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(updated 6/11/10)

Summer Reading Program!
The Summer Reading Program is well under way with almost 190 children from pre-school all the way through teen signed up and reading a 'boatload' of books this summer!  It's not too late to sign up and remember, it's FREE!  Win prizes for reading library books, door prizes, participate in fun activities and much more.  A big thank you to our sponsors who help to make the program a success with their donations:  Myers Elementary and Muncy High School Staff and Faculty, Kellogg's, Subway, May's Restaurant, Trout Pond Park, and McDonald's.

We're even having an Adult Summer Contest.  Sign-up each time you stop in for a chance to win a Haywood's Gift Certificate.  Come and use your hometown library - we're here for you!

What's New

The Library has become a "community destination" for families thanks to an LSTA Grant.  With the grant, the library has purchased new colorful rugs, baby board books, books for preschoolers, puppets, puzzles, and games that families can now use for spending quality time together at the library.

The library will be "making waves" in next month's newsletter with information on our Summer Reading Program.  The program will be open to tall children from preschool through teen.  Win prizes for reading library books during the summer!  A 'boatload' of fun activities are planned too! 

Donations

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.

Enjoy a perfect breezy summer read with Ealene Fowler's mystery State Fair, J Stepakoff's romance Fireworks Over Toccoa, Clive Cussler's adventure The Spy, or Jennifer Chiaverini's The Aloha Quilt.  If you like Debbie Macomber try Dorothy Garlock's Stay A Little Longer.  A WWI soldier returns home and surprises his family who were told he was dead.  Lin is surprised to see the father of her child twenty years after he dumped her in Fern Michael's Return To Sender.  Isabel Allende's Island Beneath The Sea is a sweeping epic about a family of unforgettable women that takes the reader from Haiti to New Orleans.  Librarian pick of the month is Nelson Demille's novel of global terrorism The Lion.  Other new fiction includes Jonathan Kellerman's Deception; Amanda Quick's paranormal romance Burning Lamp; Francine Rivers' inspirational tale Her Mother's Hope; Stuart Woods' Lucid Intervals; James Patterson's The 9th Judgement featuring the Women's Murder Club; Lisa Scottoline's Think Twice; Charlaine Harris' southern vampire detective series Dead In The Family; Karl Marlantes' powerful novel of the Vietnam War titled Matterhorn; and Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.

Non-fiction includes Laura Bush's Spoken From The Heart; Monsters Of PA; C Nyerges The Self-Sufficient Home: Going Green And Saving Money; Flourishing With Food Allergies - Guidance For Families With Young Children; School Success For Kids With ADHD; Carol Burnett's This Time Together; Michael J Fox's A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future;  Kitty Kelley's biography on Oprah; and Michael Lewis' #1 best seller The Big Short.  Carolyn Jessop returns with another inspiring tale of her life after she escaped an extreme Mormon sect in Triumph: Life After The Cult.  Joyce Meyers gives you permission to lighten up in Eat The Cookie...Buy The Shoes.  Geneen Roth describes how your relationship to food affects every aspect of your life in the best selling Women Food And God.  Find all the best sellers at the Muncy Public Library.

Our shelves are stocked full of brand new children and teen books ready to be checked out.  Easy readers include Bad Frogs by Thatcher Hurd; Laura Numeroff's The Jellybeans and the Big Book Bonanza; the beautifully illustrated Somewhere In The Ocean; Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire; Audrey Wood's 10 Little Fish; and Toy Story 3 Tales.  A little girl imagines what would be growing in her garden in Kevin Henkes' My Garden.  Kids will laugh themselves silly with Memoirs Of A Goldfish.  We also have new baby board books with tractors, dinosaurs, Sesame Street, and other characters your toddlers will love.

Chapter readers will enjoy Iron Man and Spiderman comic novel: Iron Man: The Ultimate Guide; Star Wars Clone Wars - Decide Your Destiny; The Fairy Realm series:  Emily Rodda's The Wizard of Rondo; Stink: Solar System Superhero; Ivy And Bean Doomed To Dance; Magic Tree House #43 Leprechaun In Late Winter; biographies on wrestlers The Edge And John Cena; and Meg Cabot's Glitter Girls And The Great Fake Out.  Libraian pick is Mike Lupica's Million-Dollar Throw in which a boy wins a chance to through a football in a target for a million dollars.  Read it and find out if he makes it.  A fairy loses her wings and must learn how to survive without them in Laura Schlitz The Night Fairy.

For teens we have James Patterson's Fang; volume 3 of Zoey Dean's Talent series - Star Power; Dean Hughes' Missing In Action; Volume 4 of Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series titled Radiant Shadows; and Kelly Armstrong's The Reckoning.  Find out if Laurel chooses a human boy over the fairie who loves her in Aprilynne Pike's Spells.  Two teens experiment with chemistry formulas that are better left alone in Beth Fantaskey's Jekel Loves Hyde.

Our new DVDs include:  Crazy Heart with Oscar winner Jeff Bridges; 2012; Where The Wild Things Are; Up In The Air with George Clooney; It's Complicated with Alex Baldwin and Meryl Streep; Valentine's Day; and Imax Under The Sea.  For the family we have Astro Boy, Free Willy: Escape From Pirates Cove; Tinkerbell And The Lost Treasure; and Scooby-Doo The Mystery Begins.

Take one of our audio books on CD along with you on your summer travels.  New ones include Worst Case and Run For Your Life both by James Patterson; Hard Rain by Rollins; and The Executor by Kellerman.

Programs

Backyard Composting Class will be held Tuesday, May 18th from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.  Come and learn from Master Gardener Jean Hammond the benefits and methods of composting home kitchen garden waste to produce rich organic matter to benefit your soil and plants.

What A Treasure Story Time will be held on Thursday, May 20th at 6:30pm for ages 3-5.  We will be featuring the 2010 Chosen book for PA One Book: One Child.  Stories and rhymes will be read, songs will be sung, and related crafts made.  Each child will receive the book What A Treasure to take home with them.

Herbs and Edible Flowers Sale will be held Saturday, May 22nd from 10:00am to 3:00pm.  The plants come straight from the Muncy Herb Guild member's gardens and all proceeds benefit the library.

Click Here For Details About Our Summer Reading 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.