The library is currently open Monday through Friday from 10:00am-5:30pm and Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm. The Children's Room and Archives are open by appointment. Please call for details: 207-582-3312.

Words + Pictures = Beauty

“A library is more than a brick and mortar building filled with delicious books. It is also a community of people who live to invest in our youth, who read for knowledge and fun, and who are ready to include anyone who walks through the door.”
Anonymous

 

“Words like winter snowflakes.”
Homer, c. 700 B.C., Iliad, Book III
 
 
“In your rocking chair by your window shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel.”
Theodore Dreiser,  Sister Carrie
 
 
“Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters”
Mason Cooley, U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Eleventh Selection
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory 
 
“A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.” 
Martin Farquhar Tupper, Proverbial Philosophy. Of Reading

Poetry From The Shelves – A Tribute To Danielle Steel

Many times, as books pass through my hands, I have thought how interesting it might be to write a story using only book titles.  There are SO MANY interesting? fascinating? intriguing? just plain odd? titles available! 
For my first attempt, I used only one author, Danielle Steel – she has over 80 titles currently available.  I shuffled through the titles, let them fall together, shifted several, and good, bad or indifferent, here is what I came up with.
Family Album
Legacy
Granny Dan
Daddy
A Good Woman
Answered Prayers
Sisters    –    Friends Forever
Wanderlust
Dating Game
Toxic Bachelors
Changes
Irresistible Forces    –    The Klone and I
The Kiss
Season of Passion
No Greater Love
The Ring
Matters of the Heart
Impossible    –    Secrets
Mixed Blessings
Heartbeat
Leap of Faith
The Wedding
The Promise    –    Now and Forever
The Gift
Miracle
Special Delivery
Happy Birthday    –    Zoya
Big Girl
Wings
Remembrance    –    Kaleidoscope
Family Ties
Full Circle
Ann Russell, Technical Services Librarian

Saturday at the library!

The Gardiner Public Library is a great place to spend your winter!  The library staff wants you to spend some time enjoying the great programs we have booked.  Last Saturday the library was bustling in all the rooms.  We had Story Hour up in our Children’s Room.  We offer Saturday Story Hour the first Saturday of every month and Babies Love Babies Play Time every Friday from 10-11AM.  We had a Henna Happy Hour in our teen section and we also scheduled a Fireside Chat with State Representative, Gay Grant.  Look for more of these chats in the future.
Are you looking for ways to meet other caregivers?  Come join us every Tuesday morning for Tuesday Story Hour (10:30-11:00AM) followed by a craft time with Missy.  Have you just read a great book and wish to talk about it?  Join our Book Discussion Group that meets 6-7PM on January 22nd as they discuss The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom.  Are you researching your family and need some help?  Join our Genealogy Meet Ups in our Community Archives Room on 1/22 and 1/24 from 11AM until 1PM.  We even have laptops that you can use!
Don’t hunker down at home waiting for spring to appear….come join us at the Gardiner Public Library.  We love seeing everyone and we are still able to recommend a great book for you to read!
Anne Davis, Library Director