Moultonborough Library News
September 2, 2010
A very special author visit will be on Thursday, September 23, when two of New Hampshire’s best nonfiction authors, Sy Montgomery and Howard Mansfield, will be at the library at 7 p.m. for a book signing. Their local appearance is co-sponsored by the library and Bayswater book Company of Center Harbor, and due to the expected turnout for such an interesting program, their book talk and signing will be in the library program room.
Sy has written 15 books on animals and the natural world, including her latest, “Birdology,” plus books on pink dolphins, man-eating tigers, the golden moon bears of southeast Asia, and a number of children’s nonfiction titles about rare animals and the scientists who travel to remote areas to study and save them, including the ground-dwelling Kakapo parrot of New Zealand, tree kangaroos of New Guinea, and the snow leopards of the Himalayas. Howard Mansfield is a cultural historian who has written about early aviator Harry Atwood, one of the first to ever pilot a plane in New Hampshire, in a biography entitled “Skylark,” as well addressing the question of how history affects our present-day culture in “The Same Ax, Twice,” and “In the Memory House.” His latest book is “Turn and Jump: How Time and Place Fell Apart.”
If it’s September, it must be time to get your tickets for the annual Friends of the Library luncheon. We have a new location this year, “Walter’s Basin” restaurant in Holderness, and the topic will be “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past, presented by former Concord Monitor editor Mike Pride. Cost is $25 per person. Tickets will be on sale until September 8, and will be available at Bayswater Books in Center Harbor and at the Library. Tickets are limited to a total of 85, so be sure to get yours promptly in case they sell out. Pride has co-authored three historical works pertaining to New Hampshire; “My Brave Boys: To War With Colonel Cross and the Fighting Fifth,” the story of a New Hampshire regiment in the Civil War, “We Went To War,” a collection of World War II experiences narrated by New Hampshire servicemen, and “The New Hampshire Century: Concord Monitor Profiles of One Hundred People Who Shaped It,” as well as "Too Dead to Die: A Memoir of Bataan and Beyond," which he co-authored with Bataan survivor Steve Raymond, editor of the Tampa Tribune where Pride began his career in journalism. He has also served on the Pulitzer Prize board.
We have two Readathons scheduled for September. On Friday, September 10, children 7th grade and older are invited to a readathon from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., and on Friday, September 24, there will be a readathon for children in grades 4, 5, and 6, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. Please call the library or come in to sign up, let us know what kind of pizza you prefer, and bring a snack to share.
Also in September, we are looking forward to a book discussion, followed by a movie, of “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, on September 23. We have a Southern flavor to our reading plans for the fall season, with “Cross Creek,” followed by “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett on October 28. Rawlings is most famous for her Pulitzer-winning novel “The Yearling,” which was set near her home in north-central Florida. “Cross Creek” is an autobiographical account of the people and place of her rural Florida home in the time period when she lived there during the 1930s. Although originally from the North, Rawlings was immediately attracted to the people, known as “crackers,” and their wild and beautiful countryside, about which she wrote. The discussion begins at 10:30 a.m. and will be led by Sandra Barnes. Bring a bag lunch and stay for a viewing of the 1983 motion picture based on the book, which starred Mary Steenburgen as Rawlings and garnered two Oscar nominations. Extra copies of the book are available for advance reading.
The library and the recreation department are teaming up again on another lecture/bus tour program, following the success of the gardening programs and tour last spring. In September, the library will host a film program entitled “An Island Kingdom,” a documentary on the 400 year-history of the Isles of Shoals, on Thursday, September 9, at 7 p.m., and on Tuesday, September 14, at 10:30 a.m., a lecture on “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” with Marine Educator Ann Beattie. Explore four centuries of life on the nine stark but beautiful Isles, through a series of historical images, ranging from the fishing era, through the great hotel period to the current conference and educational period. Then the recreation department is arranging a boat trip to the Isles of Shoals on Wednesday, September 15, leaving Moultonborough at 7 a.m. for a bus trip to Portsmouth and a boat ride to the Shoals, tour and return. Cost for the trip is $40; the library programs are free of charge and open to anyone interested, whether going on the boat trip or not.
“Evening of Poetry” at the Moultonborough Library is on the calendar for Tuesday evening, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. Guest readers will be Robert Demaree and Kelley Jean White, followed by “open mike” time for poetry sharing.
Demaree, the host for the evening, has appeared previously at the Moultonborough Library. He also has written four poetry collections, and is a retired school administrator who has had over 450 poems published or accepted. White is a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard who has returned to New Hampshire after 25 years of pediatric practice in inner-city Philadelphia. She is the author of four full-length poetry collections, including “Two Birds in Flame,” a book of poems inspired by Shaker themes, which is available at the library.”Poetry program coordinator Priscilla Burlingham notes that “All are welcome to participate and to listen. Bring some words or a song and shire it in the Open Mike portion.
This week’s new fiction includes “Postcard Killers,” by James Patterson; “Three Stations,” by Martin Cruz Smith; “Bad Boy,” by Peter Robinson; “Body Work,” by Sara Paretsky; “Lost Empire,” by Clive Cussler; and “Spider Bones,” by Kathy Reichs.
If you’re not always within reach of our local newspaper, and need to keep up on current library events, you may go to the library website (www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.) and click on “join our mailing list” to receive monthly updates on library programs for adults and children.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Preschool Storytimes: Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. (PJ Storytime) and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All area preschoolers welcome.
Tuesday, September 7, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with guest host Bob Demaree.
Thursday, September 9, 10:30 a.m. Book Talk book discussion. Come and discuss all your summer reading favorites.
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. “An Island Kingdom,” documentary film on the history of the Isles of Shoals, produced by Andrea Melville.
Friday, September 10, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Readathon for children grades 7 and up. Signup required.
Tuesday, September 14, 10:30 a.m. “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” lecture with marine educator Ann Beattie.
Wednesday, September 15, 7:00 a.m. Bus/Boat Trip to the Isles of Shoals. Please call the Recreation Department at 476-8868 to make reservations for the trip. Cost is $40 per person.
Thursday, September 16, 3:00 Lego Lover’s Club. Come and create whatever you can imagine, made from Legos.
Wednesday, September 22, 12 noon: Friends of the Library annual luncheon, Walter’s Basin restaurant, Holderness. “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past,” by Mike Pride.
Thursday, September 23, 10:30 a.m. Book Discussion, “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Discussion led by Sandra Barnes. Bring a bag lunch and stay to view the movie.
Thursday, September 23, 7:00 p.m. Book signing with authors Sy Montgomery and Howard Mansfield.
Friday, September 24, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Readathon for children grades 4, 5, and 6. Signup required.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed. The library will be closed on Monday, September 6, for the Labor Day holiday.
Moultonboroguh Library News
August 26, 2010
Now on sale, tickets for the annual Friends of the Library luncheon, which this year will be at Walter’s Basin restaurant in Holderness on Wednesday, September 22 at noon. The speaker will be former Concord Monitor editor Mike Pride, and his topic will be “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past.” Cost is $25 per person. Tickets will be on sale from August 23 until September 8, and will be available at Bayswater Books in Center Harbor and at the Library. Tickets are limited to a total of 85, so be sure to get yours promptly in case they sell out. In addition to his newspaper career, Pride has co-authored two historical works pertaining to New Hampshire; “My Brave Boys: To War With Colonel Cross and the Fighting Fifth,” the story of a New Hampshire regiment in the Civil War, which he spoke about at a previous author luncheon in Moultonborough, and “The New Hampshire Century: Concord Monitor Profiles of One Hundred People Who Shaped It,” and also "Too Dead to Die: A Memoir of Bataan and Beyond," which he co-authored with Bataan survivor Steve Raymond, editor of the Tampa Tribune where Pride began his career in journalism. He has also served on the Pulitzer Prize board.
Extra copies of the September book discussion titles, “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, have arrived for those who wish to get started with their reading for the discussion and movie on September 23. We have a Southern flavor to our reading plans for the fall season, with “Cross Creek,” followed by “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett on October 28. Rawlings is most famous for her Pulitzer-winning novel “The Yearling,” which was set near her home in north-central Florida. “Cross Creek” is an autobiographical account of the people and place of her rural Florida home, between Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake, where her home is now a state historic site, in the 1930s. Although originally from the North, Rawlings was immediately attracted to the people, known as “crackers,” and their wild and beautiful countryside, about which she wrote. The discussion begins at 10:30 a.m. and will be led by Sandra Barnes. Bring a bag lunch and stay for a viewing of the 1983 motion picture based on the book, which starred Mary Steenburgen as Rawlings and garnered two Oscar nominations.
The library and the recreation department are teaming up again on another lecture/bus tour program, following the success of the gardening programs and tour last spring. In September, the library will host a film program entitled “An Island Kingdom,” a documentary on the 400 year-history of the Isles of Shoals, on Thursday, September 9, at 7 p.m., and on Tuesday, September 14, at 10:30 a.m., a lecture on “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” with Marine Educator Ann Beattie. Explore four centuries of life on the nine stark but beautiful Isles, through a series of historical images, ranging from the fishing era, through the great hotel period to the current conference and educational period. Then the recreation department is arranging a boat trip to the Isles of Shoals on Wednesday, September 15, leaving Moultonborough at 7 a.m. for a bus trip to Portsmouth and a boat ride to the Shoals, tour and return. Cost for the trip is $40; the library programs are free of charge.
“Evening of Poetry” at the Moultonborough Library is on the calendar for Tuesday evening, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. Guest readers will be Robert Demaree and Kelley Jean White, followed by “open mike” time for poetry sharing.
White is a graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard who has returned to New Hampshire after 25 years of pediatric practice in inner-city Philadelphia. She is the author of four full-length poetry collections, including “Two Birds in Flame,” a book of poems inspired by Shaker themes, which is available at the library. Demaree, the host for the evening, has appeared previously at the Moultonborough Library. He also has written four poetry collections, and is a retired school administrator who has had over 450 poems published or accepted. Poetry program coordinator Priscilla Burlingham notes that “All are welcome to participate and to listen. Bring some words or a song and shire it in the Open Mike portion.”
New items added to the collection this week include “Crossfire,” by Dick and Felix Francis; “Tough Customer,” by Sandra Brown; “The Cobra,” by Frederick Forsyth; “Veil of Night,” by Linda Howard; “Forbidden Fruit,” a new Corinna Chapman mystery by Kerry Greenwood; “The Last Lie,” by Stephen White; “A Small Death in the Great Glen,” a mystery set in Scotland by A.D. Scott; “I’d Know You Anywhere,” by Laura Lippman; “Promises to Keep,” by Jane Green; “Red Hook Road,” by Ayelet Waldman; “Super Sad True Love Story,” by Gary Shteyngart; and in nonfiction, “Packing For Mars: the curious science of life in the void,” by Mary Roach; “Fur Fortune, and Empire: the history of the fur trade in North America,” by Eric J. Dolin; and “The Fall of the House of Walworth,” a Gilded Age tale of madness and murder by Geoffrey O’Brien. New on DVD, thanks to book sale donations, is “Friday Night Lights,” (just in time for football season), and on audio CD, “The Virgin’s Lover,” by Philippa Gregory, a tale of Queen Elizabeth I.
If you’re not always within reach of our local newspaper, and need to keep up on current library events, you may go to the library website (www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.) and click on “join our mailing list” to receive monthly updates on library programs for adults and children.
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Preschool Storytimes: Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. (PJ Storytime) and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All area preschoolers welcome.
Tuesday, September 7, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with guest host Bob Demaree.
Thursday, September 9, 10:30 a.m. Book Talk book discussion. Come and discuss all your summer reading favorites.
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. “An Island Kingdom,” documentary film on the history of the Isles of Shoals, produced by Andrea Melville.
Tuesday, September 14, 10:30 a.m. “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” lecture with marine educator Ann Beattie.
Wednesday, September 15, 7:00 a.m. Bus/Boat Trip to the Isles of Shoals. Please call the Recreation Department at 476-8868 to make reservations for the trip. Cost is $40 per person.
Thursday, September 16, 3:00 Lego Lover’s Club. Come and create whatever you can imagine, made from Legos.
Wednesday, September 22, 12 noon: Friends of the Library annual luncheon, Walter’s Basin restaurant, Holderness. “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past,” by Mike Pride.
Thursday, September 23, 10:30 a.m. Book Discussion, “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Discussion led by Sandra Barnes. Bring a bag lunch and stay to view the movie.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed. The library will be closed on Monday, September 6, for the Labor Day holiday.
Moultonborough Library News
August 19, 2010
This week’s batch of new books and media for our patrons to enjoy includes mainly children’s books, ranging from young adult titles such as “Dirt Road Home,” by Watt Key, a companion to “Alabama Moon;” “The Wager,” by Donna Jo Napoli; “Eleventh Grade Burns,” by Heather Brewer, fourth in the “Chronicles of Vladimir Tod vampire series, and “The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had,” by Kristin Levine. In juvenile fiction, we added “Shadow,” by Jenny Moss, a story from a kingdom far away and long ago; “As Simple As it Seems,” by Sarah Weeks, author of “So B. It;” and “Smells Like a Dog,” by Suzanne Selfors, in which Homer Pudding, a farm boy, inherits a dog with a gold coin on his collar, and his Uncle Drake’s quest for pirate treasure. New in easy picture books are “Hot Rod Hamster” and “Snowflake Comes to Stay,” by local author and illustrator Karel Hayes. We also added audiobooks for young listeners, including “Keeping the Moon,” by Ssarah Dessen; “Ever,” by Gail Carson Levine; “Summer According to Humphrey,” by Betty G. Birney; “The Secret Book Club,” number five in the Main Street series by Ann M. Martin; “Alchemy and Meggy Swan,” by Karen Cushman; “The Home Run Kid Races On,” by Matt Christopher; “Shoot-out,” by Mike Lupica, and “Dragon Tales,” a collection of classic dragon stories including “The Reluctant Dragon,” by Kenneth Grahame and “The Island of the Nine Whirlpools,” and two more dragon tales by Edith Nesbit.
We have added audiobooks for grownups thanks to book sale donations, including “Bones to Ashes,” by Kathy Reichs; “Nemesis,” by Agatha Christie; “Down River,” by John Hart; “Honor Bound,” by WEB Griffin; and “Arctic Drift,” by Clive Cussler. This week’s new movies are “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” based on the young adult novel by Jeff Kinney, and “Ghost Writer,” with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor, about a British prime minister and the ghost writer hired to compile his memoirs.
Extra copies of the September book discussion titles, “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, have arrived for those who wish to get started with their reading for the discussion and movie on September 23. We have a Southern flavor to our reading plans, with “Cross Creek,” followed by “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett on October 28. Rawlings is most famous for her Pulitzer-winning novel “The Yearling,” which was set near her home in north-central Florida. “Cross Creek” is an autobiographical account of the people and place of her rural Florida home, between Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake, where her home is now a state historic site. In October we will move up the time scale to the 1960s and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement, with “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett, a bestseller for over a year. Both programs begin at 10:30 a.m. Bring a bag lunch and stay after the discussion of “Cross Creek” for a viewing of the 1983 motion picture based on the book, which starred Mary Steenburgen as Rawlings and garnered two Oscar nominations. Sandra Barnes will be the discussion leader for “Cross Creek,” and Jennifer Lee for “The Help.”
The library and the recreation department are teaming up again on another lecture/bus tour program, following the success of the gardening programs and tour last spring. In September, the library will host a film program entitled “An Island Kingdom,” a documentary on the 400 year-history of the Isles of Shoals, on Thursday, September 9, at 7 p.m., and on Tuesday, September 14, at 10:30 a.m., a lecture on “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” with Marine Educator Ann Beattie. Then the recreation department is arranging a boat trip to the Isles of Shoals on Wednesday, September 15, leaving Moultonborough at 7 a.m. for a bus trip to Portsmouth and a boat ride to the Shoals, tour and return. Cost for the trip is $40; the library programs are free of charge.
Also in September, the annual Friends of the Library luncheon is planned, and this year it will be at Walter’s Basin restaurant in Holderness on Wednesday, September 22 at noon. The speaker will be former Concord Monitor editor Mike Pride, and his topic will be “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past.” Cost is $25 per person. Tickets go on sale August 23, and will be available at Bayswater Books in Center Harbor and at the Library until September 8.
During the month of August, the library is hosting an art show to display the works of art teacher Karel Hayes’ students, including watercolors of birds, flowers, and landscapes, which will be available for viewing during regular library hours. The works of art will be on display through the end of the month.
If you’re not always within reach of our local newspaper, and need to keep up on current library events, you may go to the library website (www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.) and click on “join our mailing list” to receive monthly updates on library programs for adults and children.
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Preschool Storytimes: Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. (PJ Storytime) and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All area preschoolers welcome.
Thursday, August 19, 3:00 Lego Lover’s Club. Come and create whatever you can imagine, made from Legos.
Tuesday, September 7, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with guest host Bob Demaree.
Thursday, September 9, 10:30 a.m. Book Talk book discussion. Come and discuss all your summer reading favorites.
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. “An Island Kingdom,” documentary film on the history of the Isles of Shoals, produced by Andrea Melville.
Tuesday, September 14, 10:30 a.m. “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” lecture with marine educator Ann Beattie.
Wednesday, September 15, 7:00 a.m. Bus/Boat Trip to the Isles of Shoals. Please call the Recreation Department at 476-8868 to make reservations for the trip. Cost is $40 per person.
Wednesday, September 22, 12 noon: Friends of the Library annual luncheon, Walter’s Basin restaurant, Holderness. “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past,” by Mike Pride.
Thursday, September 23, 10:30 a.m. Book Discussion, “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Discussion led by Sandra Barnes. Bring a bag lunch and stay to view the movie.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed. The library will be closed on Monday, September 6, for the Labor Day holiday.
Moultonborough Library News
August 12, 2010
“The Mount” has been a beloved feature of life on Winnipesaukee for well over a century, and even the “new Mount” has been on Winni for seven decades. The library will host David Warren of Melvin Village on Tuesday, August 17, at 7:30 p.m., when he will talk about “The SS Mt. Washington and World War II.” “The Mount” has a deep and colorful history that goes all the way back to the early days of steam power, and it played an important part in the transformation of the Lakes Region in the days of the industrial revolution and the coming of the railroads. This presentation centers on “The Mount” during the 1930s and 1940s, including the fire that destroyed the original “Mount” and the moving of the steamboat “Chateauguay” from Lake Champlain to take her place, as well as the engineering disaster that was revealed at the launching and how she was nearly scrapped following WWII. There will be a film of the “Mount” during that time period. David is retired engineer and expert modeler who has been in the hobby for 55 years, and like most modelers is extremely interested in the history of the ships he has built as models. His Mount Washington scale model is on display at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, where he is head of the research library and works on the exhibits. His model of the “Lady of the Lakes” steamboat is at the NH Boat Museum, also in Wolfeboro. David’s program will be on Tuesday, August 17, at 7:00 p.m.
All readers are welcome to join the “Book Talk” group next Thursday, August 12, at 10:30 a.m. for a sharing of books recently read. Come and share your latest reading pleasures and pick up some ideas for what to read next.
Looking ahead to the fall, the Friends of the Library have two books discussions planned in September and October. We have a Southern flavor to our reading plans, with “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings on September 23 and “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett on October 28. Rawlings is most famous for her Pulitzer-winning novel “The Yearling,” which was set near her home in north-central Florida. “Cross Creek” is an autobiographical account of the people and place of her rural Florida home, between Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake, where her home is now a state historic site. In October we will move up the time scale to the 1960s and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement, with “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett, a bestseller for over a year. Both programs begin at 10:30 a.m. Bring a bag lunch and stay after the discussion of “Cross Creek” for a viewing of the 1983 motion picture based on the book, which starred Mary Steenburgen as Rawlings. Sandra Barnes will be the discussion leader for “Cross Creek,” and Jennifer Lee for “The Help.” Extra copies of “Cross Creek” have been ordered from other libraries and will be available for advance reading in mid-August.
The library and the recreation department are teaming up again on another lecture/bus tour program, following the success of the gardening programs and tour last spring. In September, the library will host a film program entitled “An Island Kingdom,” a documentary on the 400 year-history of the Isles of Shoals, on Thursday, September 9, at 7 p.m., and on Tuesday, September 14, at 10:30 a.m., a lecture on “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” with Marine Educator Ann Beattie. Then the recreation department is arranging a boat trip to the Isles of Shoals on Wednesday, September 15, leaving Moultonboro at 7 a.m. for a bus trip to Portsmouth and a boat ride to the Shoals, tour and return. Cost for the trip is $40; the library programs are free of charge.
Also in September, the annual Friends of the Library luncheon is planned, and this year it will be at Walter’s Basin restaurant in Holderness on Wednesday, September 22 at noon. The speaker will be former Concord Monitor editor Mike Pride, and his topic will be “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past.” Cost is $25 per person. Tickets go on sale August 23, and will be available at Bayswater Books in Center Harbor and at the Library.
During the month of August, the library is hosting an art show to display the works of art teacher Karel Hayes’ students, including watercolors of birds, flowers, and landscapes, which will be available for viewing during regular library hours. The works of art will be on display through the end of the month.
Summer computer classes with Kyle Libby are also winding down but we still have Computer Peripherals (second session) on August 9, 16, and 23 at 7:00 p.m. Please call the library to sign up, or for details of dates and times, which are also listed on the library website.
If you’re not always within reach of our local newspaper, and need to keep up on current library events, you may go to the library website (www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.) and click on “join our mailing list” to receive monthly updates on library programs for adults and children.
We have new books from some popular authors, including “Evidence of Murder,” by Lisa Black; “Star Island,” by Carl Hiassen; “Hangman,” by Faye Kellerman; “Cure,” by Robin Cook; “In Harm’s Way,” by Ridley Pearson; “Scarlet Nights,” by Jude Deveraux; “Burn,” by Nevada Barr; “Garden of Betrayal,” by Lee Vance; “the Whisperers,” by John Connolly; “the Moses Expedition,” by Juan Gomez-Jurando, and “The Vigilantes, “ W.E.B. Griffin.
New for juvenile and young adult readers are “Just Grace” and “Still Just Grace,” by Charlise Harper; “Killer,” “Unbelievable,” and “Wicked,” by Sara Shepard, and volumes 4 and 5 of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series (volumes 1-3 are on the way).
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Preschool Storytimes: Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m. (PJ Storytime) and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. All area preschoolers welcome.
Tuesday, August 17, 7:00 p.m. “Story of the SS Mount Washington and World War II,” with David Warren of Melvin Village.
Thursday, August 19, 3:00 Lego Lover’s Club. Come and create whatever you can imagine, made from Legos.
Tuesday, September 7, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with guest host Bob Demaree.
Thursday, September 9, 10:30 a.m. Book Talk book discussion. Come and discuss all your summer reading favorites.
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. “An Island Kingdom,” documentary film on the history of the Isles of Shoals, produced by Andrea Melville.
Tuesday, September 14, 10:30 a.m. “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” lecture with marine educator Ann Beattie.
Wednesday, September 15, 7:00 a.m. Bus/Boat Trip to the Isles of Shoals. Please call the Recreation Department at 476-8868 to make reservations for the trip. Cost is $40 per person.
Wednesday, September 22, 12 noon: Friends of the Library annual luncheon, Walter’s Basin restaurant, Holderness. “History’s Call: Freeing the Voices of New Hampshire’s Past,” by Mike Pride.
Thursday, September 23, 10:30 a.m. Book Discussion, “Cross Creek,” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Discussion led by Sandra Barnes. Bring a bag lunch and stay to view the movie.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed. The library will be closed on Monday, September 6, for the Labor Day holiday.
Moultonborough Library News
August 5, 2010
We have enjoyed our program about Mount Washington, the mountain summit, and we now look forward to hosting David Warren of Melvin Village, who will talk about Lake Winnipesaukee’s excursion boat Mt. Washington. His program is entitled, “The SS Mt. Washington and World War II.” “The Mount” has a deep and colorful history that goes all the way back to the early days of steam power, and it played an important part in the transformation of the Lakes Region in the days of the industrial revolution and the coming of the railroads. This presentation centers on “The Mount” during the 1930s and 1940s, including the fire that destroyed the original “Mount” and the moving of the steamboat “Chateauguay” from Lake Champlain to take her place, as well as the engineering disaster that was revealed at the launching and how she was nearly scrapped following WWII. There will be a film of the “Mount” during that time period. David is an expert modeler and his Mount Washington scale model is on display at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, while his model of the “Lady of the Lakes” steamboat is at the NH Boat Museum, also in Wolfeboro. David’s program will be on Tuesday, August 17, at 7:00 p.m.
The summer reading program, “Make a Splash-READ!” wraps up on Wednesday, August 11, with an appearance by musician Paul Warnick at 7:00 p.m., with singing around the campfire, followed by a delicious ice cream party. Plus, we have the “Catch the Reading Wave” Reading Game where readers can win cool prizes-reading program participants can play each time they visit the library. Don’t forget to fill in your reading log to record the books you read this summer, and choose a prize when you have read the minimum for your age group.
All readers are welcome to join the “Book Talk” group next Thursday, August 12, at 10:30 a.m. for a sharing of books recently read. Come and share your latest reading pleasures and pick up some ideas for what to read next.
The library and the recreation department are teaming up again on another lecture/bus tour program, following the success of the gardening programs and tour last spring. In September, the library will host a film program entitled “An Island Kingdom,” a documentary on the 400 year-history of the Isles of Shoals, on Thursday, September 9, at 7 p.m., and on Tuesday, September 14, at 10:30 a.m., a lecture on “The Isles of Shoals Through Time,” with Marine Educator Ann Beattie. Then the recreation department is arranging a boat trip to the Isles of Shoals on Wednesday, September 15, leaving Moultonboro at 7 a.m. for a bus trip to Portsmouth and a boat ride to the Shoals, tour and return. Cost for the trip is $40; the library programs are free of charge.
During the month of August, the library will host an art show to display the works of art teacher Karel Hayes’ students, including watercolors of birds, flowers, and landscapes, which will be available for viewing during regular library hours. The works of art will be on display through the end of the month.
Summer computer classes with Kyle Libby are also winding down but we still have Computer Peripherals (second session) on August 9, 16, and 23 at 7:00 p.m. Please call the library to sign up, or for details of dates and times, which are also listed on the library website.
If you’re not always within reach of our local newspaper, and need to keep up on current library events, you may go to the library website (www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.) and click on “join our mailing list” to receive monthly updates on library programs for adults and children.
We have had a big haul of new books for children and adults this week, with about fifty new books added to the list. New mysteries include “The Long Quiche Goodbye,” by Avery Aames; “The Dark Vineyard,” by Martin Walker; “Shadow Zone,” by Iris Johansen; and “Queen of the Night,” by J.A. Jance. New in fiction are “Layover in Dubai,” by Dan Fesperman; “A Dog’s Purpose,” by W. Bruce Cameron; “Fly Away Home,” by Jennifer Weiner; “The Island,” by Elin Hilderbrand; “Perfect Reader,” by Maggie Pouncey; “the Red Queen,” by Phillippa Gregory; and “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” by Jennifer Egan. We have new nonfiction, including “No Way Down: Life and Death on K2,” by Graham Bowley; “Seaworthy,” by Linda Greenlaw, in which the author of “The Hungry Ocean” goes back to sea; “Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives,” about the lives of zoo animals, by Thomas French; “The Cheapskate Next Door,” by Jeff Yeager; “Fiesta at Rick’s,” by Rick Bayless, and “Oh My Dog,” by Beth O. Stern.
Besides all that, we have lots of new juvenile and young adult reading, including extra copies of some required summer reading choices, including “Misfits,” by James Howe, and “House on Mango Street,” by Sandra Cisneros. Among the other new titles are “”Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer,” by John Grisham; “The Necromancer,” by Michael Scott; three volumes in Sara Shepard’s “Pretty Little Liars” series, including “Pretty Little Liars, “Heartless,” and “Flawless,” with the remaining titles on order; “The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place,” a cliffhanger by Maryrose Wood; “The Thing About Georgie,” by Lisa Graff; “The Secret Life of Prince Charming,” by Deb Caletti; “Hawksmaid,” by Kathryn Lasky; and “As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth,” by Lynn Perkins.
For those who would rather listen to their books, we have added “Think Twice,” by Lisa Scottoline; “the Burning Wire,” by Jeffrey Deaver; “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand,” by Helen Simonson; “The Lion,” by Nelson DeMille; “Deliver Us From Evil,” by David Baldacci; “Caught,” by Harlan Coben; and “Private,” by James Patterson, plus “Field Guide to the North American Wacko,” a collection of highlights from NPR’s Car Talk program, and “Last Bus to Woodstock,” a replacement for the audiobook on cassette by Colin Dexter.
After that, we also have new movies, such as season one of “Clone Wars” based on the Star Wars movies; series two of “Pie in the Sky,” a BBC mystery; and “The Most Dangerous Man in America,” about Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.
And we have new music CDs, including artists Sheryl Crow, Lady Gaga, Sting, Carole King and James Taylor, Sarah MacLachlan and Lady Antebellum.
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other
Wednesday, August 11, 7:00 p.m. Campfire Sing Ice Cream Party to celebrate the conclusion of the Summer Reading Program, with entertainment by musician Paul Warnick.
Thursday, August 12, 10:30 a.m.-Book Talk, book discussion group. All are welcome to attend and discuss whatever they have enjoyed reading lately.
Thursday, August 19, 3:00 Lego Lover’s Club. Come and create whatever you can imagine, made from Legos.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed.
Moultonborough Library News
July 29, 2010
We will explore New Hampshire’s famous “Mount Washington” in two different formats this month, with evening lecture programs on the mountain summit and the Lake Winnipesaukee excursion boat. First, we have “Life at the Top,” on Monday, August 2 at 7 p.m., about life on the summit of Mount Washington, the highest mountain in the northeast, presented by former weather observer and author Eric Pinder. Eric worked at “The Obs” for seven years, and will share photos, video, and anecdotes from the top of New England, plus excerpts from his new children’s book, “Cat in the Clouds,” about the Nin, the resident feline of the summit, and from “Life at the Top,” his nonfiction book about life at the observatory. A bit further into August, we will be hosting David Warren of Melvin Village, who will talk about “The SS Mt. Washington and World War II.” David is an expert modeler and his Mount Washington scale model is on display at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, while his model of the “Lady of the Lakes” steamboat is at the NH Boat Museum, also in Wolfeboro. David’s program will be on Tuesday, August 17, at 7:00 p.m.
The summer reading program, “Make a Splash-READ!” is winding to a close, but we still have a couple of excellent programs left on the schedule. First, on Tuesday, August 3, we will have PJ Storytime at 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, August 4, the extremely popular Wildlife Encounters Zoo will be here at 3:30 with a very cool live animal show. The reading program wraps up on the following Wednesday, August 11, with an appearance by musician Paul Warnick at 7:00 p.m., followed by a delicious ice cream party. Plus, we have the “Catch the Reading Wave” Reading Game where readers can win cool prizes-reading program participants can play each time they visit the library. Don’t forget to fill in your reading log to record the books you read this summer, and choose a prize when you have read the minimum for your age group.
Following the end of the beautiful quilt display that we enjoyed during July, we will have an art show to display the works of art teacher Karel Hayes’ students, starting with a reception on Wednesday, August 4 at 5:00 p.m. The works of art will be on display through the end of the month.
Summer computer classes with Kyle Libby are also winding down but we still have Computer Peripherals (second session) on August 9, 16, and 23 at 7:00 p.m. Please call the library to sign up, or for details of dates and times, which are also listed on the library website.
This week’s new fiction includes “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” by Lionel Shriver; “The Rembrandt Affair,” by Daniel Silva; and “Mr. Peanut,” by Adam Ross. We have new large print titles, including “Family Ties,” by Danielle Steel; “Private,” by James Patterson; and “The Lion,” by Nelson DeMille.
New movies are “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” books one, two, and three, from Nickleodeon TV; Inspector Lynley, seasons five and six, to go along with the first four seasons that we received by donation; two episodes of Inspector Morse that we were lacking, “Secret of Bay 5B” and “Deceived By Flight;” “When You’re Strange,” a movie about the Doors musical group; and other donations, including “Black Dahlia,” “Art School Confidential,” “Mr. Bean’s Holiday,” with Rowan Atkinson; “Living With Wolves” from the Discovery Channel; Dudley Do-Right,” a live-action remake of the old cartoon series; and “Follow the River,” a Hallmark production based on a novel by James Alexander Thom about women captured by the Shawnee who make their way home again. New in audiobook are “The Do It With Mirrors,” a Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie, and “Money, Money,” Money” by Ed McBain, an 87th Precinct mystery.
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other
Monday, August 2, 7 p.m.-“Life at the Top: Home of the World’s Worst Weather,” program about Mount Washington, with author Eric Pinder.
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30 p.m.-PJ Storytime in the children’s room.
Tuesday, August 3, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with guest host Walter Butts, NH Poet Laureate, followed by “open mike” for sharing of poetry by audience members.
Wednesday, August 4, 3:30 p.m. Wildlife Encounters Zoo, with life animal presentations, for ages 5 and up.
Wednesday, August 11, 7:00 p.m. Ice Cream Party to celebrate the conclusion of the Summer Reading Program, with entertainment by musician Paul Warnick.
Thursday, August 12, 10:30 a.m.-Book Talk, book discussion group. All are welcome to attend and discuss whatever they have enjoyed reading lately.
Thursday, August 19, 3:00 Lego Lover’s Club. Come and create whatever you can imagine, made from Legos.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed.
Moultonborough Library News
July 22, 2010
Coming up soon on the evening program schedule are “Life at the Top,” on Monday, August 2 at 7 p.m., about life on the summit of Mount Washington, by former weather observer and author Eric Pinder. Eric worked at “The Obs” for seven years, and will share photos, video, and anecdotes from the top of New England, plus excerpts from his new children’s book, “Cat in the Clouds,” about the Nin, the resident feline of the summit, and from “Life at the Top,” his nonfiction book about life at the observatory. A bit further into August, we will be hosting David Warren of Melvin Village, who will talk about “The SS Mt. Washington and World War II.” David is an expert modeler and his Mount Washington scale model is on display at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, while his model of the “Lady of the Lakes” steamboat is at the NH Boat Museum, also in Wolfeboro. David’s program will be on Tuesday, August 17, at 7:00 p.m.
The summer reading program, “Make A Splash-Read!” is in full swing, with upcoming activities including magician Norman Ng on Tuesday, July 27 at 7:00 p.m. for ages 6 and up; and on Wednesday, July 28, a Fairy House craft at the Loon Center. Plus, we have the “Catch the Reading Wave” Reading Game where readers can win cool prizes-reading program participants can play each time they visit the library. Don’t forget to fill in your reading log to record the books you read this summer, and choose a prize when you have read the minimum for your age group.
Summer computer classes with Kyle Libby have been very well attended and greatly enjoyed by the students, and there are two classes remaining for those who are interested. Internet Services (second session) and Computer Peripherals (second session) are yet to come in August. Please call the library to sign up, or for details of dates and times, which are also listed on the library website.
Lots of new books arrived this week to refill the “new” shelves that have been depleted by our many summer patrons, including “Captive Queen,” a novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine, by Alison Weir (we also have Weir’s biography of Eleanor); “Cars From a Marriage,” by Debra Galant; “The Chill of Night,” by James Hayman; “The Cookbook Collector,” by Allegra Goodman; “Corduroy Mansions,” by Alexander McCall Smith, the first of a new series set in London and featuring Freddie the Pimlico terrier; “Heart of the Matter,” by Emily Giffin; “Elegies for the Brokenhearted,” by Christie Hodgen; “The Lies We Told,” by Diane Chamberlain; “The Passage,” by Justin Cronin; “The Summer We Read Gatsby,” by Danielle Ganek; “The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet,” by David Mitchell; “What is Left the Daughter,” by Howard Norman; “Seven Year Switch,” by Claire Cook; “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake,” by Aimee Bender; “A Fierce Radiance,” by Lauren Belfer; “So Cold the River,” by Michael Koryta; “The Bone Fire,” by Christine Barber; “Rules of Betrayal,” by Christopher Reich; and “First Thrills,” a short story collection edited by Lee Child.
New in nonfiction are “98 Orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one New York tenement,” by Jane Ziegelman; “The Perfect Finish,” a dessert cookbook by Bill Yosses; “The Craft of the Cocktail,” by Dale DeGroff; “How Did You Get This Number,” a collection of essays by Sloane Crosby; “The Upside of Irrationality: the unexpected benefits of defying logic at work and at home,” by Dan Ariely; “Women Food and God: an unexpected path to almost everything,” by Geneen Roth; “the Climate War,” by Eric Pooley; and “Living Gluten-Free For Dummies.”
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 p.m. Program with Magician Norman Ng, for ages 6 and up.
Wednesday, July 28, 12:00 noon. Fairy House program at the Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road.
Monday, August 2, 7 p.m.-“Life at the Top: Home of the World’s Worst Weather,” program about Mount Washington, with author Eric Pinder.
Tuesday, August 3, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with guest host Walter Butts, Nh Poet Laureate, followed by “open mike” for sharing of poetry by audience members.
Wednesday, August 4, 3:30 p.m. Wildlife Encounters Zoo, with life animal presentations, for ages 5 and up.
Wednesday, August 11, 7:00 p.m. Ice Cream Party to celebrate the conclusion of the Summer Reading Program, with entertainment by musician Paul Warnick.
Thursday, August 12, 10:30 a.m.-Book Talk, book discussion group. All are welcome to attend and discuss whatever they have enjoyed reading lately.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed.
Moultonborough Library News
July 15, 2010
This year’s book sale, the 24th annual, was another successful weekend, with more books sold than ever before. We began with 1050 boxes packed and sorted, and ended with about 200. Profits were down this year, because we were so inundated with book donations, including the leftovers from 2009, that we had to drop the prices to 25 cents each for the last two days of the sale in order to minimize the amount that would be left over to be packed up and moved back to the library basement. That made for a lot of happy book buyers! We grossed about $7500 for the three days, and of course there is the cost of the tent rental to be subtracted from the total. More importantly, we moved about 800 boxes, or about 15,000 books, to new owners and readers. Donations have already started to accumulate for the 2011 sale.
Recent evening programs at the library, including the “History of the Red Hill Fire Tower” and the “Big House, Little House, Backhouse, Barn,” program have been jam-packed with listeners. Coming up soon are “Life at the Top,” about life on the summit of Mount Washington, by former weather observer and author Eric Pinder. Eric worked at “The Obs” for seven years, and will share photos, video, and anecdotes from the top of New England, plus excerpts from his new children’s book, “Cat in the Clouds,” about the Nin, the resident feline of the summit, and from “Life at the Top,” his nonfiction book about life at the observatory. A bit further into August, we will be hosting David Warren of Melvin Village, who will talk about “The SS Mt. Washington and World War II.” David is an expert modeler and his Mount Washington scale model is on display at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, while his model of the “Lady of the Lakes” steamboat is at the NH Boat Museum, also in Wolfeboro. David’s program will be on Tuesday, August 17, at 7:00 p.m.
The summer reading program, “Make A Splash-Read!” is in full swing, with upcoming activities including a Readathon on Friday July 16 for grades 7 and up; Singer Steve Blunt and artist Marty Kelley on Wednesday, July 21 at 3:00; magician Norman Ng on Tuesday, July 27 at 7:00 p.m. for ages 6 and up; and on Wednesday, July 28, a Fairy House craft at the Loon Center. Plus, we have the “Catch the Reading Wave” Reading Game where readers can win cool prizes-reading program participants can play each time they visit the library. Don’t forget to fill in your reading log to record the books you read this summer, and choose a prize when you have read the minimum for your age group.
Summer computer classes with Kyle Libby have begun, but there are still plenty of choices to sign up and improve your computer literacy. Internet Services (second session), Email, Digital Camera, Computer Peripherals (second session) and Online Shopping are all yet to come in July and August. a second session of the Digital Camera class, to be held on Thursday, July 15 and 22 at 10:30 a.m., has been added due to the popularity of this offering. Please call the library to sign up, or for details of dates and times, which are also listed on the library website.
New books have arrived this week, including the long-awaited “Sizzling 16” by Janet Evanovich, of which we now have two regular copies, one large print, and one audiobook. Also new in fiction are “One Day,” by David Nicholls; “Ice Cold,” by Tess Gerritsen; “the Search,” by Nora Roberts; “Private,” by James Patterson; “In The Name of Honor,” by Richard North Patterson; “As Husbands Go,” by Susan Isaacs; “Work Song,” by Ivan Doig; “Think of a Number,” by John Verdon; “Foreign Influence,” by Brad Thor; “Dead Line,” by Stella Rimington; “Family Ties,” by Danielle Steel; and in mystery, “Caper,” by Russell Hall, and “Faithful Place,” by Tana French. Thanks to a great donation that was diverted from the book sale, we have added the first four seasons of the Inspector Lynley mystery series, based on the books by Elizabeth George, to the DVD series collection, a total of 17 episodes.
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Friday, July16, 6:30-9:00 p.m.-Readathon for children grades 7 and up. Please sign up in advance.
Tuesday, July 20, 6:30 p.m. PJ Storytime. Come for a story and wear your PJs and be ready for bed when you get home. Preschoolers.
Wednesday, July 21, 3:00 p.m. Celebrate the Summer Reading Program theme, “Make a Splash: Read!” with singer Steve Blunt and artist Marty Kelley.
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 p.m. Program with Magician Norman Ng, for ages 6 and up.
Wednesday, July 28, 12:00 noon. Fairy House program at the Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road.
Monday, August 2, 7 p.m.-“Life at the Top: Home of the World’s Worst Weather,” program about Mount Washington, with author Eric Pinder.
Thursday, August 12, 10:30 a.m.-Book Talk, book discussion group. All are welcome to attend and discuss whatever they have enjoyed reading lately.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed.
Moultonborough Library News
July 8, 2010
The library and the Moultonborough Heritage Commission will co-host a program by Professor Thomas Hubka, entitled “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn,” on Wednesday, July 7 at 7 p.m. Hubka is the author of a book of the same title as his program, which is the standard work on the subject of the connected farmhouses of New England. He has taught in the department of architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for over twenty years, and at the University of Oregon prior to that, and has written on the history of New England barns, bungalows, ranch houses and worker’s cottages, as well as Polish wooden synagogues of the 18th century. The connected farm buildings of New England are such a familiar sight on our landscape that we expect lots of interest in this program.
Signup for the summer reading program “Make A Splash-Read!” is now underway. Activities planned in the near future include a Readathon for 4th, 5th and 6th graders on Friday, July 9 from 5:30-8:00, and on Friday July 16 for grades 7 and up, from 6:30-9:00; PJ Storytime on Tuesday, July 13 at 6:30; Rock Painting Craft on Wednesday, July 14 at 3:00-bring your own rocks, and paints will be provided; and our regular monthly “Lego Lovers” craft time on Thursday, July 15 at 3:15. Lots more great programs are planned, including singers Steve Blunt, and Paul Warnick, artist Marty Kelley, magician Norman Ng, Wildlife Encounters Zoo, story times, fairy houses, and an ice cream party, plus the “Catch the Reading Wave” Reading Game where readers can win cool prizes. Register and pick up your reading log to record the books you read this summer and start reading today.
Summer computer classes with Kyle Libby have begun, but there are still plenty of choices to sign up and improve your computer literacy. Internet Services (second session), Email, Digital Camera, Computer Peripherals (second session) and Online Shopping are all yet to come in July and August. a second session of the Digital Camera class, to be held on Thursday, July 15 and 22 at 10:30 a.m., has been added due to the pop ularity of this offering. Please call the library to sign up, or for details of dates and times, which are also listed on the library website.
We have received the new Janet Evanovich book, “Sizzling Sixteen,” in large print and audiobook formats, but as of this writing we have not yet received the regular hardcover edition, although we are expecting it daily and already have a dozen or more patrons on the wait list. Also new are “whiplash,” by Catherine Coulter; “lost Souls,” the third installment in Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein series; Beachcombers,” by Nancy Thayer; “The Bourne Objective,” by Eric Van Lustbader, based on the Robert Ludlum characters; “The Liar’s Lullaby,” by Meg Gardiner; “Pray For Silence,” by Linda Castillo; “Strong Justice,” by Jon Land; “Broken,” by Karin Slaughter; and in mystery, “The Dog Park Club,” by Cynthia Robinson, and “Dead and Buried,” a new Benjamin January mystery by Barbara Hambly. New in nonfiction are “Last Call,” a history of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent, and “the Lost Cyclist,” by David Herlihy, the true story of an American who attempted to ride one of the first “safety bicycles” around the world in the late 1800s, provoking an international incident when he disappeared without a trace in remote Turkey.
New in DVD is “Iron-Jawed Angels,” about the “Votes For Women” political movement; “Knut and Friends,” about the famous polar bear cub of the Berlin Zoo; and thanks to book sale donations we have added some older DVDs that are new to our collection, including “U-571,” “Vertical Limit,” “Moscow on the Hudson,” “The Survivors,”, “Radio,” “Mr. Bean’s Holiday,” and “Drowning Mona,” plus “living With Wolves” from the Discovery Channel. Our audiobook additions are “Sizzling Sixteen,” by Janet Evanovich, “The Big Short,” by Michael Lewis, and “Blood and Smoke,” short stories by Stephen King.
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has free or discount passes available for those who wish to visit Castle in the Clouds, The Wright Museum of World War II History, the Libby Museum, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum of Art, and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, July 3, 4, and 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Annual Summer Library Book Sale, over 1000 boxes of bargain books, under tents in library parking lot.
Wednesday, July 7, 7 p.m. “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn,” presented by author Thomas Hubka. Co-sponsored by library and Heritage Commission.
Thursday, July 8, 10:30 a.m. Book Talk book discussion with Sandra Barnes. Open for all to discuss their recent favorites and not-favorites.
Friday, July 9, 5:30-8:00 p.m.-Readathon for children grades 4, 5, and 6. Please sign up in advance.
Tuesday, July 13, 6:30 p.m. PJ Storytime. Come for a story and wear your PJs and be ready for bed when you get home. Preschoolers.
Wednesday, July 14, 3:00 p.m.-Rock Painting Craft-Bring your own rocks to create a work of art and we will supply paint.
Friday, July16, 6:30-9:00 p.m.-Readathon for children grades 7 and up. Please sign up in advance.
Tuesday, July 20, 6:30 p.m. PJ Storytime. Come for a story and wear your PJs and be ready for bed when you get home. Preschoolers.
Wednesday, July 21, 3:00 p.m. Celebrate the Summer Reading Program theme, “Make a Splash: Read!” with singer Steve Blunt and artist Marty Kelley.
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 p.m. Program with Magician Norman Ng, for ages 6 and up.
Wednesday, July 28, 12:00 noon. Fairy House program at the Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road.
Monday, August 2, 7 p.m.-“Life at the Top: Home of the World’s Worst Weather,” program about Mount Washington, with author Eric Pinder.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org. The library has free wi-fi available 24/7, indoors or out when the library is open and available for computer users in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed.
Moultonborough Library News
July 1, 2010
Hard to believe that a whole year has passed, and tomorrow night we’ll be moving books out of the library basement for another summer book sale. What’s not a surprise that it will be the largest ever, since every book sale over the past twenty-plus years has been bigger than the previous year. For the first time, it looks as if we will have over 1,000 boxes of hardcovers, paperbacks, children’s books, videos, audiobooks, games and puzzles for sale. The tents will go up on Friday afternoon, our great team of volunteers will move the boxes of books Friday evening, and on Saturday morning, more volunteers will unpack boxes and load the tables with great book bargains. By 9 a.m. the line will be across the library parking lot and back nearly to the town hall, and book lovers and bargain hunters, loaded with boxes and bags to be filled, will dash into the two big tents. Rain or shine, the book sale will be on during all three weekend days, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Don’t forget, everything will be 25 cents on Monday, “Bargain Day,” so that we have as little as possible to pack up afterwards. Anyone who hasn’t already signed up to help with set up or clean up is invited to call the library and let us know if you have time to help out.
Signup for the summer reading program “Make A Splash-Read!” is now underway. Lots of great programs are planned, including singers Judy Pancoast, Steve Blunt, and Paul WArnick, artist Marty Kelley, magician Norman Ng, Wildlife Encounters Zoo, rock painting, fairy houses, readathons, and an ice cream party, plus the “Catch the Reading Wave” Reading Game where readers can win cool prizes. Register and pick up your reading log to record the books you read this summer and start reading today.
Summer computer classes with Kyle Libby have begun, but there are still plenty of choices to sign up and improve your computer literacy. Internet Services (second session), Email, Digital Camera, Computer Peripherals (second session) and Online Shopping are all yet to come in July and August. Please call the library to sign up, or for details of dates and times, which are also listed on the library website.
The library and the Moultonborough Heritage Commission will co-host a program by Professor Thomas Hubka, entitled “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn,” on Wednesday, July 7 at 7 p.m. Hubka is the author of a book of the same title as his program, which is the standard work on the subject of the connected farmhouses of New England. He has taught in the department of architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for over twenty years, and at the University of Oregon prior to that, and has written on the history of New England barns, bungalows, ranch houses and worker’s cottages, as well as Polish wooden synagogues of the 18th century. The connected farm buildings of New England are such a familiar sight on our landscape that we expect lots of interest in this program.
Molly Lynn Watt will be the featured reader at the upcoming “Evening of Poetry” for July, on Tuesday evening, July 6, at 7:30 p.m. She is the author of a book of poems, “Shadow People,” sharing journeys as a progressive educator, singer and activist. She is working on a manuscript, “On the Wings of Song,” set the Civil Rights Movement of 1963. She edited volumes 1-4 of “Bagels with the Bards,” is poetry editor for the HILR Review, and a frequent contributor to literary journals. She supports voices of others as curator for the monthly Fireside Readings at Cambridge Cohousing, workshop leader for The Kent Street Writers and Poet Laureate of HILR. She received residencies from Soul Mountain and Lake Atitlan Writer’s Workshop. She and participates in NoCA Open Studios and The Joiner Center Writing Community. In 2007 she was selected to give the Jeff Male Memorial reading at the Joiner Center’s Writer’s Workshop. In addition to Molly’s reading, poets from the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge will be bringing poems to share during open mike time.
This week’s collection of new books includes some great new biographies, including “The Great Oom: the Birth of Yoga,” about the first American yogi, Pierre Bernard; “Oprah,” by Kitty Kelly; “The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century,” by Alan Brinkley; “Spoken From the Heart,” by Laura Bush; and “The Promise: President Obama, year One,” by Jonathan Alter. Also new in nonfiction are “Mrs. Adams in Winter,” the story of Louisa Catherine Adams’ trip across Europe in the winter of 1815, just as Napoleon staged his return from exile on Elba; “The Last Stand,” the story of Custer, Sitting Bull and the Little Big Horn, by Nathaniel Philbrick, award-winning author of “Mayflower;” “Mennonite in a Little Black Dress,” a memoir by Rhoda Janze; and two cookbooks: “Semi-Homemade Cooking Made Light,” by Sandra Lee, and of local interest, “Hungry For Summer,” a collection of recipes from island residents of Lake Winnipesaukee.
New in fiction are “Spies of the Balkans,” by Alan Furst; “The Nobodies Album,” by Carolyn Parkhurst; “The Imperfectionists,” by Tom Rachman; “ How to Breathe Underwater,” and “The Invisible Bridge,” by Julie Orringer; “The Lonely Polygamist,” by Brady Udall; “Lowcountry Summer,” by Dorothea Benton Frank; “Anniversary Man,” by R.J. Ellory; “Death Echo,” by Elizabeth Lowell; and “The Lion,” by Nelson DeMille. In mystery, we have added “Stranger in the Family,” by Robert Barnard, and “Bad Day For Pretty,” by Sophie Littlefield.
New audiobooks are “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” and we now have all three of Stieg Larsson’s books in audio format; “I’ll Mature When I’m Dead,” by Dave Barry; and four donations: “New Tricks,” by David Rosenfelt; “A Traitor to Memory,” by Elizabeth George; “The Neighbor,” by Lisa Gardner, and “Kill the Messenger,” by Tami Hoag.
The library will be open regular hours, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., on Saturday, July 3, and closed on Monday, July 5 for the holiday.
The library has two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity usage meters available for patrons to borrow. They can be used to measure the amount of electric current used by various home appliances.
Free links from the library website: Mango Languages and NH Downloadable Audiobooks/eBooks. . Overdrive now also includes free downloads of e-books to your Nook or Sony Reader. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.organd click on the links on the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for the audiobooks and eBooks you will need your library card number plus another 4-digit code that can be obtained by calling the library at 476-8895. You will have to download the Overdrive program to your computer to be able to download your choice of audiobooks/ebooks.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:
For the homebound of Moultonborough, who would like to have books, including large print, or audiobooks or movies delivered to their door, the library has teamed with Altrusa volunteers to make possible delivery and return of library materials for those who can’t travel to the library. Altrusa volunteers will visit every two weeks, and if you do not have a library card, you may obtain one. Please feel free to call the library at 476-8895 to sign up.
The library has a new pass to add to our collection of free or discount passes for local attractions. We can now give out one pass daily for Castle in the Clouds, good for free admission for one adult and one child. We also have passes for the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Canterbury Shaker Village, Currier Museum and the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center are now available at the library. Please call the library at 476-8895 for details and to sign up. New this year is a pass to the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro, which specializes in World War II history
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other portable craft project for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, July 3, 4, and 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Annual Summer Library Book Sale, over 1000 boxes of bargain books, under tents in library parking lot.
Monday, July 5-Library closed for July 4 holiday.
Tuesday, July 6, 1:30 p.m.-Kick off the Summer Reading Program with singer Judy Pancoast. Program for all ages.
Tuesday, July 6, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with featured reader Molly Watt.
Wednesday, July 7, 7 p.m. “Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn,” presented by author Thomas Hubka. Co-sponsored by library and Heritage Commission.
Thursday, July 8, 10:30 a.m. Book Talk book discussion with Sandra Barnes. Open for all to discuss their recent favorites and not-favorites.
Friday, July 9, 5:30-8:00 p.m.-Readathon for children grades 4, 5, and 6. Please sign up in advance.
Tuesday, July 13, 6:30 p.m. PJ Storytime. Come for a story and wear your PJs and be ready for bed when you get home. Preschoolers.
Wednesday, July 14, 3:00 p.m.-Rock Painting Craft-Bring your own rocks to create a work of art and we will supply paint.
Friday, July16, 6:30-9:00 p.m.-Reada thon for children grades 7 and up. Please sign up in advance.
Tuesday, July 20, 6:30 p.m. PJ Storytime. Come for a story and wear your PJs and be ready for bed when you get home. Preschoolers.
Wednesday, July 21, 3:00 p.m. Celebrate the Summer Reading Program theme, “Make a Splash: Read!” with singer Steve Blunt and artist Marty Kelley.
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 p.m. Program with Magician Norman Ng, for ages 6 and up.
Wednesday, July 28, 12:00 noon. Fairy House program at the Loon Center, Lee’s Mills Road.
Library hours are Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.; Fridays 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The library website is located at www.moultonboroughlibrary.org.