Mythology Club for Kids
Mythology Club for Kids
Wednesday, March 14, 6:30-7:30 pm
Each month children in grades 3-5 will read a book on a mythological theme and discuss it. Snacks will be provided and an activity or craft will be made. The book for the month of March is Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park. Caregivers must remain in the building for children under 12. Registration required. Sponsored by the Sherman Family Fund.
Fur, Fins, and Feathers
Fur, Fins, and Feathers
Saturday, March 10, 3-4 pm
In this new monthly literature program, children in grades 4 through 6 will discover animal friends and foes in both classic and contemporary fiction. Participants will read and discuss a different book each month and engage in games and activities related to their reading. Snacks will be provided. Registration is suggested. Sponsored by the Coyle Family Young Readers Fund.
Book of the Month – February 2012
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A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of the September 11th attack. Their fraught deliberations complete, the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winner’s name–and discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into roiling debate about the claims of grief, the ambiguities of art, and the meaning of Islam. “A coherent, timely and fascinating examination of a grieving America’s relationship with itself,” The Washington Post.
Book of the Month – January 2012
The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football by John J. Miller
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In the late 19th century, the game of football only remotely resembled the sport millions follow today. There was no common agreement about the basic rules and it was incredibly violent. Some tried to abolish the game but Theodore Roosevelt , a longtime fan of the game, fought to preserve football’s manly essence, even as he understood the need for reform.
Book of the Month – December 2011
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
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In the early 1900s, numerous Japanese mail order brides came to America seeking better lives. Otsuka’s (When the Emperor was Divine) novel paints a delicate, heartbreaking portrait of these women. Using a collective first-person narrator Otsuka looks at the experiences of these picture brides. “Otsuka’s prose is precise and rich with imagery,” Publishers Weekly.
Book of the Month – November 2011
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
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Immersing himself obsessively in a quirky subculture of competitive memorizers, Foer learns to apply techniques that call on imagination as much as determination – showing that memorization can be anything but rote. Foer’s experience shows that the memory championships are less a test of memory than of perseverance and creativity.
Book of the Month – October 2011
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
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October 14th, The Sudden Departure: Millions of people were plucked from the Earth and millions left behind. The residents of Mapleton start to rebuild their lives as they struggle to hold onto a belief in their own futures. Perrotta is “the Steinbeck of Suburbia,” Time.
Book of the Month – September 2011
When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler’s Journal of Staying Put by Vivian Swift
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After years on the road, Swift decides to put down roots. This memoir is a charming, beautifully illustrated celebration of puttering, doodling, daydreaming, and settling down in a small town on the edge of the Long Island Sound.
Book of the Month – August 2011
Scones & Bones by Laura Childs
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The Tea Shop Mystery Series continues. Amateur sleuth Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston, finds herself investigating a murder which took place at the Heritage Society’s Pirate and Plunder party. Recipes and tea time tips are included.
Book of the Month – July 2011
The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert Weintraub
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For all Yankees fans and lovers of baseball history, this is the story of Babe Ruth’s Yankees, John McGraw’s Giants, and the extraordinary baseball season of 1923.
Book of the Month – June 2011
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It’s 1878, Dodge City, Kansas, at the peak of the cattle trade. This is where the unlikely friendship of Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp really begins – before the O.K. Corral gunfight that links their names forever. “Filled with action and humor yet philosophically rich and deeply moving – a magnificent read,” Kirkus Reviews.
Book of the Month – May 2011
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Schiff brings to life one of the most intriguing women in the history of the world. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. “Schiff…has dug through the earliest sources on Cleopatra, sorted through myth and misapprehension, tossed out the chaff of gossip, and delivered up a spirited life,” The Washington Post.
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