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Becoming Wolf: the Eastern Coyote in New England
The Friends of Madison Library will host an informative and timely illustrated talk, “Becoming Wolf: the Eastern Coyote in New England†on Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00 PM in the John F. Chick Room at the Madison Library. (Snow date is Tuesday, February 24.)
Chris Schadler (MS, MA), wild canid ecologist and Project Coyote’s New Hampshire and Vermont representative, will present. Beginning in the early 1990's, Chris taught Conservation Issues and Wolf Ecology at the University of New Hampshire, receiving many teaching excellence and student recognition awards. She continues to instruct and mentor adult degree candidates in the UNH System at Granite State College.
Wolf recovery was the focus of Schadler’s early work, but her attention shifted to the eastern coyote when she moved to New England. She chose a farm with known coyote problems to raise sheep and train border collies. Using sound livestock management and common sense, she has avoided any predation for nearly two decades.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow the presentation.
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Collecting Oral Histories
We’re looking for people interested in collecting oral histories for our Madison Library Local History Project. Please join us on Wednesday, February 11 at 4 pm in the library’s John F. Chick Room for an informational meeting.
Volunteers are needed to:
- Tell their stories
- Conduct interviews
- Help with recording and post-production of recorded interviews
We will discuss topics that would be good ones for oral history interviews, and go over the types of volunteer tasks involved with this project. We will also collect names of local people willing to be interviewed. Training will be scheduled at a later date for interviewers and for people interested in learning how to work on recordings.
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Junior Makerspace: Robots!
 Kids age 8 and up are invited to come to our second Junior Makerspace event on Friday, February 20 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (that’s during school vacation).
NH State Library recently invested in a variety of “makerplay†equipment for libraries to borrow for fun, educational programs.
At this program, we will have two of their programmable Rover robots to play with. We’ll learn how they work, then build obstacle courses for the robots, form teams and race them.
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Pen & Paper Journaling Workshop
 We have rescheduled this workshop from January 30, when it was snowed out.
Please join us on Friday, February 20 at 6 pm, when Peggy Johnson will lead a workshop on journaling, for adults, teens, and kids age 11 and up. Peggy has been keeping a journal for years, will discuss the benefits of journaling, and share her tips on making journaling a regular practice. See some examples of different types of journals (art journals, birding journals, reading journals), and we'll even have some blank journals for you to choose from so you can get started.
A soup and bread supper will be included. Call ahead to register for this workshop, 367-8545.
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Tools you can use
Winter is a great time to work on genealogy projects, and Madison Library is here to help you. We subscribe to Ancestry Library Edition, a family history online research tool that can be used at the library on the library's public computers.
In addition, we provide in-library and remote access to HeritageQuest Online. This online tool is available to Madison residents from any computer. Contact us for username and password.
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This month's Book Group title
 The Madison Library's Book Group will meet on Tuesday, February 24 at 7 pm to discuss this month's book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, along with last month’s book, Tell the Wolves I'm Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt. (The January meeting was cancelled due to snow.) Plan to join us, and pick up a book at the library today.
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New books to look for this month
New books for adults:
Twelve Days by Alex Berenson (large print & audio)
One Wish by Robyn Carr (large print)
Crash and Burn by Lisa Gardner
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
Cold Cold Heart by Tami Hoag
Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
The Fall Line: How American Ski Racers Conquered a Sport on the Edge by Nathaniel Vinton
Madison’s Gift by David O. Stewart
See all new books at the Madison Library.
More book news:
Check out this month's list of recommendations at LibraryReads.org.
New books for teens:
I Was Here by Gayle Forman
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
See all new books for teens at the Madison Library.
New books for kids:
Masterminds by Gordon Korman
The Case for Loving by Selina Alko
Earmuffs for Everyone! by Meghan McCarthy
My New Friend Is So Fun! by Mo Willems
Lego Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town by Brian and Jason Lyles
Plus three Magic Tree House “Fact Tracker†books!
See all new books for kids at the Madison Library.
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February Events
Click here to add Madison Library events to your calendar
Recurring:
- Art Show: In the John F. Chick Room during library hours through the end of February
- Story Times: Fridays at 10 am at the Madison Library, for children 2 to 5, along with parents, grandparents, and caregivers.
- Madison Library Local History Project, Collecting Oral Histories: Wednesday, February 11 at 4 pm
- Presidents Day Holiday: Library closed on Monday, February 16
- "Becoming Wolf: The Eastern Coyote in New England": Tuesday, February 17 at 7 pm (snow date is February 24)
- Library Trustees Meeting: Wednesday, February 18 at 3:30 pm in the John F. Chick Room
- Junior Makerspace - Robots!: Friday, February 20, from 11 am to 12:30 pm in the John F. Chick Room. For kids 8 and older.
- Pen & Paper Journaling Workshop: Friday, February 20, 6 pm - 7:30 pm in the John F. Chick Room, call ahead to register, 367-8545
- Friends of Madison Library Monthly Book Sale: Saturday, February 21 from 9 am to 12 pm, enter through the John F. Chick Room
- Book Group: Tuesday, February 24 at 7 pm
Coming up in March:
“George Washington Spied Hereâ€: Thursday, March 26 at 7:00 pm, a NH Humanities Council presentation by Douglas Wheeler on General Washington’s network of patriot secret agents.
Click to see more library events.
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Did you know?
The Madison Historical Society has a brand new website! Check it out at http://www.madisonnhhistoricalsociety.org/
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Need help downloading our ebooks and digital audiobooks? Call to make an appointment for a one-on-one training session.
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