FRENCHMAN'S BAY LIBRARY

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Our new year's resolution: Update this web page regularly!

Your new year's resolutions?

--visit Frenchman's Bay Library every week,

--use the new computer services,

--and read more books!

JANUARY CABIN-FEVER RELIEVER!

Hold the date: January 21, 4:30, for a

SOUPER-CHILI SUPPER

Pots of soup and delicious chilis, breads, crackers, fabulous desserts and so much more will be available to the community in the Sorrento-Sullivan Recreation center. Come chase away the winter cold with lots of soup, chili, and community spirit! Pay only whatever donation you care to make to the Library to benefit our budget for New Print and Video Resources, and help the library purchase all your favorite books and dvds for everyone's enjoyment and education in 2012!

SPEAKING OF EDUCATION . . .

Do you know how many exciting things you can access through our new computers? Through the Learning Express Library, available on our computers thanks to a federal grant, students from elementary through college levels can study and improve their reading, writing, and math skills at their own pace. Home-school parents--this can be a huge help to you. High school students--study for the SATs at no cost! GED study and testing also available. Adults!-- There are great resources for you too: job-search, resume-writing, and interviewing skills courses; career licensing and certification test preparation; and much more. Ask the Librarian, and look for some special programs in 2012 to help you use these resources.

LIBRARY PROGRAMS:

GOOD NIGHT! GOOD BOOKS! PJ STORY TIME

Our Pajama Story Time welcomes Mary Reddick Welsh, our former librarian, as she reads the story book she wrote and illustrated herself-- Sammy, the Little Green Snake Who Wanted to Fly. Come and meet the author! Monday, January 2 at 6:30 p.m.

KNITTERS AND NEEDLEWORKERS:

The Monday night Knitters are still going strong. Led by Barbara Sawyer, they meet from 6-8 p.m. each week. All knitters or those who want to learn are wecome. Meetings are usually in the community room and the conversation is lively!.

LIBRARY BOOK CLUB:

All adults are invited to join this group to read interesting books and have good discussions with other readers. We meet on the THIRD Monday of the month at at 2:00 p.m. Next meetings:

January 17, Martin Luther King Day. In Honor of the day we will be discussing works of African-American literature. Choose from the works of DuBois, Gaines, Hurston, Coretta King, Walker, and Washington, and join us for an important discussion.

February 20: F. Scott Fitzgerald month! Each participant reads a different Fitzgerald work: Tender Is the Night, The Last Tycoon, This Side of Paradise, and The Great Gatsby. We also have two collections of short stories. Each participant will report on the work they have read and we will discuss Fitzgerald’s art, life, and continuing importance today. Join us!

Frenchman's Bay Library is grateful to the Rose and Samuel Rudman Foundation, the Davis Family Foundation, the Maine Community Foundation, The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation, The Maine Charities Foundation, the towns of Sullivan, Sorrento, and Hancock, and to many local residents and summer visitors, for their much-needed support. Frenchman's Bay Library is a tax exempt 501(3)(c) organization.

Please send your generous donation, or any other correspondence to Box 215, Sullivan, Maine 04664. Email: jreece@frenchman.lib.me.us