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Moultonborough Library News
May 23, 2013

This week’s additions to the library collection include "Guns At Last Light,” by Rick Atkinson, the conclusion to his trilogy on the history of World War II in the European Theater, which is also one of our Meredith Village Savings Bank "Book of the Month” selections for June, the other being Nathaniel Philbrick’s new "Bunker Hill” history. Also in nonfiction and of local interest are two new titles, "The Geology of New Hampshire’s White Mountains,” by J. Dykstra Eusden and a group of other geologists, which is stuffed with photos of rock formations in the White Mountains, diagrams of where New Hampshire was located during the various geological ages, and much more; and "Paddling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail,” by Sam Brakeley, a self-published story of two young men who paddled the newly-mapped 740-mile water trail from Old Forge, New York to Fort Kent, Maine.

New in fiction are "The Barbed Crown,” by William Dietrich, in which Ethan Gage plots against Napoleon’s planned invasion of England; "And the Mountains Echoed,” by Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner;” "Inferno,” the new novel by New Hampshire author Dan Brown, featuring symbologist Robert Langdon investigating the hidden meanings of Dante’s "Inferno,” while battling a chilling adversary and an ingenious riddle; and in mystery, "Foal Play,” by Kathryn O’Sullivan, set on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, with fire chief Colleen McCabe and her faithful dog helping to investigate a body that has washed ashore.

New on DVD are "Place of Execution,” a British crime drama first broadcast on Masterpiece Contemporary; "Page Eight,” a British political drama, and "Jack Reacher,” with Tom Cruise, based on the books by Lee Child. We have also added season 3 of the Inspector Lewis series, which we were missing, giving us now a complete run through season five; and a second copy of the movie "Lincoln,” which has had a long reserve list ever since it was released on DVd.

Last chance to purchase your tickets for the Friends of the Library "Literary Field Trip,” to visit Robert Frost’s home at Frost Place, Franconia, NH, on Thursday, June 13. The group leaves by bus from the library at 9 a.m. and returns at 3 p.m., with a docent-led tour of the Frost museum and grounds, plus lunch at the Hilltop Inn. Tickets are limited, and are available at the library and must be purchased before June 3. Cost of $55 includes transportation, lunch, and the tour.

Coming up next, on Friday, May 24 at 10:30 a.m., author J. Dennis Robinson will join us for a program about the history of the Strawbery Banke Museum, a living history collection of buildings from the 17^thto the 20^th centuries located in Portsmouth, N.H. Robinson is the author of " Strawbery Banke, a Seaport Museum 400 years in the making.” In addition, the Recreation Department will be sponsoring a bus trip to visit Strawbery Banke on Wednesday, May 29. Call 476-8868 to sign up.

Next on the program schedule will be another author, Kevin Gardner, who has written "The Granite Kiss: traditions and techniques of building New England stone walls,” who will be speaking here at the library on Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. Kevin’s informal talk touches on history, technique, stylistic development, and aesthetics. He explains how and why New England came to acquire its thousands of miles of stone walls, the ways in which they and other dry stone structures were built, how their styles emerged and changed over time, and their significance to the famous New England landscape. There is always a generous question-and-answer period, during which listeners are encouraged to bring up specific problems or projects on their own properties. Copies of The Granite Kiss will be available for sale.

We begin with Facebook on Monday mornings, June 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 10:30-11:30 a.m., and a second session on Monday evenings, June 10, 17, and 24 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Next will be a class on the various e-readers, with a choice of Monday mornings, July 1,8, 15, and 22 from 10:30-11:30 or Wednesday evenings, July 31, August 7 and 14, from 6:00-7:30. Introduction to Computers will be scheduled for Friday mornings, July 12, 19, 26 and August 2 from 10:30-11:30; Excel classes will be on Monday mornings, August 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 10:30-11:30; and last of all, Microsoft Word, on Thursday evenings, July 11, 18, 25 and August 1, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., or Friday mornings, August 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 10:30-11:30.

Check our website or pick up a class schedule when you visit the library. All classes are free, but we do request that everyone who wishes to attend must sign up in advance. Don is also at the library each Wednesday From 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to help our patrons with issues they may have with their home computers or other devices.

The Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness opened May 1, and the library pass is now available. Castle in the Clouds will be open weekends from May 11 through June 2, and daily beginning June 8, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (gate closes at 4:00 p.m.). They have kindly provided passes for the use of Moultonborough residents, up to five passes daily, one pass per family, each good for up to two adults and two youths. Other attractions for which we have passes include the Libby Museum, Wright Museum, and Canterbury Shaker Village, all of which will be opening soon (check our website for dates), and the Remick Country Doctor and Farm Museum, the McAuliffe-Shepard Planetarium, and the Currier Museum of Art which are open year-round.

There will be a book discussion on the classic American novel, "Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury, on Thursday, May 30, at 10:30 with scholar Jennifer Lee. We have extra copies available, and we also have the DVD, which tells the story of a dystopian society where books are illegal, and firemen burn any houses found to contain them.

AARP tax aide Jean Beadle will be here on Tuesday, June 11, 3:00-7:00 to assist taxpayers in completing New Hampshire form DP-8, property tax relief for low and moderate income. Persons who are single with a adjusted gross income less than or equal to $20,000, or married or head of a NH household with adjusted gross income less than or equal to $40,000 who own a homestead in New Hampshire where they resided on April 1, 2012 are eligible. Bring a copy of your final 2012 local property tax bill, pages one and two of your 2012 tax return for all adult household members, and trust documents for property held in trust.

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:

Preschool story time, Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30.

Free computer help, Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with PC handyman Don Campbell.

"Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other handicrafts and share the morning get-together with other crafters.

Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m.-"The Making of Strawbery Banke,” slide show and lecture with author J. Dennis Robinson. In conjunction with the recreation department trip on May 29.

Monday, May 27-Library closed for Memorial Day.

Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.-Kevin Gardner, author of "The Granite Kiss,” will speak on the topic of "Discovering New England Stone Walls.”

Thursday, May 30, 10:30 a.m.-"Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, book discussion with scholar Jennifer Lee.

Tuesday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.-(Not So) Elementary, My Dear Watson: The Popularity of Sherlock Holmes, presented by Ann McClellan and the NH Humanities Council.

Thursday, June 20, 10:30 a.m.-Book Talk, all welcome to discuss books recently read and share ideas for future reading.

Thursday, June 27, 7:00 p.m. Black Bear Happenings in New Hampshire, presented by NH Fish and Game Dept.

Saturday and Sunday, July 6 and 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Annual book sale, 1,000 boxes of books for sale in the library parking lot, rain or shine, all $1.00 or less.

Moultonborough Library News
May 16, 2013

Now is the time to purchase your tickets for the Friends of the Library "Literary Field Trip,” to visit Robert Frost’s home at Frost Place, Franconia, NH, on Thursday, June 13. The group leaves by bus from the library at 9 a.m. and returns at 3 p.m., with a docent-led tour of the Frost museum and grounds, plus lunch at the Hilltop Inn. Tickets are limited, and are available at the library and must be purchased before June 3. Cost of $55 includes transportation, lunch, and the tour.

Coming up on Friday, May 24 at 10:30 a.m., author J. Dennis Robinson will join us for a program about the history of the Strawbery Banke Museum, a living history collection of buildings from the 17^thto the 20^th centuries located in Portsmouth, N.H. Robinson is the author of " Strawbery Banke, a Seaport Museum 400 years in the making.” In addition, the Recreation Department will be sponsoring a bus trip to visit Strawbery Banke on Wednesday, May 29. Call 476-8868 to sign up.

AARP tax aide Jean Beadle will be here on Tuesday, May 21, 11:00-4:00 and Tuesday, June 11, 3:00-7:00 to assist taxpayers in completing New Hampshire form DP-8, property tax relief for low and moderate income. Persons who are single with a adjusted gross income less than or equal to $20,000, or married or head of a NH household with adjusted gross income less than or equal to $40,000 who own a homestead in New Hampshire where they resided on April 1, 2012 are eligible. Bring a copy of your final 2012 local property tax bill, pages one and two of your 2012 tax return for all adult household members, and trust documents for property held in trust.

This week’s collection of new fiction includes "The Movement of Stars,” by Amy Brill; "When the Devil Drives,” by Christopher Brookmyre; "Pirate Alley,” by Stephen Coonts; "Lighthouse Bay,” by Kimberley Freeman; "Flora,” by Gail Godwin; "Mariana,” by Susanna Kearsley; "Where the Light Falls,” by Katherine Keenum; "The Ophelia Cut,” by John Lescroart; "The Devil in Her Way,” by Bill Loehfeln; "Murder As a Fine Art,” by David Morrell; "Red Moon,” by Benjamin Percy; "When We Were Strangers,” by Pamela Schoenewaldt, and "All That Is,” by James Salter. New in nonfiction, we have added "Mountain Voices,” published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, a collection of oral history of the White Mountains; "Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,” by David Sedaris (also in the collection as an audiobook), and "Gods Like Us: Movie Stardom and Modern Fame,” by Ty Burr.

New on DVD are season one of Ripper Street, series one of "Miss Fisher’s Mysteries,” based on the popular Phryne Fisher mysteries by Kerry Greenwood; season two of "The Borgias,” "Mr. Selfridge,” about the American entrepreneur who founded the famous British department store; and "Silver Linings Playbook,” with Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool story time, Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30.

Free computer help, Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with PC handyman Don Campbell.

"Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other handicrafts and share the morning get-together with other crafters.

Tuesday, May 21, 11:00-4:00-Free Property Tax Relief Tax Assistance for low and moderate income taxpayers.

Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m.-"The Making of Strawbery Banke,” slide show and lecture with author J. Dennis Robinson. In conjunction with the recreation department trip on May 29.

Monday, May 27-Library closed for Memorial Day.

Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.-Kevin Gardner, author of "The Granite Kiss,” will speak on the topic of "Discovering New England Stone Walls.”

Thursday, May 30, 10:30 a.m.-"Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, book discussion with scholar Jennifer Lee.

Tuesday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.-(Not So) Elementary, My Dear Watson: The Popularity of Sherlock Holmes, presented by Ann McClellan and the NH Humanities Council.

Thursday, June 20, 10:30 a.m.-Book Talk, all welcome to discuss books recently read and share ideas for future reading.

Thursday, June 27, 7:00 p.m. Black Bear Happenings in New Hampshire, presented by NH Fish and Game Dept.

Saturday and Sunday, July 6 and 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Annual book sale, 1,000 boxes of books for sale in the library parking lot, rain or shine, all $1.00 or less.

Moultonborough Library News
May 9, 2013

Local legend says Strawbery Banke Museum began when a Portsmouth librarian gave a rousing speech in 1957. The backstory, however, is richly complex. This is a dramatic tale of economics, urban renewal, immigration, and historic architecture in New Hampshire's only seaport. Tapping into private letters, unpublished records, and personal interviews, author J. Dennis Robinson explores the politics of preservation. In addition, the Recreation Department will be sponsoring a bus trip to visit Strawbery Banke on Wednesday, May 29. Call the recreation department at 476-8868 to sign up. Visitors to Strawbery Banke have the opportunity to experience and imagine how people lived and worked in this typical American neighborhood throughout four centuries of history. Through its restored houses, its featured exhibits, its historic landscapes and gardens, and its interpretive programs, Strawbery Banke tells the stories of the many generations who settled in the Portsmouth, NH, community from the late l7th to the mid-20th century.

Next on the program schedule will be another author, Kevin Gardner, who has written "The Granite Kiss: traditions and techniques of building New England stone walls,” who will be speaking here at the library on Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. Kevin’s informal talk touches on history, technique, stylistic development, and aesthetics. He explains how and why New England came to acquire its thousands of miles of stone walls, the ways in which they and other dry stone structures were built, how their styles emerged and changed over time, and their significance to the famous New England landscape. Other topics may include: differences in approach between historical and contemporary wall-builders, a discussion of restoration tips and techniques, and information about design, acquisition of materials, preservation, and analysis. There is always a generous question-and-answer period, during which listeners are encouraged to bring up specific problems or projects on their own properties.

During the program, Kevin occupies himself building a miniature wall or walls on a tabletop, using tiny stones from a five-gallon bucket. He often brings along his collection of books about stonework, and copies of The Granite Kiss will be available for sale.

Since the publication of The Granite Kiss, Kevin has presented his program at dozens of historical societies, bookstores, and town libraries all over New England, including Canterbury Shaker Village, the NH Historical Society, Castle-in-the-Clouds, Old Sturbridge Village, Boston's Arnold Arboretum, and many more.

We are now accepting signups for the free computer classes scheduled for this summer with the "PC Handyman,” Don Campbell of Moultonborough. Topics will include E-Readers, Excel, Facebook, Introduction to Computers, and Microsoft Word. We begin with Facebook on Monday mornings, June 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 10:30-11:30 a.m., and a second session on Monday evenings, June 10, 17, and 24 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Next will be a class on the various e-readers, with a choice of Monday mornings, July 1,8, 15, and 22 from 10:30-11:30 or Wednesday evenings, July 31, August 7 and 14, from 6:00-7:30. Introduction to Computers will be scheduled for Friday mornings, July 12, 19, 26 and August 2 from 10:30-11:30; Excel classes will be on Monday mornings, August 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 10:30-11:30; and last of all, Microsoft Word, on Thursday evenings, July 11, 18, 25 and August 1, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., or Friday mornings, August 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 10:30-11:30. Check our website or ask at the front desk for a class schedule when you visit the library. All classes are free, but we do request that everyone who wishes to attend must sign up in advance. Don is also at the library each week to help our patrons with issues they may have with their home computers or other devices. Don is here on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., and is happy to assist if you are in difficulties with your computer.

The season for some of our popular free or discounted passes to summer attractions is getting started, with the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness opening May 1. Castle in the Clouds opens weekends beginning May 11, which is also a free day for Moultonborough residents to visit. They will be open weekends through June 2, and daily beginning June 8, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (gate closes at 4:00 p.m.). They have kindly provided passes for the use of Moultonborough residents, up to five passes daily, one pass per family, each good for up to two adults and two youths. Other attractions for which we have passes include the Libby Museum, Wright Museum, and Canterbury Shaker Village, all of which will be opening soon (check our website for dates), and the Remick Country Doctor and Farm Museum, the McAuliffe-Shepard Planetarium, and the Currier Museum of Art which are open year-round.

There will be a book discussion on the classic American novel, "Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury, on Thursday, May 30, at 10:30 with scholar Jennifer Lee. We already have extra copies available for those who want to get started, and we also recently added the DVD of the motion picture version of the story, which is based on a dystopian society where books are illegal, and firemen burn any houses found to contain them.

Now that income tax season is over, we turn to the program for assisting low and moderate income taxpayers with their property tax relief forms. AARP tax aide Jean Beadle will be here on Tuesday, May 21, 11:00-4:00 and Tuesday, June 11, 3:00-7:00 to assist taxpayers in completing New Hampshire form DP-8. Persons who are single with a adjusted gross income less than or equal to $20,000, or married or head of a NH household with adjusted gross income less than or equal to $40,000 who own a homestead in New Hampshire where they resided on April 1, 2012 are eligible. Bring a copy of your final 2012 local property tax bill, pages one and two of your 2012 tax return for all adult household members, and trust documents for property held in trust.

New young adult fiction this week includes "This Is What Happy Looks Like,” by Jennifer E. Smith, which asks the question, "If Fate sent you an email, would you answer?” Also new are "The Lucy Variations,” by Sara Zarr, in which Lucy, a world-class pianist, walks away from the piano, then tries to find her way back; "Code of Silence,” by Tim Shoemaker, which explores the question of what to do when telling the truth could get you killed, but lying means injustice;, and "Chasing the Prophecy,” the conclusion of the "Beyonders” series by Brandon Mull. In juvenile fiction, we have "Fyre,” book seven in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage; "Doll Bones,” by Holly Black, in which Zach, Poppy and Alice’s fantasy world of pirates, thieves, mermaids, and warriors, may be coming all too true when they set out to bury the Great Queen; "Frogged,” in which Princess Imogene kisses an enchanted prince and becomes a frog herself; and a graphic novel featuring Big Nate in "Game On!” New picture books include "The Dark,” by Lemony Snicket; "Have You Seen My New Blue Socks,” by Eve Bunting; "999 Frogs Wake Up,” by Ken Kimura, and "My Dad Thinks He’s Funny,” by Katrina Germein.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool story time, Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30. There will be no story time during April school vacation.

Many of the museums to which the library has free or discount passes are not open during the winter, but open year round are the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, the Remick Farm Museum in Tamworth, and the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, and the passes are still available at the library. The Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness, always our most popular discount pass, opens on May 1 for the season. Please call at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.

Free computer help, Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with PC handyman Don Campbell.

"Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other handicrafts and share the morning get-together with other crafters.

Tuesday, May 21, 11:00-4:00-Free Property Tax Relief Tax Assistance for low and moderate income taxpayers.

Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m.-"The Making of Strawbery Banke,” slide show and lecture with author J. Dennis Robinson. In conjunction with the recreation department trip on May 29.

Monday, May 27-Library closed for Memorial Day.

Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.-Kevin Gardner, author of "The Granite Kiss,” will speak on the topic of "Discovering New England Stone Walls.”

Thursday, May 30, 10:30 a.m.-"Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, book discussion with scholar Jennifer Lee.

Moultonborough Library News
April 25, 2013

We were pleased to hear from Meredith Village Savings Bank this past week that they will be continuing their "Book of the Month” program, giving the library a grant of $500 to buy books each month for the coming year. Meanwhile, we are finishing up last year’s grant, and the books of the month for May are "The Girls of Atomic City,” by Denise Kiernan, about the women who worked in the atomic facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II, and "Eighty Days,” by Matthew Goodman, about Nelly Bly and her famous race around the world.

Other new books received this week in fiction are "The Flame Throwers,” by Rachel Kushner; "The View From Penthouse B,’ by Elinor Lipman; "Starting Now,” by Debbie Macomber; "Rage Against the Dying,” by Becky Masterman; "The House at the End of Hope Street,” by Menna Van Praag; "Life After Life,” by Jill McCorkle; "Merivel: A Man of His Time,” by Rose Tremain;; and "Whiskey Beach,” by Nora Roberts. New in mystery are "The Golden Egg,” a new Commissario Guido Brunetti investigation by Donna Leon, set in Venice, and "Taking Eve,” by Iris Johansen.

New in nonfiction, we added the biographies "Wave,” by Sonali Deraniyagala; "With or Without You,” by Ruta Domenica; and "If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother,” by Julia Sweeney, as well as "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation,” by Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore’s Dilemma;” "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” by Facebook executive Cheryl Sandberg; "Anticancer: A New Way of Life,” by David Servan-Schreiber; and the history of the "Garden Club of America,” by William Seale.

A few of our nice new picture books for young readers are "Ol’ Mama Squirrel,” about a fierce mother who defends Twiggy, Nutley, and Chip from a bear; "Miss Maple’s Seeds,” about a tiny woman who rides on the back of a beautiful blue bird, making sure all the seeds get to the places they need to be; and "Matchbox Diaries,” about an Italian immigrant boy, who as an old man relates the story of his new life in America to a grandchild.

This year we celebrate the 250^thanniversary of the town of Moultonborough, and thanks to Norman Atkinson of the Historical Society, we have a DVD of Bruce Garry’s presentation on the "Chartering and Incorporation of Moultonborough,” which was presented at the April meeting. Thanks to donation, we also added the DVDs of "Alone in the Wilderness,” about a man who built his own cabin in the Alaska bush; and "The Great Escape,” the classic POW movie with Steve McQueen.

Help us celebrate the coming of spring with our annual May Pole celebration. On Wednesday, May 1, at 10 a.m., children are invited to come and dance around the May Pole on the library lawn, and there will be May baskets of goodies for all. Mayday falls halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice and has been celebrated as a holiday by many cultures from ancient times.

Computer professional Don Campbell of PC Handyman is at the library each week to help our patrons with issues they may have with their home computers or other devices. Don is here on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., and is happy to assist if you are in difficulties with your computer.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool story time, Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30. There will be no story time during April school vacation.

Free computer help, Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with PC handyman Don Campbell.

"Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other handicrafts and share the morning get-together with other crafters.

Wednesday, May 1, 10:30 a.m. May Pole celebration for children.

Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, open session for all to share poetry and other spoken word creations.

Thursday, May 9, 10:30 a.m.-"Book Talk,” open book discussion, all welcome.

Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m.-"The Making of Strawbery Banke,” slide show and lecture with author J. Dennis Robinson. In conjunction with the recreation department trip on May 29.

Monday, May 27-Library closed for Memorial Day.

Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.-Kevin Gardner, author of "The Granite Kiss,” will speak on the topic of "Discovering New England Stone Walls.”

Thursday, May 30, 10:30 a.m.-"Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, book discussion with scholar Jennifer Lee.

Moultonborough Library News
April 18, 2013

This week’s new fiction is "Secrets From the Past,” by Barbara Taylor Bradford, in which photojournalist Serena Stone discovers family secrets in an archive of her father’s work, forcing her to return to war-torn Libya; "Dangerous Refuge,” by Elizabeth Lowell, including environmentalist Shaye and big-city cop Tanner, investigating a suspicious death on her land; in "Sleight of Hand,” by Philip Margolin, when attorney, illusionist, and hitman Charles Benedict tries to frame a millionaire for the murder of his wife, it’s P.I. Dana Cutler to the rescue; and "Don’t Go,” by Lisa Scottoline, in which army surgeon Mike Scnlan returns from Afghanistan to find his wife dead and his practice falling apart. In mystery, "The Perfect Ghost,” by Linda Barnes features the shy Em Moore and her writing partner Teddy, who are working on a celebrity biography, until Teddy dies in a car crash; and in "Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting,” by Mary Higgins Clark, Hannah Connelly investigates when an explosion kills her sister and destroys their antiques business. For children, we have added five new easy picture books, "Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue,” featuring a mouse and an elephant by the needle-felting process; "Don’t Put Your Pants on Your Head, Fred;” "A Boy Had a Mother Who Bought Him a Hat,” by Karla Kuskin; "All Kinds of Kisses, by Nancy Tafuri; and "Below,” by Nina Crews.

New movies and DVD series added from donated items are "Fall of Eagles,” a BBC production about the Hapsburg, Romanov, and the Hohenzollern dynasties in the years leading up to World War I, when the reigns of Czar Nicholas, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary all came to an end; "Roots,” the classic miniseries of slavery in America; a five-disc set of early Peter Sellers films, including "I’m All right Jack,” "The Smallest Show on Earth,” "Carleton-Brown of the F.O.,” "Two-Way Stretch,” and "Heavens Above,” plus World War II submarine drama "Run Silent, Run Deep,” and romantic comedy "There’s Something About Mary.”

Celebrate the coming of spring with our annual May festivities. Leading up to the annual May Pole celebration, there will be an afterschool craft to decorate may baskets on Wednesday, April 24 at 1:00 p.m. Then on Wednesday, May 1, at 10 a.m., children are invited to come and dance around the May Pole on the library lawn, and there will be May baskets of goodies for all. Mayday falls halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice and has been celebrated as a holiday by many cultures from ancient times.

There will be a book discussion on the classic American novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, on Thursday, April 25 at 10:30 a.m., with scholar Sandra LeBeau. Extra copies of the book are available for advance reading. Looking ahead to May, the book to be discussed will be another classic, "Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury. Both of these books have been made into movies, which are also available here on DVD.

With the coming of spring, and spring cleaning, we are looking forward to an influx of book donations for the annual July book sale. Please just bring us books in good, clean usable condition that we can either use in the library or sell in the sale, and take the ones that are outdated, such as travel guides, almanacs, and encyclopedias, or those in poor condition-musty, loose pages, or paperback with the covers torn off, to the paper recycling drop-off at the dump. We now have about 550 boxes of books, movies, audiobooks, and games and puzzles, plus some LP records, and we will probably have close to 1,000 boxes by the time of the sale. Please contact the library at 476-8895 if you are interested in helping with the sale, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday, July 6 and 7. We will be setting up on Friday evening, July 5, and we are especially in need of help to move those thousand boxes, plus the tables, and also to put away all the leftovers, plus the tables, on Sunday late afternoon. During the sale we can use cashiers and helpers to fill, straighten and refill the tables.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool story time, Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30. There will be no story time during April school vacation.

Free computer help, Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with PC handyman Don Campbell.

"Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other handicrafts and share the morning get-together with other crafters.

Wednesday, April 24, 1:00-Decorate a May Basket school vacation craft project.

Wednesday, May 1, 10:30 a.m. May Pole celebration for children.

Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, open session for all to share poetry and other spoken word creations.

Thursday, May 9, 10:30 a.m.-"Book Talk,” open book discussion, all welcome.

Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m.-"The Making of Strawbery Banke,” slide show and lecture with author J. Dennis Robinson. In conjunction with the recreation department trip on May 29.

Monday, May 27-Library closed for Memorial Day.

Wednesday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.-Kevin Gardner, author of "The Granite Kiss,” will speak on the topic of "Discovering New England Stone Walls.”

Thursday, May 30, 10:30 a.m.-"Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, book discussion with scholar Jennifer Lee.

Moultonborough Library News
April 11, 2013

Victoria Lang, librarian of the Holderness Free Library, will be a guest speaker here in Moultonborough on Monday, April 15, at 7:00 p.m. Through her library, Victoria became acquainted with Robert and Sarah Rothschild, who have been supporting a project to bring libraries to the rural parts of the African nation of Botswana. The goal is to build twenty libraries in the next ten years, and eight have already been built, which people have walked for miles, sleeping on the ground at night, to visit. Victoria visited Botswana in March, 2012, and she recently hosted a visit from the Deputy Director of the Botswana National Library Service, who visited the Holderness Library and many other libraries in New Hampshire. She is the first and only Library Director from the state of New Hampshire to undertake this volunteer position in Africa, and her slide presentation of this project and her visit will hold you spellbound. Join us on Monday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. for this special program.

Over fifty new books have arrived this week, ranging from children’s to adult, fiction to nonfiction. Starting with adult nonfiction, we have added "Finding Florida,” a history of that popular warm-weather state, by T.D. Allman; "Life Everlasting,” by biologist Bernd Heinrich of Vermont, about life and death in the animal kingdom; "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us,” by Michael Moss, "Flower Confidential,” by Amy Stewart, about the global flower industry; "Vegetable Literacy: exploring the affinities and history of the vegetable families, with 300 recipes,” by Deborah Madison, and some interesting biographies, including "The Secretary,” by Kim Ghattas, about Hilary Clinton’s time as secretary of state; "Margaret Fuller,” by Megan Marshall, about a 19^th-century woman who was a war correspondent, editor of Henry David Thoreau’s works, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose work was marred by tragedy and scandal after her death in a shipwreck at age 40; "The Still Point of the Turning World,” by Emily Rapp, and "Thinking in Pictures,” by Temple Grandin. Also, thanks to the Moultonborough Women’s Club for donating "Watercolor Flowers” and "The Complete Guide to Watercolor Landscapes,” both by Terry Harrison, in memory of former Women’s Club president Marge Haas.

New in mystery we have added "When Maidens Mourn,” and "What Darkness Brings,” both by C.S. Harris, about investigator Sebastian St. Cyr in 19^th-century London; "Midnight at Marble Arch,” by Anne Perry, a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt story also set in Victorian London; "Red Velvet Cupcake Murder,” by Joanne Fluke, her latest Hannah Swensen mystery; and "The Good Cop,” "Faces of the Gone,” and "Eyes of the Innocent,” all by Brad Parks. In fiction, the new titles are "Tapestry of Fortunes,” by Elizabeth Berg; "Tuesday’s Gone,” by Nicci French; "Life After Life,” by Kate Atkinson; "The House Girl,” by Tara Conklin; "Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble,” by Ann B. Ross, #14 in that series; "The Edge of the Earth,” by Christina Schwarz; and "The Andalucian Friend,” by Alexander Soderberg.

Among the new children’s books is Caldecott Honor winner "Creepy Carrots,” a picture book about Jasper Rabbit and the Crackenhopper Field carrots; "Ribbit,” about a little pig trying to make friends with frogs; for juvenile readers, "Super Slugger,” by Cal Ripken Jr., and "Saige,” a new installement in the American Girls series; and for young adult readers, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” by Emily Danforth, and "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secret of the Universe,” by Benjamin Saenz. We have also added several nonfiction books about energy, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and hydrogen, and two about building robots using electronic parts.

This week’s new movie is the acclaimed "Lincoln,” starring Daniel Day-Lewis. New audiobooks are "The Art Forger,” by B.A. Shapiro, and for younger listeners, "Dancing Carl,” and "Road Trip,” both by Gary Paulsen; "Stink and the Freaky Frog,” by Megan McDonald; "Three Times Lucky,” by Sheila Turnage; "Hothead,” by Cal Ripken; and "Torn,” by Stephanie Guerra.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool story time, Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30. There will be no story time during April school vacation.

Free computer help, Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with PC handyman Don Campbell.

"Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other handicrafts and share the morning get-together with other crafters.

Monday, April 15, 7:00 p.m. "Botswana Library Project,” slide show and lecture by Victoria Lang of the Holderness Public Library.

Wednesday, April 24, 1:00-Decorate a May Basket school vacation craft project.

Wednesday, May 1, 10:30 a.m. May Pole celebration for children.

Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 p.m. Evening of Poetry, open session for all to share poetry and other spoken word creations.

Thursday, May 9, 10:30 a.m.-"Book Talk,” open book discussion, all welcome.

Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m.-"The Making of Strawbery Banke,” slide show and lecture with author J. Dennis Robinson. In conjunction with the recreation department trip on May 29.

Moultonborough Library News
April 4, 2013

Here in America, and perhaps especially in New England, where nearly every town large and small has its own public library, we often take for granted that there are places where we can go to use computers, read, gather information and learn, free of charge. This is often not the case in developing countries, such as Botswana, a landlocked African nation just north of South Africa, the majority of which is composed of the Kalahari Desert, with a population is only about two million people.

Robert and Sara Rothschild have established a family foundation that, in collaboration with the Botswana government, is building libraries in villages throughout that country. In partnership with the Botswana National Library Service and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is providing computers and computer training to each library, the goal is to build twenty libraries within the next ten years. The eighth library was opened in November 2011 and more are in the planning and construction phases. Victoria Lang, director of the Holderness Library, met the Rothschilds—local patrons who live in Holderness. The fascinating stories emanating from Bob and Sara about their Botswana project were more than enticing to Victoria. She listened to the stories of parents walking with children of all ages for miles over several days and sleeping at night on the ground to get to the site of this new building being created just for them. She heard that it was beyond belief when parents learned that their children had, for the first time in their lives, a place to learn and an opportunity to have a future with knowledge learned at that library.

When Victoria realized what was at stake, she volunteered to become a part of this project. She has been working on organizing an exchange of librarians between the two countries. Victoria recently hosted a visit from the Deputy Director of the Botswana National Library Service, who visited the Holderness Library and many other libraries in New Hampshire. In March of 2012 Victoria visited Botswana. She is the first and only Library Director from the state of New Hampshire to undertake this volunteer position in Africa, and her slide presentation of this project and her visit will hold you spellbound. Join us on Monday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. for this special program.

This week’s new fiction titles are "Speaking From Among the Bones,” by Alan Bradley, the latest in the Flavia de Luce series; "The Burgess Boys,” by Elizabeth Strout, the author of the very popular "Olive Kitteridge;” "Ice Cold Kill,” by Dana Haynes; and in mystery, the eagerly anticipated new Jacqueline Winspear title, "Leaving Everything Most Loved,” which continues the story of investigator Maisie Dobbs, set in London in the late 1930s. New in nonfiction is "Big Data: a revolution that will transform how we live, work and think,” by Viktor Schonberger.

The remainder of the new books arriving this week are for younger readers, all the way from easy picture books to young adult novels. Starting with the picture books, some of the most interesting new titles are "Little Dog Lost,” about a dog marooned on the ice in a river; "Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon,” "Dirty Gert,” by Tedd Arnold, about a girl who plays in the dirt until she takes root; "One Gorilla,” a counting book featuring the various primates; and "Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar?” New juvenile fiction includes some new sports stories such as "The Underdogs,” by Mike Lupica, "Wild Pitch,” by Cal Ripken, and "Force Out,” by Tim Green, as well as "Hold Fast,” by Blue Balliett, "Stink and the Freaky Frog,” by Megan McDonald, "Odette’s Secrets,” by Maryann MacDonald, and "Hyde and Shriek,” by David Lubar. New in the young adult category are "Pieces,” by Chris Lynch, and "My Life Next Door,” by Huntby Fitzpatrick. We also have two new audiobooks for young listeners, including "Guts: The true story behind Hatchet and the Brian Books,” by Gary Paulson, and "D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths.”

Movies that are new, or new to us on DVD include "The Bad News Bears,” "A League of Their Own,” "Matilda,” and four by famous director John Ford, including "Drums Along the Mohawk,” "How Green Was My Valley,” "My Darling Clementine,” and "Grapes of Wrath,” which will be the subject of a book discussion this summer, plus "Becoming John Ford,” a documentary.

Certified AARP tax volunteers have been helping low and middle income and elderly taxpayers with their federal income tax forms here at the library on Tuesdays. Now, just one more Tuesday remains before taxes are due, which is Tuesday, April 9. Please call the library at 476-8895 to make an appointment. Please remember to bring the following documents: Social Security numbers/cards for yourself and all dependents; W-2 forms from all employers; unemployment compensation statements; all Form 1099s, including those from social security, banks, brokerages, pensions; if you have a form 1099-B, you will need documentation of the original purchase price of the assets that you sold; all forms indicating federal income tax withheld or paid; child care provider information including name, employer ID, social security numbers; all receipts or cancelled checks if itemizing deductions; copy of last year’s tax return, if available; copy of last year’s property tax bill; blank check or deposit slip for the account number for direct deposit. If you’re doing your own taxes, we do have the instructions for forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ, and of course the IRS and New Hampshire tax forms can be printed from the IRS website using the library computers.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events at the Library:

Preschool story time, Tuesday evening at 6:30 and Wednesday morning at 10:30.

Many of the museums to which the library has free or discount passes are not open during the winter, but open year round are the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, the Remick Farm Museum in Tamworth, and the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, and the passes are still available at the library. Please call at 476-8895 for details and to sign up.

Free computer help, Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with PC handyman Don Campbell.

"Stitch and Chat”-Craft morning at the library Fridays 10 a.m. until noon. Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet, or other handicrafts and share the morning get-together with other crafters.

Tuesday, April 2, 7:30 p.m.-Evening of Poetry, agenda open to all to share poetry and other spoken word creations.

Thursday, April 11, 10:30 a.m.-Book Talk, book sharing and discussion, open to all.

Monday, April 15, 7:00 p.m. "Botswana Library Project,” slide show and lecture by Victoria Lang of the Holderness Public Library.

Wednesday, May 1, 10:30 a.m. May Pole celebration for children.

Moultonborough Library News
March 28, 2013

The spring book discussion series sponsored by the Friends of the Library begins on April 25 with one of the all-time classics, "To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, with a discussion led by Sandra LeBeau, and extra copies of the book are already available at the library for participants. The series continues on May 30 with "Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury; and concludes on July 25 with "The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck. All programs will be at 10:30 a.m.

"Mockingbird” appears on many lists of the best and most important novels ever written, and in Britain the librarians there have named it as one every adult should read before they die. In it we have two stories woven together: the lawyer Atticus Finch and his spirited and unpopular defense of an unjustly accused black man, and his young daughter called "Scout,” growing up in small town Alabama who is called on to act courageously and with compassion. Written in the 1960s at the time of the civil rights movement, the story conveys much of the conflict and fears that came into play when America had to face major changes social change. "Mockingbird” is Harper Lee’s only published work, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007.

The "Evening of Poetry” program for April will be on Tuesday, April 2, and once again will be an open format, with all participants welcome to share their poetry and other spoken word creations. There will not be a featured reader.

Certified AARP tax volunteers have been helping low and middle income and elderly taxpayers with their federal income tax forms here at the library on Tuesdays. Now, just two more Tuesdays remain before taxes are due. Appointments will be 45 minutes long and will be on Tuesdays this year, with the first at 10:30 a.m. and the last at 6:00 p.m., and there will be two IRS-certified tax preparers. Please call the library at 476-8895 to make an appointment. Please remember to bring the following documents: Social Security numbers/cards for yourself and all dependents; W-2 forms from all employers; unemployment compensation statements; all Form 1099s, including those from social security, banks, brokerages, pensions; if you have a form 1099-B, you will need documentation of the original purchase price of the assets that you sold; all forms indicating federal income tax withheld or paid; child care provider information including name, employer ID, social security numbers; all receipts or cancelled checks if itemizing deductions; copy of last year’s tax return, if available; copy of last year’s property tax bill; blank check or deposit slip for the account number for direct deposit. If you’re doing your own taxes, we do have the instructions for forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ, and of course the IRS and New Hampshire tax forms can be printed from the IRS website using the library computers.

We have several new movies this week, including "Life of Pi,” based on the book by Yann Martel; "Rise of the Guardians,” an animated film based on books by William Joyce in which the guardians of earth (Santa, the Easter Bunny, Jack Frost, the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy) must defeat the evil bogeyman Pitch Black; "Searching For Sugar Man,” about 1970s rocker Rodriguez; "Hitchcock,” which tells the story of filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and the making of his movie, "Psycho,” and "Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure,” sequel to "Mandie and the Secret Tunnel;” plus "Bully,” a documentary on the peer-to-peer bullying problem in schools.

Thanks to the Moultonborough Women’s Club, we have a new flag to grace the flagpole on our front lawn for the summer months. The flagpole was given by the Women’s Club for the fiftieth anniversary of the club.