Library Notes--11/20/2011
November 21, 2011Many dates to remember at the library:
No children's programs for this Thanksgiving week ---- Thursday or Friday.
(Our apologies to anyone who may have been inconvenienced by the last minute
cancellation of Storytime, last Friday ------ Emily was home with a sick
child). These programs will resume next week.
Sat., Nov. 26 at 5pm: A VERY special event: (part-time) Strafford resident
Gregory Maguire will visit the library for a reading from his new book "Out of
Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years".
Thur., Dec. 1 at 1pm: join the reading group for a discussion of the book
"Old Filth" by Jane Gardam.
Sat., Dec. 3 - the annual Holiday Sale! (the library will be closed for
regular hours). You may drop off donations for this major fundraiser anytime
the library is open, or Friday, Dec. 2 from 3 - 5pm and Sat., Dec.3 from 9 -
11 am. The sale will run from 11 am - 2 pm. Stop by for some great items; you
can call or email to order wreaths / amaryllis / or paperwhites ahead of time;
and buy raffle tickets for some fabulous prizes! All thanks to the Friends of
the Morrill Library.
Friday, Dec. 9, at 7 pm: another very special event! Please join us in
welcoming Roz Finn, as she reads from her newly published book "Love Among the
Lambs",
part memoir and partly a course in sheep farming, Roz recounts with humor and
grace her years farming on our Vermont hillside.
If you're looking to check out the Mango foreign language program, it is best
to access it through the link on our website: www.straffordlibrary.org
You'll need your library number. There is also a link to the library's
catalog.
Another round of LUV DVD's arrives this week, as well as some new books :
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" - Jeff Kinney; "V is for Vengeance" - Sue
Grafton;
"Lionheart" - Sharon Kay Penman; "What It Is Like to Go to War" - Karl
Marlantes; "Blue Nights" - Joan Didion.
Posted by Morrill Memorial & Harris Library.
