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Greenville Public LibraryMay 2014 Newsletter

Members of the MYSTERY BOOK CLUB are meeting to dis-cuss The Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns on Tuesday, May 6 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. New mem-bers are always welcome.

The KNITTING MAVENS meet on Tuesdays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. New members are alwayswelcome.

Members of the PICNIC TABLE READS BOOK CLUB are meet-ing to discuss The Dressmaker by Posie Graeme-Evans on Thursday, May 15 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. New members are always wel-come.

Representatives from the URI Master Gardener's Program is presenting the following two programs: SHADE GARDENS, Tuesday, May 6 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. VEGETABLES IN POTS, Tuesday, May 20 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pmRegistration is required. Please call 949-3630 ext. 1 to register, or sign-up on our on-line calendar at www.yourlibrary.ws.

RHODE ISLAND HOUSING SEMINAR: Representatives from Rhode Island Housing will be at the library on Monday, May 19 from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm. Please call Rhode Island Housing at 457-1245 to register.

LEARN TO MAKE: PASTA SAUCES with award-winning Chef Phillip Griffin and Malinda A. Coletta from The Professor Chef on Saturday, May 17 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Registration is required. Please call 949-3630 ext. 1 to register, or sign-up on our on-line calendar at www.yourlibrary.ws.

The Friends of the Greenville Public Library are having a Spring Raffle at the library from May 1st to May 31st. Tickets are $1.00 each, or six for $5.00, to twelve for $10.00. Proceeds will go towards the purchase of museum passes, Children's programs, and books

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MakerSpace at your library!

Some things you can do in your MakerSpace:• convert those old VHS home movie tapes to CD ROM.

• convert old 33/3 & 45 rpm vinyl to CD ROM• create PhotoShop images

• print out 3-D objectsCall & schedule your appointment today!

MEMORIAL DONORAmour, Babara Carol ArmourCastle, Lillian Grace LemonChristopher, Christine Chris La RouxCosta, Mary Doris CostaDeFilippo, Anna T. David DeFilippoEagleson, Shirley Janice LindsayFrueh, Otto Frueh, Gayle J.Giuliano, Anna Joseph GiulianoGodfrey, Gertrude Mr. and Mrs. Stephen CicillineGodfrey, Gertrude Cesareo’s Circle Henlin, Allan Pauline Henlin

Higgins, Maureen E John HigginsKosteer, Virginia Mr. and Mrs. David LeaverLaRoux, Joseph Loretta La RouxLaRoux, Joseph Chris La RouxRylander, Ruth Rosemarie CabralShaw, Larry Julianne Ip, MDSmith, Norman Lola SmithSullivan, June C. Linda ColemanVallee, Stephen Pam InmanVallee, Stephen Gary LowVallee, Stephen Gary LowVallee, Stephen Ann Rochford

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

Memorial donations are used to purchase books for the Library with book plates affixed denoting the donor and honoree, or to fund programs. The donor tells us how to best use the gift. Donations are tax deductible. We also accept donations in honor of people for their birthdays, anniversaries, or other celebrations. Following is a list of memorial donations we have received since July 2013:

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Heritage Ballet of Lincoln, RI offers many pro-grams like this class, that the children really en-joyed at the library on Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

Children ages 3 to 5 enjoy a creative dance program with Ms. Kasha of Heritage Bal-let.

Children’s Department News

StorytimesThe spring session of registered storyhours is now in progress and

will continue through May. Please call to check on availability.

Lego EventCome to our monthly Lego Event on Saturday, May 17 from 3-4 pm. Ev-eryone between the ages of 5 1/2-11 is welcome. LEGOs are provided; there is no need to bring your own. There will be challenges, free build time and more! Hope to see you there. Sign up is required. Call the library at 949-3630 ext.2 to register beginning May 1.

Children’s Bubble DisplayCassie Rozzen, age nine, will display her My Little Pony collection in the Children’s Room Bubble. Cassie has always liked My Little Pony, and has been collecting them since she was three years old. So be sure to visit the chil-dren’s room to view Cassie’s fun collection

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lossom Garden Club Workshop Children ages 6-10 may join the ladies of the Apple Blossom

Garden Club to learn how to make a Mother’s Day arrange-ment using fresh flowers on Thursday, May 8 at 4:00 pm. Space is limited. Registration is now being taken.

High Flying FunOn Wednesday, May 14 at 4 pm, children ages 6-10 may join us at the library to make a colorful kite. Children will create and dec-orate a fun kite that will brighten their bed-room! Registration for this craft begins on May 1.

Friday is Game Day @ the Library Come to the library on Fridays from 2:00 -4:30 to play a board game. Bring a friend or make a new one !This is a drop in program no sign up is necessary. See you soon!

Kids Reading Across Rhode Island Kick - Off CelebrationSaturday 5/31/14 from 1- 4 pm at the Rhode Island State House This free event is the kick off to sum-mer reading across the state of Rhode Island. Activities include meeting the author Chris Gra-benstein , the author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. He will be speaking and signing copies of his book which will be available for purchase. Activities include crafts de-signed by children's librarians and other book related fun. Stay tuned for more details !

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Young Adult May NewsYoung Adult May NewsBaker AfterSchool Center

We are open every afternoon after school. Everyone between the ages of 11-17 or in grades 6-12 is welcome. The hours are from 2:00-5:30 on Monday-Thursday and 2:00-5:00 on Friday. It is located in the Baker Room which is on the lower level of the library. There you will find computers, tables to use for homework or group projects and a librarian to assist you. No sign up is needed! As the school year winds down, I would love to know if there is any interest in keeping the center open one or two afternoons a week during the summer. Rhonda's e-mail is yourYAlibrarian@yahoo.com.

Special Days this MonthMonday, May 5

Mother's Day Craft

Monday, May 12

Paper Flowers

Monday, May 19

Homemade Flubber

Every Wednesday in MaySewing Wednesdays, drop in from 3:00-5:00.

Any questions? Please email Rhonda

Every Friday in MayStop by the Baker Room any Friday we are open, for a

movie and a snack. Those attending vote on which

movie/show will be shown that afternoon.Friends Spring Raffle is going on

during the month of May.

Greenville Teens have

donated items for a “Teen

Take it Easy Basket”.

Tickets are $1 a piece or 6 for $5.

Money raised will support library

programming.

Book Buddies

Love to read? Love spending time with younger children? Are you free on Tuesdays? We are looking for Big Buddies to read to Little Buddies this summer. Contact Rhonda.

Crafts

2015 RI Teen Book Awards

The list of 22 nominees have been announced and we own a copy of every title at our library. Check our website for a description of each title.

All the truth that's in me by Julie BerryBelle epoque by Elizabeth RossBomb: The race to build and steal the world's most

dangerous weapon by Steve SheinkinCounting by 7s by Holly Goldberg SloanEleanor & Park* by Rainbow RowellGirls of no return* by Erin SaladinIf you find me* by Emily MurdockInsignia by S.J. KincaidLife in Outer Space* by Melissa KeilNothing can possibly go wrong by Prudence ShenOut of the easy* by Ruta SepetysOut of nowhere* by Maria PadianRaven Boys* by Maggie StiefvaterSecond chance summer by Morgan MatsonShadow and bone by Leigh BardugoSteelheart* by Brandon SandersonSweet revenge of Celia Door by Karen FinneyfrockThis song will save your life* by Leila SalesTiger Lily by Jodi Lynn AndersonTitanic: Voices from the disaster by Deborah HopkinsonWeight of water by Sarah CrossanWonder Show* by Hannah Barnaby*Books recommended for older readers

Summer Reading ProgramIt isn't too early to start thinking about the “Spark a Reaction” summer reading program at our library. Sign ups start June 1st. Some of the scheduled programs include:Book BuddiesSafe Sitter ClassBuild a RobotThe Science of MagicHenna Art

Did you know...New video games were purchased forPS4 and Xbox One? You can also borrow video games from other libraries.

New Non-Fiction Titles

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99 psalms / SaidA serial killer in Nazi Berlin / Scott Andrew Selby.A.C.T. now or fail! :Balancing it all : my story of juggling priorities and purpose :Bibliocraft : a modern crafter’s guide to using library resources to jumpstart creative projects / Jessica Pigza Blood will out : the true story of a murder, a mys-tery, and a masquerade / Walter Kirn.Border patrol nation : dispatches from the front lines of homeland security / Todd Miller.Call me Burroughs : a life / Barry Miles.Centered leadership / Joanna Barsh and Johanne Lavoie.Discover EuropeEmily Post’s wedding etiquette / Anna Post and Lizzie Post Everyday one-dish meals : 260 easy, satisfying recipes for every weeknight!Everything eyes / Bobbi BrownEverything I need to know I learned from a Little Golden Book / Diane Muldrow.From scratch : inside the Food Network / Allen Salkin.Glitter and glue : a memoir / Kelly Corrigan.Groundbreaking food gardens / Niki Jabbour.I can see clearly now / Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.I just graduated... now what? / Katherine Schwarzenegger.Idiot Psalms : New Poems / Scott Cairns.Jo Frost’s toddler rules : your 5-step guide to shap-ing proper behaviorKidnapping the enemy : the special operations to capture generals Charles Lee Legal forms for starting & running a small businessMissing microbes / Martin J. Blaser, MD.One way out : the inside history of the Allman Brothers Band / Alan Paul.Perfect ending : why your future matters today / Robert Jeffress.Raising girls / Steve Biddulph.Ratman : the trial and conviction of Whitey Bulger :Roget’s illusion / Linda Bierds.Romance is my day job : a memoir of finding love at last / Patience Bloom.Savage harvest / Carl Hoffman.Seven flowers and how they shaped our world / Jennifer Potter.Showtime : Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los An-geles Lakers dynasty of the 1980s / Jeff Pearlman.Sitcom : a history in 24 episodes from I love Lucy to

Community / Saul Austerlitz.Small space garden ideas / Philippa Pearson.Sous chef : 24 hours on the line / Michael Gibney.Stronger / Jeff Bauman, with Bret Witter.Success through stillness : meditation made simple / Russell Simmons, with Chris Morrow.The 80/20 principle and 92 other powerful laws of nature : the science of success :The anti-inflammation diet / Christopher P. Cannon and Heidi McIndoo.The blood sugar solution 10-day detox diet / Mark Hyman, MD.The burning shore : how Hitler’s u-boats brought world war II to AmericaThe Charles Schwab guide to finances after fifty / Carrie Schwab-PomerantzThe death class : a true story about life / Erika Hayasaki.The death of money : the coming collapse of the international monetary system / James Rickards.The end of dieting : how to live for life / Joel Fuhrman, M.D.The forgotten history of African American baseball / Law-rence Hogan.The golden ticket : P, NP, and the search for the impossible / Lance Fortnow.The greatest movies you’ll never see : unseen masterpieces by the world’s greatest directors / Simon Braund.The hard thing about hard things : building a business when there are no easy answers / Ben Horowitz.The love playbook : rules for love, sex, and happiness / La La Anthony, with Karen Hunter.The manager’s legal handbook.The pink ribbon diet : a revolutionary new weight loss plan to lower your breast cancer risk / Mary FlynnThe rise of the Tudors : the family that changed English his-tory / Chris Skidmore.The Sibley guide to birds / written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley.The sixth extinction : an unnatural history / Elizabeth Kolbert.The small business start-up kit : a step-by-step legal guide.The Wahls protocol : how I beat progressive MS using Paleo principles and functional medicine / Terry Wahls, M.D. The wrong enemy : America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 / Carlotta Gall.Thrive / Arianna Huffington.Under magnolia : a Southern memoir / Frances Mayes.Virgin diet cookbook : the top healthy and delicious virgin diet recipes!What should we be worried about? : real scenarios that keep scientists up at night / John Brockman.William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back : Star Wars Part the Fifth / Ian Doescher

Computer Classes at the Greenville Public LibraryThe library offers two types of computer instruction:

1. formal 12 to 15 week classes with Milo J. St. Angelo2. 1 hour individualized instruction with Ray Hetherington

on the topic of your choice.Call the library at 949-3630 for more information.

New DVDs

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A king’s ransom / Sharon Kay Penman.A wanted woman / Eric Jerome Dickey.Acts of God : stories / Ellen Gilchrist.All I have in this world : a novel / Michael Parker.American romantic / Ward Just.And the Dark Sacred Night / Julia Glass.Aunt Dimity and the wishing well / Nancy Atherton.Bark : stories / Lorrie Moore.Be safe I love you / Cara Hoffman.Beauty : a novel / Frederick Dillen.“Body, Inc. / Alan Dean Foster.”By its cover / Donna Leon.Carnal curiosity / Stuart Woods.Children of the revolution / Peter Robinson.Death come quickly / Susan Wittig Albert.Death’s dark shadow / Sally Spencer.Deep winter : a novel / Samuel W. Gailey.Destroyer angel / Nevada Barr.Empress of the night / Eva Stachniak.Honor among thieves / James S.A. Corey.Inherit the word / Daryl Wood Gerber.I’ve got you under my skin / Mary Higgins ClarkKiss me first : a novel / Lottie Moggach.Like a Mighty Army / David Weber.Miss Julia’s marvelous makeover / Ann B. Ross.Murder in the ball park / Robert Goldsborough.Night broken / Patricia Briggs.Night diver / Elizabeth Lowell.Peacemaker / C. J. Cherryh.Pillar to the sky / William R. Forstchen.Providence rag : a Mulligan novel / Bruce DeSilva.Queen Elizabeth’s daughter/ Anne Clinard Barnhill.Redeployment / Phil Klay.Revolution / Mercedes Lackey”Spinning in her grave / Molly MacRae.Stone cold / C.J. Box.The bootlegger / Clive CusslerThe collector / Nora Roberts.

The goldfinch / Donna Tartt.The lie / Helen Dunmore.The opposite of maybe / Maddie Dawson.The seeker / R.B. Chesterton.The storied life of A.J. Fikry / Gabrielle Zevin.The trident deception / Rick Campbell.The undead pool / Kim Harrison.Transhuman / Ben Bova.Under the wide and starry sky / Nancy Horan.Vintage / Susan Gloss.Waiting for Wednesday / Nicci French.

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