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November 22 Newsletter

November 22 Newsletter

HPL Newsletter Nov 22

November 01, 2022

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What’s new at the library?

Help your child get a head start! 1000 books may seem like a lot, but by simply reading 3 books with them a day (repeat books are allowed) you can read 1000 books IN JUST ONE YEAR!

Upcoming Programs

Calendar of Events

It’s not too late to sign up!

The After School Program meets Tuesdays and Thursday from 3-4:30.

Tuesday is for students in grades K-2 and Thursday is for grades 3-5.

Art Exhibit

Coming soon: Local Artist Maureen Wallace!

As an artist my greatest joy is seeing others discover or rediscover their own creative selves. My own artistic journey has been ebbing and flowing my entire life, but it has consistently brought me joy and taught me life lessons along the way.

Creating art is a gift I give to myself. My earliest memories are of coloring and drawing and finding joy in seeing colors mixing and filling in shapes. When asked in Kindergarten "what do you want to be" I answered : a dancer, a mom and an artist. I was 5 years old at the time. Fast forward several decades and I am happy to report I fulfilled my childhood dreams. I was a dancer in a modern dance company. I've been a mother for more than 20 years and now at long last I am delighted call myself an Artist.

It wasn't until 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic and realizing my only son was going off to college, that I began exploring art again. Although I enjoy working in many mediums, alcohol inks were perfect for what I needed during such uncertain times. The process is simple and satisfying: A drop of ink, then a drop of alcohol, some air to move it and mix it up. The end result is always a surprise! This has given me a sense of freedom to relax and enjoy the spontaneity of art. I have come full circle in my artistic life. I am once again that little girl spending countless hours mixing colors waiting to see the end result.

Friends of the Library

Cozy reads for Autumn

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Over the Woodward Wall by A Deborah Baker
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Recommend a Book

Read a really good book recently that you think other people should read as well? Let us know and we’ll share it in a future newsletter!

Request a Recommendation

Want a personalized recommendation? Fill out the form to let us know what kind of book you’re looking for!

Suggest an Item for purchase

Want to read, watch, or listen to something the library doesn’t own? Let us know and we will consider purchasing it for our collection.

From the Director

Hello, and Happy November!

This month I’d like to talk about one of the more overlooked services provided by the Hamilton Public Library, Home Delivery!

How do I know this service is overlooked? Because after years of offering this free service to any patron who resides in our service area, only ten of you have signed up. That’s ten out of over 3,000 borrowers! For you math fans out there, that’s a third of a percent!

I know, it’s probably because you just love to come into the library. Who doesn’t? We have amazing programs like yoga on Saturdays, monthly Trivia Nights, weekly Storytimes every Tuesday, After School activities, and much more. I understand the need to come in - after all, I’m here for 40 hours a week! But surely there’s some of you out there that, for whatever reason, just can’t make it to the library. We don’t have to know what that reason is, all you have to do is fill out this form and if you live in Hamilton, Brookfield, Madison, or parts of Lebanon, you qualify for home delivery at no cost to you.

Better still, this service is not limited to our own collection of 23,000 items - this includes anything you can get delivered to the library from MidYork’s collection of over 1,000,000 titles! Books, DVDs, audiobooks… whatever your heart desires.

If you have any questions about this service or anything else, please contact me at [email protected]. After all, I’m not only the Library Director, I’m also the courier!

Thank you for reading.

Highlights from last month

We had a lot of Halloween themed crafts and events last month, from the Pumpkin Walk at school, perler beads and mask making at the After School Program, to a day of Pom-Pom Pumpkin crafting!