Lapsit Storytime and more
“Fluff & Stuff Friends” is the theme for this 6 week session for children 12 to 24 months accompanied by an adult. We promote literacy development and fun through stories, music, fingerplays, sign language and simple movement in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose Friday mornings 10-10:30, February 20-March 27 or Monday evenings 6:30-7 pm, February 23, March 30. Registration is currently taking place.
Chapter Chatter Storytime
“Musical Matters” Join us for some musical mayhem. We will discover different musical instruments and their sounds, perhaps a field trip (still in the planning stage) and of course there will be hands on fun. A chapter book selected by staff will be shared over the course of 4 weeks. Sign up for Thursday evenings, February 26 – March 19, 7-7:45 pm. Registration is required and opens on Thursday, January 29th.
Bookaholics
The Bookaholics Book Club will be reading Peter Graham’s Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century. This is the true story of the 1954 murder of a woman by two teenage girls — her daughter, Pauline, and Pauline’s best friend, Juliet – better known today as mystery writer Anne Perry. Graham has created a comprehensive, well-researched examination of the crime and its aftermath, as well as the killer’s lives, from childhood to the present day that is as engrossing as it is chilling. Copies of the book are now available at the Circulation Desk. The clubs will meet on Thursday, February 19 at noon at the library, or at 7:30pm at Bruno’s Bar.
Briggsflix
The Briggsflix Movie Club returns this month with a showing of Gosford Park. The movie, directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes (the creator and writer of Downton Abbey) showcases an impressive cast, led by Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, and Helen Mirren. Set in the 1930s, the story follows a group of guests and their servants as they gather for a party at an English country house. When their host is found dead, it appears that everyone, upstairs and below, has secrets, but is one a motive for murder? Come find out when we screen this movie for free on Tuesday, January 27 at 6:30pm. Rated R, 137 minutes.
Staff Picks
If you are looking for a good book to read here is a list of titles that Library staff enjoyed or found informative in the last month. Fiction: Betrayed by Loisa Scottoline, The Look of Love by Sarah Jio, Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, Hope to Die by James Patterson, Seven Wonders by Ben Mezrich and Woman With a Gun by Phillip Margolin. Non-fiction: Your Water Footprint: the Shocking facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products by Stephen Leahy and Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle by Douglas J. Emlen. Miss Marie’s Juvenile Picks: The Angel Tree by Daphne Benedis-Grab, The Good, the Bad and the Beagle by Catherine Lloyd Burns, Pay It Forward (Young Readers edition) by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson and Chicken Squad by Doreen Cronin.
Library Closures
The Library will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2015 in observance of the President’s Day Holiday. The drop box on the Library porch will be available for returns throughout these closures.
Contact Information:
Library Director: Sara Morrison
Phone: 989-224-4702 * Fax: 989-224-1205
E-mail: smorrison@briggspubliclibrary.org
Street address: 108 E Railroad * Saint Johns, MI 48879