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This Month's Calendar of Events
Stop by the library on Thursday, October 17 or Saturday October 19 to grab one of these cute little crafts! Choose between a pumpkin, a bat, or a spider to decorate.
Saturday, October 26
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Humor&Harmony is back! The Chesley Memorial Library and the Friends of the Northwood Libraries will sponsor "Humor&Harmony” featuring Rebecca Rule and Cordwood at the Northwood Congregational Church on Saturday, October 26, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Special guest Joel Sherburne from Calef’s Country Store will also be on hand to delight the audience with his own special brand of humor.
Suggested donation is $6.00 per person at the door. Refreshments will be available to purchase and the Friends will hold a silent auction to raise funds to benefit the library.
Rebecca Rule is a humorist/writer who specializes in funny stories about New Hampshire. Rebecca Rule gathers and tells stories and she'll be telling some of her funniest ones for Humor and Harmony. Her latest book is That Reminds Me of a Funny Story: A Memoir, How-To, and Compendium of Yankee Humor. Other books include: Sixty years of cuttin' the cheese : Joel Sherburne and Calef's famous country store ; N is for NH, an ABC book for children and adults with photographs by Scott Snyder; The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever, illustrated by Jennifer Thermes; Moved and Seconded: NH Town Meeting; and Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments, and Outright Lies. She hosts Our Hometown on NHPTV.
Cordwood is a bluegrass and folk quartet made up of instrumental, vocal, and recording artists from Northwood, Durham, and Deerfield. This is not your local neighborhood hobby band. They are a fine group of seasoned New England musicians. Each can hold his or her own at field picking or a back stage jam, and yet, as a band, they present a highly polished on-stage performance. All four members of Cordwood are storytellers and songwriters, creating original material for instrumentalists who can sing and harmonize, sometimes taking the lead vocal, other times hanging back and lending two, three, or even four-part harmonies to a song. Cordwood provides a unique sound to both originals and the covers they perform. Their tunes remain heartfelt and down-home. The band’s material is a mixture of traditional bluegrass, folk, and swing. Cordwood is Wini Scovill Young on banjo and guitar, Walt Kutylowski on bass, Al Pratt on guitar, and Bob Young on mandolin, names you may remember from Big Chicken, The Deerfield Coffeehouse Band, and Fat Hands.
Special guest Joel Sherburne from Calef’s Country Store will also be on hand to delight the audience with his own special brand of humor.
Suggested donation is $6.00 per person at the door. Refreshments will be available to purchase and the Friends will hold a silent auction to raise funds to benefit the library.
Rebecca Rule is a humorist/writer who specializes in funny stories about New Hampshire. Rebecca Rule gathers and tells stories and she'll be telling some of her funniest ones for Humor and Harmony. Her latest book is That Reminds Me of a Funny Story: A Memoir, How-To, and Compendium of Yankee Humor. Other books include: Sixty years of cuttin' the cheese : Joel Sherburne and Calef's famous country store ; N is for NH, an ABC book for children and adults with photographs by Scott Snyder; The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever, illustrated by Jennifer Thermes; Moved and Seconded: NH Town Meeting; and Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments, and Outright Lies. She hosts Our Hometown on NHPTV.
Cordwood is a bluegrass and folk quartet made up of instrumental, vocal, and recording artists from Northwood, Durham, and Deerfield. This is not your local neighborhood hobby band. They are a fine group of seasoned New England musicians. Each can hold his or her own at field picking or a back stage jam, and yet, as a band, they present a highly polished on-stage performance. All four members of Cordwood are storytellers and songwriters, creating original material for instrumentalists who can sing and harmonize, sometimes taking the lead vocal, other times hanging back and lending two, three, or even four-part harmonies to a song. Cordwood provides a unique sound to both originals and the covers they perform. Their tunes remain heartfelt and down-home. The band’s material is a mixture of traditional bluegrass, folk, and swing. Cordwood is Wini Scovill Young on banjo and guitar, Walt Kutylowski on bass, Al Pratt on guitar, and Bob Young on mandolin, names you may remember from Big Chicken, The Deerfield Coffeehouse Band, and Fat Hands.
SOUP'S ON! WITH PIE
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Please join the Friends of the Library on Friday, November 1, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm for their Soup's On With Pie fundraising event.
The prices are as follows:
Small soup & roll $5
Large soup & roll $10
Piece of pie $3
Whole pie $15
Free drink with any purchase
Soup will be served in to-go packaging so you can enjoy it in the cozy library or take it home for later. All proceeds go to the Friends to support the library services.
The prices are as follows:
Small soup & roll $5
Large soup & roll $10
Piece of pie $3
Whole pie $15
Free drink with any purchase
Soup will be served in to-go packaging so you can enjoy it in the cozy library or take it home for later. All proceeds go to the Friends to support the library services.
STORY TIME -
Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Story Time returned last month and it’s not too late to 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.
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.
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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!
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, November 8 at 10:15am.
The Friends of the Northwood Library will meet at the library on
Monday, October 21 at 6:00 pm
Monday, October 21 at 6:00 pm
Passes offered at the library
Plan a trip to the Boston Museum of Science or the Boston Museum of Fine Arts this fall 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.
TUESDAY NIGHTS KNITTING GROUP
with SHARON
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Knitting group on Tuesdays from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm 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.)
2019 LADYBUG PICTURE BOOK AWARD - VOTING STARTS IN NOVEMBER
What is the Ladybug Picture Book Award? Sponsored by the Center for the Book at the NH State Library, this award is given to a picture book that is voted the best of ten titles by children pre-K through 3rd grade.The Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy and honor the best in recent children's picture books. A committee of children's librarians from around the state selects 10 picture book titles each spring. Then, during November, New Hampshire children from preschoolers to those in third grade choose the award winner. The winning picture book is announced at the end of the year. - Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library.
To see the full list of nominees, please click here. We have all nominated titles at the library.
To see the full list of nominees, please click here. We have all nominated titles at the library.
Local Author, COURTNIE J. CHRISTENSEN
"THE FIRE WITHIN THE CULT"
Saturday, October 19 - 10:30 am
She had a wonderful showing of support from those that were able to attend and we look forward to hearing about her future endeavors. Thank you to those that came and offered support for our local author.
The library served homemade, library baked pumpkin bread and other refreshments to welcome Courtnie Christensen at her first book launch here at the library.
The library served homemade, library baked pumpkin bread and other refreshments to welcome Courtnie Christensen at her first book launch here at the library.
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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.
A religious cult, militia conspirators, and an FBI standoff. Can a nine-year-old girl survive them all?
It’s been two years since Sophia’s near fatal accident. Her mom has been promised Zion after meeting and marrying a fanatic religious cult member. Sophia is left to protect her younger sister while facing severe punishments, strange rules, and meetings meant to indoctrinate them. Will Sophia have the strength to break free from this nightmare, or will she be consumed by the lies within the cult?
The Fire Within the Cult is a young adult novel based on true events as seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl. If you love stories of survival and unexpected twists and turns, then you’ll love this novel by Courtnie J. Christensen and Angela E. Powell.
She will be selling copies of her book “The Fire Within the Cult: Based on a True Story” for $9.99.
It’s been two years since Sophia’s near fatal accident. Her mom has been promised Zion after meeting and marrying a fanatic religious cult member. Sophia is left to protect her younger sister while facing severe punishments, strange rules, and meetings meant to indoctrinate them. Will Sophia have the strength to break free from this nightmare, or will she be consumed by the lies within the cult?
The Fire Within the Cult is a young adult novel based on true events as seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl. If you love stories of survival and unexpected twists and turns, then you’ll love this novel by Courtnie J. Christensen and Angela E. Powell.
She will be selling copies of her book “The Fire Within the Cult: Based on a True Story” for $9.99.
For more about this book, click here.
October is
National Adopt-A-Dog Month!
Children were invited to come to the library on either October 9th or 10th to pick out a new family member to take home.
Children got to pick out a puppy to adopt, then take their new friend to the veterinarian for a check up. Each child filled out their puppy's adoption papers and made their puppy a collar with a name tag.
A very special thank you to Dr. Heather Johnson, DVM for giving the puppies their wellness checks before we sent them on their way to their new fur-ever homes!
National Adopt-A-Dog Month!
Children were invited to come to the library on either October 9th or 10th to pick out a new family member to take home.
Children got to pick out a puppy to adopt, then take their new friend to the veterinarian for a check up. Each child filled out their puppy's adoption papers and made their puppy a collar with a name tag.
A very special thank you to Dr. Heather Johnson, DVM for giving the puppies their wellness checks before we sent them on their way to their new fur-ever homes!
OUR WEDNESDAY ADOPT-A-STUFFED-PUPPY DAY WENT BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS!
Our morning Story Time with Annette was a busy and exciting day for all the kids who attended. Almost 20 children showed up to hear stories and adopt a puppy! The vet was in and gave all the little pups a clean bill of health before they got to go off to their new fur-ever homes!
Our Thursday event saw lots of children coming in to choose a new family member to go home with them. We had over 15 children stop by and select a puppy for themselves.
OUR THURSDAY ADOPT-A-STUFFED-PUPPY DAY GOT ALL THE PUPPIES ADOPTED!
CHESLEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE REGISTERY OF HISTORIC PLACES !
Chesley Memorial Library in Northwood was designed by Maurice Witmer, a Portsmouth-based architect known for his Colonial revival designs in the mid-twentieth century. The library is one of the few known mid-century Colonial revival town libraries in the state. Built in 1954, its details include an ashlar granite veneer, a broken ram's head pediment above the entry and knotty pine interior paneling.
See it and other buildings by clicking here.
See it and other buildings by clicking here.
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OPEN HOUSE WITH AUTHOR,
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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. You can listen to his songs here and here.
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. You can listen to his songs here and here.
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, Colie, answered questions about nocturnal animals before discussing all the things that night time animals have to adapt to the darkness. The children went to four different stations to have a hands on learning experience about the animals.
Station 1 held projects with footprints where children attempted to use stamp tools replicating paw prints into moon sand. The Station 2 had children make bracelets with different beads including glow-in-the-dark ones. At Station 3, children and parents got to smell scents and listen to sounds mimicking how a nocturnal animal would. The sounds were created by using two spoons lightly tapped together at different angles from a child while they tried to determine where the sound was coming from. Another challenge here was to take a flashlight and have one child close their eyes while a second child held the flashlight and aimed it into the other child's eyes when they opened them. The goal being to observe the reaction of the pupil in the eye to watch how it changes. Station 4 included the star constellations based on animals where children used pegs or string to make a constellation. See one of the stations here.
The presentation was wrapped up with children sharing what they learned. The final project was 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.
Everyone enjoyed doing the projects and were excited to take home several their projects and free gifts.
A huge thank you to all those that came and participated in this free library sponsored event!
The presenter, Colie, answered questions about nocturnal animals before discussing all the things that night time animals have to adapt to the darkness. The children went to four different stations to have a hands on learning experience about the animals.
Station 1 held projects with footprints where children attempted to use stamp tools replicating paw prints into moon sand. The Station 2 had children make bracelets with different beads including glow-in-the-dark ones. At Station 3, children and parents got to smell scents and listen to sounds mimicking how a nocturnal animal would. The sounds were created by using two spoons lightly tapped together at different angles from a child while they tried to determine where the sound was coming from. Another challenge here was to take a flashlight and have one child close their eyes while a second child held the flashlight and aimed it into the other child's eyes when they opened them. The goal being to observe the reaction of the pupil in the eye to watch how it changes. Station 4 included the star constellations based on animals where children used pegs or string to make a constellation. See one of the stations here.
The presentation was wrapped up with children sharing what they learned. The final project was 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.
Everyone enjoyed doing the projects and were excited to take home several their projects and free gifts.
A huge thank you to all those that came and participated in this free library sponsored event!
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.
Afternoon Book Club
The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the Chesley Memorial Library on Wednesday, November 6, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss “Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living" by Carrie Tiffany.
From Amazon: “In this sensual, witty, and startlingly original first novel, Jean Finnegan searches for her place in a tumultuous world wracked by the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II. Carrie Tiffany captures the frailty and beauty of the human condition and vividly evokes the hope and disappointment of an era.
Billowing dust and information, the government "Better Farming Train" slides through the wheat fields and small towns of Australia, bringing advice to the people living on the land. The train is staffed by irresistibly eccentric agricultural and domestic experts, from Sister Crock, the prim head of "women's subjects," to Mr. Ohno, the Japanese chicken specialist, to Robert Pettergree, a scientist with an unusual taste for soil. Amid the swaying cars full of cows, pigs, and wheat, a strange and swift seduction occurs between Robert and Jean. In an atmosphere of heady scientific idealism they settle in the impoverished Mallee farmland with the ambition of transforming the land through science.”
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: “In this sensual, witty, and startlingly original first novel, Jean Finnegan searches for her place in a tumultuous world wracked by the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II. Carrie Tiffany captures the frailty and beauty of the human condition and vividly evokes the hope and disappointment of an era.
Billowing dust and information, the government "Better Farming Train" slides through the wheat fields and small towns of Australia, bringing advice to the people living on the land. The train is staffed by irresistibly eccentric agricultural and domestic experts, from Sister Crock, the prim head of "women's subjects," to Mr. Ohno, the Japanese chicken specialist, to Robert Pettergree, a scientist with an unusual taste for soil. Amid the swaying cars full of cows, pigs, and wheat, a strange and swift seduction occurs between Robert and Jean. In an atmosphere of heady scientific idealism they settle in the impoverished Mallee farmland with the ambition of transforming the land through science.”
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, October 23, at Chesley Memorial Library, at 7:00 pm to discuss "The Undoing Project" by Michael Lewis
From Amazon: “Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original papers that invented the field of behavioral economics. One of the greatest partnerships in the history of science, Kahneman and Tversky’s extraordinary friendship incited a revolution in Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how their Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.”
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/
Wednesday, October 23, at Chesley Memorial Library, at 7:00 pm to discuss "The Undoing Project" by Michael Lewis
From Amazon: “Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original papers that invented the field of behavioral economics. One of the greatest partnerships in the history of science, Kahneman and Tversky’s extraordinary friendship incited a revolution in Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how their Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.”
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.
