels: this week
Family Fun at the SEE Science Center
Drop by the SEE Science Center for some great family workshops this month! Reserve an activity pass at the library, and your immediate family is admitted for FREE.
Hang Time, March 7 & 8
Build some 'copters and race them. The winner hits the ground LAST!
Through the Index Card, March 14 & 15
You can do the impossible! Walk through an index card. Plus bonus Pi Day activities 3/14/15!
Polka Dot Slime, March 21 & 22
Stimulate your senses and experience fantastic textures.
Sound Sandwich, March 28 & 29
Make an instrument that anyone can play and get the buzz on sound vibrations.
These self-guided activities are available free with admission and are available on Saturdays from 11:00AM - Noon and Sundays from 2:00PM - 3:00PM.
Experienced education staff are available for assistance.
Activities are ideal for kids ages 6-10.
Activities take 15-40 minutes to complete.
Labels: activity passes, KiDS' RooM News, ReC RooM News
All Booked Up Reads Me Before You for April
About the Book
They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl
living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who
has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a
badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who
is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge
life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty
sure he cannot live the way he is.
Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but
Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means
more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking
plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth
living.
A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?
Next Month: Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian Plus a chat with the Author!
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News
Spring Fruit Pruning Demonstrations
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Do you know the best way to prune your fruit trees? For up-close and personal instruction, Spring Fruit Pruning Demonstrations are scheduled around the state by the UNH Cooperative Extension. We also have a handful of books that can help: An introduction to pruning Encyclopedia of gardening techniques The anxious gardener's book of answers The fruit gardener's bible Click on a link, log into your account and reserve a title. |
Labels: around the state, ReFeReNCe RooM News
Dinner & Movie Raffle Winner!
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Congratulations to Sheila Huston! She won the Love Your Library Month Dinner & Movie Raffle. Sheila takes home a $50 gift card to the Copper Door restaurant and 2 Cinemagic stadium theater tickets. |
Labels: love your library month, ReC RooM News
History Buffs Read The Gate for March
About the Book
In 1971 a
young French ethnologist named Francois Bizot was taken prisoner by
forces of the Khmer Rouge who kept him chained in a jungle camp for
months before releasing him. Four years later Bizot became the
intermediary between the now victorious Khmer Rouge and the occupants of
the besieged French embassy in Phnom Penh, eventually leading a
desperate convoy of foreigners to safety across the Thai border.
Out of those ordeals comes this
transfixing book. At its center lies the relationship between Bizot and
his principal captor, a man named Douch, who is today known as the most
notorious of the Khmer Rouge’s torturers but who, for a while, was
Bizot’s protector and friend. Written with the immediacy of a great
novel, unsparing in its understanding of evil, The Gate manages to be at once wrenching and redemptive.
Labels: book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, history buffs, ReaDiNG RooM News
Move Night @ Your Library on March 11th
Starring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, Oscar nominee Felicity Jones, and Tom Prior.
Labels: events/activities for adults, events/activities for teens, movie night, rec room
Russian Wooden Egg Painting Workshop
Lecturer, historian and award-winning artist Marina Forbes is back! If you enjoyed her Faberge Egg presentation or Nested Doll Making Workshop, you won't want to miss this workshop on Russian Easter Egg painting.
Get together with Marina on Saturday, March 14th from 10:00AM-1:00PM in the Litchfield Middle School Cafeteria.
Create your very own piece of collectible folk art inspired by an illustrated presentation and Marina's instruction on traditional Russian painting techniques.
Marina begins at 1:03
The workshop is open to adults and families with children age 6 and up. Kits, including an egg and stand, range from $7-$17. Paints and brushes are provided.
Register by email or call us at 424-4044.
Other Upcoming Programs
Labels: events/activities for adults, events/activities for kids, events/activities for teens, events/activities for tweens, programs, ReC RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun on Tuesday, March 10th, @ 10:30AM or Wednesday, March 11th, @ 12:30PM!
Drop-In Knitting Group on Tuesday from 10:00-Noon
If your hobby is knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, or any other kind of stitching, bring you project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels. In Stitches meets the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays of each month.
Dungeons & Dragons Group 1 on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00PM
This multi-age group meets every other week. For more information, call Kerri at 424-4044.
All Booked Up on Wednesday @ 6:30PM
This adult book group discusses The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli. New faces are always welcome!
Activity Pass of the Month: McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center
Reserve the library's activity pass which admits up to 4 people to the Discovery Center Exhibit Galleries. Find yourself "inspired to reach for the stars, through engaging, artful and entertaining activities that explore astronomy, aviation, earth and space science."
Current Book Group Titles
All Booked Up: The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
History Buffs: The Gate by Francois Bizot
Book of the Month: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Book Bunch: The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck
Page Turners: The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris
Readers of the Round Table: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Labels: this week
Ordinary Grace is March's Book of the Month
About the Book
“That
was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at
all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was
spoken forgotten a single word.”
New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The
Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling
out at the soda counter of Halderson’s Drugstore, and Hot Stuff comic
books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time
of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for
thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a grim summer in which death
visited frequently and assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide.
Murder.
Frank begins the season
preoccupied with the concerns of any teenage boy, but when tragedy
unexpectedly strikes his family—which includes his Methodist minister
father; his passionate, artistic mother; Juilliard-bound older sister;
and wise-beyond-his-years kid brother—he finds himself thrust into an
adult world full of secrets, lies, adultery, and betrayal, suddenly
called upon to demonstrate a maturity and gumption beyond his years.
Told from Frank’s perspective forty years after that fateful summer, Ordinary Grace
is a brilliantly moving account of a boy standing at the door of his
young manhood, trying to understand a world that seems to be falling
apart around him. It is an unforgettable novel about discovering the
terrible price of wisdom and the enduring grace of God.
Winner of the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 2014 Anthony Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 2014 Barry Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 2014 Macavity Award for Best Mystery
Winner of the 2014 Anthony Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 2014 Barry Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 2014 Macavity Award for Best Mystery
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
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