Winter
(updated 3/4/10)
What's New
Slowin' down or speeding up - we have the resources to fit your needs!
We now have used videos for $1.00 (NOW just $.50) and DVDs for $2.00 (NOW just $1.00) on sale in the Community Room. We also have a nice selection of gently used children's and adult non-fiction titles for $.50. These are great to use in a classroom, homeschooling, or for homework. Current magazine issues are for sale for $.50 a piece including Smithsonian, Family Circle, Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart, Food Network, and many other great titles. Stop in and take a look. All money from purchases go directly towards supporting the library.
Laptops are now available for public use within the library. We also have wireless if you would like to bring in your own laptop.
Donations
A big THANK YOU to Merrill and Dorothy Dodge for their generous donation.
Recent Purchases
Special Note Of Local Interest: Our own Mary Brouse graciously donated a copy of the book she compiled titled Exchange: A Look Back At The People And Places. So, if you grew up in and around Exchange, or knew people that did, this is a must see book! To purchase your own copy, contact Mary directly, or stop in the library for more information.
February is a month for romance and the library does not disappoint. Try Mary Balogh's regency romance A Matter Of Class or Shelley Shepard Grey's Amish romance Forgiven. Want some suspense with your romance? Then try Julie Garwood's Sizzle. Enjoy the antics of a Scottish rogue in Jude Devereaux' Days Of Gold. Bernard Cornwell returns to Anglo-Saxon England in The Burning Land. Spencer Quinn's Thereby Hangs A Tail is a mystery containing a unique sleuthing duo of a man and his dog. Join the Bonner family in 1820's New York as they unite against threats made to both hearts and home in Sara Donati's The Endless Forest. The FBI uses a special group of psychics to track down a killer in Kay Hooper's Blood Ties. James Patterson returns with Worst Case featuring detective Mke Bennett. Robert Crais' popular characters Joe Pike and Elvic Cole return in The First Rule. Other fiction includes Patrick Taylor's An Irish Country Girl, Douglas Preston's Impact, Stephen Hunter's I, Sniper, Ann Tyler's Noah's Compass, and Karen Harper's historical novel The Queen's Governess.
Learn the three diet secrets to naturally balance your hormones for a hot and healthy body in Jillian Michaels' bestseller Master Your Metabolism. Find out all the juicy gossip from the 2008 presidential election in J Heilemann's Game Change. Malcolm Gladwell returns with his curious musings in What The Dog Saw And Other Adventures. Michael Lewis' The Blind Side is the inspiring tale the new movie is based on. Other non-fiction includes mastering Bipolar Disorder, Ted Dekker's eye-opening Tea With Hezbollah - Sitting At The Enemeis Table On Our Journey Through The Middlle East, The 150 Most Effective Ways To Boost Your Energy, Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic; and the 2010 Pillsbury Annual Recipes.
Two new books for preshcoolers titled The Nest Where I Like To Rest and See The Colors provides a story but also includes sign language pictures for children to learn animals and colors.
Codes and Cheats and Cheat Code Overload include thousands of codes for all the latest video games on all the most popular systems. Have the kids get crafty with Super Simple Jewelry and Super Simple Glass Jar Crafts. Have a close encounter of the wild kind with Eaten By A Shark, Bitten By A Rattlesnake, or Attacked By A Crocodile. Do your teens like SCI and crime shows? Have them check out Bones Speak: Solving Crimes and At The Crime Scene! Collecting Clues And Evidence. Any music lovers in your family? They'll enjoy the books Hip-Hop Scene and The Rap Scene. In James Patterson's teen novel Witch and Wizard a brother and sister are snatched from their home by evildoers who believe the siblings have magic talents. In Margaret Haddix' Claim To Fame a teen actress isolates hersof to try and stop the voices in her head.
We have a slew of new DVDs for your viewing entertainment including the top Oscar nominated movies including Inglorious Basterds, Julie and Julia, and Up. Family films include Imagine That with Eddie Murphy; Night At the Museum The Battle Of The Smithsonian; Thomas The Tank Engine: James Learns a Lesson; Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs; and G-Force. The other new DVDs are the very funny Maiden Heist; Fast and Furious; The Ugly Truth; My Life In Ruins; and Public Enemies with Johnny Depp as notorious bank robber John Dillinger.
New audio books on CD include The Bourne Deception by Ludlum, the romance A Stranger's Game by Joan Johnston, You've Been Warned by Patterson; Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry; The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown; Phantom Prey by John Sandford, and many others.
Programs
Caregiver Tips For Those With Alzheimer's and Dementia will be held Thursday, March 11th at 7:00pm. Taking care of loved ones with these conditions is trying on both the loved ones and the caregivers. Come learn some ways to make it a little easier for everyone.
Spring Book Sale will be held on Saturday, March 13th from 10:00am until 2:00pm. Come and find a treasure. Books sell at $1.00 per hardback and $.50 for paperbacks - or get a real deal with a bag of books going for just $6.00. Donations of CDs, DVDs, and books will be accepted prior to the sale. Please - no textbooks, oldie moldies, or Reader's Digest condensed Versions.
Bringing Back Bluebirds will be held Thursday, March 18th at 7:00pm. Participants will learn how to use appropriate nest boxes, habitat, food, and other techniques to draw bluebirds to their very own back yard - even in town!
Toddler Tales will be held Tuesday, March 23rd at 6:30pm. Miss Vicky will share stories, songs, and movement activities with your little ones.
Tween/Teen Game Night will be held Friday, March 26th from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Start the weekend off to a great start by stopping in the library to challenge a friend to Slap, Yahtzee, and a host of other fun games. You can also bring your own favorite!
Spring Is Here Story Time will be held Saturday, April 3rd at 2:00pm for ages 3-5. Children will hear stories about spring, sing and act out songs, and make a craft.
Culinary and Fragrant Herbs Program will be held on Thursday, April 8th from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. This free program is presented by the Lycoming Master Gardeners. Come and learn about the various types of herbs, how to grow them, and what they can be used for. Sample some edible herbal treats too!
Be A Pollinator Pal will be held Saturday, April 10th from 10:00am to 11:30am for ages 3 and up. This fun activity will be hosted by Master Gardener Helen Grosso who will discuss how the world's pollinators such as butterflies and bees are in trouble and how children can help them. Children will discover how to make their backyards more pollinator friendly. They'll also get to plant seeds and make a craft. Come bring a friend and explore the fun and exciting world of butterflies and bees.
Muncy/Hughesville Book Club will be held at the Muncy Library on Saturday, April 17th at 10:00am. This month's book is Ken Follett's The Pillars Of The Earth. Call the library to reserve your copy today!
The Kitchen Gardne for Beginning Vegetable Gardeners will be held Thursday, April 22nd from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. The Lycoming Master Gardeners will show you how to site a garden, prepare the soil, choose plants, fertilize, differentiate between garden pests and beneficial insects, how to control harmful bugs, and how to harvest mature vegetables. Get ready for spring planting - don't miss this informative program!
Stitching Circle meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month at 1:30pm. Everyone is welcome! Work on your own knitting, cross-stitch or needlework while enjoying the company of other "stitchers" in a cozy, book-filled setting. Don't forget to bring a friend!
Pre-registration is required for all programs and
can be made by calling 546-5014 after 1pm
or stopping in at the library.
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