Tea and Conversation

Tea and Conversation

Sunday, September 27th

at the Miner Memorial Library

2:30 p.m.

All welcome!

Bring your favorite teacup!

Hope to see you there!

Miner Memorial Library's 50th Birthday Celebration

Photo: Deborah A. Stone from "Historical New Hampshire"

Miner Memorial Library 

will celebrate its

50th Birthday 

on August 22, 2015

 at 2 p.m.

with a party hosted by 

The Friends of the Library.

Local residents and former librarians 

will share stories 

and anecdotes at the gathering. 

Refreshments will be served 

and attendees will be 

invited to enter a free drawing 

for a gift certificate from 

the Toadstool Book Store. 

Miner Memorial Library 

is located at the 

corner of Rt. 10 

& 2nd NH Tpk. 

All are welcome! 

For information

call 863-5023.

Game Night Is Back!!!

GAME NIGHT IS BACK!!!!!

When:  The second Wednesday of the month at 7 pm

Where:  The Miner Memorial Library

Come join your neighbors for a fun filled evening of games.  

We have Scrabble, Monopoly, Dominos, 

and Several Card games 

or bring your favorite and have a great time!

New movies have arrived, 

as well as some of the newer best sellers.

There will be a book sale on 

Memorial Day Saturday 

along side the 

Historical Society’s Yard Sale.

The library also hosts a Craft Night the 

first Wednesday of every month at 7 pm.  

Supplies are provided.  

It’s a lot of fun!  

Please join us!

Bob Correll, On the Trail of NH's State Dog

Bob Correll will present 

Harnessing History: 

On the Trail of New Hampshire's State Dog, 

the Chinook.  

Sunday

February 15th, 2 PM

at the Lempster MeetingHouse

"This program looks at how dog sledding developed in New Hampshire and how the Chinook played a major role in this story. Explaining how man and his relationship with dogs won out over machines on several famous polar expeditions, Bob Cottrell covers the history of Arthur Walden and his Chinooks, the State Dog of New Hampshire."  Bob Cottrell's Chinook will be present at the hour-long program.

Light refreshments will be served. 

The program is sponsored by the Miner Memorial Friends of the Library and the New Hampshire Humanities Council.

Miner Memorial Library September News!

The Miner Memorial library will reopen

on Sept 10th

barring any unforeseen circumstances.

We’re sorry for the delay.

The book for Book Group this month is

Wally Lamb’s We Are Water.

It should be a very good read.

We have copies at the library for anyone to pick up.

You don’t need to belong to the group

to take this title out and enjoy on your own.

Game Night

will be Thursday night the 11th of Sept at 7 pm.

We always have a fun time

so please drop by for some fun and conversation.

The Afterschool Program,

for grades 1-5, will start up again Sept 24th.

Have your child dropped off by the bus

at the library afterschool, and come and pick them up at 4pm.

We always have a great time reading,

doing crafts

and playing games!

The Friends of the Library will be meeting

at Jon Metz’s house

Wed September 3, 2014 at 7 pm.

The public is always welcome to attend.

Call 863-6925 for directions.

Wildlife Encounters!

Live-Animal Program

at the

Lempster Meetinghouse

 Saturday, Aug. 9, 1PM

Presented by the Friends of the Miner Memorial Library and the Lempster Conservation Commission

New Titles on the shelves at Miner Memorial Library... come on in and check us out!

Here are a few of the titles for our new arrivals section 

Adult Books:

Dust by Patricia  Cornwell

In Dust, Scarpetta and her colleagues are up against a force far more sinister than before.  With unparalleled high-tension suspense and the latest in forensic technology, Patricia Cornwell once again proves her exceptional ability to surprise—and to thrill. 

It's Classified by Nicolle Wallace

From the bestselling author of Eighteen Acres comes a novel with a true insider’s look at the lives of Washington’s political elite. It’s Classified reveals the intrigue and drama that go on behind the closed doors of the White House and opens up a world few have access to.

Black Wind by Clive Cussler

Dirk Pitt teams up with his children to find two WWII Japanese subs that went down armed with a devastating payload: a new biological virus.

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai  (the young girl shot by the talaban for wanting an education)

I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

Junior Books:

Subway Love by Nora Raleigh Baskin

If her parents had never divorced, Laura wouldn’t have to live in the shadow of Bruce, her mom’s unpredictable boyfriend. Her mom wouldn’t say things like "Be groovy," and Laura wouldn’t panic every weekend on the way to Dad’s Manhattan apartment. But when Laura spots a boy on a facing platform, lifting a camera to his face, looking right at her, Laura feels anything but afraid, and she can’t forget him. Jonas, meanwhile, thinks nonstop about the pretty hippie girl he glimpsed on the platform — trying to comprehend how she vanished, but mostly wondering whether he will see her again in a city of millions — and whether if he searches, he would have any chance of finding her. In a lyrical meditation on love, Nora Raleigh Baskin explores the soul’s ability to connect, and heal, outside the bounds of time and reason.

The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales

Sofia comes from a family of storytellers. Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter cascarones, celebrating el Dia de los Muertos, preparing for quincea–era, rejoicing in the Christmas nacimiento, and curing homesickness by eating the tequila worm. When Sofia is singled out to receive a scholarship to an elite boarding school, she longs to explore life beyond the barrio, even though it means leaving her family to navigate a strange world of rich, privileged kids. It's a different mundo, but one where Sofia's traditions take on new meaning and illuminate her path.

Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George

The stories of Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood get a new twist as Petunia and her many sisters take on bandits, grannies, and the new King Under Stone to end their family curse once and for all.

(All reviews from Amazon.com)

Children's Books:

Elmer and Snake by David McKee

123 vs. ABC by Mike Boldt

Face Bug by J Patrick Lewis

Movies on DVD:

Twelve Years a Slave

Captain Philips

Gravity

Dallas Buyers Club

Catching Fire

The Book Thief

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Despicable Me 2

These are some of the new items.   I'll post more in the next few weeks!

Until then,

Bonnie

Monday Night Book Club

Monday Night Book Club

We had a wonderful discussion at book group this Monday night.  

We read The Fault in Our Stars by Green. 

 It was a very touching story of teens with cancer.  

We would highly recommend it. 

This month we are reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage by Harold Fry.  

It is about a recently retired man who decides to walk 600 miles 

to see a woman he hasn't seen in years, 

and his adventures along the way.  

Anyone who would like to read this very popular novel

 can pick up a copy here at the library.  

We will be discussing it on 

March 24th at 7:00 p.m. 

at the Miner Memorial Library.

It's always an interesting evening, please join us!