November 27, 2015
   



Big Guys Needed to Read to Little Guys
Queen Anne's County Library and Queen Anne's County Schools are delighted to announce funding of the
2016 Guys Read Project by the Rural Maryland Council! 
 
Establishing male readers as role models helps to counter a wide-spread stereotype of reading as a feminine activity. Showing reluctant readers that books can be fun will encourage them to read and use the library. Big guys volunteering their lunchtime will make a huge difference in the lives of little guys. 
 
For the program to be successful we need men in the community to become volunteer readers. Teams of three volunteers will visit each of the six schools, eight times, to read for twenty minutes. Visits will take place for two schools in each of the months of January, February and March of 2016. Volunteers can choose to participate in only a couple or many sessions depending on their schedules.
 
Volunteers are required to attend a one hour training session on Tuesday, December 8 at 10 a.m. at the Kent Island Library or at 7 p.m. at the Centreville Library.
         
 
 
Highlighting a Community Partner
 Delivering the Magic of
Christmas to Children 
 
Select a "bear" from the tree at either library branch. Have fun shopping, then return the unwrapped gifts to the same location by Monday, November 30.

Share your good fortune with a needy child in Queen Anne's County!

For more information www.adopt-a-bear.net
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Kent Island Branch Saturday Art
Mosaic Wooden Box // Wye River Designs
Saturday, December 5 at 3:30 p.m.
Paint a wooden box, then decorate it with mosaic tiles and a wood snowflake cutout.                     
 
 Winter Glitter Snowman Scene // Hanna Kingsley
Saturday, December 12 at 2:30 p.m.
Draw a winter scene with a snowman! Learn basic dimensional shading skills, then add paint and glitter. Each student will take home a framed piece of art that is ready to hang.            
                                            
 
Introduction to Brush and Sponge Techniques // Alex Sabo
Saturday, December 19 at 10:00 a.m.
Paint a poinsettia using acrylic paints on canvas. Learn wet and dry brush and sponge techniques. Each student will take home a finished painting.                                                                     

All Saturday Art Programs are for Kdg. - 5th grade. Please register at calendar.qaclibrary.org



The Saturday Art Series has been funded in part by the Queen Anne's County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council with support from Friends of the Queen Anne's County Library and Eastern Shore Regional Library.

 Kent Island Branch Children's & Teen Events

Teen Writers
Monday, November 30 at 6:00 p.m.
For grades 6 - 12
Love to write? Practice your craft and be inspired by others who enjoy creative writing. Bring your writing tools or use ours. We'll try free writing and themed prompts in your choice of poetry or prose.

Read to Rover
Tuesday, December 8 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 10 and January 14 & 28 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 register for an individual time slot.


Hour of Code with Anna and Elsa
Wednesday, December 9 at 4:30 p.m.
For 2nd - 5th grade
Let's use computer code to join Anna and Elsa as they explore the magic and beauty of ice. You will create snowflakes and patterns as you ice-skate and make a winter wonderland! 

Touch and Play Story Time
Friday, December 11 at 10:00 a.m.
For ages 1 - 5 with an adult
Join us for a story, music, rhymes, and flannel board fun followed by a chance for sensory play with Floam, play dough, wiki stix, pom pom pinchers, and eye droppers.

Cooking for Kids: Hot Cocoa Travel Mugs
Monday, December 14 at 4:30 p.m.
For ages 6 - 16
Measure your holiday cocoa mix with KIHS teacher Rob Glass, and decorate a winter travel mug. Wrap it up for gift-giving or take it home and enjoy your cocoa! Please register at calendar.qaclibrary.org


Welcome Winter Pajama Story Time
Friday, December 18 at 10:00 a.m.
For ages 2 - 5 with an adult
Roll right out of bed and wear you PJs to enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes about the season of winter. Bring a new pair of pajamas (toddler sizes through pre-teen) to donate to the Pajama Program. Special guest appearance and photo ops with Honey Bear! Goodie bags provided by the Pajama Program.  

Holiday STEAM Workshop
Saturday, December 19 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
For 3rd - 5th grade
Engineer a moving sleigh for Santa's Sleigh Race, use circuitry to make a light-up ornament, and wrap up with a LEGO Challenge. Taught by Stephanie Wishart of QACPS and Forward Learning Institute. Please register at calendar.qaclibrary.org

Teen Writers
Mondays, December 21 and January 11 at 6:00 p.m.
For 6th - 12th grade
Love to write? Practice your craft and be inspired by others who enjoy creative writing. Bring your writing tools or use ours. We'll try free writing and themed prompts in your choice of poetry or prose.

Owl Ornaments
Wednesday, December 23 at 10:30 a.m.
For 2nd - 5th grade
Make an owl ornament using paper tubes and baking cups. Skills include measuring, cutting and gluing. Led by QAC 4-H. Please register at calendar.qaclibrary.org


LEGO Free Build 
Monday, December 28 at 2:30 p.m.
For ages 5 - 10
Use our LEGO bricks and your imagination to see what you can create!

Fleece Pillows
Tuesday, December 29 at 10:00 p.m.
For ages 7 - 12
Make a no-sew fleece pillow using squares of winter-printed fleece (provided) and polyester fiber fill. Please register at calendar.qaclibrary.org 

First Signs Story Times with Kathy MacMillan
Thursdays, January 7, 14 & 21 at 10:30 a.m.
For babies to age 5 with an adult
Signing storyteller Kathy MacMillan shares songs and stories while teaching American Sign Language in a high-energy event. Weekly themes will be First Signs, Food Signs, and Family Signs.

Mother Goose on the Loose
Fridays, January 8, 15 & 22 at 9:45 and 11:00 a.m.
For 3 - 36 months with an adult
Nursery rhymes, songs, movement, puppets, and story followed by playtime

Kent Island Branch Adult Events
 

Eastern Shore Writers Association Authors Book Signing and Sale 

Saturday, November 28 

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m

ESWA authors will showcase some of their books, including fiction, nonfiction, children's and poetry. You will be amazed at the talent living among us. Books make lasting holiday gifts and are always the right size!

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. 
Centreville Branch Children & Teen Events 

Mother Goose on the Loose
Tuesdays, December 1, 8 & 15 and January 5, 12, 19 & 26
For ages 3 to 36 months with an adult
Join us for nursery rhymes, songs, movement, puppets and a story!

Story Time
Wednesdays, December 2, 9 & 16 and January 6, 13, 20 & 27
For ages 2 to 5 with an adult
Stories, songs, rhymes and movement followed by a craft.


LEGO Guess and Win 
From December 6 to 19
For grades Kdg. to 8
Stop in and guess how many LEGO bricks are in the container. The closest guess will win a LEGO kit.
 
 

Star Wars Party
Tuesday, December 15 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
For grades 3 to 5
Celebrate the release of the new Star Wars movie! Come prepared for trivia, crafts, and the destruction of the Death Star! Costumes welcome. 
Centreville Branch Adult Events

Afternoon Book Club 
Thursday, December 3 at 1:00 p.m. 
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht is set in an unnamed Balkan country, in the present and half-a-century ago, and features a young doctor's relationship with her grandfather and the stories he tells her, primarily about the "deathless man" who meets him several times in different places and never changes, and a deaf-mute girl from his childhood village who befriends a tiger that has escaped from a zoo. 


 
How America Can Spend Its Way Back to Greatness: an evening with Richard Striner
Wednesday, December 16 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Richard Striner is a writer and historian whose books and articles have covered political and presidential history, literature, economics, film, architecture, and historic preservation. He will be presenting his newest book, : A Guide to Monetary Reform.  Following his lecture on the history of how our money supply has been created from colonial times to the present and his book's contribution to policy debates will be time for questions. 

Winter Wreath Craft
Wednesday, December 30 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Come and get your craft on at the library.  Make and take your own beautiful burlap wreath.
Craft items supplied by the library.  Registration is required.



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. 

What Staff are Reading
Kim is reading...

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal 

Showing the ways in which food provides us with both comfort and community, this novel is by turns quirky, hilarious, and heartbreaking. Each chapter in this startlingly original debut tells the story of how a single dish or ingredient came into one girl's life - culminating in an opulent, emotional feast that's a testament to her spirit and resilience. This is a book you will read in one huge bite, but savor for a long time to come. 
 
Staff are reading...
By Lindsay Mattick

Winter by Marissa Meyer

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Safe at Last by Maya Banks

Into the Valley by Ruth Galm

The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje

A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott

All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani

We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

 
 
 
For a list of the Top 10 Books published this month that librarians 
across the country love check out Library Reads.
 
 
 
Did you know?
    The Library is CLOSED today - Friday, November 27

Please try to shop and eat out "local" on
Saturday, November 30! 
 
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