July 2011 revised!!! - Weeks Public Library

Weeks Public
Library
Bulletin
July 2011
Vol. 23, No. 7
Around the World: DropDrop-in Crafts
July 55-July 8
All ages, in the Children’s Room
Around the World: Egypt
Pyramids for KK-4
Tuesday, July 12
11am, repeated at 6:30pm
An Egyptian story will be read. Decorate a pyramid
and an ancient Egyptian decorative collar.
Around the World: China
Chinese Writing for KK-4
Tuesday, July 19
11am, repeated at 6:30pm
Listen to a Chinese fairytale, learn to write a few Chinese characters, and make a frame to hang your writing. Try eating with chopsticks and decorate a lantern.
Around the World: Africa
Masks and Animals for KK-4
Tuesday, July 26
11am, repeated at 6:30pm
A Masai tale will be read. Decorate an African mask
and make stand-up African animals.
Around the World: DropDrop-in Crafts
August 11-August 5
All ages, in the Children’s Room
Around the World: Mexico
ScoobyScooby-Doo and the
Monster in Mexico
Movie and Craft for all ages
Tuesday, August 2
1pm
Story Times
Thursdays at 10am
July 7 through August 4
Join us for stories, a craft and fun!
All ages welcome, no registration required.
Special Story Time
Visit with a Hermit Crab
presented by the
Seacoast Science Center
Thursday, July 14, 10:30am
Hermit crabs are fascinating creatures! When they
outgrow the shell they are living in, they have to leave
it and find a bigger one. What do you think a hermit
crab looks like without a shell? Come find out!
Summer Fun & Jason’s Run
Library Events
Saturday, July 16
9am-1pm Book Sale at the Library
On the Green:
2pm Around the World with “Carol and Crew” Puppet
Show
3pm Around the World Craft Table
3:30pm Frozen T-shirt Contest run by the Trustees
Museum Passes available
Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover
Currier Museum of Art in Manchester
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Museum of Science in Boston
Prescott Park in Portsmouth Coming Soon!
The Seacoast Science Center in Rye
Watch the movie, make a craft and eat snacks!
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July 2011 at the Weeks Library
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
5
6
7
8
10am
Story Time
DropDrop-in Crafts All Week All Ages
6pm
Teens!
Movie Night:
Library Closed
6:30pm
5th & 6th Graders
Gaming Fun Night
Independence
Day
11
5-8pm
Play Cribbage
7pm
Friends’ Meeting
12
11am,
repeated at 6:30pm
K-4
Around the World:
Egypt
Pyramids
13
6:30pm
5th & 6th Graders
Race Around
Challenge
5-8pm
Play Cribbage
25
5-8pm
Play Cribbage
19
11am,
repeated at 6:30pm
K-4
Around the World:
China
Chinese Writing
26
9
11am
Friday Morning
Group
Bride and Prejudice
6:30pm
Friends’ Meeting
14
15
10:30am
Visit with a Hermit
Crab
Presented by the
Seacoast Science
Center
11am
Friday Morning
Group
20
21
22
6:30pm
5th & 6th Graders
Movie Fun Night
10am
Story Time
7pm
Book Discussion
The Commoner
by John Burnham
Schwartz
6pm
Teens!
Movie Night:
27
11am,
6:30pm
repeated at 6:30pm
K-4
5th & 6th Graders
Around the World: Mexican Folk Art and
Africa
Food
Masks and Animals
16
Summer Fun
& Jason’s Run
9am9am-1pm
Book Sale at the
Library
2-4pm
Library events on
the Green
6:30pm
Teens!
Live Clue Game
4:30pm
Trustees’ Meeting
18
2
11am
Friday Morning
Group
Library Hours
Monday—
Monday—Thursday 10am—
10am—8pm
Friday 10am—
10am—5pm
Saturday 9am—
9am—1pm
4
Saturday
23
11am
Friday Morning
Group
Shaolin Soccer
28
29
10am
Story Time
6:30pm
Teens!
European Jeopardy
11am
Friday Morning
Group
30
Summer Reading Programs for children ages prepre-K to 4th grade
Three levels: Read-to-Me program, I Can Read Books program and the Chapter/Fiction/Nonfiction Books program. Track your reading to earn prizes. Full details for each program available
in the Children’s Room.
Additional Incentive Programs for all ages
Children may use their reading time this summer to earn a free book through the Barnes & Noble Summer
Reading Program Imagination’s Destination, free tickets to the Stratham Fair in July, free passes to Rye
Airfield and a free ticket to a Fisher Cats game. Deadlines and requirements vary for each program, so
ask for details.
Teens entering
Grades 7 and up
Students entering
5th & 6th Grade
Gaming Fun Night
Wednesday, July 6, 6:30pm
Movie Night!
Thursday, July 7, 6pm
Bride and Prejudice
Rated PG-13
Spend the night with friends, snacks and gaming fun! “In a swirl of music, dance, and comic misunderstandings, these opposites continue to attract and
Race Around Challenge
repel each other in a riotous romance that spans
Wednesday, July 13, 6:30pm
three continents!”
Race around the library to complete various chalLive Clue Game
lenges.
Movie Fun Night
Wednesday, July 20, 6:30pm
Rated PG
Thursday, July 14, 6:30pm
Become an international spy! This is a live Clue
game, come as you are or take on the persona of
Agent Scarlett, Agent Mustard or any of the classic
You pick the movie to watch from a selection of PG Clue characters!
titles. Refreshments served.
Movie Night!
Mexican Folk Art and Food
Wednesday, July 27, 6:30pm
Make twigs come alive and try some Mexican food.
Come dressed to paint.
PopPop-up Around the World
Wednesday, August 3, 6:30pm
Create fun 3-D pop-ups featuring you, your family or
your friends in far away and exotic places.
Bring lots of photos to copy and cut up.
5th and 6th Graders
Summer Reading
Program
Thursday, July 21, 6pm
Shaolin Soccer
PG-13
“…a gleeful fusion of kung fu and a classic Bad
News Bears sports story.” Be prepared for some
informal shaolin soccer audience participation!
European Jeopardy!
Thursday, July 28, 6:30pm
Play the game on the big screen, rack up points
and spend them in our Prize Arena!
Totally Tagged
Thursday, August 4, 6:30pm
See your artistic creations slowly shrink in front of
your eyes to a perfect miniature size. Way to go
American Art!
Remember to pick up your reading timesheets!
Record the time you spend reading. Earn a raffle
ticket for every hour you read. Earn extra raffle tickets by attending a Wednesday night program. Remember to bring in your timesheet to receive tickets.
Raffle prizes include gift certificates to Target and
Walmart, courtesy of the Friends. The first drawing is
Friday, July 1.
Grades 7th and up
Summer Reading Program
Pick up an Outstanding Awesome Options sheet to
earn chances for $10 Barnes & Noble gift certificates or Movie Passes. Check off five options to
earn a chance! Read, write and attend!
Future Releases July and beyond
What will you be reading, watching and listening to?
Circle the titles you want us to purchase and return to the library.
Name: ______________________________ Phone Number: ______________ Card No. ________
August Fiction
August Nonfiction
Archer, Jeffrey. Only Time Will Tell
Bannister, Jo. Death in High Places Mystery
Brandman, Michael. Robert B. Parker's Killing
the Blues Mystery
Brooks, Terry. The Measure of the Magic
Connolly, John. The Burning Soul Mystery
Cussler, Clive. The Race
Dekker, Ted & L. Tosca. Forbidden
Deveraux, Jude. Heartwishes Fantasy Fiction
Howard, Linda. Prey Romantic Suspense
Lippman, Laura. The Most Dangerous Thing
McCrumb, Sharyn. The Ballad of Tom Dooley
Mitchard, Jacquelyn. Second Nature
Neggers, Carla. Saint's Gate
Patterson, James & Marshall Karp. Kill Me If You
Can Suspense
Pelecanos, George P. The Cut Suspense
Penny, Louise. A Trick of the Light Mystery
Perry, Anne. Acceptable Loss Suspense
Poyer, David. The Towers
Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child. Cold Vengeance
Quinn, Spencer. The Dog Who Knew Too Much
Reichs, Kathy. Flash and Bones Suspense
Rendell, Ruth. The Vault Mystery
Robb, J. D. New York to Dallas
Schwartz, John Burnham. Northwest Corner
Smith, Haywood. Wife-In-Law
Swerling, Beverly. City of Promise Historical
Todd, Charles. A Bitter Truth Mystery
Unger, Lisa. Darkness, My Old Friend Suspense
White, Kate. The Sixes Mystery
Young, Thomas W. Silent Enemy Suspense
Bernstein, Gabrielle. Spirit Junkie (A Radical
Road to Discovering Self-Love and Miracles)
Cheney, Dick. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir Biography
Cox, Lynne. South with the Sun (Roald Amundsen His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for
Discovery Exploration
Daugherty, Tracy. Just One Catch: A Biography
of Joseph Heller Biography
Friedman, Thomas L. That Used to Be Us (How
America Fell Behind in the World We Invented
and How We Can Come Back History
Gray, Geoffrey. Skyjack (The Hunt for D.B. Cooper) True Crime
Gregory, Phillipa, et al. The Women of the Cousins' War (The Duchess, the Queen and the King's
Mother) History
Mann, Charles. 1493 (Uncovering the New World
Columbus Created) History
Mycoskie, Blake. Start Something That Matters
Peck, Dan. Pinched (How the Great Recession
Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do
About It) Economics
Rossmiller, Shannen. The Unexpected Patriot
(How an Ordinary American Mother is Bringing
Terrorists to Justice)
Summer, Anthony & Robbyn Swan. The Eleventh
Day: The Full Story of 9/11 Current Events
Trynka, Paul. David Bowie: Starman Biography
Warrick, Joby. The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda
Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA History
August Audio Books
Cussler, Clive. The Race
Deveraux, Jude. Heartwishes
Howard, Linda. Prey
Mitchard, Jacquelyn. Second Nature
Patterson, James & Marshall Karp. Kill Me If You
Can
Pelecanos, George P. The Cut
Perry, Anne. Acceptable Loss
Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child. Cold Vengeance
Reichs, Kathy. Flash and Bones
July/early August DVDs
13 Assassins (Koji Yakusho)
Bodyguards and Assassins (Donnie Yen)
Limitless (Bradley Cooper)
The Lincoln Lawyer (Matthew McConaughey)
The Music Never Stopped (J.K. Simmons)
Of Gods and Men (Jean-Marie Frin)
Potiche (Catherine Deneuve)
Rango (Animated)
Soul Surfer (AnnaSophia Robb)
Source Code (Jake Gyllenhaal)
Trust (Clive Owen)
Summer Fun & Jason's Run!
21st Annual Jason Hussey 5K
Saturday, July 16, 2011
A day of fun ending with the annual 5K!
See www.summerfunandjasonsrun.org
for the full schedule of events and forms.
Activities from Noon to 8:00 pm
Fun run starts at 5:00 pm
Race starts at 6:00 pm
70 Post Road (on the green)
Greenland, NH 03840
Annual TOWN WIDE YARD SALE
ON THE GREEN ALL AFTERNOON
8 AM til 2 PM
$20 to participate
Martha Bates 828828-8201
bayridge@comcast.net
Benefits the Greenland Community
Congregational Church Missions Committee
Face Painting by Families First
Carnival Games by New Generation
Crafts with Recycled Materials by
Green Alliance
Make a Card for a Soldier by Pease Greeters
Games by Sportsmouth Tennis
Activities by Seacoast YMCA
Friday Morning Group
Fridays at 11am
Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Thursday, July 14
6:00pm
The group continues to meet during the summer.
This is a great opportunity to socialize and have
some fun with neighbors.
Students entering grades 7 and up are welcome to
join. Pick up an application at the library. During this
meeting we will be discussing new material purLibrary Closed
chases. This will be a short meeting with the “Totally
Monday, July 4
Tagged” program for teens following.
Independence Day
July Meetings
Friends’ Meeting
Thursday, July 7, 6:30pm
Trustees’ Meeting
Tuesday, July 12, 4:30pm
Book Discussion
The Commoner
by John Burnham Schwartz
Wednesday, July 20, 7pm
Copies of the book are available
at the library.
Weeks Public Library
36 Post Road
PO Box 430
Greenland, NH 03840
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Please note, all mail sent to the Library or the
Friends must be addressed to P.O. Box 430.