Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The 13th annual I Love My Library Gala is this weekend and tickets are sold out! If you have not yet sent in a RSVP card, we’re so sorry.
For our attendees, if you’d like a preview of some of the many awesome items we’ll have up for auction, drop by the library and take a look at the small sample in our display case. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need your support. You’ll enjoy a fantastic dinner and homemade desserts, exciting live and silent auctions, and the delightful company of your fellow library supporters.
This year, we will be honoring the many contributions made to our community by Kristin Casey and Linda Cure, two longtime friends, board members, and volunteers whose dedicated service to our library and our Village are a shining example for us all.
Story Time!
Did you know that one of the best ways of getting our youngest friends to become strong readers is by exposing them to a wide variety of readers and reading environments?
For that reason, and also just because it’s just fun, we have two Story times each week on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Storytime is a super fun program that combines some of our favorite things: awesome stories, silly songs, playful movement, and most importantly, bubbles! Tuesday Story Times with Miss Ann are targeted at preschoolers, while our Wednesday Story Times with Miss Erika are for toddlers (but we don’t mind older or younger friends on either day). Please join us for mornings of stories, songs, and bubbles.
Valentine’s Day Card Crafting
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and instead of the usual store-bought card, you can make a card by hand at the library!
Drop in on either Monday or Tuesday, Feb. 10 or 11, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. to make a totally wild animal collage card to let your loved ones know that you love them bear-y much. We’ll have all the supplies you’ll need. All ages are welcome, and no registration is required.
Mystery Book Club
Please join us for a meeting of our newest book club, which is focused exclusively on mysteries! We’ve got members interested in every subgenre from intense psychological thrillers to low-key cozy mysteries and every type of mystery in between.
If you love a good whodunit, please join us on Thursday, September 19th at 7pm as we try to crack the case of “By Its Cover” by Donna Leon. Donna Leon’s mysteries are set in beautiful Venice, Italy and feature the unsinkable Police Commissario Guido Brunetti, who solves complex mysteries, but always makes it home for lunch.