Tuesday 10-5, Wednesday 1-5, Thursday 1-5, Friday 10-5 and Saturday 10-1
Pember presents a series of eight programs about America. This is intended for elementary school age children. Books, videos and and an activity will accompany each program.
Join us at the Pember Library July 15 at 6 PM to learn about the New York State Independence Trail. It will be a virtual tour of some of the most important sites of the French and Indian war and Revolutionary war — from restored forts and historic battlefields to grand government buildings and period homes.
The New York State Independence Trail is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Lake George, NY. The trail starts at Fort Chambly in Quebec and goes through Valcour Island in Lake Champlain, Crown Point and Ticonderoga, Roger’s Rock, and Whitehall (birthplace of the US Navy). Stops in the Lake George, Glens Falls and Queensbury areas include Fort William Henry, Fort George and Battlefield Park, Knox Trail, Bloody Pond, Halfway Brook, and Cooper’s Cave. The Revolutionary War Cemetery in Salem is also on the trail. There are about 30 more sites from Schuylerville and Saratoga south along the Hudson to NY City.
There will be a short video presentation and map brochures available. We can talk about some of the sites within easy driving distance of Granville and there will be books available if you want to learn more.
The program is part of the New York State Summer Reading Program, Explore New York, for teens and adults. All are welcome.
Linda will be taking the week off from the Summer Reading Program but we will still be having a Story Time.
What do you think of DearReader so far? If you have a Pember Library card you can reply to this post or send me an email and be entered into a drawing for a copy of the new Dean Koontz book Relentless.
The books that will be featured next week are :
Criminal Paradise by Steven M. Thomas audio
The Contrarian Effect : Why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite by Michael Port, Elizabeth Marshall business
Beside a Burning Sea by John Shors fiction
Faith and Doubt by John Ortberg good news
Crosshairs by Harry Hunsicker mystery
Scheisshaus Luck by Pierre Berg with Brian Brock nonfiction
Seeing Things by Patti Hill prepub
To Protect a Princess by Gail Barrett romance
Firstborn by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter sci-fi
The Baptism by Shelia P. Moses teen
A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell thriller
To join, click on the “Online Book Clubs, Click Here” icon to the left, put in your email address, and choose which club(s) you would like to get in your email. Thanks to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this wonderful service for our readers out there!
The third installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly:
* 1920
The Man of the Forest, Zane Grey
* 1921
Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
* 1922
If Winter Comes, A.S.M. Hutchinson
* 1923
Black Oxen, Gertrude Atherton
* 1924
So Big, Edna Ferber
* 1925
Soundings, A. Hamilton Gibbs
* 1926
The Private Life of Helen of Troy, John Erskine
* 1927
Elmer Gantry, Sinclair Lewis
* 1928
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
* 1929
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
I’ve actually read a couple of these.
Saturday is the summer reading program kick-off. This year’s theme is Be Creative @ Your Library.
A storyteller on July 2 is also part of the summer program. See the post about Karen Pillsworth and Stone Soup. Children and teens can sign up at either of these programs or come in to the library during regular hours to sign up.
Linda has programs planned through July and a party in August for those who participated. The teen program will be described in a later post.
The following information is from the NYS Library:
Public libraries across the State encourage reading through the New York Statewide Summer Reading Program. In 2009, kids can Be Creative @ Your Library! Artwork is by children’s book illustrator David Catrow. The teen theme, Express Yourself @ Your Library, features artwork by illustrator Brad Sneed.
Children and families visit public libraries to choose what they want to read as part of a summertime mix of activities. Research shows that children who read during the summer perform better when school resumes in the fall. Kids participate in summer reading fun at their local libraries, and the numbers are growing — in 2008, a record 1.5 million participated.
The New York State Library participates in the national Collaborative Summer Library Program with 46 other member states. The theme, high-quality artwork, and educational activities attract kids to the summer reading program at their local library. The State Library provides the Summer Reading Program manual with creative ideas, projects and reading lists to over 1,100 public libraries, branch libraries and reading centers in New York State.
Stories from Stones…Stone Soup and a Little Bit More
A “Be Creative @ Your Library” program. Children and teens will be able to sign up for summer reading after the performance.
Karen says:
“Listen…and you will hear stories from long ago and far away, and stories from today, as we go on an adventure into a world where friends are made and magic abounds. Some stories will find us in magical places and some will happen right in your backyard.
“Listen…and I will take you on a voyage of discovery into a place where time stands still and happily ever after is still a possibility.
“Come with me — I will take you there!”
Karen Pillsworth has been enchanting audiences all over the Northeast with her stories for over 25 years. She has performed in libraries, camps, churches, parks, schools, historic sites and at festivals. She is regularly featured at Mohonk Mountain House and has shared her stories on National Public Radio.
Here’s a continuation of the best seller list I found last week (it’s from Publisher’s Weekly).
Best sellers for the second decade of the twentieth century were:
* 1910
The Rosary, Florence Barclay
* 1911
The Broad Highway, Jeffrey Farnol
* 1912
The Harvester, Gene Stratton Porter
* 1913
The Inside of the Cup, Winston Churchill
* 1914
The Eyes of the World, Harold Bell Wright
* 1915
The Turmoil, Booth Tarkington
* 1916
Seventeen, Booth Tarkington
* 1917
Mr. Britling Sees It Through, H. G. Wells
* 1918
The U. P. Trail, Zane Grey
* 1919
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, V. Blasco Ibañez
Join us at the Pember for Thursday Tales.
I have been reading with the DearReader online book club for several years. Recently, the Friends of the Library agreed to sponsor the club through the Pember Library website / blog. I just finished reading the nonfiction selection for the week, Write it when I’m gone : remarkable off-the-record conversations with Gerald R. Ford by Thomas M. DeFrank. Over five days, I was able to read the first 19 pages of the book and get a feel for whether or not I would like to finish it.
Ford is interesting because of his unique position as the only unelected president of the United States. I realize that even though I lived through those years, I didn’t really understand what was happening. I was a teenager, after all, and there were certainly more interesting things in the world than politics! I would like to read more of this book and perhaps gain some insights into that period of our history.
I definitely want to hear other people’s opinions of the books they might have read through DearReader this week. Reply to this post or send me an email.
The books that will be featured next week are :
Man vs. Weather by Dennis Diclaudio, nonfiction
Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser, good news
Dead is a State of Mind by Marlene Perez, teen
Roastbeef’s Promise by David Jerome, fiction
Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office by Russ Edelman, Tim Hiltabiddle & Charles Manz, business
Captain Wentworth’s Diary by Amanda Grange, romance
Murder on Bank Street by Victoria Thompson, mystery
To join, click on the “Online Book Clubs, Click Here” icon to the left, put in your email address, and choose which club(s) you would like to get in your email. Thanks to the Friends of the Library for sponsoring this wonderful service for our readers out there!
Lisa Hoyt from the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center will present an informational program about staying safe in the outdoors. Information will be given on rabies, Lyme disease and West Nile Virus. At the end of the program, participants will know what to look for, how to protect themselves and be able to feel secure venturing outdoors. She will also talk about native wildlife and safety around wild animals in general. Bernadette Hoffman, educator from the Pember Museum, will also be on hand to help answer any questions.
For more information, contact the Pember Library 518 642-2525.