My memories of August in years past were endless hot days, my dad taking all the neighborhood kids swimming when he got home from work, and long evenings of “Giant Steps” and “Red Light” on the lawn as our parents sipped iced tea on the porch. May we all enjoy the next several weeks before getting back into our fall schedules.
This past month
has been busy with avid readers and the voices of our ‘Summer Readers’. Our five-week
program was well attended with Jane offering new challenges and activities each
week. Our best “guessers” ended up being Isla and Emma! Congratulations girls
on coming closest in our Guessing Jar challenge.
A big thank you to all who participated in our summer reading activities. We invite you all to stop by this week and select a FREE book to take home!
And, we thank Jane
for all the planning and creating to make it fun for our families.
Something new this summer was our ‘Book Mobile” that visited the Rumney School each Monday afternoon. We would arrive with crates of books hand-picked for the enjoyment of the 5th – 8th graders attending the school summer program. The students would select their books and immediately start to read as we packed up to return to the library. Thank you, Maggie Demler, for working with me each week!
It was a pleasure
to welcome Katy Gautsch to our library staff. Katy comes to us loaded with all
the skills and enthusiasm needed to help our library grow. She has enjoyed
meeting and serving our patrons this past month and is taking quite an interest
in our “Teen Room”.
Attention Teens….
Next time you are in, be sure to check our growing Teen and Young Adult sections.
We have some wonderful new books in addition to some cozy favorites. We have
added non-fiction books as well to meet your school reading requirements. We
will be happy to give you a tour.
Teens
and Tweens are invited to participate this week – Supplies and good company
will be provided. Do bring your creative juices!
Saturday, August 5th
at 1 - Sewing Workshop for ages 7 and up… This is a new idea, and we are
anxious to know who might be interested. Materials will be prepared in advance so
it is important that you email Jane if you would like to reserve a space - SPACE
WILL LIMITED
Saturday, August
12th Old Home Day - We will be hosting our Annual Old Home Day Book
Sale from 9 until noon. We will have a lot of fiction (adult and young adult),
non-fiction, and books for children. Payment is by donation. We hope that you
will come by, look at what we have to offer, and find something you like. Book
donations may be left by the back door this week and next.
In addition, the
library will open after the parade and remain open until two. Stop by and say
hello. We will set out scrapbooks to peruse and offer a cup of lemonade!
At the library we
will display works by our teens as well as Kim Davis and Corey Grogan.
For a map, visit
tinyurl.com/RumneyNHart Questions?
Contact Marie at marieznolan@gmail.com
Monday, August 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 10 until 11:30 Family Time – We invite parents and caretakers to bring their children to the library each Monday morning for play, activities, and socializing with time spent inside and out depending on the weather.
Yes, a busy month! That's all for now... See you at the library!
Susan and the Library Ladies
Open Hours: Mondays 10 - 1, Wednesdays 1 - 5, Saturdays 10 - 1
sturbyne@rumneylibrary.org and/or Jkelso@rumneylibrary.org
