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New Books for Children

The Pember Library received 67 new books for toddlers through high school in July. 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 …

Summer Reading is for everyone!

Donations and Volunteers Needed for the Pember Book Sale

The Friends of the Pember Library and the Slate Valley Garden Club will again join together to present their annual Books, Buns, and Bouquets Sale. The event will take place at the Mary J. Tanner School on Rte. 22 in Middle Granville, NY on Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14, beginning at 9:00 am both days. The Garden Club sale will feature many varieties of garden plants as well as baked goods. This is a great opportunity to add …

Summer Reading ~ Explore New York

The New York State Library, in partnership with the New York Library Association’s Youth Services Section and School Library Media Section, presents selected reading lists that celebrate the history, culture, and diversity of New York State. Librarians who work with children and teens in both public libraries and school libraries across the State collaborated to select age-appropriate titles for recreational reading. The four lists are designed for reading enjoyment, to provide a “flavor” of New York, and spark an interest …

Book Club

The Pember Book Club will be reading Ray Bradbury titles to discuss at the next meeting. For more information on Bradbury and his writing see http://www.raybradbury.com/ This is a link to the NY Times article printed the day after Bradbury’s death.

A Father’s Gift

Just in time for Father’s Day, join us at the Pember Library on Sunday, June 10 at 2:00 PM when Tim Bryant, author of “A Father’s Gift” will be doing a reading and book signing. Tim’s book is a collection of stories from a time when the family farm was the economic center of Vermont. There are photographs and anecdotes describing the special relationship between father and son and the lessons learned in day-to-day life on the farm. Tim talks …

2012 Teen Video Challenge

“Summer Reading at New York Libraries” announces the “2012 Teen Video Challenge – NYS Viewer’s Choice Award” Have your opinion heard! VOTE for your favorite videos, created by teens to promote summer reading. The “2012 Teen Video Challenge – NYS Viewer’s Choice Award” will be awarded to the three videos receiving the most votes. Click here to view all videos and vote for your top three choices! Deadline for voting is midnight, August 15th, 2012. Winner will be announced in …

Book Club

The Pember Book Club will be reading “The Dirty Life; on Farming, Food, and Love” by Kristin Kimball. From Publishers Weekly: Kimball chucked life as a Manhattan journalist to start a cooperative farm in upstate New York with a self-taught New Paltz farmer she had interviewed for a story and later married. The Harvard-educated author, in her 30s, and Mark, also college educated and resolved to “live outside of the river of consumption,” eventually found an arable 500-acre farm …

Book Club

The book club will be reading: We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman. See this link for a review.

Princess tea party

Join us for a Princess Tea Party. We will have stories about princesses, crafts and tea party snacks. All princesses are encouraged to wear their favorite princess dress. Granville Area Girl Scouts will be reading the stories and helping with the tea.

Book Club

The Pember Book Club will not meet for March. The book they chose for April is The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. Publisher’s Weekly reviewed The Paris Wife: McLain … offers a vivid addition to the complex-woman-behind-the-legendary-man genre, bringing Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson, to life. Meeting through mutual friends in Chicago, Hadley is intrigued by the brash “beautiful boy,” and after a brief courtship and small wedding, Hadley and Ernest take off for Paris, “the place …