Join Us Wednesday Night: Hiking the Camino de Santiago
From May 17 to June 22, 2015, Theresa Fersch hiked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, France to Santiago de Compostella, Spain.
Join Theresa as she provides an overview of what a day on the Camino is like as well as her own personal experiences along the way.
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This Week @ Your Library...
Tuesday
Drop-in Knitting Group from 10:00-Noon
If your hobby is knitting crocheting, cross-stitch or any other kind of stitching, bring your project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels--even beginners. In Stitches meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday of the month.
Preschool Story Time @ 10:30AM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Wednesday
Hiking the Camino de Santiago: From France to Spain @ 7:00PM
Hear what it was like for Theresa Fersch as she hiked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, France to Santiago de Compostella, Spain.
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. This 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs.
Toddler Story Time @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit program for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
Adult Book Discussion Group @ 1:00PM
Join All Booked Up as they discuss Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee.
Check Out What Our Book Groups are Reading!
All Booked Up, AM & PM: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Book of the Month Club: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Book Bunch: The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry
Page Turners: Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
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This Week @ Your Library...
Preschool Story Time @ 10:30AM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Wednesday
High School Drop-In Tabletop Role-Playing Game Night from 6:00-8:00PM
This drop-in fantasy/sci-fi role-play game group meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. New faces are always welcome!
Thursday
Drop-in Knitting Group from 6:00-8:00PM
If your hobby is knitting crocheting, cross-stitch or any other kind of stitching, bring your project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels--even beginners. Unraveled meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. This 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs.
Toddler Story Time @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit program for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
Check Out What Our Book Groups are Reading!
All Booked Up, AM & PM: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Book of the Month Club: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Book Bunch: The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry
Page Turners: Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
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Stuffed Animal Sleepover is April 7th!
The 7th Annual Stuffed Animal Sleepover is just around the corner!
Children are invited to drop off one of their favorite stuffed animals (but definitely not the one they absolutely need to sleep with) any time from 5:00-7:00PM on Thursday, April 7th.
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, stuffed animal sleepover
Kid's Book Group Reads The Worst Class Trip Ever for April 20th
Join the Book Bunch for their April 20th gathering at 4:00PM. The group discusses The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry, followed by a fun activity. Books are available in the Young Readers' Room.
About the Book
In this hilarious novel, written in the voice of eighth-grader Wyatt Palmer, Dave Barry takes us on a class trip to Washington, DC. Wyatt, his best friend, Matt, and a few kids from Culver Middle School find themselves in a heap of trouble-not just with their teachers, who have long lost patience with them-but from several mysterious men they first meet on their flight to the nation's capital. In a fast-paced adventure with the monuments as a backdrop, the kids try to stay out of danger and out of the doghouse while trying to save the president from attack-or maybe not.
Labels: book bunch, book discussion for kids, events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Drop-in Knitting Group from 10:00-Noon
If your hobby is knitting crocheting, cross-stitch or any other kind of stitching, bring your project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels--even beginners. In Stitches meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday of the month.
Preschool Story Time @ 10:30AM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Wednesday
Kid's Book Group @ 4:00PM
Book Bunchers in grades 3-5 meet to discuss Nuts to You by Lynn Rae Perkins and complete a short activity.
Tween and Teen Tabletop Game Night from 6:00-8:00PM
Drop-in on the 3rd Wednesday of each month and play a variety of games.
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. This 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs.
Toddler Story Time @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit program for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
Check Out What Our Book Groups are Reading!
All Booked Up, AM & PM: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Book of the Month Club: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Book Bunch: Nuts to You by Lynn Rae Perkins
Page Turners: Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
Labels: this week
Tween Book Group Reads Skink--No Surrender for April
Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiassen is the next read for Page Turners, our book group for tweens in grades 6-8. Join the group on Thursday, April 14th @ 2:30PM for a snack, discussion and short activity.
Copies of the book are available in both the Teen Area and Young Readers' Room.
About the Book
When your cousin goes missing under suspicious circumstances, who do you call? There’s only one man for the job: a half-crazed, half-feral, one-eyed ex-governor named Skink. Skink joins 14-year-old Richard on a breakneck chase across Florida, undaunted by lightning storms, poisonous snakes, flying bullets, and giant gators. There are a million places cousin Malley could be, a million unpleasant fates that might have befallen her, but one thing is certain: in the Florida swamp, justice is best served wild.
Labels: book discussion for tweens, events/activities for tweens, KiDS' RooM News, page turners, TeeN RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Preschool Story Time @ 10:30AM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Wednesday
High School Drop-In Tabletop Role-Playing Game Night from 6:00-8:00PM
This drop-in fantasy/sci-fi role-play game group meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. New faces are always welcome!
Thursday
Tween Book Group @ 2:30PM
Page Turners in grades 6-8 meet to discuss Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, along with a snack and short activity.
Kids Drop-In Tabletop Game Night from 6:00-8:00PM
You may drop-off** kids age 8-13 or stay and play with them! Led by Nick Ozmore, the tabletop game group meets the 2nd Thursday of each month and involves a wide selection of games on rotation. **Note: For children under 10 years of age, a parent or caregiver age 14 or older must remain in the building.
Drop-in Knitting Group from 6:00-8:00PM
If your hobby is knitting crocheting, cross-stitch or any other kind of stitching, bring your project to the library and stitch with our group! Perfect for all skill levels--even beginners. Unraveled meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn to 18 months) and their caregivers. This 20 minute program includes simple board books, rhymes and songs.
Toddler Story Time @ 11:30AM
Tiny Tales is a lap-sit program for toddlers (ages 18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
Check Out What Our Book Groups are Reading!
All Booked Up, AM & PM: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Book of the Month Club: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Book Bunch: Nuts to You by Lynn Rae Perkins
Page Turners: Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Hiking the Camino de Santiago on Wednesday, March 30th @ 7PM
Labels: events/activities for adults, events/activities for teens, events/activities for tweens, ReC RooM News
Adult Book Discussion Group Reads Go Set a Watchman for April
All Booked Up's selection for April is Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. Join the Wednesday evening group on April 6th at 6:30PM or the Friday afternoon group on April 8th at 1:00PM.
Copies of the book are available on the Upper Level of the library.
About the Book
From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—"Scout"—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience.
Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
What Alice Forgot is the Book of the Month for March
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty is our featured novel in March. Copies are available in the "New" room on the upper level of the library.
About the Book
Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child.
So imagine Alice’s surprise when she comes to on the floor of a gym (a gym! She HATES the gym) and is whisked off to the hospital where she discovers the honeymoon is truly over — she’s getting divorced, she has three kids, and she’s actually 39 years old. Alice must reconstruct the events of a lost decade, and find out whether it’s possible to reconstruct her life at the same time. She has to figure out why her sister hardly talks to her, and how is it that she’s become one of those super skinny moms with really expensive clothes. Ultimately, Alice must discover whether forgetting is a blessing or a curse, and whether it’s possible to start over…
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions