Chesley Memorial Library is CLOSED on Monday, February 17th for President's Day
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Winter is upon us which means inclement weather can occur at any time as we New Englanders know.
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This Month's Calendar of Events
MAKE AND TAKE CRAFT
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CROCK POT PARTY
Wednesday, February 19
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Bring your crock pot full of your favorite recipe and try out some other recipes from library patrons! The Chesley Memorial Library will be holding a Crock Pot Party for patrons to bring their favorite dishes made in the crock pot. Whether it's dessert or a main course, sharing your recipe and trying new ones out will be a fun food experience.
February 2020
February 2020
SOCK HOP
Wednesday, February 26 at 3:00 p.m.
Jump, dance, and play at our Sock Hop with Color Burst Tiles! Sing along and dance with music from our library Karaoke machine.
The Color Burst Tiles will be left out all day for the kids to play on. We Music will start at 3:00 p.m. at our Sock Hop. We hope to see you there!
February 2020
The Color Burst Tiles will be left out all day for the kids to play on. We Music will start at 3:00 p.m. at our Sock Hop. We hope to see you there!
February 2020
STORY TIME
Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Join the fun with Library Assistant Annette Blake on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.!
Preschoolers of all ages can listen to a story and make a craft to take home. Registration is encouraged but new participants are always welcome at any time.
Please call the library at 942-5472 for more information. Join us for fun, laughter, stories and more.
Please note that if school is delayed or cancelled Story Time will be cancelled as well.
January 2020
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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.
You can sign your young children up anytime before they start kindergarten. Start today!
Congratulations Michael!
February 2020
Knitting with Sharon
Call or stop by to schedule sessions.
Knitting group for all who knit, advanced or beginners!
Do you want to learn how to knit? Do you need help with you knitting projects? Library Aide Sharon Young will provide free lessons at the Chesley Memorial Library. Call us at 942-5472 and leave your name and telephone number. Sharon will contact you to schedule your knitting session at a mutually convenient time.
Knitting lessons will increase your skills and build your knitting knowledge. Come relax and learn!
Do you want to learn how to knit? Do you need help with you knitting projects? Library Aide Sharon Young will provide free lessons at the Chesley Memorial Library. Call us at 942-5472 and leave your name and telephone number. Sharon will contact you to schedule your knitting session at a mutually convenient time.
Knitting lessons will increase your skills and build your knitting knowledge. Come relax and learn!
February 2020
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!
Congratulations Maisie
95 Years Young this Month
Maisie is a long time member of the Senior Cafe
95 Years Young this Month
Maisie is a long time member of the Senior Cafe
February 2020
The Chesley Memorial Library Board of Trustees will meet at the library on Tuesday, February 18 at 11:00 am.
February 2020
The Friends of the Northwood Library will meet at the library on
Tuesday, February 18 at 6:00 pm
Tuesday, February 18 at 6:00 pm
February 2020
Passes offered at the library
Plan a trip to the Boston Museum of Science or the Boston Museum of Fine Arts this winter with one of the passes sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries.
Passes to the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover are also available so you can plan a local trip if that is more convenient. Each pass works a little differently so please call us at 942 - 5472 for updated information regarding passes.
Passes to the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover are also available so you can plan a local trip if that is more convenient. Each pass works a little differently so please call us at 942 - 5472 for updated information regarding passes.
February 2020
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.
February 2020
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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.)
DONUT DAY at the Library!
Saturday, February 29, 2020
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.
February 2020
February 2020
DONATE YOUR BOOKS!
The Friends of the Library are going to have a book sale at the end of April, details to be announced. Call Sue Robertson, for pickup or to find out where to deliver your contributions 603/942-8325. The profits from the sale will be going toward redoing the library's children's room.
February 2020
February 2020
2019 Ladybug Picture Book Award Winner has been announced! |
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To see a list of all the 2019 nominated books, please click here.
Can I Be Your Dog?
by Troy Cummings
Amazon Summary: "This picture book shares the tale of Arfy, a homeless mutt who lives in a box in an alley. Arfy writes to every person on Butternut Street about what a great pet he'd make. His letters to prospective owners share that he's house broken! He has his own squeaky bone! He can learn to live with cats! But, no one wants him. Won't anyone open their heart--and home--to a lonesome dog? Readers will be happily surprised to learn just who steps up to adopt Arfy.
Troy Cummings's hilarious and touching story is a perfect gift for a child wanting a dog, and for pet adoption advocates. It also showcases many different styles of letter writing, making it appealing to parents and teachers looking to teach the lost art of written communication."
Troy Cummings's hilarious and touching story is a perfect gift for a child wanting a dog, and for pet adoption advocates. It also showcases many different styles of letter writing, making it appealing to parents and teachers looking to teach the lost art of written communication."
Afternoon Book Club
The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet Wednesday, March 4, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett.
From Amazon: "Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid, Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her 17th white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another."
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: "Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid, Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her 17th white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women - mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends - view one another."
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/
February 2020
Evening Book Club
The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss "Us" by David Nicholls.
From Amazon: “David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together—and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart.
Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date . . . and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce.
The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie.
Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls’s gifted hands, Douglas’s odyssey brings Europe—from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafés of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona—to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?”
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: “David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together—and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart.
Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date . . . and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce.
The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie.
Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger. Us is a moving meditation on the demands of marriage and parenthood, the regrets of abandoning youth for middle age, and the intricate relationship between the heart and the head. And in David Nicholls’s gifted hands, Douglas’s odyssey brings Europe—from the streets of Amsterdam to the famed museums of Paris, from the cafés of Venice to the beaches of Barcelona—to vivid life just as he experiences a powerful awakening of his own. Will this summer be his last as a husband, or the moment when he turns his marriage, and maybe even his whole life, around?”
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/
February 2020
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.
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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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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.
February 2020
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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
Legos, Magformers and Brainflakes!
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CAT IN THE HAT DAY
Saturday,March 14th
from 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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Stop by the library on Saturday, March 14 between 10:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to visit the Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2. There will be a story read for the kids and treats for all who stop in.
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KIDS - VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS!
4th - 6th Graders Vote
IN APRIL FOR
THE GREAT STONE FACE BOOK AWARD 2020
The Great Stone Face Book Award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th to 6th graders throughout the state. The purpose of the award is to promote reading enjoyment, allow children to honor their favorite authors, and to increase awareness of contemporary writing. To see a list of the nominees as well a last year's winner, please click here.
Did you know that can download eBook and audiobook versions of these books for free? All you need is your library card! Just go to Libby.
Did you know that can download eBook and audiobook versions of these books for free? All you need is your library card! Just go to Libby.
Teens Vote
IN APRIL FOR
ISINGLASS TEEN READ AWARD 2020
The month of April starts the voting for the Isinglass Teen Read Award. The Isinglass Award promotes teen reading by inviting teens to help select great literature. Each year, 7th and 8th grade students across New Hampshire nominate their favorite books and then vote on the top 10 in April. To see a list of the nominees as well as last year's winner, please click here.
Did you know that can download eBook and audiobook versions of these books for free? All you need is your library card! Just go to Libby.
Did you know that can download eBook and audiobook versions of these books for free? All you need is your library card! Just go to Libby.
Teens Vote
IN APRIL FOR
FLUME TEEN READ AWARD 2020
The Flume Award promotes teen reading by inviting teens to help select great literature. Each year, 9th-12th grade students across New Hampshire nominate their favorite books and then vote on the top 10 in April. To see a list of the nominees as well as last year's winner, please click here.
Did you know that can download eBook and audiobook versions of these books for free? All you need is your library card! Just go to Libby.
Did you know that can download eBook and audiobook versions of these books for free? All you need is your library card! Just go to Libby.