News From Fiske Public Library

The following are the items from July newsletter for the Fiske Public Library.

Fiske Public Library is now closed Saturdays for the summer.

The evening book group's next meeting will be Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. The book will be "Harvard Yard" by William Martin. Books will be available by the end of August at the circulation desk.  If you want it earlier you can request it yourself. The facilitator will be Jan Battikha. 

The next foreign film will be shown on Wednesday, July 25, at 7 p.m.

Remember that we have great passes for you to use this summer thanks to the Sweatt Fund and the Friends. All passes give you a discount to many parks, museums and Sweatt Beach. Our new pass to Mystic Aquarium has been most popular.

 We hope you are enjoying the new titles that the Friends have kindly donated. Most of them are for Kindles since that seems to be the most popular format. We do have several books available on audio. Just check the SAILS eCatalog and look for the Advantage logo. There you will see the books that are owned by us and much more readily available. Some of the titles are Mockingjay, Catching Fire, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Fifty Shades Freed, Calico Joe, The Litigators, Act of Terror, I’ve Got Your Number and many more. You will find that your wait time will be drastically reduced.

We also have many titles for children, thanks again to the Friends! The range is from picture books like the Berenstain Bears to Young Adult titles.

Again, the Friends have generously donated funds for many games. We are processing them and hope to have them out shortly. A few are : Kinect Sports Season 2, Just Dance 3, Plants vs. Zombies, Legend of Zelda : Skyward Sword and Pro Evolution Soccer. Check out our catalog to see more titles.

Last year, the Friends received a generous donation from TDBANK due to our patrons signing onto the Affinity program. You can either open a new saving, checking or CD account or fill out a form here at the desk. The bank calculates a percentage of the total balance and donates that to us. The form simply tells the bank that you want to support the Friends. No selling, completely confidential. Thanks to those who have already signed up.

Music & Movement with Miss Marsha of Self-Help, Inc. will be held Thursday, July 19, from 1-2 p.m. for babies to age 8 with parent/caregiver. Sign-up at the circulation desk. Program is free but canned-good donations will be gratefully accepted for the Wrentham Food Pantry.

Registration for SUMMER Preschool Storytime (ages 3 1/2 to K) to be held Fridays, July 6, 13, 20 and Aug. 3, 10, 17 and 24 at 10:30 has begun. Join Miss Liz for stories, songs, poems and parachute play. Call 384-5440 ext. 21, or stop in the Children’s Dept. and see Miss Liz to sign up. Program is free but food donations for the Wrentham Food Pantry gratefully accepted.

The following will be the summer movies for children and teens. 

Thursday, July 12 – 1 p.m.

SUPERMAN VS. ELITE -- RATED PG13

Thursday, AUG. 9 – 1 p.m.

SUMMER WARS (ANIME) – RATED PG

Wednesday, Aug. 15–2 p.m.

The Lorax, rated PG.

Parents and caregivers should always check the internet if they don’t think the subject matter is appropriate. We have found a useful site for checking any movies before watching them – www.commonsensemedia.org Sign-up and tickets are required. Ask at the front desk.

A VISIT TO THE FIRE STATION
Wednesday, July 11 and Thursday, Aug. 2. Ages 3 ½ and up -- 10 a.m.
Meet at the library for a “Fire Story” and then walk over to tour the Wrentham Fire Station and climb on the trucks!! Sign-up at the circulation desk. Program is free but canned-good donations will be gratefully accepted for the Wrentham Food Pantry.

TOUCH A TRUCK
Thursday. July 26 and Wednesday, Aug. 1 -- 10 a.m.
Preschoolers and truck enthusiasts are invited to hear a good “Truck Story”, check out a truck book and touch and climb on a truck from the Wrentham DPW in the library parking lot!! Sign-up at the circulation desk. Program is free but canned-good donations will be gratefully accepted for the Wrentham Food Pantry.

TUNES FOR TOTS with Cindy Tuminelli, Wednesday, July 18 – 10:30 a.m. -- Preschool Ages

 Tunes for Tots is a music enrichment program for children with original and traditional children’s songs. Combining these songs with stories, finger plays, puppets, and physical movement has allowed Cindy to keep children entertained and involved and to have an early appreciation of music and rhythm. Cindy has been providing music for many area pre-schools, daycare facilities, public schools and libraries since 1995.

As a mother of four,  she has always shared her love of music. She is a self-taught guitarist who also plays the piano, ukulele and harmonica. Tickets are now available at the circulation desk.  

Program is free, but canned-good donations will be gratefully accepted for the Wrentham Food Pantry. This program is supported with a grant from the Sweat Fund. 

Self-Help, Inc., presents Let's Get Creative with Carol Carver with stories, art projects, movement and music. A free weekly parent-child imagination storytelling series for preschoolers. Wednesdays, Aug. 8, 15, 22, and 29 – 10:30-11:15 a.m. Sign-up at the circulation desk. Program is free but canned-good donations will be gratefully accepted for the Wrentham Food Pantry.

Interactive Music Concert with Elaine Kessler, Thursday. Aug. 16 – 10:30 a.m., ages 3-8. Known to children as “Miss Elaine” I engage the children in a very interactive program where we sing songs, sometimes with my guitar, we dance with or without instruments, we tell and act out stories, we meet puppet friends, we learn finger plays and poems and most of all pretend to be creatures big and small. Tickets will be available at the circulation desk beginning July 12. Program is free, but canned-good donations will be gratefully accepted for the Wrentham Food Pantry. This program is supported with a grant from the Wrentham Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. 

 BABY/TODDLER PLAYGROUPS- Birth to pre-walkers with Mom, Dad or caregiver meets on Fridays at 9:30 a.m.. Toddlers (walkers) to age 2 ½ with mom, sad or caregiver meets on Fridays at 10:30. Meet new friends, play with the toys and gym equipment purchased with funds from the Friends of Fiske.  Come cool off and join the fun. No registration required just drop in. If arriving before 10 a.m. please ring doorbell.

TD Bank Summer Reading Program- Beginning May 5 and going to Sept. 29 students who read 10 books over the summer can have $10 deposited into a new or existing Young Saver account. Complete the form (available in the Children's Dept.) and bring it to TD Bank to get the $10. One $10 offer per reader.

This summer, Wrentham children and teens and their families are invited to participate in the 2012 Statewide Summer Library Program : DREAM BIG - READ! sponsored by your local library, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. The goal of the summer reading program is to encourage kids to read or be read to throughout the vacation months.  Sign ups began June 19.  Participants reading, OR BEING READ TO, for a minimum of 15 minutes per day for 30 days during the summer may enter a raffle to win one of the following prizes: Ten $10 book store gift certificates donated by The Holly Club, Wrentham, Ten $10 book store gift certificates donated by Alliance Electric, Inc. Plainville, ten $10 book store gift certificates donated by Ken Blanchard, Excavating, five $10 book store gift certificates donated by Wrentham Regional Service Center, five $10 book store gift certificates donated by D.G. Rantieri Real Estate, $50 savings bond donated by Dr. Ross Palicoa, DMD, $25 J.C. Penney gift card donated by Maples Rehabilation & Nursing Center, $25 J.C. Penney gift card donated by Maples Little Angels, $25 book store gift certificate donated by Century 21, O'Neil & Associates, $25 book store gift certificate donated by John T. Chipman & Company, gift card for Magic Shears Hair Salon donated by Kristi Cooper, b $25 book store gift certificate donated by Wrentham Co-Operative Bank, $25  book store gift certificate donated by Bob Giannetti & Sons, Inc., assorted animal and book sets donated by Carolyn and Richard Schumacher, oneag of toys donated by The Rietz Family, toy Vehicle set donated by Caraldo's Paint & Hardware, personalized library theme prize donated by Gemini Photo Events, 150 kiddie ice cream cone certificates donated by Nicky's Restaurant to be given to the first 125 children to complete the program, all members will receive a coupon for a FREE kids meal at Friendly's. 

Once again this summer the children are invited to help Miss Liz choose an animal, honeybees or trees to donate through Heifer International. Founded in 1944, Heifer International is a humanitarian assistance organization that works to end world hunger and protect the earth. Through livestock, training and “passing on the gift,” Heifer has helped seven million families in more than 125 countries improve their quality of life and move toward greater self-reliance. Heifer helps build strong communities because each project participant agrees to pass on the gift of animal offspring, training, or skills to another family in need.

All children finishing the summer reading club program will get to vote for which animal(s), bees or trees  they would like to donate to help a family in need. See the display  in the children’s room for more information and visit www.heifer.org to learn more about this worthy organization.         

Go to http://www.plainvillepubliclibrary.org/funinsun.htm to see what is going on at area libraries this summer. Or check out the printed list in the Children’s Department,

Thank you to Lisa Manning Batchelder for the generous donation of books, puppets, DVD’s, CD’s, musical instruments and storytime props. They will be enjoyed by many for years to come.