Today is the last day of the Virtual Summer Reading Program! Remember to complete your registration and submit your final raffle entries by 11:59 p.m. tonight. Click here for access to the online forms.
Showing posts with label Summer Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer Reading. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Virtual Summer Reading Program: One Week Left!
There's one week left to register for the virtual summer reading program and submit raffle entries for the books you've read! The online forms will be available through August 31st. All registered participants in the children’s program are also invited to pick up a prize in the children’s room.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Young Adult Craft
Join Miss Megan for an assortment of color-your-own crafts! Craft kits are available by the circulation desk while supplies last. Watch the video below or click here to open it on YouTube.
Monday, August 9, 2021
Summertime Dining
Check out the video below for cookbook recommendations that are perfect for the summer season with Public Services Librarian Matt Fuller. You can also click here to open the video on YouTube. To reserve any of the featured titles, please call the library at 432-1132 or sign in to your account on the library catalog.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Beach Reads
Public Services Librarian Matt Fuller shares teasers for some new summer fiction titles available at the library. To reserve any of the featured titles, please call the library at 432-1132 or sign in to your account on the library catalog. Watch the video below or click here to open it on YouTube.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Happy first day of summer reading!
Remember to register online for our virtual summer reading program and submit raffle entries for the books you read (e-books and audiobooks count too)! Click here for more details.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Children's Summer Reading Program
Fantastic Finale!
This year’s fabulous finale show will feature the interactive entertainment of Todd Wellington, The King of Silly. Using a variety of tools of the trade including juggling, unicycling, balloons and physical comedy, the King of Silly will keep you laughing. Join us for one of two sessions at the Londonderry Town Common on Wednesday, August 18th at 11:00 a.m. and at 2:00 p.m. Every participant is invited to attend one of the performances --- come to whichever time is more convenient. For your convenience, parking will be available at the Lion’s Hall, the Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church. There is no parking allowed along Mammoth and Pillsbury Roads. In the case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved to the Grange 44 Building. If you have not completed your reading, you may still attend the finale; your prize bag may be claimed when you reach your goal. Everyone who attends one of the performances will have a chance to enter a raffle for gift certificates donated by local restaurants. No registration is required.
This year’s fabulous finale show will feature the interactive entertainment of Todd Wellington, The King of Silly. Using a variety of tools of the trade including juggling, unicycling, balloons and physical comedy, the King of Silly will keep you laughing. Join us for one of two sessions at the Londonderry Town Common on Wednesday, August 18th at 11:00 a.m. and at 2:00 p.m. Every participant is invited to attend one of the performances --- come to whichever time is more convenient. For your convenience, parking will be available at the Lion’s Hall, the Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church. There is no parking allowed along Mammoth and Pillsbury Roads. In the case of inclement weather, the performance will be moved to the Grange 44 Building. If you have not completed your reading, you may still attend the finale; your prize bag may be claimed when you reach your goal. Everyone who attends one of the performances will have a chance to enter a raffle for gift certificates donated by local restaurants. No registration is required.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Children’s Summer Reading Program
Reptiles on the Move
The Leach Library is pleased to welcome Reptiles on the Move to the library on Wednesday, August 11th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. This interactive presentation allows children of all ages to learn about reptiles by seeing, holding and touching them. (live animals) Registration is required
The Leach Library is pleased to welcome Reptiles on the Move to the library on Wednesday, August 11th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. This interactive presentation allows children of all ages to learn about reptiles by seeing, holding and touching them. (live animals) Registration is required
Friday, July 30, 2010
Children’s Summer Reading Program
Campfire Stories
Snuggle up around our “campfire” and listen to some entertaining campfire stories on Wednesday, August 4th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Participants are welcome to bring a blanket and stretch out on the floor and listen to stories that will leave you wanting “s’more!” Registration is required.
Snuggle up around our “campfire” and listen to some entertaining campfire stories on Wednesday, August 4th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Participants are welcome to bring a blanket and stretch out on the floor and listen to stories that will leave you wanting “s’more!” Registration is required.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The Summer’s Hottest Reads
Oh the joys of summer: cookouts and picnics, trips to the beach, long, lazy days lost in the pages of a good book. As you plan your summer vacation, whether you will be heading out or staying in, be sure to include a stop at the library. We have a fresh crop of titles that are perfect fare for a summer day. Here are just a few:
Nora Roberts can be counted on for her riveting romances, and her latest is up to her usual standards and out just in time for summer. In The Search, Fiona Bristow begins to put the pieces of her life back together after losing her fiancé to a serial killer who nearly killed her as well. As her heart begins to warm to someone new, a copycat killer emerges who is dead set on killing the one woman who escaped his predecessor. With enough thrills to keep the pages turning, this one is sure to ratchet up the heat on a summer’s day.
Brad Thor’s Scot Harvath series has provided plenty of adventure and page-flying reading for a number of years now, and his latest entry, Foreign Influence, is certain to please. In this outing, the ex-Navy SEAL finds himself in Europe on the trail of terrorists attacking Americans abroad. An alternating storyline introduces Vaughn, a Chicago investigator and ex-marine, who has discovered a deadly plot to attack on home soil. Thor has yet again created an intricately woven plot that comes to an explosive conclusion. If you haven’t met Scot Harvath yet, begin at the beginning with The Lions of Lucerne.
Three sisters, each with their own unique voice, share the narration of Nancy Thayer’s latest heart-wrenching read, Beachcombers. After years of growing apart, Abbie, Emma and Lily find themselves in their childhood home on Nantucket during a life-changing summer. Renting a cottage near their house is Marina, a widow seeking a new start, who finds her heart awakening to the sisters’ father. At each new challenge, these four women learn to face what their futures have in store for them.
The hilarious Stephanie Plum is back for another adventure in Janet Evanovich’s latest, Sizzling Sixteen. After her cousin Vinnie is kidnapped, the bounty hunter puts her luck and skills to the test as she tries to rescue him and raise the money to pay off his gambling debts. Love interests Ranger and Morelli are never far away as Stephanie dashes around Trenton in one raucously funny escapade after another. While Evanovich makes sure first-time readers of the series are brought up to snuff, you won’t want to miss the madcap adventures that fill the first fifteen installments. Start with One for the Money for an introduction to the zaniest bail bondswoman you’ll ever meet.
Readers will find Elin Hilderbrand’s The Island to be yet another perfectly timed summer escape from this expert author. Isolated Tuckernuck Island provides the setting for this novel about two sets of sisters: Chess and Tate, and their mother, Birdie, and aunt, India. After Chess calls off her engagement and then suffers the loss of her ex-fiancé, she escapes to the secluded family estate on a private island. There the four women spend a month together as each discovers the importance of family and learns to navigate the waters of the heart.
Nora Roberts can be counted on for her riveting romances, and her latest is up to her usual standards and out just in time for summer. In The Search, Fiona Bristow begins to put the pieces of her life back together after losing her fiancé to a serial killer who nearly killed her as well. As her heart begins to warm to someone new, a copycat killer emerges who is dead set on killing the one woman who escaped his predecessor. With enough thrills to keep the pages turning, this one is sure to ratchet up the heat on a summer’s day.
Brad Thor’s Scot Harvath series has provided plenty of adventure and page-flying reading for a number of years now, and his latest entry, Foreign Influence, is certain to please. In this outing, the ex-Navy SEAL finds himself in Europe on the trail of terrorists attacking Americans abroad. An alternating storyline introduces Vaughn, a Chicago investigator and ex-marine, who has discovered a deadly plot to attack on home soil. Thor has yet again created an intricately woven plot that comes to an explosive conclusion. If you haven’t met Scot Harvath yet, begin at the beginning with The Lions of Lucerne.
Three sisters, each with their own unique voice, share the narration of Nancy Thayer’s latest heart-wrenching read, Beachcombers. After years of growing apart, Abbie, Emma and Lily find themselves in their childhood home on Nantucket during a life-changing summer. Renting a cottage near their house is Marina, a widow seeking a new start, who finds her heart awakening to the sisters’ father. At each new challenge, these four women learn to face what their futures have in store for them.
The hilarious Stephanie Plum is back for another adventure in Janet Evanovich’s latest, Sizzling Sixteen. After her cousin Vinnie is kidnapped, the bounty hunter puts her luck and skills to the test as she tries to rescue him and raise the money to pay off his gambling debts. Love interests Ranger and Morelli are never far away as Stephanie dashes around Trenton in one raucously funny escapade after another. While Evanovich makes sure first-time readers of the series are brought up to snuff, you won’t want to miss the madcap adventures that fill the first fifteen installments. Start with One for the Money for an introduction to the zaniest bail bondswoman you’ll ever meet.
Readers will find Elin Hilderbrand’s The Island to be yet another perfectly timed summer escape from this expert author. Isolated Tuckernuck Island provides the setting for this novel about two sets of sisters: Chess and Tate, and their mother, Birdie, and aunt, India. After Chess calls off her engagement and then suffers the loss of her ex-fiancé, she escapes to the secluded family estate on a private island. There the four women spend a month together as each discovers the importance of family and learns to navigate the waters of the heart.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Children's Summer Reading Programs
Simon Brooks, Storyteller at the Leach Library Children’s Room
Come and enjoy a morning of tales from around the world on Wednesday, July 14th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hear tales of love, long journeys, shape-shifting girls battling dragons and how Ananzi gave us stories. Registration is required and begins on Monday, July 12, 2010.
The Leach Library Children’s Room welcomes Martha Dana & Puppets
Join Martha Dana and her puppets at the library on Wednesday, July 21st from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., for a morning of puppet fun and exciting stories. Registration is required and begins on Monday, July 19, 2010.
Junior Zookeeper Encounter with the Granite State Zoo at the Leach Library Children’s Room
Get up close and personal with a variety of animals on Wednesday, July 28th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., with the Granite State Zoo. This hands-on program will allow children to touch and hold animals while teaching them to be safe and respectful around them. (live animals) Registration is required and begins on Monday, July 26, 2010.
Come and enjoy a morning of tales from around the world on Wednesday, July 14th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hear tales of love, long journeys, shape-shifting girls battling dragons and how Ananzi gave us stories. Registration is required and begins on Monday, July 12, 2010.
The Leach Library Children’s Room welcomes Martha Dana & Puppets
Join Martha Dana and her puppets at the library on Wednesday, July 21st from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., for a morning of puppet fun and exciting stories. Registration is required and begins on Monday, July 19, 2010.
Junior Zookeeper Encounter with the Granite State Zoo at the Leach Library Children’s Room
Get up close and personal with a variety of animals on Wednesday, July 28th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., with the Granite State Zoo. This hands-on program will allow children to touch and hold animals while teaching them to be safe and respectful around them. (live animals) Registration is required and begins on Monday, July 26, 2010.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Children's Summer Reading Program Kick-off Show
This is a reminder that the children’s summer reading program kick-off show is Wednesday, June 30, from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Join us at the Middle School cafeteria for a performance of “Story Songs and Sing Alongs” by Debbie and Friends. A raffle for a chance to win gift certificates donated by local businesses will follow the performance. There is no registration required for this program. If you have any questions please contact the Children’s Room at 432-1127.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Summer Reading Programs
Adult Summer Reading
This year, the Leach Library will launch a new Adult Summer Reading Program, run in conjunction with the Children’s and Young Adult Summer Reading Programs. The 2010 Adult Summer Reading Program theme is Water Your Mind – Read! Registration for the program will begin Tuesday, June 1 and run through Saturday, August 28. Participants may register at any time at the Reference Desk where they will receive a bookmark and an informational sheet. Those who register early will also receive a seed packet to grow beautiful, butterfly-attracting Texas bluebonnets available while supplies last.
For every book read, participants will receive one raffle ticket. These tickets can be completed for entry into weekly raffle drawings. Prizes for the weekly raffle drawings include a variety of gardening themed items. Additionally, gift certificates will be raffled off that have been generously donated by Giovanni’s, Vincenzo’s, Shady Hill Greenhouses, and an item from the Home Depot of Londonderry. The participant who reads the most books over the summer will receive a Grand Prize gift basket.
The library will also be offering two gardening-themed evening programs. The first will be held on Thursday, July 15 at 7:00 p.m. when University of New Hampshire Professor Cathy Neal will present a program on “The Best Plants for New Hampshire Landscapes.” On Thursday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m., Cheryl Smith of the University of New Hampshire will present the program “Tips for Growing Healthy Indoor Plants.” These events are free and open to the public and will be held in the library’s meeting room. A gardening themed door prize will be raffled off at each program. Light refreshments will be served.
Young Adult Summer Reading
The 2010 Young Adult Summer Reading Program theme is You Are Here, and the program explores the impact of a person’s carbon footprint on the world. It is open to any student entering grades 6-12 with registration ongoing from June 1 through August 16 at the Circulation Desk. Weekly meetings will be held in the lower level meeting room on Tuesday nights from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted. The first meeting is Tuesday, June 29, and the theme is poetry. Other meetings include Movie Night, Games Nights, Did You Know?, Music and Crafts Night, and a book discussion. The book discussion will feature City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau, with paperback copies available to the first thirty participants who sign up for this discussion. Snacks and drinks are served at each meeting, and all attendees will receive a raffle ticket for one of various door prizes, including a $20.00 gift certificate.
Participants who sign up and read will receive a raffle slip for every book of more than 80 pages read or every group of 3 magazines read. These slips must be turned in by no later than 8:00 p.m. on Monday, August 16. Raffle slips will be drawn at the wrap-up pizza party on Tuesday, August 17 for the following Grand Prizes: passes to Canobie Lake, passes to Water Country in Portsmouth, a free 18-hole round of golf from the Londonderry Country Club, and gift certificates to Cinema 12, American Eagle, Barnes and Noble, and Newbury Comics. Attendance at the pizza party is not required to win the Grand Prizes.
Participants are also asked to keep a reading log of all books read from June 1 through Saturday, September 4. Every student entering grades 6-8 who turns in a reading log with 12 titles or more listed will receive a certificate that entitles them to an extra credit or homework pass in English. Also, every participant grades 6-12 who turns in a reading log by September 4 will be eligible to win the Janice Anagnos Memorial Certificate and a very special prize. This prize is awarded, in memory of a former library trustee, Janice Anagnos, to the student who reads the most books during the Young Adult Summer Reading Program.
Children’s Summer Reading
The 2010 Children’s Summer Reading Program theme is Make a Splash – Read, with the library-wide goal of reading enough books to splash the coast from New Hampshire to Alaska and back again. The program is open to all children from birth through grade 6. Participants may register in the Children’s Room beginning June 1 where they will receive a packet containing calendars noting the dates and times of all programs.
A kick off show will take place on Wednesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m. at the Londonderry Middle School with a performance by Debbie and Friends. Everyone who attends the program will have the opportunity to enter a raffle to win a gift certificate donated by local restaurants that will be drawn immediately following the show.
Weekly activities include Guess It and Trivia Contests. Regular programs include Game Day Monday, Story Time Tuesday, Craft Time Thursdays, and a Saturday Scavenger Hunt. A variety of special programs on Wednesdays include a visit with Tacky the Penguin, A World of Tales with storyteller Simon Brooks, Martha Dana and her puppet friends, Junior Zookeeper Encounter with the Wildlife Encounters Zoo, Campfire Stories, and Reptiles on the Move. These programs require prior registration on the Monday before the event.
The finale show will take place in two sessions on Wednesday, August 18 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., at the Londonderry Town Common. The featured performer will be Todd Wellington, The King of Silly. Participants at both performances will have the chance to enter a raffle to win a gift certificate donated by local restaurants that will be drawn immediately following each show. Children who reach their reading goal may pick up prize bags at this event or at any time in the Children’s Room from August 9 through 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 11.
For more information on the 2010 Summer Reading Programs, please visit the library’s website at www.londonderrynh.org/library/library.htm, or call the library at 432-1132 or the children’s room at 432-1127.
This year, the Leach Library will launch a new Adult Summer Reading Program, run in conjunction with the Children’s and Young Adult Summer Reading Programs. The 2010 Adult Summer Reading Program theme is Water Your Mind – Read! Registration for the program will begin Tuesday, June 1 and run through Saturday, August 28. Participants may register at any time at the Reference Desk where they will receive a bookmark and an informational sheet. Those who register early will also receive a seed packet to grow beautiful, butterfly-attracting Texas bluebonnets available while supplies last.
For every book read, participants will receive one raffle ticket. These tickets can be completed for entry into weekly raffle drawings. Prizes for the weekly raffle drawings include a variety of gardening themed items. Additionally, gift certificates will be raffled off that have been generously donated by Giovanni’s, Vincenzo’s, Shady Hill Greenhouses, and an item from the Home Depot of Londonderry. The participant who reads the most books over the summer will receive a Grand Prize gift basket.
The library will also be offering two gardening-themed evening programs. The first will be held on Thursday, July 15 at 7:00 p.m. when University of New Hampshire Professor Cathy Neal will present a program on “The Best Plants for New Hampshire Landscapes.” On Thursday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m., Cheryl Smith of the University of New Hampshire will present the program “Tips for Growing Healthy Indoor Plants.” These events are free and open to the public and will be held in the library’s meeting room. A gardening themed door prize will be raffled off at each program. Light refreshments will be served.
Young Adult Summer Reading
The 2010 Young Adult Summer Reading Program theme is You Are Here, and the program explores the impact of a person’s carbon footprint on the world. It is open to any student entering grades 6-12 with registration ongoing from June 1 through August 16 at the Circulation Desk. Weekly meetings will be held in the lower level meeting room on Tuesday nights from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted. The first meeting is Tuesday, June 29, and the theme is poetry. Other meetings include Movie Night, Games Nights, Did You Know?, Music and Crafts Night, and a book discussion. The book discussion will feature City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau, with paperback copies available to the first thirty participants who sign up for this discussion. Snacks and drinks are served at each meeting, and all attendees will receive a raffle ticket for one of various door prizes, including a $20.00 gift certificate.
Participants who sign up and read will receive a raffle slip for every book of more than 80 pages read or every group of 3 magazines read. These slips must be turned in by no later than 8:00 p.m. on Monday, August 16. Raffle slips will be drawn at the wrap-up pizza party on Tuesday, August 17 for the following Grand Prizes: passes to Canobie Lake, passes to Water Country in Portsmouth, a free 18-hole round of golf from the Londonderry Country Club, and gift certificates to Cinema 12, American Eagle, Barnes and Noble, and Newbury Comics. Attendance at the pizza party is not required to win the Grand Prizes.
Participants are also asked to keep a reading log of all books read from June 1 through Saturday, September 4. Every student entering grades 6-8 who turns in a reading log with 12 titles or more listed will receive a certificate that entitles them to an extra credit or homework pass in English. Also, every participant grades 6-12 who turns in a reading log by September 4 will be eligible to win the Janice Anagnos Memorial Certificate and a very special prize. This prize is awarded, in memory of a former library trustee, Janice Anagnos, to the student who reads the most books during the Young Adult Summer Reading Program.
Children’s Summer Reading
The 2010 Children’s Summer Reading Program theme is Make a Splash – Read, with the library-wide goal of reading enough books to splash the coast from New Hampshire to Alaska and back again. The program is open to all children from birth through grade 6. Participants may register in the Children’s Room beginning June 1 where they will receive a packet containing calendars noting the dates and times of all programs.
A kick off show will take place on Wednesday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m. at the Londonderry Middle School with a performance by Debbie and Friends. Everyone who attends the program will have the opportunity to enter a raffle to win a gift certificate donated by local restaurants that will be drawn immediately following the show.
Weekly activities include Guess It and Trivia Contests. Regular programs include Game Day Monday, Story Time Tuesday, Craft Time Thursdays, and a Saturday Scavenger Hunt. A variety of special programs on Wednesdays include a visit with Tacky the Penguin, A World of Tales with storyteller Simon Brooks, Martha Dana and her puppet friends, Junior Zookeeper Encounter with the Wildlife Encounters Zoo, Campfire Stories, and Reptiles on the Move. These programs require prior registration on the Monday before the event.
The finale show will take place in two sessions on Wednesday, August 18 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., at the Londonderry Town Common. The featured performer will be Todd Wellington, The King of Silly. Participants at both performances will have the chance to enter a raffle to win a gift certificate donated by local restaurants that will be drawn immediately following each show. Children who reach their reading goal may pick up prize bags at this event or at any time in the Children’s Room from August 9 through 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 11.
For more information on the 2010 Summer Reading Programs, please visit the library’s website at www.londonderrynh.org/library/library.htm, or call the library at 432-1132 or the children’s room at 432-1127.
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