NMPL Teen Scene - North Manchester Public Library

December 2013
To provide services for the educational and
recreational needs of our community
405 North Market Street
North Manchester, Indiana
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
NORTH MANCHESTER,
IN
PERMIT NO. 189
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Phone: 260-9824773
Fax: 260-982-6342
Visit our Website:
www.nman.lib.in.us
NMPL Teen Scene
The basement will be open to teens (13+)
on Wednesdays from 3:30 - 5:00 pm
during the month of December.
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North Manchester Public Library
December
Nancy Lance to Retire
After 32 years at the
We will be celebratNorth Manchester Public
ing Nancy’s time with us on
Library, Nancy Lance will be December 18 from 4:00–
retiring.
6:00 pm in the Story Room.
Those who cannot make it
Her caring attitude
during that time are free to
towards library patrons
stop by any time before
made all who entered the
4:00 pm to visit. Her last
Children’s Department feel day will be January 1.
welcome.
Cookie Bake-off
Enter our Christmas
Cookie Bake-Off on
December 11. Patrons will be able to taste test
and vote for their favorites
throughout the day. The winners will receive a prize and
recognition in the next newsletter! If you would like to enter, you can pick up an entry
form at the front desk.
Movie Night
Come watch a holiday
movie with the entire family during our Movie Night
on December 11 at
6:00pm. Enjoy free refreshments as we watch
Frosty the Snowman and
How the Grinch Stole
Christmas. This program
will be held in the library
basement.
2013
Inside this issue:
Christmas Craft Day
2
What’s New?
3
Book Drive
6
Teen Scene
8
Library Hours
Monday—Thursday
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday & Saturday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Happy
Holidays!
December 2013
Writing Retreat
Join Dr. Beate Gilliar for another installment in the Fall Writing Retreats
with The Art of Living: Mindfulness through Writing on December 14 at 10am.
This workshop series engages the participants with writing and other
thoughtful practices by studying language, writing, literature and creativity at
large. The power of symbols, metaphors, imagery, rhythm and harmony will be
studied through a wide array of textual, musical and visual expressions. This
session will focus on inspiring images. Visual expressions (architecture included) impact mood and add a sense of joy, wonder, and awe. How to give words
to images, and how to inspire visual representations will be studied and practiced during this workshop. Be ready for the arts to arrive in ways not previously
imagined.
This program is free-of-charge and does not require sign-up.
Christmas Craft Day
Join us Saturday, December 14 from 1:30-4:30 pm
in the Blocher Room for our annual Christmas
Craft Day! This is an open-door program so come
and go as you please. Come create festive Christmas ornaments, a fun holiday wreath and more!
We will provide instructions and limited help for
those who need it. There will be refreshments offered and Christmas music playing! This program
is free of charge and is open to adults only.
Closings
The library will be
closed on the
following days:
 December 2425

December 31
@ 3:00 pm

January 1
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Santa is coming to the Library!
Come see
Santa Claus and
his reindeer on
Thursday,
December 12
from 5:30– 7:00
pm.
loading them to our Facebook page for you to print
and enjoy.
Come pet a live
reindeer, enjoy our free
hot chocolate bar with
cookies and get your photo taken with Santa!
This event to free
Want to get your
to
all
ages
and is sponphoto taken with Santa?
sored
by
the
Friends of
We will be taking photos
the Library!
free-of-charge and up-
Write a Letter to Santa
You can write letters to Santa and drop them
off at the North Pole Postal Mailbox in the Children’s
Department starting December 1. One of Santa’s
elves will come pick up the letters each week until
Christmas Eve.
Parents: Add a return address and your child
may receive a reply from Santa himself!
Wii Fun!
Have some fun at the
library during winter
break! Open to grades
1-5. Come to the basement December 30 at
2:00 pm for Wii games
and snacks!
Christmas Story Time
Come enjoy a special
Christmas Story Time
for ages 3-7 on December 16 and 17 at 10:00
am in the Story Room.
We will read Christmas
stories, have snack
and make a fun Christmas craft! No sign-up is
required.
Ornament Making
Create the perfect ornament for your Christmas Tree on December
19 at 10:00 am in the
Story Room. Open to
ages 3-12 with a guardian.
December 2013
Peace Corp Holiday Book Drive
The library will be collecting
gently-used or new children’s books to
send to Madagascar for the New Year.
These children are in need of new
books for their small library. The books
you donate will also be placed in a local school. Due to the road conditions
and lack of transportation, many families cannot make it the small library
pictured above. By collecting enough
books to place in the school, more
families and children will be touched
by your gift. There will collection boxes in both the adult and children’s department. You may start bringing in
your donations December 2. For the
first week, get $0.25 off a current fine
for each book donated.
Holiday Gifts
Are you looking for the perfect gift this holiday? Stop by the front desk and
check out the Friends of the Library items for sale. The newest items include:
locally made t-shirts, 14 oz. bistro mug, and stainless steel water bottles.
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What’s on the New Shelf?
On the Children’s Shelf
Non-Fiction

Martin & Mahalia by Andrea Davis Pinkney (J
323.092 PIN)

A warmer world by Carline Arnold (J 363.738
ARN)

Picture Book
 Dinosaur Rescue by
Penny Dale (J E DAL)


Phillis’s big test by Catherine Clinton (J 921
WHE)
The pig on the hill by
John Kelly (J E KEL)
The Christmas bear by
Henrietta Stickland (J E
STI)
Fiction
 The boy on the porch
by Sharon Creech (J
FIC CRE)

Binny for short by Hilary McKay (J FIC MCK)

The wig in the window
by Kristen Kittscher (J
FIC KIT)
On the Teen Shelf


Curtsies & conspiracies by Gail Carriger
(YA FIC Car)

Perfect Ruin by Lauren
DeStefano (YA FIC
DeS)
Loud awake and lost
by Adele Griffin (YA
FIC Gri)

Desert tales by Melissa
Marr (YA FIC Mar)

The iron traitor by Julie
Kagawa (YA FIC Kag)


Champion by Marie Lu
Engines of the broken
world by Jason Vanhee
(YA FIC Van)
(YA FIC Lu)
On the Adult Shelf
Non-Fiction
 The women of Christmas by Liz Curtis
Higgs (232.92 Hig)
 The casserole queens
make-a-meal cookbook by Crystal Cook
(641.82 Coo)
 Pure joy by Danielle
Steel (813 Ste)
Audio
 Fifteen minutes by Karen Kingsbury (CD FIC
Kin)
 The Moonlit Mind by
Dean Koontz (CD FIC
Koo)
 A seaside Christmas
by Sherryl Woods (CD
FIC Woo)
Fiction
 Christmas on Ladybug
Farms by Donna Ball
(LP FIC Bal)
 The Christmas visitor
by Linda Byler (FIC
Byl)
 Candlelight Christmas
by Susan Wiggs (FIC
Wig)