Fireside Stories

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Fire Safety for Kids Should Be A Year-Round Lesson.

Join us at the Pember this Saturday when Tom from the Granville Hook and Ladder Fire Company will be talking to the kids about Fire Safety!

He may bring a fire truck!

There will be fire hats and goodies for the kids!

Pember Board Meeting

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pember Library and Museum will be held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Pember. This is a regular meeting and open to the public.

Dear Reader

This week’s titles:

Second Chances by Gary Stromberg & Jane Merrill, Business
Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe, Fiction
A Skeptic’s Guide To Faith by Philip Yancey, Good News
Deep Creek by Dana Hand, Mystery
Rocket Men by Craig Nelson, NonFiction
Deep Down by Karen Harper, Romance
The Midnight Charter by David Whitley, Teen

OverDrive audio books

Seven more books were recently added to SALON (Southern Adirondack Library On-Demand), OverDrive’s download audio service for our library system.

They are:

  • Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
  • Haunted Waters by Jerry B Jenkins
  • Heart of Dixie by Tami Hoag
  • A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenoweth
  • The Man You’ll Marry (The First Man You Meet\The Man You’ll Marry) by Debbie Macomber
  • The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
  • Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom

To listen for yourself, click on the OverDrive (download audiobooks) icon to the left of the page. Many titles can be heard through your computer’s speakers, transferred to an mp3 player or ipod, or even burned to cd for playing in your car’s stereo system.

Contact the library if you have questions.

Dear Reader

Titles for the coming week:

Honeymoon in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni, Audio
Snap Judgment by David E. Adler, Business
The Magicians by Lev Grossman, Fiction
Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Valent, Good News
I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming, Mystery
Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison, NonFiction
Forget Me Not by Vicki Hinze, PrePub
Where the Wind Blows by Caroline Fyffe, Romance
Coyote Horizon by Allen Steele, SF
Escaping Into the Night by D. Dina Friedman, Teen
A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroart, Thriller

Caring for Kids

Join us at the Pember  Library, 33 West Main St., Granville for Caring for Kids: If you enjoy babysitting or just spending time with young children, have we got an opportunity for you!  On March 24 & 31, 6-8 PM and April 7, 1-4 PM Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County is offering a workshop series that will focus on ages and stages for kids, choosing toys & activities for children, discipline and child safety.  We’ll even fit in some simple snacks & toys for you to make.

Any youth who is 12 years and older as of April 1, 2010 is eligible. You should plan to take all three sessions when you sign up. The fee for the series is $5 per youth.

You may sign up by calling CCE Washington County (518) 746-2560 or the Pember Library (518) 642-2525.