Author: Reading

The collecting of anecdotes for the library project “Books Have Legs” wraps up on Saturday, January 10^th. We’re looking for your thoughts about a book that has been meaningful to you in some way—a book that made a lasting impression, a book you remember with fondness. Perhaps you read it (or it was read to you) as a child, or as a teen, or late in life. Whatever the case, we’d like to hear about it. Please include your name, the title and author of the book, when you read it, and 3 – 10 sentences capturing the importance of the book in your life. You can mail your entry to the Reading Public Library, P.O. Box 7, Reading, VT 05062; email it to [email protected]; or drop off a copy. We welcome the participation of adults and children alike and hope to highlight some of the vignettes in the coming year. Continue reading “Librarian’s Note, January 2015”

The fall programs take a lot of coordinating but always provide some of our favorite moments. We painted and carved pumpkins with the preschoolers and elementary kids, then lit up the carved pumpkins on the library stoop for Halloween. We also had a lovely little program with the Kindergartners, who created sachets with lavender harvested from the library’s fledgling herb garden. And we had a full house for the showing of the film Olafur Eliasson: Space Is Process. This is the second time we have partnered with the Hall Art Foundation to show a film about an artist and then see his work at the foundation galleries. Last year’s program was successful; this year’s was more so. We hope to make this an annual event. Continue reading “Librarian’s Note, December 2014”

The library’s project “Reading Has Legs” continues this month and next. We’re looking for brief anecdotes about books that have been meaningful to you in some way—a book that made a lasting impression, a book you remember with fondness. Perhaps you read it (or it was read to you) as a child, or as a teen, or late in life. Whatever the case, we’d like to hear about it. Please include your name, the title and author of the book, when you read it, and 3 – 10 sentences capturing the importance of the book in your life. You can mail your entry to the Reading Public Library, P.O. Box 7, Reading, VT 05062; email it to [email protected], or drop off a copy. We will be collecting these vignettes through December and welcome the participation of adults and children alike. We’re hoping to capture a snapshot of our community by way of the books that helped shape its inhabitants. In the new year, we’d like to feature readers’ remembrances of books that had “legs.” Continue reading “Librarian’s Note, November 2014”