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Shelburne Library


We thought last week was busy but this week is really starting to have us in a whirl... that is good because the excitement fosters more and more ideas and activities for our programs.

This morning, Adam, who is going to be working with us on our new Seniors project, set up Merlin,  our Enhanced Vision equipment. This is an incredible machine that is designed to enlarge and enhance newspapers, magazines and other images for patrons who need larger size print. It has 16 levels of magnification for colour or black and white. We invite you to come in and try it... enjoy a new way to read a newspaper or magazine at the library with Adam's help to get you started. We very much appreciate this donation as a way of adding even more services for our patrons.

Teen programs

The first meeting of our Teen Book Club, Pizza & Pages, held last Thursday, was very successful with 12 young people in attendance. We were thrilled with the number and expect more will come out as the word spreads.

This summer is also the debut of Teens@Random, another unique program for our youth. This program runs every Thursday from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm and features a different “random” activity or event. For example, this week on Thursday, July 4, we'll be making funky, colourful photo frames ...a creative, original work of art design to take home to frame a favourite photo.

Which brings me to the following week's activity: On Thursday, July 11th,  Makeup Artist Sharon Betton from Painting Faces Cosmetics will be visiting for a special Teens@Random event, providing professional makeup application, tips and strategies!

Sharon is the best in the business; she was Head Makeup artist for the Miss Canada pageant and has a TV Beauty show on Rogers Television! Don't miss this awesome opportunity to get free expert beauty advice and have a photo taken of your new glamorous look.

AND don't forget about our free Yoga for Teens which runs Monday mornings from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm starting on July 8th.

Please let us know you are coming so we can have enough pizza, craft supplies etc. Call 519-925-2168

And last but not least our big launch of the TD Summer Reading Club is this Saturday, June 6th at 10:30 am. The registration package is awesome with lots of surprises and activities, reading incentives and more. If you can't make it this Saturday, register anyway and pick up the packages next week. The program involves checking in once a week to log your reading and see how many books you can read during the summer.

And now for new books this week:

Fiction:

The King's Deception by Steve Berry

Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

The Execution of Noa P. Singleton by Elizabeth L. Silver

A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams

Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith

Board Stiff by Elaine Viets

Warrior Pose by Brad Willis (aka Bhava Ram)

Dead, White and Blue by Carolyn Hart

Take, Burn or Destroy by S. Thomas Russell

Non Fiction:

Finding Your Element by Ken Robinson

Full Rip 9.0 by Sandi Doughton

Waking Up in Heaven by Crystal McVea

A History of the Nature Conservancy of Canada by Bill Freedman

Breastfeeding Solutions by Nancy Mohrbacher

 
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