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CLiF Kickoff
 Our kickoff for our Rural Libraries grant was a fun-filled day for Greenfield's children. In case you missed it, the library was packed, and the Ledger-Transcript covered it here: http://www.ledgertranscript.com/Love-of-reading-starts-young-5630134
Special thanks to CLiF and the Hersher Family Foundation for the thousands of dollars worth of books you gave to our community!
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Book Club News
Children's Book Clubs from Pre-K through Grade 7!
We have added some more children's book clubs. Details below!
Some reminders:
- Please remember that our children's book clubs require SIGN-UPS so we plan accordingly and are limited to 10 children.
- Children coming by bus directly from GES require a LIBRARY permission slip, in addition to the school's requirements.
- Book Clubs are one area of library programming that we restrict, due to staffing, supplies and age appropriateness of content, so PLEASE do not expect us to add younger siblings to the group's activities. We offer many other mulit-age programs, and younger siblings have their own storytimes and book clubs. We really appreciate your cooperation in allowing our groups to meet without repeated interruptions of younger siblings.
Upcoming Meetings:
- PreK- Grade 1- Friday, November 11 at 3:40 pm (Yes, we are open for the holiday) The Dot
- Grades 2 - 4 - Friday, November 18 at 3:40 pm The Dinosaur Disaster
- Grades 4 - 5 - Wednesday, December 7 at 4:30 pm The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- Grades 5 - 7 - Wednesday, December 14 at 4:45 pm (after late bus arrives) Breadcrumbs
- Books on the Edge (Adults) - Wednesday, November 16 at Noon - Fear of Dying by Erica Jong (No December meeting for either adult book group)
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Armchair Travel Reminder
 Just a reminder that Steve Farrar joins us this Wednesday at 7 pm for the first in our new Armchair Travel series. What a great way to relax and recover from Election Day!
Here's the scheduled areas we plan to visit...so far.
November 9 : 100th Birthday & some little known parks
December 14: Pacific Southwest
January 11: Alaska
Steve's presentations will take place in the Wensberg Room. This event is FREE and open to the public. Special thanks to Steve for so generously sharing his amazing journeys with us.
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Library T-shirts to benefit our babies
 We are offering for sale a very limited run of special Stephenson Memorial Library Long-sleeve T-shirts for children in time for the holidays. These shirts are on sale for $20 each, the net proceeds from which will help to pay for a baby diaper changing station for the Wensberg Room Rest Room. You may recall that we had a fundraiser last year to place a diaper station in the upstairs Rest Room, and our babies (and their caregivers) really appreciate it! Ms. Julie is modeling her T-shirt in this selfie, and the back of the shirt has our library name. Please see Ms. Julie to purchase a T-shirt for your child. They are available only while supplies last. Thank you!
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Upcoming Events for everyone
Lego Club is now Makers Club!
 With so many new STEM activities, we have changed the name of Lego Club to Makers Club! Makers Club meets every Thursday at 4:30 pm for all ages, and includes Legos, Bionicles, 3Doodler Pens, Snap Circuits...and more! Join us to learn and create!
Just look at what our middle school helper created with our 3Doodler pens!
National Novel Writing Month
 The world is waiting for your novel! November is National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, and for the second year in a row, the Stephenson Memorial Library in Greenfield joins nearly 900 other libraries, book store and community centers across the country as an official Come Write-In location.
From the official press release from http://nanowrimo.org/press, “One part writing boot camp, one part rollicking party, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) celebrates its 18th year of encouraging creativity, education, and the power of the imagination through the largest writing event in the world.
This year, NaNoWriMo expects nearly 500,000 people…to start a 50,000-word novel in the month of November, guided by this year’s theme: Your Novel, Your Universe.”
Weekly programs
- Tuesday - 3 pm - Writers' Group in the Wensberg Room
- Wednesday - 11 am - Storytime with Ms. Eileen
- Wednesday- 6- 8 pm Greenfield Watercolor Collaborative (New members welcome!)
- Thursday - 3:30 pm - Click Clack Knitters in the Reading Room
- Thursday - 4:30 pm - Makers Club for all ages - Lego building, 3D Doodler Pens, and more
- Friday - 3:30 pm (alternating) - Chess Club Ages 8 and up
- Friday - 3 - 5 pm - Adult Coloring
Expanded Book Sale Hours
 Our November 19th Used Book Sale will take place in the Wensberg Room from 11 am - 2 pm. Don't miss out on the bargains! All proceeds benefit library programming.
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Holiday Hours
OPEN Friday, November 11
Since the children are home from school on Veteran's day, we will remain open our normal hours, 2- 6 pm, so they can visit the library and learn why they have the day off. Our PreK- Grade 1 Book Club is still scheduled for that day at 3:40 pm.
 Thanksgiving Hours
The Library will close early on Wednesday, November 23 at 5 pm, and be closed Thursday and Friday, November 24 - 25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. You will see some staff cars that Friday as we are using it as a workday for a lot of background jobs that need doing while we are closed. We will have NORMAL HOURS on Saturday, November 26, 10 am - 4 pm.
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We are excited to announce a renewed partnership of our Friends of the Library with the Greenfield Independent Volunteers, to bring you a spectacular hometown Tree Lighting and Storytime with Santa event again this year. I am very grateful that our Friends group has stepped in to help both the GIVers and the Library offer this great family event, which will take place on Friday, December 2 at 6 pm. The Tree Lighting will start us off, with old-fashioned caroling (we expect to have lyrics printed so we can all sing!), followed by a children's craft, stories and wish-sharing with Santa in the rotunda, and refreshments. A special thank you goes out to Santa for making this special trip to the Library to read stories with our children! This event is FREE and is a happy reminder of the joys of living in a small town. Cameras are welcome!