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Dr. Seuss Storytime
Stewarts awards $750 for Children's Programming
The Rosendale Library Preschool Story Hour celebrated Dr Seuss's birthday this year by making our very own Cat in the Hat hats. Miss Annie introduced many of the Dr. Seuss books and read her favorite , Green Eggs and Ham. She also read Horton Hears a Who and Hop on Pop. What a fun morning!
We are so excited and grateful to Stewart's Shops who have granted us $750 for our Children's Programming at our Rosendale Library. This helps us with our Summer Reading Program for children from 0-18 and enables us to continue programming throughout the school year that inspires reading. Thank you to Stewarts and to the great work that they do to give back to the children of our local community.
Miss Annie
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Hudson Valley History
Wednesday, March 25, at 7pm
FREE
Vernon Benjamin: Author/Historian
The Rosendale Library Presents: “The History of the Hudson River Valley From Wilderness to the Civil War” with Vernon Benjamin, author and historian on Wednesday, March 25 at 7pm at the Rosendale Library (264 Main St. Rosendale, NY).
Combining historical records with anecdotes from the colorful figures who lived it, Vernon Benjamin presents the definitive book about the area U.S. Congress called “the landscape that defined America.” This lecture covers the Native American communities, Henry Hudson’s Dutch-sponsored voyage, effects of both the American and Industrial Revolutions and life in the valley at the close of the Civil War. Book-signing.
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Advocacy Day 2015
Our Littlest Advocates
On Feb 25th, I brought my 3-year-old daughter Alana to Library Advocacy day in Albany. Alana regularly attends Miss Annie’s story time on Thursdays, after which she insists on checking out at least 10 books. She asks to read 1-6 library books on a daily basis.
On the day of the event, Alana and I caught the bus in New Paltz at 7:45am. It was an exciting adventure for her - her mom dropped us off with her toys, snacks, and a Curious George compilation book. During the bus ride, Alana wanted to read story after story of Curious George, and she enjoyed drawing pictures on her magnetic sketch pad.
Once we got there, we left our coats on the bus and walked through a long underground concourse to the Legislative Office Building, where we spent most of the day. On the way through the concourse we met librarian Casey Conlin and his 4-year-old daughter Goldy who also live in Rosendale.
Alana and Goldy met with our representatives Kevin Cahill and John J. Bonacic. The meeting with assembly member Cahill went quite well- he's very supportive of libraries, and routinely reads to children in his district's libraries. During the meeting, Alana had a good time playing with blocks, and Goldy drew pictures while Cahill explained the political process he has to go through to get more support for the libraries. Our meeting was cut a little short by a potty break.
At noon, there was a rally with around 250 library supporters where we heard representatives speak in support of library funding on parity with education funding.
Bonacic met with us briefly saying he supported libraries and had a lot of work to do to fix the governor’s budget. He then handed the meeting over to his counsel Jessica Cherry, who was very receptive and was clearly supportive of libraries. Casey showed an alphabet notebook that Goldy had created at the library. Also, Casey and I were applauded as dads who brought their daughters to library advocacy day, which was encouraging after a long day.
After the meetings, we took a little break. The little ones ate snacks and played on a giant marble staircase while their fathers talked about living in Rosendale.
We walked back through the concourse and made our way to the bus. On the bus ride back, Alana very much enjoyed the popcorn and other snacks the Friends provided.
Thank you to the Friends of the Rosendale library for making the Advocacy adventure possible, and it was clear that our youngest advocates made an impression on our representatives.
Alexander Ferguson
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My Day as a Library Advocate
I learned a lot on my trip to Albany on February 25. I learned that there is a lot of governmental support for libraries, as I would have expected, and almost no opposition. There were 200-300 of us citizens and librarians who peacefully and pointedly made our voice heard over a number of crucial issues regarding the future of libraries. Our local representative, Kevin Cahill, turned out to be a staunch supporter and so I had to ask him if there was any opposition. He said, in regards to libraries, there is no opposition per se, it is more a matter of prioritization - what gets attention and what waits. So it turns out that our government is unanimously in favor of all of our library issues and concerns, it's just that they might not find the time to do anything about it. That was a lesson in government.
There were a number of speakers at our rally who promised growth, funding and attention to our concerns. We all cheered and felt seen and heard. That was a lesson in crowd appeasement because I can't be sure that any of their promises will come to fruition. How did libraries come to be so financially challenged and even at risk in the first place?
I found everyone there for the day of advocacy to be friendly and eager to discuss the issues at hand. I enjoyed being a part of this group of wholesome citizens advocating for the health and prosperity of one of humankind's oldest institutions. That was a lesson in the "power of the people", which seems to be alive and well.
I came home with mixed feelings. Happy that we had made our voices heard. And concerned for our future in these times of great change.
Dagen Julty
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Americanah
Book Discussion
Sunday, April 12, 2015
2pm
The Friends of the Rosendale Library invite you to read and discuss Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
“Witheringly trenchant and hugely empathetic . . . a novel that holds the discomfiting realities of our times fearlessly before us. . . . A steady-handed dissection of the universal human experience. ” —The New York Times Book Review
"Knockout of a novel about immigration, American dreams, the power of first love, and the shifting meanings of skin color. . . . A marvel.” —NPR
Sunday, April 12, 2015
2:00 pm-3:30pm
Rosendale Library
Free
You may borrow the book from the Mid-Hudson Library Collection. Please contact the Library for Assistance.
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