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January 2019 Vol Weeks Public Library Bulletin January 2019 Vol. 31, No. 1 Magic Tree House Book Club ELEMENTARY/ OPEN AGE PROGRAMS Tuesday, January 22 at 2:15 pm For grades 2 & 3 Lego Building Day Explore with us as we read through Wednesday, January 2 at 2:15 pm the M.T.H. series. We’ll chat, snack, and craft. Books Come and build with Lego bricks. Snacks and drinks are available at the library. Please register. are allowed. All bricks will stay at the library. Come create something fun! After School Movie Wednesday, January 30 at 2:15 pm STEM Stories: Ada Twist, Scientist Join us for an awesome after school PG movie. Grades KK----4444 Popcorn will be served. Thursday, January 3 at 2 pm and 3:15 pm Learn to be a scientist with Ada Twist! Harry Potter Day (Grades KK----4)4)4)4) We’ll read the book and then do some fun Thursday, January 31 at 2 pm science experiments. Please register. Calling all Harry Potter Fans! Join us for an afternoon of crafts, snacks, magic, and fun. Make an owl and Unplugged Play bring home your own wand. No registration needed. Monday, January 7 at 3:15 pm Put down your tablet and get moving! Join us to play fun, active games to get out our winter heebie-jeebies THE BELOW EVENTS ARE FOR GRADES 5+ ! Family Story Time Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:15 am DIY Stress Balls New sessions start January 9 and 10 Wednesday, January 9 Enjoy new and classic picture books, action songs, at 2 pm and 3:15 pm and a related craft. All ages welcome. These sessions Learn how to make a water bead stress ball, and run through February 20 and 21. more! Please register. Cocheco Valley Humane Society Program Planners Wednesday, January 16 at 2:15 pm Tuesday, January 15 at 3:15 pm Ever wonder what your pet is trying to tell Have an idea for a program that you want to attend, you? Come learn about pet body language with the help plan, or run? Join us for Program Planners! Cocheco Valley Humane Society, make a silly pom- No registration necessary. pom pet to take home, and meet a special furry guest! AfterAfter----schoolschool at Hogwarts: January Craft Week Charms Class January 1919----26262626 Wednesday, January 23 at 2 pm Seasonal crafts available for Ever wanted to go to Hogwarts? This is your chance! children in the Children’s Room Make your wand at Ollivander’s and practice some all week. spells in Charms class! Please register. [email protected] PO Box 430, Greenland, NH 03840 436436----85488548 www.weekslibrary.org January 2019 at the Weeks Library Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 111 222 333 444 555 Library Closed 2:15pm 2pm and 3:15pm 11am New YearYear’’’’ss Day Lego Building Day STEM Stories: Friday Morning Ada Twist, Scientist Group 5:30pm Mah Jongg 6:30pm Yarns & Threads 777 888 999 101010 111111 121212 3:15pm 10am 10:15am 11am Unplugged Play Mah Jongg Family Story Time 10:15am Friday Morning Family Story Time Group 555-5---8pm8pm8pm8pm 2pm and 3:15pm Play Cribbage 4:30pm DIY Stress Balls Trustees Meeting 5:30pm Mah Jongg 141414 151515 161616 171717 181818 191919 10am 10:15am 10:15am 11am Craft Mah Jongg Family Story Time Family Story Time Friday Morning Week 6:30pm Group Starts! Friends Meeting 3:15pm 2:15pm Program Planners Visit from the CV 6:30pm 555-5---8pm8pm8pm8pm Humane Society Yarns & Threads Play Cribbage 5:30pm Mah Jongg 7pm7pm7pm Book Discussion 212121 222222 232323 242424 252525 262626 Library Closed January Craft Week Martin Luther King 10am 10:15am 10:15am 11am DayDayDay Mah Jongg Family Story Time Family Story Time Friday Morning Group 2:15 2pm2pm2pm Magic Tree House Afterschool at Book Club Hogwarts: Charms 5:30pm Mah Jongg 282828 292929 303030 313131 10am 10:15am 10:15am DonDonDon’Don ’’’tt forget to follow us for 555-5---8pm8pm Mah Jongg Family Story Time Family Story Time Play Cribbage extra information on upcoming 2:15pm 2 pm2 pm events, pictures of events, Afterschool Movie 6pm6pm6pm Harry Potter Day and more! Classic Movie 5:30pm Night Mah Jongg 6pm6pm6pm Paint Night with @WEEKSLIBRARYNH Painting Buzz Future Releases January and beyond What will you be reading, watching and listening to? Circle the titles you want us to purchase and return to the library. Name: ______________________________ Phone Number: ______________ Card No. ________ February Fiction February Nonfiction Bowen, Rhys. The Victory Garden Historical Axe, Josh. Keto Diet: Your 30-Day Plan to Lose … Brennert, Alan. Daughter of Moloka'I Historical Bardsley, David. Smarter Next Year: The Revolutionary Conklin, Tara. The Last Romantics Science for a Smarter, Happier You Deveraux, Jude. A Justified Murder Bayer, Mike. Best Self: Be You, Only Better SelfSelfSelf-Self ---HelpHelpHelpHelp Fluke, Joanne. Chocolate Cream Pie Murder Mystery Borman, Tracy. Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Gardner, Lisa. Never Tell Suspense Him Grippando, James. The Girl in the Glass Box Suspense Butler, Katy. The Art of Dying Well SelfSelfSelf-Self ---HelpHelpHelpHelp Cabeca, Anna. The Hormone Fix: Burn Fat Naturally, Iggulden, Conn. The Falcon of Sparta Historical Boost Energy, Sleep Better and Stop Hot Flashes ... Jenoff, Pam. The Lost Girls of Paris Historical Chezar, Ariella. Seasonal Flower Arranging: ... Kellerman, Jonathan. The Wedding Guest Suspense Clavin, Tom. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Kepler, Lars. Trans by Neil Smith. Stalker Suspense Frontier's First Gunfighter Biography Kinsella, Sophie. I Owe You One Romance Cullen, Dave. Parkland: Birth of a Movement Kleypas, Lisa. Devil's Daughter: The Ravenels Meet the Damour, Lisa. Under Pressure: Confronting the Epi- Wallflowers Romance demic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls Lawson, Mike. House Arrest Suspense Franklin, DeVon. The Truth About Men: What Men and Leckie, Ann. The Raven Tower Fantasy Women Need to Know Letts, Elizabeth. Finding Dorothy Higginbotham, Adam. Midnight in Chernobyl: … Koch, Stephen. Hitler's Pawn: The boy Assassin … Lipman, Elinor. Good Riddance Romance McCabe, Andrew G. The Threat: How the FBI Protects Mallery, Susan. California Girls Romance America in the Age of Terror and Trump Patterson, James, with Howard Roughan. Killer Instinct Nelson, James Carl. The Polar Bear Expedition Patterson, James, with Max DiLallo. The Chef Newport, Cal. Digital Minimalism: Choosing ... Quinn, Kate. The Huntress Historical Rosenberg, Joan I. 90 Seconds to a Life You Love:... Robb, J. D. Connections in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel Saujani, Reshma. Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail Robinson, Peter. Careless Love Suspense More, and Live Bolder Santopolo, Jill. More Than Words Schlesinger, Jill. The Dumb Things Smart People Do Todd, Charles. The Black Ascot Mystery with Their Money Schultz, Howard. From the Ground Up: A Journey to February Audio Books Reimagine the Promise of America Stent, Angela. Putin's World: Russia Against the West Conklin, Tara. The Last Romantics Wilson, David Sloan. This View of Life: Completing the Deveraux, Jude. A Justified Murder Mystery ? Darwinian Revolution Gardner, Lisa. Never Tell Suspense Grippando, James. The Girl in the Glass Box Suspense January/Early February DVDs Kellerman, Jonathan. The Wedding Guest Suspense Black47 (Hugo Weaving) Kinsella, Sophie. I Owe You One Romance The Bookshop (Emily Mortimer) Kleypas, Lisa. Devil's Daughter: The Ravenels Meet the Boy Erased (Nicole Kidman) Wallflowers Romance First Man (Ryan Gosling) Lipman, Elinor. Good Riddance Romance The Girl in the Spider's Web (Claire Foy) Mallery, Susan. California Girls Romance Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (Jack Black) Patterson, James, with Howard Roughan. Killer Instinct The Hate U Give (Amandla Stenberg) Patterson, James, with Max DiLallo. The Chef Hunter Killer (Gerard Butler) Quinn, Kate. The Huntress Historical Indivisible (Justin Bruening) Robb, J. D. Connections in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel Johnny English Strikes Again (Rowan Atkinson) Robinson, Peter. Careless Love Suspense Madeline's Madeline (Helena Howard) Mid90s (Sunney Suljic) Monsters and Men (John David Washington) The Old Man and the Gun (Robert Redford) Best of 2018 A Private War (Rosamund Pike) Renegades (J.K. Simmons) Try something new or find something you missed. The Sisters Brothers (John C. Reilly) Speed Kills (John Travolta) Time Freak (ASA Butterfield) What They Had (Hilary Swank) The Wife (Glenn Close) Paint Night: Cardinals in Snow Museum Passes with Painting Buzz Free and Discounted Passes available now: Wednesday, January 30 at 6 pm New England Aquarium in Boston, MA (not avail- Create your own masterpiece with ble in July and August) instructions from Jody Mueller of Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, Dover, NH.. Painting Buzz. $20 materials and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA supply fee. Limited space so please Museum of Science in Boston, MA register and pay early. Make checks NH State Park pass payable to Jody Mueller. Must have The Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH 6 to run, maximum 10. Call to reserve a pass today! Book Discussion We are excited to announce a great service that will Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz allow you to easily keep track of everything going on Wednesday, January 16 at 7 pm in Greenland! Burbio.com is a FREE website and app that puts li- This fiendishly brilliant and riveting brary, school, and other local events all in one calen- thriller weaves a classic whodunit dar. You can create a personalized event feed and worthy of Agatha Christie into a even sync events to your Google or iPhone calen- chilling, ingeniously original modern- dars! You'll also receive important notifications when day mystery in which the reader be- events change or get cancelled. comes the detective. Copies availa- ble in the library. Classic Movie Night The Roaring Twenties ©Warner Brothers Monday, January 28 at 6pm Soldiers who fought together in World War I try their hand at making a living as bootleggers during the Prohibition Era, with mixed and sometimes violent results.
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