Here is a reminder to our patrons that the Gardiner Public Library will once again be providing a Maine State Park pass for you to use free by checking it out with your Gardiner library card. The pass goes out for three days on a first come/first served basis and allows a vehicle and all its occupants’ free access to a State Park in Maine. Enjoy the warm weather now that it has arrived!
Gardiner Head Start Art Exhibit is on display in the Children’s Room until Saturday, May 19th. Take some time out of your busy week to come and see the wonderful student works. Enjoying these creations, some of the many life skills that are learned in early school years, became evident. Friends Sharing Counting Colors Books Reading Letters Playing Language Songs Games
FICTION: Accidental heroes by Danielle Steel. Strangers pull together to avert a disaster involving two flights from New York to San Francisco. After Anna by Lisa Scottoline. Scottoline keeps the pace relentless as she drops a looming threat into the heart of an idyllic suburban community, causing readers to hold their breath in anticipation. Alternate side by Anna Quindlen. In this novel about money, class, and self-discovery, the tensions in a tight-knit neighborhood – and a seemingly happy marriage – are exposed by an unexpected act of violence. Anatomy of a miracle by Jonathan Miles. A novel about a paralyzed …
Maine has some other great art museums besides the Portland Museum of Art that are perhaps not necessarily on your radar. For future planning, I would like to suggest an upcoming exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art at the Olin Arts Center in Lewiston. Beginning in June and running until October, Bates College Museum of Art will be featuring Maine’s own Dahlov Ipcar in a show that is drawn mainly from private collections. Find out more about this exciting exhibit at the Bates College Museum of Art web site – http://www.bates.edu/museum/exhibitions/upcoming/dahlov-ipcar-a-life-in-the-arts/
As we New England-ers know – April weather is and can be VERY temperamental! Here are few titles that seem to be all about April! A – After the snow P – Purple rain R – Raining cat and dogs I – Into the storm L – Lonely silver rain W – Wailing wind E – Echo through the snow A – And the wind blows free T – ‘Twas a dark and stormy night H – Hailstones and halibut bones E – Electrifying fall of Rainbow City R – Roll of thunder, hear my cry …
FICTION An American marriage by Tayari Jones. A newlywed couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. As you wish by Jude Deveraux. One fateful summer, three very different women find themselves together in Summer Hill, Virginia, where they find they have much more in common than they realized. Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano. As types of amateur sleuths go, the category of lusty Bavarian widow has been woefully under-represented…until now. Bachelor girl by Kim Van Alkemade. This is inspired by the true story …