November 2017 Heggan Happenings

MARGARET E. HEGGAN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWSLETTER

November is Family Literacy Month National Family Literacy Month, parents to become more involved in 606 Delsea Drive organized by the National Center for their children’s learning and literacy Sewell, NJ 08080 Families Learning, takes place every development. November and celebrates the work Phone: 856-589-3334 that literacy programs do to empower www.hegganlibrary.org families. Founders Ensemble Family literacy programs use a @ the Heggan Library family-focused approach to learning, Monday - Thursday increasing the skills of the parents and Join us on Friday, December 8, at 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. the children together. It encourages 7:00 p.m. for an after hours concert by Friday & Saturday the Founders Ensemble. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday November is also 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Picture Book Month Founded by author and storyteller Dianne de Las Casas, Picture Book Month is an international literacy “Writing is initiative that celebrates the print picture book. not, after Adults reading picture books to children is a perfect way to encourage early The Founders Ensemble is a literacy and improve reading skills. songwriting collective that combines all, merely classical and folk music with original The library has a large collection of compositions and pop arrangements. the record picture books on the shelves. New With songs ranging from Appalachian books are always being added. themed originals to Radiohead of having Another option for picture books is covers to art songs using famous TumbleBooks. poetry, Founders is reimagining the lived, but TumbleBooks boundaries of musical styles. offers animated Funding is made possible in part picture books, by the New Jersey State Council on an aspect including the Arts/Division of State, a Partner storybooks, Agency of the National Endowment of living chapter books, for the Arts from a grant to the graphic novels, and more. Gloucester County Cultural and itself.” TumbleBooks is available to Heggan Heritage Commission at Rowan Library cardholders on the computers College at Gloucester County. ~Joyce Carol Oates in the Children’s Library and from This concert is open to everyone. home through the library’s website. Advance online or phone registration A staff member in the Children’s is required. Please call 856-589-3334 Library will be happy to give you a or visit www.hegganlibrary.org to demonstration. register. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 2

KIDS’ CORNER Video Game Night ATTENTION @ the Library The library’s new program, TEENS AND TWEENS Baby Lapsit, for babies ages 0–6 months, will be held on International Games Week Wednesdays, November 1, 8, Retro Board Game Night 22, and 29, at 10:15 a.m. @ the Library Our popular Making Music November 2 • 6:30 p.m. program for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers will Maker Monday be offered on Wednesdays, Plastic Lacing Monday, November 27 • 6:30 p.m. November 1, 8, 22, and 29, November 20 • 6:30 p.m. at 11:00 a.m. Let’s Play No Man’s Sky Learn how to make bracelets, No Man’s Sky is rated T for Teen by Children keychains, lanyards, and more the ESRB for fantasy violence. ages 3-10 from plastic cording. can join us for our Teen & Tween long-running Cooking Club Heggan Library Happy Teens-giving! tradition . . . November 21 • 6:30 p.m. creating Thanksgiving Apple Be thankful for waffles! Waffle Turkeys on Sunday, November sundaes and breakfast waffles are 19, at 1:30 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. on the menu, so register today. Lego Fun will be held on These programs are open to Monday, December 11 • 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 1 Heggan Library cardholders in grades 6-12 only. Advance online Third Annual Winter at 6:30 p.m. Children ages or phone registration is required. 5-11 can create, build, and Smash Brothers have fun with their peers. Tournament Children ages 5 and 6 must be Super Smash Brothers WiiU is rated E10 accompanied by a caregiver. for Everyone 10 and up by the ESRB for cartoon violence, comic mischief, Mrs. Kramer has many more and mild suggestive themes. activities planned throughout the month. Please check our Video Game Night is open to adults website or pick up a calendar Did you know that the and children. Children under 10 must in the library to see them all. library has American Girl be accompanied by an adult. Open to Heggan Library cardholders only. Unless noted, advance online dolls that you can check Advance online or phone registration registration is required for out and take home for is required. Please call the library or children’s programs and is a week? go to Programs and Events at www.hegganlibrary.org to register. limited to Heggan Library Please go to the Children’s cardholders. To register, go to Desk for more information. Programs and Events at www.hegganlibrary.org. 8TH ANNUAL Minecraft Night COAT DRIVE November 13 • 6:30 p.m. Time to clean out your closets and S.M.I.L.E. Let’s Build a Fleet! donate your gently used coats for men, women, and children. The dogs from December 18• 6:30 p.m. FURever as Friends All donated coats will be given will be here on November 2 Let’s Build an Ice Palace! to local charities through Heart of and 16 at 6:30 p.m. to listen For all ages. Children under 10 Gloucester County. to children read. must be accompanied by an adult. Open to Heggan Library A donation box will be in No library card necessary. the library’s lobby through Please call or visit the library to cardholders only. Advance reserve your spot. registration required. January 31. 3

DIRECTOR’S CORNER

Second Annual Friends of the Library Through November 6 International Games Week Holiday continues at the library! Bazaar November 1 • 3:00 p.m. Then and Now: December 1–3 The Oregon Trail during regular library hours November 2 • 6:30 p.m. Retro Board Game Night The Friends of the Library are @ the Library accepting donations of new or like- new items for their Second Annual November 3 • 3:00 p.m. Holiday Bazaar including small The Heggan Library Christmas and holiday decorations, Plays Pokemon jewelry, CDs and DVDs, and books. Items may be dropped off at the Monday, November 6 Circulation Desk. Congratulations to Carly Johnson, International Games Week Part-time Library Shelver, who Finale Free for All! was given the Caught in the Act 3:00 p.m. Award for the time frame spanning Super Smash Brothers July through December 2017. Free for All Carly was caught in the act of taking the initiative to go above 5:00 p.m. and beyond in helping a patron on Gamer Trivia a Friday afternoon just before the 6:30 p.m. library was about to close. Carly Five Nights at Freddy’s politely asked the man if he needed The Margaret Heggan Library will 20/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/ help carrying his books from the be the site of a Write-In on Saturday, 20/20 Mode Challenge adult fiction section to the checkout November 18, from 1:00 p.m. to desk, and she carried them to the In addition, our Pokemon 4:00 p.m. GO gym will be accepting desk for him. Join other word-loving adults for challengers, our large collection The Caught in the Act Award is an afternoon of writing, sharing, of books about games and financially sponsored by the inspiration, and support. Bring a gaming will await you, and our Friends of the Margaret E. Heggan Minecraft server will allow you writing project and avoid home Free Public Library. to explore the realm of Hyrule! distractions. Please visit our website for event This Write-In is open to everyone details and registration. ages 16 and up. Advance online or phone registration is requested. The library will be closed Please visit www.hegganlibrary.org on Saturday, November 11, or call the library, 856-589-3334, to in observance of Blood Drive register. Veterans’ Day. November 8 • 2 - 7 p.m. This event is sponsored by the New The library will close at Appointments are preferred. Jersey Writers Resource Group, 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Please call 1-800 Red Cross which meets in the library on the November 22, and will be or sign up online at second and fourth Tuesday of each redcrossblood.org. Enter sponsor closed on November 24 code Margaret E. Heggan. month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and 25 for Thanksgiving. New members are always welcome. PROGRAMS AND EVENTS BOOK DISCUSSIONS

Knitting and Crocheting Basics Novel Mornings Saturday, November 4 • 2:00 p.m. meets one Thursday each month at 11:30 a.m. All About the Foot: November 2 Bunions, Ankle Arthritis, and All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Flat Foot Deformities Tuesday, November 7 • 6:30 p.m. December 7 The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth Windows 10 File Navigation and Management Mystery Book Discussion Wednesday, November 8 • 6:30 p.m. meets on the third Monday at 6:30 p.m. My Loved One has Passed, Now What? November 20 Tuesday, November 14 • 11:00 a.m. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware December 18 NJ Writers Resource Group Write-In A New York Christmas by Anne Perry Saturday, November 18 • 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Video Game Night @ the Library Catch Up with the Classics Let’s Play No Man’s Sky meets one Tuesday each month at 7:00 p.m. Monday, November 27 • 6:30 p.m. November 28 Heggan Library cardholders only. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Making Digital Comics Lecture December 19 Monday, December 4 • 6:30 p.m. Native Son by Richard Wright

Introduction to Microsoft Word For the Love of Nonfiction Wednesday, December 6 • 6:30 p.m. meets quarterly at 7:00 p.m. Bad Art Night December 5 Ugly Christmas Sweaters The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan Thursday, December 7 • 7:00 p.m. These events are free and open to everyone. Founders Ensemble Concert Advance online or phone registration is required. Friday, December 8 • 7:00 p.m. Please go to Programs and Events at www.hegganlibrary.org or call the library Video Game Night @ the Library to register. 3rd Annual Winter Smash Brothers Tournament Monday, December 11 • 6:30 p.m. Heggan Library cardholders only. COMPUTER AND TECHNOLOGY CLASSES These events are free and open to everyone, unless otherwise noted. Advance online or Windows 10 File Navigation phone registration is required. Please go to Programs and Events at www.hegganlibrary.org and Management or call the library to register. Wednesday, November 8 • 6:30 p.m. Making Digital Comics Lecture Monday, December 4 • 6:30 p.m. WRITERS GROUP Introduction to Microsoft Word NJ Writers Resource Group Wednesday, December 6 • 6:30 p.m. meets on the second and fourth Tuesday at These classes are free and open to everyone. 6:30 p.m. Aspiring writers ages 16 and up are Advance online or phone registration is required. invited to come and write, share and be inspired. Please call the library, 856-589-3334, Write-In or go to Programs and Events at Saturday, November 18 • 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. www.hegganlibrary.org to register.