Storytimes and more
Toddler Storytime: “This Little Piggy”
We will “PIG OUT” on “Pig Tales”, move to the music, practice “Peaceful Piggy Yoga” and take home an oink of craft! Two sessions to choose from: Thursdays 10:30-11:00am or 6:30-7pm, September 3rd through October 8th. Registration is required and open at this time. Sessions are for ages 2-3 with a participating adult.
Lapsit Storytime: “Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo” Catch the Colors . . . Let Them Go!
Sessions are designed for children 12 to 24 months with a participating adult. Join us for age appropriate stories, music, simple sign language and creative movement. Sign up now for fun together time while exploring the world of colors! Choose Friday mornings, 10:30-11 am from September 11th – October 16th or Monday evenings, 6:30-7 pm from September 14th – October 19th. Registration is required and open at this time.
American Girl Program:
Young people (ages 5-11) are invited to an American Girl Gala on Tuesday, September 29th from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Library. This program will feature refreshments, festivities, crafts, and prizes. You are welcome to bring your own American Girl doll with you and there will be an opportunity to showcase her. You do not have to have an American Girl doll to attend the program. Registration is required for this free program and begins on September 1st.
Bookaholics
The Bookaholics Book Club will be reading Five Days Left by Michigan author Julie Lawson Timmer for its September selection. Mara is a successful lawyer, wife, and mother who has received a life-shattering diagnosis. Scott has been fostering an eight-year-old boy while the boy’s mother serves a jail sentence. Mara and Scott both have five days left to say good-bye to the ones they love the most. The Club will meet Thursday, September 17 at 12:00pm at the Library or at 7:30pm at Bruno’s Bar. Copies of the book are now available.
Chapter Chatter Storytime’s field trip to the St. Johns Fire Department
Briggs Reads!
Julie Lawson Timmer, this year’s Briggs Reads! author, will be at the Library Tuesday, September 22 at 6:30pm to discuss her novel, Five Days Left. The novel shares two connected stories that explore the limits of endurance and the power of relationships, and show that sometimes loving someone means holding on, and sometimes it means letting go. There is still plenty of time to read the novel in advance of Ms. Timmer’s visit, so stop by the Library and pick up a copy today! The Briggs Reads! program is generously sponsored by the Briggs Library Friends Group.
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: The Mask by T. Stevens, The Rumor by E. Hilderbrand, Cash Landing by J. Grippando, Naked Eye by I. Johansen, Naked Greed by S. Woods, Summer of Good Intentions by W. Francis, Sweet Forgiveness by L. Spielman. The Fold by P. Clines, Nemesis by C. Coulter, Melody Lingers On by M. Higgins Clark and Wicked Charms by J. Evanovich.
Non-fiction: 500 Kids Art Ideas by G. Andrews. Miss Marie’s Juvenile Picks: 999 Frogs and a Little Brother by K. Kimura, Heaven of Animals by N. Tillman, Secret Life of Squirrels by N. Rose, Chippy Chipmunk: Friends in the Garden by K. Miller, Sweep Up the Sun by H. Frost (poetry), Princess in Black by J. Hale (chapter book) and Honest Truth by D. Gemeinhart (chapter book).
Library Closure:
The Library will be closed on Saturday September 5th and Monday September 7th for the Labor Day Holiday. The drop box on the Library porch will be available for returns throughout this closure.
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