Library Lawn Sale … April 28, 2012

Library Lawn Sale

Saturday April 28, 2012

8am-Noon

     Library services are increasingly in demand.  This is true across the country, across the county, and in small villages such as Middletown Springs, where the trustees and volunteers continue to expand their efforts to raise the funds needed to support those library services.  In March, they served up the deliciously successful Pie-For-Breakfast.  On Saturday, April 28, 2012, they will host a Library Lawn Sale; a Rummage Sale of up-cycled trinkets and treasures.  Town residents are de-cluttering their own homes to help raise money to make more room at the tiny library.  

     All proceeds of the sale will go to the library’s newly established Building Fund.  This fund holds monies to be used in the maintenance and expansion of the library in its current home, a renovated historic chapel, or in any future location.  Library trustees promise great bargains on housewares, tools, toys, and more. 

     For more information call the library at 802-235-2435.

 

December at the Library

Notice: The Library will be closed Saturdays December 24 & 31.
We will be open all of our other regular hours.

Family Movie Night
Tuesday, December 27 @ 6:45pm
Bring your own popcorn and join us for:
Dolphin Tale (2011)
Based on true events, this family film is about Winter, a young dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap, and Sawyer, the introverted 11-year-old boy who befriends her. Sawyer meets the rescued dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a marine rehabilitation center where she lives. Sawyer rallies friends and family alike to save Winter by convincing a pioneering doctor to create a unique prosthetic appendage to restore the dolphin’s ability to swim.
Starring Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick, Jr. Ashley Judd
Warner Bros.; Directed by Charles Martin Smith
Rated PG; 119 minutes

Where are those garden pictures???

oops… I advertised before I posted photos of the most wonderful garden tour.
Stop back shortly and they will be here.
I will post an announcement to Front Porch Forum as well to alert you.
So sorry,
Kimberly

1 Summer, 1 Town, 800 Books!!

This is the goal. Can library patrons in this town read 800 books this summer? I think so.
As you read, keep track of the number of books you finish. Stop in the library periodically to add your number to our chart.
Are you reading to a child this summer? Those books count. Both you and the child can sign up. The books count once towards our total.
At the end of the summer, we will have a celebration of all the reading that was done in 1 Summer by 1 Town….
Join us.

GLORIOUS GARDENS

Seven of the loveliest gardens in Middletown Springs will be open to the public on Saturday, July 9, from 10am-2pm. Local gardeners have generously come together to offer this tour and the proceeds will benefit the library. Local artisans will showcase their work on the library lawn. Library trustees will offer tea and delectables to refresh after the tour.
The Garden Tour starts and ends at the Library. Pick up a map and tour seven (7) gardens in the village of Middletown Springs; return to the library for refreshments.   Tickets cost$15 per person and include garden tour and tea.
For more information contact Lois at 802-235-2374.

Book Sale June 4 & 5

Join us ….. on the library lawn
Sat, June 4 8am-2pm
Sun June 5 10am-2pm

Our Spring Book Sale is fast approaching… our basement is filled with books and movies which are bound to delight & inform you. The selection is wide and deep. Philosophy, History & Current Issues, How-to & Crafts, Biographies, Children’s books, Teen & Young Adult, Fiction (classics & bestsellers)… at prices which can’t be beat.

We are still accepting donations for the sale through Wed, June 1 of gently used books, movies, audiobooks, puzzles and games. Please, no mildew, textbooks, or condensed editions. Items may be left on the porch in good weather or inside the library during open hours. If you would like a receipt, please ask the volunteer on duty when you drop off your donation.

March in the Library

Movie Night – Fridays at 7pm
Free, bring your own popcorn & candy.

March 18 How to Train Your Dragon PG • 98 minutes; 2010
Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, this action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding traditions of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges he and fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.

March 25 The Blood in this Town Documentary • 80 minutes;
In the thick of America’s economic crisis, the hard-hit town of Rutland,Vermont isn’t waiting for a bail-out. As a struggling small town rallies to save thousands of lives, it discovers it can revive itself. Film by Art Jones.

April 1 Tangled PG • 100 minutes; 2010
When the kingdom’s most wanted – and most charming- bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn’s curious captor, who’s looking for her ticket out of the tower where she’s been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse,an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.

Story Hour – Saturday, March 26 10am
You are invited to a Fancy Nancy Extraordinary Story Hour. Put on your party clothes and come on over. We will read Fancy Nancy stories. Special activities and a snack as well.

PIE For BREAKFAST

Looking for a Cure for Cabin Fever
Look no further…come to PIE FOR BREAKFAST
Saturday, March 5, 2011, from 8 – 11am

The Library trustees have discovered a sure cure for Cabin Fever: Pie for Breakfast. Join us Saturday, March 5, 2011, from 8 – 11am, we will be serving up All You Can Eat PIE For Breakfast with tea, coffee, or juice. The slices are cut thin so it is easy to try many flavors. Pies are both sweet (pumpkin, apple, berry, chocolate…) and savory (quiche, spinach, ham…). $6 for adults; $4 for children 4-12, under 4 FREE. All proceeds benefits the Library. The library is located at 39 West Street, Middletown Springs. For more information contact the library at 802-235-2435 or kbm@vermontel.net.

Library CLOSED today for storm

The Middletown Springs Public Library will not be open today
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 on account of the storm.
We apologies for any inconvenience.
We will open again on Friday, February 4, 2011.
Stay warm,
Kimberly

NEW on the Shelves

New Books at the Library:
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Fall of Giants by Kenny Follett
Room by Emma Donoghue
Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
What is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman
Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

New to the Children’s Collection:
Pseudonymous Bosch (the Secret Series)
Owly series by Andy Runton (engaging yet wordless graphic novels)
Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney (Wimpy Kid book #5)
Knuffle Bunny Free: An unexpected diversion (book #3)