Edible Structures Winners
Tweens & teens gathered Wednesday night to create structures from edibles provided by the library. These structures were then put on display for judging. Judging ended today with the following results:
1st Place: Catriona Chew with "The Taj MaSheep"
2nd Place: Sarah Rousseau with "Du Krazy Zoo"
3rd Place: Corinne Chew with "The Place Where Anything Can Happen"
Click here to see all of the entries.
Labels: summer reading club for tweens and teens, TeeN RooM News
Summer Concert on the Lawn with Folk Rock Duo Knock on Wood
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| Bring a blanket or chairs and enjoy Knock on Wood on the library lawn! |
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2017 Free Summer Reading Fun
We have four clubs covering ages from birth to 116, all chock full of free events and activities. Concerts, crafts, animal shows, challenges, STEM fun, art, game nights, reading, reading, reading, and so much more are all available to you for FREE.
Come into the library to get started or check out the links below:
"Build a Better World" Early Literacy
ages birth thru 36 months
register here
events and activities info
events and activities calendar
"Build a Better World"
ages 3 thru 5th grade
register here
events and activities info
events and activities calendar
book review forms
"The Yo-Yo-Guy" family entertainment
"Create: The Summer of Imagination"
grades 6th thru 10th
sign-up here
events and activities info
"Feed Your Need to Read"
ages 16 thru 116
register here
events and activities info
extra bingo sheets
"Knock On Wood" Folk Rock Concert family entertainment
Labels: summer reading club for adults, summer reading club for kids, summer reading club for tweens and teens
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Sign-Up for a Summer Reading Club Full of FREE Activities and Events
Three clubs are available:
"Build a Better World" for children birth through 5th grade
"Create: The Summer of Imagination" for tweens and teens in grades 6-10
"Feed Your Need to Read" for teens and adults age 16-116
Kid’s Guessimation Contest
Guesstimate how many LEGO bricks are in the jar for a chance to win 2 tickets to Cinemagic in Merrimack. Closest without going over wins!
Tween & Teen Guessimation Contest
Guesstimate how many LEGO bricks
are in the jar for a chance to win 2 tickets to Cinemagic in
Merrimack. Closest without going over wins!
Tween & Teen Craft-to-Go
Paint a bookend with inspiration from our booklet of ideas.
Tween & Teen Self-Watering Plant
Grow a sunflower using a self-watering system that you put together.
Tuesday
Family Story Time with Biscuit the Dog @ 10:30AM
For anyone who enjoys picture books and silly fun! Bring a blanket and join Miss Carrie-Anne on the library lawn for stories and songs, and fun. Bring a camera for a special appearance by Biscuit the Dog!
Wednesday
Kid's Summer Reading Kick-Off from 11:30AM-1:30PM
Bring a picnic lunch , a blanket, and a gently use book. Join us on the library lawn for crafts, games, and Book Bingo. Rain location: Litchfield Middle School Cafeteria.
Tween & Teen: Edible Architecture Competition @ 6:00PM
Create structures from edibles and go head-to-head in this tasty competition. **Sign-up is required.**
Thursday
Kid's STEM Club @ 2:00PM
Kids in grades 1-6 can join the Campbell High School Robotics Team members for fun and educational games, challenges, projects and experiments. **Registration required.**
High School Drop-In Role Playing Game Night from 4:00PM-8:00PM
Led by Connor Robinson, this drop-in fantasy/sci-fi role-playing game group meets weekly on Thursdays from June 29 - August 17. For more information, call Alex at 424-4044.
Drop-In Tabletop Game Night from 5:00-8:00PM
Game lovers from age 8 thru 108 are invited to meet at the library for game night fun! Volunteer Nick Ozmore brings a wide selection of games and the know-how to play them. **Note: Children under 10 years old must have a parent or caregiver age 14 or older in the building.**
Friday
Infant & Toddler Story Time @ 10:30AM
Baby & Tiny Tales is a lap-sit program for infants and toddlers (birth-35 months) and their caregivers. Bring a blanket and join Miss Carrie-Anne on the library lawn for simple stories, rhymes, songs, and nursery rhymes **Weather permitting.**
Kid's Nature Art with Mrs. Miller @ 1:00PM
A painting activity for kids aged 9-11. Dress accordingly. Join Mrs. Miller on the lawn and create a natural masterpiece. **Registration required.** Rain location: Litchfield Middle School Cafeteria.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
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Summer Reading Club Sign-Up for Kids, Tweens and Teens
Stop by and sign-up for one of our Summer Reading Clubs: "Build a Better World" for children birth-5th grade, or "Create: The Summer of Imagination" for tweens and teens in grades 6-10. Events begin Tuesday, June 27th!
Kid’s Make ’n Take Craft
Stop in the Young Readers’ Room to assemble your "Snake in the Grass" to take home and enjoy! Note: This craft is not available during Story Times.
STEM Fun with Snap Circuits Jr.
Snap Circuits Jr. are available at the desk for exploration by kids in grades 1-6.
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.
Wednesday
Kid's Book Group @ 4:00PM
Book Bunchers in grades 3-5 meet to discuss The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket and complete a short activity.
Thursday
Drop-In LEGO Club from 3:00-5:00PM 6:00-8:00PM
Kids in grades 1-6 build theme-based LEGO creations that are put on display.
Friday
Infant & Toddler Story Time @ 11:30AM
Baby & Tiny Tales is a lap-sit program for infants and toddlers (birth-35 months) and their caregivers. This program includes simple stories, rhymes, songs, and interactive fun.
Check Out What Our Book Clubs are Reading...
Page Turners (grades 6-8): Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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Tween Book Group Reads Shadow and Bone for July 13th
Page Turners, our book group for tweens in grades 6-8, is reading Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo for their get-together on Thursday, July 13th @ 2:30PM. The group begins with an after school snack, followed by a discussion of the book, and a short activity.
Copies of the book are available in the upper-level Teen area and the lower- level Young Readers’ Room.
About the Book
Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and
expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her
first trek across the Shadow Fold—a swath of unnatural darkness
crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina
unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed.
Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country’s magical military elite—and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift.
As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation.
Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.
Labels: book discussion for tweens, events/activities for tweens, kid’s room news, page turners, TeeN RooM News
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STEM Fun with Snap Circuits Jr.
Snap Circuits Jr. are available at the desk for exploration by kids in grades 1-6.
Summer Reading Club Sign-Up for Kids, Tweens and Teens
Stop by and sign your children up for one of our Summer Reading Clubs: "Build a Better World" for children birth-5th grade, or "Create: The Summer of Imagination" for tweens and teens in grades 6-10. Events begin Tuesday, June 27th.
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
Author Chat with Jessie Crockett @ 2:00PM
Join New Hampshire author Jessie Crockett, author of the Sugar Grove Mystery series, for a chat about her books and her process. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Friday
Infant & Toddler Story Time @ 11:30AM
Baby &Tiny Tales is a lap-sit program for infants & toddlers (birth-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): Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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Adult Book Group Reads The Woman in Cabin 10 for July 5th or 7th
Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 is the chosen title for All Booked Up’s discussion on Wednesday, July 5th at 6:30PM or Friday, July 7th at 1:00PM. Copies of the book are available in the upper level “New” room.
About the Book
In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha
Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel
magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a
luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the
waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive
cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea.
At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the
dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the
week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo
witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare:
a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain
accounted for—and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened,
despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone)
has gone terribly, terribly wrong…
With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10—one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.
With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10—one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.
Labels: all booked up, book discussion for adults, events/activities for adults, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
Chat with NH Author Jessie Crockett on June 14th
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"Like Mayberry...with dead bodies." Book available at the library while supplies last! |
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June's Book of the Month is Drizzled in Death
Drizzled in Death by Jessie Crockett is our featured title for June. Jessie will be on hand for an author chat on Wednesday, June 14th at 2:00PM in the library! Copies are available in the “New” room on the upper level of the library.
About the Book
Meet Dani Greene—a fourth-generation maple syrup maker dealing with a first-class troublemaker…
The annual pre-Thanksgiving pancake-eating contest is a big event in Sugar Grove, New Hampshire. It’s sponsored by the Sap Bucket Brigade, aka the firefighters auxiliary, and the Greene family farm provides the syrup. But when obnoxious outsider Alanza Speedwell flops face first into a stack of flapjacks during the contest, Greener Pastures’ syrup falls under suspicion.
Dani knows the police—including her ex-boyfriend—are barking up the wrong tree, and she’s determined to pull her loved ones out of a very sticky situation. The odds may be stacked against her, but she’s got to tap the real killer before some poor sap in her own family ends up trading the sugar house for the Big House…
The annual pre-Thanksgiving pancake-eating contest is a big event in Sugar Grove, New Hampshire. It’s sponsored by the Sap Bucket Brigade, aka the firefighters auxiliary, and the Greene family farm provides the syrup. But when obnoxious outsider Alanza Speedwell flops face first into a stack of flapjacks during the contest, Greener Pastures’ syrup falls under suspicion.
Dani knows the police—including her ex-boyfriend—are barking up the wrong tree, and she’s determined to pull her loved ones out of a very sticky situation. The odds may be stacked against her, but she’s got to tap the real killer before some poor sap in her own family ends up trading the sugar house for the Big House…
Drizzled in Death is the first in a series!
Labels: book of the month club, ReaDiNG RooM News, reading suggestions
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STEM Fun with Snap Circuits Jr.
Snap Circuits Jr. are available at the desk for exploration by kids in grades 1-6.
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.
Wednesday
Adult Book Group @ 6:30PM
Join All Booked Up as they discuss This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp.
Thursday
Tween Book Group @ 2:30PM
Page Turners, a book group for tweens in grades 6-8, meet for a snack, discussion of Hearth of a Samurai by Margi Preus, and a fun activity.
Drop-In LEGO Club from 3:00-5:00PM
Kids in grades 1-6 build theme-based LEGO creations that are put on display.
Friday
Baby & Toddler Tales @ 11:30AM
A lap-sit story time for infants and toddlers (ages birth-35 months) and their caregivers. This program includes simple stories, rhymes, songs, and interactive fun.
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): Hearth of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Book Bunch (grades 3-5): The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
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Remember to READ 4 THe FuN oF iT @ Aaron Cutler Memorial Library!
