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Greenville Public LibraryAugust 2014 Newsletter

LITERARY ELEMENTS: ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAMS:

ROCK GARDENING PROGRAM on Monday, August 4th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

FORENSIC DETECTIVE TALK on Tuesday, August 5th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

All attendees to the programs are eligible for the weekly raffle and the grand prize raffle. Registration is suggested. Please reg-ister for any and all programs by calling the library or by signing up through our online calendar at www.yourlibrary.ws.

LITERARY ELEMENTS is the ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM

The grand prize drawing for the Adult Summer Reading Program: LITERARY ELEMENTS is on Friday, August 8 at Noon.

E-READER INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: You can make an appointment with Ben at 949-3630 ext. 1 to have an individual lesson on how to use your Kindle, Nook or E-Reader.

NEED AN EXAM PROCTORED? Call the library at 949-3630 ext. 1 to schedule a time with one of our librarians.

THE RHODE ISLAND BLOOD CENTER COACH is at the library on Friday, August 8 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

FORENSIC DETECTIVE TALK is being presented by one of our local Smithfield Po-licemen on Tuesday, August 5 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. This program is part of the Adult Summer Reading Program: Literary Elements. Registra-tion is required. Please call the library at 949-3630 ext. 1 to register or sign-up through our online calendar at www.yourlibrary.ws.

A representative from the URI Master Gardener's Program is presenting a ROCK GAR-DENING program on Monday, August 4 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. This program is part of the Adult Summer Reading Program: Literary Elements. Registration is required. Please call the library at 949-3630 ext. 1 to register or sign-up through our online calendar at www.yourlibrary.ws.

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The Greenville Public Library’s resident experts work hard on their Minecraft Worlds.

Minecraft is a video game in which players create and break apart various kinds of blocks in 3D worlds. It has been described as computer LEGOs. The game can be played in creative or survival mode. The purpose of the game is to build, explore and sometimes to survive.

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

Mrs. Anna Pernorio is exhibiting her small artwork pieces in the Castle Display Case.

Mr. Don LaCasse is displaying his oils.

Members of the MYSTERY BOOK CLUB are discussing Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton on Tuesday, August 5 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. New members are always welcome.

Members of the PICNIC TABLE READS CLUB are discussing Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer on Thurs-day, August 21 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. New mem-bers are always welcome.

Don't forget to check out our Museum Passes. Call the library at 949-3630 ext. 1 for availability.

Stomp RocketsWho knew that PVC, duct tape and a 2 liter bottle could be so much fun! These DIY stomp rockets were propelled by the air in the bottle and the kid's enthusi-asm.

MagicianSome of the many illusions that Darren Yong performed in-cluded mind reading, disappearing cards and money reappearing inside a lime!

New 15 minute parking for when you are on the run.

RECENT MEMORIAL GIFTSMEMORIAL DONORShirley Eagleson Mr & Mrs David CampbellMildred E. Pendergast Mary PendergastAvis & Francis Harlow Paul HarlowLois M. Winsor Meredith Winsor

HONOREE DONORWarren Smith Mrs. Lola Smith

The Butterflies are coming to Greenville Public Library TV soon! Our supplier, in California, has shipped a “Live Butterfly Garden.” This miracle of metamorphosis will be broadcast as they de-velop from chrysalides to full grown, flight ready, butterflies. To check on them point your browser to: www.yourlibrary.ws and click on the link.

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Young Adult August NewsYoung Adult August News Summer Reading Program ~ 2014

Crafts

The Summer Reading Program will be ending on

Saturday, August 9th.

To qualify for one of the

Grand Prize Drawing

prizes, you must have

turned in your

completed reading slips

by the end of that day.

The winners will be

chosen by a random drawing of all the eligible

entries and announced on August 18th.

FacebookKeep up with young adult news and like us

on Facebook at “Greenville Public Library

TeenScape”

We have a display of the Smithfield High School and Gallagher Middle School Summer Reading books in the Young Adult Area.

The Baker Room was only open this

summer on six Wednesday afternoons. On those

days we played Minecraft on all of the machines in

the room. There is one week left of Summer

Minecraft (Aug 6th). Sign up is online for this

program. The hours will be from 2:30-4:30.

Anyone 11-17 or grade 6-12 may attend. Don't

worry if you have to miss this one, we will be

playing Minecraft in the Baker Room every Friday

during the school year.

We are taking the month of August off for our LEGO Event.

Greenville teens plan the event for children ages 5 1/2-11. Email Rhonda at yourYAlibrarian@yahoo.com if you are interested in helping to plan the event when it resumes in September.

LEGO Donations ALWAYS Welcome

Robots on the RunAugust 7th 2:00-4:00Space is limited! Sign up online at www.yourlibrary.wsand it is for anyone 11-17 or grade 6-12.The Rhode Island Computer Museum will present a

free Workshop called "Robots on the Run." The

workshop aims to explain basic circuits and

instructions on how to build a

simple robot. You will learn

instructions for making sounds,

making lights blink, motors run,

and a lot more. We'll take time to

learn about interactive software

titled "Arduino" and you can

create your own sample "Robot."

The Baker AfterSchool Center will be open on the first day of school (from 2:00-5:30) and every afternoon when school is in session for the school year. This year our opening day is on Tuesday, August 26th. We have computers, tables to work on for projects and homework, and a librarian to assist you. If you need a break from school work there will also be special days that will include crafts, games, cooking, and new this year, “Minecraft Fridays”. Updates will be posted on our FaceBook page at Greenville Public Library TeenScape. It is available for anyone in grades 6-12 and no sign up is necessary!

I always welcome suggestions for book titles, magazines, computer games, DVDs or comics. See me (Rhonda) or email me at yourYAlibrarian@yahoo.com

Community Service Available

Whether you need volunteer hours for graduation, confirmation or you would just love to volunteer at the library, stop by to see Rhonda for the opportunities available at the library. We have short term and long term spots open.

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1. Ronald’s reading is “WOW! Show”2. Solar prints with Miss Adele’s art class.3. Children gather to send off the butterflies we grew in the Children’s room this summer.4. Marilyn and her dog Tivy enjoy being read to in the Paws to Read Program.5. BIOMES visits the library to share and show children the marine animals that live in Narra-ganset bay.2

Children’s Department ENRICHRI

Join us on Thursday, August 28 from 6-7:30pm for Homeschool 101: A Workshop for Parents New to Homeschooling or Interested in Homeschooling

The topics that will be discussed include:* Homeschooling in Rhode Island: state laws, district policies and what to submit

* 101 Reasons Families Choose to Homeschool* Curriculum Planning: Resources, Learning Styles, Homeschooling Methods, A Typical Homeschool Day

* The “S” word : socializationMembers of the ENRICHri Executive Board, with many years of homeschooling experience,

will present this program that covers the basics of homeschooling.We request that children are left at home as this event will be geared toward adults.

This program is sponsored by ENRICHri, a 501(c)3 non-profit, RI-based, secular homeschool group. Check us out at - www.enrichri.org

After the program, the presenters welcome you to stay and chat!

Bryant University Tutors The Greenville Public Library and Bryant University are once again participating in a Federal Work-Study Program as part of the America Reads Challenge to pro-vide Reading Tutors to elementary school children who would like extra help in improving their reading and comprehen-sion skills. It is our hope to team several elementary students in the community with a Bryant student involved in the pro-gram. Students will be matched up on a first-come-first-served basis. Applications may be picked up in the Children’s Room of the Library beginning August 12 and should be returned by August 25. Please call 949-3630 x2 for more information. The program is scheduled to begin in Septem-ber. Space is limited.

Bedtime StorytimeThe last summer bedtime sto-ry time for children ages 3 -5 1/2 will be held from 6:30-7:15 pm on Wednesday, August 13 . Children may wear their pajamas.

Book Buddies Book buddies have their final meeting on Tuesday, August 5 at 10:30 am and 6:30 pm. Teens agreed to buddy-up with a younger child (ages 3 1/2- 8) to read for an hour in a one-on-one session. Please call the library to check on availability.

Art class with Miss Adele The last summer art class will meet on Friday, August 1 at 12:30 for ages 6-10. Call to check on availability.

Children’s BubbleSevag Bastajian ,age ten, will display his Pokemon collection in the Children’s Room Bubble. Sevag’s cousin inspired him to collect Pokémon. Pokémon fans are sure to enjoy viewing Sevag’s collection!

Hampstead Theatre Com-pany performs Alice in Won-derland Friday, August 15 at 2:00 for children ages 4 -11 Registrations required This performance concludes our Summer Reading Program. Any participant who did not receive his/her completion prize and certificate may do so at the end of this program. Refreshments will be served.

Storytime Registration Registration for the fall series of storytime will take place from September 22-27. Story-times for children from ages 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 will be held Mon-days at 10:15 am; for ages 2 1/2 - 3 1/2, Fridays at 10:15 or 11:15; for ages 3 1/2 - K, Wednesdays at 10:30 am or 1 pm. Sessions will begin October 6. Pre-registration is required for all storytimes and may be done by phone or in person. Please call 949-3630 ext. 2.

Back to School CraftGo back to school in style with a fun pencil topper and a felt bookmark! Children ages 6-10 are invited to join us on Wednesday, September 17, at 4 PM, for this fun craft. Regis-tration begins on September 2.

Large Print Titles

New Non-Fiction Titles

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50 best hikes in New England / Marty BaschBrunette ambition / Lea MicheleCan’t we talk about something more pleasant? / Roz ChastCape Cod and the islands : an explorer’s guide. Conform : exposing the truth about common core and public education / written and edited by Glen Beck, Kevin Balfe, and Kyle Olson contributors, Sharon Ambrose, Steven Gunn, and Ben VeldermanDog-friendly New England : a traveler’s companion. Explore Boston : the best routes around the city / contributor, Simon Richmond. Good call : reflections on faith, family, and fowl / Jase RobertsonGreat escapes : enjoy the world at your leisure / written by Ann Abel [and forty-three others] Guy on fire : 130 recipes for adventures in outdoor cooking / Guy FieriJoe and Marilyn / C. David HeymannJohn Wayne : the life and legend / Scott EymanKnock ‘em dead social networking : for job search and professional success / Martin YateMargarita Wednesdays : making a new life by the Mexican sea / Deborah RodriguezMinecraft : 140 top tips & tricks exposed! / Scotts, JasonNeil Armstrong : a life of flight / Jay BarbreeNo place to hide : Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. surveillance state / Glenn GreenwaldQueen Victoria : a life of contradictions / Matthew DennisonSuper smoothies : 145 delicious smoothies to improve your health / Celine Tregan The ABC guide to Minecraft : tips, tricks, hints and cheats for the ultimate Minecraft experience! / Paul Adams.The backyard beekeeper : an absolute beginner’s guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden / Kim Flottum. The body fat breakthrough : tap the muscle-building power of negative training and lose up to 30 pounds in 30 days / Ellington DardenThe church of mercy : a vision for the church / Pope FrancisThe explosive child : a new approach for understanding and parenting easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children / Ross W. GreeneThe great northeast brewery tour : tap into the best craft breweries in New England and the Mid-Atlantic / Ben Keene The handmade marketplace : how to sell your crafts locally, globally, and online / Kari ChapinThe New England diner cookbook : classic and creative recipes from the finest roadside eateries / Mike UrbanThe Plantagenets : the warrior kings and queens who made England / Dan JonesThirty tomorrows : the next three decades of globalization, demographics, and how we will live / Milton Ezrati.Tibetan peach pie : a true account of an imaginative life / Tom Robbins

A long time gone / Karen WhiteBoy, snow, bird / Helen OyeyemiCatching air : [a novel] / Sarah PekkanenCity of Jasmine / Deanna Raybourn..Close your eyes, hold hands / Chris BohjalianEden in winter / Richard North PattersonFar gone / Laura GriffinFor all time / Jude DeverauxGemini / Carol Cassella.Ghost ship : a novel from the NUMA files / Clive Cussler and Graham BrownGirl missing : a novel / Tess GerritsenLittle mercies / Heather GudenkaufMr. Mercedes / Stephen King.Nine lives to die / Rita Mae Brown Providence Rag / Bruce DeSilva

Resistant / Michael PalmerSniper’s honor / Stephen Hunter.Suspicion / Joseph FinderTake me home / Dorothy GarlockTerminal city / Linda FairsteinThe city : a novel / Dean KoontzThe collector of dying breaths / M. J. RoseThe escape / Balogh, Mary.The Kraken project / Douglas PrestonThe Marriage Pact / Linda Lael Miller.The one & only / Emily GiffinThe painter / Peter HellerThe promise / Robyn Carr.The scandalous adventures of the sister of the bride / Victoria AlexanderTwo sisters / Mary HoganUp at Butternut Lake / Mary McNearWalking on water / Richard Paul Evans

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.

The Newsletter of the Greenville Public Library, Smithfield, Rhode Island Page 7New Fiction Titles

A catered Fourth of July : a mystery with recipes / Isis Crawford.All day and a night : a novel of suspense / Alafair Burke.All things murder / Jeanne QuigleyAny other name / Craig JohnsonBridge to Haven / Francine RiversCalifornia : a novel / Edan LepuckiCambridge / Susanna Kaysen-Chinese cooking for diamond thieves / Dave LowryChorus of wolves : stories / Alex KimmellDead in the water / Dana Stabenow.Death in Saratoga Springs / Charles O’BrienEm and the Big Hoom : a novel / Jerry PintoEverything I never told you / Celeste NgFire knife dancing / John EnrightFrog music : a novel / Emma DonoghueGansett after dark / Marie ForceHouse reckoning / Mike LawsonI love you more : a novel / Jennifer Murphy-Mambo in Chinatown / Jean KwokMurder on High Holborn / Susanna Gregory.Murder on the Mediterranean / Alexander CampionMy real children / Jo WaltonRobogenesis : a novel / Daniel H. WilsonSave the date / Mary Kay AndrewsThe Beekeeper’s Ball / Susan WiggsThe competition : a novel / Marcia ClarkThe day of the dead : the autumn of Commissario Ricciardi / Maurizio de GiovanniThe dead will tell: a Kate Burkholder novel / Linda CastilloThe directive : a novel / Matthew QuirkThe good, the bad, and the emus : a Meg Langslow mystery / Donna AndrewsThe heiresses : a novel / Sara ShepardThe hundred-year house / Rebecca MakkaiThe man with the compound eyes : [a novel] / Wu Ming-Yi The matchmaker : a novel / Elin HilderbrandThe river of souls / Robert McCammon.The sacred river : a novel / Wendy WallaceWarburg in Rome / James CarrollWindswept / Patricia RyanYou can’t go home again / Thomas Wolfe

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The library will be closed on Monday, August 11 for Victory Day.The butterflies are coming to Greenville Public Library TV!

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