Pinch pots and pet rocks

This week the main program for the children's summer reading program was held on Wednesday.  The children were seperated into two groups to accommodate all that came to the program.  One group met by the fireplace where Library Board member Cheryl Lee read a story to the children.  The other group went down to the meeting room and made pinch pots from modelers clay add decorated pet rocks and placed them in their pots.    The children had a great time and their pots were very well done.  We still have two weeks to go and if you want to volunteer to help at the programs, call the library and ask for Kristy, your help would be appreciated.

When you use the computers in the library you may find that you need to save what you have been working on but you can't save it on the computer and you don't have a thumb drive.  The library now has 64mb thumb drives available at the circulation desk for $5.00. 

Some of the new books in the library.  You may notice that I usually list non-fiction books and there is a reason for that, I order the non-fiction.  With that being said here are some books I am sure you will enjoy.

Wildflowers of Michigan by Stan Tekiela and Butterflies of Michigan by Jaret C. Daniels:  Both of these books are excellent field guides to the wide variety of flowers and butterflies that inhabit Michigan.  The books are arranged by the main color of the flower or butterfly to help for quick search when you are out in the field.  Two great books for the nature lovers.

The complete stories of Ambrose Bierce:  Before there was the Twilight Zone, there was Ambrose Bierce. This collection of short stories are as exciting and eerie as when they were written over a hundred years ago.

Carrie and me: A mother-daughter love story: by Carol Burnett:  A mother's memorial to her daughter who died young.  A story that includes Hollywood stars and the mundane duties that make up daily life.  It is a sad story that is told with a love only a mother can have for her children.  You really need to read this book.

Bunker Hill: A city, a siege, a revolution: Nathaniel Philbrick latest book on early American History.  As children we all were told about Paul Revere's ride and about the Battle of Bunker Hill but there was never a connection made between the two events. Philbrick does and excellent job on taking the reader along the path of the American Revolution in this highly readable story of the beginning of American Independence.

That's it for this week,
John