Autumn at the Gardiner Public Library!
. Photos by Ginni Nichols, Young Adult Librarian
Ginni Nichols, Children's Librarian
Teen Time at the Library
We had a wonderful group of students visit Thursday, Sept. 18th. This was the first day of our new after school program geared toward the middle and high school students of MSAD # 11. The bus will drop them off every Thursday, we’ll feed them a snack, give them time for homework and socializing. Sometimes there will be a small program like an author visit or an inside scavenger hunt. Students read books, used computers and gotused to what we have to offer. Everyone seemed to have a great time and enjoyed themselves. We are looking forward …
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New YA Books!
I decided to touch upon some new Young Adult books that I am very excited about that have just come out or are due to be released. The Impossible Knife of Memory is Laurie HalseAnderson’s new book. Well known for writing “Speak”, Kirkus Reviews writes, “Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, are bright, sarcastic loners plagued by agonizing memories that won’t quite stay repressed, despite their best efforts. Hayley meets, bantering boyfriend, Finn, who points some things out to Hayley in her life. Anderson is sensitive to many problems – physical recovery, grief, panic attacks and other tendencies that veterans …
Children’s Room isn’t for children any more!
This is for those adults who do not adventure up into the children’s room, thinking there is nothing there for them. Do I have an author for you! Phillip Hoose is an amazing children’s writer who lives in Portland, Maine. He has a list of books that he have been published and one that stands out in the library world is The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (2004). This book received the Lupine Award, an award given to an outstanding children’s book with a Maine connection. Phillip Hoose has a new book coming out in July 2012 that …
What are you reading right now?
Several years ago I watched an HBO movie on the life of Temple Grandin, a woman born with severe autism, who became a PhD professor at Colorado State University. When I read a recent review for a new children’s book about this remarkable woman I knew it was one we should have in our collection. Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World, by Sy Montgomery is truly a memorable story for children as well as for adults. Charlene Wagner, Children’s Librarian The question was asked, “What are you reading right now?” …