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38255 L’Anse Creuse, Suite A 2016 Phone: 586-329-1261 Email: [email protected] NEWS FROM HTPL Website: www.htlibrary.org Holiday Closings Business Hours Monday December 23rd - 26th 10 am - 6 pm December 30th - January 2nd Tuesday & Wednesday 12 pm - 8 pm Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11 am - 5 pm

December Craft Fill your home with the look and smell of the holidays, with this great candle. Saturday, December 17th at 1:00pm Registration required. Registration required. One free craft per person. One for craft per person. This project is geared towardThis a generalproject audience, is geared but toward may bea general too complexaudience, for small but may children. be too All complex children mustfor small be accompanied by and children.adult. All children must Sponsoredbe accompanied by the Friends by an of HTPL Sponsored by the Friends of HTPL Adult Coloring Are the holidays stressing you out? Take an evening off and join us for our stress free adult coloring hour. Wednesday, December 14th at 7:00 pm

Registration is required for all programs. To register, call 586-329-1261, email [email protected], visit our website www.htlibrary.org, or stop in the library to sign up. All children must be accompanied by an adult. HTPL Presents: Special Holiday Sessions!

Rockin’ Readers

Saturday, December 17 at 11:30 a.m.

Join us for a story and a craft to celebrate the holidays. Our read- aloud adventure will be Memoirs of an Elf by local author Devin Scillian. After the story, children will make their own candy cane elf to take home.

Mother Goose on the Loose Monday, December 19 at 9:30 a.m.

Bring your infants and toddlers for traditional nursery rhymes, holiday songs, and knee bounces.

No pre-registration is necessary.

Winter 2017 Children’s Classes & Events January 21—March 11

Mother Goose on the Loose

Mondays, 9:30 - 10:00. No class February 20. Reading ABCs

Saturdays, 10:45 - 11:15. No class February 18. Tuesdays, 10:30 - 11:00 This award-winning lap-sit class for little ones Our preschool class features a and their caregivers includes songs, nursery different letter of the alphabet each rhymes, knee-bounces, and movement to help week, with a variety of skill-building develop important pre-literacy skills. This class finger plays, stories, music and is appropriate for infants through preschool more! age. No pre-registration is required. No pre-registration is required.

Rockin’ Readers

Middle Grades Movie Saturdays, 11:30 – 12:00. Book Club No class February 18 Bring the family to enjoy a read- Our Movie Book Club is recommended for aloud story, followed by an activity children in grades 4-8. Those who register for the club by January 28 will receive a free or craft. This class is loosely geared copy of the book. We will meet at the library toward elementary-aged children, on Saturday, March 4 from 2:30-4:30 for a but preschoolers and tweens are welcome, too! No pre-registration is popcorn video viewing party and discussion required. of the book and movie. Movie is rated PG. Weekly Topics: Our winter title is City of Ember by Jean DuPrau. The city of Ember was built as a last January 21: Snowflakes refuge for the human race. Lina and Doon January 28: Chinese New Year must race to figure out clues in an ancient message before the lights go out on Ember February 4: Books by Jan Brett forever! February 11: Valentine’s Day Register online, or by calling or stopping by February 18: NO CLASS the library. February 25: ROOAARRR….Lions! March 4: Ninjas

March 11: St. Patrick’s Day Friends of the Harrison Township Public Library Cookie Walk Want holiday cookies without having to bake? Come to our annual Cookie Walk. Join us for a scrumptious tour of delicious homemade cookies and treats. Date: Saturday, December 3rd Time: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm Place: Harrison Township Public Library Cookies sold at $7.00 per pound

Thank you for all your support. Every and all contributions count. The Harrison Township Public Library patrons are the BEST!

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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Baby Elephant in the Wild, A (Juv) – Caitlin O’Connor Horizon (Juv) – Scott Westerfeld Berenstain Bears Around the World, The (E) – Mike How Do Dinosaurs Choose their Pets? (E) – Jane Berenstain Yolen Big Bear, Small Mouse (E) – Karma Wilson Hungry Bird (E) – Jeremy Tankard Blood Ties (Juv) – Garth Nix & Sean Williams Hunted (Juv) – Maggie Stiefvater Classic Collector’s Handbook: An Official Guide to the Initiation, The (Juv)– Ridley Pearson First 151 Pokémon (Juv) – Schoslatic, Inc. J. K. Rowling’s Wizarding World: A Pop-Up Gallery of Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance Curiosities (Juv)– James Diaz (Juv) – Simone Biles, et al Ladies of Liberty: The Women who Shaped Our Dear My Blank: Secret Letters Never Sent (YA) – Emily Nation (Juv)– Cokie Roberts Trunko Land of Stories, The: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales Diabolic, The (YA) – S. J. Kincaid (Juv) – Chris Colfer Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors and Submarines Light in the Attic, The (Juv)– Shel Silverstein in (Juv) – Deborah Hopkinson Lights, Camera, Shopkins! (E) – Scholastic, Inc. Elena and the Secret of Avalor (E) – Craig Gerber Little Babymouse and the Christmas Cupcakes (Juv)– Ember in the Ashes, An (YA) – Sabaa Tahir Jennifer L. Holm Empire of Storms (YA) – Sara J. Maas Littlest Bigfoot, The (Juv)– Jennifer Weiner Enormous Smallness: The Story of E. E. Cummings Logan Pryce Makes a Mess (Juv) – Grace Gilmore (Juv) – Matthew Burgess LuLu’s Mysterious Mission (Juv) – Judith Viorst Evertree, The (Juv) – Marie Lu Madeline Finn and the Library Dog (E) – Lisa Papp Factastic: A Lego Adventure in the Real World (Juv) – Magic Word, The (E) – Mac Barnett Scholastic, Inc. Magical Movie Handbook (Juv) – Michael Kogge Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Character Marsha Mallow Goes Missing (Juv) – Kenley Shay Guide (Juv) – Michael Kogge National Geographic Kids Weird but True! 8: 300 Far-Out Fairy Tales: Snow White and the Seven Outrageous Facts (Juv) – National Geographic Robots (Juv) – Louise Simonson Neighboring Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites…. Fate of Flames (YA) – Sarah Raughley (Juv) – Katherine Roy Fever Code, The (YA) – James Dasher Old Dog Baby Baby (E) – Julie Fogliano Fire and Ice (Juv) – Shannon Hale Owl Sees Owl (E) – Laura Godwin Flashlight (E) – Lizi Boyd Plastic, Ahoy! (Juv)– Patricia Newman Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom Poet’s Dog, The (E) –Patricia MaLachlan (Juv) – Booki Vivat Princess in Black Takes a Vacation, The (Juv)– Garvey’s Choice (Juv) – Nikki Grimes Shannon Hale Gertie’s Leap to Greatness (Juv) – Kate Beasley Projeckt 1065 (Juv) – Alan Gratz Gingerbread Christmas (E) – Jan Brett Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit (E) – CeCe Bell Goatilocks and the Three Bears (E) – Erica S. Perl Rise and Fall (Juv) -- Eliot Schrefer Hap-Pea All Year (E) – Keith Baker Scythe (YA) – Neal Shusterman Happiest Book Ever, The (E) – Bob Shea Shopkins: The Updated Ultimate Collector’s Guide Heartless (YA) – Marissa Meyer (Juv) – Jenne Simon Home Sweet Motel (Juv) – Chris Grabenstein Showing Off (Juv)– Sarah Mlynowski, et al Honest Truth, The (Juv) – Dan Gemeinhart Spy Ski School (Juv) – Stuart Gibbs Hotel Bruce (E) – Ryan T. Higgins Stella by Starlight (Juv) – Sharon Draper DVDs Stick Dog Slurps Spaghetti (Juv) – Tom Watson The 100: Seasons 1-3 Sugar and Spice (Juv) – Sarah Mlynowski Absolutely Fabulous: Sun is also a Star, The (YA) – Nicola Yoon Bates Motel: Seasons 3-4 Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy (Juv) – Rachel The BFG Renee Russell Black Sails: Season 3 Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (YA) – Bridget Jones’s Baby Cassandra Clare, et al Café Society Tallulah: Mermaid of the Great Lakes (E) – Denise Captain Fantastic Brennan-Nelson Christmas Eve Talons of Power (Juv) – Tui Sutherland Daylight’s End Tea Party in the Woods, The (E) – Akiko Miyakoshi Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors Teddy & Co. (Juv) – Cynthia Voigt Freeheld That’s Me Loving You (E) – Amy Krouse Rosenthal Florence Foster Jenkins Torch Against the Night, A (YA) – Sabaa Tahir Gleason Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (E) – Kate Messner The Good Neighbor Waiting for Snow (E)– Marsha Diane Arnold The Good Wife: Seasons 5-6 Wonderful Winter: All Kinds of Winter Facts and Fun Harley and the Davidsons (Juv) – Bruce Goldstone Hell on Wheels: Seasons 1-4 Yellow Time (E) – Lauren Stringer The Hollars Imperium Large Type Indignation American Heiress – Jeffrey Toobin Into the Forest Island of Glass – Nora Roberts Ithaca The Whole Town’s Talking – Fannie Flagg Kubo and the Two Strings Mr. Church Audiobooks Mr. Selfridge: The complete series American Heiress – Jeffrey Toobin Pete’s Dragon Change Your Questions, Change Your Life – Marilee Poldark: Season 2 Adams Ph.D. Pretty Little Liars: Seasons- 1 6 The Christmas Mystery – James Patterson The Sea of Trees Island of Glass – Nora Roberts Silicon Valley: season 1 The Magnolia Story – Chip Gaines Storks Private: The Royals – James Patterson Suicide Squad Taking the Titanic – James Patterson Suits: Seasons 2-3 The Whole Town’s Talking – Fannie Flagg Tai Chi for Beginners : Seasons 1-4 War Dogs Zoo: Season 1 December 2016

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Adult Coloring Rockin’ Readers 11:30am 7:00pm December Craft 1:00pm

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