November... Week of November 15th 2021

Regular Open Hours this week.... Monday 10-1, Wednesday 1-5 and Saturday 10-1 and.... Our Book Sale continues... lots of good choices and the donations go to support our "Button Up" project which will be starting the first of the year! We always appreciate your support and donations and we look forward to doing our part in lowering the heating bills!!!

Monday, November 15th - 10 til 12 - Family Fun!    We look forward to our young families gathering at the library again this week. It is a joy to see the little ones selecting books for the week ahead and enjoying each other's company. It is also a plus to see the parents getting more acquainted... You are welcome to become a part of this fun group which meets each Monday morning.

Saturday, November 20th - 10:30 til 11:30 - Thanksgiving Craft Time! - Come one, come all to Turkey Day at the Library. We will be making these adorable little turkeys for you to take home and decorate your holiday table.

Continuing.... All About Diversity! (A Collection of Twelve Picture Books) - This week I am highlighting the Usborne book, All About Diversity by Felicity Brooks and Mar Ferrero. There are several different sections with beautiful illustrations.... How are We Different, What Do We Wear, Different Kinds of Families, Celebrations and Festivals.... also a dictionary of diversity words, ways to say 'hello' in various languages and some notes for grown-ups..... A wonderful starting point for lots of discussion with your little ones.

Continuing.... A Turkey Hunt! Stop in, look around, and find ten turkeys doing yoga in our library... Find all ten and claim a prize!

Have an idea for something you would like to see happen?? Let us know!

A few days ago, I received an email inquiring about Byron G Merrill. "Julie", who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, had come across an old brass lantern with a glass chimney among her family treasures. She noticed that a name was etched on the chimney and she became curious about who is Byron G Merrill. When she googled the name, she discovered our library and contacted me.

 I was able to tell Julie about Mr. Merrill growing up in Rumney, his being present at the depot when the very first train came to Rumney, and his daughter's gift of our beautiful library to the town of Rumney in 1904 as a memorial to her father after he passed away. 

We so hope Julie will be coming our way so we can see the lantern in person. Meanwhile, here is a photo she sent.... and, as you can tell, we are beyond excited!!!

New Books for the Younger Set - Jane has just set out eight new books including the picture book Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!, Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Big Shot, and The Beatryce Prophecy  For the complete list, click on Kid's Page and scroll down to November New Books. Enjoy!

And, of course, we have new books for our adult readers.... You might like to check out these titles!

• Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian (2021) - A young Puritan woman - faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul - plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive historical thriller.
• The Last Train to London by Meg Waite Clayton (2021) - Set in the pre-World War II era, based on the true story of the Kindertransport rescue of ten thousand children from Nazi-occupied Europe - and of one brave woman who helped them escape.
• Cloud Cuchoo Land by Anthony Doerr (2021) - Dedicated to "the librarians then, now, and in the years to come"... a beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship - of the book, of the Earth, of the human heart by the author of All the Light We Cannot See.
• Lydia's Charm by Wanda E Brunstetter (older but new to our collection) -  Back to the land of the Amish...
• Shaking the Gates of Hell by John Archibald (2021) - a moving and powerful book about growing up in the American South in the early 1960s.
• The Reckoning by Mary L Trump (2021) -  How can we―as individuals and as a nation―confront, process, and overcome this loss of trust and the ways we have been forever altered by chaos, division, and cruelty? And when the dust finally settles, how can we begin to heal, in the midst of ongoing health and economic crises and the greatest political divide since the Civil War?

.... with a visit to the library! Thank you for taking the time to catch up with what is happening this week at the library. We will be back in your mailbox next Sunday with another update. Wishing you a good week!

Susan and the Library Ladies