Mid-January at the Library... Keep up to date!

 

Greetings from Byron G Merrill Library.  We have been busy this first part of January welcoming returning patrons, all with well-wishes and gratitude for our open hours. Yes, we are open Wednesdays 1-4 and Saturdays 10-12. You will see our new self-check- out system in place to help provide an easy and comfortable environment in the library. We also continue with our porch-side services, Interlibrary Loan, and email requests.

January is flying by and it is almost time for our first Christmas Club meeting for 2021. Several of us have been getting together (in person or virtually) on the 25^th of each month the past few years to work on our Christmas Notebooks, perhaps make a craft, and mostly encourage each other as we look forward to the holiday season. We have all found that it helps us to have a more joyous and less stressful Christmas!! If you are interested in checking us out just send me an email… sturbyne@rumneylibrary.org

This week we are highlighting new books for middle grade readers (ages 9-12). We have been cataloging some new graphic fiction and additions to many our fantasy and adventure series. Here is a sampling of What’s New:

Graphic Novels

 Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy #1 and The Lost Heir #2, by Tui T. SutherlandA colorful graphic rendition of favorite Wings of Fire series. (#3 and #4 are on order!!)

 Anne of Green Gables, a graphic novel, by Mariah Marsden. A wonderful graphic rendition of this beloved classic. (Secret Garden will be coming our way late June!!)

 Click #1, Camp #2, Act #3, Kayla Miller- trilogy …These three books navigate friendships at school, new experiences at camp and how to speak up and make a difference. (…and the author has two more in the series in the works!)

 J fiction

 The Ickabog, by J.K. Rowling

Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom called Cornucopia, as rich in happiness as it was in gold, and famous for its food. But even in this happy kingdom, a monster lurks. Legend tells of a fearsome creature living far to the north in the Marshlands... the Ickabog. Some say it's just a myth...A must read!!!

  How to Catch a Bogle #1A Plague of Bogles #2, The Last Bogler #3, by Catherine Jinks

Alfred the Bogler is a man who catches monsters. As more and more children disappear under mysterious circumstances, Alfred and his young apprentices find themselves waging an underground war.

 Children’s Picture Books

 Becoming a Good Creature, by Sy Montgomery

With beautiful text and illustrations, we learn about the many surprising lessons animals have to teach us about friendship, compassion, and how to be a better creature in the world.

 Outside In, by Deborah Underwood

Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. This thought-provoking picture book underscores our powerful and enduring connection with nature.

 If You Come to Earth, by Sophie Blackall

This stunning book is inspired by the thousands of children Sophie Blackall has met during her travels around the world in support of UNICEF and Save the Children.

 Adult Books

A Promised Land, by Barack Obama

Presidential Memoir of Barack Obama’s odyssey from earliest political aspirations to 2008 when he was elected the 44^th president of the United States.

 A Women’s Heritage Sourcebook, by Emma Rollin Moore

This wonderful book highlights a lifestyle of self-reliance and sustainability. It brings homesteading to everyday life with instructions for canning, fermenting, beekeeping, raising chickens and so much more.

 A Good Neighborhood, by Therese Anne Fowler

What happens when you do the right thing but it goes all wrong? What does it mean to be a good neighbor? When new neighbors move in next door to Valerie Alston-Holt, a professor of forestry and ecology, and begin to cut down all the trees, raze the old house she is challenged to find anything in common.

 Very Nice, by Marcy Dermansky

A brilliantly funny novel of questionable behavior, featuring a wealthy Connecticut divorcée, her college-age daughter, and the famous novelist who is seduced by them both.

 

 For book requests email sturbyne@rumneylibrary.org

For Interlibrary loan requests email jkelso@rumneylibrary.org

For story time information email jkelso@rumneylibrary.org

 

We look forward to seeing or hearing from you. Meanwhile stay warm and stay well.

Byron G Merrill Library ladies

Susan Turbyne, Jane Kelso, and Sheila O’Meara