April 2011 Library News

From the Gustavus Public Library
Where Volunteers are Our Foundation

The library is open 6 days a week!

Weekdays 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.    Mon.  & Wed. nights 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.                      Thurs. 10:00 a.m. - noon   Saturdays 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

April Programs and Activities:

PARENT/CHILD READING TIME:  Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m.  Children should come with an adult. Thanks!

PROGRAM ON BRAZIL:  Mike and Karen Taylor will be putting on a program about their trip to Brazil.  NOTE:  This program has been postponed.  Stay tuned for new day and time.  Thank you!

EASTER STORY TIME:   Come at 11am-noon on Saturday, April 23^rd for Story Hour, a visit from the Easter bunny, and an Egg Hunt!  Each child should bring one dozen eggs-can be either dyed or painted hard-boiled eggs, candy ones or plastic ones filled with treats. Preschool children should come with an adult.  

LOOKING AHEAD:  Our 2011 Children’s Summer Reading Program will begin on Wed., June 1^st.

Thanks to all of our desk sitters and volunteers: John Hawley, Allison Banks, Heather Sellards, Stephanie Shor, Kate Boesser, Lynne Jensen, Ela Kunat, George Jensen, Carole Baker, Carolyn Elder, Karen Sargent, and Emma Johnson. 

Desk sitters needed!  We have an opening for Fridays from 1:30-4:30pm and one for every other Saturday from 11am-1pm.  Let us know if you are interested in becoming one of our volunteer desk sitters! 

Thanks to our Library Board Members for all the work they put in; Eileen Clark, Artemis Bona Dea, Lynne Jensen, and Karen Sargent. 

MARCH LIBRARY STATISTICS:  During March, 2011, we had 756 visitors (adults, school children, preschoolers, junior/senior high, in-house computer users, library computer users), checked out 194 books and 131 movies; for a total of 325 items.  Programs included: city meetings, St. Patrick’s Day Story Hour, Program on Chile, Genealogy Workshop, weekly Little Ones’ Reading Time, piano lessons, and internet use (both inside the building and out).

New DVDS at the Library:

John Wayne Collector’s Edition, Disc 1 and Disc 2

The Fighting Kentuckian

Cheaper by the Dozen

Blackbeard

The Corruptor, rated R

Clash of the Titans, rated PG-13

World Trade Center, PG-13

The Sandlot, PG

Donated VHS Movie:

Texas

New Alaskana Book:

In Extremis and Other Alaskan Stories by Jean Anderson

New Adult Non-fiction:

Shaking the Pumpkin: Traditional Poetry of the Indian North Americas

Tie-dyeing and Batik

Right Plant, Right Place

Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid

If I were in Charge of the World

Longitude

Adult Fiction:

Murder on the Leviathan by B. Akunin

Flirting with Pete by B. Delinsky

Queen of Dreams by C. Divakaruni

I Heard That Song Before by M. Clark

We also have 15 new children’s books including four new board books and one graphic novel! 

  A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
 --Chinese Proverb