Library News for June 2013
Youth Library News
Summer Reading
Dig Into Reading @ Your Library
The summer reading theme this year is Dig Into Reading. We’ve replaced the regular table with a NILO table so that there can be lots of digging and building sites on it throughout the summer. We have many other events planned to make your summer fun and book filled. The Summer Reading Program is co-sponsored by Hills Bank and Trust.
Monday Morning Movies
Cole Library and Mount Vernon Bank present Monday Morning Movies. This popular program will begin on Monday, June 3 at 10 a.m. Each person attending will get a bag of popcorn and a drink. We will also be drawing for a book at each movie. Movies for June are:
June 3 – Wreck It Ralph
June 10 – Madagascar 3
June 17 – Oz, the Great and Powerful
June 24 – How to Eat Fried Worms
Story Time
Story Time continues all summer long on Thursday mornings at 9:30 a.m. Themes will be related to the summer reading program and will include Construction, Digging Animals, Gardening, and Worms. Story time will be held in the Browsing Room during the summer and will include stories, songs, finger plays and a craft activity.
Lego Club
Lego Club will meet:
Wednesday, June 5 from 2:30-3:30 and Wednesday, June 19 from 2:30-3:30 in Room 108 on the library’s first floor. Call Grace Chamberlain at 895-5940 to sign up.
Teen Library News
Beneath the Surface
The Teen Summer Reading program is Beneath the Surface. Teens can read for the opportunity to earn books. Reading = free books. Stop in the library to sign up.
Teen Movies
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, PG 13 Wednesday, June 5, 6-8 p.m. This 1980’s classic follows high school wise guy Ferris Bueller as he skips school and has wild adventures with best friends, Cameron and Sloane.
Warm Bodies, PG 13
Friday, June 21, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Come watch Warm Bodies at Cole Library. After R (a highly unusual zombie) saves Julie from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Teen Program
So You Want to be a Wizard, Wednesday, June 12, 4-5:30 p.m. Have you ever dreamed of receiving your Hogwarts letter, following Gandalf on an epic quest, or studying alchemy with Nicholas Flamel? If so, come make some magic at Cole Library.
Teen Book Groups
The library teen book groups will resume in the fall.
Adult Library News
Monday Matinee Movies for Adults
On Monday, June 17 Cole Library will host a Monday Matinee Movie. The movie Lincoln will begin at 1 p.m. in Room 108 on the library’s first floor. Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. The film covers the final four months of Lincoln’s life. The film was nominated for twelve Academy Awards winning for Best Production Design and Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. If you plan to attend please call 895-4271 to reserve your seat.
Knitting Night
Knitting Night will continue to meet through the summer months. The library is open two evenings a week until 8 p.m. during the summer. Due to this change in hours Knitting Night will begin at 6:30 p.m. We will be knitting on June 25 this month.
Daytime Adult Book Discussion Group
The daytime book discussion group, facilitated by Treva Heiser, a library volunteer, will meet Tuesday, June 18 from 9:30-11 a.m. in Room 326 on the library’s third floor. The book they will discuss is The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. If you would like to join in the discussion call Treva at 319-535-1087 or just come that morning.
Community of Readers
Community of Readers will meet Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Griffith home. We will discuss The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker.
New Browsing Room Fiction
Life after Life / Kate Atkinson
Halo: Silentium / Greg Bear
Tapestry of Fortunes / Elizabeth Berg
Frost Burned / Patricia Briggs
Bloodfire Quest: The Dark Legacy of Shannara / Terry Brooks
Daddy’s Gone a Hunting / Mary Higgins Clark
Six Years / Harlan Coben
Manuscript Found in Accra / Paulo Coelho
Striker / Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
Family Pictures / Jane Green
Chance / Karen Kingsbury
Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel / Debbie Macomber
Accursed / Joyce Carol Oates
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