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In observance of National Library Week, the Friends of the CFL are holding their annual spring book sale April 15th-April 17th. We have a wide variety of books for all ages!
Those who wish to donate materials for the sale must bring them to the Patron Services desks on the main floor or the children's room. (We will only accept books that are in excellent condition. We do not accept textbooks, old travel guides, encyclopedias, outdated nonfiction books, Reader's Digest condensed book, damaged or dirt-covered books.)
Friday, April 9, 2010
April Trivia Question
Happy Birthday (April 28th) Harper Lee!
Trivia question: In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is Boo Radley's real first name?
Thursday, March 4, 2010
March Display
Garrison Allen
Stable Cat
Dinosaur Cat
Baseball Cat
Marian Babson
The Cat Next Door
To Catch a Cat
Lillian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
The Cat Who Went Bananas
The Cat Who Said Cheese
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
Puss 'n Cahoots
Cat's Eyewitness
Sour Puss
The Purrfect Murder
The Tail of the Tip-Off
Carole Nelson Douglas
Cat in an Orange Twist
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper
Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit
Dorothy Gilman
Mrs. Polifax and the Lion Killer
Mrs. Polifax, Innocent Tourist
Mrs. Polifax, Unveiled
Evan Marshall
Crushing Crystal
Icing Ivy
Missing Marlene
Stabbing Stephanie
Toasting Tina
Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Cat Deck the Halls
Cat Playing Cupid
...and many more!
~Display by Annette
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
March Trivia Question
According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, who is the creator of the very worst poetry in the universe?
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.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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.
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.
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