Friday, August 27, 2010

Kimball Library News 8/25/10

It’s time to FALL in love with a book discussion group. If you haven’t tried us, we urge you to try one on for size. Available choices are: TWEENS (middle school) who meet the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm; TEENS (high school) who meet the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm; 4TH & 5TH GRADERS who meet that 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm, EVENING (adults) who meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6pm; BROWN BAG (2nd & 3rd graders) who meet the 4th Mondays at 5:30pm, and MORNING (adults) who meet the 4th Wednesday of each month at 10:15am. Check the online calendar on our website for book titles. We order extra so new folks may join at any time. Got questions? Call 362-5234.

It’s time to FALL in love with the KnitWits. If you haven’t heard, we have a mixed group (different ages and abilities) of knitters that meet each Tuesday and Friday morning at 10:30am. New knitters or knitter wannabees are welcome to join this loveable motley crew. Grab a project and head on over. This is a very informal but informative gathering as the more experienced knitters are always willing to share tips and tricks.

It’s time to FALL in love with children’s programming. Try Friday, September 10, on for size for Pirate Night!. “Ahoy ther matey! Chart er course for the Kimball Library for swashbuckling fun! Ther be stories, games, a craft, treasure hunt, and refreshments!” Come in from 6:30-7:30pm kids ages 4 and up.

It’s time to FALL clean. Got books? We’ll take them off your hands in preparation for the ‘Fall Book, Bake, and Flea Sale’ that is right around the corner on Saturday, September 25, from 8am-3pm. Please drop off your books, dvds, and audiobooks Monday-Friday 10-8 and Saturday 10-3 except during a holiday closing.

It’s time to plan ahead! We will be closed Labor Day weekend (Saturday, September 4 through Monday, September 6.) Two day loan items checked out on Thursday the 2nd will not be due back until Tuesday, September 7. Take advantage of the extension and have a safe and happy holiday weekend.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Kimball Library News 8/18/10

Teens! Don’t miss this last summer gathering before school starts and everyone scatters to different teams, teachers, and schedules. We need one more connecting event before the fall schedule starts up. Come in pj pants with your movie candy and bottled water for ‘Teen Movie Night’ on Thursday, August 26th, from 7:30-10pm. The teen librarian will make the popcorn. Snacks to share are always welcome! We'll watch 'A Walk to Remember' and have a discussion afterward comparing the book to the movie for those who have read it while there will be general discussion regarding the film for all. There will be time for a game or maybe two, and then the 'rents can pick you up promptly at 10pm. Save the date, invite your friends, and REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. (Friends,too!) This event is for grades 6 to 12. As an added BONUS for that evening, expect the teen librarian to be wearing her new hair color – BLUE! Congratulations to all participating teens!

Plan ahead! Here’s to reminding our patrons that we will be closed Labor Day weekend (Saturday, September 4 through Monday, September 6.) Two day loan items checked out on Thursday the 2nd will not be due back until Tuesday, September 7. Take advantage of the extension and have a safe and happy holiday weekend.

Local author talk and signing! It’s not often that an Atkinson resident writes a book, and this is your opportunity to capitalize on that. Local author, Michael Cormier, is the author of “Sumner Island” and he is making a visit to Kimball Library on Thursday, September 9, from 7-8pm. He will be available for discussion and signing. Don’t miss out!

Reminder! Keep bringing in those donations because the ‘Fall Book, Bake, and Flea Sale’ is literally right around the corner on Saturday, September 25, from 8am-3pm.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Kimball Library News 8/3/10

SHAZAM! Those teens really stepped it up this summer and met the teen summer reading challenge for ‘Make Waves!’ and then some! The challenge was that if at least 60 teens registered for teen summer reading and if at least 600 tickets made it into the jar by July 30th, the teen librarian would dye her hair blue. Tickets were obtained by reading or listening to books or magazines or by registering and attending teen summer reading programs. The teens doubled the amount of registrations necessary, i.e. 120 teens registered to read. Also, 660 tickets made it into the jar by July 30th. The teen librarian temporarily ‘blued’ her hair on August 3 and will have a more permanent blue color near the end of August. Congratulations to all involved.

Not to be outdone, the ‘Make a Splash’ readers nearly 48,000 minutes. They had 119 registrations and decorated the Children’s Room with glittery mermaids and tooth-baring sharks! Many children read and participated in the non-stop programs offered for their age group and had fun picking out weekly prizes.

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 groups. Nearly every day programs were offered and taken advantage of. Youth participated in various activities such as making popsicle stick boats, playing candy bar BINGO, participating in backyard water games, discussing water themed books, staying after hours with ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie nights, viewing kid flicks, Wii open play, root beer floats and sidewalk chalk, ‘Super Cold’ science, fish for fortune, hair and much more. We are hibernating from the excitement, but continue to check our online calendar for our upcoming fall schedule.

Both the teen librarian and children’s librarian are extremely grateful for our amazing sponsors who donated either gift cards or cash for prizes. 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), Victorian Park (Salem), Online Hair Salon (Atkinson), Story Land (Glen), Hannaford’s (Hampstead), NH Fisher Cats, (Manchester), Cedardale (Haverhill, MA), Charmingfare Farm (Candia), and Rye Airfield. 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.

Kimball Library News 7/27/10

We had a great time with ‘Make a Splash’ this summer as well as with ‘Make Waves.’ We always like to say goodbye to the summer reading program with ice cream. All summer reading program participants ‘Make a Splash’ (kids) OR ‘Make Waves’ (teens) are invited for ice cream sundaes to celebrate their commitment to summertime reading at 1pm on Thursday, August 5. We certainly hope you will join us.

Even though summer reading as an official program is over, there are still lots more books to check out and lots of new DVDs to view before the fall creeps in. Take a peek at the recent DVDs: Creation, Mind over Money (NF), Small Island, Sita Sings the Blues, Through a Dog’s Eyes (NF), Remember me, Green Zone, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (DVD & Blu-ray), Book of Eli, Shutter Island, Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, The Wolfman, Alice in Wonderland, Valentine’s Day, Extraordinary Measures, The Spy Next Door, Invictus, Preacher’s Kid, and Flicka 2. Are you more of a reader than a viewer? Try on some new fiction: Spider on the Stairs–Cassandra Chan, Shadow Zone–Iris Johansen, Ring of Death–Sally Spencer, Rembrandt Affair–Daniel Silva, Red to Black–Alex Dryden, Eye of the Virgin– Fredrick Ramsay, Brush with Death–Elizabeth Duncan, So Cold the River–Michael Koryta, Sidney Sheldon’s After Darkness–Tilly Bagshawe, My Name is Memory–Ann Brashares, My Name is Mary Sutter–Robin Oliveria, Maid to Match–Deeanne Gist, Kings of the Earth–Jon Clinch, In My Father’s House–E. Lynn Harris, Foreign Influence–Brad Thor, Father of the Rain–Lily King, A Dog’s Purpose–W. Bruce Cameron, Bad Day For Sorry–Sophie Littlefield, Bad Day for Pretty–Sophie Littlefield, This Must Be the Place–Kate Racculia, They’re Watching –Gregg Hurwitz, Still Missing – Chevy Stevens, Lumby on the Air–Gail Fraser, Search–Nora Roberts, Island–Elin Hilderbrand, Rebellion of Jane Clarke–Sally Gunning, Promises to Keep –Jane Green, Kitchen House–Kathleen Grissom, Crashers–Dana Haynes, Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet–David Mitchell, Work Song–Ivan Doig, Vintage Affair–Isabel Wolff, Take 4–Karen Kingsbury, In the Name of Honor–Richard North Patterson, Ice Cold–Tess Gerritsen, Stay–Allie Larkin, Private–James Patterson, Revenge of the Spellmans–Lisa Lutz, Elegies for the Brokenhearted–Christine Hodgen, Elizabeth Street–Laurie Fabiano, Anthropology of an American Girl–Hilary T. Hamann, Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake–Amie Bender, City of Dreams–William Martin, Necessary as Blood–Deborah Crombie, Stay–Allie Larkin, Sizzling 16-Janet Evanovich, Pray for Silence –Linda Castillo, Nemesis – Jo Nesbo, In the Shadow of Gotham–Stefanie Pintoff, Fierce Radiance–Lauren Belfer, Family Ties–Danielle Steel, Dog Park Club–Cynthia Robinson, or Buy Back-Brian M. Wiprud.

Kimball Library News 7/20/10

Do the teens and tweens in the “Make Waves” summer reading program ever long for the good old days of Play dough, ‘go fish’, paint-by-number, glue stick collages, coloring books, and Chutes and Ladders? It’s ‘Nostalgia Night’ for them on Wednesday, July 28, at 6:30pm. We are going to take a trip down Memory Lane and do some of those ‘little kid’ activities that we’ve been too busy or mature to play lately and reminisce about the simpler times before we had braces, advanced placement classes, jobs, or acne. MAKE WAVES, register and attend, and you'll receive a raffle ticket toward the summer reading prize jar.

The burning question of August 3 is ‘WILL THE TEEN LIBRARIAN BE BLUE?’ The teens were challenged to have at least 60 registrations and 600 tickets in the jar (tickets are obtained by reading and participating in programs) by July 31. IF they win, the teen librarian will be sporting blue hair on a special evening. Put on your cowboy hat and boots and join us for an old fashioned “Hootenanny at the Kimball Library”. Get in the yee-haw groove and learn to square dance. We’ll have games such as a ‘Whoopie Pie Walk’ and face painting fun. Hotdogs with all the fixins’ will be served. The fun starts at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, August 3. The first 50 kids will get a free cowboy hat! The square dancing demo is at 6:30pm with lessons to follow. Mark the date now and dig out your bandanna. Spread the word by talkin’ because the library will be rockin’ from 5-8pm!

The summer reading program is coming to a close, but we are going out with a bang – literally! Be sure to drop by on Wednesday, August 4, for the ‘Summer Water Rocket Launch.’ Our summer program ‘Make a Splash-READ!’ will be finishing with a bang of an ending thanks to Mad Science of southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts for this special presentation. Mad Science is “Sparking Imaginative Learning in Science for Children ages 5-12.” You might want to bring a towel! You might get wet, and it is somewhat likely that you will.

Reminder: ALL summer reading program participants (Make a Splash OR Make Waves) are invited for ice cream sundaes at 1pm on Thursday, August 5.