JACKSON PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER AT THE LIBRARY
From the Librarian’s Desk…
If you are a teenager or an adult and you haven't read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the rest of the series, you are really missing out on a fantastic read! The third and final book of the series, Mockingjay, came out on Aug. 24th and it's got quite a long waiting list already. It's a dystopian setting where "tributes" from the 12 districts are required to play the Hunger Games for the entertainment of the folks in the Capital. They fight to the death, with one tribute winning each year. This year however, there are two winners! I highly recommend it!
School has started and we are pleased to welcome Meredith Piotrow as the School's new Media Specialist (aka Librarian). Meredith has been working for the Grammar School as an aide for 5 years and was our children's librarian for 2 years before that. She's full of ideas of how to make the school's library program that much more exciting and she's started work on her certificate through Plymouth State. Tessa is staying on as our children's librarian. She and Meredith will work well together to serve the children of Jackson and teach them to love books and reading.
Susan Dunker-Bendigo
Librarian
Friendly Reminders.
Don't forget that you can leave donations for the Bartlett/Jackson Food Pantry here at the library and even assuage your conscience for overdue books by "paying" in food donations.
Remember that after Labor Day the Library's hours revert to normal hours again. That means that we'll open at 11 on Tuesday and Thursday again instead of 10. Check your magnet with our hours or stop by and pick one up if you don't already have one.
Please remember not to leave us any book donations! We're full and don't want to have to move them later in the fall. Somehow books keep appearing on the porch, and we just don't have the space for them. Hold onto them until after we move please, please, please! Thank you!
September is National Library Card Signup month. Sign up for a new card in September and your name will be entered in the drawing for a copy of local author Lisa Gardner's latest book "Live to Tell". Residents of Jackson are eligible for a free card, residents from other towns, such as Bartlett (Glen and Intervale, too) may signup for a non-resident card for only $25 a year.
Banned Books Week. The last week of September is Banned Books Week. We'll have a display of previously banned books and encourage everyone to read a banned book. It gives libraries a chance to celebrate everyone's freedom to read. Please pick up a banned book and join us.
New Books - Some recent new books at the library include: Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory, The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen author of The Corrections, Lion by Nelson DeMille, Shaking the Family Tree a book about the accidental genealogist, Juliet by Anne Fortier and many more.
New Library Update. The new library is getting closer to being finished. We're hoping to move in early in December if all goes well. The shelving and tables and chairs have been ordered and will be ready in plenty of time. Betsy Kent has volunteered to be in charge of moving the collection (aka, books, videos, DVDs, etc) and will be looking for volunteers to assist her with planning and organizing that. I took my children over to Lovell Maine recently to check out the beautiful new addition to the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library. It was one of the rare rainy days this summer and it was packed with people using the computers and wifi on their own computers. Lots of folks browsing for books and some parents were reading to their children. I know that's how it will be here in Jackson too. We are still raising funds to
help finish and furnish the library. We hope that some generous donors, who may have already donated to the project, may find a way to give us just a little more money to complete this gorgeous new resource for the people of Jackson.
Bookworms from Space will be reading The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan on September 16th at 3:15. Please join us for a snack and fun discussion. Copies are available at the library.
The Girls Book Group will be reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson in September. Grab a copy of this and remember to fill out a sheet with your views on this book to share with others.
Summer Reading Program. We had a very successful Summer Reading Program this year and we're so grateful to our sponsors who provided prizes to us for the kids. Those sponsors are Great Glen Trails, Trails End Ice Cream Shoppe, Hampton Inn and Suites, Attitash, Story Land, Portland Sea Dogs and to our program presenters and volunteers Andrea Dunleavy (dance), Olga Morrill (songs and story telling) with the Conway Library, Nora Beem with Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Jessica Wilson, Lizzy Duffy, Malcolm Badger, Lisa White, Corrina Perkins, and Marina Houlihan. The kids kept track of how many minutes they read. Tessa took all their reading logs and added up the minutes for a total of 29,550 minutes read by 28 participants! That's 492 and 1/2 hours! Way to go kids!
The Adult Reading Book Group will meet on September 21st at 5pm to discuss The Town That Food Saved: How one community found vitality in local food by Ben Hewitt. Booklist Magazine has this to say about it: A microscopic burg in northern Vermont may just be the epicenter of a new food movement, a scenario that alternately amuses, enthuses, and enrages its 3,200 residents. With a hardscrabble reputation left over from its heyday as a mining metropolis, Hardwick has had to rely on a can-do/can-do-without stoicism before, though the current economic downturn is certainly testing its mettle. Enter a group of young, energetic agribusinessmen—agripreneurs is Hewitt’s newly minted term—whose vision for a revolutionary farm-to-table locavore movement aimed at turning Hardwick’s, and possibly the nation’s, food
crisis around has captured national media attention and garnered local skepticism. The irony plays out in Hewitt’s beguiling profiles of the players at the heart and on the periphery of dovetailing associations; from the charismatic media darling who produces heirloom seeds to the craggy erstwhile hippie couple who offer a mobile slaughtering service. Adroitly balancing professional neutrality with personal commitment, Hewitt engagingly examines this paradigm shift in the way a community feeds its citizens. Please pick up a copy and join us for what's sure to be a great discussion.
India: Forts, Palaces, Festivals and Ceremonies. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 8th, 7 pm, at the Whitney Community Center in downtown Jackson Village for this narrated slide show. Baltimore photographer Maria Drumm, mother of Jackson resident Edith Houlihan, will present the second travelogue in her World Tour series . The event is open to all, and best suited for ages 12 yrs and older. India has a magic all its own. Its culture, architecture and food are a blend of Hindu, Islamic, Persian and European influences created over a period of a thousand years. There is no place on earth that is as colorful, has as many festival days and has such contrasts in the way that people live as the great subcontinent. Peek into the rural life in India, visit the UNESCO World Heritage site, and join the sunrise
exercises of devotees as we experience this changing and dynamic culture. Sponsored by Friends of the Library. Two books on India recommended by Maria have been borrowed from other libraries. We also have books from our own collection about India. Please stop by and see what we have.
Library Trustees will be meeting on Friday September 10th at 8am at the Whitney Center for their next regular business meeting. The public is welcome to attend.
Other services. Free internet and wireless access. Copy machine available for public use at 15 cents a copy.
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“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island.” Walt Disney
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Susan Dunker-Bendigo, Director
Tessa Narducci, Children's Librarian
Kim Davis, Library Assistant
Phone: 603-383-9731
Hours: Tuesday 11AM-6 PM; Wednesday 11AM-2 PM ; Thursday 11AM-8PM;
Friday 9 AM-1 PM; Saturday 10 AM-1 PM
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