 Spring break is almost here, which means the annual Egg Hunt on the library lawn is coming up, too! Join us at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 7, for games, prizes, and the Easter Egg Hunt the Wallkill Lions Club puts on each year. Also coming up this week at the library: Nicholas Piaquadio, a math honors student at Wallkill High School, will be offering tutoring for those struggling with math Monday through Friday next week, between the hours of 12:30-3 p.m. If your third- to eighth-grader needs help, register to make an appointment. Bring in a sample of problems the day of your session to get started. The Nintendo Game Club meets at 4 p.m. today at the library. The Library Board of Trustees meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the library. Tuesday, Mommy & Me meets at 10:30 a.m., and Book Buddies meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, join us for Egg Decorating from 3-4 p.m. Transform  a plain plastic egg into an adorable decoration with the perfect display stand! Note that the Art Club will not meet this week, but will resume on April 11! Toddler Story Time takes place at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and Book Buddies meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, ages 5 and up are invited to flex their gardening muscles at 4 p.m. with our Seed-Planting program. Decorate your own planter and then plant some seeds in it! Also Thursday, the Knit and Crochet Club meets at 6:30 p.m. The Fiction Book Club meets at 7 p.m. This month's selection is Jim Butcher's Fool Moon. Friday, Toddler Story Time takes place at 10:30 a.m. |
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Local author tops the bestseller lists!
Jennifer Probst has spent years juggling her time between  raising two small boys, taking care of her family, and writing the romance novels she's dreamt of authoring since she was 12.
Her efforts have paid off - her latest book, The Marriage Bargain, recently moved 20 spots up to number 39 on the USA Today bestseller list! It's also number 14 on BarnesandNoble.com and 20 on Amazon!
The book, which takes place locally, is about Alexa Maria McKenzie, who casts a love spell to save her family home. In the process she conjures up her best friend's older brother - a powerful man who once broke her heart.
That man is billionaire Nicholas Ryan, who doesn't believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father's corporation, needs a wife and needs one fast. When he discovers his sister's childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he offers Alexa a bold proposition.
Jennifer is now hard at work on the sequel - The Marriage Trap - which should be available this summer. She'll be a featured guest speaker this summer at the library.
Good luck, Jennifer, and congratulations!! |
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Book Talk group chooses next read  Thanks to all who attended Tuesday night's Book Talk discussion - it was a lively, interesting meeting!
The next Book Talk will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, when we'll discuss Thanhha Lai's Inside Out and Back Again, which is about a girl and her family who flee Saigon during the Vietnam War and move to Alabama. |
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Get your Renegades tickets today! Saturday, June 30, is Geek the Library Night at Dutchess Stadium, where the Renegades will be playing the Staten Island Yankees! You can see the game, get a hat, and watch the post-game fireworks, all for just $15 with the Wallkill Public Library's special FUNdraising package!
To reserve your tickets, visit GadesGroups.com and enter the password, "wallpl." If you'd rather buy your tickets over the phone, call Corinne Adams at 845-838-0094, ext. 217. A portion of each ticket sold benefits the library. Thanks for your support! |
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Tickets available for Broadway show
Peter and the Starcatcher seats are still available!
Tickets for the 1 p.m. April 28 show are $40. A bus has been reserved for the trip down to the city, as well, the cost of which is free for Books Alive! participants and $20 for everyone else.
If you're interested in purchasing tickets, contact Adrienne at dramapearl@aol.com. |
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Celebrating our library friends
Congratulations to Books Alive! directors Adrienne and Jim Perine on the birth of their granddaughter, Phoebe Jane Gelfand, born March 23. You can take a peek at her adorable picture at the circulation desk!
And thanks to Heidi Hill-Haddard for her marketing presentation Wednesday night! What an informative, helpful program! |
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You can make the world a better place
 The focus will be on health and the environment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, when Shawangunk's Environmental Management Council hosts an Earth Day celebration on the library lawn.
The day will center on understanding subjects like climate change and harmful chemicals and what we can do to narrow the impact of such things on ourselves and the environment.
Vendors and organizations that plan on attending include Solar Generation, Master Gardeners from the Cornell Cooperative Extension, Kevin Gremli from Energy Efficient Homes, and many more.
Clean Sweep-Wallkill will be sponsoring a road and river clean-up effort that day, as well. Call 256-0446 if you're interested in participating: volunteers will meet at the library between 9-11:30 a.m.
Snacks will be sold by the Boy Scouts during the event and kids' activities will be available, too!
We hope you'll stop by!
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Fiction selection of the week
 Save Me, by Lisa Scottoline
Rose McKenna volunteers in her daughter Melly's school to keep an eye on Amanda, a mean girl who's been bullying her daughter. Her fears come true when the bullying begins, sending Melly to the bathroom in tears. Just as Rose is about to follow her daughter, there is a massive explosion. Rose believes she has ushered Amanda to safety and rescued her daughter, only to discover that Amanda ran back into the school. Amanda's mother decides to sue, Rose's marriage is put to the test, and when her daughter returns to school, the bullying intensifies. Rose must discover what really happened that fateful day. |
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Research items online, not at Lowe's!  In the market for a new refrigerator? Stove?
How about a treadmill? Wrinkle cream? Allergy medicine? All these and more can be researched BEFORE you hit the stores by visiting ConsumerReports.org. Why waste time arguing with your husband at Home Depot when you can do it in the privacy of your computer room? Yes, you do need a subscription for this online magazine, but, thanks to the Wallkill Public Library, it's free! Stop at the circulation desk or call us at 895-3707 and we'll give you the username and password required to gain access to the site. You can even use your home computer! It's just another cost-effective benefit of the Wallkill Public Library. |
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Latest DVD additions available soon
The library's recently acquired a set of documentaries from the History Channel that are sure to appeal to a wide variety of interests. We're already processing them, so look for them soon in our DVD collection! They include:
- Vietnam in HD
- Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
- Jesus: The Lost 40 Years
- Zombies: A Living History
- Greening of Southie
- The Real National Treasure
- Gettysburg
- Marijuana: A Chronic History
- MLB Bloopers: Deluxe Doubleheader
- Mothers of Invention
- The XY Factor: History of the Wife
- The Battle History of the United States Military
- Johnny Cash's America
- Modern Marvels: Digital Technology
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Libraries and baseball...a perfect match!  What do libraries and baseball have in common? June 30, 2012! That's right - an enthusiastic group of 22 area libraries and library systems are joining together that Saturday night to blend the sports and library worlds and show that they have a lot more in common with each other than they may initially think. After all, we both have dedicated and supportive audiences; we both have products that inspire and motivate; we both boast generations of loyal fans; and the completion of a game...or a book...can bring whoops of joyful celebrating or the occasional Bronx cheer! Our contingent of merry librarians will descend upon Dutchess Stadium on June 30 with Geek the Library Night - playing off the theme of our successful community awareness campaign,Geek the Library, which is the nationwide campaign underwritten by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance community awareness of public libraries, change the perception of libraries, and encourage ongoing financial support so we can continue meeting community needs into the 21st century. We are planning a lot of fun activities that night, engaging the help of the players, the mascots, and, of course, the fans. There will be games, prizes, and lots of surprises! We want Wallkill Public Library to sell the most tickets and and have the most fans in the stands! Please don't miss out on this opportunity to blend your love of sports and your love of libraries, while helping to raise awareness and funds for us - we guarantee you a great time! Tickets are available NOW by going to www.GadesGroups.com and entering our password - wallpl. Or call Corinne Adams at 845-838-0094, ext. 217 to order directly. Think summer! |
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