Morrill Public Library

Friday, July 10
10:00 a.m.
High energy juggling and comedy!
A Summer Reading Program for kids of all ages.

All participants in the Summer Reading program can pick a book to take home!  Come by the Library to choose yours any time between July 1 and August 19.

You are invited to join us for an evening of poetry on July 14 at 7:00 p.m.  Participants can read an original poem or a favorite by another author.  Refreshments!
* But please leave your cat at home.

The Center for Lifelong Learning class schedule for July, August, September is available.  Pick up one at the Library, or click here to print your own copy.

Take a look at LearningExpress Library — a comprehensive, interactive online resource for practice tests and tutorial course series — with resources for ACT, GED, Civil Service exams, citizenship exams, and much more.  Users get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of results.  Click the LearningExpress button and try it out today!

Knitting Club meets on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. in the browsing area of the library.  Experienced knitters as well as first time knitters are welcome.  Patterns are discussed and exchanged.  First time knitters are helped and encouraged.  Conversation for everyone is lively and fun!

Join us for Storytime every Thursday morning from 10:00 to 10:45 for fun with stories, songs, games, crafts, and more.  The program is designed for kids age 3-kindergarten, but little sisters and brothers, moms, dads, grandparents, and all caregivers are invited to join the fun, too.  Pre-registration is not required.

Board meeting - Monday, August 17, 10:00 a.m.

Next meeting - Monday, July 13, 4:00 p.m.

The Hiawatha History Books  are available to purchase for $59.50 per book by inquiring at the Circulation Desk.   The books make great gifts.

Libraries Are Necessary Gardens, Unsurpassed At Growing Excitement. from Please Bury Me in the Library by Patrick Lewis

“If librarianship is the connecting of people to ideas – and I believe that is the truest definition of what we do – it is crucial to remember that we must keep and make available, not just good ideas and noble ideas, but bad ideas, silly ideas, and yes, even dangerous or wicked ideas.”
– Graceanne A. Decandido

“Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”
– Lyndon Baines Johnson, February 11, 1964

“The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion…”
– Henry Steel Commager

This informal group meets the second Wednesday of each month in the meeting room of the library at 9:30 a.m. (unless noted with*). Group members suggest then choose the books for discussion. Group members also volunteer to lead the discussion and to bring refreshments.

2009 Selections
July 8 - The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky
August 12 - Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan
September 9 - Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
October 14 - Field Trip to Leavenworth
*November 4 - Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Pease - One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
December 9 - TBA

The Mystery Readers group meets the second Thursday of each month in the library meeting room at 7:00 p.m. (unless noted with *). Members suggest and then choose the books for discussion.  Members also volunteer to lead the discussion and bring refreshments.  Mystery Readers of all ages welcome to attend.

2009 Selections
June 11 - Whose Body by Dorothy Sayers
July 9 - Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
August 13 - TBA
September 10 - The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp
October 8 - Night Passage by Robert B. Parker
November 12 - Bootlegger’s Daughter by Margaret Maron
December 10 - How to Murder a Millionaire: a Blackbird Sisters Mystery by Nancy Martin