Taradiddle will help us kick off the summer reading program for children. Help tell a Spanish-infused Panamanian tale of a trickster rabbit, learn the magic song that brings the python down the mountain in a story from Zimbabwe, and maybe even revisit some Norwegian billy goats! Fun for the whole family.
July 2 ~ Children around the World July 9 ~ no story time ~ Book sale July 16 ~ Food around the World July 23 ~ Folk Tales around the World July 30 ~ Splish Splash
from MF Silitch: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is our June book for Thursday, June 16 at 1:00 pm. See you then!
Finding a new book to read isn’t easy. You know you like a particular author or genre and you’d really like something similar. Try one of these sites: http://web.ebscohost.com/novp/search?sid=57e85489-812e-4371-be74-ebfcc95240e7%40sessionmgr115&vid=2&hid=105 http://www.yournextread.com/us/# http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
The book club will read J. D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye.”
May 7 ~ Pat O ~ bikes May 14 ~ Colleen ~ socks May 21 ~ Mary Lou ~music May 28 ~Robyn ~ gardening
Earlier this week, the Pulitzer prize for fiction went to “A Visit from the Goon Squad” by Jennifer Egan (Alfred A. Knopf). Back in 2007, One-Minute Book Reviews’ Janice Harayda put up a list of 10 great novels that didn’t win and which books beat them. Among the losers: Main Street, The Great Gatsby and … Read more
It is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. Many new books are being written and others being re-published to take advantage of people’s interest in this period of American history. So far, two of the new books have been added to the Pember collection and a third is on the way: … Read more
The book club will read any title by Nevada Barr. Her official website says, “NEVADA BARR is an award-winning novelist and New York Times best-selling author. She has a growing number of Anna Pigeon mysteries to her credit as well as numerous other books, short stories, and articles. She currently resides in New Orleans with … Read more
I have read the first four of Louise Penny’s Quebec-set mysteries and thoroughly enjoyed them. The sixth book, Bury Your Dead got starred reviews in all the pre-pub journals and made a number of “Best of 2010” lists. Louise Penny’s website says “Like the rest of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels, BURY YOUR DEAD is … Read more
The random number generator tells me that Maryann A Cadella Dodge has won the Stephen King book. Stop in this week to pick it up!