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Moultonborough Library News
February 2, 2012

There will be two Readathons, first on Friday, February 3, from 6:30-9:00 p.m. for readers in grades 7 and up, and for younger readers in grades 4, 5, and 6 on Friday, February 10, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. If you enjoy reading and pizza, then make sure to call or come in and sign up, so we know how much pizza to order, and please bring a snack to share.

On Wednesday, February 8 there will be a Valentine Beading Craft at 3:00 p.m. with Mrs. Gulla. Participants will have the opportunity to make bear heart pins, candy heart bracelets, or a necklace or bracelet for a special Valentine gift.

There will be a very special Valentine Tea Party for little girls and their mothers, grandmothers, and aunts and favorite dolls on Saturday, February 11 at 1:00 p.m.

The poet for February’s “Evening of Poetry” on Tuesday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. will be Jan Goldman of Sandwich. Jan’s presentation will include an interesting mixture of poems – some political, some personal, and some fantasy. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The event will also feature an unlimited open mike time, and audience members are encouraged to bring their own writing or music to share with the group. Jan Goldman was born in Florida, where her father was stationed in the Army, but by the age of two she moved to Moultonboro – then Sandwich, Vermont, New York, Wisconsin, and New Jersey – before finally settling back in Sandwich in 1993. She graduated from Livingston College and the Graduate School of Education, both units of Rutgers in New Jersey. She then worked for the Department of Alumni Relations at Rutgers, and later at the Animal Rescue Force. When she returned to New Hampshire, she worked for the Retired Senior Volunteer program (RSVP), Moultonboro Academy, and Moultonboro Central School. She married in college, then divorced and dropped out to become the single mother of her daughter, and 20 years later she remarried and gained three stepsons.

Jan has read at the Baptist Meetinghouse and the Wentworth Library, both in Sandwich, and has been a previous contributor to Moultonboro’s poetry nights. She is active in Page Coulter’s weekly poetry group, where she says she uses her participation “to prod my pen into getting off its backside into my hand, and to poke my undisciplined brain into thought and action.” She is grateful to her mother and grandmothers for their hours of reading to her, instilling the love of words, and appreciating the wonders of nature. She loves spending time with her children and grandchildren, and she also enjoys yoga, dogs, reading, solving puzzles, and distance swimming in Squam Lake.

Appointments for this year’s AARP free tax assistance program are being scheduled on Mondays, and those who qualify for assistance in making out their tax forms can call the library at 476-8895 to make their appointment. Tax aide Jean Beadle and assistant Barbara Rando will be at the library from 10:30-1:00 and 2:00-6:30, and the service is available for low and middle-income taxpayers with a gross income below $50,000, of any age, but with special attention to individuals age 60 and over. Taxpayers will need to bring with them Social Security numbers for themselves and all dependents; W-2 forms from each employer; unemployment compensation statements; all Form 1099s; (if you have a 1099-B, documentation showing original purchase price of assets sold is needed); all forms indicating federal income tax paid or withheld; child care provider name, employer ID, and Social Security numbers; all receipts or checks if itemizing deductions; copy of last year’s tax return, if available, and copy of last year’s property tax bill.

This week’s new fiction titles are “Ran Away,” by Barbara Hambly, a new Benjamin January mystery set in antebellum New Orleans. Benjamin investigates the disappearance of two lovely concubines who were the slaves of a Turkish gentleman named Huseyin Pasha. A new author to our collection is Keigo Higashino, Japan’s most popular author, whose new book is “The Devotion of Suspect X.” Yasuko Hanaoka, a divorced single mother, kills her estranged husband in a confrontation, and soon her neighbor, a brilliant math teacher, and Detective Kusanagi and his friend Dr. Yakawa, a physicist, are locked in a battle of wits.

New in nonfiction are “What’s a Homeowner To Do? 442 Things You Should Know,” by Stephen Fanuka and Edward Lewine, and “Managing Retirement Wealth,” by Julie Jason.

New on DVD this week is seasons one and two “William and Mary,” starring Martin Clunes and Julie Graham, a romantic comedy about an undertaker and a midwife who are seeking romance through a dating service.

Free links from the library website: Mango Languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese; NH Downloadable Books, including both audiobooks and e-books; and Career Cruising, with programs to create resumes and other job searching tools. Go to www.moultonboroughlibrary.org and click on the icons on the right side of the home page. For Mango you will need your library card number; for Downloadable Books and for Career Cruising 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, and Adobe Digital Editions for ebooks, both of which are available for free on the Overdrive website. For lots of great help in learning to use the Overdrive site, check out the blog at http://nhdbooks.blogspot.com. As well as instructions for audiobooks and ebooks, the site lists the new titles that are purchased each week. Also on the Moultonborough Library website, click on “join our mailing list” to receive email updates on upcoming 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.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

For many of the museums for which the library has free passes to loan, the season has ended for this year. However, the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm in Tamworth, New Hampshire Historical Society and McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, and the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester are open year round and the passes are still available at the library. Please call 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 Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

AARP Tax Assistance for middle and low income and elderly taxpayers, on Mondays through April 16, 10:30-1:00 and 2:00-6:30. Call the library at 476-88895 for appointments.

Thursday, February 2, 3:15 p.m. at the Loon Center on Lee’s Mills Road: annual Groundhog Hunt. Dress appropriately for winter outdoor activity, including boots.

Friday, February 3, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Readathon for grades 7 and up. Please call 476-8895 to sign up, and bring a snack to share.

Tuesday, February 7, 7:30 p.m.-Evening of Poetry with featured reader Jan Goldman, of Sandwich, NH.

Wednesday, February 8, 3:00-Valentine Beading Craft with Sharon Gulla.

Friday, February 10, 5:30-8:00 Readathon for grades 4, 5, and 6. Please call 476-8895 to sign up, and bring a snack to share.

Saturday, February 11, 1:00 p.m.-Valentine Tea party for girls, dolls, mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and neighbors.

Monday, February 20-Library closed for President’s Day holiday.

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 during library hours or in the parking lot or on the patio or porch when the library is closed.

Moultonborough Library News
January 26, 2012

We have several activities for children planned in February, starting with the annual Ground Hog Hunt at the Loon Center on Thursday, February 2 at 3:15 p.m. This is an outdoor program, so dress for the winter woods, including boots. Children age six or under need to be accompanied by a adult. Participants will hit the trails in the Markus Sanctuary to try and find the elusive groundhog an determine whether he sees his shadow or not. There will be two Readathons, first on Friday, February 3, from 6:30-9:00 p.m. for readers in grades 7 and up, and for younger readers in grades 4, 5, and 6 on Friday, February 10, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. If you enough reading and pizza, then make sure to call or come in and sign up, so we know how much pizza to order, and please bring a snack to share. There will be a Valentine Beading Craft on Wednesday, February 8 at 3:00 p.m. with Mrs. Gulla, and our annual Valentine Tea Party for little girls and their mothers, grandmothers, and aunts on Saturday, February 11 at 1:00 p.m.

Appointments for this year’s AARP free tax assistance program will begin on Monday, January 30, and will be only on Mondays this year. Tax aide Jean Beadle will be at the library from 10:30-1:00 and 2:00-6:30, and eligible taxpayers can schedule half hour appointments by calling the library at 476-8895. The service is available for low and middle-income taxpayers with a gross income below $50,000, of any age, but with special attention to individuals age 60 and over. Taxpayers will need to bring with them Social Security numbers for themselves and all dependents; W-2 forms from each employer; unemployment compensation statements; all Form 1099s; (if you have a 1099-B, documentation showing original purchase price of assets sold is needed); all forms indicating federal income tax paid or withheld; child care provider name, employer ID, and Social Security numbers; all receipts or checks if itemizing deductions; copy of last year’s tax return, if available, and copy of last year’s property tax bill.

It’s been a quiet week at the library and the only new items added have been a Central America travel guide, “Substitute Groundhog,” a children’s book for Groundhog Day, and “Beethoven’s Wig,” a CD introduction to classical music for kids. However, there are still lots and lots of great books in our stacks, and lots of movies that not everyone has seen yet, plus audiobooks on CD, and downloadable audiobooks and ebooks. To help you choose, we have displays of the best books of 2011 according to various book reviews sources, books to help with your New Year’s Resolutions, and the books that were most often checked out by our patrons in 2011. If your resolution was to read all those great books you didn’t have time to read last summer, we probably have them available, especially now that the rush has died down on some of those recent bestsellers.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

AARP Tax Assistance for middle and low income and elderly taxpayers, on Mondays through April 16, 10:30-1:00 and 2:00-6:30. Call the library at 476-88895 for appointments.

Thursday, February 2, 3:15 p.m. at the Loon Center on Lee’s Mills Road: annual Ground Hog Hunt. Dress appropriately for winter outdoor activity, including boots.

Friday, February 3, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Readathon for grades 7 and up.

Tuesday, February 7, 7:30 p.m.-Evening of Poetry with featured reader Jan Goldman, of Sandwich, NH.

Wednesday, February 8, 3:00-Valentine Beading Craft with Sharon Gulla.

Saturday, February 11, 1:00 p.m.-Valentine Tea party.

Monday, February 20-Library closed for President’s Day holiday.

Moultonborough Library News
January 19, 2012

Did you know that chocolate is related to marshmallows? Do you know what conching is and what it does for chocolate? Do you know what defines "fine" chocolate? If your answer to any of the above is no, and you’re interested in learning more, join us on Wednesday, January 24 at 10:30, when Audrey Silva of Lindt Chocolate will be here to talk about chocolate and how it is handled from the warm tropical jungles where the plants grow, to those delicious little chocolate Lindt truffle balls. Learn why chocolate is also known as the "food of the gods!" Join Audrey in a brief summary of the history and science of chocolate. Learn what the experts look for when judging chocolate and get informed on how you can have your own chocolate tasting event.

Looking ahead into February, we have several events for children scheduled, including the annual Ground Hog Hunt at the Loon Center on Thursday, February 2 at 3:15 p.m. This is an outdoor program, so dress for the winter woods, including boots. children age six or under need to be accompanied by a adult. There will be two Readathons, first on Friday, February 2, from6:30-9:00 p.m. for readers in grades 7 and up, and for younger readers in grades 4, 5, and 6 on Friday, February 10, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. There will be a Valentine Beading Craft on Wednesday, February 8 at 3:00 p.m. with Mrs. Gulla, and our annual Valentine Tea Party on Saturday, February 11 at 1:00 p.m.

The poet for February’s “Evening of Poetry” on Tuesday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. will be Jan Goldman of Sandwich.

This week’s new fiction is “Cell 8,” by Anders Roslund, in which a supposedly deceased former death row inmate is apprehended in Sweden; “Need You Now,” by James Grippando, which has Patrick Lloyd and his girlfriend, Lily, searching for the evil genius at the heart of a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme; ; “The Yellow House,” by Patricia Falvey, an Irish story set during the troubles of the early 20^th century; “The Chalk Girl,” by Carol O’Connell, which has Kathy Mallory investigating a girl found in Central Park, and a body in a tree; and in mystery, “The Rope,” a new Anna Pigeon mystery by Nevada Barr, which at last reveals the story of her first job at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

We have several new DVD series and movies, including the first season of “Boardwalk Empire,” set in Atlantic City in 1920, and season two of “Justified,” with Raylan fighting a Harlan County crime family; plus “Moneyball,” with Brad Pitt, about Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and how he built them into a winning team; “Warrior,” in which a troubled ex-Marine fights for the big money in MMA and “Contagion,” about an outbreak of deadly disease and the CBC doctors who fight it, starring Kate Winslet. We also added a second coy of “The Help,” due to the large number of patrons on the waiting list, and we added a donated coyp of Sarah Brightman’s “Symphony” DVD.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Moultonborough Library News
January 12, 2012

We have already had questions from eager beavers who want to get their income tax done as soon as possible, so here is the plan for this year’s AARP volunteer tax assistance program. Starting on Monday, January 30, tax aide Jean Beadle will be at the library from 10:30-1:00 and 2:00-6:30, and eligible taxpayers can schedule half hour appointments by calling the library at 476-8895. The service is available for low and middle-income taxpayers with a gross income below $50,000, of any age, but with special attention to individuals age 60 and over. Taxpayers will need to bring with them Social Security numbers for themselves and all dependents; W-2 forms from each employer; unemployment compensation statements; all Form 1099s; (if you have a 1099-B, documentation showing original purchase price of assets sold is needed); all forms indicating federal income tax paid or withheld; child care provider name, employer ID, and Social Security numbers; all receipts or checks if itemizing deductions; copy of last year’s tax return, if available, and copy of last year’s property tax bill.

Audrey Silva, formerly one of our library patrons, is now working for Lindt Chocolate, and she will be joining us on Tuesday, January 24 at 10:30 for a talk about the “History of Chocolate.”

New fiction arriving at the library this week included “My Name Is Mary Sutter,” by Robin Oliveira, a first novel about Mary Sutter, a midwife who wants to become a doctor and travels to Washington, D.C. to nurse wounded Civil War soldiers; “A Charitable Body,” a mystery by Robert Barnard, featuring Yorkshire detective inspector Charlie Peace; “Gun Games,” by Faye Kellerman, a Decker and Lazarus novel; “Private #1 Suspect,” by James Patterson; “Believing the Lie,” by Elizabeth George, an Inspector Thomas Lynley mystery; and “The Darkening Field,” by William Ryan, featuring Captain Korolev of the Moscow CID in 1937.

New for young adult readers, we have still more James Patterson, with two more novels in the Witch and Wizard series, “The Fire” and “The Gift.” Also for YA readers is “Planet Middle School,” by Nikki Grimes; “Also Known As Rowan Pohi,” by Ralph Fletcher; and “How To Save A Life,” by Sarah Zarr. For juvenile readers, we have added “Breadcrumbs,” by Anne Ursu, in which Hazel and Jack have trouble with a magic mirror and an evil queen, and Hazel must enter an enchanted wood to save Jack’s life.

We have a couple of new DVD series to keep our patrons busy for a few winter evenings. First, we have all three seasons of “Deadwood,” plus the new “Mildred Pierce,” with Kate Winslet. Also new in music videos is the Bee Gees “One Night Only,” from their 1997 Las Vegas concert.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

The library will be closed on Monday, January 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Tuesday, January 24, 10:30 a.m. Audrey Silva of Lindt Chocolates will talk about the history of chocolate.

Moultonborough Library News
January 5, 2012

This week’s collection of new fiction included “Breakdown,” a new V.I. Warshawsky mystery by Sara Paretsky; “A Devil Is Waiting,” by Jack Higgins, in which Sean Dillon of the “Prime Minister’s private army” investigates a threat to assassinate the U.S. President on a visit to London, aided by Sara Gideon, an Afghanistan war veteran; “Love in a Nutshell,” a romance by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly; “The Hunter,” by John Lescroart, a thriller set in San Francisco; “The Innocent,” by Taylor Stevens, about a group of ex-cult members trying to rescue a child abducted by a cult and held in Argentina; ; and “1222,” by Anne Holt, a Norwegian mystery featuring Hanne Wilhelmsen.

New for young adult readers, we have “Forever,” the third in a series by Maggie Stiefwater; “Planet Middle School,” by Nikki Grimes; “How to Save a Life,” by Sara Zarr; “Breadcrumbs,’ by Anne Ursu; “Also Known As Rowan Pohi,” by Ralph Fletcher; and by James patterson and Jill Dembowski, “The Fire,” and “the Wizard” in the “Witch and Wizard” series. Whit and Wisty Allgood are the leaders of resistance against a dictator who is systematically destroying music, art, books, imagination, and magic.

New DVDs are “Dolphin Tale,” based on a true story of a dolphin who had a tail injury that required a prosthetic tail, and “Midnight in Paris,” a romantic comedy directed by Woody Allen in which Owen Wilson time-travels to the Paris of the Lost Generation and the Belle Epoque.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

The library will be closed on Monday, January 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Tuesday, January 24, 10:30 a.m. Audrey Silva of Lindt Chocolates will talk about the history of chocolate.

Moultonborough Public Library
December 29, 2011

The January “Evening of Poetry” program will be on Tuesday, January 3, at 7:30 p.m., and this time will feature poet and musician Dudley Laufman of Canterbury. Laufman’s first exposure to the love of poetry came from an excerpt from Hemingway’s “Death in the Afternoon,” and also from reading Burns, Clare, Edward Thomas Frost, William Carlos Williams, and more. He and his wife Jacqueline also publish their work and that of other poets through their Wind in the Timothy Press, as well as playing for barn dances as “Two Fiddles.”

Several new adult fiction titles have made it to the library this past week, and they are “Deadline,” by Fern Michaels, the fourth entry in her “Godmothers” series, of which we already own the first three; and “77 Shadow Street,” by Dean Koontz, a horror story of an old hotel, renovated but not freed of the horror that previously drove it’s residents to mass murder, suicide, and madness; “the Devil’s Elixir,” by Raymond Khoury; “Death Benefit,” by Robin Cook; “Covert Warriors,” by W.E.B. Griffin, book seven in his “Presidential Agents” series; and “Down the Darkest Road,” by Tami Hoag; and “D.C. Dead,” by Stuart Woods.

In new local history releases, we have added Carol Anderson’s “History of Gunstock,” about the history of our local ski area, and Joan Cook’s “sandwich Fair Through the Years,” which was given in memory of longtime Fair volunteer and Moultonborough Library patron Ethel Mykland.

This week’s new DVDs are “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Kung Fu Panda 2,” “25^th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert;” “Billy Joel Live at Shea Stadium,” and the “9/11 Filmmaker’s Commemorative Edition” DVD. A new DVD of the classic dog movie “Benji” replaces our old VHS copy. New in audiobook is “Bury Your Dead,” by Louise Penny, another Chief Inspector Gamache murder mystery set in Quebec.

There will be no storytimes during school vacation, and we will resume on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 3 and 4; Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30. The library will be closed on Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26 for the Christmas holiday and Monday, January 2 for the New Year’s holiday.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Library closed Monday, January 2 for the New Year’s holiday.

Tuesday, January 3, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with featured reader Dudley Laufman of Canterbury, NH.

Moultonborough Library News
December 22, 2011

Four interesting new biographies to keep you reading through the long winter have arrived this week, including “Hemingway’s Boat,” by Paul Hendrickson; “Catherine the Great,” by Robert K. Massie, who was also the author of a big biography of Peter the Great; “Blue Nights,” by Joan Didion; and “Then Again,” by Diane Keaton. Also new in nonfiction is “Martha’s Entertaining,” by Martha Stewart; “The Price of Civilization,” by Jeffrey Sachs; “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” by Daniel Kahneman; “The Soapmaker’s Companion,” by Susan. M. Cavitch; and “Best Friends, Occasional Enemies,” by Lisa Scottoline.

New in fiction and mystery, we have “Soft Target,” by Stephen Hunter; “The Territory,” by Tricia Fields; “The Holy Thief,” by William Ryan; “The Leopard,” by Jo nesbo; “Ghost Ligfhts,” by Lydia Millet; “An Uncertain Place,” by Fred Vargas; “Locked On,” by Tom Clancy; and “The Forgotten Affairs of Youth,” by Alexander McCall Smith, the latest in his Isabel Dalhousie series.

New for young adult and juvenile readers are “Eagle Day,” by Robert Muchamore, a novel set at the time of the Battle of Britain and involving teens fighting against the German invasion of England; “The Future of Us,” by Jay Asher; “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” by Ransom Riggs; two more in the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, #3 “Grip of the Shadow Plague” and #5, Keys of the Demon Prison;” “Linger,” by Maggie Stiefvater, a sequel to “Shiver” which involves werewolves; “Belle’s Song,” by K.M. Grant, in which Belle accompanies Geoffrey Chaucer on a road trip to Canterbury in 1387 England; “Icefall,” by Matthew Kirby; “Nobody’s Prize” and “Nobody’s Princess,” both by Esther Friesner; and “Body of Water,” by Sarah Dooly. New for the easy book readers are “The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man,” by Michael Chabon; “A Butterfly is Patient,” by Dianna Aston; “Little Caterpillars,” by Bill Martin; “Miss Brooks Loves Books,” by Barbara Bottner; and in nonfiction for younger readers, “How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum,” by Jessie Hartland.

New in audiobook format are “Zero Day,” by David Baldacci; “Trick of the Light,” by Louise Pennhy; “Death Comes to Pemberley,” by P.D. James, based on the novel “Pride and Prejudice,” by Jane Austen; and for younger listeners, “amazing Life of Birds,” by Gary Paulsen, and “It’s the First Day of School Forever,” by R.L. Stine. New in music is “Four the Record,” by Miranda Lambert; and new on DVD are “Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall,” and “The Debt,” with Helen Mirren as a retired Mossad secret agent who has to reopen a Nazi war criminal investigation from the 1960s.

Thanks to library patron Linda Bodwell, we once again have the pleasure of displaying her wonderful Christmas village scene. The display covers four tables and the “town” includes library, post office, bank, school, police department, and a great variety of stores for a total of over 40 buildings, plus snowmen, carolers, skiers, skaters, sledders, bridges, horses, sleighs, and lots and lots of trees. Please come and look as much as you like but of course, don’t touch.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Library closed Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26 for Christmas and Monday, January 2 for the New Year’s holiday.

Tuesday, January 3, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with featured reader Dudley Laufman of Canterbury, NH.

Come to the library on Friday, December 16, and get into the holiday spirit. First, enjoy holiday punch and cookies on Friday, December 16 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The Friends of the Library will be hosting their annual holiday open house, and all are invited to come and enjoy refreshments. If you are not familiar with the library, this would be a great time to come in and enjoy our holiday decorations, and sign up for a library card. Then come back at 6:30 and enjoy even more holiday cheer with our annual Jingle Bell Party, featuring holiday music and carols with musician Paul Warnick, plus a visit with the Jolly Old Elf himself.

The last preschool storytime for 2011 will be on Tuesday, December 20, at 6:30 p.m. There will be no storytimes during school vacation, and we will resume on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 3 and 4; Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30. The library will be closed on Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26 for the Christmas holiday and Monday, January 2 for the New Year’s holiday.

More new movies are being released in time for the Christmas shopping season, and this week’s new additions to our collection include “The Help,” which already has eight reserves, based on the very popular book by Kathryn Stockett; “Cowboys and Aliens,” with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford; “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,” based on the classic children’s book, with Jim Carrey. We also added “The Last Station,” based on the novel about Leo Tolstoy by Jay Parini and starring Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer.

New in mystery this week are “Red Mist,” by Patricia Cornwell; “Midnight Guardians,” by Jonathon King, and “Death Comes to Pemberley,” by P.D. James, and new in fiction this week, we have added “”The Scottish Prisoner,” by Diana Gabaldon. New in nonfiction is “Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms.”

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Friday, December 16, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friends of the Library Holiday Open House, serving holiday cookies and punch. All welcome!

Friday, December 16, 6:30 p.m.-Jingle Bell Christmas Party with musician Paul Warnick, and a visit with Santa.

Wednesday, December 21, 3:00 p.m. Lego Lovers.

Tuesday, January 3, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry with featured reader Dudley Laufman of Canterbury, NH.

Moultonborough Library News
December 8, 2011

There will be an afterschool beading craft program for children on Wednesday, December 7 at 3:00 p.m., and there will be a variety of beading project to choose from, including snowman pins, bracelets, bookmarks, or snowman bookmarks decorated with a variety of rubber stamp art and sporting beaded tassels.

We have two children’s programs coming up for the Christmas holidays, starting with Gingerbread House decorating on Wednesday, December 14 at 3 p.m. The library will supply “houses” made from small milk cartons covered with graham crackers, to be decorated by the children. Attendance is limited to the first 50 to sign up, and children under age 6 need to bring an adult to help them. Donations of small decorating candies would be appreciated. Next, on Friday, December 16, all are welcome to attend the annual Jingle Bell Party at 6:30 p.m. and enjoy holiday carols with musician Paul Warnick, plus a visit with the Jolly Old Elf himself.

Come and enjoy holiday punch and cookies on Friday, December 16 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The Friends of the Library will be hosting their annual holiday open house, and all are invited to come and enjoy refreshments. If you are not familiar with the library, this would be a great time to come in to enjoy our holiday decorations and sign up for a library card.

We have new books in all categories this week. In mystery, we have added “The Barbary Dogs,” by Cynthia Robinson; “The End of the Wasp Season,” by Denise Mina; and “The Impossible Dad,” by Ian Rankin. Also in mystery, we have added both an audiobook and a large print copy of “Explosive Eighteen,” the new Stephanie Plum mystery by Janet Evanovich. New in fiction are “Breaking Point,” by Dana Hynes; “The Cat’s Table,” by Michael Ondaatje; “The Marriage Plot,” by Jeffrey Eugenides; “The Sense of an Ending,” by Julian Barnes; “The Time in Between,” by Maria Duenas; “The Wedding Quilt,” by Jennifer Chiaverini; and “The Housekeeper and the Professor,” by Yoko Ogawa. We have two new biographies: “No Higher Honor,” by former secretary of state Condolezza Rice, and “Jack Kennedy, Elusive Hero,” by Chris Matthews. Other new nonfiction includes the story of movie idol Rin Tin Tin, by Susan Orlean, which tells the story of a puppy found on the war-torn fields of World War I France who was brought to America and became a Hollywood screen legend; “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,” by Stephen Greenblatt; “The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit,” by Michael Cannell. Published on the 50^th anniversary of the triumph of Phil Hill, the first American to win the Grand Prix, the story is of Formula One racing in the days when 14 drivers, and numerous spectators, were killed in races between 1957 and 1961, but also when it was a very glamorous sport. New in children’s books are “The Penny,” a story of children and boats on Lake Winnipesaukee; “Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing,” by Helen Lester; and “My Penguin Osbert,” by Elizabeth Kimmel.

New on DVD are “Beginners;” “Monte Carlo;” “Super 8:’ and “Sarah’s Key,” based on the popular novel of the same name by Tatiana de Rosnay. Also, thanks to the Tamworth Historical Society and the Cook Memorial Library, we have been given a DVD copy of a lecture on the “Geologic Story of the Ossipee Mountains,” presented in Tamworth by Dr. Robert M. Newton. We also added donated copies of “Rick Steves’ Germany, Benelux, and More,” a collection of episodes from the popular PBS travel program, and “A Love Affair With Angling,” a companion to the book “Angling in the Smile of the Great Spirit,” by Harold Lyons, about fishing on Lake Winnipesaukee. New in audiobook format in “My Little Town,” by Garrison Keillor.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, December 7, 3:00 p.m-Afterschool Beading Craft Program.

Wednesday, December 14, 3:00 p.m.-Gingerbread House Craft. Sign up at the children’s desk. Limited to 50 participants. Children under age six must have an adult helper. Donations of small decorating candies appreciated.

Friday, December 16, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friends of the Library Holiday Open House, serving holiday cookies and punch. All welcome!

Friday, December 16, 6:30 p.m.-Jingle Bell Christmas Party with musician Paul Warnick, and a visit with Santa.

Moultonborough Library News
December 1, 2011

New fiction by some of our most popular authors this week includes “Explosive Eighteen,” by Janet Evanovich; “The Drop,” by Michael Connelly; and “Micro,” a novel by the late Michael Crichton.

New for younger readers, we have replaced our older, worn copies of many juvenile and young adult novels by Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume with more attractive paperback copies for a new generation of readers. Also New, “Inheritance,” by Christopher Paoloini; “Outcasts,” by John Flanagan; “Scorpion Races,” by Maggie Stiefvater; “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever,” by Jeff Kinney; “Bluefish,” by Pat Schmatz; and “Wonderstruck,” by Brian Selznick, the author of “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” which has just been made into a movie. We also have new picture books, including holiday titles such as “Tacky’s Christmas,” about Tacky the Penguin; “The Carpenter’s Gift,” about the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree; Richard Scarry’s “Best Christmas Book Ever” and “The Best Christmas pageant Ever,” plus “Balloons Over Broadway” for the Macy’s parade, and also, “children Make Terrible Pets,” about a young bear in a pink tutu who has the best day ever with her new pet.

New movies are appearing on DVD as we get into the holiday shopping season, and our new acquisitions this week are “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2;” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides;” and “Larry Crowne,” starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. New audiobooks this week are all juvenile or young adult titles, including “The Bad Begining,” by Lemony Snicket; “The Cay,” by Theodore Taylor; “Hatchet,” by Gary Paulsen, and “Lost Hero,” by Rick Riordan.

Not a holiday program unless someone wants a beaded accessory for Christmas, but there will be an afterschool beading craft program for children on Wednesday, December 7 at 3:00 p.m., and there will be a variety of beading project to choose from, including snowman pins, bracelets, bookmarks, or snowman bookmarks decorated with a variety of rubber stamp art and sporting beaded tassels.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool Story Times-Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.

Lego Lovers Club, third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.-Evening of Poetry with guest poet Harmony Markey.

Wednesday, December 7, 3:00 p.m-Afterschool Beading Craft Program.

Friday, December 16, 6:30 p.m.-Jingle Bell Christmas Party with musician Paul Warnick, and a visit with Santa.