Would you like to encourage your little pre-reader? Here’s how…
Last summer we celebrated several VIP readers who completed ‘NH’s
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten’ program at the library. These readers spent
months (or years) tracking books they read or heard. To encourage their hard
work, they were reinforced with stickers and small prizes along their journey
to the 1,000 book mark. Their culminating V.I.P. status resulted in a prize bag
and front row seats at all of our summer reading concerts and performances. Do
you know a young reader that would love to get this kind of recognition for
reading? We’re looking for Atkinson residents as young infancy to start the process
of reading or listening to 1,000 books before the end of their kindergarten
school year. Visit us in the children’s department for more information and to
start the journey to being our next Very Important Person!
AUTHOR
TED REINSTEIN - NEW ENGLAND’S GENERAL STORES: EXPLORING AN AMERICAN CLASSIC: Ted
Reinstein has been a reporter for 'Chronicle,” WCVB-TV/Boston’s
award-winning—and America’s longest-running, locally-produced—nightly news
magazine since 1997. In addition, he is a regular contributor for the station’s
political roundtable show and sits on WCVB’s Editorial Board. He is the also the author of Globe Pequot’s
New England Notebook: One Reporter, Six States, Uncommon Stories, and Wicked
Pissed: New England's Most Famous Feuds.
New England General Stores: The general store is as old as
America itself. It conjures a
country-like place where kids come in to buy penny candy, and adults to buy
everything from fresh vegetables to four-penny nails. It was a place to pick up
mail, the newspaper, and perhaps tarry a bit on a chilly morning to chat over a
cup of coffee and a warm wood stove. Long before 'Cheers,” the general store
was the vital and inviting heart of a community, where everyone not only knew
your name, but how you took that coffee, how many kids you had, and hey, how’s
your dad doing, anyway?
But far from becoming mere relics with a roof, many iconic
general stores are still very much open, very much in business, and very much
still the heart of their communities.
What’s more, like the diner, general stores have seen a resurgence all
across New England. They are being renovated, reopened and reimagined for our
time. Today, many general stores are
prized more than ever as that vanishing but all-important 'third place” in a
community. In profiling the colorful stories of some of New England’s most iconic
general stores, the remarkable, ongoing story of this region itself comes to
life.
Registration is required for this super event happening on
Thursday, April 5th, starting promptly at 7:00 PM. This event is sponsored by the generous Friends
of the Kimball Library. Refreshments
will be served.
MORE INFO: Go to
www.kimballlibrary.com to
register for events or use the data bases. You may also call us Monday-Friday
from 10-8 and on Saturday from 10-3 at 603.362.5234 to register with a ‘human’.
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