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Crafting @ Your Library

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Family Movie Screening

Book & Film Discussions

Travels in Haiti

Knit & Crochet Club

Family Dance Party

Poets & Poetry

Read to the Dogs

Preschool Classes

English Language Civics Classes

Used Book and Bake Sales

Socrates Cafe

Schedule Changes

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the Township Administration Building. Members of the public are invited to attend.

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Hardcover Bestsellers

December 14, 2014

Fiction

1. Gray mountain (Grisham)
2. Hope to die (Patterson)
3. Revival (King)
4. The escape (Baldacci)
5. Tom Clancy full force and effect (Greaney)
6. All the light we cannot see (Doerr)
7. The world of ice and fire (Martin)
8. Leaving time (Picoult)
9. The burning room (Connelly)
10. Flesh and blood (Cornwell)
11. The mistletoe promise (Evans)
12. Edge of Eternity (Follett)
13. The Cinderella murder (Clark/Burke)
14. Prince Lestat (Rice)
15. Pegasus (Steel)

Non-Fiction

1. Killing Patton (O'Reilly/Dugard)
2. 41: a portrait of my father (Bush)
3. Make it ahead (Garten)
4. Guinness book of world records 2015
5. Yes please (Poehler)
6. What if? (Munroe)
7. Money: master the game (Robbins)
8. Dungeon master's guide (Wizards RPG Team)
9. Dreamers and deceivers (Beck)
10. Thug kitchen (Thug Kitchen)
11. Ripley's believe it or not
12. You can't make this up (Michaels)
13. The big book of Minecraft (Triumph)
14. Being mortal (Gawande)
15. You can, you will (Osteen)

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ISSUE: # 76

JANUARY 2015

FROM THE DIRECTOR, CARRIE TURNER

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy New Year! We have some exciting programs planned for the year ahead.

I have a number of personal and professional reading/listening/watching goals for 2015. Hopefully, they will be easier to keep than the usual diet/money/bad habits type of resolutions. I hope, for example, to be more adventuresome in the New Year and try titles outside of the usual suspects. The Rosie Project, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gone Girl, The Age of Miracles and I Am Pilgrim, among others, were some of my favorite audiobooks of 2014 and fit this category. I also hope to read more narrative non-fiction like Salt, Wild and In a Sunburned Country.

If you need some reading suggestions, be sure to like us on Facebook. We regularly post book lists and we are planning to host a reader's advisory service early in the New Year through that venue.

Finally, many thanks to the folks who contributed to our annual appeal and to those who applied for the open library board position. Our libraries thrive because of community involvement and the hard work of the volunteers in our libraries and Friends groups and on the library board itself.

See you at the library (and on Facebook)!

Carrie Turner

Director

What I am currently reading: Landline by Rainbow Rowell.

What I am currently listening to: I Am Pilgrim, written by Terry Hayes, read by Christopher Ragland.

For other great suggestions, checkout the January 2015 Library Reads list compiled by and voted on by librarians across the country.

CRAFTING CLASSES @ YOUR LIBRARY

Pre-registration is required for all programs. Participation may be limited by age, class size or space limitations as determined by library staff or instructor.

East Cheltenham branch
Busy Builders: Igloos

Wednesday, January 7 @ 6:30 pm
Ages 6 months to 10 years old

Registration required
Use blocks and imagination to create a variety of structures including an igloo.

Glenside branch
Bands & Bricks
Rainbow Loom & Legos

Mondays @ 4 pm (except January 19)
Ages 5+
Work on your Rainbow Loom and/or Lego project in a group setting and swap tips and techniques. Some supplies provided. Bring your own loom and bands. Legos provided.

Light-Up Felt Monsters

Wednesday, January 14 @ 4 pm
Ages 8+.
Registration required. Space is limited to 15 participants.
Create your own monster with lights.

Beaded Zip Tie Necklace

Wednesday, January 21 @ 4 pm
Ages 6+
Registration required.
Assemble your own jewelry using zip ties.

IN HONOR OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
La Mott branch Wednesday, January 14 @ 7 pm All ages. Poetry, prose and discussion about Dr. King's life and accomplishments. Presented by Ronda F. Sharpe.

FROZEN SING ALONG MOVIE SCREENING
Glenside branch Tuesday, January 6 Craft @ 5:30 pm Movie @6:15 pm Screening Frozen Sing Along Edition (PG, (c)Walt Disney Studios) Space is limited to the safe capacity of the room.

BOOK & FILM DISCUSSIONS

East Cheltenham branch
Based on the Book Film Discussion
Wednesday, January 14 @ 6 pm
Join us for a screening and discussion of The Help (PG-13, (c)Touchstone) based on the book by Kathryn Stockett. Copies of the book are available for checkout.

Elkins Park branch
Book Club
Thursday, January 15 @ 1 pm
Coffee, dessert and a discussion of the short stories "The Key" by Isaac Bashevis Singer and "A Silver Dish" by Saul Bellow.

Glenside branch
Book Club
Tuesday, January 27 @ 7 pm
Join us for coffee and a discussion of Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.

TRAVELS IN HAITI
Elkins Park branch Monday, January 26 @ 6:30 pm Ages 5 to 11 Registration required. Miss Elizabeth shares her recent experiences traveling in Haiti. Participants will explore Haiti's culture through stories, music, crafts and food.

KNIT & CROCHET CLUB
Bring your projects and questions. All skill levels welcome. Elkins Park branch Wednesday, January 21 @ 7 pm Glenside branch Tuesday, January 6 @ 6:30 pm

FAMILY DANCE PARTY
Elkins Park branch Thursday, January 22 @ 10:30 am Ages birth to 5. Registration required. Lots of dancing, instruments, song stories and fun for kids and caregivers!

POETS & POETRY
Elkins Park branch Wednesday, January 28 @ 7 pm This month's featured poet is Lynn Levin, author of *Miss Plastique*. Followed by open mike. Bring your own work to share.

READ TO THE DOGS

Elkins Park branch

Wednesday, January 21 @ 4:30-5:30

For readers up to age 10. Register for a 20 minute reading session.

Glenside branch

Tail Waggin' Tutors

Tuesday, January 13 @ 4 pm

Practice reading with therapy dog Maji. For beginning and reluctant readers.

JANUARY PRESCHOOL CLASSES

Toddler and preschool storytime classes teach creative expression, social skills, listening comprehension, and the foundation of reading and math through stories, songs and finger plays. Some of our classes also include sign language and crafts to reinforce these concepts.

East Cheltenham

Toddler Class
Mondays @ 10:30 am (except January 19)
Ages Babies to 3
Stories, rhymes, music and movement with an emphasis on science topics.

Preschool Class
Tuesdays @ 10:30 am
Ages 3 to 5
Stories, rhymes, music and movement with a craft.

Babies Bop
Saturday, January 17 @ 10:30 am
Ages Babies to 2
Registration requested.
Music, songs, finger plays and interactive books.

Elkins Park

Teensy Tales Storytime Class

Tuesdays @ 10:30 am (except January 6)

Stories, music, and fun for the under 3 set.

Once Upon a Storytime Class
Wednesdays @ 10:30 am (except January 7)

Stories and crafts for ages 3 to 5

Glenside

Toddler Storytime Class

Mondays @ 10:30 am (except January 19)
For children ages 1 to 2

Also open to infants and their caregivers.

Preschool Storytime Class

Thursdays @ 10:30 am (except January 1)
Stories, music and a craft for ages 3 to 5.

La Mott

Preschool Storytime Class
Thursdays @ 11:15 am (except January 1)
For ages 1-5
Interactive storytelling, crafts and songs.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & CIVICS CLASSES

Glenside branch
Thursdays @ 6:00 pm (except January 1) Saturdays @ 10 am (except January 3)

For English language learners who plan to seek US citizenship. Classes include discussion, conversation, writing, current events, reading and more.

USED BOOK SALES

East Cheltenham branch

Used Book Sales

Tuesdays in January @ 1 to 3 pm

Tuesday, January 13 @ 7 to 8:45 pm

Wednesday, January 14 @ 7 to 8:45 pm

Friday, January 16 @ 1 to 4:45 pm

Saturday, January 17 @ 10 am to 3:45 pm

Elkins Park branch

Used Book Sale

Friday, January 23 @ 2 to 5:30 pm

Saturday, January 24 @ 10 am to 3:30 pm
Sunday, January 25 @ 1 to 3:30 pm

SOCRATES CAFE
Glenside branch Thursday, January 8 @ 2 pm Tuesday, January 20 @ 7 pm Join your neighbors in a discussion of provocative issues.

SCHEDULE CHANGES
All branches will be closed on Thursday, January 1, New Year's Day and on Monday, January 19 for Martin Luther King Day.

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