At a Glance

  • Monday, January 4 – Children’s Story Times resume at 10:30
  • Monday, January 4 – Lego Club for ages 6 and up, 3:30 to 4:30
  • Monday, January 11 – Trustee Meeting at 6:00pm
  • Thursday, January 14 – Publicity Meeting, 4:00pm
  • Monday, January 18 – Martin Luther King Day, the library is closed
  • Wednesday, January 20 – Make and Take Craft, after school
  • Thursday, January 21 – Upcycle Journal Craft, 6:30pm
  • Thursday, January 28 – Book Group meets at 7:00pm

 

Lego Club

Students, ages 6 and up are invited to join us at the monthly LEGO CLUB, on the first Wednesday of each month from 3:30 to 4:30. We supply the space and the legos. Just bring friends, ideas, and your imaginations.

 

Make and Take Craft

Our make and take craft program continues on Wednesday, January 20, after school. This is an easy- to- do- craft for children to create and take home with them. This will be held on the third Wednesday of each month. For more information, call the library at 655-4283.

 

Upcycle Journal Craft

On Thursday, January 21 at 6:30, come to the library to upcycle a book into a unique January Journal. A cover of a recycled book and the blank pages will be available. The covers can be left as they are or recovered with decorator paper, stickers, rubber-stamped images, personal pictures; the list is as endless your imagination, since this is your personal creation. The journals will be bound by a spiral cord, and then it will be ready to be scrawled, scapped, brushed, and glued or they could be given as one-of-a-kind gift for someone special. Space is limited to 8 participants, please call 655-4283 or email sally.holt@raymondvillagelibrary.org to reserve a place. There is a $5 fee for materials. Light refreshments will be available.

 

Book Group

The library reading group will meet on Thursday, January 28 at 7:00pm to discuss A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki. This story begins in Tokyo where sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. Before she ends it all, Nao plans to document the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun who’s lived for more than a century. Nao writes a diary that will touch lives in ways she can hardly imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox – possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfold, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao’s drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future. We invited all interested readers to join us for what should prove to be an interesting discussion of this unique tale. For more information, call the library at 655-4283.