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Give Big CHQ!
The library will once again be participating in Give Big CHQ, a 24-hour online fundraiser, which supports nonprofits in Chautauqua County.
Funds raised for the Prendergast Library will help support our "Tails and Tales" Summer Reading Challenge!
Give Big CHQ begins at midnight on June 10th and ends at 11:59 p.m. More information can be found at www.givebigchq.org, and donations can be made to the library at https://www.givebigchq.org/organizations/james-prendergast-library. Make sure to share your donation with the hashtag #GiveBigCHQ
Last year, the library raised $3,051 for our Summer Reading Challenge. Donations went toward local business gift cards as prizes for participants, take-‘n’-make kits for kids, and the purchase of our summer reading app.
Despite being closed to the public for several months due to COVID-19, the library engaged with hundreds of children, teens, and adults through our virtual events and challenges. We can’t wait to make Summer Reading 2021 even better!
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Summer Reading
June 26th starts our Summer Reading program for all ages. Children, teens, and adults can participate to win prizes all summer long. Download the ReadSquared app or go to prendergastlibny03.readsquared.com to participate online. If you'd like to join in person, pick up reading logs or bingo sheets at the children's room desk and return them completed.
Monday Take-n-Makes: Available at the Children's desk
Tuesday Tracks: Facebook Live Storytime at 10:30 AM
Learn about animal tracks on Facebook at 2:00 PM
Wednesday Wags: Outdoor Storytime at 10:30 AM
with special guests & free children's books
Thursday Tales: Learn about the history of Jamestown on Facebook at 2:00 PM
Friday Fun: Winners of weekly prizes announced
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- June 9 at 10:30 AM - Fenton History Center
- Join Joanna as she reads a story at Fenton's new LGBTQ+ exhibit
- June 23 at 10:30 AM - Jamestown Jackals
- The Jamestown Jackals join us as special guests for our outdoor storytime
- June 30 & July 28 at 10:30 AM - Chautauqua County Humane Society
- Animals from the humane society will join us as special guests for our outdoor storytime
- July 7 at 10:30 AM - JPD Comfort Dog Hope
- JPD Officer Ward and comfort dog Hope will join us as a special guest for our outdoor storytime
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Mobile market
The library is excited once again to be a location for the Jamestown Mobile Market! The Mobile Market will be at the library every Wednesday this summer from June 9 to September 29 at 11:30-12:30, selling fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables.
SNAP/EBT are accepted.
The full Mobile Market schedule is as follows:
10:00-11:00 Silver Crane Seniors
11:30-12:30 Prendergast Library
1:00-2:00 The Chautauqua Center
2:30-3:30 Alternating location
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Genealogy Workshop
Interested in creating your family tree but don't know where to start? Sign up for our free genealogy workshop on June 24. Librarian Kristie will show you how to start a family tree and help you use AncestryLibrary. We can also help scan old photos you'd like to upload to the Ancestry database.
Register by emailing ITmanager@prendergastlibrary.org or call 716-484-7135, ext 239, to reserve a spot. Due to COVID restrictions, space is limited!
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Crafting with Christine
Starting June 28, crafts for children and adults will be available every Monday at the Children's room desk while supplies last. Crafts include air dry clay sculptures, yarn animals, zen gardens, pressed flowers, and more!
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New books
You answered our survey, and we have listened. We are purchasing more historical, multi-cultural, and literary fiction materials while ensuring that we still keep up with the genres we were already purchasing, such as mysteries, thrillers, and Westerns.
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Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Hypnotic, propulsive, and utterly transporting, Jennifer Saint's Ariadne forges a new epic, one that puts the forgotten women of Greek mythology back at the heart of the story as they strive for a better world.
Want to read it today? Find it at your library!
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The Secret Talker by Geling Yan
Hongmei is the perfect Chinese wife: beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the perfect American husband: intelligent, caring, well-off. From the outside, Hongmei and Glen's life in the San Francisco Bay Area seems perfect. But at home, their marriage is falling apart. Post-its left on the fridge are their primary form of communication.
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Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro a Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC) Author
In a narrative arching from Revolutionary times to the present day, leading scholar James Shapiro traces the unparalleled role of Shakespeare’s four-hundred-year-old tragedies and comedies in illuminating the many concerns on which American identity has turned.
Want to read it today? Find it at your Library!
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For the Love of Books!
To find more great materials search the online catalog.
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Booksale
Our Quarterly Half off sale is
Thursday, June 3 - Saturday, June 5
Hardcovers: $1.00
Paperbacks: $0.50
Children's: $0.50
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Storywalk®
This month we will have a storywalk® along Third Street. Pages from the book How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman will be displayed in business windows for you and your family to read along your walk. This project is in collaboration with the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation and participating businesses.
StoryWalk® was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and has developed with the help of Rachel Senechal, Kellogg Hubbard Library
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June is Pride Month
Check out our collection of LGBTQ+ books for children, teens, and adults with our Pride book displays. We will also have some free LBGTQ+ books from the booksale. Nonfiction Pride books have a call number around 306.
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Scavenger Hunt Winners
Congratulations to all winning teams, and thank you to everyone that participated in the Jim Roselle Community Scavenger Hunt! We hope you had a great time exploring your community, and we look forward to hosting this event again in the future.
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ChiltonLibrary
Access Chilton manuals for a large selection of cars through the ChiltonLibrary database on our website.
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