CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY

The Green Free Library is closed today, Monday September 02, 2013, for Labor Day!

This is a quiet week at The Green Gree Library. It is a great time to just come in and read, or look at books. I am on vacation, but will be adding a list of new books soon.

The Summer areading Program is over! I will be posting pictures shortly, as soon as I recover from a wonderful trip to Maine and the Lobsterfest taken with Benedict's Bus Service.


Images courtesy of DailyClipArt.net

FRIENDS RAFFLE

The Friends of The Green Free Library will be sponsoring a raffle to help support The Green Free Library.

First Prize is a New American Girl Historical Doll, 1914 NYC-Rebecca Rubin.

Second Prize is a Gently used fold away doll/bed cabinet.

The drawing will take place on Saturday, July 31 at 3:00 PM ( Hint: this is during Miss Mazie's Tea Party)

Raffle tickets will be available during the BOOKSALE and during Miss Mazie's party. They are not available for purchase at the library since only Friends members may sell them (rules, you know). The cost will be $1.00 each, or SIX for $5.00!! Thank you for your support, and GOOD LUCK!

THIS WEEK AT THE GREEN FREE LIBRARY

If you are looking for something to do this week-come to The Green Free Library. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 10:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. and Friday and Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. The library has books, magazines, newspapers, DVDs, VHS tapes, CD (music and books), books on audio-cassette and books on Play-aways. Free puplic access Internet service is available with printing capabilities for 10 cents a page. Wi-Fi is also provided free of charge (sorry no printing capabilities.

Special activities this week include:

Story Hour will be held on Wednesday morning at 10:15 A.M. It lasts about 45 minutes, and there are 2 groups. Infants to 3 years old meet in the Children's Room with Kathy to enjoy songs, stories and fun. Pre-schoolers between 3 and 5 years of age meet in the main room in the magazine area with Beve where they will hear stories, do crafts and get a head start on learning to read!

Knitting Club for Adults will meet upstairs in the library on Wednesday afternoon. Plan to begin about 3:00 P.M. and finish up at about 4:00 P.M. You do not need to know how to knit to join this club, instruction and help from Wanda Short, and other club member's is part of the fun. Even if you do know how to knit, come on in and show us your stuff!

Knitting Club for KIDS will meet upstairs in the library on Thursday afternoon between 3:30 P.M. and 4:30 P.M. If you are looking for something to do after school to keep in out of the cold while you wait for your parents. Stop by and give knitting a try. Needles are provided for any beginners who don't have a pair, or aren't sure they're ready to buy their own, and instruction in the process is available no matter what level knitter you are.

MEET REBECCA AT THE GREEN FREE LIBRARY!

The Green Free Library is proud to announce the arrival of the newest American Girl-REBECCA!

Six new American Girl books have been added that feature Rebecca Rubin, a lively young Jewish lady growing up in New York City in 1914. The books are written by Jacqueline Dembar Greene, and illustrated by Robert Hunt. It looks like the publishers are trying something a little different this time. The titles are:

1) Meet Rebecca

2) Rebecca and Ana

3) Candlelight for Rebecca

4) Rebecca and the Movies

5) Rebecca to the Rescue

6) Changes for Rebecca

The library also has the complete series of American Girl fiction books featuring Kaya (1764), Felicity (1774), Josefina (1824), Kirsten (1854), Addy (1864), Samantha (1904), Kit (1934), Molly (1944), and Julie (1974). Also in the collection are several of the American Girl mysteries, a couple of the non-fiction titles, and the magazine entitled, American Girl.

 

 

 

CATCH UP ON THESE POPULAR SERIES

The Green Free Library is adding titles to some of its popular series.

For readers who enjoy Fantasy/Sci-Fi, these titles will be available soon:


Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, bk2) by Patricia Briggs
Iron Kissed(Mercy Thompson , bk3) by Patricia Briggs

Storm Front (The Dresden Files, bk1) by Jim Butcher
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, bk2) by Jim Butcher
Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, bk3) by Jim Butcher
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, bk4) by Jim Butcher
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, bk5) by Jim Butcher
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, bk6) by Jim Butcher
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, bk7) by Jim Butcher

**Proven Guilty(The Dresden Files, bk8); White Night(The Dresden Files ,bk9); Small Favor(The Dresden Files, bk10);Turn Coat(The Dresden Files, bk11) The Green Free Library already owns these titles.

Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker, bk3) by Orson Scott Card

For students and young adults who enjoy the American Girl Mysteries, these titles will be available soon:




Danger at the Zoo: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Kathleen Ernst
The Silent Stranger: A Kaya Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Janet Beeler Shaw
Secrets in the Hills: A Josefina Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Kathleen Ernst
Midnight in Lonesome Hollow: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Kathleen Ernst
A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Sarah Masters Buckey
The Runaway Friend: A Kirsten Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Kathleen Ernst


If you would like to read one of these titles stop by and add your name to the list. As soon they arrive and it is your turn, a staff member will call and let you know!

AMERICAN GIRL MYSTERIES ADDED

Do you like mysteries? Do you like history? Why not combine the two and check out these new titles:

Lady Margaret's ghost: a Felicity mystery / Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2009

The tangled web: a Julie mystery / Kathryn Reiss. 2009

The cry of the loon: a Samantha mystery / Barbara Steiner. 2009

Clues in the shadows: a Molly mystery / Kathleen Ernst. 2009

Traitor in Williamsburg: a Felicity mystery / Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2008

The light in the cellar: a Molly mystery / Sarah Masters Buckey. 2007

Peril at King's Creek: a Felicity mystery / Elizabeth McDavid Jones. 2007

The stolen sapphire: a Samantha mystery / Sarah Masters Buckey. 2006

The curse of Ravenscourt: a Samantha mystery / Sarah Masters Buckey. 2005


The Green Free Library has recently added several new mystery books to its American Girl book collection. These are new and different titles than the American Girl History Mysteries. Each of the original American Girl characters including Felicity, Molly, Samantha, and Julie will lead you, the reader on a daring, mysterious adventure set within the era that each lives.

The library hopes to continue adding to this collection to include titles about the other American Girls as well. (Kaya, Josefina, Kirsten and Addy)

The library already owns the core collection of American Girl books, plus several of the History Mysteries, and the monthly magazine, as well as:

Welcome to Addy's world, 1864; growing up during the American Civil War Sinnott, Susan, 1999

Welcome to Kirsten's world, 1854: growing up Sinnott, Susan, 1999

Welcome to Molly's world, 1944: growing up in World War two in America Gourley, Catherine 1999

Welcome to Kit's world, 1934: growing up during America's Great Depression Brown, Harriet 2002

Check back for more information about the newest American Girl. Meet Rebecca will be released soon,in late May or early June. Rebecca is a Jewish girl from the late 1800s to early 1900s. This series is being written by Jacqueline Dembar Greene.