Greenville Public LibraryJuly 2013 Newsletter

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UNO CHICAGO GRILL DOUGH RAISER event to benefit the Friends of the Library, Thursday, June 27 at the Smith-field Commons. Come for lunch, dinner or take-out. Clip coupon, run to UNO’s, eat, enjoy, help your library, feel great!

Local Author Patricia L. Mitchell will be having a signing and reading of her new book, “A Girl From the Hill” on Thursday, July 25 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Call 949-3630 ext. 1 to register, or sign-up on our on-line calendar at www.yourlibrary.ws.

GROUND BREAKING READS is the ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM at the Greenville Public Library. The program starts Monday, July 1 and ends Friday, August 9. Each participant will be given a booklet with information on the program. The participant can read any book, or they may select a suggested title from the booklet. Also, this year there will be a TUESDAYS AT TWO series of six programs that follow along with the themes of the weeks.

TUESDAYS AT TWO: Tuesday, July 2 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, ground breaker movie: The Iron Lady with a discussion to follow.

Tuesday, July 9 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, ground breaker movie: Amelia with a discussion to follow.

Tuesday, July 16 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, WINE BOTTLE GARDENING.

Tuesday, July 23 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, SHOE-BOX GARDENING.

Tuesday, July 30 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, MEDITERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGY.

Tuesday, August 6 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, GENEALOGY DATABASES.

Call 949-3630 ext. 1 to register, or sign-up on our on-line calendar at: www.yourlibrary.ws.

MYSTERY BOOK CLUB: Tuesday, July 2 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. The Sixth Man by David Baldacci is the book the group will be discussing.

PICNIC TABLE READS BOOK CLUB: Thursday, July 18 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman is the book the group will be discussing.

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RHODE ISLAND HOUSING SEMINAR: Representatives from Rhode Island Housing will be at the library on Tuesday, July 2 and Tuesday, July 30 from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Please call Tammy Fisher at 457-1245 to register.

KNITTING MAVENS: Tuesdays 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.

Rebecca Nussler is displaying her photographs.

The Smithfield Historical Society is exhibiting historical items in the Castle Display Case.

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Children’s Department NewsSummer Reading Program ~ 2013

“Dig into Reading is the theme for our Summer Reading Program this year, and we invite children ages 3 1/2- 10 to sign up to do some reading and attend some very exciting programs.

Registration began June 24 for the overall program which is taking place from June 24-August 9, but there’s still time to sign up! A complete brochure detailing all of the programs is available in the Children’s Department.

The statewide Rhode Island Summer Reading Program is supported by the RI Office of Library and Information Services with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Pawtucket Red Sox, Citizens Bank and Pepsi. Local support includes the Smithfield YMCA, A & W Restaurant, Uno Chicago Grill, and the Friends of the Green-ville Library.

Book Buddies: Tuesdays 10:30-11:30 am and 6:30-7:30 pm for ages 3 1/2-8.Buddy sessions begin on July 2 and continue on Tuesdays July 9, July 16, July 23, 30, and August 6.

Bedtime Storytime: Wednesdays 6:30-7:15 pm for ages 3 1/2-5 1/2. Register the week before each session. Storytime dates are July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, July 31, and August 7.

Art classes with artist and teacher Adele Karbowski for children ages 6-10. Fridays, July 5, 19, and August 2 @ 10:30 am. Sign up for one or more.

Mad Science: Monday, July 8 @ 10:30 am for families with children ages 4-10.

Paws to Read: Mondays 6:30-7:30 pm for ages 6-10; read with Maxwell, a pet therapy dog. Sessions will be held on July 15, 22, 29, and August 5. Sign up to read for a 20 minute session.

Ronald McDonald Show: Friday, July 12 @ 10:30 am for families with children ages 3 and up.

Carolyn Martino, Storyteller: Wednesday, July 17 @ 10:30 am for families with children ages 4-10.

Sarah Gardner, Musician: Wednesday, July 31 @ 2:00 pm.

Summer Craft Programs for ages 6-10.July 1 @ 10:30 am Garden Gnome Craft. July 15 @ 10:30 am Paint a silly snake.July 24 @ 2:00 pm T-shirt craft. July 29 @ 2:00 pm Sand painting. August 5 @ 10:30 am Fossil fun.

Malik the Magic Guy: Friday August 9 at 2:00 pm for families with children ages 4-10.This program concludes the Summer Reading Program. Grand prize winner to be drawn. Refreshments served.

All programs require registration. Please call 949-3630 ext. 2 for more information.

Children’s Bubble DisplayEleven-year-old Abigail Parente will display her rock and clay miniature collections in the Children’s Bubble for the month of July. Abigail enjoys finding different shaped rocks in her backyard to collect. She hand-makes her clay miniature collec-tion which includes figures such as flowers. Don’t miss seeing Abigail’s interesting collections!

“Dive into Music this Summer” with Anne-Marie Forer”s Music Together program for families with children ages 5 and under. There is a fee for this class. Register with Anne-Marie @ tunesntales@hotmail.com or call 401-739-4171. July 11-August 15.

Sign up to borrow our newest American Girl Doll - Saige.

A family selects some

fun reading for the

summer.

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Summer News for

Young AdultsThe Summer Reading Program sign up

begins on June 24th. If you are between

the ages of 11-17 stop by to register at

the Welcome Desk. There will be weekly

prize drawings and a GRAND PRIZE of

a 7” tablet. Create a Comic Book Character

with Eric Fulford

on July 10th

at 2:30.

Learn how to design and

illustrate a comic book

cover from the ground

up! He will guide you

through the process and

provide tips and

techniques as you create

a professional illustration, layer by

layer. Sign up online on the “calendar

of events” at www.yourlibrary.ws

The Baker Room will be open most

Monday and Wednesday afternoons this summer

starting on Wednesday, June 26th. Teens looking

for a place to come to cool off, meet friends, play

games, use the computers, watch a movie and

maybe do a craft will find it here in the Baker

Room. Check the schedule on our website or on

FACEBOOK (Greenville Public Library

TeenScape) to find out what is going on from day

to day. The program is called “Afternoons in the

Library”. Hours will be from 2:30-4:30 and no

sign up is needed.

Weekly interactive displays including a QR

Scavenger Hunt, Book in a Jar, Design your own SuperHero and Banner Art will be in the Young Adult Area. Stop by anytime and try them out.

Hasbro’s Safe Sitter The program for kids ages 11-16, will be on Monday, July 15th

from 9:00-4:00. Essential skills for sitting are included in this program. Come in to register and pay the discounted fee of $35 which includes all of the materials. Limited space so sign up early!

Teen Yoga Thursdays at 2:30 starting on July 11th for 5

weeks and ending on August 8th.

Sign up is required and is on the

“calendar of events” at

www.yourlibrary.ws Yoga mats will

be provided but you may bring

your own if you would like. The instructor is

Renee Maxwell from the Smithfield YMCA. The

cost is FREE!!!

Book Buddies is a great

way to earn community service hours during the summer. If you love reading to children this is the program for you. Sign up is at the Welcome Desk. The program will be every Tuesday from July 2nd to August 6th at 10:30 and at 6:30. You may volunteer for one or both time slots.

Scary Movie Marathon is coming this summer on July 3, 17, 31 and August 14

(2:00-4:30). Movies will include “The Birds”, “Jaws”,

“The Sixth Sense” and “Signs”. No sign up is

necessary. Snacks will be provided. Bring a friend

and get a treat.

Fun Fused Glass Class (June 26 at 2:30) is our first program of the summer. Enjoy creating fused glass pendants inspired by your favorite books with Deenie Pacik. You will use colorful pre-cut glass, crushed glass, powders, and dichroic glass. Every student will create multiple pendants to keep for themselves or give as gifts. Sign up is required. Anyone 11-17 is invited. Cost is free!!!

Learn to Sew will be on Monday, July 29th and

Aug 5th from 2:00-4:00. Learn to cut out a pattern

and sew on a machine to complete a simple project.

Everything will be provided. If you have a machine,

please bring it :). Sign up online or call the library at

949-3630. Space is limited.

We have a display of the Smithfield High School Reading List books in the Young Adult Area.

New Non-Fiction Titles

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A higher call : an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II / Adam MakosA storm too soon : a true story of disaster, survival and an incredible rescue / Michael J. TougiasAmerican honor killings : desire and rage among men / David McconnellAsk Wendy : straight-up advice for all the drama in your life / Wendy WilliamsBébé day by day : 100 keys to French parenting / Pamela DruckermanBoosting your metabolism for dummies / Berman, RachelChris Powell’s choose more, lose more for life. / Powell, ChrisCooked : a natural history of transformation / Michael PollanDad is fat / Jim GaffiganDecisive : how to make better choices in life and work / Chip HeathDollarocracy How Billionaires Are Buying Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It. / Nichols, John Duel with the devil : the true story of how Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr teamed up to take on America’s first sensational murder mystery / Paul CollinsEchoes of My Soul / Tanenbaum, RobertEveryday barbecue : at home with america’s favorite pitmaster / Myron MixonFirsthand : ditching secondhand religion for a faith of your own / Ryan & Josh ShookFlat belly diet! gluten-free cookbook / the editors of Prevention. Give and take : a revolutionary approach to success / Adam M. GrantGrace, gold & glory : my leap of faith / Gabrielle Douglas Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal / Mary RoachI’ll see you again : a memoir / Jackie HanceInside rehab : the surprising truth about addiction treatment--and how to get help that works / Anne M. Fletcher.Keep it pithy : useful observations in a tough world / Bill O’ReillyLet’s explore diabetes with owls / David SedarisLibrary 2020 : today’s leading visionaries describe tomorrow’s library / Janes, JosephLife, liberty, and the pursuit of food rights : the escalating battle over who decides what we eat / Gumpert, David E.Mickey and Willie : Mantle and Mays : the parallel lives of baseball’s golden age / Allen BarraMission to Mars : my vision for space exploration / Buzz Aldrin My beef with meat / Rip Esselstyn.Nature’s fortune : how business and society thrive by investing in nature / Mark R. TercekOld-school comfort food : the way I learned to cook / Alex GuarnaschelliOn heaven and earth : Pope Francis on faith, family, and the church in the twenty-first century / Jorge BergoglioPatients come second : leading change by changing the way you lead / Britt Berrett, Paul SpiegelmanRaising Cubby : a father and son’s adventures with Asperger’s, trains, tractors, and high explosives / John RobisonRevolutionary summer : the birth of American independence / Joseph J. EllisRiver cottage veg : 200 inspired vegetable recipes / Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Salt, sugar, fat : how the food giants hooked us / Michael MossSimple modern sewing : 8 basic patterns to create 25 favorite garments / Deborah Cannarella Sewing stylish handbags & totes : chic to unique bags and purses that you can make / Choly KnightStyle me vintage. Weddings : an inspirational guide to styling the perfect vintage wedding / Annabel BeeforthSweater girls : 20 patterns for starlet sweaters, retro wraps, & glamour knits / Madeline WestonThe everyday DASH diet cookbook : over 150 fresh and delicious recipes to speed weight loss, lower blood pressure, and prevent diabetes / Marla HellerThe guns at last light : the war in Western Europe, 1944-1945 / Rick AtkinsonThe last of the doughboys : the forgotten generation and their forgotten world war / Richard RubinThe Norman conquest : the Battle of Hastings and the fall of Anglo-Saxon England / Marc MorrisThe one thing : the surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results / Gary Keller The outsider : a memoir / Jimmy ConnorsThe Queen’s agent : Sir Francis Walsingham and the rise of espionage in Elizabethan England / John CooperThe spark : a mother’s story of nurturing genius / Kristine BarnettThis is how to get your next job : an inside look at what employers really want / Andrea KayTinkered treasures : more then 35 easy-to-make projects to bring charm to the everyday / Elyse MajorTo move the world : JFK’s quest for peace / Jeffrey D. SachsUnsinkable : a memoir / Debbie ReynoldsVera Gran : the accused / Agata Tuszyaska Waiting to be heard : a memoir / Amanda KnoxWealthy by design : a 5 step plan for financial security / Kimberly FossWhat a plant knows : a field guide to the senses / Daniel ChamovitzWinning balance : what I’ve learned so far about love, faith, and living your dreams / Shawn Johnson Work with me : the 8 blind spots between men and women in business / Barbara Annis

New Fiction Titles

Computer Classes at the Greenville Public LibraryThe library offers two types of computer instruction:

1. formal 12 to 15 week classes with Milo J. St. Angelo2. 1 hour individualized instruction with Ray Hetherington

on the topic of your choice.Call the library at 949-3630 for more information.

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DVDs

A certain summer : a novel / Patricia BeardA cookbook conspiracy / Kate CarlisleA murder at Rosamund’s Gate / Susanna CalkinsAftershock / Andrew VachssAll the summer girls / Meg DonohueAmericanah : a novel / Chimamanda AdichieAnd the mountains echoed / Khaled HosseiniAstor Place Vintage / Stephanie LehmannBad monkey / Carl HiaasenChoke point / Ridley PearsonClaire DeWitt and the bohemian highway / Sara GranClose knit killer / Maggie SeftonCrime of privilege : a novel / Walter WalkerDear life : stories / Alice MunroEarth afire : the First Formic War / Orson CardEntwined with you / Sylvia DayFly away / Kristin HannahHer last breath / Linda CastilloIsland girls : a novel / Nancy ThayerKiller ambition : a novel / Clark, Marcia.Ladies’ night / Mary Kay AndrewsLife after life : a novel / Kate AtkinsonLover at last / J.R. Ward. Magician’s end / Raymond E. FeistNo one could have guessed the weather / Anne-Marie CaseyNOS4A2 : a novel / Joe Hill One heart to win / Johanna LindseyParis : the novel / Edward RutherfurdRedsparrow : a novel / Jason MatthewsRevenge wears Prada / Lauren Weisberger. Romancing a werelion husband / Julies RuthSight reading : a novel / Daphne Kalotay.Skinny bitch in love / Kim BarnouinSovereign : The Book of Mortals / Dekker, TedSweet salt air / Barbara DelinskySweet tea revenge / Laura ChildsThe body in the piazza / Katherine Hall PageThe Boleyn King : a novel / Laura AndersenThe Confessions of Al Capone / Loren D. Estleman

The engagements : a novel / J. Courtney SullivanThe heist : a novel / Janet Evanovich and Lee GoldbergThe hope of spring / Wanda E. BrunstetterThe Kill Room : a Lincoln Rhyme Novel / Jeffery DeaverThe king’s deception : a novel / Steve BerryThe last original wife / Dorothea Benton FrankThe redeemer / Jo NesbaThe road to Woodbury / Robert KirkmanThe sassy belles / Beth AlbrightThe silver star : a novel / Jeannette WallsThe time between / Karen WhiteThe widow waltz / Sally KoslowThe woman upstairs : a novel / Claire MessudTime flies / Claire CookTomorrow there will be apricots : a novel / Jessica SofferTrains and lovers / Alexander McCall SmithWhile we were watching Downton Abbey / Wendy WaxWidow’s tears / Susan Wittig Albert

21 & OverA Good Day to Die HardBeautiful CreaturesHansel & Gretel : Witch huntersHyde Park on HudsonJack the Giant SlayerOZ The Great and PowerfulQuartetSafe HavenSide EffectsSnitchWarm bodies

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GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEESStephen Cicilline, PresidentTerri Kless, Vice PresidentElaine Farley, SecretaryLeslie Cashel, MDVirginia HarnoisJulianne Ip, MDGeorge KelleyBarbara LysikDomine Vescera RagostaMilo J. St. Angelo

Christopher LaRoux, Director

J U L Y

2013

The Library will be closed Thursday, July 4.