Moultonborough Library News
May 8, 2008
With the advent of warm weather, two of our local attractions, the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness, and the historic Shaker Village in Canterbury, are both open once again, and the library has passes that can be borrowed for free or discount admission to both. Recently reopened after a massive renovation is the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, and we also have passes for free admission there. Please call the library at 476-8895 to schedule your visit.
Two memorial books have been given this week in memory of Moultonboro residents who have passed away. Thanks to the Moultonboro Women’s Club, “The Last Lecture,” by professor Randy Pausch, which has been so much in the news lately, was given in memory of former MWC president Betty Rathman. From the Historical Society, “Men of Granite: true stories of New Hampshire’s fighting men,” was given in memory of Bob Lamprey, a WWII veteran.
New fiction includes “Skeletons at the Feast,” by Chris Bohjalian, a tale of refugees crossing the devastated Third Reich in January, 1945. “The Rosetta Key,” by William Dietrich, continues the tale of Ethan Gage, an American adventurer in the Holy Land, seeking an ancient Egyptian scroll while Napoleon invades. Debbie Macomber continues the Blossom Street saga in “Twenty Wishes,” while the highly prolific James Patterson’s latest is “Sundays at Tiffany’s.”
New mysteries include “The Body in the Gallery,” a Faith Fairchild detective tale by Katherine Hall Page; “Fidelity,” by Thomas Perry, in which Phil Kramer is gunned down on a dark suburban street, leaving his wife mysteriously penniless, while both she and the hitman who is now on her trail try to find out what his big secret really was. Set in New England, “Grave Justice,” by Glen Ebisch, features “Roaming New England” magazine editors Amanda and Marcie in a tale of the supernatural, when they investigate the Monster of Lake Opal in West Windham, Maine, and wind up in a murder investigation.
For younger readers, picture book titles include an illustrated version of “Lassie Come Home;” “Dirt On My Shirt,” by Jeff Foxworthy; “The Pigeon Wants A Puppy,” latest in the series by award-wining author/illustrator Mo Willems; and “Carry Me,” by Rosemary Wells, featuring her trademark bunny characters. For chapter-book readers, we have the latest in the Magic Treehouse series is #39, “Dark Day in the Deep Dark Sea,” and for young adult readers the latest titles include “Go Big or Go Home,” by Will Hobbs, and to go along with our “G’Day For Reading” summer reading program theme, “Naked Bunyip Dancing” is a tale set in Australia. Stay tuned to find out more about the famous bunyip.
This weeks movie additions include “Touching the Void,” “The Golden Compass,” and “27 Dresses,” plus donations of some movies in DVD which we previously had only on VHS-“The Thomas Crowne Affair” and “Independence Day,” plus an older movie new but to us, “Ladyhawke.”
“Book Talk” book discussion group will meet on Thursday, May 8, at 10 a.m. Come to discuss your latest reading experiences and likes or dislikes, or just come to listen for new reading ideas and suggestions of new authors to try. This will be the last session until September, as so many participants will be busy over the summer months.
The Library and the Historical Society will jointly sponsor a program with Professor Jim Kiepper on Monday evening, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. The subject will be Styles Bridges, one-time governor, U.S. Senator, and 1940 presidential candidate from New Hampshire, whose home in Concord is now the governor’s official residence.
Looking still further into the future, local beekeeper Al Hume will talk about the fascinating subject of honeybees, in a talk entitled “Oh, Beehave.” Topics will include their care and maintenance, the importance of bees to the human food chain, and the problems bees have had in recent years, presented on Monday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. We will have a program on digital photography with Meredith News photographer Kevin Sperl on Wednesday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m.; popular North Country newspaper columnist John Harrigan will speak on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00 p.m., and we will have a presentation from the NH UFO Network on Wednesday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Moultonboro Women’s Club Scholarship application forms are now available at the library. Scholarships are open to all Moultonboro residents, and the deadline is May 9. Please ask at the main desk.
Upcoming Events at the Library:
Preschool story time Tuesdays, at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No story time during school vacation.
After school movie, Fridays during April, 3:15 p.m. Call the library at 476-8895 for details.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, etc. for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Book Talk, Thursday, May 8, 10 a.m.
Beading Craft Program Wednesday, May 14. Registration required, 476-8895.
Irish Film Festival Wednesday evenings, 7:30 p.m. May 14, 21, 28.
Readathon, for children grades 5 and older, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Friday, May 16. Please call 476-8895 to register or sign up at the children’s desk so we know how much pizza to order!
Library closed for Memorial Day holiday, Monday, May 26.
Readathon for 3rd-4th graders, Friday, May 30, 5:300-8:00 p.m. Please call or register at the children’s desk so we know how much pizza we need!
“Oh, Beehave!” talk on beekeeping, presented by Al Hume, Monday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.
Digital Photography lecture-Kevin Sperl, Meredith News photographer, Wednesday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.
John Harrigan, North Country newspaper columnist, Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 p.m.
NH UFO Network, Wednesay, June 25, 7:30 p.m.
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. Check for pictures of our latest activities, including the Egg Hunt, Irish Singalong, Egg Tree, Readathon, Great Groundhog Hunt, Santa Claus, and much more, plus details of upcoming programs, library hours, and services.
Moultonborough Library News
May 1, 2008
St. Patrick’s Day may be over for this year, but the spirit of the Irish lives on at the library, which is having its first annual Irish Film Festival during the month of May. Starting on May 14, there will be three Irish films shown on Wednesday evenings, May 14, 21, and 28, all at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room. First up is “Evelyn,” rated PG, 95 minutes in length, starring Pierce Brosnan as a down-and-out father fighting the courts and the church for custody of his beloved children, a tale based on a true story that changed Irish law. Next, “The Wind That Shakes The Barley,” not rated, 127 minutes, an award-winning film about the violent struggle of two brothers in a 1920s IRA fight against the British. Wrapping up the series is “The Snapper” on May 28, a comedy by Roddy Doyle about a daughter whose unexpected pregnancy shakes up the entire neighborhood, starring Colm Meaney.
New items on the library shelves this week include “The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted,” in both book and audio formats, by Elizabeth Berg, a collection of short stories. New from Parnell Hall, who has a series of “Puzzle Lady” mysteries involving crosswords, is “The Sudoku Puzzle Murders.” Jane Cleland’s mystery theme is the antiques trade, and her latest Josie Prescott mystery is “Antiques To Die For.” New from Stuart Woods is “Santa Fe Dead,” from Iris Johansen is “Quicksand,” and from David Baldacci is “The Whole Truth.”
A new novel for juvenile readers is “The Penderwicks on Gardam Street,” a followup to the National Book Award-winning “The Penderwicks,” by Jeanne Birdsall. Back home after their summer vacation, the Penderwick sisters are shocked by a letter left behind by their mother, who died of cancer, suggesting that their father start dating again. Unlike some of the dark tales that are written for young adults, this is a very enjoyable tale of a loving family learning to deal with the unexpected.
New movies include “Charlie Wilson’s War,” starring Tom Hanks as a congressman running a secret war in Afghanistan; “The Savages,” about a brother and sister caring for the ailing father who never cared for them, and “Juno”, about a girl seeking the perfect parents for the unborn child she plans to put up for adoption.
With the advent of spring cleaning, the book sale donations are coming thick and fast, with a massive donation of older fiction last week that totaled 35 large boxes, surely including some old favorites that readers will want to take home from the summer book sale. The library accepts donations of hardcover and paperback books, audiobooks on cassette and disc, and movies on VHS or DVD, and games and jigsaw puzzles in good clean condition, anytime the library is open. Please, no textbooks or encyclopedias. Mark your calendars for the weekend of July 4, 5, and 6, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. We already have over 500 boxes sorted and ready to go, so we will definitely need lots of help and lots of book buyers to help us get rid of them all.
The Evening of Poetry for May will feature filmmaker Michael Dana and poet Lauren Tivey on Tuesday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m.
“Book Talk” book discussion group will meet on Thursday, May 8, at 10 a.m. Come to discuss your latest reading experiences and likes or dislikes, or just come to listen for new reading ideas and suggestions of new authors to try.
The Library and the Historical Society will jointly sponsor a program with Professor Jim Kiepper on Monday evening, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. The subject will be Styles Bridges, one-time governor, U.S. Senator, and 1940 presidential candidate from New Hampshire, whose home in Concord is now the governor’s official residence.
Looking still further into the future, local beekeeper Al Hume will talk about the fascinating subject of honeybees, including their care and maintenance, the importance of bees to the human food chain, and the problems bees have had in recent years. on Monday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. We will have a program on digital photography with Meredith News photographer Kevin Sperl on Wednesday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m.; popular New Hampshire newspaper columnist John Harrigan will speak on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00 p.m., and we will have a presentation from the NH UFO Network on Wednesday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Moultonboro Women’s Club Scholarship application forms are now available at the library. Scholarships are open to all Moultonboro residents, and the deadline is May 9. Please ask at the main desk.
Upcoming Events at the Library:
Preschool story time Tuesdays, at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No story time during school vacation.
After school movie, Fridays during April, 3:15 p.m. Call the library at 476-8895 for details.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, etc. for a morning get-together with other crafters.
Poetry evening Tuesday, May 6, 7:30 p.m. with Lauren Tivey and Michael Dana.
Beading Craft Program Wednesday, May 14. Registration required, 476-8895.
Irish Film Festival Wednesday evenings, 7:30 p.m. May 14, 21, 28.
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. Check for pictures of our latest activities, including the Egg Hunt, Irish Singalong, Egg Tree, Readathon, Great Groundhog Hunt, Santa Claus, and much more, plus details of upcoming programs, library hours, and services.
Moultonborough Library News
April 24, 2008
Mother-daughter mystery team Mary and Carol Higgins Clark are each out with a new tale, “Where Are You Now?” by Mary and “Zapped,” by Carol. Also new in mystery are “Goodbye, Ms. Chips,” by Dorothy Cannell, and “The Miracle at Speedy Motors,” by Alexander McCall Smith.
Other new fiction includes “Come Walk With Me” by Joan Medlicott, author of the “Covington” series; “The Girl With No Shadow,” by Joanne Harris, author of “Chocolat;” “Delusion,” by Peter Abrahams; “Our Story Begins,” by Tobias Wolff; “Windy City,” a political novel by NPR commentator Scott Simon; “The Painter From Shanghai,” by Jennifer Cody Epstein; and “Hold Tight,” by Harlan Coben.
New nonfiction includes “A Life Up Front,” a biography of wartime cartoonist Bill Mauldin, whose “Up Front” feature in the Army newspaper Stars and Stripes created the original character of “G.I. Joe;” “The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century”; “Common Wealth,” by Jeffery D. Sachs; “Girls Like Us,” a group biography of Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon; “The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur;” and “The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire.”
We have some catchy titles among the new acquisitions this week, including “Proust and the Squid,” a nonfiction title on how reading and writing have affected the development of the human brain; “When Dinosaurs Came With Everything,” an easy picture book by Elise Broach; and “Woolbur,” the story of a rebel sheep, also a picture book, which is a nominee for the 2008 Ladybug Award.
Other new books for young people include nine new episodes in Kathryn Lasky’s “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” series in which the characters are owls; “Queste,” by Angie Sage, book four in the Septimus Heap series; and “Final Warning,” the latest in James Patterson’s young adult series “Maximum Ride.”
The program on landscape gardening with Robert Gillmore last week was one of our most well-attended programs to date, with about 75 eager gardeners in attendance. His book on “The Woodland Garden” is now available to be checked out.
Signup is required for the limited number of spaces available for the cooking program with Chef April Hall, who will present a program on the assorted techniques of using puff pastry, on Monday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. Please call the library at 476-8895 to register, and bring your own rolling pin and a container to take home your creations.
This evening, Thursday, April 24, from 6:30-8:00 p.m., children’s librarian Judi Knowles has planned an evening of board games such as Clue, Scrabble, Mancala, Parcheesi, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Game of Life, playing cards, and anything else our patrons might like to play.
Looking ahead, the annual Maypole Dance for young children will be on Thursday, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. on the library’s front lawn. Rain date, May 2. There will be a king and queen and may baskets for all children. Preceding the Maypole dance will be a May Basket Craft on Wednesday, April 23 from 1:00 p.m. onwards. There will be an afterschool beading craft program on Wednesday, May 14. Please call the library at 476-8895 to register.
The Evening of Poetry for May will feature filmmaker Michael Dana and poet Lauren Tivey on Tuesday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m.
The Library and the Historical Society will jointly sponsor a program with Professor Jim Kiepper on Monday evening, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. The subject will be Styles Bridges, one-time governor, U.S. Senator, and 1940 presidential candidate from New Hampshire, whose home in Concord is now the governor’s official residence.
Looking still further into the future, we will have a program on digital photography with Meredith News photographer Kevin Sperl on Wednesday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m.; popular New Hampshire newspaper columnist John Harrigan will speak on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00 p.m., and we will have a presentation from the NH UFO Network on Wednesday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Moultonboro Women’s Club Scholarship application forms are now available at the library. Scholarships are open to all Moultonboro residents, and the deadline is May 9. Please ask at the main desk.
Due to the Economic Stimulus Rebate Program our AARP volunteers will extend their hours until the end of April so that everyone has an opportunity to take advantage of the program. You must file a brief tax return in order to receive the rebate. Walk-in service will be available, or you may call for an appointment on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons. Any questions, call Barbara Rando at 476-9031.
Upcoming Events at the Library:
Preschool story time Tuesdays, at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No story time during school vacation.
After school movie, Fridays during April, 3:15 p.m. Call the library at 476-8895 for details.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, etc. for a morning get-together with other crafters.
MS Word Computer Class, Tuesday April 22, April 29, May 6 10 a.m.-noon.
May Basket Craft Wednesday, April 23, 1:00 p.m.-onwards.
“Journeys to the Edge” book discussion program, concludes on Thursday, April 24at 10 a.m., with “”Touching the Void,” a tale of survival after a near-fatal mountaineering accident in the high Andes, which was also the subject of a recent motion picture. Books available for advance reading; ask at circulation desk.
Board Game Evening, Thursday, April 24, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scrabble, Clue, Game of Life, card games, and more.
May Pole Celebration Thursday, May 1, 10:30 a.m.
April Hall puff pastry cooking class, Monday, May 5, 7:00 p.m. Signup required, 476-8895.
Poetry evening Tuesday, May 6, 7:30 p.m. with Lauren Tivey and Michael Dana.
Beading Craft Program Wednesday, May 14. Registration required, 476-8895.
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. Check for pictures of our latest activities, including the Egg Hunt, Irish Singalong, Egg Tree, Readathon, Great Groundhog Hunt, Santa Claus, and much more, plus details of upcoming programs, library hours, and services.
Moultonborough Library News
April 17, 2008
The cooking program with Colleen Bruce this week was highly successful, with 28 in attendance to enjoy her expertise in making piecrust and baking an apple pie, plus the samples of hermits, apple squares, and cranberry nut bread with maple butter which she brought along. Numerous copies of her cookbook were sold and she generously donated a percentage of the sales to the library, which also has a copy available for borrowing. The smell of apple pie in the oven lent a delicious odor to the entire library, and the staff certainly enjoyed eating it. Best of all, Colleen will be back with us this summer for another program.
For our next food-related program, Chef April Hall, who introduced us to cake decorating last year, returns to the library to present a program on the assorted techniques of using puff pastry, on Monday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. Please call the library at 476-8895 to register, and bring your own rolling pin and a container to take home your creations.
An interesting nonfiction book received this week is entitled “New England Forests Through Time,” and it was presented by the Historical Society in memory of Marilyn Patenaude. The book includes pictures of the Harvard Forest Diorama, which displays visually the history of New England forests from the pre-settlement virgin woodlands, through farming, the regrowth of the forests, logging, and the establishment of national forests and conservation lands. The book will be the topic of a program to be presented at Castle in the Clouds in their lecture series this summer.
New fiction this week includes “The Ten Year Nap,” by Meg Wolitzer, a tale of career women going back to the workplace after taking a timeout to raise their young children. “The Forgery of Venus,” by Michael Gruber, is about an artist who imitates the “Old Masters” so successfully that he starts to believe he is one of them. “The Sum of Our Days” is an autobiography by popular novelist Isabelle Allende. Two new titles in large print are Iris Johansen’s “Quicksand,” and “Compulsion,” by Jonathan Kellerman.
On the new movie shelf this week, “There Will Be Blood,” starring Daniel Day Lewis. New books on CD include five of the Chronicles of Narnia series in unabridged format, with the other two episodes on order. Although shelved in the juvenile section, this is a tale that is loved by many readers and can be enjoyed by our patrons of any age. Also received by donation in the CD audiobook section is “Wandering Hill,” by Larry McMurtry, and “Giving,” by Bill Clinton.
New children’s books this week include lots of biographies for those favorite school projects, including Herman Melville, Condoleeza Rice, Dr. Welch of grape juice fame, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Admiral Byrd in the Antarctic, “Caught by the Sea,” by popular juvenile author Gary Paulsen, and “I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler,” by children’s book illustrator Ted Lewin.
Next on the programming schedule is a free “Introduction to MS Word” computer seminar, taught by Perry Smith. In three sessions on three Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. until noon, learn to create a Word document and save it, make changes to an existing document, and in the third week, address any follow-up questions that may arise. Participants will have a good basic understanding of the keyboard, menus, toolbars, margins, tabs, folders, documents, fonts, and editing techniques. The program takes place on April 22, April 29, and May 6. Advance signup is required, so please call the library at 476-8895 if you wish to attend.
Looking ahead in children’s programming, an evening of board game fun is planned for Thursday, April 24, from 6:30-8:00 p.m., and we are looking for donations of board games such as Clue, Scrabble, Mancala, Parcheesi, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Game of Life, playing cards, and anything else our patrons might like to play. The annual Maypole Dance for young children will be on Thursday, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. on the library’s front lawn. Rain date, May 2. There will be a king and queen and may baskets for all children. Preceding the Maypole dance will be a May Basket Craft on Wednesday, May 23 from 1:00 p.m. onwards. There will be an afterschool beading craft program on Wednesday, May 14. Please call the library at 476-8895 to register.
Moultonboro Women’s Club Scholarship application forms are now available at the library. Scholarships are open to all Moultonboro residents, and the deadline is May 9. Please ask at the main desk.
Due to the Economic Stimulus Rebate Program our AARP volunteers will extend their hours until the end of April so that everyone has an opportunity to take advantage of the program. You must file a brief tax return in order to receive the rebate. Walk-in service will be available, or you may call for an appointment on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons. Any questions, call Barbara Rando at 476-9031.
Upcoming Events at the Library:
Preschool story time Tuesdays, at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No story time during school vacation.
After school movie, Fridays during April, 3:15 p.m. Call the library at 476-8895 for details.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, etc. for a morning get-together with other crafters.
MS Word Computer Class, Tuesday April 22, April 29, May 6 10 a.m.-noon.
May Basket Craft Wednesday, April 23, 1:00 p.m.-onwards.
“Journeys to the Edge” book discussion program, concludes on Thursday, April 24at 10 a.m., with “”Touching the Void,” a tale of survival after a near-fatal mountaineering accident in the high Andes, which was also the subject of a recent motion picture. Books available for advance reading; ask at circulation desk.
Board Game Evening, Thursday, April 24, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scrabble, Clue, Game of Life, card games, and more.
May Pole Celebration Thursday, May 1, 10:30 a.m.
April Hall puff pastry cooking class, Monday, May 5, 7:00 p.m. Signup required, 476-8895.
Beading Craft Program Wednesday, May 14. Registration required, 476-8895.
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. Check for pictures of our latest activities, including the Egg Hunt, Irish Singalong, Egg Tree, Readathon, Great Groundhog Hunt, Santa Claus, and much more, plus details of upcoming programs, library hours, and services.
Moultonborough Library News
April 10, 2008
The new exhibit in our display case for the month of April was created by the Lakes Region and Happy Hobby Doll Clubs, and it is most appropriate for the library. All the dolls portray the character of Hitty, a very adventurous doll whose story, “Hitty, Her First Hundred Years,” by Rachel Field, was a Newbery Medal winner in 1930. The original Hitty is a resident of the Stockebridge Public Library in Massacusetts, and has her own website with history and directions on how to make a Hitty reproduction. The doll crafters have portrayed Hitty in various costumes that she has worn in the original illustrations, and have added multiple editions of the book, plus doll furniture to make her stay at the library a comfortable one.
On Tuesday, April 15, at 7:00 p.m., the library will present a gardening program with nationally recognized landscape gardener and author Robert Gillmore, who will explain “How to Make a Large, Lush, Low-Maintenance Garden.” Gillmore is the author of “Woodland Garden,” which has just been added to the library collection and features many pictures of his lovely landscape gardens as well as other famous gardens around the United States. He is also the author of “Beauty All Around You,” published in 2000, subtitled “How to Create Large, Private Low-Maintenance Gardens, Even on Small Lots and Small Budgets.” He is a resident of Goffstown, N.H., where his garden, “Evergreen,” is located.
Next on the programming schedule is a free “Introduction to MS Word” computer seminar, taught by Perry Smith. In three sessions on three Tuesday mornings from 10 a.m. until noon, learn to create a Word document and save it, make changes to an existing document, and in the third week, address any follow-up questions that may arise. Participants will have a good basic understanding of the keyboard, menus, toolbars, margins, tabs, folders, documents, fonts, and editing techniques. The program takes place on April 22, April 29, and May 6. Advance signup is required, so please call the library at 476-8895 if you wish to attend.
A new mystery arriving this week is “Winter Study,” by Nevada Barr, in which Anna Pigeon returns to Isle Royale in Lake Superior, where the wolves are behaving most strangely. Also new is “Game Over,” a new Bill Slider mystery from the pen of Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. New fiction includes “Losing You,” by Nicci French, and “Unaccustomed Earth,” a collection of eight short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri. New nonfiction includes “Home: A Memoir of My Early Years,” by singer and actress Julie Andrews; “God’s Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215,” and the title of the week, “I Was Told There’d Be Cake,” a collection of essays by Sloane Crusley. Also new for National Poetry Month is “Easy to Keep, Hard to Keep In,” a collection of poems by David Surette, who appeared at our poetry evening last week. New movies on DVD include “Sweeney Todd,” and “The Kite Runner.”
Looking ahead, the annual Maypole Dance for young children will be on Thursday, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. on the library’s front lawn. Rain date, May 2. There will be a king and queen and may baskets for all children. Chef April Hall, who introduced us to cake decorating last year, returns to the library to present a program on the assorted techniques of using puff pastry, on Monday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. There will be an afterschool beading craft program on Wednesday, May 14. Please call the library at 476-8895 to register.
An evening of board game fun is planned for Thursday, April 24, from 6:30-8:00 p.m., and we are looking for donations of board games such as Clue, Scrabble, Mancala, Parcheesi, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Game of Life, playing cards, and anything else our patrons might like to play.
Moultonboro Women’s Club Scholarship application forms are now available at the library. Scholarships are open to all Moultonboro residents, and the deadline is May 9. Please ask at the main desk.
AARP tax assistance volunteers are in the library for the few remaining days until the IRS filing deadline on April 15 to help residents, especially elderly and low income folks, to process their federal income tax returns. Appointments can be made for Tuesdays from 3-7 p.m. and Wednesday from 1-5 p.m. Please call the library at 476-8895 to sign up for a one-hour appointment. Federal and state forms, schedules and instructions are available in hard copy or online. Due to the Economic Stimulus Rebate Program our AARP volunteers will extend their hours until the end of April so that everyone has an opportunity to take advantage of the program. You must file a brief tax return in order to receive the rebate. Walk-in service will be available, or you may call for an appointment on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons. Any questions, call Barbara Rando at 476-9031.
Upcoming Events at the Library:
Preschool story time Tuesdays, at 6:30 p.m. and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. No story time during school vacation.
After school movie, Fridays during April, 3:15 p.m. Call the library at 476-8895 for details.
“Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, etc. for a morning get-together with other crafters.
“How to Make a Large, Lush, Low-Maintenance Garden” program with Robert Gillmore, Tuesday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
“Journeys to the Edge” book discussion program, concludes on Thursday, April 24at 10 a.m., with “”Touching the Void,” a tale of survival after a near-fatal mountaineering accident in the high Andes, which was also the subject of a recent motion picture. Books available for advance reading; ask at circulation desk.
Board Game Evening, Thursday, April 24, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scrabble, Clue, Game of Life, card games, and more.
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. Check for pictures of our latest activities, including the Egg Hunt, Irish Singalong, Egg Tree, Readathon, Great Groundhog Hunt, Santa Claus, and much more, plus details of upcoming programs, library hours, and services.