August 2023 Newsletter

 Announcements:

Have you noticed our new automatic door openers? We received a grant from the Maine Community Foundation to install these doors for all of our patrons. We've seen this need for several years and these will enable all of our patrons ease and grace of access to the library. Thank you to the Maine Community Foundation for awarding us this grant from a highly competitive selection process. It underlines how important libraries are to communities in Maine, and ours specifically.

Rescheduled Dr. Darren Ranco will be here on Wednesday, August 23rd to present Maine Speaks-Indigenous Peoples Land Acknowledgements.

We are getting ready for the Annual Book Sale next month! If you would like to volunteer your time, there is a link on our website to sign up for a time slot or we can sign you up at the front desk.

We are also gratefully accepting book donations. The sale is on September 8th and 9th this year. Don’t forget to mark your calendars!

From the Staff: The Summer has just flown by! We’ve had a great time with the summer reading program, and can’t wait to celebrate with you at the summer reading program party happening on the grounds on August 3rd at 2 p.m. We are having a drumming circle-it’s going to be so fun! All ages and no experience needed!

This summer has been wonderfully busy for us, we love seeing everyone checking out a record number of books. Not only are books flying off the shelves but we are welcoming lots of new patrons to the library! The staff at SPL truly love what we do, and we are so glad that you all enjoy this magical place as much as we do.

So far the rain has only gotten in the way of our Music on the Patio once! Come by on Fridays from noon to 1 and enjoy an hour of tunes!

Children's Programs  

 The following programs end on August 5th and will pick up again on September 11th

Mondays- Baby Rhyme Time @10, and Lego Builders @ 3:30

Thursdays- Little Yogis @ 10 weather permitting

Fridays- Story Time @ 10

We will be offering the weekly Make It/ Take It Craft all summer long!

 Teen Summer Reading Program ends on August 5th! Pick up a free book if you haven't and raffle winners will be pulled August 7th.

Children’s Summer Reading Program All Together Now!  ends on August 5th! Come on by to pick up your prizes!

2023 Sanford Bike Fest Saturday, August 12th, 8-12 come see us at the game booth! All the fun happens at Sanford Middle School. See Sheila for details.

 Celebrate a Summer of Reading and Fun on Thursday, August 3rd at 2:00 pm

Let’s Drum-All Together Now! Celebrate community and togetherness by exploring rhythm in a collaborative drum circle here at the library. A variety of drums and percussion will be available to share in a facilitated circle led by Patsy Onatah of the Humble Drum and the Southern ME Community Drum Circles. With just the right amount of guidance, you’ll learn how expressing yourself, listening to each other, and playing together can build confidence, encourage teamwork, spark your creativity, and be fun, fun, fun! All ages are welcome, no experience necessary. If the weather is inclement please check Facebook for updates.

Adult Programs

Mousam Way Land Trust Wednesday, August 16th at 5:30. Kevin McKeon and Bud Johnston will explain how the Mousam Way Land Trust works for you, your children, and generations beyond. The 1,200 acres of protected land provide significant environmental services that blunt the impacts of climate warming. These lands also provide stress-relieving wild areas where one can engage in healthful recreation. Learn about plans for the property and future projects.

 Knit Lits meets every Tuesday, from 3-4:30 in the front room.

Cook the Book meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the community room at 5:30 pm. There will be no cooking in August, but you can come in and choose your recipe for September’s meeting.

Sam’s Book Club meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 5:30 in the community room. On Wednesday, August 2nd we will be discussing Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. For our September discussion, we will be reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

 Dr. Darren Ranco will be here on Wednesday, August 23rd at 5:30 to discuss Land Acknowledgements of Indigenous People and territories that have been adopted by a number of institutions over the last decade, seeking to build collaborative and ethical relationships with Indigenous Peoples. Why is this the case? Why are they necessary? What do they mean? What are the potential pitfalls? In this presentation, Dr. Ranco will explore these issues and how institutions can go beyond these acknowledgments and fulfill the promise of land acknowledgments.

Staff Picks

Hello Stranger Katherine Center *Sam and Dawn

The Celebrants Steven Rowley *Sam and Paula

Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus *Sam, Dawn, Paula, Lesley

The Only One Left Riley Sager *Sam, Dawn, and Lesley

How Can I Help You Laura Sims *Dawn

Pete and Alice in Maine Caitlin Shetterly *Dawn

The Five Star Weekend Elin Hilderbrand *Dawn

Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter *Lesley

Just Another Missing Person Gillian McAllister *Lesley

The Marriage Portrait Maggie O’Farrell *Paula

 Mark Your Calendars….

9/6 Book Club

9/8 - 9/9 Book Sale

9/12 Cook the Book

9/15 Last Music on the Patio 

New Releases

Fiction Titles

The Fourth Enemy Anne Perry

The Trackers Charles Frazier

The Enigma of Garlic Alexander McCall Smith

Standing in the Shadows Peter Robinson

The Only Survivors Megan Miranda

The Golden Doves Martha Hall Kelly

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club J. Ryan Stradal

Simply Lies David Baldacci

Only the Beautiful Susan Meissner

City of Dreams Don Winslow

Where are the Children Now? Mary Higgins Clark

For the First Time, Again Sylvain Neuvel

Life and Other Songs Anissa Gray

Camp Zero Michelle Ming Sterling

The All- American Joe Milan Jr.

Lone Women Victor Lavalle

My Father's House Joseph O'Conner

The Audrey Hepburn Estate Brenda Janowitz

Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl Renee Rosen

The Last Remains Elly Griffiths

With My Little Eye Joshlilyn Jackson

The Last Word Taylor Adams

Non-Fiction

The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans Bill Hammack, PhD

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny & Murder David Grann

Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from a Pregnant Woman, and a Mother's Pursuit of the Truth Megan Nix

Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search for a Better Future Mya-Rose Craig

Follow Me to Hell: McNelly's Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice Tom Clavin

Fever in the Heartland: The Klu Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them Timothy Egan

Getting Out of Saigon: How a 27-Year-Old American Banker Saved 113 Vietnamese Civilians Ralph White

The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China James M. Zimmerman