Tuesday, April 10, 2012

E-Reader & OverDrive Assistance

Do you need help learning how to use your e-reader? Want to learn how to use the OverDrive service? Bring your device and your questions to the library and receive free one-on-one assistance from two tech savvy guys!

Other topics relating to technology are welcome. But we can’t repair broken items!

Location: Canton Free Library

Date: Monday, April 16, 2011

Drop in at your convenience.

Time: 1 pm – 7 pm

No registration required.

For information, ask at the Patron Services desk

or call the library at 386-3712.

Friends' Annual Spring Book Sale

Common threads: Adirondack Quilts Tell Their Stories

Canton Free Library hosts
Hallie Bond
Adirondack Museum Curator

Common threads:

Adirondack Quilts Tell Their Stories

Wednesday

April 18, 2012

6:30 pm

In the library’s Paige Room

Area quilters are invited to bring Adirondack-themed and North Country quilts to the library prior to the program. Quilts may be dropped off at the library

beginning on April 16 and will be put on display the afternoon of the program. Ms. Bond will meet with area quilters who drop by from 3 pm on the 18th until the start of the lecture and will refer to the local creations during her talk. Free and open to the public. Call 386-3712 for more information.

This event is made possible through Speakers in the Humanities, a program of the New York Council for the Humanities. Speakers in the Humanities lectures are made possible with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York State Legislature, and through funds from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Novel Destinations


SUMMER READING EVENTS FOR ADULTS
Novel Destinations is this summer’s theme for those 18 to 100+! On July 20 at 6 pm, explore our own backyard with Pat McKeown of the St. Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Enjoy locally roasted coffee from St. Lawrence Valley Roasters
as you learn about our county’s top vacation destinations. Have you picked up a summer brochure and a travel packet at the Patron Services desk? Earn a ticket for every five countries “visited” between June 1 and July 29 and be entered in a drawing to win a summer gift basket. You’re reading anyway; why not sign up for this well-organized program for all adults? Call Stefanie or Krista with any questions @ (315) 386-3712.

Books:


Peter Jenkins, The Road Unseen – 248.4 JEN

A Walk Across America – 917.3 Jenk

Jonathan Raban, Surveillance – F RAB

Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar – 915.04

Sailing Through China – 915.1 Ther

Dark Star Safari – 916.04

Tony Horwitz, Blue Latitudes – 910.92 Hor

Bill Bryson, A Walk in the Woods – 917.404 Bry

African Diary – 916.762 Bry

In a Sunburned Country – 919.404 Bry

I’m a Stranger Here Myself – 973.92

The Lost Continent – 917.304 Bry

Gary Paulsen, Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride, B PAULSEN

Chris Stewart, Driving Over Lemons – 946 Ste

William Heat Moon, Blue Highways – LP 917.3 Lea

John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley – TB 765 (cassette)

Michael Crichton, Travels – B CRICHTON

Peter Mayle, A Year in Provence – TB 316 (cassette)

Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love – B GILBERT

Peter Hessler, River Town

J. Maarten Troost, Lost on Planet China

Tahir Shah, The Caliph’s House

Jane Christmas, Incontinent on the Continent

Alice Steinbeck, Without Reservations

Emma Tennant, A House in Corfu (Greece)

Paul Collins, Sixpence House

Julia Child, My Life in France

Sy Montgomery, Journey of the Pink Dolphins

Search for the Golden Moon

O’Hanlon, Congo Journey

Into the Heart of Borneo

Colin Thubron, In Siberia

Tim Cahill, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh

Mark Obmascik, The Big Year

Jennifer Niven, Ada Blackjack

Mesannie Wilkins, Last of the Saddle Tramps

Daphne Phelps, A House in Sicily

Mark Jenkins, To Timbukto

Jason Elliot, An Unexpected Light

Rosemary Mahoney, Down the Nile

Joe McGinniss, Going to Extremes

Robyn Davidson, Tracks

Ann Vanderhoff, Embarrassment of Mangoes

...and many more!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mother, Mother: May Display




Books:
  • The Good Mother by Sue Miller
  • A Mother and Two Daughters by Gail Godwin
  • The Balanced Mom by Bria Simpson
  • A Remarkable Mother by Jimmy Carter
  • I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
  • Memories of A North Country Grandma by Diane Crump
  • How to Build the Grandma Connection by Susan V. Bosak
  • Roses for Mama by Janette Oke
  • Circling My Mother by Mary Gordon
  • Traveling With Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Grandma Moses by Otta Kallir
  • Chicken Soup for the Mother and Son Soul
  • Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul
  • Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates
  • Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandma by Lois Wyse
...and many more!

~Display by Stefanie Hartson

Monday, March 14, 2011

Non-Credit Courses

Your NCLS library card allows you to register for non-credit courses for free. Visit UniversalClasstm for NorthCountry Libraries to learn something new! There are over 500 online courses to choose from including courses in Digital Photography, Homeschooling, Computer Programming, Cooking and Language. This service is brought to you by the North Country Library System and Potsdam Public Library.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Celebrate March With Irish Authors

Authors:

Patrick McCabe
Juliene Osborne-McKnight
Erin Hart
Maeve Binchy
Oscar Wilde
JohnBanville
Roddy Doyle
Bran Stoker
Frank McCourt
William Trevor
Thomas Flanagan
C. S. Lewis
Colm Toibin
Colum McCann
Edna O'brien
Marta Conlon-McKenna