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Greenville Public LibraryMay 2015 Newsletter

Vanessa,Johnathan and Haley Lachapelle are the proud winners of the American Girl Doll raffle! Grace Thomas has found a wonderful new home!

Representatives from the URI Master Gardener's Program, Lynn Farr and Sharon Clingham, are presenting the program CHALLENGES IN THE GAR-DEN on Monday, May 11 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Registration is required. Please call 949-3630 ext. 1 to register, or sign-up on our on-line calendar at: www.yourlibrary.ws

A second session of the pro-gram THE ART OF WEARING SCARVES by RITA is being held on Saturday, May 16 at 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. This session will include spring and summer scarves and how to wear them during those sea-sons. Registration is required. Please call 949-3630 ext. 1 to register, or sign-up on our on-line calendar at www.your-library.ws

Representative Gregory J. Constantino shares a story with children on Library Awaressness Day March 28th.

in English Gardens.May Flowers

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The KNITTING MAVENS meet on Tuesdays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. New members are always welcome.

Have collectibles or small artwork that you would like to display? The library is looking for items that can be exhibited in our display case. Please call Dorothy Swain at 949-3630 ext. 116 to set up a month that you would like to have your collectibles or items exhibited.

The RHODE ISLAND BLOOD COACH is here on Friday, May 29 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Mr. Johan Bjurman is display-ing his oil paintings until the end of May.Mr. Ed Picard is exhibiting his Indianapolis race cars in the Castle Display Case.

Members of the PICNIC TABLE READS BOOK CLUB are meeting to discuss

on Thursday, May 21 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. New members are always welcome.

Members of the MYSTERY BOOK CLUB are meeting to discuss

on Tuesday, May 5 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. New members are always welcome.

Children have fun making Piggy Banks during April Vacation Week, as part of Money Smart Week.

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Storyhours The spring session of storyhours are now in progress and will continue through the first week of June. Please drop by the children’s room or call 949-3630 x2 for availability.

Bedtime Story TimeChildren ages 3-6 are invited to join us for a special evening story time at the library. Children will hear stories and songs and make a fun craft! Bedtime story time will take place on Wednesday, May 20 at 6:30 pm. Registration, which begins May 1, can be done at the children’s desk or by phone at 949-3630 ext 2. Chil-dren may wear their pajamas.

Bubble DisplayGrace Maione, age twelve, will display her Polly Pocket collection. Grace collects Polly Pocket because she likes to design houses for them! So be sure to stop in the children’s room to see Grace’s fun collection!

Friday is Game day @ the Library

Come to the library on Fri-days from 2:00 – 4:30 to play a board game. Bring a friend or make a new one! This is a drop in program, no sign up is necessary.

Apple Blossom Garden ClubChildren ages 6-10 may join the ladies of the Apple Blossom Garden Club to learn how to make a Mother’s Day arrange-ment using fresh flowers on Thursday, May 7th at 4:00 pm. Please register in person or call the children’s room at 949-3630 x2 to register

Art Class @ the LibraryDoes your child love to be creative? If so this is the class for them!Artist and teacher Adele Karbows-ki will be teaching an art class on Thursday, May 28th at 4:00 pm for children ages 6-10. Please register for this program by dropping by the children’s room or by calling 949-3630 x2.

Kids Reading Across RI Celebration Saturday, May 9th from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the RI State House is the kick off to summer reading! This year’s selection is Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by award winning author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Kate DiCamillo. But that’s not all! Help to create a superhero with illustrator Eric Fulford, visit with baby squirrels, preview the new Flora & Ulysses play, and enjoy crafts, games, and activities from RI libraries and organizations.

PAWS to ReadDoes your child need practice in reading skills? Here is an opportunity to practice this spring with a therapy dog who LOVES to listen to stories! Children ages 6-11 may sign up for one 20-minute session on Monday, May 11th and 18th from 6:30 – 7:30.Registration is required.

Librarians enjoying quality time reading stories to their favorite stuffed animal friends at the new Picture Book Center in the Children’s Room.

Celebrate the 96th Anniversity

of

May 4 - 10.

Children's Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. Stop by the children’s room and check out some awesome books this week!

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1,519 all-natural, all-amazing gardening secrets : expert tips for gardens and yards of all sizes. A compassionate call to counter culture / David Platt.A fine romance / Candice Bergen.American ghost : a family’s haunted past in the desert southwest / Hannah Nordhaus.American warlord : the true story of a father and son / Johnny Dwyer.Believer : my forty years in politics / David Axelrod.Dead wake : the last crossing of the Lusitania / Erik Larson.Effortless healing / Joseph Mercola.First ladies / Susan Swain.Get what’s yours : the secrets to maxing out your social security / Laurence J. KotlikoffGod, guns, grits, and gravy / Mike Huckabee.Good food, good life : 130 simple recipes you’ll love to make and eat / Curtis Stone.H is for Hawk / Helen Macdonald.Help your teenager beat an eating disorder / James Lock, Daniel Le Grange.Hissing cousins : the untold story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth / Marc PeyserISIS : the state of terror / Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger.It was me all along : a memoir / Andie Mitchell.It’s not over : getting beyond tolerance, defeating homophobia, and winning true equality / Michelandelo Signorile.Keep this, toss that : unclutter your life to save time, money, space, and sanity / Jamie Novak.Kl : a history of the Nazi concentration camps / Nikolaus Wachsmann.Martha Jefferson : an intimate life with Thomas Jefferson / William G. Hyland Jr.Opium and empire : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson / Richard J. Grace.Princes at war : the bitter battle inside Britain’s royal family in the darkest days of WWII / Deborah Cadbury.Red notice : a true story of high finance, murder, and one man’s fight for justice / Bill Browder.Remarkable women of Rhode Island / Frank L. Grzyb and Russell J. DeSimone.Scary close : dropping the act and finding true intimacy / Donald Miller.Spring chicken : stay young forever (or die trying) / Bill Gifford.Target Tokyo : Jimmy Doolittle and the raid that avenged Pearl Harbor / James M. Scott.The 20/20 diet : turn your weight loss vision into reality / Dr. Phil McGraw.The 5 choices : the path to extraordinary productivity / Kory KogonThe adrenal reset diet : strategically cycle carbs and proteins to lose weight, balance hormones, and move from stressed to thriving / Alan Christianson, NMD.The burn : why your scale is stuck and what to eat about it / Haylie Pomroy with Eve Adamson The complete poetry / Maya Angelou.The DASH diet younger you : shed 20 years--and pounds--in just 10 weeks / Marla Heller, MS, RD.The fear cure : cultivating courage as medicine for the body, mind, and soul / Lissa Rankin.The herb lover’s spa book / Sue Goetz.The hormone reset diet : heal your metabolism to lose up to 15 pounds in 21 days / Sara Gottfried, MD.The hundred-year marathon : China’s secret strategy to replace America as the global superpower / Michael Pillsbury.The Irish brotherhood : John F. Kennedy, his inner circle, and the improbable rise to the presidency / Helen O’DonnellThe life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing / Marie Kondo The little book of big PR : 100+ quick tips to get your small business noticed / Jennefer Witter.The opposite of spoiled : raising kids who are grounded, generous, and smart about money / Ron Lieber.The shred diet cookbook / Ian K. Smith, M.D.The story : a reporter’s journey / Judith Miller.Trisha’s table : my feel-good favorites for a balanced life / Trisha YearwoodWord 2013 and 2010 for seniors : learn step by step how to work with Microsoft Word.Words without music : a memoir / Philip Glass.Zero belly diet / David Zinczenko.

New Fiction Titles New DVDs

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A dangerous place : a novel / Jacqueline Winspear.A little love / Amanda Prowse.A scourge of vipers / Bruce DeSilva.Aunt Dimity and the Summer King / Nancy Atherton.Beauty’s kingdom / A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rice.Bittersweet / Susan Wittig Albert.Black scorpion : the Tyrant reborn / Jon Land.Blood on snow : a novel / Jo Nesbo.Chasing sunsets / Karen Kingsbury.Criminal confections / Colette London.Cuba straits / Randy Wayne White.Dead heat / Patricia Briggs.Descent / Tim Johnston.Einstein’s beach house : stories / Jacob M. Appel.Emma : a modern retelling / Alexander McCall Smith.Falling in love / Donna Leon.French coast / Anita Hughes.Funny girl / Nick Hornby.Garden of lies / Amanda Quick.God help the child : a novel / Toni Morrison.Heir to the Jedi / Kevin Hearne.Holy cow / David Duchovny.Hot pursuit / Stuart Woods.Inside the O’Briens / Lisa Genova.Jack of spades / Joyce Carol Oates.Joe Steele / Harry Turtledove.Last days of the condor / James Grady.Last one home : a novel / Debbie Macomber.Leaving Berlin : a novel / Joseph Kanon.Memory man / David Baldacci.Miracle at Augusta / James PattersonMiss Julia lays down the law / Ann B. Ross.Never too late / Robyn Carr.Night night, sleep tight / Hallie Ephron.NYPD red 3 / James PattersonPride v. prejudice / Joan Hess.Someone is watching / Joy Fielding.Summer Daydreams / Carole Matthews.The accidental empress : a novel / Allison Pataki.The Alpine zen : an Emma Lord mystery / Mary Daheim.The bone tree / Greg Iles.The decision / Wanda E. Brunstetter.The dream lover / Elizabeth Berg.The fifth gospel / Ian Caldwell.The fifth heart / Dan Simmons.The only way is up / Carole Matthews.The patriot threat / Steve Berry.The pocket wife / Susan Crawford.The stranger / Harlan Coben.The strangler vine / M.J. Carter.The third target / Joel C. Rosenberg.The Whites / Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt.

Alexander American horror story. Coven. And so it goesAnnabelleAnnieBad WordsBefore I go to sleepThe best of meBig Hero 6BirdmanBoardwalk Empire Season 5The book of lifeThe BoxTrollsBoyhoodBridgeSeason 2Castle. The complete sixth season.Da Vinci’s demons Season 2The deviceDownton Abbey. Season 5Dracula untoldDracula. Season 1.Dumb and dumber to Elementary. The second seasonThe equalizerExodus. Gods and kingExtant. The first season Fargo. Season 1.Foxcatcher FuryGame of thrones. The com-plete fourth season Get on up : the James Brown storyGirls. The complete third seasonGone girlThe good lieGood wife Season 5Great train robbery Grey’s anatomy. Season 10Grimm Season 3Hannibal. Season twoA haunted house 2Hobbit, the battle of the five armiesHorrible bosses 2 Hunger Games. Mockingjay. Part 1 Imitation gameInterstellarThe interviewInto the woodsThe invisible womanIt’s always sunny in Philadel-phia Season 9Jewel in the crownJohn Wick The judge

Kill the messengerLooking. Season 1Love finds you in Sugar-creekLucy MadiganMaps to the starsThe maze runnerThe MissingA most violent year Murderer’s rowNashville Season 2New girl. The complete third seasonThe newsroom. The com-plete second seasonNight at the museum: secret of the tombNightcrawlerNo good deed.Nurse Jackie. Season 6Olive Kitteridge The 100 Season 1Ouija Outlander. Season one, volume onePenguins of MadagascarThe purge : anarchyRay Donovan. Season oneThe red tentRevenge Season 3Rosemary’s baby Sabotage St. VincentThe signalThe Silencers.The theory of everything This is where I leave you Thunder roadTop five True detective. The com-plete first season.True blood. The complete sixth season24. Live another day.Tyrant. Season 1UnbrokenThe voicesA walk among the tomb-stonesWhiplashThe White QueenWhite collar. The complete fifth season.WhitneyWild Wild cardThe woman in black. 2, Angel of deathThe wrecking crew

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Friday & Saturday 9 am - 5 pmSunday 1 - 5 pm.

The Library is closed Sunday, May 10 for Mother's Day and May 25 for Memorial Day.

Sunday, May 24 will be our last Sunday open. We will re-open again on Sunday, September 13.