Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Kimball Library News 12/15/09

Here’s a shout out to all tweens and teens to add some fun and sense of community to your lives on Thursday evenings from 6:30-7:30pm. Take a peek below as to how you can get involved. If you have questions regarding any of the programs, please take your queries to Kathy Watson, Teen Librarian. You may call the library at 362-5234 or email her directly at youngadult@kimballlibrary.com.

TWEENS PLUGGED IN (First Thursdays) ages 10 and up
We have Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and Mario Kart. Are you tired of the same old competition at your house? Come in on the first Thursday of every month from 6:30-7:30pm for an open time of playing. Invite your friends. You DO have friends, don’t you? Put the teen librarian to shame by challenging her to a game. PLUGGED IN is open to ages 10 and up. The first meeting is Thursday, January 7th.

TEENS UNplugged (Second Thursdays) grades 6 and up
Have you ever wanted to play board games and nobody at home will join you? Join us here on the second Thursday of the month from 6:30-7:30pm to play party games, cards, or board games. We have a selection here, or you can bring something from home that you’ve been wanting to play. UNPLUGGED is open to grades 6 and up. Bring your friends so we’ll have enough for the party games. The first meeting is Thursday, January 14th.

TEEN INK – Writers Group (Third Thursdays) ages 13 and up
Are you interested in writing even a little bit? Join in and get inspired! Teen INK is a safe place for budding writers to flourish. Every third Thursday from 6:30-7:30pm we’ll gather to try some new techniques, work on whatever suits us (creative or required pieces), and hang out with other teens with this common interest. All teens ages 13 and up are welcome. This is a chance to practice your writing skills, learn new techniques, read what other teen writers are working on, and hear helpful comments about your own writing from your peers. All teens ages 13 and up are welcome. This is not a gathering for experts; it is a haven for trying out your creativity. The first meeting is Thursday, January 21st.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Kimball Library News 12/08/09

Once again, “We are Santa’s Elves” for your kids ages 6 and up on Saturday, December 19, from 10:15am-12:30pm. (Please note that we require waivers and registration for children ages 6-9. Children under the age of 6 must be with an adult, and ages 10 and up can just drop in and stay.) We’ll occupy them with a movie and fun in our large meeting room while you shop, wrap gifts, or just enjoy the peace and quiet. Please send them with movie snacks and spill-proof beverages to accompany the movie on the big screen. Pillows are also welcome if they prefer to sprawl out in the front row rather than sit in chairs. Our first Saturday debut of this program was such a hit that we offered it three weeks in a row. (Please note that we require waivers and registration for children ages 6-9.)

Are you curious about the integration of land use and transportation? Mark your calendar for Monday, December 21, from 6-8pm and plan to be at Kimball Library. The Rockingham Planning Commission (RPC), with funding from the NH Department of Transportation through the I-93 Community Technical Assistance Program (CTAP), will present a regional workshop on integrating land use and transportation planning with long range community planning. The overall goal of the CTAP program is to help communities in the I-93 corridor address the effects of anticipated growth while minimizing impact to the environmental, social, economic, and cultural resources in their communities and in the state’s southeastern region.

This workshop is aimed at helping communities learn how to effectively integrate land use and transportation concepts in master planning, land use and environmental regulatory mechanisms, and comprehensive transportation planning.

The workshop program will include an overview of land use and transportation concepts, examples of how to implement these concepts in both rural and urban settings, and an interactive discussion. Topics to be discussed include: access management, planning a community roadway network, better roadway design and function, bicycle and pedestrian considerations, connectivity of land uses, and traffic calming.

There is no cost for this workshop but pre-registration is required. Contact Roxanne Rines at RPC to pre-register at (603)778-0885. Please direct any questions about the workshop to Julie LaBranche at (603)778-0885 x-110. Light refreshments will be provided.

Please take note that we have LIMITED HOURS (10am-3pm) on the following dates: Thursday, December 24th and Thursday, December 31st. We will be CLOSED on Friday, December 25th and Friday, January 1st. Our regular hours are Monday – Friday from 10am-8pm, and we are open Saturdays from 10am – 3pm. We wish you all a safe and pleasant holiday season.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Kimball Library News 12/01/09

Have you noticed the lovely folk art and decorative painting displayed at Kimball Library? Local Atkinson artist, Ellen Witherall, has not only offered classes recently to make a decorative wooden tray, but has also displayed her work in the large meeting room. Ellen always had an interest in drawing and painting but that hobby took a back seat while she took care of her home, husband, and an ailing parent, and finished her degree in psychology at Northeastern University. After retiring as a Department Administrator at Brandeis University twelve years ago, she took classes in decorative painting and oil painting and has been having fun with it ever since. Most of her work is done in acrylic on wooden objects, but some are oils or acrylic on canvas.

Folk art and decorative painting, as an art form, has existed for centuries and immigrants to this country brought with them their interpretations of it. Early American colonists painted furniture, wooden and tin objects to brighten and decorate their homes. If you want to see beautiful displays of this art, make sure you drop in before December is over and the artwork goes back to Ellen’s home.

Kimball Library reminders:
~Tues Dec 8: ‘Holiday decorating for kids’ 3:30-4:30pm
~Weds Dec 9: ‘YA book discussion’ 6:30-7:30pm
~Weds Dec 9: ‘Evening book discussion’ 6-7pm
~Sat Dec 12: ‘Holiday Drop N’ Shop Movie’ 10:15am-12:15pm
~Fri Dec 18: ‘Wii for Adults’ 10:30am-12pm
~Sat Dec 19: ‘Holiday Drop N’ Shop Movie’ 10:15am-12:15pm
~Thurs Dec 24: LIMITED HOURS (10-3)
~Fri Dec 25: CLOSED
~Thurs Dec 31: LIMITED HOURS (10-3)

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Kimball Library News 11/11/09

We couldn’t have done it without YOU! The Kimball Library thanks all the local merchants who helped make our Halloween Fest raffle the best! Kudos to the Atkinson Police Department, Shaws-Plaistow, Coldwater Creek-Manchester Mall, Rugs, Rolls, & More-Plaistow, Delta Cleaning Services-Plaistow, Murphy’s Garrison Golf Center-Haverhill, MA, Atkinson Resort & Country Club, Heav’nly Donuts-Haverhill, MA, Bunting Auto Body-Atkinson, Dodge Grain-Salem, NH, Brian Magoon, Edward Jones-Plaistow, Rich Barry of Treehouse Mortgage, Debbie Tringali of Prudential Verani Realty, Christine Latino of Mad Science, and Insurance Solutions Corporation. Hundreds of people traipsed through the building donned in Halloween garb, and some toted in decorated pumpkins. Many people bought raffle tickets, went on the haunted hay ride, got their hair striped by Thing 1, got their faces painted by wonderful teenagers, got popcorn and cider, played the donut game, made a craft, marched in the costume parade and more. Beyond our local merchants, let it be known that many people donated their time and money to make this a huge success. The Friends of Kimball Library spearheaded the project and individuals from all over donated their time and talents. It bears repeating – we couldn’t have done it without YOU.


We also thank our patrons for keeping our book groups alive and well. Here’s a little reminder for November. Traditionally, the morning book group meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month. This month because it falls right before Thanksgiving the group will meet on Friday, November 20th. Also, in December, this group will meet at a private home on Friday, December 11th, for some holiday cheer. Other December groups will meet on their traditional night. Check out the following: Tweens (middle school) will discuss Stormbreaker by Horowitz on December 2, Young adults (high school) will discuss Incantation by Hoffman on December 9, and the Evening group (adults) will discuss Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence Goldstone. More details on all these discussions can be found on Kimball’s Kibbles & Bits (electronic news), our website www.kimballllibary.com, or by calling us at 362-5234.

Please note that we will be closed on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving break. Have a lovely holiday.

December Book Discussions

December can be your month to take part in one of our discussions. Books are available for the asking, and participants are always welcome. Not sure? Come listen and you’ll be hooked! Read a hook from the publisher for each book and see…

(TWEENS-GRADES 6-8 from 6:30-7:30pm) DECEMBER 2~ “STORMBREAKER” by Anthony Horowitz.

They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. Alex Rider knows that’s a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle’s car confirm the truth. But nothing can prepare him for the news that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for Britain’s top-secret intelligence agency. Enlisted to find his uncle’s killers and complete Ian’s final mission, Alex suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, with no way out. The original novel that started the worldwide phenomenon is now a major motion picture!

(YOUNG ADULT-GRADES 9-12 from 6:30-7:30pm) DECEMBER 9 ~ “ INCANTATION” by Alice Hoffman.

Estrella is a Marrano: During the time of the Spanish Inquisition, she is one of a community of Spanish Jews living double lives as Catholics. And she is living in a house of secrets, raised by a family who practices underground the ancient and mysterious way of wisdom known as kabbalah. When Estrella discovers her family's true identity—and her family's secrets are made public—she confronts a world she's never imagined, where new love burns and where friendship ends in flame and ash, where trust is all but vanquished and betrayal has tragic and bitter consequences.

Infused with the rich context of history and faith, in her most profoundly moving work to date, Alice Hoffman's first historical novel is a transcendent journey of discovery and loss, rebirth and remembrance.

MORNING-ADULTS from 10:15-11:30am) DECEMBER 11~ HOLIDAY PARTY AT A PRIVATE HOME

(EVENING-ADULTS from 6-7pm) DECEMBER 9~ “ANATOMY OF A DECEPTION” by Lawrence Goldstone.

In the tradition of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist and Matthew Pearl’s The Dante Club, this mesmerizing forensic thriller thrusts the reader into the operating rooms, drawing rooms, and back alleys of 1889 Philadelphia, as a doctor grapples with the principles of scientific process to track a daring killer.

In the morgue of a Philadelphia hospital, physicians uncover the corpse of a beautiful young woman. What they see takes their breath away. Within days, one doctor, Ephraim Carroll, strongly suspects that he knows the woman’s identity. . .and the horrifying events that led to her death. But in this richly atmospheric debut novel – an ingenious blend of history, suspense, and early forensic science – the most compelling chapter is yet to come, as the young doctor is plunged into a maze of murder, secrets, and unimaginable crimes.

Peopled with vibrant real-life characters such as Canadian William Osler, hailed as the Father of Modern Medicine; famed surgeon William Stewart Halsted, who performed the first emergency blood transfusion and invented surgical gloves; and the controversial painter Thomas Eakins, The Anatomy of Deception brings to life a little-known and exciting turning-point in American medical history, when ignorant butchery gave way to intelligent surgery–and a young doctor is forced to confront an agonizing moral choice between exposing a killer, undoing a wrong, and, quite possibly, protecting the future of medicine itself.

(JUNIOR-GRADES 4-5 from 4-5pm) WILL RESUME IN JANUARY

December is a great month to join us.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Kimball Library News 10/27/09

ENERGY FAIR: Saturday, November 7 from 9:30am-12:30pm ~ Energy-Saving Tips, Home Energy Audit Information, Residential Solar & Wind Rebates and MORE! FREE (while supplies last): Energy efficient light bulbs and Cloth grocery store bags. For more information contact Michelle Veasey mveasey@msn.com or call her at (603) 362-4679.

PEDDLERS MARKET: Saturday, November 7 from 9am-3pm at the Atkinson Community Center ~
The FRIENDS of the Kimball Library present~ Renowned artisans, crafters, and gourmet peddlers. Stop by to see or buy gourmet coffee and pastry, beautiful blown glass, unique jewelry, hand knit sweaters, gift baskets, pecan delicacies, reversible handbags, American Girl doll clothes, original art, wooden toys, Christmas arrangements, antiques & collectibles, Usborne books and more. There is also lunch in the café plus many fabulous raffle prizes.

VETERAN’S DAY: Wednesday, November 11~ Please note that the library will be closed due to the holiday.

NATIONAL GAMING DAY @ YOUR LIBRARY: This is the second annual ALA National Gaming Day and it will take place nationwide on Saturday, November 14th. Games will be in various locations throughout the library. Board games as well as Wii will be available. Please note that we are limiting participation in Wii to school age and up. Please come for all or part of the day. You're also welcome to bring your own game from home in hopes that someone will want to play it with you. Bring friends or come make some new ones.

'A MISERY UPON THE LAND’ The MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE FINAL DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR: On Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30pm Kimball Library will present historian Mike McKinley as he offers a fascinating insider's view on the political and physical events leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president. In preparation for this one night event, the main window display will feature books, DVD's, and audio books showcasing this fascinating president and the people around him. All items are available for our patrons to check out.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Kimball Library News 10/20/09

Are you feeling lucky? Would you like to support a great cause? Did you save the date for Kimball Library’s HALLOWEEN FEST taking place on Friday, October 30th from 5:30-8pm? In conjunction with the Halloween Fest, a raffle fundraiser is available for you to purchase tickets for a chance to win prizes. Just some of the items to be raffled include 4 rounds of golf at Murphy’s Garrison Golf Center, Sunday brunch for two at the Atkinson Resort & Country Club, $50 Exxon/Mobil gas cards, wine baskets, money tree, Halloween candy basket, folk art, New England Patriots rug, Coldwater creek handbag, a state of NH inspection sticker from Buntings, and more! You can put tickets in for just the prizes you’re interested in winning and they can be purchased at the circulation desk—10 for $5 or 25 for $10. Winners will be drawn near the culmination of our Halloween Fest that Friday night, and you need not be present to win even though you’ll be having more fun if you do! All proceeds from the raffle will go toward purchasing a new sign in front of the building. Consider the ticket purchase as a donation, and maybe Friday the 20th will be your lucky night!

ATTENTION ALL GAME LOVERS ages 6-600! National Gaming Day is back, and this year it falls on Saturday, November 14th, from 10am-3pm. We are inviting ages 6 to 600 to join in the fun in various rooms throughout the building. Participate by playing or cheering folks on. Elementary age youth will be able to play Mario Kart in the Children’s Room while grades 6 and up can try out Wii Sports Resort in the Atkinson Room. Simultaneously, we will be running 3 board games as part of a national quest to discover how many people will play games on that day in participating libraries around the country. Drop in, play, and stay as long as you like. The board games (titles to be announced in November) will be played throughout the USA. Please come and be part of the movement.

Feeling crafty? Don’t forget to register for the two-part folk art workshop being taught by Ellen Witherell on Saturday, November 14 & 21, from 10:30am-1pm. The $30 cost to make a lovely decorative tray includes most supplies. Space in the class is very limited, but a check made out to ‘Friends of Kimball Library’ will reserve your seat and kit. For information and registration, call Carolyn Birr at the library (603) 362-5234 or Ellen Witherell at (603) 362-5655.

Friday, October 23, 2009

November Book Discussions

November can be your month to take part in one of our discussions. Books are available for the asking, and participants are always welcome. Not sure? Come listen and you’ll be hooked! Read a hook from the publisher for each book and see…

(TWEENS-GRADES 6-8 from 6:30-7:30pm) N OVEMBER 4~ “PRINCESS ACADEMY” by Shannon Hale.

Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess.

Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.

(YOUNG ADULT-GRADES 9-12 from 6:30-7:30pm) NOVEMBER 11 ~ VETERAN’S DAY—LIBRARY CLOSED

(EVENING-ADULTS from 6-7pm) NOVEMBER 17~ “THE GOOD THIEF” by Hannah Tinti.

Richly imagined and gothically spooky, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting talents writing today.
Twelve year-old Ren is missing his left hand. How it was lost is a mystery that Ren has been trying to solve for his entire life, as well as who his parents are, and why he was abandoned as an infant at Saint Anthony’s Orphanage for boys. When a young man named Benjamin Nab appears, claiming to be Ren’s long-lost brother, his convincing tale of how Ren lost his hand persuades the monks at the orphanage to release the boy and to give Ren some hope. But is Benjamin really who he says he is? As Ren is introduced to a life of hardscrabble adventure filled with outrageous scam artists, grave robbers, and petty thieves, he begins to suspect that Benjamin not only holds the key to his future, but to his past as well….

(JUNIOR-GRADES 4-5 from 4-5pm) WILL RESUME IN JANUARY

(MORNING-ADULTS from 10:15-11:30am) NOVEMBER 20~ “The INTERRUPION OF EVERYTHING” by Terry McMillan.

Marilyn Grimes, wife and mother of three, has made a career of deferring her dreams to build a suburban California home and lifestyle with her workaholic husband, Leon. She also troubleshoots for her grown kids, cares for her live-in mother-in-law (and elderly poodle, Snuffy), keeps tabs on her girlfriends Paulette and Bunny and her own aging mother and foster sister— and holds down a part- time job. But at forty-four, Marilyn's got too much on her plate and nothing to feed her passion. She feels like she's about ready to jump. She's just not sure where.

Highly entertaining, deeply human, a page-turner full of heart and soul, this time McMillan turns her eye to the question of how one woman can start putting her own needs higher on the to-do list while not shortchanging those she loves. The Interruption of Everything is a triumphant testament to the fact that the detour is the path, and living life "by the numbers" never quite adds up.

November is a great month to join us.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Kimball Library News 10/13/09

Did you save the date for Kimball Library’s HALLOWEEN FEST taking part on Friday, October 30th from 5:30-8pm? Fun will be rolled out in the form of a haunted hay ride, face painting, and donuts on a string. Prizes ($10) will be awarded for the costume competition for pre-school, grades 1-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12 and adult, in each category. Also, special awards will be given for the best pumpkin at each age level so BYOP (bring your own pumpkin) already decorated and ready to enter! There will be raffles, a costume parade, cider and donuts. There will also be ‘revenge of the teen librarian’ who will gleefully stripe kids hair while supplies last. Sound like fun? There’s more! Come by and see. You know you want to and the kids will clamor until you do.

Are you clamoring to be energy efficient? The Atkinson Energy Committee is hosting a fair in the Kimball Library’s large meeting room on Saturday, November 6th, from 9am-12pm. Now is the time to conserve. Now is the time to mark the date. Stay tuned for more detailed information in upcoming articles.

Have you registered for the new and upcoming ‘Folk Art’ workshop? It’s that time of year to come and paint a decorative wooden tray with a peaceful snow scene for your holiday parties or to give as a gift. There is definitely a little bit of ‘craft’ in all of us. This two-session folk art painting workshop is taught by Ellen Witherell on November 14 and November 21 from 10:30am to 1pm and is offered by the Friends of the Kimball Library. These classes are for beginners and intermediates, and instruction will include basic acrylic painting, highlighting and shading. The $30 cost includes most supplies. Space in the class is very limited, but a check made out to ‘Friends of Kimball Library’ will reserve your seat and kit. For information and registration, call Carolyn Birr at the library (603) 362-5234 or Ellen Witherell at (603) 362-5655.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Kimball Library News 10/06/09

Paul Wainwright is a photographer based in Atkinson, NH who works in a traditional manner utilizing sheet film, a large-format camera, and silver gelatin printing. His work has appeared in numerous juried competitions and solo exhibitions, and is included in the permanent collections of both private and corporate collectors, including Fidelity Investments and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He is a mostly self-taught photographer who brings to his images an eye for space and light, subtle details, and an appreciation of history. He will be presenting a program on Thursday, October 15th from 7-8pm regarding some of the details of his marvelous work. Save this date and become educated and fascinated all in one.

He’s a man and a legend, and he’s coming to Kimball Library on Saturday, October 24th from 10:30-11:30am! Come hear about him and his love of apples. A gentle and kind man, it is told that he made his drinking water from snow by melting it with his feet. Johnny Appleseed was a friend to everyone he met. Indians and settlers -- even the animals -- liked Johnny Appleseed. His clothes were made from sacks and his hat was a tin pot. This program is intended for kindergarten age and up. Be sure you do not miss him as he is not often around these parts.

If you are not prepared to make your clothes from sacks or wear a tin pot for a hat, and if your career has been downsized in our troubling economy, or you want to be prepared for the 'if and when', come spend some time with Susan Henry on Wednesday, October 28th, from 6:30-8pm. Susan is a resident of Atkinson, NH and a Certified Career Development Advisor. She holds a BS in Human Services & Psychology (Springfield College) and Master's Level Certification in Career Development (Plymouth State). She plans to address the following: how to survive a job loss, latest trends in the online job search market, how to create a resume that will be read and acted upon, why we still need cover letters, creating and honing your personal network, the best online search engines, and how to prepare for that crucial interview. If time permits, she’ll be glad to give a 10 minute critique of your current resume.

From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us! (to the Kimball Library HALLOWEEN FEST taking part on Friday, October 30th from 5:30-8pm.) Family fun for all-SAVE THE DATE!

Friday, October 2, 2009

October Book Discussions

October can be your month to take part in one of our discussions. Books are available for the asking, and participants are always welcome. Not sure? Come listen and you’ll be hooked! Read a hook from the publisher for each book and see…



(TWEENS-GRADES 6-8 from 6:30-7:30pm) OCTOBER 7~ “The Disreputable Reputation of Frankie Landau-Banks” by E. Lockhart.

Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14:

Debate Club.

Her father's "bunny rabbit."

A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school.



Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15:


A knockout figure.


A sharp tongue.A chip on her shoulder.


And a gorgeous new senior boyfriend: the supremely goofy, word-obsessed Matthew Livingston.



Frankie Landau-Banks.


No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer.


Especially when "no" means she's excluded from her boyfriend's all-male secret society.


Not when her ex-boyfriend shows up in the strangest of places.


Not when she knows she's smarter than any of them.When she knows Matthew's lying to her. And when there are so many, many pranks to be done.


Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16:


Possibly a criminal mastermind. This is the story of how she got that way.



(YOUNG ADULT-GRADES 9-12 from 6:30-7:30pm) OCTOBER 14~ “Impulse” by Ellen Hopkins.
Three teens who have attempted suicide meet in a psychiatric hospital, battle their demons, and begin to heal.
The handsome son of wealthy parents, Connor has everything anyone could want-except his family's love and affection. Jailed for years after killing his mother's child-molesting boyfriend, Tony is confused about his sexuality. Manic-depressive Vanessa cuts herself. All three stories intertwine in a brutally honest story about pain and resilience.



(EVENING-ADULTS from 6-7pm) OCTOBER 20~ “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks.
In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding—an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—she begins to unlock the book's mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book's journey from its salvation back to its creation. In Bosnia during World War II, a Muslim risks his life to protect it from the Nazis. In the hedonistic salons of fin-de-siècle Vienna, the book becomes a pawn in the struggle against the city's rising anti-Semitism. In inquisition-era Venice, a Catholic priest saves it from burning. In Barcelona in 1492, the scribe who wrote the text sees his family destroyed by the agonies of enforced exile. And in Seville in 1480, the reason for the Haggadah's extraordinary illuminations is finally disclosed. Hanna's investigation unexpectedly plunges her into the intrigues of fine art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics. Her experiences will test her belief in herself and the man she has come to love. Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotionalintensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author.



(JUNIOR-GRADES 4-5 from 4-5pm) OCTOBER 22~ “A Ghost in the Family” by Betty Ren Wright.
Chad Weldon is staying at an old house for two weeks during summer vacation. But he's not the only visitor. Soon after Chad and his friend Jeannie arrive, they discover a horrifying secret -- the house is haunted! And the ghost wants them gone! A swarm of bugs crawls out from under Chad's pillow, a mummy pays him a midnight visit, and a panther leaps out of the closet. What chilling secret is the ghost trying so hard to hide? And who can Chad and Jeannie turn to for help



(MORNING-ADULTS from 10:15-11:30am) OCTOBER 28~ “Loving Frank” by Nancy Horan.
I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current.So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright. Four years earlier, in 1903, Mamah and her husband, Edwin, had commissioned the renowned architect to design a new home for them. During the construction of the house, a powerful attraction developed between Mamah and Frank, and in time the lovers, each married with children, embarked on a course that would shock Chicago society and forever change their lives. In this ambitious debut novel, fact and fiction blend together brilliantly. While scholars have largely relegated Mamah to a footnote in the life of America’s greatest architect, author Nancy Horan gives full weight to their dramatic love story and illuminates Cheney’s profound influence on Wright. Drawing on years of research, Horan weaves little-known facts into a compelling narrative, vividly portraying the conflicts and struggles of a woman forced to choose between the roles of mother, wife, lover, and intellectual. Horan’s Mamah is a woman seeking to find her own place, her own creative calling in the world. Mamah’s is an unforgettable journey marked by choices that reshape her notions of love and responsibility, leading inexorably ultimately lead to this novel’s stunning conclusion. Elegantly written and remarkably rich in detail, Loving Frank is a fitting tribute to a courageous woman, a national icon, and their timeless love story.


October is a great month to join us.

Kimball Library News 9/29/09

Is it time to focus on your family? We have a series of three workshops lined up for you on Tuesday evenings beginning on October 28th at 6:30-8pm. Other dates to earmark in advance include November 3 and 10. All sessions are offered free of charge, open to the public, and are wheelchair accessible. Register online at http://www.kimballlibrary.com/ or by contacting us at (603) 362-5234.

Family Focus:
Parenting Your School-aged Child Sponsored by Atkinson Academy, Kimball Library and the University of NH Cooperative Extension

The above workshop(s) are for parents and others raising 6 to 11 year-old children. The program will explore the following: Developing positive self-esteem without 'letting it go to their heads', Keys to effective limits: What should they be?, Helping kids make healthy media choices. Let the experts guide you through the elementary years. Now is the time to be on top of your game considering the teen years are right around the corner! Register for all three workshops.

Presented by: Claudia Boozer-Blasco, M.Ed. and Karyn Blass, M.Ed.Extension Educators, Family and Consumer Resources UNH Cooperative Extension, Rockingham County

Visiting the library truly can be a family event. We have programs for all ages at various times. Take time to visit our web page for a monthly view of events or sign up for our jam-packed email that comes out on the 1st and 15th of each month. There you will find upcoming library events, new releases in all mediums, book discussion titles and dates, community interest events, and links to other pages of interest. Ask to be added to the list. Be involved, and be informed.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Kimball Library News 9/22/09

Kimball Library’s “The Great American Art Caper” attracted lots of “art sleuths” who answered the mystery questions on our art posters. Thanks again to those patrons who participated. There is STILL time until the end of this month! If you’d like even more information on the paintings or photographs in our American Art series, check out the corresponding books and DVD’s in our main display case. Also, make sure to attend the reception for Paul Wainwright’s collection in our large meeting room on Thursday, October 1, from 6-8pm. Expand your cultural horizons right in Atkinson.

Expand your mind and your knowledge of history, also. In a brief 30 year period in the early 19th century, the New Hampshire countryside became home to hundreds of thousands of sheep. Production of wool became a lucrative business, generating fortunes and providing the only era of true agricultural prosperity in the state's history. It left behind a legacy of fine architecture and thousands of miles of rugged stonewalls. Farmers overcame enormous challenges to make sheep husbandry succeed, but forces from beyond NH were to doom the industry, with social consequences that would last a century. Be prepared to be in attendance for the upcoming program “The Great Sheep Boom and Its Enduring Legacy on the New Hampshire Landscape” on Tuesday, October 13, from 6:30-8pm. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library and the Atkinson Historical Society.

Find it difficult to get out to and select your materials to expand your mind? Kimball Library is introducing “Homebound Services” where we bring the library home to you. This program provides adult services for those who are unable to get to the library due to short/long term illness, non-driver status (senior), or physical challenge. Benefits of the program are longer lending periods, no overdue fines, and materials will be delivered to your home. There are a variety of materials available through this service. Please contact the library for more information and get started by filling out a patron profile sheet indicating what type of materials you would like to receive. In cooperation with the Atkinson Elderly services, it is our desire to serve you.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Kimball Library News 9/17/09

Paul Wainwright is a photographer based in Atkinson, NH, who works in a traditional manner utilizing sheet film, a large-format camera and silver gelatin printing. He is a mostly self-taught photographer who brings to his images an eye for space and light, subtle details, and an appreciation of history. Wainwright has been making black & white photographs for more than 45 years. We at Kimball Library are proud to host a reception of Mr. Wainwright’s collection in our large meeting room on Thursday, October 1, from 6-8pm.

Wainwright’s first book, The Colonial Meetinghouses of New England, will be published in early 2010 with support from the NH State Council on the Arts, Mass Humanities, and the NH Charitable Foundation. His current endeavor is to produce and tour a major traveling exhibition of this work. New England’s colonial meetinghouses embody many of our nation’s ideals such as participatory government and freedom of religion, yet are not well known. Through his photography, Wainwright aims to bring to a wide audience the rich heritage and artistic beauty of these milestones of our heritage. The Colonial Meetinghouse project will be featured in the November/December edition of Yankee Magazine. Do not miss the opportunity to be part of the reception.

Also, don’t miss your opportunity to drop in on Saturday, September 26 from 8am-3pm for our Book, Bake, and Flea Sale. This is a great day to see friends from town and collect some items at an advantageous price as well. Bargain shoppers and browsers will enjoy a chance to look leisurely through our numerous sale books, bump into some familiar faces, and pick up some delectable goodies en route. Make it a priority to take home some delicious baked goods, flea market items, as well as stocking up on some good value books, CDs, audio books, or DVDs. Come early for the best selection! If you would like to donate books for this event, please drop them off at the library on Thursday, September 24th until 8pm or Friday, September 25th by 3pm. We’ll be here rain or shine, so follow the signs to Kimball Library in Atkinson where old-fashioned values are never out of style.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Kimball Library News 9/11/09

Did you know that it’s possible to take books with you virtually anywhere? That you can even whistle while you physically work while you’re taken spellbound to another land? All you need is an MP3 player or an Ipod along with a library card and you have access to hundreds of audio book downloads from NH Downloadable Audio Books right off the www.kimballlibrary.com website. You can easily transport novels to your device and then you’re set to listen while you vacuum, take a brisk walk, travel on an airplane, or relax on the veranda. The website is excellent in the fact that it gives you easy step-by-step directions on how to download. We have yet to have a call from anyone who has actually attempted and not been successful. You’ll be surprised as to the variety of titles and genres. All you need to access these digital materials is a valid library card, internet access , a computer or device that meets the system requirements for the type(s) of digital materials you wish to check out, and free software for the computer or device on which you wish to use the materials available at this site. Check it out!

Hawke is a wonderful 7 year-old Labrador retriever who lives in Plaistow with her family and sister and brother Labs. Come meet Hawke, and her owner Barb, on Wednesday, September 16, from 4-5pm in the Children’s Room and learn more about dogs. Barb will talk about caring for her animals. Some of the topics may be how much food and water they should have, walking and brushing them, dog safety, and more. There is a lot to learn when you have a pet and this program would be fun and educational for pet owners and non-pet owners alike. Hawke is a certified therapy dog with Therapy Dogs International. Hawke has a history here and loves visiting with new and experienced readers, and she really enjoys her trip to Kimball Library. Come meet her and see.

Let's all make the winter a warmer time for lots of children in need. Please bring the little ones to “A Warm and Fuzzy Night” on Friday, September 25 from 6:30-7:30pm. This story night is sponsored by The NH Federation of Garden Clubs and the Kimball Library. There will be special readers and The Atkinson Garden Club will bring great cookies just for the program. Cold winter nights will soon be here! Please help children in our state stay warm and also learn about nature. Come to our story night and please bring along: a pair of warm children's pajamas (they must be new, warm, and flame retardant, all sizes will do), and/or a new nature or gardening children's book, paperback or hardcover, all age ranges. Please come in your PJs with your favorite stuffed animal. Please for admission to this program: BRING THE NEW PJS OR BOOK WITH YOU. If you would like to learn more about the Pajama Program you may go to their web site at www.pajamaprogram.org.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Kimball Library News 09/01/09

Want to delve into a DaVinci Code caper? Feel like discovering the “hidden meanings” in well known paintings? If you’d like to test your art history “savvy”, check out the Kimball Library’s “Great American Art Caper”. For the month of September, Kimball Library will be showcasing famous American art adorning the library walls. View 18th, 19th, and 20th century artwork, probe for further information, find the hidden pictures (if you can find them…), answer key questions and show us your skills! All “Dan Brown”esque patrons can apply. Answers to the questions can be dropped in our official “answer jars”…and yes…there will be prizes!! A first, second, and third place winner will be picked at the end of September. So show us your knowledge of Historical American Art! This commercial presentation was brought to you by Carol Scherer, our resident in-house artist.

Is it your time to learn later and live greater? On Tuesday, September 15, at 6:30pm you’ll have opportunity to listen to Pelham, NH author, Nancy Merz Nordstrom, present a program based on her book “Learning Later, Living Greater: The Secret for Making the Most of Your 'After-50' Years. This is a book that will introduce people over 50 to the ideas and benefits of lifelong learning. It will challenge them to become involved in meaningful new avenues of productivity: educational programs, travel, community service and more. Nordstrom emphasizes learning for the sheer joy of learning and to stay mentally and physically active. She’ll tell us that her guidebook is “for transforming the after-work years into a richly satisfying period of personal growth and social involvement.” The program is sponsored by The Friends of the Kimball Library and is free and open to the public of all ages. It’s not too early to get proactive regarding the September years.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Kimball Library News 8/18/09

Summer reading is now officially closed, but what a time we had! Over 200 kids and teens registered for the respective programs for their age group. Nearly every day programs were offered and taken advantage of. Youth participated in various activities such as making glittery star mobiles, playing candy bar BINGO, backyard water games, breakfast with a scavenger hunt, pizza and pages, a cutthroat Mario Kart tournament, kid flicks, Wii open play, crazy pebble pets, photos with the teen librarian sporting her new purple hair and much more. We are hibernating from the excitement, but continue to check our online calendar for our upcoming fall schedule.

The children’s librarian (Carolyn Birr) and the teen librarian (Kathy Watson) seize this opportunity to thank the generosity of our wonderful summer reading sponsors. Without them, we wouldn’t have the great prizes we had this year to offer. Many many thanks go to: The ever faithful ‘Friends of Kimball Library’, Canobie Lake Park (Salem), Water Country (Portsmouth), Chunky’s Cinema Pub, Victorian Park (Salem), Online Hair Salon (Atkinson), Park Place Lanes (Windham), Story Land (Glen), Hannaford’s (Hampstead). Please join us in offering thanks for their contributions so the kids could win such fun items. Additional prizes were gifted to us by several individuals. It takes a village to raise a successful summer reading program.
On the road again? Fred MacDonald, Atkinson resident, has probably already been there and has the license plates to prove it! As a prelude to the Annual Old Car Show to be held in Atkinson on Labor Day weekend (please note the library will be closed September 5-7) come see Fred’s license plate collection on display. Fred will also present a program at the library on Thursday, September 3rd discussing his license plates from the USA and around the world. Please cease your travels to stop in and hear about Fred’s travels from 7-8pm.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Kimball Library News 8/11/09

THEY DID IT! The teens read more than 500 items and the teen librarian has an appointment (courtesy of Janet Porter of Online Hair Salon) for Thursday, August 13th. Tr2 readers should stop in on Thursday, August 13 between 4:30-7:30pm, with camera in tow. The teen librarian will say ‘cheese’ with you sporting her new purple stripes. Wee purple prizes will be handed out to those who take the time to drop in for photos. Congratulations TR2 teens, you proved you are NUMBER ONE!

Where have you been? Where are you heading? Fred MacDonald has probably already been there and has the license plates to prove it! As a prelude to the Annual Old Car Show to be held in Atkinson on Labor Day weekend, come see Fred’s license plate collection on display. It will be available for viewing starting on August 10th in the main lobby. Fred will also present a program at the library on Thursday, September 3rd regarding these treasures. Keep reading weekly for more details on that and other Kimball Library happenings that will be coming up in the fall.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Kimball Library News 7/28/09

If you participated in summer reading (Summertime and the Reading is Easy OR Tr2 ‘Teens Read, Too!’) then you are invited to the ‘Make Your Own Sundae’ Closing Program on Friday, August 7, at 1pm. Reading certificates and prizes for the younger participants will be awarded. Final raffle prize winners will be announced for the teens. Come for the ice cream and to see if there are at least 500 tickets in the jar to make the teen librarian GO PURPLE! (As for the raffle, you need not be present to win.)

Take advantage of a photo opportunity with the teen librarian IF… the registered TR2 readers have 500 reading tickets in the jar by August 7. Tr2 readers should stop in on Thursday, August 13 between 4:30-7:30pm, with camera in tow. The teen librarian will say ‘cheese’ with you sporting her new purple stripes or highlights IF the goal has been met. Small purple prizes will be handed out to those who drop in for photos. Remember, this is all contingent upon the goal amount read so keep reading and deposit your tickets before August 7!

Please be aware of our mission: “The Kimball Library is dedicated to the common good by serving the informational, educational, cultural, and recreational needs of the Atkinson community and by encouraging its patrons in the lifelong pursuit of learning and personal growth. The library will be responsive to the needs of its diverse users, advocate and support the use of appropriate technology, build an excellent collection, commit itself to the highest ideals of library service and the principles of intellectual freedom and provide a welcoming meeting place for the community.”

Kimball Library News 7/22/09

Who is Erin Lang? Erin Lang is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, and she has just completed the recording of her first full length album ‘You Are Found.’ She is from a creative and musical background having grown up in Montreal, Canada the daughter of a puppeteer mother and rock bass player father for ‘April Wine.’
With its quirky mix of accordions and ukuleles and effected guitar, Erin Lang's live performances have touched the hearts of toddlers through seniors. We at Kimball Library are most fortunate to have the company of Ms. Lang on Friday, July 31, beginning at 6:30pm. Pack up the twos, the teens, the seniors and the in-betweens to be tickled from the inside out with music and song. Mark the date and come on in. You’ll be whistling and toe-tapping on the way out.
More noteworthy summer reading activities, the continuing saga…

PINOCCHIO: A live theatre presentation. 'Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio is the timeless tale of an Italian woodcarver, Geppetto, who carves a son out of a block of pine. Join the wooden marionette on his journey to become a real boy! Through Pinocchio's mischievous adventures, he discovers that to truly be human is to be good-hearted and brave. This is a story of self-discovery, transformation, and redemption. Through this play, we hope to teach students the importance of honesty, education, and gratitude.’ Presented by the Hampstead Stage Company, Center Barnstead, NH.
Tuesday, August 4, from 1-2pm (geared for Grades K-8)

MARIO KART TOURNEMENT: Register to play and win. Points will be awarded for each race. Get your Mario pals to register, too. Prizes for the top dogs!
Tuesday, August 4, from 6-8pm (Grades 6 and up only)

SRP Make Your Own Sundaes: All-inclusive registered participants (Kids and TR2 Closing Program)
Hooray! Summer reading comes to a close with ice cream sundaes. Reading certificates and prizes for the younger set will be awarded. Final raffle prize winners will be announced for the teens. Come for the ice cream and to see if there are at least 500 tickets in the jar to make the teen librarian GO PURPLE!
Friday, Aug 7, 1:00-2:15pm (All registered SRP participants)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Kimball Library News 7/14/09

Fun summer reading activities, the continuing saga…

The tweens and teens have their own programs to participate in and look forward to as part of TR2 (Teens Read, Too!) summer reading program. Upcoming on Saturday, July 25, is a breakfast and library scavenger hunt that requires online registration. If you have hungry teens (middle or high school age) pass the word that the teen librarian will serve them breakfast at 10:30am. Following breakfast is a library scavenger hunt that will be in teams. This hunt was teen tested at the library lock-in and thus, preapproved to be a good time. Prizes can be won, and raffle tickets will go in the jar for all registered attendees. Food and frivolity all on a Saturday morning!

Likewise, there’s more fun for teens on Wednesday, July 29, from 6-8pm. Once again, register ahead and note that ‘teen’ includes middle school. We’ll be playing some party games that require a crowd. Sample selections include – Pictionary, Apples to Apples, Balderdash, etc. We’ll decide what to play by consensus. Don’t forget that your friends need to register, too. HURRY, you don’t want the teen librarian here all alone, do you?

For the younger set, the circus is coming to town on Monday, July 27th, from 4-5pm. You’ll be creating a zoo by making your own 3-D zoo animal. Choices include elephants, giraffes, lions, rhinoceroses, or zebras. We’re a zoo, come be part of us and our creative antics.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Kimball Library News 7/7/09

Kimball Library is proud to feature local artists’ work in the meeting room and throughout the library. This summer we are pleased to present the work of Brigette Guy, Atkinson resident. Please read below Guy’s own words regarding her work, and do make a point of stopping in to see her creations.

Brigette Guy, Artist Statement: “I’ve always tried to find myself within the context of art history. With the creation of this body of work, I feel that I have finally done so. I chose to use silverpoint, which was a technique of the Old Masters, but bring it to modernity. I used the time it took to create this series of portraits to look back at where I’ve come from and see who I’ve become. For this reason, the portraits I’ve drawn of my relatives have also helped me define myself within my own family history.

Silverpoint is a medium that demands patience and focus. A great deal of preparatory work is necessary before drawing. The surface on which I work needs to be primed and sanded multiple times in order to obtain a smooth surface. Then, the values are slowly built up with a sharpened rod of silver until a subtle tonal range is reached and the drawing is done. The finished product is light and delicate, but will deepen and darken with time as the silver oxidizes.

These characteristics only make silverpoint more akin to the dynamic of a family. Much like the efforts of a silverpoint artist, families oftentimes require a lot of work from its members, which is something that remains unseen to outsiders. When it comes to the oxidization process, each drawing, like a member of a family, will change just as people age. Nonetheless, the body of work and the family as a whole maintain their integrity.”

More summer reading fun ~wacky lawn croquet! Make room in your calendar for a fun outdoor game for kids on Monday, July 20th, from 4-5:15pm. We’ll be playing and giggling on the grass behind the Historical Society. Bring a sense of humor and some mallets, please, if you have them. And don’t forget to check the online calendar as there are daily activities to choose from!

TR2 Update: Over 80 teens have registered and now tickets for items read are coming in. Some prize winners have already been drawn! The Tr2 participants have 150 tickets in the jar as of July 7. Will they make the goal of 500 by August 7th? Just in case, the teen librarian made a hair appointment for August 13th, compliments of Janet Porter, Online Hair Salon.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Kimball Library News 6/30/09

Imagine a large horn calling and reminding ALL KIDS, TEENS & TWEENS to register, read, and participate in all our exciting activities. Visit our website (www.kimballlibrary.com) to see details and if registration is required. Listed below are just a few things you can try.

‘Summer Reading’ entertainment that's sure to keep the entire family off their seats will ‘magically’ be appearing on Thursday, July 9th, from 6:30-7:30pm! Make plans to see Peter Boie, Magician for Non-Believers! He started learning magic at age eleven from a magic book he checked out of his local library. That interest turned into a career as a professional magician that has taken him around the country. From kids to teens, parents and grandparents, everyone will enjoy Peter's show. There's lots of magic and comedy, and audience members actually become a part of the show. Be sure to save this date! It's a winner!

For the middle and high school crowd on Fridays, this is your time to use the large meeting room and big screen to play Wii with your friends. (Or make some while you're here.) Registration is required as we won't set up the equipment if we're not sure you plan to come. Mark this on your calendar in advance and get your friends to play, too. They do not have to be Atkinson residents, but they need to register just like you online. If you register in advance and play for the entire time, you can add your name to our weekly raffle drawing for teen summer reading prizes if you are enrolled in TR2. Try any Friday in July from 10:30am until noon, and don’t forget to pre-register on our online calendar.

TR2 Update: Over 50 teens have registered and now tickets for items read are starting to come in. The Tr2 participants need 500 tickets in the jar by August 4 to make the teen librarian highlight or stripe her hair purple. Can they do it?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Kimball Library News 6/23/09

Try July! Make it your month to take part in one of our book discussions. Books are available for the asking, and new participants are always welcome. Read a hook from the publisher for each book and see…

(TWEENS-GRADES 6-8 from 6:30-7:30pm) WEDNESDAY, JULY 1~ “Yellow Star” by Jennifer Roy. “From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.”

(YOUNG ADULT-GRADES 9-12 from 6:30-7:30pm) WEDNESDAY, JULY 8~ “Beastly” by Alex Flinn. “I am a monster. You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell. Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.”

(EVENING-ADULTS from 6-7pm) TUESDAY, JULY 21~ “Before You Know Kindness” by Chris Bohjalian. “On a balmy July night in New Hampshire a shot rings out in a garden, and a man falls to the ground, terribly wounded. The wounded man is Spencer McCullough, the shot that hit him was fired–accidentally?–by his adolescent daughter Charlotte. With this shattering moment of violence, Chris Bohjalian launches the best kind of literate page-turner: suspenseful, wryly funny, and humane.”

(MORNING-ADULTS from 10:15-11:30am) WEDNESDAY, JULY 22~ “In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden” by Kathleen Kambor “This is a story of a bittersweet romance set against the backdrop of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood — a tragedy that cost some 2,200 lives when the South Fork Dam burst on Memorial Day weekend, 1889. The dam was the site of a gentlemen's club that attracted some of the wealthiest industrialists of the day — Henry Clay Frick, Andrew Mellon, and Andrew Carnegie — and served as a summertime idyll for the families of the rich. In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden imagines the lives that were lived, lost, and irreparably changed by a tragedy that could have been averted.”

(PIZZA & PAGES-GRADES 3-5 from 4-5pm) TUESDAY, JULY 28~ “The Boys Start the War” by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. “Just when the Hatford brothers were expecting three boys to move into the house across the river, where their best friends, the Bensons, used to live, the Malloys arrive instead. Wally and his brothers decide to make Caroline and her sisters so miserable that they'll want to go back to Ohio, but they haven't counted on the ingenuity of the girls.”

Calling and reminding ALL KIDS, TEENS & TWEENS to register, read, and participate in all our exciting activities. Visit our website and see. http://www.kimballlibrary.com/

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Kimball Library News 6/13/09

As part of our summer reading program, Kimball Library will be offering three dimensional art classes with recycling as inspiration. Children entering 4th and 5th grade can join hands on this art adventure. Masks, 3-D portraits, and maybe some baked clay will be part of the adventure. Jewelry will be part of the creations! Classes are Wednesday afternoons from 4:30 to 5:30pm with one exception. Dates are July 1st, July 10th, (Friday of this week only), July 15th, July 22nd, July 29th, and August 5th. Because “recycling” is the inspiration, a supply list will be available on the website and at the library. Registration is required at the library or on www.kimballibrary.com for one or several classes!

As summer approaches it is good to be reminded that museum passes are available for card-carrying patrons. The one exception is the New England Aquarium who does not offer passes in July and August. On the flip side, we have a NEW pass available for ZOO New England, Franklin Park Zoo ~Stone Zoo in Boston. Our other available passes are as follows: Currier Museum of Art, Museum of Science, Museum of Fine Arts, Peabody Essex Museum, Children’s Museum of NH, SEE Science Center, Seacoast Science Center, and Imagine That. Check our website for detailed information regarding each pass or to reserve your pass online.

Please be aware that due to the holiday weekend, we will be open for limited hours on Friday, July 3 from 10am-3pm, and we’ll be closed on Saturday, July 4th. Stock up early on books and DVDs, and have a safe and Happy 4th of July weekend.

Kimball Library News 6/6/09

It’s closing in on ‘summertime, and the reading is easy!’ Kids entering kindergarten through grade 5 will want to rush down to Kimball Library on Friday, June 26 to register as that is the theme for the children. Just to tickle your fancy, we’ve got an opening program planned for Monday, June 29 from 5-7pm. Come for hot dogs, chips, drinks, and the best watermelon seed spitting contest around! It's sure to be fun!

The teens (youth entering grades 6-12) will be doing their own thing entitled “TR2” (Teens Read Too!) and they have a challenge before them. New this year is if they read an item that is MORE than 200 pages, they may enter 2 coupons for that same book. Remember, over 200 pages equals DOUBLE COUPONS. Also, extra tickets are being offered for teens who register and stay for any teen programs. For those teens who take extra effort to record online as well as turn in tickets, they will be able to win extra prizes. Basically, the more you read and the more you participate, the better your odds of winning prizes.

When each ticket(s) is completed, drop it off at the circulation desk to be eligible for random prize drawings held every day. Prizes may include snacks, books, music CDs, gift cards and more! You need not be present to win. And as to that challenge, if 50 teens register and read enough to get 500 tickets into the jar, the Teen Librarian (Kathy Watson) will highlight or slice her hair PURPLE. Get motivated and encourage your friends to register and read for TR2!

Are you confused as to the popularity of online social networking? Would you like to set up a Facebook account? Are you concerned as to the privacy of Facebook? Do you wonder what your teens are getting into and what others can see? Are you currently a Facebook user who is confused with some of the settings, terminology, and applications? Try FACEBOOK 101.

This informational session will touch on the following: General statistics, basic terminology, details on each tab of Facebook, 10 privacy settings every Facebook user should know and how to use them, how to link Facebook with other applications, answers to questions that current users may have. The presenter for the evening is Kathy Watson, Teen Librarian and Social Networker. Please register online or via website.