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This Month's Calendar of Events
MAKE AND TAKE CRAFT
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Sign your kids up to participate in the "1000 Books Before Kindergarten Club"
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Give your child the tools to become a successful reader! Join the “1000 Books Club” sponsored by the Chesley Memorial Library with help from Northwood School teachers. The program is open to any child from birth to the start of kindergarten. Reading aloud to children at birth strengthens their language skills and builds their vocabulary – two important tools for learning to read when they enter kindergarten. Stop by the Chesley Memorial Library to register your child, learn more about the program, and receive a free canvas book bag for registering.
AUTHOR, COURTNIE J. CHRISTENSEN
"THE FIRE WITHIN THE CULT"
Saturday, October 19
10:30am
Courtnie Christensen is a first-time author & business owner. It has been her mission to share her story with the world since she was a teenager. The Fire Within the Cult is her first published novel. Courtnie likes to travel and enjoys the company of her close friends and family.
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For more about this book, click here.
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LOCAL WRITERS
Local writers — whether beginner, much published, or somewhere in between — are invited to attend free weekly writers’ workshop on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at the Chesley Memorial Library. Sessions include group critique, writing exercises, and craft discussion. Some participants may want to come early or stay late for some quiet writing time. All genres welcome. Get some writing done this year, learn from each other, and have some fun, too! Local writers will take turns leading the group sessions.
SENIOR CAFÉ
The Senior Café meets every Monday from 1:00-2:30 pm. so drop by to enjoy some delicious treats and a cup of tea or coffee while you socialize. You might even want to come early or stay later to check out the library’s books, movies, or magazines!
The Chesley Memorial Library Board of Trustees will meet at the library on Friday, October 11 at 10:15am.
The Friends of the Northwood Library will meet at the library on Monday, September 23 at 6:00pm
You can sign your young children up anytime before they start kindergarten. Start today!
Passes offered at the library
The Chesley Memorial Library has passes to the Boston Museum of Science, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts courtesy of Friends of the Northwood Libraries.
Want to stay in New Hampshire? We now also have the Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover, NH thanks to help from the Friends of the Northwood Libraries. Each pass works a little differently so call us at 942-5472 for updated information regarding passes.
Want to stay in New Hampshire? We now also have the Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover, NH thanks to help from the Friends of the Northwood Libraries. Each pass works a little differently so call us at 942-5472 for updated information regarding passes.
TUESDAY NIGHTS KNITTING GROUP
with SHARON
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Knitting group on Tuesdays from 4:30pm to 6:30pm for all who knit, advanced or beginners!
Drop-ins are always welcome or you can call 942-5472 to schedule a session at a mutually convenient time.
Sharon is here to help you with your creations!
Drop-ins are always welcome or you can call 942-5472 to schedule a session at a mutually convenient time.
Sharon is here to help you with your creations!
ONE-ON-ONE GENEALOGY SESSIONS
Discover your ancestors with Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online! Ancestry Library Edition is available at the Chesley Memorial Library; HeritageQuest Online can be used at the library and at home.
For instructions on how to access HeritageQuest Online from click here.
If you need help navigating the genealogy databases, join local amateur genealogist Nancy Borman for FREE one-on-one genealogy sessions (beginning-level instruction) using Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest, and other sources.
For instructions on how to access HeritageQuest Online from click here.
If you need help navigating the genealogy databases, join local amateur genealogist Nancy Borman for FREE one-on-one genealogy sessions (beginning-level instruction) using Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest, and other sources.
Please email Nancy at nancy.genealogy7@gmail.com to schedule your one-hour session at a mutually convenient time. Sessions will be held at the Chesley Memorial Library. If you do not have email, call us at 942-5472 and we will forward your contact information to Nancy.
Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest are both sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries.
Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest are both sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries.
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Availability of ancestry.com and HeritageQuest is provided by the Friends of the Library.
Heritage Quest is also available for you to use from home or in the library. A password is required to access this website.
Call us at 603-942-5472 for the required password. (Available to library patrons in good standing.)
Heritage Quest is also available for you to use from home or in the library. A password is required to access this website.
Call us at 603-942-5472 for the required password. (Available to library patrons in good standing.)
OPEN HOUSE WITH AUTHOR, AARON RISI
Saturday, September 21
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The Chesley Memorial Library held a special Open House on Saturday, September 21, to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month.
We were joined by New Hampshire author, Aaron Risi, who read from his new book “A Moose with a Uke” and played his ukulele to provide lots of entertainment.
The children also got to try their hand at playing a ukulele with some instructions from Mr. Risi.
After the reading and the ukulele tries, children got a chance to draw Monty the Moose and his ukulele with some instructional help from Mr. Risi.
The children really seemed to like the reading and the book as well as the activities he provided for the them.
The adults and children also got to enjoy some wonderful cake and refreshments at the library for our Open House.
We were joined by New Hampshire author, Aaron Risi, who read from his new book “A Moose with a Uke” and played his ukulele to provide lots of entertainment.
The children also got to try their hand at playing a ukulele with some instructions from Mr. Risi.
After the reading and the ukulele tries, children got a chance to draw Monty the Moose and his ukulele with some instructional help from Mr. Risi.
The children really seemed to like the reading and the book as well as the activities he provided for the them.
The adults and children also got to enjoy some wonderful cake and refreshments at the library for our Open House.
Nocturnal Animals at the Masonic Hall was fun for all!
Dover Children’s Museum presented a wonderful children’s program of nocturnal animals for our Chesley Memorial Library at the Masonic Hall on Friday, September 20.
The presenter was very friendly and able to have several children answer questions about nocturnal animals before discussing all the things night time animals have to adapt to the darkness.
She then had the children go around to four different stations to have a hands on learning experience about the animals.
One station included the constellations that are based on animals. A second station worked with footprints and had children attempt to make the stamp set prints into moon sand. The third station had children make bracelets with different beads including glow-in-the-dark ones. At the fourth and final station, children and parents got to try scents and sounds as a nocturnal animal would. Learning the specific scents and trying to identify them. The sounds were two spoons lightly tapped together at different angles from a child while they tried to determine where the sound was coming from and if they were correct in their guesses.
The presentation was wrapped up with children sharing what they learned before they were making circuits to light up their very own constellation drawings! There were several wonderfully decorated, colored, and lit up images from all the children who participated.
All the children that came were very happy and excited to take home several of their projects and free gifts that were given to them during the presentation.
A huge thank you to all those that came and participated in this free library sponsored event!
The presenter was very friendly and able to have several children answer questions about nocturnal animals before discussing all the things night time animals have to adapt to the darkness.
She then had the children go around to four different stations to have a hands on learning experience about the animals.
One station included the constellations that are based on animals. A second station worked with footprints and had children attempt to make the stamp set prints into moon sand. The third station had children make bracelets with different beads including glow-in-the-dark ones. At the fourth and final station, children and parents got to try scents and sounds as a nocturnal animal would. Learning the specific scents and trying to identify them. The sounds were two spoons lightly tapped together at different angles from a child while they tried to determine where the sound was coming from and if they were correct in their guesses.
The presentation was wrapped up with children sharing what they learned before they were making circuits to light up their very own constellation drawings! There were several wonderfully decorated, colored, and lit up images from all the children who participated.
All the children that came were very happy and excited to take home several of their projects and free gifts that were given to them during the presentation.
A huge thank you to all those that came and participated in this free library sponsored event!
September is Library Card Sign-up Month!
The Chesley Memorial Library will offer free replacement library cards all month long and will also participate in the annual Granite State Library Card Challenge to see if our library can sign up more new patrons during the month of September than other New Hampshire libraries. You already know the library is a great place to be, but share that message with your friends and neighbors!
Remember that it’s never too late for your first library card! You can also participate in ALA’s #GetLibraryCarded Promotion!
How?
Share a photo of yourself with your library card for the chance to win $100. Help us spread the word about the value of libraries this September by snapping a picture with your library card and posting it to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #GetLibraryCarded. You'll be automatically entered in a drawing to win a $100 Visa gift card! Entries can also be submitted by posting as a comment or wall post on the I Love Libraries Facebook page. Don't forget to cover up any personally identifiable information! The promotion begins Sunday, September 1, at noon CT and ends Sunday, September 22, at noon CT. Librarians and library lovers are encouraged to participate!
Remember that it’s never too late for your first library card! You can also participate in ALA’s #GetLibraryCarded Promotion!
How?
Share a photo of yourself with your library card for the chance to win $100. Help us spread the word about the value of libraries this September by snapping a picture with your library card and posting it to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #GetLibraryCarded. You'll be automatically entered in a drawing to win a $100 Visa gift card! Entries can also be submitted by posting as a comment or wall post on the I Love Libraries Facebook page. Don't forget to cover up any personally identifiable information! The promotion begins Sunday, September 1, at noon CT and ends Sunday, September 22, at noon CT. Librarians and library lovers are encouraged to participate!
BATTLE OF THE BOOK LAUNCHES!
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It was a Mother/Daughter Face-Off between Two Granite State Authors!
Champion of Yankee culture, weighing in at over a dozen books with fat awards, Rebecca Rule launched "THAT REMINDS ME OF A FUNNY STORY", a memoir/storytelling how-to/compendium of Yankee humor. Appropriate for all ages, but especially grown-ups.
Champion of Yankee culture, weighing in at over a dozen books with fat awards, Rebecca Rule launched "THAT REMINDS ME OF A FUNNY STORY", a memoir/storytelling how-to/compendium of Yankee humor. Appropriate for all ages, but especially grown-ups.
Wielding princess power and the magic of friendship, weighing in at three books with sparkly covers, was Adi Rule! She launched "HEARTS OF ICE", a wintry fantasy perfect for ages 8-12 and anyone young at heart.
The event was well attended with people of all ages.
Yankee and Princess/Prince costumes appeared here and there.
To read more about the authors and their books, click here.
The event was well attended with people of all ages.
Yankee and Princess/Prince costumes appeared here and there.
To read more about the authors and their books, click here.
TEDDY BEAR SLEEPOVER
Friday Evening, August 16
Children and parents listen to Garden stories
Thank You for joining us at the Teddy Bear Sleepover!
Friday night was the night that Teddy Bears and Friends gathered together at the library for a Garden Party.
Friday night was the night that Teddy Bears and Friends gathered together at the library for a Garden Party.
After everyone went home...
Afternoon Book Club
The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the Chesley Memorial Library on Wednesday, October 2, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss “Blood, Bones, & Butter" by Gabrielle Hamilton.
From Amazon: "Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton’s own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton’s idyllic past and her own future family—the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton’s story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion."
Books that we have read for our afternoon book group over the last 10 years are listed on Pinterest!
Books we have read for our afternoon group:
pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/afternoon-book-discussion/
From Amazon: "Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood, where her adored mother stood over the six-burner with an oily wooden spoon in hand; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey, where she was often fed by complete strangers and learned the essence of hospitality; Hamilton’s own kitchen at Prune, with its many unexpected challenges; and the kitchen of her Italian mother-in-law, who serves as the link between Hamilton’s idyllic past and her own future family—the result of a prickly marriage that nonetheless yields lasting dividends. By turns epic and intimate, Gabrielle Hamilton’s story is told with uncommon honesty, grit, humor, and passion."
Books that we have read for our afternoon book group over the last 10 years are listed on Pinterest!
Books we have read for our afternoon group:
pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/afternoon-book-discussion/
Evening Book Club
The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, August 28, at Blaisdell Library in Nottingham, at 7:00pm to discuss "Before We Were Yours" by Lisa Wingate.
From Amazon: “Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shanty boat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.
Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.”
Books that we have read for our evening book group over the last 10 years are listed on Pinterest!
Books we have read for evening group:
pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/evening-book-discussion/
From Amazon: “Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shanty boat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family’s long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.
Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals—in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country—Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.”
Books that we have read for our evening book group over the last 10 years are listed on Pinterest!
Books we have read for evening group:
pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/evening-book-discussion/
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American Flags worn and torn?Bring your flags that are worn, torn, tattered, and battered into the library for proper disposal during library hours. We have a box to place them in and they will get disposed of properly.
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Northwood Fun Facts
Facts garnered from olde official Northwood Town Reports
For example...
in 1894
The town has 8 hogs.
The town has 336 cows.
The library collected $98.00 in fines.
learn more
in 1894
The town has 8 hogs.
The town has 336 cows.
The library collected $98.00 in fines.
learn more
Notary Services: As a courtesy to our patrons, the library offers free notary service.
It is recommended that patrons seeking notary service call the library prior to their visit to ensure that a notary is available at that time.
It is recommended that patrons seeking notary service call the library prior to their visit to ensure that a notary is available at that time.
Legos, Magformers and Brainflakes!
Available for use anytime the library is open, ask a Librarian to get them for you.
DONUT DAY at the Library! First Saturday of the Month
Homemade, library-baked donuts will be available while supplies last on the first Saturday. Homemade/library-baked donuts will be available while supplies last. The library is open from 10am to 1pm on Saturdays so plan to arrive early and enjoy your donut before you check out what the library has to offer.