Bookends are Back!
Join our book club!
Who is it for?
Kids in grades 4-6/who can read and discuss
Maximum participation: 12
What is it?
A book club for kids in the middle grades who are interested in reading and discussing GOOD BOOKS!
What are we reading?
Our October book is Doll Bones by Holly Black
Where & When is the meeting?
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 10:00 am @ the library
BOOKEND club participants will receive their OWN copy (to keep!) of the book club selection, a bookmark, and discussion questions.
Pick up your copy TODAY!
For more information: visit the library or email:
circulationdesk@canaanlibrary.org
Supported by The Friends of Canaan Town Library
New Caboodle!
We are happy to announce that we have added a new Caboodle -- Mid-Summer Fun! This Caboodle is full of outdoor activities such as: frisbees, hacky sacks, kites, sidewalk chalk, jump ropes, and hula hoops!
What’s a Caboodle?
It’s a bucket of fun! A chance to interact! An imagination generator! A portable party!
Thanks to support from the Friends of the Library, Caboodles have been at the library since 2014 and many families have enjoyed checking them out.
If you are a family with young kids, have grandchildren visiting, are planning a vacation, or are just fun-loving folks they will be perfect for you!
Each Caboodle contains:
- A card game
- A dexterity game
- An art project
- A puzzle
- A book
- A music CD
AND NOW an exclusive Lego Kit built by
our very own Lego Club Kids!
Book Sale
The library will be hosting our annual fall book sale on Saturday, September 24 from 9 am - 2 pm.
We are looking for donations of books (no text books, encyclopedias, or condensed books, please), DVDs, audio books, and music. You can drop them off any time the library is open.
We will also be looking for volunteers the day of the sale. Stop by starting at 8 am to haul boxes, organize books, set up tables, and help shoppers.
New Home for our Reference Collection
When visiting the library, you may notice that our reference collection looks a little different. We have removed several titles from our collection that were out-of-date and whose material is readily available online. Other titles, we have relocated to our circulating collection. Now, you may check out titles like our terrific sets: What Life Was Like, Myth and Mankind, and North America in Colonial Times.
Come see the changes and explore all the treasures our Nonfiction Collection has to offer.
Museum Passes
It's always a perfect time to visit a museum. Borrow a pass from the library for Billings Farm, VINS, The Currier Museum of Art. The Shelburne Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Mass MoCA.
Digital Magazines
The New Hampshire Downloadable Books Consortium is pleased to announce the arrival of digital magazines, officially known as "Nook Periodicals" to the current collection of eBooks and audio books.
Downloadable Books
Sick of buying books for your Kindle? Listened to all of our audio books? Try Overdrive! With a library card, you can download over 7000 audio books and over 9000 ebooks. You can also download magazines through NOOK periodicals. We can show you how!
Tech Night Mondays
Have questions about your new Kindle, iPad, laptop, or personal tech device? Visit us on Monday evenings from 5:30 – 7:00 pm and our resident tech whiz, Margot can help get you going in the right direction.
Library Lego Club
We invite kids age 5+ to join us and click some bricks at the next Lego Club on Saturday, September 24, 10 am - Noon.
Basement Bookies
Join us for a discussion of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal on Wednesday, September 28th at 6:30 pm. We have copies available for check out.
The Library's book group has been active since 2002! Join us -- we read all types of books: fiction, nonfiction, biographies, juvenile and graphic novels. Book group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm. Find the list of this year's books and the list of all the books we've ever read on the
Basement Bookies webpage.
Story Time with Melissa
Join us for a lively story time, craft and snack included!
Hosted by the amazing Melissa Allen! Next story time is Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 9:30 am.
