The Library is buzzing with activity this month, upstairs and down.
The teens are gearing up for Teen Tech Week in March with a new blog and a Playlist contest. All teens are invited to join in.
Book Voyagers: A Visit to Narnia is coming to the Children's Room in March and April. With four book discussions C.S. Lewis will take children on amazing adventures in a land of talking beasts with challenges everywhere. more info
On the main floor excitement is building for the upcoming Impossible Missions & Expeditions discussion series sponsored the Friends of the Scranton Library and the Connecticut Humanities Council.
See Ann Ward's postcard photos under the skylight of the Shackleton voyage and her photo of the ship "Explorer" near the checkout desk.
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Impossible Missions & Expeditions
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Book Discussions at the Library
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
1 to 2 p.m.
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
1 to 2 p.m.
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
1 to 2 p.m.
We Die Alone by David Howarth
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
1 to 2 p.m.
Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean
Multiple copies of the books are available at the library.
Registration suggested but not required. Attend any or all of the discussions. For further information call the library: (203) 245-7365. Email your registration to: scrantonlibrary@madisonct.org |
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| NEW Library Book Club |
 Are you new to Madison or are you looking for a book discussion group? The Library is offering a book group for people new to town or others interested in joining a book club. The group will meet the last Monday of the month at the Library at 7:00 p.m. starting Monday, March 31st. The first meeting will be twofold. There will be a discussion of "Triangle" by Katherine Weber as well as a discussion of books you would like to read for future discussions. Clara Flath, the library's Interlibrary Loan Librarian, will get the books for this group. If you want to sign up or have questions, please call Clara at 245-7365, extension 29 or email her at flathc@madisonct.org. You can also sign up at the Library, 801 Boston Post Rd., Madison.
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| Planning for the Expansion |
The Board of Selectmen and the Board of Trustees of the Scranton Library have agreed to take an initial step forward in an effort to bring the Scranton Library expansion proposal to a town-wide referendum later this year. This initial step is the drafting of an agreement between the Town and the Library that defines the role of each in the future should the town approve a bond issue to finance the expansion of the Library.
Stay tuned for more details in the next newsletter. |
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing will be discussed when Sara de Beer, Independent Discussion Leader, leads the first discussion of Impossible Missions and Expeditions on Tuesday, March 11 from 1 to 2 pm.
This is a thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the Antarctic ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world.
Lansing describes how the men in an open boat survived a 1,000 mile voyage across the stormiest ocean on the globe, and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.
To register for the discussion and for further information, please call 245-7365.
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| New Arrivals |
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- You can browse the most requested books in LION, choose a title, click on it, then request it if you wish to read it. Or you can visit the Library to pick up a copy from the Best Sellers shelf.
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