The Library Lowdown
A Publication of the Chester County Library
"I cannot live without books." ~ Thomas Jefferson
March 2010
READ ACROSS AMERICA
Celebrate with us on Tuesday, March 2, when we hold a birthday party to celebrate beloved author, Dr. Seuss, and Read Across America. Our party will begin at 10:00 AM during Storytime. We will read favorite Dr. Seuss stories, color a Cat in the Hat picture, and we even plan to serve read birthday cake! Put on your Dr. Seuss clothes and come party and read with us!
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The Brown Bag Book Club will meet on Wednesday, March 10, at 12:00 Noon to discuss Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. April's book will be The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry. Join us! |
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The Chester County Library Board will meet on Thursday, March 4 at 5:00 PM in the library conference room. |
Our annual Storytime Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Tuesday, March 30, at 10:00 AM. This is a rain or shine event (but pray for sun-shine and warm weather) and all the children need to bring is an Easter basket. All ages are invited and refreshments will be served. |
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FINES ARE BACK! After three months that were Fine Free, we are back to charging fines on overdue materials. |
COMING TO OUR LIBRARY DURING OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM: Leona of “Between the Lions.” Tuesday, June 8, at 12:30 PM. |
FACEBOOK FAN PAGE
The library now has a Fan Page on Facebook. Be our fan, and if you don’t have a Facebook page, check us out at http://facebook.com/pages/Henderson-TN/Chester-County-Library/180628309001
New Arrivals
DVDS: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs; G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra; Amelia; The Time Traveler’s Wife; and Alexander the Great
AUDIO BOOKS: U Is For Undertow; The Wrecker; The Paris Vendetta; Pirate Latitudes; From the Mixed-UP Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; The View From Saturday; The Help; English Majors; Pride and Prejudice; Noah’s Compass; and Sense and Sensibility
JUVENILE LITERATURE: When You Reach Me; The 39 Clues: The Viper’s Nest; The Wolf’s Chicken Stew; The Easter Egg; The Lion and The Mouse; Inch by Inch; The Greedy Triangle; From One to One Hundred; The Magic Treehouse: Leprechaun In Late Winter; How to Build Your Own Country; Sweet Little Lies: An L.A. Candy Novel; The Vampire Diaries: The Return, Vol. 1; Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart; A Walk With Grandpa; The Alphabet War: A Story of Dyslexia; The Sorceress; It’s Called Dyslexia; and 100 Days and 99 Nights
ADULT NON-FICTION: Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin and the Race of A Lifetime; Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage; Homebased Businesses for Dummies; The Italian Slow Cooker; The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From A Country Girl; Brace for Impact: The Search for Meaning in Near-Death and Hope in New Life From Flight 1549; Take Control of Asberger’s; Lunch In Paris: A Love Story With Recipes; We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication; Try to See It My Way: Being Fair in Love and Marriage; The Coupon Mom’s Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bill: The Strategic Shopping Method Proven to Slash Drug Store Costs; Vintage Ford Tractors; Dreams of My Father; The Policitian: An Insider’s Account of John Edward’s Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down; and You: Staying Young
ADULT FICTION: Alice Have I Been by Melanie Benjamin; The First Rule by Robert Crais; Impact by Douglas Preston; La’s Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith; Bloodroot by Amy Greene; Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman; Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky; Roses by Leila Meacham; Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler; Worst Case by James Patterson; Sizzle by Julie Garwood; Kisser by Stuart Woods; Deeper Than Dead by Tami Hoag; Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjelian; Dark Slayer by Christine Feehan; Fantasy In Death by J.D. Robb; Horns by Joe Hill; Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier; An Amish Gathering and Plain Pursuit by Beth Wiseman; Wicked Cravings by G.A. McKevett; The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova; and The Honor of Spies by W.E.B. Griffin
DO YOU HAVE A STORY FOR OUR ORAL HISTORY PROJECT?
Have you lived in our community for many years? Do you have special family tales? Did you survive the 1952 tornado? Did you attend school in a one-room schoolhouse? Be part of the library’s Oral History Project. Make an appointment to be recorded and help keep history alive.