Monthly Trivia Questions

Beginning this week, the library staff will post a trivia question about an author or a book. Patrons may respond via comments or bring answers in person to the Patron Services desk. All correct responses will be gathered, and one winner will be drawn at the end of each month. That person may choose to have fines forgiven up to $5 or may choose up to five DVDs from our collection at no charge.

Pennies for Peace

Canton Free Library has joined hands with libraries across New York State in an effort to empower communities through education in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan by embarking on a Pennies for Peace campaign.
How can a penny bring peace? It doesn’t buy much in our world. But in the villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan, it can buy a pencil, start an education, help put a book in a child’s hands and transform a life. That pencil can empower uneducated, illiterate children to read, write, and learn. The Pennies for Peace program goal is to encourage our children, who are our future leaders, to learn the value of philanthropy by collecting pennies for global peace.
Large plastic jars, decorated by library teen groups, will be in place at the Patron Services desks in CFL’s Main Reading Room, in the YA Zone, and in the Ann L. Richardson Children’s Room throughout the month of March. Pennies for Peace collection jars will also be in place at the Morley Library and the Rensselaer Falls Library. We invite local businesses to join us in our efforts to bring books and the chance to learn to read to children in over 400 mountain villages in remote northern Pakistan and Afghanistan. The hope is to help build a bridge of peace, one penny at a time, offering alternatives to the cycle of terrorism and war.
The pennies that Canton Free Library collects can make a real difference.
1 penny = a pencil
2 to 3 pennies = an eraser
15 pennies = one notebook
$20 = one child’s school supplies for one year, including books

About Pennies for Peace
The Pennies for Peace campaign is a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson, author of New York Times bestsellers, Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools. CAI is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Founded in 1996, CAI has built, to date, nearly 100 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which serve more than 28,000 students, 14,000 of whom are girls. Greg’s story and more information about CAI can be found on the web at www.ikat.org.

Empire State Book Festival

New York State Writers Hall of Fame & Empire State Book Festival Gala

The New York Library Association presents the first ever Empire State Book Festival, funded in part by a legislative grant from Senator Neil Breslin.

Writers Hall of Fame Gala
Friday April 9th
Crowne Plaza, Albany NY

Twelve honorees with be inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame. The twelve writers are: James Baldwin, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Caro, Frederick Douglass, Mary Gordon, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Isaac B. Singer, Edith Wharton, E.B. White and Walt Whitman.

Robert Caro and Mary Gordon are scheduled to attend this event. Tickets are $75 per person and will include a cocktail reception and dinner.

Empire State Book Festival
Saturday, April 10th
Empire State Plaza, Albany NY

The festival is free and open to everyone! The day will be filled with author talks, writing workshops, tutorials, exhibits and vendors and storytelling. Author Gregory Maguire is a featured speaker.

For more information visit www.empirestatebookfestival.org

February Display

Books:

March by Geraldine Brooks
Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende
Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull
Duane's Depressed by Larry McMurty
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Olivia by V.C. Andrews
Sula by Toni Morrison
Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow
Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard

...and many more!

~Display by Annette

January Display

Titles:

• The Art of Calligraphy
• Stained Glass
• Waterfowl Carving with J.D. Sprankle
• Beads as Jewelry
• Mona's Cakes
• Stenciling for the First Time
• Quilter's Complete Guide
• Pastel School
• Making Decorative Boxes
• Origami: Paperfolding for Fun
• The Home Decorator's Stamping Book
• Making Decoys the Century Old Way
• Candlemaking for the First Time
• Crocheting School
• Scrapbook Your Wedding
• Building Adirondack Furniture

...and many more!

~Display by Annette

December Display

Books:

By Tamora Pierce

• The Will of the Empress
• Beka Cooper
• BloodHound

By Cassandra Clare

• City of Bones

By Juliet Marillier

• The Bredei Chronicles
• The Sevenwaters books
• Wildwood Dancing
• Cybele's Secret

By Philip Pullman

• The Amber Spyglass

By Holly Black

• The Good Neighbors

By C.S. Lewis

• Out of the Silent Planet
• Perelandra

and many more...

~Display by Annette

Holiday Basket Raffle

Members of the Friends of the Canton Free Library have donated a gift basket to be raffled off on December 18, 2009. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Tickets are available at the Canton Free Library Circulation Desk.

The basket contains:

• Two bottles of wine: Vendange California Shiraz and Chardonannay
• A bottle of Great Western Champagne
• A 12 pack of Caspari holiday cocktail napkins
• A set of four Tag linen cocktail napkins
• A 60" x 84" oblong holiday linen tablecloth and eight linen napkins
• A set of eight Tag reindeer napkin rings
• A holiday ceramic pan with Barefoot Contessa cupcake mix (red velvet with cream cheese frosting)
• A $15 gift certificate to the Brewer Bookstore
• A gift certificate for St. Lawrence Chocolates
• Organic Fair Trade Coffee
• Two Tag coffee mugs
• A copy of Christmas in the Adirondacks (a collection of holiday tales)
• A Tag tin card holder
• Several ornaments