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From the Director's Desk It feels as if fall has arrived and the library has lots of treats in store for our wonderful patrons! Introducing our Library of Things! Are you looking for something new to explore? Are you planning a fun event? Is it time to organize? Check out our new and growing library of things! Learn to knit! Bake a giant cupcake! Laminate your recipe cards! Invite friends to play with giant yard dice! Best of all these fun things are free to borrow with your library card! The library of things also includes a collection of memory kits to use with loved ones dealing with dementia. Each kits includes fun activities to stimulate memory, conversation and bonding. Take a look below for all the fun events coming up in October! PLEASE NOTE: The Mansfield Board of Health has mandated that everyone aged 2 and up wear masks inside all municipal buildings. Holiday Hours: CLOSED Monday, October 11th Catherine Coyne, Mansfield Public Library Director |
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OverDrive app will start being retired in February 2022 -- so use Libby instead! Heads-up to anyone who uses the OverDrive app. The app will be removed from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and the Microsoft Store in February 2022, so new downloads of the app will not be possible after that time. However, if you already have the OverDrive app, you’ll still be able to use it for a while after February. Instead of the OverDrive app, you should download the Libby app, which will help you find and borrow your digital items from our library. Click here for more information about Libby. However, if you have a Kindle Fire, the Libby app is not available thru the Amazon app store, so you’ll need to use one of these other options instead: - Use libbyapp.com from your browser OR
- Use Libby on another device to find and deliver eBooks to your Kindle Fire OR
- Continue using the OverDrive app for now
In addition, everyone will still be able to browse, borrow, and enjoy titles directly from our library’s OverDrive website: sails.overdrive.com For questions about OverDrive, Libby, or any of our online resources, please contact the Reference Desk at 508-261-7380 x3. |
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Virtual Author Talk - Lisa Unger in Conversation with Alafair Burke Wednesday, October 13th, 7:00-8:00PMPM, Zoom Meeting Room We are so excited to join Tewksbury Public Library, who will be hosting a virtual author talk between Lisa Unger and Alafair Burke for a discussion of Lisa's newest book, Last Girl Ghosted!This program is free and open to all.
Registration Required for invitation to Zoom Meeting Room.
Registrants will receive the invitation to the Zoom Meeting Room.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare's Shipwreck (IN PERSON EVENT!!) Tuesday, October 19th 6:00-8:00PMIn this 90-minute film, producer Andrew Giles Buckley, creator and host of Hit and Run History, and his crew follow the story of Stephen Hopkins, the only passenger who had previously been to North America before traveling on the Mayflower.
A decade earlier, in 1609, Hopkins had been aboard a Jamestown-bound ship called the Sea Venture, which wrecked on Bermuda. Along with the other colonist castaways, Hopkins sailed to Jamestown on a newly constructed ship. In a fascinating intersection of history, Hopkins's attendance at the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe led him to escape from Jamestown and travel back to England with Pocahontas and her husband. It was this happenstance in its entirety that may have led to Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest.
Following the 90 minute film, there will be a 30 minute Q & A with Andrew Giles Buckley. This event is free and open to all. Registration required.
This program is made possible by the Mansfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. |
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Virtual Author Talk - Jeffrey Archer Saturday, October 23rd, 2:00-3:00PM Zoom Meeting Room We are so excited to join Tewksbury Public Library, who will be hosting a virtual author talk with Jeffrey Archer for a discussion of his newest book, Over My Dead Body!!This program is free and open to all.
Registration Required for invitation to Zoom Meeting Room.
Registrants will receive the invitation to the Zoom Meeting Room.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Art in Bloom - October 25th-30th
Come into the library from Oct. 25th-30th for a Halloween treat!
Art in Bloom arrangements will decorate the library and make this week extra special. Art in Bloom seeks to interpret art with a companion flower arrangement and the art to be interpreted are Kira Seamon's colorful autumn photos. She's an award-winning photographer and has had her art accepted and sold in national and regional juried shows. She’s had over fifty newspaper cover stories about her art and is a fourteen-time grant recipient from cultural councils. She celebrated her first solo museum exhibit of her work in 2020. She was recently the inaugural artist-in-residence in Natick, Massachusetts. She received a personal letter from the Massachusetts Senate President and a Certificate of Recognition from the Massachusetts State Legislation in recognition of her grant from Framingham, Massachusetts. All of this culminated in her receiving the prestigious Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, for which she appeared in the Wall Street Journal in 2020. Don't miss this free exhibit during the week of Halloween!
This event is supported with a generous grant from the Mansfield Cultural Council.
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Virtual Author Talk with Heather B. Moore Tuesday, October 26th 6:30-7:30PMWe are so excited to host a virtual author talk with author Heather B. Moore for a discussion of her book, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown! "Based on true events, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown is a powerful story about a largely unknown chapter in history and the women who emerged as heroes."--AmazonHeather B. Moore is a USA Today bestselling author of more than seventy publications. Her historical novels and thrillers are written under pen name H.B. Moore. She writes women's fiction, romance and inspirational non-fiction under Heather B. Moore. This can all be confusing, so her kids just call her Mom. Heather attended Cairo American College in Egypt, the Anglican School of Jerusalem in Israel, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in Utah. Heather is represented by Dystel, Goderich, and Bourret.
This event is free and open to all. Registration Required for invitation to Zoom Meeting Room. Registrants will receive the invitation to the Zoom Meeting Room on the day of the event. |
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Halloween Harvest: Ghosts, Goblins & More (ages 13 & up) (IN PERSON EVENT!!!)Thursday, October 28th, 7:000-8:00PMA perfect way to celebrate the fall season, with traditional and true life ghost stories, supernatural tales and songs about the harvest and turning of the earth.
The Mansfield Public Library will present Parents’ Choice Award winning performer Davis Bates in a seasonal program for audience members ages 13 and up.
This program includes folktales about spirits and shapeshifters, as well as true-life ghost stories that Davis has collected over the years, including two from his own family. It also includes farming songs & tales, and a traditional ballad about a ghostly fishing crew, and some seasonal work songs with very sing-able choruses that will be taught to the audience. Some of the songs will be accompanied by rhythms played on spoons from a kitchen drawer. This event is free and open to ages 13 and up. Registration required.
Davis Bates has been telling stories for over forty years, in schools, libraries, colleges and community settings around New England and across the country. His recording of Family Stories won a Parent’s Choice Gold Award, was named one of that year’s best Audio Recordings by Booklist Magazine and is available as a free download on his website, www.davisbates.com. Davis has also served as director and consultant for several local and regional oral history and folk arts projects. Davis lives in the village of Shelburne Falls, MA, and when he isn't collecting or learning stories, he spends his time working with the Hampshire College Alumni Advisory Group and gardening on the Hampshire campus and at home.
This program is made possible by the Mansfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Mystery Book ClubThursday, October 7th, 6:30PM
Zoom Meeting RoomAll are welcome to join the Mansfield Public Library Mystery Book Club for a virtual book discussion of The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James.This program is free and open to all.
Registration Required for invitation to Zoom Meeting Room.
Registrants will receive the invitation to the Zoom Meeting Room on the day of the event.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Virtual Book ChatMonday October 18th, 6:30PMZoom Meeting RoomMiss talking about what you're currently reading, what you want to read, or just miss talking with others? Come to our virtual book chat!
We're physically distant, so let's be social together! This program is free and open to all.
Registration Required for invitation to Zoom Meeting Room.
Registrants will receive the invitation to the Zoom Meeting Room on the day of the event.
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Spice Club - CORIANDERWednesday, October 20th, 10:00AM-6:00PMAdd a little spice to your life!!
For the month of September it's time to GO CRAZY WITH CORIANDER!! Do you love to cook and want to try new flavors and recipes? Or maybe you’re tired of cooking the same old thing and want to try something new? Then we have got just the summer club for you!!! Time to get spicy and join the Mansfield Public Library’s new Spice Club! Throughout the summer months of June, July and August, a new spice and recipes will be featured each month. We will provide a Spice Pack which will include: Once registered, come to the library on Wednesday, October 20th
(10 am - 6 pm) to pick up the kit. Be sure to register individually if you have more than one person to sign up.
The spice club is open to ages 13 and up. Don't forget to share images of your culinary creations on the library's Facebook and/or Instagram pages.
Use the hashtags: #mansfieldpubliclibrary #mplspiceclub #cookingwithnutmeg #librariesofinstagram #cookingfun #tailsandtales2021 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Library Book ClubThursday, October 21st, 6:30PMZoom Meeting RoomAll are welcome to join the Mansfield Public Library Library Book Club for a virtual book discussion of The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore.This program is free and open to all.
Registration Required for invitation to Zoom Meeting Room.
Registrants will receive the invitation to the Zoom Meeting Room on the day of the event.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Halloween Costume Exchange!
Drop of Costumes: Now through Oct. 23
Pick out a New Costume: Oct. 25-30 We're hosting a costume exchange this month! Bring in your gently used costume(s) and receive a voucher to return the last week of October and pick out a 'new to you' costume. (Please only bring in costumes that are clean - no rips or stains.) |
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October Story Times Please note changes to Story Times this month! Movers and Shakers (Ages 0-3) Tuesday 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 @ 11:00am Outdoor Mixed Age Story Time (Ages 0-5) Wednesday 10/13, 10/20 @ 11:00am Pre-K Story Time (Ages 3-5) Friday 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 @ 11:00am Click here to access our Online Calendar for story time registration. Shake, Shake, Shake Playgroup for Ages 2.9-4.5 Wed., Oct. 6 @ 10:30am Join Carol Carver for this fun playgroup! Carol will lead activities geared for 2.9-4.5 year olds, providing fun and educational toys, and an opportunity to practice social skills through collaborative play. Registration is required! Email Carol Carver directly to register at ccarver@selfhelpinc.org or call 508-559-1666 EXT 1811. Halloween Music and Fun with Elaine Kessler Wed., Oct. 27 @ 11:15am Miss Elaine is coming to the Library for a fun filled Halloween music program! This program is ideal for ages 0-5 and registration is not required. Special SATURDAY Halloween Story Time! Sat., Oct. 30 @ 3:00pm Join Zeb for a fun, not-so-scary Halloween Story Time! This will be a mixed age story time and registration is not required. Wear a costume for added fun! |
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Brickworks LEGO Club (Ages 6-12) Tuesdays - Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 @ 3:30-4:30pm Stop by the Youth Room every Tuesday at 3:30pm for Brickworks LEGO Club! Each week, participants will be presented with a new, exciting LEGO building challenge. They are welcome to engage in collaborative or self-directed building for the duration of each session. Finished work will be photographed at participants request and displayed in the Youth Room during the week! Registration is not required, just stop in! J CD Radio Hour Every Thursday from 11am-12pm Join us in the Youth Room for J CD Radio Hour! Children and their caregivers are invited to read and play while we play selections from our collection of children's music on CD for your listening enjoyment! Registration is not required. Decorate an Autumn Ornament (Ages 4-11) Thurs., Oct. 14 @ 5:45PM It's Autumn! Register to pick out and decorate an Autumn themed ornament. Children will use an assortment of supplies to decorate their ornament. We will have paint, stickers, markers and more for decorating! Younger children may need an adult's help. Walking Spider Take & Make Craft (Ages 3+) Thurs., Oct. 21 - while supplies last! Stop by the Children's Room and grab a Take & Make Walking Spider craft! Available while supplies last. Perfect for a Halloween decoration or to creep out your family and friends! Art Beats with Helina (Ages 3-6) Sat., Oct. 30 @ 11am Helina Gajjar joins us again for Art Beats! Children ages 3-6 can register to create a fun art project under Helina's guidance. This is an in-person program that requires registration to participate! Click here to access our Online Calendar for registration. |
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Youth STEAMship Group! (Ages 6-12) Wednesdays in October from 3:30-4:30pm The crew of STEAMship launches in the Youth Room, undertaking voyages into the exciting worlds of S cience
T echnology
E ngineering A rt, and
M athematics October 6: Apple Heads (Part 1 of 2) October 13: Thousand Flowers October 20: Ghost Box October 27: Apple Heads (Part 2 of 2) Registration is required for each session of this program, and is now open; caregivers are welcome, but not required to attend. Click here to access our Online Calendar for registration. |
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LOTs to Do! Thursdays in October between 2:30-3:30pm Join us in the Youth Room for LOTs To Do, a showcase of items available in our LIBRARY OF THINGS (LOT). Each week, we'll highlight items that fall under a unified theme. Check them out in the Library— then, check them out of the Library! No need to register, just stop on in!
October 7: MUSIC
October 14: 2D Puzzles October 21: 3D Puzzles October 28: Card Games |
Catherine Recommends:
The Therapistby B. A. Paris"Another can't put down psychological thriller! What would you do if you found out the house you just moved into was the scene of a murder? Alice was excited to move into The Circle, a gated community of 12 homes, with her boyfriend Leo after over a year of only seeing each other on the weekends. She is eager to get to know her neighbors, but Leo tries to discourage her. When a man party crashes the cocktail evening, Alice finally learns the truth - a young woman was ritually murdered in her home. Alice is shaken at Leo's deception and is soon obsessed with finding out the truth. Can she trust the neighbors, or are they hiding something about the murder. Can she trust Leo? This one must be read in one sitting!"
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The Stranger Behind Youby Carol Goodman"A suspenseful novel hat follows two stories of sexual harassment, one from present day and one from
the 1940s. After journalist Joan Lurie exposes a newspaper tycoon of being a sexual predator she is attacked in her home and moves to The Refuge, a high security building that was once a Magdelen laundry for fallen women. Joan suffers from blurred vision as well as post traumatic stress from the attack. As her world becomes confined to her apartment, she befriends Lillian Day, a ninety year old woman from across the hall. Lillian tells Joan her own story from 1941 involving thugs, dirty cops and murder. In the end Joan will realize that her story and that of Lillian are more connected than they appear."
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Be my ghostby Carol J. Perry"A letter from a Florida lawyer just before Halloween changes everything for newly out of work Bostonian Maureen Doherty. It seems that she has inherited an Inn from a woman she didn't even know. With her trusty golden retriever Finn at her side, Maureen heads to the sunshine state. Eager to make a go of running the Inn , Maureen's plans are upset when she finds a dead body on the front porch. The deceased is Conrad Wilson, a ghost hunter who claimed to have photographs of ghosts inhabiting Maureen's Inn. Of course, Maureen doesn't believe in ghosts... but the town of Haven may make her change her mind. A fun mystery with a dash of the supernatural, this is a great start to a new series."
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Whitney Recommends:
The historian : a novel
by Elizabeth Kostova
Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigates the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler, a quest that takes her across Europe and into the pasts of her father and his mentor.
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Carly Recommends:
Then she was gone : a novel
by Lisa Jewell
Struggling to put her life back together a decade after her beloved teen daughter's disappearance, a divorced woman bonds with a charming single father whose young child eerily resembles the woman's own lost daughter and who compels a wrenching search for answers. By the best-selling author of The Third Wife.
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Kitty Recommends:
Where's Halmoni?
by Julie J. Kim
Searching for their missing grandmother, two Korean children follow tracks into a fantastic world filled with beings from folklore who speak in Korean. Includes translations and information about the folkloric characters
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The haunted season
by G. M. Malliet
Father Max Tudor—the handsome vicar of Nether Monkslip, England—investigates a suspicious death when he is invited to dinner at Totleigh Hall by Lord and Lady Baaden-Boomethistle. By the Agatha Award-winning author of Pagan Spring.
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Wicked autumn : a Max Tudor novel
by G. M. Malliet
Max Tudor has adapted well to his post as vicar of St. Edwold's in the idyllic village of Nether Monkslip. The quiet village seems the perfect home for Max, who has fled a harrowing past as an MI5 agent. Now he has found a measure of peace among urban escapees and yoga practitioners, artists and crafters and New Agers. But this new-found serenity is quickly shattered when the highly vocal and unpopular president of the Women's Institute turns up dead at the Harvest Fayre. The death looks like an accident, but Max's training as a former agent kicks in, and before long he suspects foul play
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CoffeeHouse knits : knitting patterns and essays with robust flavor
by Kerry Bogert
"The jolt of inspiration every knitter needs! Inspired by the ritual of sipping and stitching, CoffeeHouse Knits is a stimulating collection of knitwear with an extra shot of something special. Whether you're joining friends at the coffee shop for community knitting or you're home enjoying the first cup of the day, perk up your knitting with: 20 patterns that range in skill level from advanced beginner to intermediate--macchiato to espresso; Simple touches evoke the idea of everyone's favorite drink, from steaming swirls around a sweater yoke to coffee bean inspired motifs; Stirring essays from knitters explore community, connection, and caffeine. Pour yourself another cup and settle in with Coffeehouse Knits."--provided by Amazon.com
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Fable
by Adrienne Young
A first entry in a planned duology by the author of the Sky in the Deep series finds the teen daughter of a seaside village’s most powerful trader testing the limits of skills imparted by her late mother to reconnect with her father and establish her place among his crew. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Zeb Recommends:
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
A carnival rolls in sometime after the midnight hour on a chill Midwestern October eve, ushering in Halloween a week before its time. A calliope's shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. And two inquisitive boys standing precariously on the brink of adulthood will soon discover the secret of the satanic raree-show's smoke, mazes, and mirrors, as they learn all too well the heavy cost of wishes -- and the stuff of nightmare.
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The Shadow Year
by Jeffrey Ford
In the wake of a classmate's disappearance, a sixth grader and his older brother begin observing strange events in their 1960s small-town suburb, including the appearance of a man in a large white car, the night activities of a peeping tom, and the deteriorating mental state of the school librarian. Reprint.
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Fearful Symmetriesby Ellen Datlow"2015 World Fantasy Award nominee! "This is an excellent anthology for horror fans, with a nice range of tones and styles and some intriguing new voices." - PW "This anthology, born out of a Kickstarter and published by ChiZine, is a collection of some of the most talented horror and speculative fiction authors writing today." - BuzzFeed Fearful Symmetries is a 2014 Bram Stoker Award Winner for Best Anthology and is a Shirley Jackson Award Nominee! From Ellen Datlow, award-winning and genre-shaping editor of more than fifty anthologies, and twenty of horror's established masters and rising stars, comes an all-original look into the beautiful, terrible, tragic, and terrifying. Wander through visions of the most terrible of angels, the Seven who would undo the world. Venture through Hell and back, and lands more terrestrial and darker still. Linger a while in childhoods, and seasons of change by turns tragic and monstrously transformative. Lose yourself amongst the haunted and those who can't let go, in relationships that might have been and never were. Witness in dreams and reflections, hungers and horrors, the shadows cast upon the wall, and linger in forests deep. Come see what burns so bright. . . ."
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The Ghoul Next Door
by Cullen Bunn
Living in the legend-haunted New England town of Ander’s Landing, 11-year-old Grey is drawn into a strange mystery involving a race of reclusive subterranean creatures—ghouls, the eaters of the dead.
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The Halloween Tree
by Ray Bradbury
Featuring dramatic illustrations by the artist of The Dangerous Alphabet, a rerelease of a 1972 book by the award-winning author of Fahrenheit 451 features a magical journey through space and time in search of the true origins of Halloween.
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Ghost: Thirteen Haunting Tales to Tell
by Illustratus
A collection of thirteen original ghost stories, some in rhyme, by Blaise Hemingway and Jesse Reffsin, accompanied by illustrations by Chris Sasaki and Jeff Turley.
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Of a Feather
by Dayna Lorentz
A poignant story told in alternating perspectives follows the experiences of an at-risk teen who forges a powerful bond with a rescued baby owl after moving to the home of her falconer aunt.
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Lilla the Accidental Witch
by Eleanor Crewes
While staying with her aunt in rural Italy, Lilla learns that she is a witch with special powers, which she must use to fend off an ancient witch who threatens to ruin more than just her summer.
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North and South: A Tale of Two Hemispheres
by Sandra Morris
Combining informative text with stunning illustrations, this book takes readers through the months of the year in both the northern and southern parts of the globe, revealing how various species adapt to the changing seasons.
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Friends of the Library On-Going Book Sale
The Friends are happy to announce that the book sale is back! Stop by to check out some great bargains for spring! Most items are $1 unless otherwise marked.
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The Friends Need Your Support
The Friends of the Library support the library by purchasing museum passes, children's audiobooks, craft supplies and programming and so much more! Please consider supporting the Friends by choosing the Friends of the Mansfield Library, MA while shopping on Amazon. A portion of your purchase will be donated to the Friends! Thank-you! |
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