MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS
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MORRISVILLE LIBRARY NEWS
by Mary Brown
Autumn has finally arrived at the library as well as
in central New York! It always brings with it a flurry of activities.
The Pre-School Story Hour with Grandma B series will be held
at 10:30 a.m. on October 29 and November 12. Bring in the
little ones for this hour of fun. On Friday, November 1st,
Susan Vreeland's interesting novel, Girl in Hyacinth Blue,
will be the topic of discussion at the opening session of this
season's Adult Book Talk series. Copies are now available for
sign-out at the circulation desk. Our popular facilitator, Dr.
Roxanna Pisiak, will be on hand to lead the discussion.
We also have a new art show in the Program Room through November:
Susanne Farrington -- Retrospective: 1962 - 2002. Susanne
is a local artist and potter and has displayed for us various
works from her long career featuring wood, pottery and
found objects. Susanne has a B.A. in Design from Antioch
College. While a student,
she spent a summer in Vallauris, France as a pottery
apprentice. The year following
graduation she studied at Haystack School of Crafts
on Deer Island, Maine, and
also studied for a semester at Alfred University. She
has exhibited her work at
numerous juried crafts shows throughout the Northeast
over the past forty years.
She has lived in Hamilton, New York since 1971 and is
a member of the Potter's
Guild. Susanne's work and that of her fellow potters
will be on display at the Third
Annual Artists & Craftsmen Holiday Studio Tour, from
November 29 to December 1,
2002. You can find out more about the Studio Tour by
stopping by the
Morrisville Library to pick up a brochure or by visiting
the Clay Expressions
web site at http://www.clayexpressions.com.
We have some new books to report this week, thanks
to generous donors. Remember, you can "order" any of
the books mentioned in this column by going to our webpage at
www.midyork.org/morrisville and following the directions for
signing out books.
Thanks to the library's wonderful friend, Moors Myers, for
the following donations. The Last Girls by Lee Smith is a novel
inspired by a real life event. Four former college classmates,
on a steamboat cruise down the Mississippi River, remember a
raft trip down the river they had taken 35 years earlier to simulate
the river trip of Huck Finn as well as many other memories of
the past. Lines of Defense by Barry Siegel is a mystery novel
about detective Doug Bard's efforts to find an elusive killer
and protect his wife and daughter. Balzac and the Little Chinese
Seamstress by Sijie Dai is a short novel about two teenage storytellers
who find joy in telling tales despite the hard labor they must
endure as their "re-education" during Mao's Cultural
Revolution.
Thanks to some anonymous donors, the library now has Adam
and Eve and Pinch Me by Ruth Rendell. This suspenseful novel
tell about three women and their intricate relationships with
a handsome con man, Jeff Leach. David Falkner's Great Time
Coming: The Life of Jackie Robinson from Baseball to Birmingham
is a moving biography of the first African-American man to play
major league baseball. His athletic feats on the field and his
courage in the cause of integration make this the story of a
real-life hero.
Our younger fans of the American Girls series will want
to sign out our new copies of Kaya Shows the Way, Change for
Kaya, Kaya's Hero, Meet Kaya, Kaya's Escape, Kay and the Lone
Dog. For our 4-8 year old readers, three neat books have arrived.
Harry Houdini, Escape Artist by Patricia Larkin tells how a
little boy named Ehrlich Weiss became Harry Houdini, the best
magician the world has ever known. Alien and Possum by Tony Johnston
finds the possum making friends with an alien who arrives in
a spaceship, and he comes to realize that "things of all
colors can be friends." The Best Fall of All by Laura Godwin
shows Happy the dog and Honey the cat having a good time in the
autumn leaves. For 9-12 year olds, Sacagawea and the Bravest
Deed by Stephen Krensky shows how the Indian girl wants to be
brave like her brother and the boys, but gets to show her bravery
in another way.
Enjoy October! Pick apples, rake leaves, and drop in at
the library to sign out some of the great books we have for you.
Send comments to Morrisville
Public Library
October 4, 2002