Tiverton Library News and Events 
September 2016  
Director's Notes
This is your Library! Welcome.

There are many reasons to come to Tiverton Public Library. Sometimes, looking at a picture book with someone special by your side is all the motivation you need. Sitting in the light-filled building, having lunch outside on the Literary Terrace, watching the expression on a child's face as she makes a craft or completes an engineering challenge - each experience is worth the trip. TPL is the place to come for enjoyment, enrichment, sharing with family and friends, creative stimulation, finding a quiet work space or just borrowing a book.

We gain exciting insights about ourselves and other cultures through special programs, movies, discussions and art-making programs. You are vital to the equation. Your experiences shape the world you live in, making them more meaningful and transformative.

During the first full year at TPL over 86,000  people experienced it and more that 100,000  items were borrowed.
TLP continues to touch lives and to make a difference.
Come visit and experience it for yourself.
Ann
Library Will Be Open on Saturdays
The Tiverton Public Library will reopen on Saturdays beginning September 10th. Because of insufficient Town funding for Library Services this year, it was necessary to reduce staffing and open hours during the summer while a full review of library operations was carried out. The Trustees have now approved modifications that will best serve the Town's residents, within the budgetary constraints.

While the Tiverton Public Library will now be open from Monday through Saturday each week, the hours on Tuesday will be reduced to 1-8 PM beginning September 6th,  and the Union Library will be closed Saturdays.

The Library Board of Trustees continue to evaluate ways to generate additional revenue to adequately fund the library and meet the needs of the community. Should additional funds become available, it may be possible to reinstate the previous schedules.

In addition to these schedule reductions, the Trustees approved instituting a fee for out of state residents to obtain a Tiverton Library card, and a fee for use of conference rooms by out of town organizations.
ADULT EVENTS 
Monday, September 12th, 6:30 PM
Living Literature will present Harpers Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird     
Three performers, recreate the characters of Lee's Macomb County using their voices, their bodies and two stools in this 50 minute readers theater presentation in the library's community room. Following the performance, the performers will also take questions on the material and their process of dramatizing non-dramatic material. Living Literature is a collective of RI-based performing artists, who celebrate the written word through readers theater style performances of non-dramatic literature.
Since its inception in January of 1996, Living Literature has created well over 100 presentations based on poems, stories, novels, plays, essays, biographies, articles, and oral histories, in libraries, schools, and other community venues throughout southeastern New England. They also conduct workshops in their "Page to Stage" process for anyone interested in making the characters and events of the written word come to life for an audience. This will be Living Literature's seventh year creating presentations for Reading Across Rhode Island, the signature program of Rhode Island Center for the Book, and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Living Literature is listed in the Education Roster of the Rhode Island State Council of the Arts.
 
Monday, September 26, 6:30 PM
The Last Civil War Veterans Book Talk with Frank L. Gryzb   
Frank L. Grzyb, author/historian and Civil War researcher will speak about his most recent book, THE LAST CIVIL WAR VETERANS: The Lives of the Final Survivors, State by State. Drawing on a wide range of sources including correspondence with descendants, this book covers the last living Civil War veteran in each state, providing details of their wartime service as soldiers and sailors and their postwar lives as family men, entrepreneurs, politicians, frontier pioneers and honored veterans. 

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Tuesday, September 27th, 6:30 PM
Using the Internet to Get Stuff Done
You can use the Internet to do just about anything these days. Whether you need to do some quick shopping, start working on that next research project, or just sit back and relax with a movie, these lessons will show you how to complete everyday tasks online.  Class size limited to 8 people.  Call Adam Reynolds, 625-6796, ext. 8 to reserve a spot. 
TEEN EVENTS
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Writing Workshops
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 14, 21, & 28, 6-7:30 PM  
The Tiverton Library is working with School One, Goat Hill Writers, and the Tiverton Arts Council to bring four creative writing workshops to the library with real writers! Please sign up at the library to join us to learn how to make your writing better - leading up to an awesome short story contest!

Back to School Calming Jars
Thursday, Sept. 8 3-5 PM
School is stressful! Drop in to the Teen Room to make Calming Jars - glitter jars that you can shake when you are starting to feel overwhelmed or just want to see something pretty! It's a swirling vortex of glittery paradise! No need to sign up in advance. Supplies will be provided.   


Teen Advisory Board Thursday, Sept. 15, 6-7 PM Love the library? Want community service hours? This group is for you. Join us monthly to eat pizza, earn community service hours, and give our Teen Librarian awesome new ideas to make the library better! 
Come and make Scare Crows with the Library Teens, and visit the Library and Friends Exhibit at "A Country Day at Pardon Gray" on September 17. 
September is Library Card sign up month!
BOOK GROUPS FOR SEPTEMBER   
 
Tiverton Public Library
Friday, Sept. 9th, 10:30am 
The Boys in the Boat, 
Daniel Brown

Union Library
Thursday, Sept. 15th, 1:30pm
Me Before You,
JoJo Moyes 

 
Tiverton Senior Center
Sept. 20th, 10:00am 
The Bishop's Wife, 
Mette Ivie Harrison

 
2016 CHILDREN'S SUMMER READING WRAP-UP
19,255 books were read by our  
summer readers!
2016 Children's Library summer reading statistics:
  • 540 children registered for the "On Your Mark, Get Set...READ!" summer reading program
  • 470 children were active participants (reading one or more books)
  • 350 children completed our reading requirements by reading or listening to 6 or more books
  • 74% of our active participants completed our reading requirements
  • 19,255 books were read or listened to by our active participants!
*177 of our completers were from our outreach locations Sakonnet Early Learning Center and Future Scholars Preschool
FYI: We had almost 50 more 'active readers' and 10,360 more books read in 2016 as compared to summer of 2015.
We have Champion Readers at Tiverton Public Library!
Join us in 2017 for "Build a Better World!"    
2016 PAWSOX ALL-STAR READING TEAM CONTEST 
GRAND PRIZE DISNEY TRIP WINNER:  AIDAN BANVILLE 
August 23, 2016
Left to right: Aidan's Dad, winner-Aidan Banville and Ms. Janet (Children's Librarian)
All-Star Reading Team Contest winners paraded onto the PawSox field where Paws, the PawSox mascot, offered his hat for the big raffle drawing. Names were put in the hat and Aidan Banville from the Tiverton Public Library was randomly chosen as the 2016 grand prize winner.
Aidan and his family will receive airfare vouchers for four people, four nights' hotel accommodations, and four five-day passes to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, thanks to the generous sponsors of the final event of the Summer Reading Program: Citizens Bank, the Pawtucket Red Sox, and Pepsi.
Congratulations Aidan and the 2016 All-Star Reader Team!
CHILDREN'S LIBRARY-ACTIVITY ROOM
FALL STORYTIME SCHEDULE 2016
In-Person Registration Week- September 12-17 
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME, for ages 3-5, meets in the Activity Room at Tiverton Public Library, 34 Roosevelt Ave., Tiverton, RI on Monday mornings at 10:30 AM. Our free, 45-minute storytimes include stories, songs, finger plays and a simple craft/or theme-related color sheet. In-person registration is required and takes place Sept. 12-17. Limit 20.
TODDLER STORYTIME, for ages 18-36 months, meets in the Activity Room on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 AM. This free, 45-minute early literacy lapsit program is for children ages 18-36 months and their parent/caregiver. Included are stories, songs, rhymes and time spent with our Discovery Box. Our Discovery Box is filled with fun, educational toys designed to develop cognitive skills, fine motor skills and encourage dramatic play. A great way for toddlers to develop social skills and interact in a group setting. In-person registration is Sept. 12-17. Limit 16.  
BABY STORYTIME, for ages 8-18 months, meets in the Activity Room every other Friday morning at 10:30 AM. This free, 30-minute program is designed for baby/toddler and their parent/caregiver and includes stories, rhymes, music and time spent with our Baby Discovery Box. In-person registration is Sept. 12-17. Limit 16.

For more information call Janet Linhares/Children's Librarian at 401.625.6796 ext. 3 or visit the Children's Library at Tiverton Public Library.
*Please note: During storytimes our Activity Room is a 'device free' zone (no cell phone usage, texting, tablets, laptops etc.) This time is
for interaction between parent/caregiver and child. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
*No storytime if Tiverton schools are closed due to snow.    
For schedule, click here.

Thursdays, starting October 6th, 10:30 AM
"Parents As Teachers Program"

The Latest from the Friends of Tiverton Libraries
The next meeting of the Friends is scheduled for Wednesday, September 21st at 7:00pm in the Trustees Room. 
All are welcome.
 
To print out an application, click here. 

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