This Week @ Your Library...
Tuesday
High School Drop-In Role Playing Game Night from 6:00PM-8:00PM
Led by volunteer Connor Robinson, this drop-in fantasy/sci-fi role-play game group meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Drop-in and check it out!
Wednesday
Adult Book Group @ 6:30PM
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn-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 (18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
Adult Book Group @ 1:00PM
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Trouble with Fuzzworker Fizzby Patrick Carman
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| It's Love Your Library Month! There's still time to show your love by picking up some Dessert and a Movie Raffle tickets! The winner takes home a $20 gift card to The 99 Restaurant, a $25 gift card to Applebees, 2 tickets to Derry Five Star Cinemas, and 2 tickets with popcorn to Chunky's Cinema. That's roughly and $87 value plus a ton of fun. |
Labels: FRieNDS' CoRNeR News, love your library month
This Week @ Your Library...
Tuesday
Library is Closed.
Wednesday
Preschool Story Time @ 12:30PM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Junk Mail Journals @ 6:30PM
Transform ordinary junk mail into beautiful journals full of rich and colorful textures, and create flowers from old book pages. All materials are provided for this free program taught by Litchfield resident Sue Beaulieu.
Thursday
Junk Mail Journals @ 12:30PM
Transform ordinary junk mail into beautiful journals full of rich and colorful textures, and create flowers from old book pages. All materials are provided for this free program taught by Litchfield resident Sue Beaulieu.
LEGO Club @ 6:00
Kids in grades 4-6 build theme-based LEGO creations that are put on display.
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn-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 (18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Trouble with Fuzzworker Fizz by Patrick Carman
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Kid's Book Group Reads The Trouble with Fuzzworker Fizz for March 15th
Book Bunch reads The Trouble with Fuzzworker Fizz from the series Fizzopolis by Patrick Carman for their meeting on Wednesday, March 15th. Join the group at 4:00PM for a discussion of the book and a short activity.
Copies of the book are available in the Young Readers' Room.
About the Book
Welcome to Fizzopolis! Home to the world’s
greatest soda pop, Fuzzwonker Fizz, and the Fizzies—fuzzy, fizzy
creatures that live only in Fizzopolis. Join Harold and Floyd in this
wacky new illustrated series from bestselling author Patrick Carman and
Emmy Award–winning illustrator Brian Sheesley.
Harold Fuzzwonker is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary fizzy friend, Floyd. But Floyd’s a secret—like a top super-secret. Harold must protect him, as well as the family recipe for Fuzzwonker Fizz, from the evil Snood Candy Factory. But it’s hard to guard a secret when he’s your best good buddy and he always escapes from your backpack!
Harold chronicles his epic adventures—with a little artistic help from Floyd—that are sure to have Fuzzwonker Fizz squirting out your nose!
Harold Fuzzwonker is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary fizzy friend, Floyd. But Floyd’s a secret—like a top super-secret. Harold must protect him, as well as the family recipe for Fuzzwonker Fizz, from the evil Snood Candy Factory. But it’s hard to guard a secret when he’s your best good buddy and he always escapes from your backpack!
Harold chronicles his epic adventures—with a little artistic help from Floyd—that are sure to have Fuzzwonker Fizz squirting out your nose!
Labels: book bunch, book discussion for kids, events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News
"Love Your Library" Letter to the Editor
Labels: love your library month, miscellaneous
Tween Book Group Reads Will in Scarlet for March 9th
Page Turners, our book group for tweens in grades 608, is reading Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody for their get-together on Thursday, March 9th @ 2:30PM. The group begins with an after school snack, followed by a discussion of the book, and a short activity.
Transportation is available from LMS via bus #3 at the regular dismissal time.
Copies of the book are available in the upper-level Teen area and the lower- level Young Readers’ Room.
About the Book
Will Shackley is the son of a lord, and though just thirteen, he’s
led a charmed, protected life and is the heir to Shackley House, while
his father is away on the Third Crusade with King Richard the Lionheart.
But with King Richard’s absence, the winds of treason are blowing across England, and soon Shackley House becomes caught up in a dangerous power struggle that drives Will out of the only home he’s ever known. Alone, he flees into the dangerous Sherwood Forest, where he joins an elusive gang of bandits readers will immediately recognize.
But with King Richard’s absence, the winds of treason are blowing across England, and soon Shackley House becomes caught up in a dangerous power struggle that drives Will out of the only home he’s ever known. Alone, he flees into the dangerous Sherwood Forest, where he joins an elusive gang of bandits readers will immediately recognize.
Labels: book discussion for tweens, events/activities for tweens, KiDS' RooM News, page turners, TeeN RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
Kid’s Make ’n Take Craft
Stop in the Young Readers’ Room to assemble a "Winter Birds" craft to take home and enjoy! Note: This craft is not available during Story Times.
Love Your Library Month Activities
Up and Downstairs:
Purchase raffle tickets to win desserts and movies. $1 per ticket or 6 tickets for $5.
Upstairs:
Pop into the Photo Booth, make a rose bookmark from paper hearts, contribute to the "Wall of Happiness," grab a slip from the "Genre Jar."
Downstairs:
Exercise your estimation skills in the "Talk to Me" conversation heart guessing contest.
Tuesday
Preschool Story Time @ 10:30AM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
STEM Fun @ 3:30PM
Kids in grades 1-3 explore Snap Circuits with members of the CHS Robotics Team.
CANCELED
High School Drop-In Role Playing Game Night from 6:00PM-8:00PM
Downloadable Book Training @ 6:30PM
Learn how to use OverDrive, the library's free downloadable ebook, audiobook and magazine service. Call to register.
Wednesday
Preschool Story Time @ 12:30PM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Kid's Book Group @ 4:00PM
Book Bunchers in grades 3-5 meet to discuss Sheep by Valerie Hobbs and complete a short activity.
Drop-In Tabletop Game Night from 6:00-8:00PM
Game lovers from age 8 thru 108 are invited to meet at the library for game night fun! Led by volunteer Nick Ozmore, the tabletop game group meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month and involves a wide selection of games on rotation. Note: Children under 10 years old must have a parent or caregiver age 14 or older in the building.
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn-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 (18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
STEM Fun @ 3:30PM
Kids in grades 4-6 explore Snap Circuits with members of the CHS Robotics Team.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Will in Scarlet by Matthew Cody
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
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Library Closed Thursday, February 9th
Labels: iNFoRMaTioN BooTH News, library closings
Labels: iNFoRMaTioN BooTH News, library closings
Dessert and a Movie
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| It's Love Your Library Month--show your love by picking up some Dessert and a Movie Raffle tickets! The winner takes home a $20 gift card to The 99 Restaurant, a $25 gift card to Applebees, 2 tickets to Derry Five Star Cinemas, and 2 tickets with popcorn to Chunky's Cinema. That's roughly and $87 value plus a ton of fun. |
Labels: FRieNDS' CoRNeR News, love your library month
February's Book of the Month is Before the Fall
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley is our featured title for February. Copies are available in the “New” room on the upper level of the library.
About the Book
On a foggy summer night, eleven people—ten privileged, one
down-on-his-luck painter—depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet
headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the
plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott
Burroughs—the painter—and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last
remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's
family.
With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members—including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot—the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy. Was it merely by dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations. And while Scott struggles to cope with fame that borders on notoriety, the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage.
Amid pulse-quickening suspense, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.
With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members—including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot—the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy. Was it merely by dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations. And while Scott struggles to cope with fame that borders on notoriety, the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage.
Amid pulse-quickening suspense, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
Adult Book Group Reads We Never Asked For Wings for March 1st or 3rd
Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s We Never Asked for Wings is the chosen title for All Booked Up’s discussion on Wednesday, March 1st at 6:30PM or Friday, March 3rd at 1:00PM. Copies of the book are available in the upper level “New” room.
About the Book
For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San
Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children—Alex,
fifteen, and Luna, just six—in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit
of wetlands near the bay. But now Letty’s parents are returning to
Mexico, and Letty must step up and become a mother for the first time in
her life.
Navigating this new terrain is challenging for Letty, especially as Luna desperately misses her grandparents and Alex, who is falling in love with a classmate, is unwilling to give his mother a chance. Letty comes up with a plan to help the family escape the dangerous neighborhood and heartbreaking injustice that have marked their lives, but one wrong move could jeopardize everything she’s worked for and her family’s fragile hopes for the future.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh blends gorgeous prose with compelling themes of motherhood, undocumented immigration, and the American Dream in a powerful and prescient story about family.
Navigating this new terrain is challenging for Letty, especially as Luna desperately misses her grandparents and Alex, who is falling in love with a classmate, is unwilling to give his mother a chance. Letty comes up with a plan to help the family escape the dangerous neighborhood and heartbreaking injustice that have marked their lives, but one wrong move could jeopardize everything she’s worked for and her family’s fragile hopes for the future.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh blends gorgeous prose with compelling themes of motherhood, undocumented immigration, and the American Dream in a powerful and prescient story about family.
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
This Week @ Your Library...
Tuesday
Drop-In Knitting from 10:00AM-Noon
Bring your current project and join our group of knitters and crocheters. All skill levels are welcome. 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
Preschool Story Time @ 12:30PM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Downloadable Book Training @ 2:00PM
Learn how to use OverDrive, the library's free downloadable ebook, audiobook and magazine service. Call to register.
Thursday
Tween Book Group @ 2:30PM
Page Turners, a book group for tweens in grades 6-8, meet for a snack, discussion of The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartletti, and a fun activity.
Friday
Infant Story Time @ 10:30AM
Book Babies is a lap-sit program for infants (newborn-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 (18-35 months) and their caregivers, bridging Book Babies and Preschool Story Time.
Adult Coloring @ 1:00PM
Take a moment with us to relax, listen to music and color your stress away. All materials provided.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartletti
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
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