Altamont Library Notes for Thursday, April 18, 2019
We need your help! With the annual Altamont Free Library Book Sale coming up May 4, we’re busy preparing and we need all the help we can get
Between Wednesday, May 1, and Friday, May 3, we will be the grateful recipients of thousands and thousands of used books on nearly every topic under the sun. All those books have to be sorted, organized, and — gulp — carried outside for the sale.
Then, on the day of the sale, we need all the friends we can get to help sell those books, keep our tables tidy, and break down at the end of the day. If you can be of assistance, you will have our undying gratitude (and an early peak at donations!), so get in touch with us at 518-861-7239 or by email at director@altamontfreelibrary.org.
This would be a great way for younger friends to rack up some community-service hours, so if you have some of them, let them know. We could also use a few extra tables, tarps, and hand trucks if you have some of those lying around in addition to the spare back muscles. Thank you for your help!
Earth Day craft
Celebrate Earth Day and the spring season with us at the library on Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. We’ll be making cool rock art to decorate your garden, your doorstep, or your village! Please register in advance by calling the library at 518-861-7239.
Juice and Jammies Story Time
On Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m., put on your pj’s and join Ms. Erika for a pre-bedtime story, snack and craft! This low-key storytime will be just the thing to prepare your young folks to count some sheep.
Garden plotting
Spring is in the air, and how better to celebrate than by getting down into the dirt and planting some seeds? But maybe your thumb is more a mint green than a forest green.
If you have questions about gardening, please join us on Monday, April 22 at 6 p.m. for a presentation by a group of local gardening experts called Awakening the Garden in Spring followed by a Q&A with certified Master Gardeners.
Book Sale
As mentioned above, on Saturday, May 4, Altamont Free Library will hold our annual book sale in conjunction with the PTA’s village-wide garage sale. From noon on Wednesday, May 1, until Friday, May 3, we will be very grateful to accept book, CD and DVD donations, which will either be added to the library’s collection or sold to raise money for library programs.
(Sorry, but we will not be running a garage sale this year, so household goods will not be accepted. Also, no encyclopedias please and thank you.) Please don’t forget to visit us during the sale to find your next favorite book!
Springtime bird walk
On Monday, May 6, local bird expert Dan Capuano will once again lead a bird watching expedition along Brandle Road. Please join us at 9 a.m. here at the library for a one hour walk around the village to see what we can see and learn about our bird neighbors.
We’ll have a few extra sets of binoculars, if you’d like to use them and first-time birdwatchers are encouraged to attend. We haven’t done one of these in a while, so if you haven’t had the opportunity to go on one of these expeditions, they really are a hoot.
“My Father’s Daughter”
We are surrounded here in Altamont by extraordinary individuals, and we are always lucky when some of them share their talent with us. One such is Carol Caloro, who has just published her memoir, “My Father’s Daughter.”
On Monday, May 6. at 7 p.m., Carol will be reading from her book and discussing her troubled childhood with an abusive mother and loving father and the surprising revelation she recently learned about her parents that has changed how she thinks of both of them.
Join us to celebrate her achievement, buy a copy, and have it signed. Light refreshments will be served.