Transitions: Middle School – Part of the Sylvan Seminar Series, Thurs, May 23, 6:30- 8pm
Did you know that parents have the most influence on the actions of their teens? Want to know what to expect as your child enters middle school? This FREE, fun, interactive 90 minute seminar delivers advice and pointers on what parents can do to help their children navigate the academic, social and emotional challenges they will face. A short video shows real life parents, teens, and experts talking about what they experience and how they cope in these tumultuous times.
Location: Chesterfield Public Library, Rte 63, Chesterfield, NH
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Time: 6:30 – 8 pm
This is a free event but registration is required.
Registration required. Please contact Sara Mann at the Keene Sylvan Learning Center, 603-358-5151 or by email at sylvan4006@yahoo.com
The Children’s Book Sale and Raffle was a huge success!
We met our goal of $350 for our matching grant for children’s books. A big thank you to our donors and to everyone who purchased books!
Annual Plant Swap w/Guest Speaker Anita Carroll-Weldon – Fri, May 10
When: Friday, May 10 at 6:30 pm
Where: Town Hall, Rte 63, Chesterfield, NH
The Friends of Chesterfield Library are pleased to present the Annual Plant Swap with Guest Speaker, Anita Carroll-Weldon, Director of the Horatio Colony House Museum & Nature Preserve.
All are welcome!!
Speaker: Anita Carroll-Weldon will be discussing Elements of a Victorian Garden
The Victorian era ushered in new ideas about gardens. Using images of vintage black and white photos of a sampling of gardens influenced by Victorian ideas, as well as a few photos of the Horatio Colony Museum garden, Ms. Carroll-Weldon will present design elements that made a garden uniquely Victorian.
Plant Swap and Raffle
Please join us and bring your plants to swap! There will also be plants for sale and a raffle for hanging plants and a gardening basket.
Annual Meeting
There will be a short meeting and election of officers prior to the plant swap.
Consider joining the Friends of Chesterfield Library board of officers. We are always looking for new members. Whether you have time to help a little or to help a lot, we want you!
More Large Print Books Available Thanks to the Chesterfield Lions Club
Thank you again to the Chesterfield Lions Club for its generous donation to purchase large print books! We will be adding new large print books to the collection throughout the year. Here are the latest additions:
A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy
Calculated in Death, JD Robb
Murder Unleashed, Rita Mae Brown
One Perfect Word, Debbie Macomber
City of Whispers, Marcia Muller
Save Me, Lisa Scottoline
Tag Man, Archer Mayor
Paradise City, Archer Mayor
Daddys Gone A Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark
Six Years, Harlan Coben
Midnight at Marble Arch, Anne Perry
Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble, Ann B. Ross
New Materials – April 2013
New Adult Fiction this month:
The Burgess Boys, Strout, Elizabeth
Daddy’s Gone A Hunting , Clark, Mary H.
Don’t Go, Scottoline, Lisa
Fly Away , Hannah, Kristin
Golden Egg , Leon, Donna
Icecutters Daughter (Large Print), Peterson, Traci
Leaving everything most loved, Winspear, Jaqueline
Let the Dead Sleep, Graham, Heather
Miss Julia Stirs up Trouble, Ross, Ann
Midnight at the Marble Arch, Perry, Anne
Nightwoods, Frazier, Charles
No way back, Gross, Andrew
Secrets from the past,Bradford, Barbara T,
Six Years, Coben, Harlan
Starting now, Macomber, Debbie
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, Moore, Edward
Tapestry of Fortunes, Berg, Elizabeth
Unintended Consequences, Wood, Stuart
Woman at the Light, Brady, Joanna
Whiskey Beach, Roberts, Nora
New Magazine Subscriptions
The New Yorker
Real Simple
