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61 Burrill Street · Swampscott, Massachusetts 01907
Phone: (781) 596-8867 · Fax: (781) 596-8826 · swa@noblenet.org
Phone: (781) 596-8867 · Fax: (781) 596-8826 · swa@noblenet.org
JULY-AUGUST 2008
Mark your calendars! Tuesday, July 15th, Swampscott Public Library will host a fun filled program with an ocean theme. At 6:00pm, we will have free face painting & tattooing; and sell pizza, desserts & beverages. At 6:30pm, Paul Erickson will present music, magic and live animals for the entire family to enjoy. Mr. Erickson has co-authored several books for children, including Dive to the Coral Reefs, which was featured on the PBS Reading Rainbow television program. There will be drawings for prizes. All ages are welcome. This event promises to be the hit of the summer! For more information call 781-596-8867.
Why should the kids have all the fun during the summer? Register for our adult summer reading club and receive a bag of goodies from the library. Once you are registered, participants may submit a title of a book or audio book into our prize box and be eligible for weekly drawings. Registration for “Goodies” will begin on June 30th.
The library will be re-carpeting the Reference Room during the month of August. We will try to maintain our regular hours to the best of our ability. We will need to close for a few days to empty the room and to return the books and computers when it is completed.
The Fiction side of the building will be operational and we will have limited Internet access available to our patrons during this time. The Children’s Room will remain open as well; but patrons will have to access the Children’s Room through the back entrance.
Summer Hours Beginning July 1st
NOTE: We will close at 5:00pm on Thursday, July 3rd and be closed all day Friday, July 4th.
Main Room:
Monday-Thursday 9:30am-8:00pm
Friday 9:30am-1:00pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Children’s Room:
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30am-6:00pm
Tuesday 9:30am-8:00pm
Friday 9:30am-1:00pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Fall/Winter Hours Beginning September 2nd
Main Room:
Monday-Thursday 9:30am-8:00pm
Friday-Closed
Saturday 9:30am-2:30pm
Sunday- Closed
Children’s Room:
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30am-6:00pm
Tuesday 9:30am-8:00pm
Friday Closed
Saturday 9:30am-2:30pm
Sunday Closed
Come to the library on Tuesday evening July 29th for an old-fashioned board Game Night. All ages are welcome to come and try their hand at Candy Land, Trivial Pursuit, Chess or other fun games. The event will begin at 6:30pm and end at 8:00pm. No registration is required. Refreshments will be served.
Interested in seeing old photos of Swampscott? Check out the latest addition to our library catalog. We have downloaded our collection of historic photos into the catalog and they can be searched just like books and other materials. The pictures include Swampscott businesses, houses, events, school sports teams, beach scenes and much more.
To view these photos go to our library catalog at http://www.noblenet.org/. Click on the button for Library Catalog. Then type in the keywords: Swampscott history photos. You will get the whole list, complete with short descriptions. Click on the title of the photo to get more details and the link to the actual picture. You can also search for specific terms such as New Ocean House, Swampscott Town Hall or Sunbeam Farm.
The photos are also available on the library’s web site at http://www.noblenet.org/swampscott under the Local History link.
Whether you are an experienced knitter or a novice, please join the Needlers a knitting group at the Swampscott Public Library. This group meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 11:00am in the Meeting Room. The July meetings will be July 1st and July 15th. We will meet in August on August 5th and August 19th. Whether you have a project that you are working on, or if you want to come and knit for a local charity or you want to learn how to knit, please join our group. Crocheters are also welcome.
The July selection of the adult book club will be The Queen’s Food: a novel by Philippa Gregory. We will meet on Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:00pm. There will not be an August meeting. Instead, sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Club and get some Goodies for Grownups!
The Dinner Detectives, the library’s mystery book group, will meet at 6:00pm on Tuesday, July 1st to discuss Female Detectives and Mystery. On Tuesday, August 5th at 6:00pm, the topic will be Transportation and Mystery. Everyone is welcome.
Lou Gallo and his town historians will not be meeting during the summer. Check the September-October newsletter for their new schedule.
On Tuesday, July 8th, we will have a Video Game Free Play evening for teens entering 6th grade, and older. From 5:00pm to 7:00pm, we will have two consoles with different games including Dance Dance Revolution, and Guitar Hero. A signed permission slip/photo release is required in order to participate. Forms will be available at the Reference Desk and on the library website on the Teen Scene page.
From 7:00pm to 7:45pm, we will give free pizza to the participants. There is a limit of 40 teens for this event.
We are again accepting donations for the book sale. Please – books in good condition only; and no magazines, textbooks, or out of date books. We will be sorting books every Thursday during July and August from 9:30am to 12:00pm. Volunteers welcome. The Book Sale will be starting with a gala on Friday, September 19th. More details in the next newsletter & on our website.
The Friends have purchased library passes to the Sports Museum, located in the TD Banknorth Garden. Each pass admits up to 6 people for free.
Thank you to everyone who sent in their 2008 renewals. Please stop by the library if you need a membership renewal envelope. We count on these memberships to raise money for library programs, museum passes, and Children’s Room’s summer activities. Remember, the dues you pay to the Friends are less than the price of admission for a family to a single museum!
No July Meeting
Monday, August 11, 2008 7:00pm
All meetings are held in the library.
Wild Reads@your library is the theme of our Summer Reading Program for 2008. Children from ages 1 to 12 are invited to join this program, with registration continuing through July 11th. We will be offering on-line registration, as well. Children may go to the website http://iread.evanced.info/swampscott/sr/homepage.asp They can fill out the registration form and keep track of their reading on line, and post short reviews of books they have read. In-house registrants will pick up reading logs, which are set up like the face of a clock, divided into 15-minute increments. The first 50 children to register in person will receive a special “Bee a Reader” pin. The goal of the program is for children to read (or be read to) for a minimum of 15 minutes per day. All of the books from the Summer Reading List for the Swampscott Elementary Schools will be located in a special area outside the Children’s Room, and may be counted on your reading logs. When the children register, and each time they complete 2 hours of reading, they may choose an “Ice Cream Scoop” to help build our giant Ice Cream Cone.
Wild Reads at Your Library, the 2008 Statewide Summer Reading Program, is funded by your local library, the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
• July 7 to July 28: Messy Mondays: Pre-school craft program for ages 2 to 5. Join us for some fun, messy craft projects. 10:30am
• July 1: Pajama Story time: Come in your PJ’s and enjoy a relaxing evening of stories & songs. 6:30 pm. Ages 2 & up
• July 2 & 3: Drop in craft and movie: Drop into the Children’s Room between 2:30pm and 4:30pm to watch a movie and create a craft. All ages.
• July 8: Fairies: Children ages 6 and up will celebrate the world of fairies. We will create some magical crafts and enjoy some fairy snacks. 2:30pm Registration required, beginning June 30th.
• July 9: Story time Train to Rockport: Our annual trip with other libraries on the North Shore. 10:30am to 2:30pm Bring a picnic & enjoy storytelling, and other activities. Registration required, beginning July 3rd.
• July 10: T-Shirt decorating and beading: Bring in a plain t-shirt to decorate and make a bead necklace. 2:30pm Age 6 & up.
• July 15: Family Night with Paul Erickson: Come at 6:00pm for pizza & face painting. Paul will present an interactive program, focusing on the ocean & seashore life at 6:30pm All ages.
• July 16: “Milk & Macaroni Manners”: Come join us for an entertaining and educational look at modern manners. Learn the need-to-know protocol from pre-school to grade 2. 2:30pm Registration required, beginning July 7th. +++
• July 17: Storyteller Davis Bates presents “Wild About Reading”: A celebration in story and song”. The program includes a mixture of Native American, international and regional stories and songs. 2:00pm Ages 4 & up. Funded by a grant from the Swampscott Cultural Council.
• July 18: Tool Time: Hear stories related to tools, building and construction and create a related craft. 11:00am Ages 3 to 6.
• July 21: “Mountain Mushers”: Come meet some real life Alaskan Huskies. Harry Schlitz and Lela will bring their retired sled dogs to the library at 3:00pm To learn more about the dogs check out their web site: http://www.mtmushers.com/ +++
• July 22: Dora the Explorer visits: Dora will appear in person! Join us for Dora stories and meet your favorite explorer. 10:30am
• July 23: Nate the Great Program: Children ages 5 & up will enjoy activities about the famous detective Nate the Great. 2:30pm
• July 25: Fancy Nancy program: Dress in your finest to hear stories about Fancy Nancy & create some “Fancy” crafts. 11:00am Ages 4 & up.
• July 29: Fog, Flowers & Fireworks: What do fog, flowers, and fireworks have in common? Chemistry! See some cloud-forming, color-changing, and explosive indications that a chemical reaction is taking place. 2:00m Ages 5 & up. Presented by the Museum of Science through a grant from the Museum.
• July 31: Reading Rewards Party: All Registered Readers are invited to our rewards party. Entertainment by Dondo the Clown, certificates & door prizes will be awarded, & we’ll enjoy “make your own” ice cream sundaes. 2:00pm Registration required, beginning on July 21st. +++
Programs with +++ are funded by the Friends of the Library. We want to thank them for their generous support.