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Martha Canfield Library E-news - July
Welcome to the July edition of the Martha Canfield Library’s e-newsletter. If you have any suggestions, you can email them to our hotmail account or leave them in our suggestion jar on the front desk.
News
Our new website is up and running! Check us out at marthacanfieldlibrary.org, where you can get the latest news, see the latest new books, check out the dates of our occasional movie nights and much more. And, if you haven’t done so already, you can link to our online catalog and create your own account. This will allow you to look up books, place a hold on one you would like to read, and see what you have checked out and when it is due back - all from the comfort of your own home.
How would you like to learn French, Russian, Spanish, Italian or Chinese? These are just a few of the languages you can learn with your library card! Mango is a language learning program teaching practical conversation and cultural awareness for the world’s most popular languages. It’s so fast and easy, you’ll be able to have a real conversation in your new language in just minutes! Give it a try. Click on the link our home page. All you need to do is enter your library barcode, set up your account, and you are on your way to learning a new language.
For Teens
A series of workshops on writing poetry will take place at the library July 19 through July 22. The program, led by Duncan Gamble, a junior at AMHS, will be geared for middle school youth and older. Times for the workshops are: Tuesday, July 19, 9 – 11 am, Wednesday, July 20, 2 – 4 pm, Thursday, July 21, 9 – 11 am, Friday, July 22, 2 – 4 pm. Participants should bring paper, pens or pencils, a book of poetry or some poems they like, poems they have written (if any) and an open mind.
For Kids
(Parents – Please note the date change for Tom Joyce’s magic show)
Come join us in our travels as we explore “One World, Many Stories”. On Wednesday, July 20 at 10:30 am we’ll visit Brazil by listening to a Brazilian folktale, creating a mask for Carnival and sampling Brazilian food. Then on Wednesday, July 27 at 10:30 am we’ll take a trip to the mysterious Orient. See if you can guess which country it might be. Then on Wednesday, August 17 a special guest will join us at 10:30 am. Magician Tom Joyce will take us on a hilarious magical journey around the world. We’ll travel to Italy for some “Pizza Magic”, and visit Germany to be amazed by “The Lady from Luxembourg”. Stop in and see what else is happening this summer.
In the Canfield Gallery
A beautiful exhibition of landscapes by Nancy Holmes Calicchio continues through July 30. Calicchio has painted extensively in southern Vermont along the Battenkill River, in the Connecticut River Valley, and on top of Putney Mountain. To understand and approach the quality of her subjects, she paints the majority of her work en plein air.
In August Ukrainian born artist Helen Young will exhibit her small, jewel-like oil paintings and there will be an artist's reception at the gallery on Saturday, August 6 from 3 – 5 pm.
A resident of Londonderry, Young immigrated to America in 1950 and grew up in upstate New York, receiving graduate and undergraduate degrees in education from Syracuse University. She began painting in the late 1980's, and though she is largely self-taught, she is seriously committed to the work, painting outside on-site nearly every day. Her paintings are mostly small-scale landscapes, but she also paints close-up studies of flowers and still lifes that have echoes of both Morandi and Manet. Young is a regular exhibitor at Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, where she has had several solo shows in recent years.
The Russell Vermontiana Collection
By Bill Budde, Curator
June was a busy month. In preparation for the library open house and anniversary celebration, we had the opportunity to search through our photograph collection for library images.
We were asked if we could make copies of photographs of local families and Arlington school pictures by two different families. It is our pleasure to do this with our new equipment from the eVermont grant. Our first priority is for residents of Sandgate, Arlington, and Sunderland, but we can also offer this service to other town historical societies, museums, and residents of Vermont that would like to preserve and share our history. We ask for a donation of $1.00 per photo to cover our material cost. We can print with our inkjet printer in black and white, color, or sepia tones, and on glossy or matte photograph paper in 4 x 6, 8 x 10, or 8 1/2 x 11 inch formats. We also provide a CD of the images in a high-resolution file for your future use, at $1.00 per disk. In return, we ask permission to add the photograph to the Russell Collection with acknowledgement of your gift. For more information please call Bill at 802-375-6153, 802-375-9296 or email to
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Book Sale
Are you looking for some good summer beach reads? Or paperbacks to take on vacation? Check out our book sale in the Community House on Route 7A. We’ll be open every Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm, and every Sunday from 1 to 4 pm through Columbus Day. In addition to a wide range of fiction we have how-to books, biographies, poetry, gardening, cooking, puzzles, videos and more.
We are happy to accept donations of gently used books, DVDs, games, puzzles and CDs at the Library during our regular hours. However, we can’t use Readers’ Digest Condensed books, textbooks, or old encyclopedias.
Volunteer Opportunities
We’re looking for someone to help out at the checkout desk. If you enjoy helping people, are comfortable using a computer and have some spare time on Friday afternoon please stop in and see Phyllis.
Wish List
A sandwich board sign with interchangeable letters would be a great help in letting you know when and where our programs are. If you would like to contribute a sign, please contact Phyllis at the library.
The Mystery Corner
Non Series Mysteries
By Martha Folsom
Each of these is an excellent stand-alone novel. MCL has the books by Christie, Isaacs and Milne; you can request the others from interlibrary loan.
Nerve Damage by Peter Abrahams – This mystery/psychological thriller features Vermont sculptor Roy Valois whose wife was supposedly killed in a helicopter accident while she was on a humanitarian mission in South America. Valois is dying of an incurable cancer and has only months to live, when he finds what he thinks is a mistake about his wife’s death. He sets out in a race against time and conspiracy to discover the truth.
A Scandal in Belgravia by Robert Barnard – This is Barnard’s 24th book, and possibly his best. Peter Proctor is a retired government minister trying to write his memoirs. He is sidetracked by thoughts about the death of a friend many years before and he begins to investigate the circumstances of his friend’s death. Barnard is known for his truly well-crafted, old-fashioned British mysteries. His characters are complex but carefully drawn.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie – Written in 1939, this is one of the best-selling mysteries of all time. The plot is typical Christie. Ten guests arrive at an island mansion and are killed off one by one. The circumstances of the deaths are incredible and seemingly impossible, but the solution is completely logical and possible.
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers by Troy Cook – This book is very original and funny. It, however, is NOT a ‘cozy’. It’s an adventurous romp of a crime thriller. The heroine, Tara, is unpredictable and not stereotypical in any way. Tara has been trained since the age of 9 to be her dad’s bank robbing partner, through his 47 Rules. All goes well until she is 23 and decides on a career change.
Only When I Larf (Laugh) by Len Deighton – Deighton’s fans were upset with this book because it was not a spy thriller. I loved the book and thought it was very funny. It’s the crazy tale of three con artists (Silas, Liz and Bob) told through three first-person narratives that are increasingly contradictory descriptions of shared experiences. Deighton is a masterful writer and if you start out knowing that this isn’t a spy novel, I think you will enjoy it.
Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell by Howard Engel and The Patient’s Eyes by David Pirie – Both of these novels feature the young Arthur Conan Doyle and his real-life mentor, Dr. Bell. Engel’s book is the lighter, faster-paced of the two, while Pirie’s novel is rich in atmosphere. They have very different writing styles. Read them, compare them, and let us know which YOU prefer!
After All These Years by Susan Isaacs –After celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary, Rosie Meyers finds her husband dead on the kitchen floor. Since her husband was leaving her for a younger, thinner woman and since Rosie’s fingerprints are all over the murder weapon she is the logical suspect. It’s a light, fun read.
The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne – An exacting use of words makes this short, solid mystery by Milne very charming. Written in 1922, it provides the reader with all the facts needed to solve the crime. Antony Gillingham is enjoying a relaxing weekend at a country mansion. One of the guests turns up dead. Antony and his friend, Bill, solve the crime in a manner that would make Holmes and Watson proud.
Old Dogs by Donna Moore – The Contessa and her sister are really Letty and Dora, a couple of 70-year-old ex-hookers turned con ladies and heist artists. They have a slick art caper planned in Glasgow. The book is a screwball ride. The characters are incredibly funny. (By the way, the language is quite ‘colorful’, so if you are easily offended by rude language, don’t even pick it up.) Read it and laugh.
Staff Pick by Phyllis Skidmore
Beautiful Darkness (The Caster Chronicles, book 2) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
In the sequel to Beautiful Creatures, supernatural teen Lena Duchannes has suffered a tragic loss and begun to distance herself from Ethan Wate, the mortal she introduced to the magical world hidden beneath the small southern town of Gatlin. Lena is searching for a way to deal with the family curse that doesn’t leave her many options when the time of her Claiming Moon comes, and she must to decide which course her life will take. Meanwhile, Ethan has begun having strange dreams, and tries to discover what they mean and how he can help Lena as he follows her into the tunnels beneath Gatlin and beyond. This atmospheric tale is full of details that develop the characters until we feel we’ve known them for years. This has a spoiler for the first book, so you should start at the beginning of the series. I am eagerly awaiting the next book, due out in the fall.
Wanted: Reader's Picks
By the way, if the library doesn't yet own the book, perhaps you'd like to purchase a copy -- at the library's 20-45% discount -- and gift it to the collection. Talk to Phyllis.
New Books
Fiction
Winter Garden, by Kristin Hannah
The Girl from Junchow, by Kate Furnivall
Best Friends Forever, by Jennifer Weiner
The Devil’s Punchbowl, Greg Iles
Every Last Cuckoo, by Kate Maloy
The Far Side of the World, by Patrick O’Brian
The Judgment, by Beverly Lewis
I’ll Walk Alone, by Mary Higgins Clark
The Sixth Man, by David Baldacci
Kingdom, by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
Player One, by Douglas Coupland
Unnatural Issue, by Mercedes Lackey
Sleeping Beauty, by Mercedes Lackey
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold, by Alexander McCall-Smith
10th Anniversary, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Now You See Her, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See
Super Sad True Love Story, by Gary Shteyngart
Captive Queen: a Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine, by Alison Weir
Mystery
Starvation Lake, by Bryan Gruley
Moonlight Mile, by Dennis Lehane
The Worst Thing, by Aaron J. Elkins
Smokin’ Seventeen, by Janet Evanovich
Drawing Conclusions, by Donna Leon
Treason at Lisson Grove, by Anne Perry
Non-fiction
Growing Upcountry: Raising a Family and Flock in a Rural Place, by Don Mitchell
The Coming Famine, by Julian Cribb
The Bullpen Gospels, by Dirk Hayhurst
The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You, by Eli Pariser
The Long Road Home: the Aftermath of the Second World War, by Ben Shephard
Blind Descent: the Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth, by James M. Tabor
Audiobook CDs
Once Upon a Time, by Elizabeth Berg
The Fifth Witness, by Michael Connelly
The Jefferson Key, by Steve Berry
The Shack, by William P. Young
DVD
Cheaper By the Dozen, with Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo and Hilary Duff
Ragtime, with James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn and Elizabeth Mcgovern
The Lucy Show
Seinfeld, Seasons 1-9
Young Adult
Aliens on Vacation, by Clete Barrett Smith
Camo Girl, by Kekla Magoon
The Warlock, by Michael Scott
Incarceron, by Catherine Fisher
Swoon at Your Own Risk, by Sydney Salter
The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye, by Nancy Springer
Lifted, by Wendy Toliver
Grease Town, by Ann Towell
No Moon, by Irene Watts
Children
Fiction
Thea Stilton and the Mystery in Paris, by Thea Stilton
Racing Against Time, by Suzanne Weyn
The Giant Diamond Robbery, by Geronimo Stilton
Bundle of Trouble, a Rebecca Mystery, by Kathryn Reiss
Clue in the Castle Tower, a Samantha Mystery, by Sarah Masters Buckey
The Silver Guitar, a Julie Mystery, by Kathryn Reiss
Tink, by Bodil Bredsdorff
Monsters, by Lucille Recht Penner
A Call for a New Alphabet, by Jef Czekaj
Squish 1: Super Amoeba, by Jennifer Holm
Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, by Julie Sternberg
Beginning Readers
Lola and Tiva, by Julianna, Isabella and Craig Hatkoff
Tales for Very Picky Eaters, by Josh Schneider
Thomas the Tank Engine in Trouble in the Tunnel, by Richard Courtney
Picture Books
Maisy Goes to the Museum, by Lucy Cousins
Marley, Farm Dog, based on the bestselling books by John Grogan
Maisy Goes to the Hospital, by Lucy Cousins
Maisy Goes to Preschool, by Lucy Cousins
Marley Steals the Show, based on the bestselling books by John Grogan
Maisy, Charley and the Wobbly Tooth, by Lucy Cousins
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm, by Jon Katz
Angelina, Prima Ballerina, inspired by the classic children’s book by Katherine Holabird
Angelina’s New School, inspired by the classic children’s book by Katherine Holabird
Hooray for Amanda and Her Alligator, by Mo Willems
Mudkin, by Stephen Gammell
Knuffle Bunny Free, by Mo Willems
Non-Fiction
Who Really Discovered America?, by Kristine Carlson Asselin
DVD
Elmo’s World: the Street We Live On
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, with Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary
Nim’s Island, with Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler
Cars, with Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy and Cheech Marin
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