- June Newsletter - 

Stay up-to-date with all of the exciting happenings going on at Whelden this month.
We look forward to seeing you!

   


Happy summer! Our bookstore is well stocked with new additions arriving often.
Be sure to stop by during our two sale dates this month:
Saturday, June 10th and Saturday, June 24th, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 MOMS: TAKE NOTE!
We have some great books, games and small toys for the little ones! 




- FUNDRAISING UPDATE -

This year's 'Whelden in Bloom' event has been cancelled.
We hope to resume the fundraiser next year. Stay tuned for details!







- Red Sox Fundraiser Raffle -

Calling all baseball buffs! We're raffling off a handmade (with love by Mary!) Red Sox pillow.
Be sure to stop in and grab tickets. Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts -- every dollar counts! Just $1 each or $5 for six!
 

Happy 100th Birthday, Lucille! 


On May 18th, we had the pleasure of wishing Lucille McCallum a very happy 100th birthday. Lucille was a library FRIEND for many years and 2015 Citizen of the Year. What an honor it was to be part of this great milestone, and we thank everyone who came out to celebrate.


Upcoming Events  

Author Talk

MARTIN W. SANDLER

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28TH
@ 6:00 PM

Join us as Martin Sandler, native Cape Codder, author and historian, discusses a treasured story of piracy, love, riches and other tales.

* Sandler is the author of more than 80 books for both children and adults *
Stitching at Whelden

Stop by during the 2nd or 4th Wednesday of each month between 2:00-4:00 p.m. for an informal get-together. Come to knit, crochet, sew or enjoy any other type of needlecraft. Bring a project and work in the company of our cozy library. Beginners welcome!

OTHER THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO:
STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH) EVENTS
AUTHOR VISITS AND HISTORICAL TALKS
 

The Children's Room 

 



Our May Star Wars event was such a success --
many thanks to everyone who participated!

Here are a few of our favorite highlights ...

Stay tuned for another
Star Wars event
date in the near future.
Advance registration will be required!




Stuffed Animal Slumber Party

Thanks for bringing your adorable furry friends to our stuffed animal slumber party!

Coming up in July:
Teddy Bear Storytime

>> Stay tuned for details <<
- Summer Reading Kick-Off -
Join us at the Centerville Library for the annual Summer Reading Kick-Off event. This year's theme is 'Build A Better World'. Stay tuned for more information as we gear up for a busy summer of reading!
*Details on logging hours and prizes to follow*




Join us in the Children's Room every Tuesday at 11:00 a.m.
for storytime with Miss Lizzy.

Storytime is geared towards toddlers, but siblings are
welcome too! No registration is required.

Be sure to 'LIKE' Whelden Memorial Library 
on Facebook for information regarding upcoming crafts and themes!

Storybook Yoga with
Miss Anina


Every Saturday at 11:00 a.m.

Stop by for a FUN and SILLY combination of yoga, literature, music and movement, along with relaxation and breathing techniques. Ages range from 2-12.

* Registration is required and children must be accompanied by an adult *


Whelden Book Corner 

- Staff Picks -
What we're loving this month...
- New Additions to Our Collection -
Some of our latest and greatest...


Into the Water

By Paula Hawkins

A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged.

Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from-a place to which she vowed she'd never return.

With the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins delivers an urgent, twisting, deeply satisfying read that hinges on the deceptiveness of emotion and memory, as well as the devastating ways that the past can reach a long arm into the present.

Beware a calm surface-you never know what lies beneath.
-Goodreads 

Exit Strategy

By Steve Hamilton

In the follow-up to The Second Life of Nick Mason, the remarkable hero fights to take back control from the crime lord who owns his life, as he races to complete a daring and dangerous new mission. . . .

Nick Mason has been given a true mission impossible: Infiltrate WITSEC, the top-secret federal witness-protection program that has never been compromised, locate the three men who put his boss Darius Cole behind bars for life, and kill them.

But first he has to find them-they're ghost prisoners locked down around the clock in classified "deep black" locations by an battalion of heavily armed U.S. marshals charged with protecting them-and the clock is ticking. Cole is appealing his conviction, and these witnesses are either his ticket to freedom or the final nail in his coffin. If they testify, Darius Cole will never step foot in the outside world again. If they are killed, he will walk out a free man.

As he risks everything to complete his mission, Mason finds himself being hunted by the very man he replaced, the ruthless assassin who once served, then betrayed, Darius Cole. Rather than waiting to be Mason's next victim, he has escaped witness protection to hunt down and kill Mason himself.

In an action-packed journey that leads from a high-security military installation in the Appalachian Mountains to a secret underground bunker hidden far below the streets of New York City, Nick Mason will have to become, more than ever before, the lethal weapon that Darius Cole created.

-Goodreads



- WML Monthly Display -
This month, let your garden grow. We've rounded up some green thumb how-to's worth reviewing, from starting your own vegetable garden and designing garden centers for all spaces.







We've been amping up our media presence and would love for you to join the conversation.
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Feedback and questions are always welcome!