November 2015
Belmont Public Library
146 Main Street Belmont NH 03220
Belmontpubliclibrary.org T: 603 267-8331
Upcoming Events
Belmont Public Library will join over a thousand libraries
around the world on November 21, 2015, for the eighth annual
celebration of gaming in libraries – International Games Day @ Your
Library. Like so many other libraries across the country and around
the world, Belmont Public Library will offer special gaming programs
and events suitable for the whole family.
International Games Day @ your library is an international
initiative supported by the American Library Association, the
Australian Library and Information Association, and Nordic Game
Day. For more information on International Games Day please visit
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/international-games-day-2015.
November 7
LEGO Club 10am-noon
November 9
Minecraft IRL: Kids 4pm
November 10
Minecraft IRL: Teens 4pm
November 17
Friends meeting 4pm
November 17
Finding your Next Read 6pm
November 20
AM Book Group 10:30am
November 21
International Games Day
November 24
PM Book Group 6pm
Ladybug Picture Book Award Voting
The Ladybug Picture Book Award is designed to promote early literacy
and honor the best in recent children's picture books. A committee of
children's librarians from around the state selects 10 picture book titles
early in the year. Then, during November, New Hampshire children from
preschoolers to those in third grade choose the award winner. The
winning picture book is announced at the end of the year. This year’s list is
available on the library website or vote in the children’s room.
Minecraft IRL
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks to build
anything you can imagine. Minecraft IRL brings
some of the fun into real life. We’ll be crafting
swords, playing games, synthesizing elements and
more!
Monday November 9 at 4pm
Tuesday November 10 at 4pm
Coming up . . .
Wednesdays 10:30am
Preschool Story Time
Thursdays 5:30pm
Adult Craft Night
1000 Books Before
Kindergarten
Ladybug Picture Book Award
National Picture Book Month
National Novel Writing Month
NH Writers’ Week
Library closed
Nov. 11 Veterans’ Day
Nov. 26-27 Thanksgiving
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More Important News
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Now a major motion picture
Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize
New York Times bestseller
“Extreme times call for extreme reactions,
extreme writing. Hamid has done something
extraordinary with this novel.” —Washington Post
At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an
uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the
tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter . . .
Changez is living an immigrant’s dream of America. At the top of his
class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. He
thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with
elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the
same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore.
But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his
adopted city suddenly overturned, and his relationship with Erica
shifting. And Changez’s own identity is in seismic shift as well,
unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and
maybe even love.
Get your copy at the library. Book group meets:
Friday November 20 10:30am
Tuesday November 24 6pm
National Novel Writing Month and NH Writers’ Week
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-yourpants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants
begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by
11:59 PM on November 30. Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a
deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about
writing a novel. Find more details at http://nanowrimo.org/
The 2nd annual Writers' Week (November 8-13) is a time to celebrate
all things regarding writing in New Hampshire. From seminars for
aspiring authors and poets, to readings and events with the state's
accomplished writers, there is plenty for readers and writers alike. Find
more details at http://ow.ly/TAIJZ.
Libraries need Friends
– It’s just that simple. In fact,
across America many public
libraries were established
through the efforts of
community members who
understood the value of
libraries to their communities
and also understood that
libraries needed community
support to survive. Did you
know that a criterion for
securing a Carnegie grant
was a demonstrated
commitment by members of
the community to raise
additional funds and support
for a new library? This
concept hasn’t changed
over the course of the past
150 years.
Friends Meeting
November 17 4pm
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Adult fiction
After You Jojo Moyers
All the Stars in the Heavens Adriana Trigiani
An Irish Doctor in Love and at Sea Patrick Taylor
Career of Evil Robert Galbraith
The Company She Kept Archer Mayor
Dashing Through the Snow Debbie Macomber
Foreign Affairs Stuart Woods
The Giving Quilt Jennifer Chiaverini
Golden Age Jane Smiley
The Heart Goes Last Margaret Atwood
Host Robin Cook
The Hours Count Jillian Cantor
Luther and Katharina Jody Hedlund
Pretending to Dance Diane Chamberlain
Pretty Girls Karin Slaughter
Robopocalypse Daniel Wilson
Saturn Run John Sandford
The Secret Chord Geraldine Brooks
See Me Nicholas Sparks
Shadow Play Iris Johansen
A Song of Shadows John Connolly
Winter Stroll Elin Hilderbrand
J Audio
The Magician’s Nephew C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
The Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis
Prince Caspian C.S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle C.S. Lewis
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling
Adult nonfiction
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States Sarah
Vowell
Lean In Sheryl Sandberg
J nonfiction
Wildlife of the World Jamie Ambrose
Large Print
Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert
Come Rain or Come Shine Jan Karon
The Secret Chord Geraldine Brooks
Young Adult (YA) fiction
Carry on Rainbow Rowell
Confessions: The Paris Mysteries James Patterson
Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon
Newt’s Emerald Garth Nix
Pathfinder Angie Sage
The Sword of Summer Rick Riordan
Zeroes Scott Westerfeld
Young Adult (YA) graphic novels
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang
Lumberjanes, Vol. 2 Noelle Stevenson
J fiction
Crenshaw Katherine Applegate
Judy Moody and Stink: The Wishbone Wish
Megan McDonald
Merlin, Shelter Pet Squad #2 Cynthia Lord
The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess
Party Shannon Hale
The Story of Diva and Flea Mo Willems
Upside-down Magic Sarah Mlynowski
J graphic novels
Fable Comics Chris Duffy
Secret Coders Gene Luen Yang
Picture and First Readers
Bea in the Nutcracker Rachel Isadora
Holey Moley Lois Ehlert
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss
Lenny and Lucy Philip Stead
Leo: a ghost story Mac Barnett
Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned
Thanksgiving Pat Zietlow Miller
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
J DVD
Aladdin
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
DVD
Boulevard
Jurassic World
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron
Spy
Star Wars, Episode IV
Star Wars, Episode V
Star Wars, Episode VI
Tomorrowland
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