20152015 Hours Mondays: 10am ~ 6pm Tuesdays: 12 ~ 8pm Wednesdays: 12 ~ 8pm Thursdays: 10am ~ 6pm Fridays: 2pm ~ 6pm Saturdays: 12 ~ 4pm Going on a holiday road trip? Check out our selection of audio books. It’s a great way to bring the family together, NOTICE and keep your eyes on the road. We have something for The library will be closed everyone. December 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st And January 1st Festivus—It’s for the Rest of Us! Melcat will be unavailable December 23rd November 18th ~ December 11th Are you feeling left out? You don’t celebrate Christmas or Chanukah. National Ding-a-Ling Day Kwanzaa just isn’t your thing and you don’t even know what Ramadan is. December 12th Then, the Miracle of Festivus is for you! A very special day to “Ring your Bell”. On Symbol: an unadorned aluminum pole national Ding-a-Ling Day, you should brace Dinner: Meatloaf yourself for bizarre and crazy behavior, from Traditions: Feats of Strength & all of the people you encounter today. Even Airing of Grievances normally conservative people have been known to go a little crazy on this day! Make a holiday gift for your family and friends. Join us for craft night. We will be making Mason Jar Candle Holders. Saturday, December 12th at 1:00 pm One FREE craft per person Registration required, call email or stop in the library to sign up. What is coming in 2016? Kristy Robinett An Abnormally Normal Vietnam Vet and Local Author of Psychic Medium 97-Bravo Saturday, January 23rd Join us for this FREE presentation as Kristy discusses her At 1:00 pm predictions for 2016 Wednesday, January 6th @ 7:00 PM Due to high demand and limited space, this event is exclusively for HTPL card holders and their guests. Note that not everyone will be read. For more information go to www.kristyrobinett.com This program is for entertainment purposes only. Children’s Fall Programs October 10—December 19, 2015 Mother Goose Reading on the Loose ABCs Presented by Julie Dries Presented by Julie Dries Youth Services Librarian Mondays, 9:30-10:00, except November 16th & Youth Services Librarian th 23rd. Tuesdays, 10:30-11:00, except November 24 . Designed for children from birth to 2 years old. Designed for preschool-aged children, 3-5 years Little ones and their caregivers are invited to join old. us for our weekly Monday lap sit program. MGOL is a research-based, award-winning Our story time themes each week on Tuesdays program to help babies and toddlers develop will revolve around a featured letter of the early literacy skills using stories, music, nursery alphabet and will include a variety of rhymes and more. entertaining finger plays, songs, rhymes, For more information, please check out our movement and stories. website: www.htplib.org. For more information, please check out our website: www.htplib.org. Rockin' Tales Readers with Tails Presented by Julie Dries Tuesdays and the third Saturday of each month. Youth Services Librarian Please check www.htplib.org for dates and times. Saturdays, 11:30–12:00, except November 14th Appropriate for children in elementary and mid- & 28th. dle school. Designed for elementary-aged children, 5-11 Children may sign-up for a 15-minute session to years old. read to a certified therapy dog. This program Saturday sessions will highlight a different encourages fluency practice by providing a furry high-interest theme or genre each week, with friend to listen in a judgement-free zone. stories and activities to match. Registration is required for this program. Please For more information, please check out our stop by the library, email: [email protected] or website: www.htplib.org. call (586) 329-1261 to reserve a time. FriendsFriends ofof thethe HarrisonHarrison TownshipTownship PublicPublic LibraryLibrary Friends of the Harrison Township Public Library invites you to a Bake Sale & Cookie Walk Date: Saturday, December 5, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Cookies and candies sold at $6.00 per pound. Dear Library Enthusiast, The Friends of the Harrison Township Public Library is looking for members to help us build a great library. Your membership will give a voice to help decide what items and services we will provide for the Library. Opportunities vary as do the amount of time to commit, so consider sharing your talents by joining this dedicated group of volunteers. To join just fill out the application below mail it in or drop it off at the library. For more information e-mail Liz at [email protected]. JOIN US! You’ll be glad you did. YES, I would like to be a member of the FRIENDS of Harrison Township Public Library. __ $25 Family __ $10 Individual __$5 Student, Senior __Enclosed is my donation of $_____ Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________ City, State, zip: _____________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ E-mail: ___________________________________ Mail check payable & Mail to: Friends of the Harrison Township Public Library, 38151 L’Anse Creuse Rd. Harrison Twp., MI 48045 Coming in December Love Me Sweet—Tracy Brogan The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto—Mitch Books for Adults Albom 100 Deadly Skills—Clint Emerson The Mistletoe Inn—Richard Paul Evans All You Could Ask For—Mike Greenberg A Moment of Silence—Sister Souljah Almost Interesting—David Spade A More Perfect Union—Ben Carson, M.D. Along the Infinite Sea—Beatriz Williams My Life on the Road—Gloria Steinem Asa—Jay Crownover November 9—Colleen Hoover Ashley Bell—Dean Koontz Nuts—Alice Clayton A Banquet of Consequences—Elizabeth George The Pharaoh’s Secret—Clive Cussler The Bassoon King—Rainn Wilson The Pioneer Woman Cooks Dinnertime—Ree Before Jamaica Lane—Samantha Young Drummond Better When He’s Brave—Jay Crownover Power Words—Joyce Meyer Binge—Tyler Oakley Precious Gifts—Danielle Steel The Bourbon Kings—J.R. Ward Pulse—Gail McHugh Bream Gives Me Hiccups—Jesse Eisenberg Put a Ring on it—Beth Kendrick The Bullet—Mary Louise Kelly The Reaper—Nicholas Irving Catify to Satisfy—Jackson Galaxy The Relic Master—Christopher Buckley City on Fire—Garth Rish HallbergDamaged— Rules for a Knight—Ethan Hawke H.M. Ward Saturn Run—John Sandford The Danish Girl—David Ebershoff Searching for Always—Jennifer Probst A Dark Lure—Loreth Anne White The Secret Chord—Geraldine Brooks Dark Wild Night—Christina Lauren Secret Sisters—Jayne Ann Krentz Darkest Before Dawn—Maya Banks Sidney Sheldon’s Reckless—Terry Bagshawe Down the Rabbit Hole—J.D. Robb et al. Slade House—David Mitchell The Edge of Lost—Kristina McMorris Speed Kings—Andy Bull Fallout 4 Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide— Steal Me—Lauren Layne David Hodgson Storm Clouds Rolling in—Ginny Dye Fiercombe Manor—Kate Riordan Super Genes—Deepak Chopra Fixed on You—Laurelin Paige The Theory of Death—Faye Kellerman Food Gift Love—Maggie Battista Thriteen Ways of Looking—Colum McCann Ghost Fleet—P.W. Singer Thing Explainer—Randall Munroe Gifts in Jars: Recipes for Homemade This is Why You’re Single—Laure Lane Christmas Gifts—Kristina Newman Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates— Golden Lion—Wilbur Smith Brian Kilmeade The Grownup—Gillian Flynn Timeless Beauty—Christie Brinkley Hero—Samantha Young Tom Clancy Commander in Chief—Mark Host—Robin Cook Greaney The How Can It Be Gluten Free Cookbook The Tourist—Olen Steinhauer The Hypothyroid Diet—Kevin Dobrzynski Troublemaker—Leah Remini If I Could Turn Back Time—Beth Harbison Unstoppable—Bill Nye An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea—Patrick Untamed—S.C. Stephens Taylor Warheart—Terry Goodkind It Happened One Wedding—Julie James We Were Brothers—Barry Moser Jerry on Jerry—Dennis McNally Wildflower—Drew Barrymore Left Drowning—Jessica Park Winter Street—Elin Hilderbrand Let Them Eat Cake—Gesine Bullock-Prado Little Book of Skin Care—Charlotte Cho Little Victories—Jason Gay (Continued on page 6) (Continued from page 5) Wolf Winter—Cecilia Ekback I Funny TV (Juv)—James Patterson The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine— I Really Like Slop (E)—Mo Willems Alexander McCall Smith Inside Out (Juv)—Suzanne Francis Worthy—Catherine Ryan Hyde It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! (E)—Laura Joffe Numeroff Easy, Juvenile, and YA Books The King and the Sea (Juv)—Heinz Janisch The 100 (YA)—Kass Morgan Last Stop on Market Street (E)—Matt De La Alice in Zombieland (YA) - Gena Showalter Pena All American Boys (YA)—Jason Reynolds Lenny & Lucy (E)—Philip C. Stead Ascend (YA)—Amanda Hocking Leo (E)—Mac Barnett Auggie & Me (Juv)—R.J. Palacio Life During the Industrial Revolution (Juv)— The Babysitters Club 1, 2, & 3—Ann M. Julia Garstecki Martin Life in Colonial America (Juv)—Julia Battle Bunny (E)—Jon Scieszka Garstecki Becoming Maria (YA)—Sonia Manzano Lumberjanes 1 & 2 (Juv)—Noelle Stevenson Big Bear Little Chair (E)—Lizi Boyd A Mad Zombie Party (YA)—Gena Showalter Big Nate: Welcome to My World (Juv) - MARTians (YA)—Blythe Woolston Lincoln Peirce The Marvels (Juv)—Brian Selznick The Boy on the Porch (Juv)—Sharon Creech The Masked Truth (YA)—Kelley Armstrong Caught Stealing (Juv)—Jake Maddox Max (Juv)—Boaz Yakin The Christmas Wish (E)—Lori Evert Moonshot (E)—Brian Floca Crenshaw (Juv)—Katherine Applegate Most Dangerous (YA)—Steve Sheinkin Day 21 (YA)—Kass Morgan Mr. Wuffles! (E)—David Weisner The Diamond of Darkhold (Juv)—Jeanne My Diary from the Edge of the World (Juv)— Duprau Jodi Lynn Anderson The Dog That Nino Didn’t Have (E)—Edward Nature Attacks! (Juv)—Lauren Tarshis Van De Vendel The Nest (Juv)—Kenneth Oppel Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library (Juv)— Nick and Tessa’s Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove Chris Grabenstein (Juv)—Bob Pflugfelder First 100 Words (E)—Paddy Bicknell Books Nimona (YA)—Noelle Stevenson Friends for Life (Juv)—Andrew Norriss The Only Child (E)—Guojing Funny Bones (Juv)—Duncan Tonatiuh Orbiting Jupiter (YA)—Gary D.