June 12, 2013
Summer vacation starts today and we welcome children to participate in the summer programs at the Morrill Memorial & Harris Library. The theme this year is "Dig into Reading". Students can come in any time to start a summer READING LOG. We strongly encourage all kids
to read over the summer -------- yes, to keep up and improve on their reading skills --------- but mostly to enjoy
discovering a new world in each new book. The "logs" will stay at the library and children are welcome to come in
as often as they like to add to their list and borrow more books.
Our "SUMMER FUN AT THE LIBRARY" will again be on Monday evenings, July 8 - Aug. 12, at 6:30 pm.
Flyers were sent home with students from school and we'll soon post the schedule. We have some great
programs geared to school age kids, starting with a visit from naturalist Kurt Valenta on July 8.
STORYTIME for preschoolers (siblings are welcome) will meet weekly July 12 - Aug. 9, on Fridays at 10 am. Some new titles include (fiction): Strafford author Bob Johnston's "Between Tides", "And the Mountains Echoed" - Khalid Hosseni (in audio also), "Silver Star" - Jeanette Walls, "Transatlantic" - Colum McCann, "The Son" - Philipp Meyer, (mystery): "Bad Monkey" - Carl Hiaason, "Redeemer" - Jo Nesbo, "If You Were Here" - Alafair Burke, (non-fiction): "A Dog walks into a Nursing Home" - Sue Halpern,
(YA): "The 5th Wave" - Rick Yancey and " The Moon and More" - Sarah Dessen. The book sale is in 3 1/2 weeks!
Donations are gratefully accepted any time (please no encyclopedias, text books, computer books or moldy items).
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June 4, 2013
This Thursday will be the last after-school program for the school year. Please make sure thatyour child wants to participate in the program if you send them to the library ........ we are too busy to provide supervision if they are leaving the building.Storytime is this Friday at 10 am. Come join in. The Reading Group will meet Thursday, June 27 at 1pm to discuss the book "Ceremony" by
Leslie Marmon Silko. Published in 1977, "Ceremony" is considered a profound and moving work
of Native Ameri... Continue reading...
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May 23, 2013
The library will be closed Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day.The Reading Group meets Thursday, 5/30 at 1pm to discuss 'The Club Dumas"
by Arturo Perez-Reverte. The annual book sale is in 6 weeks !!!!!
The sale is put on by The Friends of the Morrill Memorial & Harris Library as a benefit for the library
and it has become one of our big fundraisers. Of course, the success of the sale (which has grown annually)
depends greatly on the wonderful donations you all make. So please, as you are cleani... Continue reading...
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May 16, 2013
Please join us this evening (Thursday) at 7pm in the United Church for a benefit concert for the library:The Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo will perform "A Vietnam Memorial", composed by Stuart Smith,written for spoken voice and percussion. The Smiths are residents of Strafford and have kindly offered to put on this benefit.Suggested donation is $10 and you are welcome to join the artists for refreshments after the concert.Quite a few new titles have recently arrived: in fiction; "The Burgess Bo... Continue reading...
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May 14, 2013
Please join us this Thursday at 7pm at the United Church, for a concert by a local composer, to benefit the Morrill Memorial and Harris LibraryThe Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo will perform “A Viet Nam Memorial,” by Stuart Saunders Smith. The concert includes spoken voice and is described as an “opera” for voice and percussion. The work explores the relationship between personal and public grief by drawing on personal memories and a sense of place. The percussion duo, founded in 1998, ... Continue reading...
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May 9, 2013
Friday (tomorrow): STORYTIME at 10 amWelcome all preschoolers.Please join us next Thursday evening, May 16, for a benefit concert for the library.
The concert will be at the United Church at 7 pm.
The Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo will perform "A Vietnam Memorial", composed by Stuart Smith,
written for spoken voice and percussion.
The Smiths are residents of Strafford and have kindly offered to put on this benefit.
Suggested donation is $10 and you are welcome to join the artists for refreshments af... Continue reading...
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April 30, 2013
There is a change in Storytime for this month, as Emily will be attending a workshop this Friday (First Friday). So, we'll have "Second Friday" and Storytime will be May 10 at 10 am for all preschoolers.Now that it's actually spring, please remember the library book sale if you're spring cleaning.
The sale will be July 5 & 6 and we greatly appreciate donations (please no encyclopedias, moldy books,
text books or computer books). You can bring books to the library anytime and if you need help g... Continue reading...
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April 24, 2013
This evening (Wednesday)! 7 pm at the library, join us in welcoming Jim Rooney, talking about his book "Bossmen: Bill Monroe & Muddy Waters".Some new titles: "Frozen in Time" - Mitchell Zuckoff (another amazing WWII survival story),
"Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice" - Mary Robinson, "Vegetable Literacy" - Deborah Madison,
"Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation" - Michael Pollan; fiction - "Fly Away" - Kristin Hannah,
"Maya's Notebook" - Isabele Allende, "The Hit" - David Baldac... Continue reading...
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April 22, 2013
Mark your calendars to come to the library on Wednesday, April 24, at 7 pm,when Jim Rooney will discuss his book "Bossmen: Bill Monroe & Muddy Waters".As many of you know, Jim has been involved in many phases of the music business for over 50 years, and is a Grammy-award winning record producer. His talk is sure to be fascinating. New titles include non-fiction: "Gulp" - Mary Roach, "The Drunken Botanist" - Amy Stewart,
"Jerusalem: A Cookbook" - Yotam Ottolenghi, "The Second Atlas of Breedin... Continue reading...
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April 11, 2013
This Saturday, Kasaundra will volunteering at the library ( 9 - 12 ),so if you have any questions about downloading audiobooks or e-books through the library, stop in and she can help you (between helping other patrons ).The biggest complaints seem to be :1. It is a 2 week check out period, which isn't enough for some people.2. Newer, popular books are always "out". People have found if theyuse their "waiting list" ( keeping 5 or 6 titles on it ), after a few weeks, theyusually start getting... Continue reading...
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