BOOK DISCUSSION

Mon. June 21 @6:30 - THE LAST DICKENS by Matthew Pearl

Our Book Group meets the third Monday of the month. If you would like to join us, please
call the library. (778-8169) Looking ahead to July and August, we will be discussing FIREFLY
LANE by Kristen Hannah and THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot.

THIS SUMMER AT THE LIBRARY

MAKE A SPLASH-READ!!

Wed. July 7@ 11:00 Summer Reading Kick-off Event
"MAKE A SPLASH-READ MAGIC SHOW"

Thurs. July8, 15 &22 @ 10:00 Crafts at the Library presented by Main Street Art

Thurs. July 29 @ 10:00 Performance by author/illustrator MARTY KELLEY
& singer/storyteller STEVE BLUNT

Thurs. Aug. 5 @ 10:00 ICE CREAM SMORGASBORD!!

All programs will be held at the library with the exception of the performances on July 7 & 29, which will be at Newfields Town Hall. Summer Reading sign-up begins June 1! Call the library for more details. 778-8169

BOOK DISCUSSION - MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 at 6:30PM

ETHAN FROME by EDITH WHARTON
Copies available at the library

Book Club

This month's selection is THE LACE READER by Brunonia Barry. Join us Monday, February 15th at 6:30 for this discussion. Copies are available at the library.

AUDIO BOOKS

The library is now a member of the NH Downloadable Audio Book Consortium! This means ALL PATRONS can download audio books for free to their home computers and transfer them to a portable listening device or burn some titles onto a CD. Go to http://nh.lib.overdrive.com to learn more. (Contact the library to verify your patron# in order to download a book) The consortim has over 3,000 titles for your listening enjoyment.

CHESS CLUB

All school age children are invited on Thursday afternoons, from 3-4:30. Other games are also available! Checkers, UNO, and Connect Four just to mention a few. We are pleased that the Newfields Police Dept. will again mentor this program.

Book Discussion

On Monday, November 16th, we will discuss "ANIMAL DREAMS" by Barbara Kingsolver at 6:30.
Copies available at the library! This month only, we will meet at Starbucks-Epping NH. Please call the library for more information. 778-8169

"DROP-IN' GAMES & CRAFTS

A program for school age children who are welcome to "drop-in" after school to do a craft or play board games with their friends. This program is held every Thursday from 3-4:30 and will continue through Dec. 17. Please call the library for more information. 778-8169

OCTOBER BOOK DISCUSSION

On Monday, October 19th at 6:30 p.m., the Book Club wil meet to discuss "HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE: A SON OF PRIVILEGE LEARNS TO LIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE" by Michael Gates Gill. This is a true story and copies are available at the library. Please join us, new members welcomed!

PRE-SCHOOL STORY HOUR

Story hour will begin on Thurday, September 24th from 10:00 to 11:00. All ages are welcome!
We will have stories, crafts and songs. Please contact the library (778-8169) for additional information.

JULY BOOK DISCUSSION

Our book group will meet Monday, July 20th at 6:30 p.m. at the library. We will discuss "The Year of Pleasures" by Elizabeth Berg. Copies are available at the library!

SUMMERTIME...AND THE READING IS EASY

Join us Tuesday, July 7th at 1:00 at the Newfields Town Hall for the SUMMER READING KICK-0FF!
ROSALITA'S PUPPETS, a charming group of marionettes will sing, dance and delight the child in everyone.
This program is free and everyone is welcome! Please contact the library for more information

SUMMER READING CALENDAR

Thurs. July 9th "SUMMERTIME...AND THE READING IS EASY", Summer Reading Sign-up!
Thurs. July 16th Crafts for pre-school - 5th grade
Thurs. July 23rd New England K-9 Search & Rescue "Lostproofing" program geared to children ages 4-12.
Thurs. July 30th Crafts for pre-school - 5th grade
Thurs. Aug. 6th ICE CREAM PARTY! Summer Reading Participants will receive certificates and enjoy an ice cream smorgasbord.
All programs will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the library.

JUST FOR TEENS! Grades 6th and up will participate in a weekly drawing where the amount of reading determines the amount of chances. PRIZES AWARDED WEEKLY!

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE LIBRARY AT 778-8169

JUNE BOOK DISCUSSION

Our selection for June will be "Skeletons at the Feast" by Chris Bohjalian. Join us Monday, June 15th at 6:30 for this discussion. Everyone is welcome!

COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT 2009

The Community Garden Project gives gardeners of all ages and experience levels the opportunity to grow their favorite produce in an organic setting. For more information or to sign up for a plot, please call (778-8169) or drop by the library!

April Book Club Selection

"BORN ON A BLUE DAY: INSIDE THE EXTRAORDINARY MIND OF AN AUTISTIC SAVANT" by Daniel Tammet will be discussed on Monday, April 20th at 6:30 p.m. As always this discussion is open to all. A copy of the book can be picked up at the library. Please call the library (778-8169) for more information.

March Book Club Selection

Join us Monday, March 16th at 6:30 for a discussion of Anita Diamant's novel , "The Last Days of Dogtown". This novel is set on Cape Ann in the early 1800's and tells a story of New England history that is often forgotten. Drop by the library and pick up your copy! The book club always welcomes new participants!

January Book Club Selection

We will meet Mon., January 19th at 6:30PM. Our first selection of the new year will be "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. Join us to discuss this mystery that will leave you guessing until the end! Call the library (778-8169) to reserve your copy.

Chess Club

Learn to play or practice your skill at the library! After school, starting Thurs. , January 8th from 3:30-4:30. Please register by visiting or calling the library! 778-8169

Book Club

Join us Monday, October 20th at 6:30pm to discuss Here if You Need Me by Kate Braestrup. Please call the front desk at 778-8169 to reserve your copy. Come join us for a wonderful evening of fun and laughter. Refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!!

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. It may take ingenuity to interest browsers in a memoir by a middle-aged mother who, 11 years ago, was suddenly widowed, then became a Unitarian-Universalist minister, and now works as chaplain to game wardens in Maine. But good memoir writing does not depend on celebrity or adventure—who'd have thought that a self-confessed recovering neurotic like Anne Lamott or a monastically inclined poet like Kathleen Norris would make it big?—and Braestrup's insightful essays are extraordinarily well written, mingling elements of police procedural and touching love story with trenchant observations about life and death. Alert to comic detail even in grisly circumstances (bears, for example, like to play ball with human skulls), she tells stories of lost children, a suicide, drunken accidents and a murder, always with compassion and a concern for the big questions inescapably provoked by tragic events. Why did Dad die? her children ask, and her response describes not only her theology but also her reason for being a chaplain: Nowhere in scripture does it say 'God is a car accident' or 'God is death.' God is justice and kindness, mercy, and always—always—love. So if you want to know where God is in this or in anything, look for love.