August 2021
Puzzle table is back!
I know you have missed our community puzzle - we have too. It's available once more in the back of the library for you to come in and add a few pieces.
Museum Passes
Don't forget that we have passes you can reserve for museums throughout the area. Our circulation of passes has plummeted this summer and if stuff like this is not used, we can't justify spending our budget on it. If you're looking for an outing consider:
We can give one pass out per day. Review what days are already spoken for online. There is also a form online to request a pass. As always, you're welcome to call or visit to make a reservation too.
Upcoming Events
FRIDAY JULY 30 @ 5PM
No Two Tails Alike with Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
Meet live native wildlife ambassadors as a naturalist tells tales of the tails of some of New Hampshire’s native wildlife. Don’t miss it.
SUNDAY AUGUST 1 @ 4pm
Riley Parkhurst Tent Concert!
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4 @ 3PM
Frog Discovery Time with Green Mountain Conservation Group
What does it mean to be an amphibian, what is metamorphosis, and what frogs we can find in our backyards? We will read, play a game, create a frog puppet craft, and interact with live frogs from the GMCG vernal pool.
SUNDAY AUGUST 8 @ 4pm
Tavern songs, banjo tunes, 18th century New England hymns, sailor songs, and humorous stories about traditional singers and their songs.
TUESDAY AUGUST 10 @ 3:30PM
Tails and Tales Art with Carol Hanson - Registration is required even if you registered in July. We want to be sure we have enough materials.
TUESDAY AUGUST 10 @ 4:30PM
Book discussion group - So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Under the tent - all are welcome!
ZOOM on THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16 @ 7pm
Author to discuss and elaborate upon his recent book of traditional plants and skills for the modern world.
Playaways and Wonderbooks
Have you ever notice a DVD or Audiobook that has little numbers on the spines? Those are part of a collection owned by the 12 libraries of the Bearcamp Valley Library Cooperative (BVLA). There around 1000 items in the collection divided into 12 groups. Each library gets a group for two months and then it moves to the next. Libraries are very into sharing.

This spring the BVLA member libraries voted to add playaways and wonderbooks to our children's selections. Playaways are standalone audiobook players. Check one out, plug in your headphones and off you go. My kiddos (9 and 11) love that they can listen to it without any intervention from me. Through August we have Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The One and Only Bob. I encourage you to try them for your kiddos.

Wonderbooks are books that also read to you. There is a speaker inside the cover so readers can read along with a recording of a book. When I was a kiddo, the Conway Library had something similar with a cassette tape and a corresponding print copy in a baggie that you check out together. I loved hearing and seeing the words.
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