This Week @ the Library

February 16, 2008

New and Notable - Books & Breakfast Debuts February 25th

Want to hear the buzz about new and upcoming fiction or find out what everyone else is currently reading? Join us on Monday, February 25th from 10:30 to 11:30 AM for the first of our informal Books & Breakfast chats. We'll take over the Library's beautiful Quiet Study Room to make noise about our favorite books. Members of our staff will share some of their favorite recent fiction titles and let you know about all of our readers advisory services. We'll also do a demonstration of how to use NoveList, an online readers advisory tool that you can access from home or in the library. Then we hope you'll share your memorable reads.

Beverages and snacks will be provided. We hope to see you there. Please sign up at the Circulation Desk to let us know that you are coming, or email Adult Services Librarian Dorothy Pawlowski  

Have you checked our other reading resources?

Kid Stuff

Ongoing Programs:

·  Monday 10:30 AM Drop-in Story Time (ages 3 and up)

·  Tuesday 6:30 PM Scrabble (grades 4-8)

·  Friday 11 AM or 2 PM Friday Flicks (ages 2 and up)

·  Saturday 10:30 AM Drop-in Story Time (ages 3 and up)

Special Programs: Monday 11:30 AM Mime Robert Rivest. Performance of "Laughter Is the Best Medicine" for ages 5 and over. In the Dayton Program Room.

Reminder: Winter pre-registered storytimes and after school programs are now over. Registration for Spring programs will take place March 4th - 10th.

Learn more about these and other children's programs.

Just for Teens & Tweens

Young Adult Critics. Tuesday 4:00 -5:00 PM. Readers in grades 6-8 share snacks and books they've read.

Scrabble. Tuesday 6:30-7:30 PM. Young people in Grades 4 - 8 learn strategies from a tournament player as they enjoy playing the game.

Check out our Teen Page on the web.

Activities for Adults

Critics Circle Book Group. Tuesday 7:00 PM Intuition by Allegra Goodman.

See what other adult programs are on tap.

Reading Ahead...Upcoming Book Discussions

Critics's Circle Tuesday 2/19, 7 PM. Intuition by Allegra Goodman (2006; 352 pages). Through the use of multiple perspectives, the author provides a glimpse into the intimate life in a research lab where the discovery of a virus that fights cancer seems too good to be true. "Superb.... a delicate analysis of how an ethics scandal filters through the sensibility of brilliant and brilliantly realized characters." Entertainment Weekly

AM Book Group. Wednesday 2/27, 10 AM. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini (2007; 384 pages). The author of The Kite Runner returns with the tale of two very different Afghani women brought together by circumstance and tragedy. Also available as a downloadable audiobook; ask at the Fiction Desk for details.

Bookworms. Thursday 2/28, 4:15 PM. Children in Grades 2 & 3 meet to discuss Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts! Snacks are served. Sign up in Children's Services and pick up a copy of the book.

Tuesday Evening Nonfictioneers. Tuesday 3/4, 7 PM. See No Evil by Robert Baer (2002, 448 pages) In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA's efforts to root out the world's deadliest terrorists.

Reading Is a Family Affair. Wednesday 3/5, 6 PM. Children in Grades 3 and higher and their parents read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and discuss it over pizza dinner. Sign up in Children's Services and pick up your free family copy of the book, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

Did You Know...?

In honor of the town's 300th celebration, we will be featuring each week a tidbit of information about the past, present and future of the Library.

The life-sized bronze sculpture of a woman reading to a child located in the small "sunroom" near the main entrance is by world-renowned artist Glenna Goodacre. Titled "Storytime," the work was given to the Library by an anonymous donor in recognition of the retirement of Anita Daubenspeck. Before her 25 year tenure as Director of the Ridgefield Library, Anita was a children's librarian, making this an especially fitting tribute, as well as a charming addition to the Library's decor.

Be a Power User

As a subscriber to this e-newsletter, you are already a "power user" of the Ridgefield Library. Look for weekly tips to make you even more powerful!

THIS WEEK'S TIP: You may now return all materials in the outside book drop, including tapes, CDs and DVDs - no more extra trips or late fees because of book drop restrictions! If possible, secure media packages with a rubber band or place in a grocery store plastic bag to keep all the pieces together. Here's another little known fact that will save you time and money: items put in the book drop after closing are still considered returned on that date, right up until opening the next day.

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