Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Latest News: October 3, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News:

Story Time @ the Library will be changing to Thursday afternoons at 4:00. We are pleased that we are able to offer a Story Time with the help of several volunteers. After Story Time, there is opportunity for the kids to play together, for caregivers to socialize, and for everyone to check out library materials.

A new offering this fall is an after school movie for kids, each Tuesday at 3:30 PM. Come and join the fun!

Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. Of course we have books, but we also have other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number. If you need any assistance using the library catalog, please stop in and ask questions, or give us a call. We're here to help!

Did you know you can access the library from the comfort of your own home? You can not only explore the library catalog, but there are also pages dedicated to online resources for kids and teens, plus you can find local historical information through our website, as well as use the library system's databases for research, job searches, and more!

New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.

Titles added to our collection in the month of September include:

Adult Fiction
The Bone Season, Samantha Shannon
The House Girl
Bones of the Lost, Kathy Reichs
Claire of the Sea Light, Edwidge Danticat
The Mayan Secrets, Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry
Blind Justice, Anne Perry
The Whole Enchilada, Diane Mott Davidson
The Kill List, Frederick Forsyth
Night Film, Marisha Pessl
Never Go Back: A Jack Reacher Novel, Lee Child
W is for Wasted, Sue Grafton
MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood
A Hundred Summers, Beatriz Williams
Second Watch, J.A. Jance
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King
The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri

Young Adult (YA) Fiction
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
Rose Under Fire, Elizabeth Wein
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black
The Beginning of Everything, Robyn Schneider

Large Type (LT) Adult Fiction
Under a Texas Sky, Dorothy Garlock
Bones of the Lost, Kathy Reichs
The Mayan Secrets, Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry
Blind Justice, Anne Perry
Robert B. Parker’s Damned If You Do, Michael Brandman
Thankless in Death, J. D. Robb
W is for Wasted, Sue Grafton
Dick Francis’s Refusal, Felix Francis
The Hero, Robyn Carr

Adult Non-Fiction
Creative Photography Lab: 52 Fun Exercises for Developing Self-Expression with Your Camera, Steve Sonheim with Carla Sonheim
Weelicious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunch Box With More Than 160 Happier Meals, Catherine McCord
Still Foolin’ ‘Em, Billy Crystal
Fodor’s France 2013
Fodor’s Ireland 2013
Frommer’s Mexico
Santanoni: From Japanese Temple to Life at an Adirondack Great Camp, Robert Engle, Howard Kirschenbaum, and Paul Malo
Adirondack Churches: A History of Design and Building, Sally E. Svenson
Vedge: 100 Plates Large and Small That Redefine Vegetable Cooking, Rich Landau & Kate Jacoby
Mud Season, Ellen Stimson
Si-Cology: Tales & Wisdom from Duck Dynasty’s Favorite Uncle, Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Killing Jesus: A History, Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard
Sister, Mother, Husband, Dog, (etc.), Delia Ephron
Off the Grid, Nick Rosen
Art on Sight: The Best Art Walks In and Near New York City, Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison

Juvenile Fiction
Look & Find: Cars 2
Look & Find: Hidden Trinkets and Treasures
Look & Find: Olivia
Look & Find: The Invincible Iron Man
Look & Find: The Smurfs
I Survived: The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863, Lauren Tarshis
I Survived: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011, Lauren Tarshis
Big Nate: Game On!, Lincoln Peirce
Ghost Hawk, Susan Cooper
Counting by 7s, Holly Goldberg Sloan
Pi in the Sky, Wendy Mass
Falcon in the Glass, Susan Fletcher
The Spotted Dog Last Seen, Jessica Scott Kerrin
A Bag of Marbles, based on memoir of Joseph Joffo, adapted by Kris (graphic novel)
Ling & Ting Share a Birthday, Grace Lin (easy reader)

Juvenile Non-Fiction
Draw Out the Story: Ten Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics, Brian McLachlan
LEGO Play Book, Daniel Lipkowitz
I Am Roberto Clemente, Jim Gigliotti

DVDs/Blu-ray
The English Teacher
Stories We Tell
World War Z
Epic
From Up On Poppy Hill


Programs:
Scrabblers meet weekly on Wednesdays at 10 AM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.

Meetings:
The Library Board trustees typically meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM. Their next meeting will be on November 15th.

Library Hours:
Monday 1 - 5 PM; Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.

The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. Do you LIKE our library? We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".



Friday, September 20, 2013

Upcoming Library Events

The staff at Bancroft Public Library in Salem are very pleased to announce that we have many upcoming events scheduled. For the kids, every Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 a kid-friendly movie will be shown; and every Wednesday morning at 10:00 Story Time happens. Both are excellent opportunities to have fun with friends and enjoy the Library!

Plus, we haven't forgotten the adults! On Tuesday, October 1st, from 6 - 7 PM, we will be offering a Zentangle workshop for adults. Heidi Hammell, CZT, will be leading this FREE introductory class. The class and materials to complete one tangle are free. Additional materials, to be used at home, may be purchased at the end of the class.

On Saturday, October 5th, from 1 - 4 PM, we will be offering an adult basic computer skills workshop. The primary focus of this class will be to help adults learn how to use the library catalog, which can be an intimidating prospect to those with little to no computer experience. Beyond that, our instructor is willing to help participants with using Facebook, email, and other basic computer techniques as requested. Please bring your library card to the class!

Space is limited for both the Zentangle and computer workshops, so please contact the Library (by stopping in or calling 854-7463) ASAP to sign up.

Finally, we are planning to hold monthly adult/older teen movie nights, beginning on October 15th at 7:00 PM. More details on this will be forthcoming.

Stay tuned for more information about all we have planned at the Bancroft Library!


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

September Book Club Meeting

In September, the Bancroft Book Club read and enjoyed 'THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH" by Allison Hoover Bartlett

A prize winning journalist (the Crime Journalism award 2008) she has recreated the scenes when she interviewed Gekley a known and much-arrested book thief. She also makes vivid his passion for rare volumes, for putting it over on the owners,or the elite, or those who have what he desires. He has grown up with this bibliophilia in a family that cheered his enterprise when he shoplifted at age 6.
Psyching out the rare booksellers countrywide he stole in city after city, on-line and in person. He was knowledgeable, clever, and did thorough research on the dealers as well as the availability and condition of titles he craved. He was addicted. But was he crazy? He often accepted his two or three month jail terms as a time for reading and being interviewed at length by Bartlett. who has a clear probing style and obviously sensitive to his imbalanced perspective as he became more and more confidential. Her patience matched his.
He may have met his match when a dealer Sanderson in Salt Lake City got on his trail as the "detective' named by the American booksellers Ass'n to look into these expensive heists. In San Francisco he stashed books by the thousands with his father, on a deserted terrain called appropriately Treasure Island. With credit cards receipts stolen at Sak's men's department, he ordered by mail but also arrived in person: presentable, well-spoken and just the reliable gentleman to be hired by a top end store or to be handed a package with a $10,000 first edition!
This was an exciting and tantalizing read and insight into the intelligent mind of a brazen crook who never stole; in his view he "got" a book or he succeeded in" finding" the 17th Cty manuscript...etc. He deserved to have his mania satisfied. Such suavity is unsettling. Could one of us understand desiring objects enough to constantly steal??
In discussion we puzzled over the role of the journalist. At what point, and she does raise the question, should she alert Sanderson (she does) or the police (she doesn't. ) Values are not always definable as right or wrong, we debated.

THE NEXT MEETING IS TUES. OCT 1ST

Thursday, September 12, 2013

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!!

Did you know that the month of September is Library Card Sign-Up Month?  



There are so many wonderful opportunities, for all ages, that come with being part of our library!  



Below you'll see a slideshow of 60 Ways to Use Your Library Card...not all of these options are necessarily available at this time through our library, but MANY are. Plus, we are very willing to discuss options for expanding what we have available...the possibilities are endless!



Tell your friends...pass on the word...and stop in to sign up for your FREE library card!!


*We're open Mondays and Fridays from 1 - 5 PM; Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 - 8 PM; and Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. Come in and see what's happening @ YOUR library!





Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The Latest News: September 3, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News:

Our summer programming has ended, but we have a few announcements regarding programs beginning this fall. Story Hour will be resuming on Wednesday, September 11th, at 10 AM. We are pleased that we are able to continue offering a Story Hour with the help of several volunteers. Those volunteers will be taking turns reading stories and offering a simple craft for children and their caregivers each Wednesday morning.

A new offering this fall will be an after school movie for kids, each Tuesday at 3:30 PM, beginning on September 10th. This afternoon movie will also be run by a volunteer, and we are so grateful!


Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We books and other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.

Our library website is a wealth of information! You can not only explore the library catalog, but there are also pages dedicated to online resources for kids and teens, plus you can access local historical information through our website, as well as the library system's databases for research, job searches, and more!


New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.


We added many new library materials added to the catalog in the month of August! Titles added include:


Adult Fiction
The Cuckoo’s Calling, Robert Galbraith
Bomb Shell, Catherine Coulter
Hunting Eve, Iris Johansen
The English Girl, Daniel Silva
Death Angel, Linda Fairstein
Light of the World, James Lee Burke
The White Princess, Philippa Gregory
Mistress, James Patterson & David Ellis
Hotshot, Julie Garwood
The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty
The Last Witness, W.E.B. Griffin
Rose Harbor in Bloom, Debbie Macomber
The Highway, C. J. Box
The Beast, Faye Kellerman
The Companion, R. A. Salvatore

Young Adult (YA) Fiction
Burn For Burn, Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
Fire With Fire, Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

Adult Non-Fiction
Totally Tangled, Sandy Steen Bartholomew
Zentangle Basics, Suzanne McNeill
Taunton’s Wiring Complete, Second Edition, Michael Litchfield and Michael McAlister
500+ All-American Family Adventures, Debbie K. Hardin
The Home Apothecary, Stacey Dugliss-Wesselman
This Town, Mark Leibovich
An Explorer’s Guide: Hudson Valley & Catskills, 8th edition, Joanne Michaels
Yoga For Your Brain: A Zentangle Workout, Sandy Steen Bartholomew
Best Jobs for the 21st Century, Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D.
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, Reza Aslan
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Making Metal Jewelry, Nancy Lee
The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age, Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D. with Teresa H. Barker
2014 College Handbook, College Board Publications
2014 College Scholarship Handbook, College Board Publications
The Butler, Wil Haygood
The Liberty Amendments, Mark R. Levin
Shirley Jones: A Memoir, Shirley Jones
Small Business for Dummies, Eric Tyson & Jim Schell
Starting an Online Business: All-in-One For Dummies, Shannon Belew & Joel Elad

Adult Large Type
Light of the World, James Lee Burke
The White Princess, Philippa Gregory
The Highway, C.J. Box
Hotshot, Julie Garwood
Hunting Eve, Iris Johansen
Death Angel, Linda Fairstein

Adult Audio Books
Sweet Salt Air, Barbara Delinsky
Beautiful Day, Elin Hilderbrand
Inferno, Dan Brown
The Heist, Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
Second Honeymoon, James Patterson and Howard Roughan
Joyland, Stephen King
The Astronaut Wives Club, Lily Koppel

DVDs/Blu-rays
Gangster Squad
Promised Land
Brooklyn Castle
What Maisie Knew
Emperor
Oblivion
Olympus Has Fallen
Mud
The Great Gatsby (both DVD and Blu-ray)
The Smurfs (both DVD and Blu-ray)
Muppet Treasure Island

Children’s Fiction
Pete The Cat: The Wheels On The Bus, based on the creation of James Dean (picture book)
Olivia and Grandma’s Visit, Cordelia Evans (picture book)
Fancy Nancy Puppy Party, Jane O’Connor (picture book)
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat, Anna Dewdney (picture book)
Pet Fairies to the Rescue, Daisy Meadows (easy reader)
Pet Parade, Daisy Meadows (easy reader)
LEGO City: Detective Chase McCain: Stop That Heist, Trey King (easy reader)
LEGO City: Space Escape!, Rafail Katsul (easy reader)
LEGO: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, Ace Landers (easy reader)
Hot Wheels: Double Duel, Ace Landers (easy reader)
The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns, Chris Colfer
Cavemice: Watch Your Tail!, Geronimo Stilton
Thea Stilton and the Dancing Shadows, Geronimo Stilton
Thea Stilton and the Legend of the Fire Flowers, Geronimo Stilton
Rumble in the Jungle, Geronimo Stilton
The Waffler, Gail Donovan
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Chris Grabenstein
Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper

Children’s Non Fiction
I Scream, Ice Cream, Amy Krouse Rosenthal (picture book)
Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skeleton, Meghan McCarthy (picture book)
Bedtime Math, Laura Overdeck
Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song, Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
History Year By Year: The History of the World, From the Stone Age to the Digital Age, Peter Chrisp, Joe Fullman, and Susan Kennedy

Children’s Audio Books
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Kathi Appelt
The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
Listening for Lucca, Suzanne Lafleur


Programs:
Scrabblers meet weekly on Wednesdays at 10 AM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.

Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM. Their next meeting will be on September 5.


Library Hours:
Monday 1 - 5 PM; Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.


The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. Do you LIKE our library? We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".



Monday, August 19, 2013

August Book Club Meeting

For our August meeting we all read biographies (fictional or real) about the lives of wives or daughters of very famous men of the 1920's/30's.

Books reported on included The Aviator's Wife, by Melanie Benjamin, about Anne Morrow Lindberg; Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan, about the wife of of Frank Lloyd Wright; Call Me Zelda by Erik Robuck and Z by Anne Fowler, both about the wife of F Scott Fitzgerald; and Reading my Father, by Alexandra Styron, about her author father.

Much discussion focused on the limitations of these men in their family life, and the effects on those around them. Frank Lloyd Wright especially was portrayed very negatively. By comparison, F Scott Fitzgerald cared for his wife and daughter but his own emotional problems made him destructive to Zelda. While the women were each different, they all lived in our American society during the same years (before the "women's movement") and all were related to very famous men. This provided a comparison.

One book Call me Zelda was the fictional story of a psychiatric nurse who met Zelda while she was hospitalized for schizophrenia, and they developed a personal relationship. The reader described this book as more the story of the nurse's life experience rather than Zelda's.

Our next meeting is Sept 2 at 1pm. You can enter the library through the village office. We would enjoy having new members!

Margery Robertiello



Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Latest News: August 1, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News:
 
Our summer programming for kids is continuing until August 16th. "Dig Into Reading" with us! Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays @ 2:00; Wednesdays drop in between 10:00 and 1:00. Activities are planned with ages 2 - 12 in mind, but all ages are invited to explore the library any time with a FREE library card!! Please see our website at www.slibrary.org/summer-programming for full details.

We are also offering a FREE Youth Zentangle Workshop (for ages 8 and up) on August 13th from 4 - 5 PM. Space is limited, so please stop in at the library or call 854-7463 to sign up!
 
Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We books and other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number. Our library website is a wealth of information! You can not only explore the library catalog, but there are also pages dedicated to online resources for kids and teens, plus you can access local historical information through our website, as well as the library system's databases for research, job searches, and more!

New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.
 
We added many new library materials added to the catalog in the month of July! Titles added include:

Adult Fiction
Deeply Odd, Dean Koontz
The Son, Philipp Meyer
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls, Anton DiSclafani
Sisterland, Curtis Sittenfeld
Second Honeymoon, James Patterson
The Eye of God, James Rollins
The Heist, Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
The Last Original Wife, Dorothea Benton Frank
The Light in the Ruins, Chris Bohjalian
The Eye of Moloch, Glenn Beck
The 9th Girl, Tami Hoag
Tell Me, Lisa Jackson
Beautiful Day, Elin Hilderbrand
Affliction, Laurell K. Hamilton
Unseen, Karin Slaughter
Hidden Order, Brad Thor
Big Girl Panties, Stephanie Evanovich
First Sight, Danielle Steel 

Adult Large Type
Hidden Order: A Thriller, Brad Thor
Bomb Shell: An FBI Thriller, Catherine Coulter
The Newcomer, Robyn Carr

Adult Non-Fiction
The Best Tree House Ever, Maurice Barkley
Keep Out! Build Your Own Backyard Clubhouse, Lee Mothes
Campfire Cuisine: Gourmet Recipes for the Great Outdoors, Robin Donovan
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion, Allen C. Guelzo
The Chronicles of Downton Abbey, Jessica Fellowes and Matthew Sturgis
Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man, Brian McGrory
American Gun, Chris Kyle with William Doyle
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, George Packer
Dad is Fat, Jim Gaffigan
The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart
Saved: How I Quit Worrying About Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World, Ben Hewitt
Wheat Belly Cookbook, William Davis, M.D.

YA (Young Adult) Fiction
Crossed, Allie Condie
Reached, Allie Condie
The Rules of Summer, Joanna Philbin
Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell
Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
Wild Awake, Hilary T. Smith
Grave Mercy, Robin LaFevers
Dark Triumph, Robin LaFevers
The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau
Far Far Away, Tom McNeal

Audiobooks
The Newcomer, Robyn Carr

DVDs
Gilmore Girls, The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Admission
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The Call
The Host
Warm Bodies
Rectify
Quartet
42: The Jackie Robinson Story
A Place At The Table

Juvenile titles:
Mighty Machines: Diggers and Dozers
Saige Paints the Sky
The Fox and the Child
The Dragon Pearl
Gnomeo & Juliet (Blu-ray)
Arthur Stands Up to Bullying
The Land Before Time: Anniversary Edition 

Juvenile Fiction
Lego Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Elizabeth Dowsett (easy reader)
Angry Birds Star Wars: Lard Vader’s Villains, Ruth Amos (easy reader)
Steam Train, Dream Train, Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld (picture book)
The Watermelon Seed, Greg Pizzoli (picture book)
The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt (picture book)
A Tangle of Knots, Lisa Graff
An Army of Frogs, Trevor Pryce with Joel Naftali
The Mouse With the Question Mark Tail, Richard Peck
Ivy Takes Care, Rosemary Wells
Hurry Up Houdini, Mary Pope Osborne

Juvenile Non-Fiction
Science vs. Animal Extinction, Nick Hunter
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos, Deborah Heiligman
The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny), Kathleen Krull & Paul Brewer
Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought), Kathleen Krull & Kathryn Hewitt
Celebrating New York, Marion Dane Bauer (easy reader)

Plus, many gently used books and DVDs were added to our collection, thanks to generous donations. Thanks to all who donated!


Programs:
Scrabblers meet weekly on Wednesdays at 10 AM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.

 
Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM, but are taking a break for the months of July and August. Their next meeting will be on September 5.


Tuesday, July 2, 2013

The Latest News: July 2, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News:
July 1 – August 16, 2013: Summer fun at the library! "Dig Into Reading" with us! Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays @ 2:00; Wednesdays drop in between 10:00 and 1:00. Activities are planned with ages 2 - 12 in mind, but all ages are invited to explore the library any time with a FREE library card!! Please see our website at www.slibrary.org/summer-programming for full details.

Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We have books and other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.

New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.

Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of June include:
Adult Fiction
Trans Atlantic: A Novel, Colum McCann; The House at the End of Hope Street, Menna van Praag;Revenge Wears Prada, Laura Weisberger; Paris, Edward Rutherfurd; Red Sparrow, Jason Matthews;A Delicate Truth, John LeCarre; Joyland, Stephen King; The Sisters Brothers, Patrick DeWitt; A Step of Faith, Richard Paul Evans; The Kill Room, Jeffery Deaver; Ladies’ Night, Mary Kay Andrews; The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud;The Art Forger, B. A. Shapiro; The Silver Star, Jeannette Walls; Bad Monkey, Carl Hiaasen; A Chain of Thunder, Jeff Shaara

Adult Non-Fiction
Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary With the Bard, Laura Bates; Keep it Pithy, Bill O’Reilly; Happy, Happy, Happy, Phil Robertson; Cooked, Michael Pollan; Life Code, Dr. Phil McGraw;Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg; Eleven Rings, Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty; Mom & Me & Mom, Maya Angelou; The Guns at Last Light, Rick Atkinson; The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, Lily Koppel

Adult LT Fiction
The Time Between, Karen White; Zero Hour: A Novel From the NUMA Files, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown; And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini; Silken Prey, John Sandford; A Delicate Truth, John LeCarre; Bannon Brothers: Triumph, Janet Dailey; Pirate Alley, Stephen Coonts; Looking For Me, Beth Hoffman; The Broken Places, Ace Atkins; The Silver Star, Jeannette Walls; Sweet Salt Air, Barbara Delinsky; One Heart to Win, Johanna Lindsey; Choke Point, Ridley Pearson; The Lemon Orchard, Luanne Rice; True Love, Jude Devereux

Adult Audio Books
A Serpent’s Tooth, Craig Johnson

DVDs/Blu-ray
The Num8ers Station; Snitch; Deep in the Heart; Beautiful Creatures (DVD, Blu-ray); Identity Thief (DVD, Blu-ray); Oz The Great and Powerful (DVD, Blu-ray); The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone; Robots; Alpha and Omega; Space Warriors (DVD, Blu-ray)

Young Adult Fiction
The Moon and More, Sarah Dessen; The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey; Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher;Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl; Beautiful Darkness, Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl;City of Bones, Cassandra Clare; City of Ashes, Cassandra Clare; City of Glass, Cassandra Clare; City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare; The Rithmatist, Brandon Sanderson

Juvenile Fiction
House of Secrets, Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini; Star Wars Vader’s Little Princess, Jeffrey Brown (graphic novel); Twerp, Mark Goldblatt; In Harm’s Way, Andrew Clements; Stallion by Starlight, Mary Pope Osborne

Picture Book Fiction
That Is NOT a Good Idea!, Mo Willems; The Dark, Lemony Snicket; Penny and Her Marble, Kevin Henkes (easy reader); A Big Guy Took My Ball, Mo Willems (easy reader)

Juvenile Non-Fiction
The Care & Keeping of You 2, Dr. Cara Natterson; Poems to Learn By Heart, Caroline Kennedy;Deadly! The Truth About the Most Dangerous Creatures on Earth, Nicola Davies; On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein, Jennifer Berne; Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Horse Heroes, Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce

Also, many donations of gently used books and DVDs that are new to us! We are so grateful for these donations.

Programs:
Scrabblers meet weekly on Wednesdays at 10 AM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.

Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM, but are taking a break for the months of July and August. Their next meeting will be on September 5.

Library Hours:
Monday 1 - 5 PM; Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.


The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. Do you LIKE our library? We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".


Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Zentangle for Tweens and Teens


There will be a workshop at the library on July 16th from 4-5 PM:
Zentangle for Tweens & Teens (ages 10-18)  
Stop in or call the library at 854-7463 to sign up. 
Space is limited to 10 participants. 
The class and materials to complete one tangle are FREE. 
Additional materials, to be used at home, may be purchased at the end of the class.

Summer Programming Begins on July 1st!!

Dig Into Reading @ Bancroft Public Library


July 1 – August 16, 2013

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays @ 2:00
Wednesdays drop in between 10:00 and 1:00

**Activities are planned with ages 2 - 12 in mind, but all ages are invited to explore the library any time with a FREE library card!!

{Please note: program offerings are subject to change, at the discretion of the library staff.}


Nature’s Diggers
Monday (July 1): Worm Races
Tuesday (July 2): The Great Gummy Worm Extravaganza
Wednesday (July 3): Dig Into Books Scavenger Hunt
Thursday (July 4): CLOSED
Friday (July 5): Worm Stories and Games


Big Diggers
Monday (July 8): Touch-A-Truck
Tuesday (July 9): Lego Day
Wednesday (July 10): Dig It Up Scavenger Hunt
Thursday (July 11): Movie: Diggers & Dozers
Friday (July 12): Construction Stories and Games


Digging Up A Garden
Monday (July 15): Root Vegetable Print T-Shirts
Tuesday (July 16): Seed Mosaics
Wednesday (July 17): Name That Veggie
Thursday (July 18): Movie: Gnomeo & Juliet
Friday (July 19): Garden Stories and Games


Digging Into the Earth
Monday (July 22): Cave Painting
Tuesday (July 23): The Great Cookie Excavation
Wednesday (July 24): The Underground Times
Thursday (July 25): Movie: The Croods
Friday (July 26): Inside the Earth Stories and Games


Digging Up Dinosaurs
Monday (July 29): Dinosaur Ice Excavation
Tuesday (July 30): Create Your Own Fossils
Wednesday (July 31): Name That Dinosaur
Thursday (August 1): Movie: The Land Before Time
Friday (August 2): Dinosaur Stories and Games


Digging Up Trouble
Monday (August 5): Make Your Own Fairy, Gnome or Troll
Tuesday (August 6): Fairy Houses
Wednesday (August 7): Find the Gnome
Thursday (August 8): Movie: The Smurfs
Friday (August 9): Fairy, Gnome & Troll Stories and Games


Digging Up Treasure
Monday (August 12): Build a Catapult & Seize the Pirate Treasure
Tuesday (August 13): Pirate Treasure Hunt
Wednesday (August 14): Color Your Own Poster
Thursday (August 15): Movie: Muppet Treasure Island
Friday (August 16): Pirate Stories and Games


Want a printable version of this schedule for yourself? Click -->HERE<--


Monday, June 3, 2013

The Latest News: June 3, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News:

Long time library director Peg Culver has resigned from her position as director, and our new director, Susan Getty, began on June 1st. Effective June 1st, the library has revised hours of operation: Monday 1 - 5 PM, Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.

Please stay tuned for upcoming information about summer programming. We plan to have lots going on this summer, especially for our youngest library patrons!

Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We books and other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.

New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.

Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of May include:

Adult Fiction:
Silken Prey, John Sandford; 12th of Never, James Patterson; Manuscript Found in Accra, Paulo Coelho; Fly Away, Kristen Hannah; Dead Ever After, Charlaine Harris; Wedding Night, Sophie Kinsella; Inferno, Dan Brown, And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini
Adult Large Type Fiction:
Taking Eve, Iris Johansen; Best Kept Secret, Jeffrey Archer; The Blossom Sisters, Fern Michaels; Unintended Consequences, Stuart Woods; The Ophelia Cut, John Lescroart; The Mystery Woman, Amanda Quick; Robert B. Parker's Wonderland, Ace Atkins
Adult Non-Fiction:
Waiting to Be Heard, Amanda Knox; Bunker Hill, Nathaniel Philbrick; Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls, David Sedaris
Adult Audio Books:
Dead Ever After, Charlaine Harris; The Soundtrack of My Life, Clive Davis, read by Dennis Boutsikaris; And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini; Zero Hour, Clive Cussler
DVDs:
Silver Linings Playbook; Broken City; Jack Reacher; Cloud Atlas; Guilt Trip; Lego Batman, The Movie; Side Effects
Juvenile Fiction:
Hollywood, Dead Ahead, Kate Klise; Want To Be In a Band?, Suzzy Roche
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909, Michelle Markel; Miss Moore Thought Otherwise, Jan Pinborough

Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.

Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.


New Library Hours:
Monday 1 - 5 PM; Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.


The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. Do you LIKE our library? We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".



Saturday, June 1, 2013

Good-bye and Best Wishes!

Yesterday was Peg's last day as our little library's director. She did not want a fuss made, so we did not make one, but she will be dearly missed!! She has been so much a part of our library's identity for so many years, and her dedicated service to the needs of our community through our library is appreciated beyond words. All of our best wishes in your next adventures, Peg!

We are delighted that Peg will still be remaining on as a staff member...she will be working every other Saturday, and as needed.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

New Hours for Bancroft Public Library, Effective June 1st

Beginning on June 1st, the library will have revised hours of operation: 

Monday 1 - 5 PM
Tuesday 2 - 8 PM
Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM
Thursday 2 - 8 PM
Friday 1 - 5 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM
Sunday closed



Friday, May 3, 2013

The Latest News: May 3, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News:

Long time library director Peg Culver will be resigning from her position as director at the end of May. We will miss her greatly and appreciate her dedicated service to our public library! Filling position will be Susan Getty, a library employee for the past six years.
Effective June 1st, the library will have revised hours of operation: Monday 1 - 5 PM, Tuesday 2 - 8 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 2 - 8 PM; Friday 1 - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.

Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of April include:
Adult Fiction:
Starting Now, Debbie Macomber; Garden of Stones, Sophie Littlefield; Don't Go, Lisa Scottoline; Dark Places, Gillian Flynn (paperback); The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (paperback); The Burgess Boys, Elizabeth Stout; The Next Time You See Me, Holly Goddard Jones; The Accursed, Joyce Carol Oates; The Sunshine When She's Gone, Thea Goodman; Tapestry of Fortunes, Elizabeth Berg; The Hit, David Baldacci; Slammed, Colleen Hoover; This Is What Happy Looks Like, Jennifer Smith; Life After Life, Kate Atkinson; Unintended Consequences, Stuart Woods; The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer; Tuesday's Gone, Nicci French; The Famous and the Dead, J. Jefferson Parker; Midnight at Marble Arch, Anne Perry; The Mystery Woman, Amanda Quick; Walking Disaster, Jamie McGuire
Adult Large Type Fiction:
The Wanderer, Robyn Carr; Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble, Ann Ross; Six Years, Harlan Coben; Daddy's Gone a Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark; Whiskey Beach, Nora Roberts; Midnight at Marble Arch, Anne Perry; Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Fowler; Let the Dead Sleep, Heather Graham
Adult Non-Fiction:
The Duck Commander Family, Willie & Korie Robertson; Voices of the Pacific, Adam Makos; Frankenstein's Cat, Emily Anthes; C.S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet, Alister McGrath; Trident K-9 Warriors, Mike Ritland
Adult Audio Books:
The Autistic Brain, Temple Grandin; Daddy's Gone a Hunting, Mary Higgins Clark
DVDs: 
Parental Guidance; The Impossible; Sid the Science Kid: The Movie (juvenile)
Juvenile Fiction:
Tea Rex, Molly Idle

Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.

Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

April 2013 Book Club Report

submitted by Margery Robertiello:

For our meeting on April 2 we all read "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese. Reactions were mixed! One member thought the author was a "terrific story teller". The book begins with the tale of a very devout nursing nun from India, who finds her way to a hospital in Ethiopia. There she becomes devoted to a brilliant but emotionally damaged surgeon. They become involved, she becomes pregnant, but conceals this until the day she gives birth to twin boys and dies in childbirth. The surgeon, traumatized, disappears. This is high drama, wonderfully told!

In the continuing story, narrated by one of the twins, the boys are raised in Ethiopia by two doctors from India. The contrasting characters of the two parents are fully portrayed, within the background of the culture of Ethiopia and the culture of the medical profession, which is an integral part of the novel.

One of our members found this book out of step with her values and views, and the story itself too drawn out. Another shared with us quotes which she--and we--found amusing. Especially in anecdotes about the twins adoptive father.

We had a good discussion!

For our May meeting we will be reading books by Jodi Picoult. Your choice. New members always welcome!



Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Latest News: April 2, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News (submitted as a press release today)

Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We books and other materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs. If you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started. You can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.

New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.


Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of March include:

Adult Fiction:
A Deeper Love Inside, Sister Souljah; The Dinner, Herman Koch; Power Trip, Jackie Collins; The Night Ranger, Alex Berenson; Deadly Stakes, J.A. Jance; Touch & Go, Lisa Gardner; Calling Me Home, Julie Kibler; Dreams and Shadows, C. Robert Gargill; Vampires in the Lemon Grove, Karen Russell; Schroder, Amity Gaige; Six Years, Harlan Coben; Breaking Point, C.J. Box; Bad Blood, Dana Stabenow; Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, Joanne Fluke; The Pretty One, Lucinda Rosenfeld; Witch & Wizard: The Kiss, James Patterson and Jill Dembowski; Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs; Looking for Alaska, John Green; Night Moves, Randy Wayne White; Lover At Last, J.R. Ward
Adult Large Type Fiction:
The Power Trip, Jackie Collins; Calculated in Death, J.D. Robb; A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy; The Striker, Clive Cussler; The Chance, Karen Kingsbury
Adult Non-Fiction:
Bored of the Rings, Henry Beard; Rachel's Irish Family Food, Rachel Allen; Whitey Bulger, Kevin Cullen; Salt, Sugar, Fat, Michael Moss; The Story of God and All of Us, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett; Getting Financial Aid; Sermons in Stone, Susan Allport; The Virgin Diet, J.J. Virgin; The Bridal Bible; Sum it Up, Pat Summitt
Adult Audio Books:
Night Moves, Randy Wayne White; The Wanderer, Robyn Carr
DVDs:
Breaking Dawn, Part 2; Life of Pi; Red Dawn; Les Miserables; Zero Dark Thirty; Wreck-It Ralph (juvenile); The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (juvenile); Rise of the Guardians (juvenile); Hotel Transylvania (juvenile)
Juvenile Fiction:
Dragonbreath: Nightmare of the Iguana, Ursula Vernon; Knit Your Bit: A World War 1 Story, Deborah Hopkinson; Emeraldalicious, Victoria Kann; Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth, Jane O'Connor; Nancy Clancy Secret Admirer, Jane O'Connor
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Lenore Finds a Friend, Jon Katz; The Price of Freedom; How One Town Stood Up to Slavery, Judith Fradin; A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, Jen Bryant; My Brother's Book, Maurice Sendak


Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.


Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The Latest News: March 5, 2013

Bancroft Public Library News (submitted as a press release today):

Did you know?
We have free Wi-Fi at the library, seven computers available for public access, and we have a coin operated photocopy machine. We have lots of materials to borrow, including DVDs and Blu-ray discs, and if you can't find what you're looking for, we can most likely order it for you from another library in our system. We're the best deal in town! You can even search our catalog online. Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started...you can place requests online using your library card's bar code number.

New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.

Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of February include:
Adult Fiction:
Husband List, Janet Evanovich; Kinsey and Me, Sue Grafton; Fifth Assassin, Brad Meltzer; Daddy Love, Joyce Carol Oates; Tenth of December, George Saunders; Ratlines, Stuart Neville; A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy; Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini; Guilt, Jonathan Kellerman; The Third Bullet, Stephen Hunter; Private Berlin, James Patterson; The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky; Alex Cross, Run, James Patterson; Calculated in Death, J. D. Robb; Aviator's Wife, Melanie Benjamin; The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult; Ever After, Kim Harrison; Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell; Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick
Adult Large Type Fiction:
Suspect, Robert Crais; Me Before You, Jojo Moyes; Touch & Go, Lisa Gardner; Moonlight Masquerade, Jude Devereux
Adult Non-Fiction:
Ten Years Later, Hoda Kotb; Shred the Revolutionary Diet, Ian Smith, M.D.; Saturday Night Widows, Becky Aikman; Mafia Summit, Gil Reavill; Soldiers First, Joe Drape; The Great Charles Dickens Scandal, Michael Slater; Beating Obamacare, Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D.; Beyond Belief, Jenna Hill; Joy of Zentangle, Suzanne McNeill
Adult Audio Books:
The Storyteller, Jodi Picoult; Red Velvet Cupcake Murder, Joanne Fluke
DVDs:
Flight; Dinotasia, narrated by Werner Herzog; Argo; Anna Karenina; Bully; Monsters, Inc. (juvenile)
Juvenile Fiction:
Super-Sized Slugger, Cal Ripken, Jr.; Big Nate Flips Out, Lincoln Peirce; Captain Awesome vs. Nacho Cheese Man, Stan Kirby; Springtime in Bugland, David Carter; Dino School Meet Teddy Rex!, Bonnie Williams; The Candy Smash, Jacqueline Davies; Red Kite, Blue Kite, Ji-Li Jiang
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Taylor Swift, The Story of Me, Riley Brooks; Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet, Andrea Cheng; Ice! The Amazing History of the Ice Business, Laurence Pringle
Programs:
Story Hour is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Hour includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabblers meet weekly on Thursdays at 1 PM. Open to all. Boards are always available. Contact Anita Witten at 854-3238 for details.
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed. Contact Margery Robertiello at 854-3166 for more information.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.Boards are always available during library hours.

Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.

Library Hours:
Monday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Tuesday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Friday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.

The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".


Friday, February 15, 2013

February 2013 Book Club Report


submitted by Anita Witten:

Last month, the Book Club read David McCullough's marvelous Greater Journey, which we discussed on Feb.5th. It's IMPRESSIVE. This tour de force is a history of a century (the 19th) of Americans drawn to Paris for many reasons. Winner of Pulitzers for his biographies Truman and John Adams, the author's ability to dramatize and carry us through those years and over 400 pages is stunning; one reader thought it was too much to handle.
We can look forward to another Pulitzer and, again, perhaps, another TV series based on McCullough output. A tremendous amount of research is attested to by the extensive bibliography. On his view of history he said: "To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure (it was) - an enlargement of the experience of being alive" YES. And: "Writing a book is like being under a spell...almost as in hypnosis." YES again.
Born in 1933 in Pittsburgh, of Scots and Irish background, he drew cartoons as a child, loved school and eventually at Yale studied with John O'Hara, Robt. Penn Warren and was a close friend of Thornton Wilder. In the midst of a journalism career, Sports Illustrated and Time/Life, he switched focus; wanting to tell the "story of people" and said "I want my subject to show "people who were not always inept or foolish". In describing the allure of Paris for Americans, often overwhelmed with admiration of the highly developed culture of the Old World, we share their adjustment and awe. He ranges from the early diplomats of the New World who sail for months on dangerous seas *to arrive to the hopeful artists obsessed with copying in the Louvre and medical students who enjoy the accessibility to cadavers; many of the unknown paupers dying daily.
Pick a famous American artist, architect, inventor, writer, and read his story of learning in Paris: Samuel B. Morse; James Fenimore Cooper; Whistler; Sargent; Mary Cassatt; George Catlin and his tribal companions; Oliver Wendell Holmes, sculptor St. Gaudens, who gets great coverage; and many of our personal heroes such as Mary Putnam, celebrated medical student and M.D. Meet Louis Phllippe who posed for Sargent and then Napoleon III and suffer through the eyes of the beneficent Washburn,US ambassador during the violence of the Communards and the Prussian War. This book carries away the reader.
    
* note- the first steamship crossing was in 1838


Friday, February 1, 2013

The Latest News: Feb. 1, 2013

On Saturday, Feb. 2nd there will be an informal meeting at around 11 AM in the library to discuss ideas about beginning a mother-daughter book club for girls ages 9-13 and their moms. Please spread the word!


The Friends of the Library will be having a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 5th, starting at 6:30 PM, in Proudfit Hall. There are many items on the agenda...we'd love to have as many people as possible show up to discuss and offer fresh ideas. Hope to see you there!


Bancroft Public Library News (press release, submitted today):

Did you know?
Did you know that you can request most any book, and many other materials (think DVDs, CDs, magazines, etc.), from any other library in our large system...for free?! And, it will be delivered to our library for you to pick up! Granted, there are some materials other libraries will not ship out through inter-library loan, but inter-library loan makes the choices available through our library HUGE! Go to our website: http://www.slibrary.org and click on the link for "Library Catalog" to get started...you can place requests online using your library card's bar code.

New Library Cards:
If you need a library card, please come in to the library and fill out our brief registration form. We do require a form of identification, such as a driver's license, and a proof of address.

Some of the new library materials added to the catalog in the month of January include:
Adult Fiction:
Shadow Woman, Linda Howard: Private London, James Patterson; Empire and Honor, W.E.B. Griffin; Political Suicide, Michael Palmer; A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan; Two Graves, Preston & Child; Merry Christmas Alex Cross, James Patterson; Suspect, Robert Crais; Until the End of Time, Danielle Steel
Adult Large Type Fiction:
Collateral Damage, Stuart Woods; Dream Eyes, Jayne Krentz; Last Runaway, Tracy Chevalier; Ironhorse, Robert Parker; Eight Girls Taking Pictures, Whitney Otto; Threat Vector, Tom Clancy; Kinsey and Me, Sue Grafton; Shadow Woman, Linda Howard; Nano, Robin Cook
Adult Non-Fiction:
My iPad; Powerful Partners in Student Success: Schools, Families, and Communities; Creative Solutions to Contemporary Challenges in Small and Rural Schools Across America; Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph Ratzinger and Pope Benedict XVI; Proof of Heaven, Eben Alexander; My Share of the Task, General Stanley McChrystal; Mafia Prince, Phillip Leonetti; Ship of Oak, Guns of Iron, Ronald Utt; Craft-a-Day, Sarah Goldschadt
DVDs:
Under 21 and Filthy Rich; Best of Ancient Aliens; Grizzly Man; Godfather Legacy; America's Book of Secrets: The Monuments; Glee: Don't Stop Believing; Secret Access: The Presidency; Pawn Stars Vol. 5; Pearl Harbor 24 Hours After; Swamp People: Swampsgiving; James Bond Gadgets; Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved; The Amazing Spider-Man; Taken 2 (Blu-Ray); Finding Nemo (Blu-Ray); Frankenweenie; Ice Age: Continental Drift
Juvenile Fiction:
I Funny, James Patterson; Wonder, R.J. Palacio; Goblin Secrets, William Alexander; Captain Awesome Takes a Dive, Stan Kirby; Captain Awesome to the Rescue, Stan Kirby; Captain Awesome and the New Kid, Stan Kirby; The Enormous Pearl Heist, Geronimo Stilton; Thea Stilton and the Prince's Emerald, Geronimo Stilton; Creepella Von Cracklefur, Geronimo Stilton; Star Wars The Clone, Henry Gilroy; Finn at Clee Point, Richard Knight; Inch and Roly Make a Wish, Melissa Wiley; Watch Out, Monsters About, Simon Beecroft; Meet the Monsters, Simon Beecroft; A Holiday With Buddy!
Juvenile Non-Fiction:
Ninjago Character Encyclopedia; The Herd Boy, Niki Daly; Nelson Mandela, Kadir Nelson; Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird, Stephanie Spinner

Programs:
Story Time is scheduled for Wednesdays at 10 AM. Story Time includes stories read aloud, a simple craft, and time for caregivers to chat and kids to play together quietly. Please come in and join the fun!
Scrabble Club meets Thursdays at 1 PM
Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 11 AM. All are welcome. Attendees should enter through the Salem Village office, as the library is closed.
Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 10 AM - 1 PM. All skill levels are welcome, even beginners.

Meetings:
Library trustees meet on the first Thursday of the month at 1 PM.

Library Hours:
Monday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Tuesday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Wednesday 10 AM - 1 PM; Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 PM and 6:30 - 8:00 PM; Friday 12:30 - 4:30 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM; Sunday closed.

The library is located at 181 Main Street in Salem. To reach us by phone, call 854-7463. Our web address is http://www.slibrary.org. We are on Facebook as "Bancroft Public Library".

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Informal Meeting Scheduled for the Proposed Mother-Daughter Book Club

We have a meeting scheduled for the mother-daughter book club we are attempting to organize (click link to see details). Stop by the library on Saturday, February 2nd at about 11 AM for an informal discussion. We're hoping to see who is interested and work out a few details. Spread the word!

January Book Club Meeting

Report submitted by Margery Robertiello, book club member:

Our first meeting of the new year (January 8) was a little different.We all read books of our own choosing in which the story was about a meaningful journey. There were interesting choices:
  • One member is reading Moby Dick (Herman Melville). She said she is about 1/3 through and determined to finish! 
  • Another choice was The Last of the Donkey Pilgrims (Kevin O'Hara) about a 1979 trip through Ireland, and another The Old Ways, a Journey on Foot (Robert McFarland). This led to a discussion of walking not only as exercise but as spiritually meaningful. Something has been lost in our present constant use of our cars. 
  • Another choice, Footsteps (Richard Holmes) written by a biographer, follows the author's journey as he traces the footsteps of his subject.
  • North to the Orient (Anne Morrow Lindbergh), another choice, describes the author's journey over the arctic with her aviator husband in 1931 in a 2-seater plane. She writes beautifully, not about the logisistcs of the trip, but about her own reactions, and the contrast between the life in the the isolated outposts they visit and the "Hi tech" capabilities of the airplane.
  • Two other members reported on books they found disappointing. One was The Shadow of the Ark (Anne Provoost). another Snow (Orkan Pamuk).

For our February meeting we will again all be reading the same book! The Greater Journey by David McCullough. New members are very welcome to join our discussion. Please join us on February 5th at 11 AM.



Friday, January 18, 2013

Mother-Daughter Book Club...Are You Interested?

We're still working out the details for a mother-daughter book club...to meet monthly at the library...for girls ages 9 to 13 and their moms. The purpose of this book club is to have fun! Some discussion, some snacks, and maybe a related movie, when applicable. There have been a few interested people. We'd love to hear if anyone else is interested, OR, if you know someone who would like the idea, please pass it on!

Leave a comment or send an email to sgetty@sals.edu to express interest or ask questions.

Recent Additions To Our Kids' Collection

Recent additions to our kids' collection
 
 
This week, we've added Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson, Finn at Clee Point by Richard Knight, The Herd Boy by Niki Daly, and Alex the Parrot by Stephanie Spinner.
 
Recently, we've added the popular titles I Funny by James Patterson and Wonder by R. J. Palacio...as well as others.
 
New DVD additions are Ice Age: Continental Drift and Frankenweenie.
 
Stop in and check out what's new!!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Book Club Report: December 2012

Book Club met on December 4th, and the next meeting will be on January 8th because of the New Year's holiday. For January's meeting we are to read any book or look at any movie with the theme of “By Foot or by Hoof: Pilgrimages and Journeys of the Spirit”. December's meeting was very lively with most of the members reading “Boomerang” by Michael Lewis. In this book he looks at the economic madness of several countries including the United States. Other countries that he visited and wrote about were Iceland , Greece, Germany and Ireland. One of the members had visited Iceland many times and told us about the negative changes she had seen in Iceland over the years. Most members felt the book was excellent in spite of the topic. Mr. Lewis had a way of making this topic both enjoyable and humorous even though at times it was difficult reading. The other book that members could choose to read was “ In the Sea There Were Crocodiles” by Fabia Geda. This is a fictionalized account of a real young boy who was taken to Pakistan and left there by his mother because she felt that if he stayed in Afghanistan he would be either killed or made a slave because of his ethnic background. The author interviewed the boy but didn’t feel that he had enough accurate information for the book to be non-fiction It is a story about his trip through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Greece before he arrived in Italy at age 15 where he now lives. The book was an eye opening account about what it is like to live in that part of the world and what some of the children do there to survive there. We hope to see you on January 8th at 11AM in the Historical Room at the library. The library is not open at that time so you can come in through the Village Office.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Story Time

Did you know that Story Time is held on Wednesday mornings here at the library? The fun begins at 10 AM. A few mothers volunteer their time to read the children stories, and then lead them in a simple craft. It's a great time...not only for the kids involved, but also for the caregivers to connect with each other while the kids play quietly.

Won't you join us?

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