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Summer Reading

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 …

Pember Presents: a Storyteller

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. …

Best Selling Books of the Twentieth Century

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. …

Thursday Tales

Join us at the Pember for Thursday Tales.

OnLine Book Club

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 …

Pember Presents: Jack and the Scarlet Runner Beanstalk: Gardening with Children

Join us at the Pember Wednesday evening, when Sue Kowaleski will talk about a few options for planting a little garden with/for children. She will have a powerpoint to show with some fun vegetables for adults to grow with children. There would still be time for participants to get a little garden in the ground after June 17. Think about kids picking beans they planted themselves to have for supper! Or carving their own jack-o-lantern in October after watching it …

Libri Grant

The Pember Library received 78 new books for toddlers through high school in May. The books were awarded to the library through the Libri Foundation of Eugene, Oregon “Books for Children Grant.” The grant is a matching funds grant in which the library can receive up to $1050 worth of books provided they raise one third of the cost outside of the library’s regular budget process. The Friends of the Pember Library gave the $350 needed to receive the full …

Library Launches Online Book Club

Finding a Great Book to Read Just Got Easier So many books, so little time. For all those busy people, the Pember Library has a new service sponsored by the Friends of the Pember Library: an Online Book Club that delivers books electronically. Each day, Monday through Friday, the library e-mails subscribers a portion of a book that takes about 5-minutes to read. They’re able to read two or three chapters from a book during the week. If they like …

Best Selling Books of the Twentieth Century

Since we are celebrating 100 years as a library, I thought it would be interesting to see what the popular books were 100 years ago. The following is a list I found of the top books for each year of the first decade of the twentieth century. (Please note that Winston Churchill is an American author, not the British statesman.) * 1900 To Have and To Hold, Mary Johnston * 1901 The Crisis, Winston Churchill * 1902 The Virginian, Owen …

Bestseller List

Our list of new and popular books matches pretty well with the NY Times Bestseller lists. We have twelve of the top fifteen from the fiction list and four of the top five from the nonfiction list. Any one who responds to this post with a comment about one of the books or a review will be entered into a contest for a book weight.* You can send your comment or review to us through the email link to the …

Thursday Tall Tales

Story Time on Thursday nights will feature Tall Tales and flannel board stories. All children welcome with their caregivers.