This Week @ Your Library...
Library CLOSED
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* Download ebooks and audiobooks with OverDrive.
* Begin learning a new language with Mango Languages.
* Take a course on a topic that interests you with Lynda.
* Read magazine and journal articles on your favorite subjects with Ebsco.
* Research and reserve a library activity pass.
* View our newest materials and place a hold from Pinterest.
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. This program includes simple stories, rhymes, songs, and interactive fun.
Adult Book Group @ 1:00PM
Join All Booked Up as they discuss This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Hearth of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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This Week @ Your Library...
STEM Fun with Gears! Gears! Gears!
Gears! Gears! Gears! are available for exploration at the desk for kids in grades 1-6. Colorful gears, connectors and interlocking bases, provide endless
possibilities for producing structures or forms. An activity
guide helps with a few starter designs before venturing into the world of creativity.
Tuesday
Preschool Story Time @ 10:30AM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
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
Preschool Story Time @ 12:30PM
Join Miss Carrie-Anne in the Young Readers' Room for stories, songs and fun!
Thursday
LEGO Club @ 6:00
Kids in grades 1-6 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. This program includes simple stories, rhymes, songs, and interactive fun.
The Stories of Women War Workers, 1941-1945 Lecture @ 1:00PM
From the suffragette movement to women war workers on the homefront, and finally to military ranks opening up to women soldiers. A look at Hollywood and commercial advertisitn targeting women during World War II.
Saturday
Library CLOSED
Saturday
Library CLOSED
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Hearth of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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Next Friday: Women War Workers
Labels: events/activities for adults, programs, ReC RooM News
Kid's Book Group Reads The Bad Beginning for June 21st
Book Bunch reads The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket for their meeting on Wednesday, June 21st. 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
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.
In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, a lumpy bed, a deadly serpent, a large brass reading lamp, a long knife, and a terrible odor.
In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.
In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, a lumpy bed, a deadly serpent, a large brass reading lamp, a long knife, and a terrible odor.
In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.
Labels: book bunch, book discussion for kids, events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News
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Labels: library closings
This Week @ Your Library...
Kid’s Make ’n Take Craft
Stop in the Young Readers’ Room to assemble Freddie the Frog to take home and enjoy! Note: This craft is not available during Story Times.
STEM Fun with Gears! Gears! Gears!
Gears! Gears! Gears! are available for exploration at the desk for kids in grades 1-6. Colorful gears, connectors and interlocking bases, provide endless
possibilities for producing structures or forms. An activity
guide helps with a few starter designs before venturing into the world of creativity.
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!
Kid's Book Group @ 4:00PM
Book Bunchers in grades 3-5 meet to Moo by Sharon Creech discuss and complete a short activity.
Thursday
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. This program includes simple stories, rhymes, songs, and interactive fun.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Hearth of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): Moo by Sharon Creech
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Tween Book Group Reads Heart of a Samurai for June 8th
Page Turners, our book group for tweens in grades 6-8, is reading Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus for their get-together on Thursday, June 8th @ 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
In 1841 a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a
small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American
ship. Japan’s borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew
sets off to America, learning English on the way.
Manjiro, a 14-year-old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new culture. Eventually the captain adopts Manjiro and takes him to his home in New England. The boy lives there for some time and then heads to San Francisco to pan for gold. After many years, he makes it back to Japan, only to be imprisoned as an outsider. With his hard-won knowledge of the West, Manjiro is in a unique position to persuade the emperor to ease open the boundaries around Japan; he may even achieve his unlikely dream of becoming a samurai.
Labels: book discussion for tweens, events/activities for tweens, kid’s room news, page turners, TeeN RooM News
Join the River Otter Feeding
Expert volunteers will tell you all about otter biology and ecology, while also serving up a tasty treat or two.
Don't forget to borrow the library's activity pass for discounted admission.
Labels: activity passes, ReC RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
STEM Fun with Gears! Gears! Gears!
Gears! Gears! Gears! are available for exploration at the desk for kids in grades 1-6. Colorful gears, connectors and interlocking bases, provide endless
possibilities for producing structures or forms. An activity
guide helps with a few starter designs before venturing into the world of creativity.
Reminder: No Story Time This Week
Miss Carrie-Anne is on vacation. She will see you again next week!
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!
Thursday
Tween Book Group @ 2:30PM
Page Turners, a book group for tweens in grades 6-8, meet for a snack, discussion of Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements, and a fun activity.
LEGO Club @ 6:00
Kids in grades 1-6 build theme-based LEGO creations that are put on display.
Spring Card Making Workshop @ 7:00PM
Register for this free workshop by calling 424-4044.
Friday
Adult Coloring @ 1:00PM
Rediscover the joys and relaxation of coloring. Come with friends or meet new ones! We provide the supplies, but feel free to bring your own if you prefer.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): Moo by Sharon Creech
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Adult Book Group Reads This Is Where It Ends for June 2nd or 7th
Marieke Nijkamp’s This Is Where It Ends is the chosen title for All Booked Up’s discussion on Friday, June 2nd at 1:00PM or Wednesday, June 7th at 6:30PM. Copies of the book are available in the upper level “New” room.
About the Book
Everyone has a reason to fear the boy with the gun.
10:00 a.m.
The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.
10:02 a.m.
The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.
10:03
The auditorium doors won't open.
10:05
Someone starts shooting.
Told from four perspectives over the span of 54 harrowing minutes, terror reigns as one student's calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.
10:00 a.m.
The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.
10:02 a.m.
The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.
10:03
The auditorium doors won't open.
10:05
Someone starts shooting.
Told from four perspectives over the span of 54 harrowing minutes, terror reigns as one student's calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival.
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
Library Closed Tomorrow, May 4th
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Photos from April's Stuffed Animal Sleepover and Field Trip
View the photo album or, once you're in the photo album view the slideshow by clicking on the TV icon above right, to see what the stuffies did and where they went.
Labels: events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News, stuffed animal sleepover
Spring Card Making Workshops Begin on Saturday
Register now for one of our two card making workshops on Saturday, May 6th from 9:30-11:00 or Thursday, May 11th from 7:00-8:30.
Labels: events/activities for adults, programs, ReC RooM News
May's Book of the Month is Mr. Splitfoot
Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt is our featured title for May. Copies are available in the “New” room on the upper level of the library.
About the Book
A contemporary gothic from an author in the company of Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, Mr. Splitfoot tracks two women in two times as they march toward a mysterious reckoning.
Ruth and Nat are orphans, packed into a house full of abandoned children run by a religious fanatic. To entertain their siblings, they channel the dead. Decades later, Ruth’s niece, Cora, finds herself accidentally pregnant. After years of absence, Aunt Ruth appears, mute and full of intention. She is on a mysterious mission, leading Cora on an odyssey across the entire state of New York on foot. Where is Ruth taking them? Where has she been? And who — or what — has she hidden in the woods at the end of the road?
In an ingeniously structured dual narrative, two separate timelines move toward the same point of crisis. Their merging will upend and reinvent the whole. A subversive ghost story that is carefully plotted and elegantly constructed, Mr. Splitfoot will set your heart racing and your brain churning. Mysteries abound, criminals roam free, utopian communities show their age, the mundane world intrudes on the supernatural and vice versa.
Ruth and Nat are orphans, packed into a house full of abandoned children run by a religious fanatic. To entertain their siblings, they channel the dead. Decades later, Ruth’s niece, Cora, finds herself accidentally pregnant. After years of absence, Aunt Ruth appears, mute and full of intention. She is on a mysterious mission, leading Cora on an odyssey across the entire state of New York on foot. Where is Ruth taking them? Where has she been? And who — or what — has she hidden in the woods at the end of the road?
In an ingeniously structured dual narrative, two separate timelines move toward the same point of crisis. Their merging will upend and reinvent the whole. A subversive ghost story that is carefully plotted and elegantly constructed, Mr. Splitfoot will set your heart racing and your brain churning. Mysteries abound, criminals roam free, utopian communities show their age, the mundane world intrudes on the supernatural and vice versa.
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
Kid's Book Group Reads Moo for May 17th
Book Bunch reads Moo by Sharon Creech for their meeting on Wednesday, May 17th. 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
When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn’t know what to expect. She’s ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents “volunteer” Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna—and that stubborn cow, Zora.
This heartwarming story, told in a blend of poetry and prose, reveals the bonds that emerge when we let others into our lives.
When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn’t know what to expect. She’s ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents “volunteer” Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna—and that stubborn cow, Zora.
This heartwarming story, told in a blend of poetry and prose, reveals the bonds that emerge when we let others into our lives.
Labels: book bunch, book discussion for kids, events/activities for kids, KiDS' RooM News
This Week @ Your Library...
All Week
STEM Fun with Gears! Gears! Gears!
Gears! Gears! Gears! are available for exploration at the desk for kids in grades 1-6. Colorful gears, connectors and interlocking bases, provide endless
possibilities for producing structures or forms. An activity
guide helps with a few starter designs before venturing into the world of creativity.
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!
Adult Book Group @ 6:30PM
Thursday
Library CLOSED
Enjoy our online offerings while we're closed!
* Download ebooks, audiobooks and magazines with OverDrive.
* Begin learning a new language with Mango Languages.
* Take a course on a topic that interests you with Lynda.
* Read magazine and journal articles on your favorite subjects with Ebsco.
* Research and reserve a library activity pass.
* View our newest materials and place a hold from Pinterest.
Friday
Adult Book Group @ 1:00PM
Join All Booked Up as the discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
All Booked Up (adults): Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): Moo by Sharon Creech
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