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Book Talk by Michelle Yauger ~ We Gave Our Best: A Small Town Honors Its Veterans

Join us at the Pember Library on October 18 at 6:00 PM as Michelle Yauger talks about the book she wrote about the World War II soldiers from Granville and the story of the clock honoring those soldiers. Refreshments will be provided by our friends from the Slate Valley Museum. ————————————————————————————————————————————- A clock is only an object. And like any object, it holds no meaning until we give it one. We Gave Our Best: A Small Town Honors Its Veterans …

Book Club

The book club decided to read more of Mark Kurlansky's books. They are well-done and interesting. They also plan to read 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann for their November meeting. More info will posted. The book club will discuss books written by Mark Kurlansky. He has had 23 books published including fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books. Cod, Salt, 1968, and Food of a Younger Land were all New York Times Best Sellers. His …

New Stuff!

Here’s a link to the New Stuff added. Some highlights:

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We need boxes

Many people are bringing us books for both the upcoming paperback sale and for the annual huge book sale in July. We sort the books and store them in the basement but we are running out of boxes! If you are able, please bring in a few boxes when you come in. Remember, we need to be able to lift them when they are full of books so medium size boxes are best. Thank you

New EBooks

These eBooks were recently added to the SALON OverDrive service. Let us know what you think! These titles were added due to support from the Friends of the Pember Library. Title Author Acres of Unrest Max Brand Almost Home Barbara Freethy Close to Famous Joan Bauer The Crossings Jack Ketchum Dead and Alive Dean Koontz Gun-barrel Justice Maryk Lewis Kitt Peak Al Sarrantonio Marrying Daisy Bellamy Susan Wiggs The Masque of …