Everything grows in Spring
Everything is bursting to come forth with new life in Spring, including the library. We are so delighted to bring you many new and exciting programs and services in the weeks ahead. As you know, we do our best to augment our Town budget with grants and donations so as to be the very best 21st century library we can be.
Here are the grant programs in process and on the horizon:
- CLiF Rural Libraries grant -- Our 2018-19 grant from the Children's Literacy Foundation which brought new books and professional storytelling events to the library and Jaffrey Grade School comes to a close this spring with a special author/illustrator visit and book giveaway in early May.
- Our participation in the Library of Congress Surplus Books program continues to provide us with new Large Print materials, shipped courtesy of Congresswoman Annie Kuster's office.
- Our Code Club grant continues into the fall of 2019.
- We have been awarded two CLiF Summer Readers grants for professional storytelling here at the library (including a book giveaway) and a storyteller presentation at the Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary's Camp BEST program. Look for those events in July.
- YALSA/Dollar General Summer Learning Resource grant for our teen summer program.
- STEAM Learning -- Our $10,000 grant from Millipore is going to help us to expand our STEAM Leaning initiatives and capabilities (details in our last newsletter.)
- Bookapalooza! -- We are gearing up for a delivery of 40 or more boxes of new children's materials for the library and our local literacy initiatives (details in our last newsletter).
- Multiple Humanities programs, funded by grants from NH Humanities, by the library and the Friends of the Library
- Our Seed Library returns later this week thanks to a grant from Seed Savers Exchange, the UNH Cooperative Extension, and private donors.
Other projects on the horizon include a new window seat in the teen area, a new lending program for Mobile Hotspots (details below), a new curation of our Classics Collection, and, thanks to two very generous donations, an expansion of our DVD offerings. And outside, look for the early work on a new Library Learning Garden to fill our eco-literacy dreams!
Please feel free to contact me any time at jperrin@townofjaffrey.com.
Kind regards, Julie M. Perrin, Library Director - a.k.a. Ms. Julie
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Some of our Coders at Tuesday's Code Club joined us with our Millipore visitors in accepting the big check! Thank you, Millipore for supporting our STEAM Learning initiative.
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Before Peyton Place: In Search of the Real Grace Metalious
Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 pm at the Library
A NH Humanities program
 Grace DeRepentigny Metalious believed that in rejecting her own ethnic and religious heritage, she would come closer to inheriting the "American Dream." Her Quebecois ancestry and her formative years in Manchester reveal aspects of the author that the public rarely knew. Robert Perreault focuses on Metalious's most autobiographical and ethnically-oriented but little-known novel, No Adam in Eden.
Presented by Robert B. Perreault. Perreault has worked as a research assistant/oral history interviewer, librarian/archivist, freelance writer, historical tour guide, public speaker, photographer, and conversational French teacher to promote Manchester's history and New England's Franco-American culture since 1973. His works of nonfiction and fiction, written in French, in English or in both languages, include seven books and more than 160 articles, essays, and short stories published in the US, Canada and France. Perreault holds an MA in French with specialization in New England Franco-American studies from Rhode Island College and an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction from Southern New Hampshire University. In June 2012, Manchester's Centre Franco-Américain named him "Franco-American of the Year."
This program is funded by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities and is free and open to the public.
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Encore! White Stars, Black Sea - A Titanic Retrospective
Friday, April 26 at 3:00 - 4:30 pm at the Library
 Last week, we brought this program to the HCS Friendly Meals in a slightly abbreviated format and packed the room. You asked for more and we listened. We will be hosting the full program here on Friday, April 26 at 3 pm. We invite all ages (children through adult) to a presentation on the dustier sides of Titanic history, with rare photos, stories, and artifacts from the ship. Will Kindler is a collector and historian who has studied the story of the ship for more than 25 years. Come hear largely unknown accounts of the famous voyage, and see (and touch!) items which were actually there that night.
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Our first Mad Science Fair with readers from our Mad Scientist and STEAM Reads Book Clubs was a great success.
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Our new Mobile Hotspot Lending Program
 Thanks to the support of the Friends of the Library, we will be launching a new mobile hotspot lending program in the weeks ahead. That's right, you will be able to borrow a Wi-Fi hotspot for a week, to use wherever you want, with unlimited Wi-Fi for up to 15 devices. No more sitting in the library parking lot after hours to do homework or online classes, or using up all your data at your weekend getaway or children's sporting events. We will have two hotspots available to loan, and policies, restrictions, and all those details will be published soon in the library and on our website. We expect to launch this new service by mid-April. Thank you to T-Mobile for working so cooperatively with public libraries for this service, and to all of our supporters who have joined the Friends of the Library and made the funding for this service possible.
If you are curious about libraries and hotspots, here is some more information.
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All About Honey
Third in a Four-Part Series, Co-sponsored with the Jaffrey Conservation Commission
Tuesday, April 23 at 6:30 pm at the Library
 In All About Honey, we'll look at why and how honey bees make this "liquid gold," and how the properties of honey can vary dramatically depending on which flower nectars are available to be used by the bees -- producing honey ranging from nearly colorless and very mild tasting, to black as molasses and surprisingly bitter; honeys that crystallize almost immediately, and those that can take years to crystallize. We'll talk about how beekeepers try to encourage honey production from their hives during the main "nectar flow" season, and we'll explore how honey is harvested and processed. We'll look at how beekeepers are able to harvest distinct "varietal" honeys (such as tupelo honey, orange blossom honey, sourwood honey, etc) and discuss how "raw honey" and "local honey" differs from the typical commercial honey found on store shelves.
Presented by JPL staff member Garrett Brinton, who has been keeping bees since 2005, including more than 10 years as a professional beekeeper, and 6 years teaching Practical Beekeeping at Humboldt State University.
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A warm welcome to one of our first Sharon families to join the Jaffrey Library. We are happy to have you as part of our library family.
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Poetry Group
Your feedback requested
A very wonderful patron has asked us about starting a poetry group, along the model of our adult book club, As the Page Turns, where the individual group members take turns leading the group. We love patron-led endeavors as our staff is limited, and you all have expertise that we don't. This could be a poetry READING group or a poetry WRITING group (you decide!), which would meet at an agreed upon time at the library. Interested? Our patron has made a poster, now on display at the library, and we have a sign up sheet at the front desk so that anyone interested can be contacted and discuss options.
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Upcoming Book Club Discussions
Registration is required for all of our Book Clubs. You may register in person, by calling the library, or online on our Event Calendar.
Youth Book Clubs meet on Fridays at 4 pm EXCEPT our Saturday Teen Book Club, BOOK BUZZ! (See details below.)
- My First Book Club for PreK (Age 4) - Grade 1 – April 12 Join Ms. Eileen for A Rock is Lively! and a fun activity.
- Mad Scientist Book Club and STEAM Reads share an activity while reading their own age appropriate books. Both groups will meet on April 19 at 4 pm. The books this month are all about Mummies! Mummies in the Morning (Mad Scientists) and Into the Mummy's Tomb (STEAM readers).
- Genre Tasting for Grades 2-12 - April 5. This multi-age book club allows participants to choose their own title in a specified genre, read it, and share it with the group in a discussion and cooking experiment facilitated by your librarians. April's genre is MYSTERY.
- Book Buzz! - Teen Book Club! Join library staff, Bailey and Erin on Saturday, April 13 at 11 am to discuss Illuminae. Free refreshments will be provided, thanks to the Friends of the library!
And for adults:
- As the Page Turns - Monday, April 8 at 2 pm Each month, the group is led by a different member. April will feature a discussion of No Adam in Eden by Grace Metalious, in anticipation of our NH Humanities event that week on Thursday, April 11.
- Radical Reads - Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 pm The group will be attending our NH Humanities event, after reading Peyton Place and No Adam in Eden.
We borrow multiple copies of all our Book Club titles from other libraries so pick up your copy at the Main Circulation desk. |
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Our Preschool friends head back to school after a visit to the library, sporting our Friends of the Library backpacks to keep our books safe and dry. Please be a Friend!
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Weekly Programs
- Mahjong Mondays Mondays at 1 pm - Mahjong enthusiasts (adults) of all levels welcome.
- Code Club - Tuesdays at 4 pm for Ages 8 - 18.
- Pajama Storytime - Tuesdays at 6:30 pm
- Morning Storytime - Wednesdays at 10:30 am
- Afternoon Snack Space - Wednesdays 2:30 - 4:00 pm Local students are invited to join us in the ground floor meeting room for Afternoon Snack Space! We will have nut-free snacks and beverages kindly donated by the Jaffrey Food Pantry and served by library volunteers. Free and open to all children.
- Maker Club - Thursdays at 4 pm Each week offers a new high-tech and low-tech maker challenge, from Lego and magnetic wall construction to Ozobots, 3D pens and 3D printing. (FYI, on Thursday, March 28, it will be all low-tech as Ms. Andrea and Ms. Julie will be out at a training. Ms. Bailey has some building fun planned in the Lab!)
- Knitting - Fridays at 10 am
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Thank you, Charity Lodge #18 of Jaffrey, and congratulations to our Winter Learning grand prize winners, and to all of our Library Ninjas!
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Did you know?
Your librarians brings books and programs regularly to the following outreach locations: Jaffrey Head Start, Kids Club, Monadnock Early Learning Center, Jaffrey Grade School, HCS Friendly Meals, and the Monadnock Adult Care Center.
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Spring Break
 We will send out a special newsletter with updated information for the April School vacation, April 22 - 26. Ms. Andrea has something planned for every day so watch for our special Spring Break edition! |
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