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Winter Hours:Sunday and Monday closed Hatha yoga classes are held at the Milton Free Public Library Saturday mornings 8:30 - 9:45. All ages and abilities are welcome. $10/class of $40 for 5 classes. Senior and student discounts are available. Kninjas (Knit and Crafts group) meet at the Milton Free Public Library Thursday evenings 7-9PM. Not a knitter? All crafts are welcome! Assistance available for novices. Home-school families meet for recess Fridays at 1. This is an excellent time to socialize and network with other home-school families.
Milton Elementary School Star Student:January's Star Student is Nikia Wight. Find out more about Nikia and what makes a Star Student here.
Milton Reads " How to Steal a Dog " by Barbara O'ConnorAfter Georgina's father leaves, things sink from bad to worse: Georgina's family ( Georgina, her mother and a brother) loose their apartment and live in a car: cleaning up in gas station restrooms and doing homework by flashlight. Her mother has two jobs to save enough money for a new place to live, and Georgina must watch her brother . Georgina decides the way to help is to steal a dog for the reward money. She must learn about true friendship and doing the right thing. This is a great read for the whole family. You can borrow this book at the Milton Free Public Library or from Nute Public Library in Milton. Join us at Milton's Winter Carnival for more fun with dogs.
Friends of Milton Free Public Library announce the third annual "Fun Fan Fiction Contest"Attention Milton students: rewrite your favorite book . Retell the story your way. Last year the Friends had many great entries to choose from and gave money to 3 creative students. Will you be a winner this year? Contest deadline January 10, 2010
The library is a-buzz Can you hear it?Something new is on its way. The Milton Free Public Library is joining the 21st century. Soon you will be able to view our catalog , reserve books, and check the due date of that book on your kitchen table on line. You can view this at http://miltonfreepubliclibrarynh.booksys.net./opac/mfpl/
Share Your WordsThe Milton Free Public Library is looking for words, specifically adjectives that describe the person using the word as much as whatever/ whomever is being described. For instance, if a person is called "pedantic", that person is making a great show of their knowledge , but the person calling someone such would also be a show-off of their education. Like-wise , if something is referred to as "wack-a- doodle" (something off-beat or loopy) wouldn't the speaker be considered "wack-a-doodle" for using that particular word? One librarian also pointed out that a person needed to be "sentient" (have some awareness) in order to call something "sentient". Can you think of any other words?
Food DriveFeeling guilty about not returning your books on time? The Milton Free Public Library is accepting nonperishable food in lieu of cash for late fees. All donations will go to the local Strafford County Community Action office. Enjoy your books (or movies) guilt-free and help your neighbors too.
Check Out The Milton Free Public Library on Facebook.We are now part of the Facebook community. In addition to our website (Miltonfreepubliclibrary.org) we will keep you up to date with what is happening at the library. Check out pictures of the library ( and soon pictures of what happens at various events) . We look forward to seeing our friends there. Check out the latest pictures on Facebook. We have photos from this summer's reading program featuring summer fun. Be our friend!
Graphic Novels and AnimeThe collection of Graphic Novels and Anime has increased this past year at the Milton Free Public Library. Plenty of the books we have received in this genre is geared toward teens. MFPL Recently received the first of the "Death Note" series. We also have "Avi's "City of Light,City of Dark". John Ridley offers a look at 1961 Super Heros in "The American Way" There are many other such books for teens. Teens aren't the only audience for Anime. For pre-readers and young readers MFPL has "Owly-Just a Little Blue" and Will Eisner's "The Last Knight" which is a nice introduction to Cervante's Don Quixote. (We don't have to tell the children that the book is a story taken from a "classic"). Graphic novels and Anime offer a whole new world for adults too. Larry Gonick writes an entire series which give Cartoon Guides to History (of the US and the World) , Science , and Math. "Sandwalk Adventures" is a tale about Charles Darwin and his eyebrow mites and the conversations they would have about Darwin's adventures, fossils, and natural selection. Art Spiegelman's "Maus" won a 1992 Pulitzer Prize tells the story of a son dealing with his relationship with his aging father and also a story about a father's history of being a Jewish man surviving Nazi Germany
Books have arrived from the LIBRI Foundation GrantThe Libri Foundation gave MFPL over $1500 in children’s books (that’s 65 books!) All of the donated books are brand new and award winning stories for ages 0-12 (or so…. The librarians have been reading them too) Come in and check out a book!
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