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PRINCETON — The Writers Group will meet at the Princeton Public Library at noon today, Thursday.
Also today, an after school craft, related to the Between Fences exhibit, will take place in the Youth Services department at 3:30 p.m.; and the Green River Book Club will meet at 7 p.m.
An American Girl program will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
TISKILWA — Karyn Stark, head librarian of the Tiskilwa Public Library, invites residents to check out the library’s DVD “The Secret Life of Bees” and join others at Kelly’s Place for an evening of lively discussion and good food, beginning at 5:15 p.m. Friday.
SPRING VALLEY — The Richard A. Mautino Memorial Library was named a Picturing America award recipient. Picturing America introduces people of every age to our nation’s history and culture by bringing great works of American art into classrooms and libraries. As a recipient, the library received 20 laminated, double-sided posters (24” x 36”) depicting works of American art, a resource book with information about the paintings, sculpture, architecture and crafts reproduced on the posters, and a project based Web site. These posters remain at the library for future use, even after the grant term. The library is hanging the posters throughout the library and at various times throughout the year. Please stop by the library to browse the posters and read about each work of art. Picturing America is presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities, in cooperation with the American Library Association.
OHIO — The next Family Night @ the Ohio Public Library will be at 6 p.m. Monday. The night will focus on penguins. All are invited to hear the book “My Penguin Osbert” and then watch “Happy Feet.” Popcorn and fruit punch will be provided. Children are encouraged to bring their favorite penguin with them to the library. For further information or if you have any questions, please contact Justin Mapes, library director, at (815) 376-5422 or by e-mail at mapesjustin@hotmail.com.
The Ohio Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The book up for discussion is “Crescent” by Diana Abu-Jaber. Thirty-nine-year-old Sirine works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, her passions aroused only by the preparation of food-until an unbearably handsome Arabic professor starts dropping by for a little home cooking. Falling in love brings Sirine’s whole heart to a boil-stirring up memories of her parents and questions about her identity. Copies are available at the library.
LAMOILLE — The LaMoille-Clarion Library would like to invite its patrons of all ages to help celebrate National Library Week, which is April 12-18 this year, by writing about or drawing a picture of their favorite book or what they most like to do at the library. Bring your stories/pictures to the library and we will decorate the windows during the month of April.
A reminder that the library has a computer dedicated to doing genealogy research. We have a binder of helpful information to assist in your search. Classes on using Ancestry.com will be announced at a later date.
Books recently added to the library’s collection include:
“Fancy Nancy Sees Stars” by Jane O’Connor; “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed” by Mo Willems; “Clean Up, Grumpy Bunny!” by Justine Korman Fontes; “After Tupac & Foster” by Jacqueline Woodson; “Savvy” by Ingrid Law; the “Inkheart” series by Cornelia Funke; “3 Willows” by Ann Brashares and “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman for children and young adults.
“Night and Day” by Robert B. Parker; “Elvis and the Dearly Departed” by Peggy Webb; “Promises in Death” by J.D. Robb; “Origami Card Craft” by Karen Thomas; “Pursuit” by Karen Robards and many others for adults.
WYANET — At the Raymond A. Sapp Library, April’s 2nd Thursday @ the Library’s presenter will be Chef Eran Salzmann from ZBest Cafe in Sheffield. The chef will give a cooking presentation and talk about his restaurant. The 2nd Thursday @ the Library’s program starts at 6:30 p.m. April 9.
New titles added to the library in February include:
Easy reading fiction - “Are You Ready to Play Outside?” by Mo Willems, “Fancy Nancy See Stars,” “Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris” and “Fancy Nancy at the Museum” all by Jane O’Connor, and “Ladybug Girl” by David Soman and Jacky Davis.
Adult fiction - “Divine Justice” by David Baldacci, “The Brass Verdict” by Michael Connelly, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Larsson Stieg, “The Shack” by Wm. Paul Young, “Loving Frank” by Nancy Horvan, and “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova.
Adult non-fiction - “The First Year Lupus” by Nancy C. Hanger, “Everything You Need to Know” by Robert G. Lahita and Robert H. Phillip, “Tender at the Bone” by Ruth Reichl, “Living Downstream” by Sandra Steingraber, and “The Other Side of the River” by Alex Kotlowitz.
DVDs - “All Dogs Go To Heaven,” “Ferngully; The Last Rainforest,” “Open Season,” “Open Season II,” “Igor,” “City of Ember,” “The Land Before Time,” “Clifford’s Really Big Movie” and “The Powerpuff Girls Movie.”
Audio books adult fiction - “The Associate” by John Grisholm.
The library’s computer users group meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. Patrons learn computer ease under the tutelage of Dorene Stalter. April will be the last month for our computer classes until September.
MINERAL — The Mineral Gold Library Book Discussion Group will meet from 2 to 3 on Tuesdays.
