Change of Seasons

C     Cranberry autumn H  Here comes spring, and summer and fall and winter A  Applesauce season N  Night season G  Goodbye season E  Eastern sun, winter moon O  Off season F   Friend for all seasons S   Season of gifts E   Every autumn comes the bear A   Animals in winter S   Season of angels O   Out and about N   Now it is winter S   Season for singing All of the above titles are available through the Gardiner Public Library.  Click on the title to check on the availability of each title.

Autumn in the Library

A Applesauce Season U Ugly Pumpkin T Twelve Haunted Rooms Of Halloween U Uninvited M Maine Ghosts & Legends N Nature And Science Of Autumn I It’s Halloween N Night Of The Pumpkinheads T Till Year’s Good End H Hello, Harvest Moon E Every Autumn Comes The Bear L Leaf By Leaf I I Know It’s Autumn B Boo And Baa Have Company R Run, Turkey, Run A Autumnblings R Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits Y Yankee Magazine’s Ultimate Guide To Autumn In New England All of the above titles are available through the Gardiner Public Library.  Click on the title …

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Grandparents Day!

In celebration of Grandparent’s Day – Sunday September 13th– here are a few items about grandparents, grandchildren and or families! G    Grandfather Gandhi R     River’s Call A    The Amateur Marriage : A Novel N    Nora’s Ark D    Danger Box P    Parental Guidance (DVD) A   Arthur And The Invisibles (DVD) R   The Raft E    Emma’s Secret N    North River : A Novel (Book on CD) T   The Tub Grandfather S   The Simple Joys Of GrandparentingD   Don’t Sing At The Table : LifeLessons From My Grandmothers A   All That’s Missing Y   Yetsa’s Sweater Ann Russell, Technology Librarian

Dr. Seuss – A Poem From The Shelves

The following “poem” uses only titles written by Dr. Seuss!  Enjoy! My Many Colored Days I Am Not Going To Get Up Today Daisy-Head Mayzie Because A Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!! Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? Wacky Wednesday Horton Hatches The Egg Green Eggs And Ham Ten Apples Up On Top The Butter Battle Book Scrambled Eggs Super! I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! The Shape Of Me And Other Stuff I Can Draw It Myself I Can Read …

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RiverFest Activities!

Waterfront Park at about 6:45 this morning – the food vendors have arrived, and continue to arrive and set up for the RiverFest. You can see the stage being erected (blown up) on the right.   Assigned spaces waiting to be filled. Some of the craft vendors setting up at around 8:00. 8:00ish – you can really see the stage now! I think this will be a “Bounce House.” A couple of spot filled now! Setting up on Water Street. More vendors displaying their wares. One last picture – 10:00ish this time.  Folks are beginning to fill the streets, and …

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Special Bookplates at Gardiner Public Library

Have you ever noticed some of the amazing bookplates in our books?  If you haven’t, please take a moment and check inside the front of Gardiner Public Library books.  We have what I would consider some pretty special bookplates. Once you begin to notice them, you may wonder who? what? why? and or how? do we get one of these beautiful bookplates?  These special bookplates were all created for endowed or memorial funds.  This type of fund is set up to celebrate a life, a family event or a professional achievement. To become an endowed fund, the donated funds must …

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