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Read Across Maryland
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March is Read Across Maryland Month!
Read 30 minutes every day from March 2 to 31 and enter to win. All participants will be entered into a random statewide drawing to win one of four Kindle Fire HDs or one of four $25 Amazon gift cards. Participants must be K-12 Maryland public school students.
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Announcing the 2014 One Maryland One Book...
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The Distance Between Us, A Memoir
by Reyna Grande
 As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to "El Otro Lado" (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Renya and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to "El Otro Lado" to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradiction of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Programs and events are being planned for the Fall. Watch this space for more details. |
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Kent Island Branch Children's Events
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Read to Rover
Tuesdays, Mar. 11 & 25 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, Mar. 6 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
For Kdg - 5th grade
Read to a dog from Pets on Wheels to develop reading skills and confidence. Please call 410-643-8161 to reserve your time slot or if you have questions.
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Thanks to the staff of Billings & Murphy, DDS, PA for helping us celebrate National Tooth Fairy Day!
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Mother Goose on the Loose 2.0 Fridays, March 7, 14 & 21 at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m. For ages 3 - 36 months with a parent or caregiver Nursery rhymes, songs, movement, puppets and story followed by playtime. This month we will use the new Mother Goose on the Loose app to complement 1 or 2 of our 30+ rhymes/songs. Story Time Thursdays, March 13, 20 & 27 at 10:30 a.m. For ages 2 - 5 with a parent or caregiver Read, sing, play, talk and write about a different theme each week. Stories, songs and rhymes followed by a craft or early learning activity.
Tuesday, March 11 at 10:30 AND 11:15 a.m. For ages 2 - 5 with a parent or caregiver What's so great about a tail? Find out as we meet a few live animals from the Maryland ZOO! Singing and storytelling bring bright, colorful illustrations - as well as new vocabulary - to life in this fun program all about tails! This program is presented for pre-schoolers by the Maryland Zoo and made possible by a grant from PNC Bank's Grow Up Great. Please call 410-643-8161 to register. Please snack before you visit; food is not permitted during zoo events.
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Kent Island Branch Everyone Events
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Art at Noon
Every Saturday - noon to 2 p.m.
FREE and for all ages!
Bring the whole family to practice creative expression using recycled materials.
Led by Artist Glenn Shiring
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Kent Island Teen Events
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Teen Writers
Monday, March 24 at 6:00 p.m.
For grades 6 - 12
Creative writing workshop featuring your choice of poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction. We'll use free writing and specific prompts to complete individual projects. New writers always welcome!
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Kent Island Branch Adult & Teen Events
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Tuesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. Tuesday Nighters Book Club
With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Light refreshments will be provided. Call 410-643-8161 with any questions.
Computer & e-Reader/Tablet Assistance
Do you have questions about a Microsoft Office product? Do you need to set up an email account, but don't know how? Or maybe you have questions about how to download a library book to your e-Reader. We can help answer your computer and e-Reader questions at the Kent Island Branch. Just call 410-643-8161 to set up an appointment today.
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Centreville Branch Children's Events
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Mother Goose on the Loose 2.0
Tuesdays, March 18 & 25 and April 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 10:30 a.m.
For ages 3 - 36 months with parent or caregiver
A program of rhymes, music and movement. We'll use the new Mother Goose on the Loose iPad app by Software Smoothie, substituting the interactive Felt board app for 1 or 2 of our 30 minutes of rhymes and songs.
ZOOmobile Animal Tails 
Tuesday, March 11 at 1:15 AND 2:00 p.m. For ages 2 - 5 with a parent or caregiver What's so great about a tail? Find out as we meet a few live animals from the Maryland ZOO! Singing and storytelling bring bright, colorful illustrations - as well as new vocabulary - to life in this fun program all about tails! This program is presented for pre-schoolers by the Maryland Zoo and made possible by a grant from PNC Grow Up Great.
Please snack before you visit; food is not permitted during zoo events.
Pajama Story Time
Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m.
For ages birth - 5 with parent or caregiver
Wear your pjs and bring your favorite stuffed animal or blanket and enjoy songs, stories and a craft!
Story Time
Wednesdays, March 19 & 26 and April 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 10:30 a.m.
For ages 3 - 5 with parent or caregiver
Join us for books, rhymes and a craft!

Life Science - Bricks 4 Kidz
Friday, April 4 at 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. AND 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
For ages 5 - 13
Explore the fascinating science of living things and build engaging models of creatures from caterpillars to dinosaurs. During this program, kids will explore topics such as how the human body stays cool, the amazing life cycle of a butterfly and investigate the Venus fly trap - a plant that eats bugs!
Registration required. Registration opens on Saturday, February 8.
To register go to bricks4kidz
.com
Registration is online only!
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Centreville Branch Everyone Events
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First Saturday Art at the Library
Saturday, April 5 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
For ALL ages
Practice creative expression while making your own piece of mixed media art using recycled materials.Themes and materials vary monthly. Bring the whole family! Free! Led by artist Glenn Shiring!
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Centreville Branch Teen Events
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Tuesday, April 8 from 5:00 to 5:45 p.m.
For teens 13 - 18
The library wants your input! Come to the TAB meeting and help plan future programs, pick out books and
work on special projects for the library!
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Centreville Branch Adult & Teen Events
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan
Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Book Discussion Group
In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan writes about how our food is grown -- what it is, in fact, that we are eating. The book is really three in one: The first section discusses industrial farming; the second, organic food, both as big business and on a relatively small farm; and the third, what it is like to hunt and gather food for oneself. And each section culminates in a meal -- a cheeseburger and fries from McDonald's; roast chicken, vegetables and a salad from Whole Foods; and grilled chicken, corn and a chocolate soufflé (made with fresh eggs) from a sustainable farm; and, finally, mushrooms and pork, foraged from the wild.
Author Roland Reed
Thursday, March 20 from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.
Something About Maryland Lunchtime Program
Local author, playwright, director and sculptor, Roland Reed, will talk about his first two books. His adult novel, The Driver and His Wife, is about love and gang war in the roaring 20's in North Carolina and the changes it brings to a young couple. His young adult selection, The Odyssey of the Young Dragon, is the exciting and dangerous adventures of a Chinese teenage girl and her younger brother who are taken by force to a distant city and dumped. Like Odysseus, their great challenge is finding the way back home. He will also answer questions about the process of writing and publishing in today's market. Bring a lunch to eat while you learn. A sweet treat will be provided by the library.
 Milkweed for Monarchs with Jim Wilson Thursday, April 10 from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. Something About Maryland Lunchtime Program Due to changes brought on by humans, fewer and fewer monarch butterflies survive to winter over in Mexico each year. Jim Wilson will talk about why we should all be including milkweed in our gardens and how this plant is vital to the survival to monarch butterflies. Bring a lunch to eat while you learn. Dessert will be provided by the library. Seed packets will be available to take home. The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. Book Discussion Group Imagine your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret - something so terrible it would destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others, too. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive...
Computer & e-Reader/Tablet Assistance
Do you have questions about a Microsoft Office product? Or maybe you have questions about how to download a library book to your e-Reader. We can help answer your computer and e-Reader questions at the Centreville Branch. One-on-one tutorial sessions are available. Just call 410-758-0980 to set up an appointment today.
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Jenny is reading...
The third book in the Temperance Brennan series starts with explosions and a war between biker gangs that spans from Quebec all the way down to North Carolina. After two bikers get themselves blown up in an attempt at retaliation, Brennan is the only one who can piece them back together and help identify unknown victims of the gang war. As she works with the police on the investigation Brennan has to use her forensic skills before disaster strikes to close to home.
Other staff are reading...
For a list of the Top 10 Books published this month that librarians across the country love check out Library Reads |
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Queen Anne's County Library
Centreville Branch - 121 S. Commerce St., Centreville, MD 21617 - 410-758-0980
Kent Island Branch - 200 Library Circle, Stevensville, MD 21666 - 410-643-8161
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