November 2021 | Volume 18 Issue 11
In this Issue

Library News
Upcoming Events
For Adults
Monthly Art Exhibit
Literacy/ESOL
Teens
Kids & Teens
Kids
Staff Picks
Picks for Teens
Picks for Kids
Extended Hours! 
 
We're thrilled to announce that starting November 1, our Adams Shore and Wollaston branches will be returning to their pre-pandemic hours:
 
Adams Shore
Monday   1:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday   9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday & Thursday    1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
 
Wollaston
Monday & Tuesday   1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday   1:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Thursday   9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 
And don't forget that the Main Library is now open Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
 
Library News
Holiday Closures 
 
November 11: Closed for Veterans Day
November 24: Closing @ 5:00 p.m.
November 25-26: Closed for Thanksgiving
 
10 Year Anniversary Sale
Saturday, November 6
10:00 am. - 4:00 p.m.
 
Pay $10 at the store entrance and receive a large grocery bag to fill with any books or media of your choosing. 
Cash Only.    
Entrance to the store is located on Spear St. at the rear of the Main Library.
 
Bookstore Hours
 
Thursdays: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Spotlight On:
Massachusetts History Online
Explore Massachusetts History Online. 
 
 
Upcoming Events
Please note that capacity for our In-Person Events will be limited and masks are recommended. Doors will open 15 minutes before the start of the program.
 
Movie Matinees
Main Library Showtimes:
 
In The Heights (PG-13)
Wednesday, November 10 @ 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 13 @ 2:00 p.m.
 
Black Widow (PG-13)
Wednesday, November 17 @ 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 20 @ 2:00 p.m.
 
Stillwater (R)
Wednesday, November 24 @ 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 27 @ 2:00 p.m.
 
Sponsored by the Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library.
For Adults
Concerts at the Crane: Hungrytown
Sunday, November 7
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
In-Person
 
The History & Evolution of the Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, November 3
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
In-Person
Homesteading Basics: Canning and Preservation
Thursday, November 4
7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
In-Person
Author Talk:
100 Days in Vietnam 
Tuesday, November 9
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
In-Person
with Lt Col Joseph F. Tallon & Matthew A. Tallon 
 
Staying Healthy
Through the Winter
Tuesday, November 30
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Online 
 
Community Yoga Class
Wednesdays, November 3, 10, 17 & 24
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
In-Person
 
Aging Strong and Falls Prevention (Online)
 
Join Debbie Lyn Toomey, RN, coordinator of the Tufts Medical Center’s Injury Prevention Program, for this engaging and valuable program live online and continuing on the second and fourth Tuesdays.
 
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend any of all of the sessions in this multi-part program that teaches and empowers aging adults and those who care for them with skills and ideas that decrease falls and increase independence. 

with guest,
George Guara
Tuesday, November 9
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Online
 
with guest,
Sherrie Keating
Tuesday, November 23
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Online
 
Monthly Art Exhibit
 Images of Cabo Verde by Brian Monteiro
 
Photography Exhibit
On Display from November 1 - 30
Main Library Exhibit Space, First Floor near Adult Fiction
 
"The intention of my work is to appreciate and bring to life the power,
beauty and interconnectivity of all people."
 
 
After Hours at the Crane:
Snowed In! 
Friday,  December 3, 2021
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunt
 
                                     21+                                    
Music by Heavy Necker
Cash Bar ~ Light Refreshments
 
Literacy/ESOL
 
 
English Walk (and Talk!) Time 
Thursday, November 4
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
 
For more information please contact
Molly at 617-376-3295 or email quenglishtalk@ocln.org
 
Literacy Volunteer Information Session 
(Online - Zoom)
 
Tuesday, November 9
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
 
Tuesday, November 16
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
 
Would you like to help an adult learn to read? Consider becoming a volunteer literacy tutor!
For more information please visit thomascranelibrary.org/learn-read or email quliteracy@ocln.org
 
Teens
Teen Advisory Board (T.A.B.)
Tuesdays, November 9 & 23
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
In-Person
 
Come give input and share ideas on what YOU want to see happen at the library. Have fun and gain volunteer and leadership experience!
 
Contact quteen@ocln.org to find out more
 
 
 
Kids & Teens
Dungeons & Dragons
Ages 10 -15 
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Tuesday, November 16
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
In-Person
 
New and experienced players are invited to join us for this introduction to D&D 5th edition game play. Take on the role of a fantasy hero in this Dungeons & Dragons game. 
 
Registration opens November 1
 
 
 
Kids
Registration is required for Mother Goose on the Loose, StoryLab, Coding Clubs, Phoenix Book Club, and Dungeons & Dragons. Registration will open at 9:00 a.m. on November 1. 
 
Dinosaur Discovery
(In-Person)
Saturday, November 27
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
ABC Storytime
with Miss June (Online)
Monday, November 15, 22, 29,
December 6 & 13
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
 
Toddler Storytime
with Miss Dorothy (Online)
Wednesday, November 17,
December 1, 8 & 14
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
 
 with Miss Lori
(In-Person @Adams Shore)
Tuesday, November 16, 23, 30,
December 7 & 14
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Mother Goose on the Loose with Mrs. Miller (In-Person)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
For Ages 12 - 23 Months
Thursday, November 18,
December 2, 9 & 16.
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
 
StoryLab with Miss Amanda
(In-Person @ Wollaston)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
For Ages 4-8
Monday, November 15, 22, 29,
December 6 & 13
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
 Music and Movement
with Rubi (Outside)
Saturday, November 6
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Phoenix Book Club
Grades 5-8  (In-Person)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED 
Tuesday, November 9
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
 
Coding Club Ages 5-6 
Tuesday, November 16, 23, 30, December 7 & 14
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
(In-Person)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Coding Club Ages 7-8  
Thursday, November 18, December 2, 9 & 16
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
(In-Person)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Coding Club Ages 9-10
Mondays November 15, 22, 29, December 6 & 13
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
(In-Person)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Rock-a-Bye Baby Storytime with Mrs. Miller
(In-Person)
For Ages 4-11 months
Thursday, November 18,
December 2, 9 & 16
9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
 
Family PJ Storytime
with Mrs. Miller
(In-Person) 
Wednesday, November 17,
December 1, 8 & 15
6:30 - 7:15 p.m.
Staff Picks
See what staff is reading, watching, and listening to this month!
 
  
Jessica
 
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, large print, as an Audiobook, and as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. 
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print and as an Audiobook.
The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, as an Audiobook, as an eBook and an eAudiobook on Hoopla, and as an eAudiobook and eBook on Libby. 
 
 
 
 
Dorothy
The Perfect Cake: Your Ultimate Guide to Classic, Modern, and Whimsical Cakes.
by America's Test Kitchen
 
Gathering together years of baking knowledge in their first-ever cake book, America's Test Kitchen offers a comprehensive collection of recipes for any cake you can imagine--from better-than-the-rest yellow cake layers for birthday parties to fanciful creations and elegant holiday desserts. 
 
Available in regular print. 
 


    
 Margaret                        Dorothy                        Kristy
 
 
Find You In the Dark by Nathan Ripley. Adult Fiction. Thriller. Available in regular print and as an eAudiobook on Hoopla. 
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Adult Fiction. Domestic- Families. Available in regular print,  and as an eBook on Libby. 
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. Adult Nonfiction. Available in regular print, large print, and as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby
 
    
Dee Dee
 
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Radden Keefe. Adult Nonfiction. Available in regular print, large print, and as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. 
The Guncle by Steven Rowley. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, large print, and as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. 
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, and as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. 
 
 
Dee Dee                                                              Jessica
 
Year of the Dog (Movie). Available on DVD and Kanopy. 
Beck (TV Series) (Swedish). Available on DVD. 
 
  
Dee Dee
 
The Wasted Years by The Jazz Butcher. (Music). Available on CD. 
The Violent Years by The Jazz Butcher (Music). Available on CD.
 
 
Becky
Timeless (Seasons 1 and 2) 
Television Series 
 
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. The only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late? (Imdb).
 
Season 1 Available on DVD. 
Season 2 Available on DVD.
 
    
  Amanda                            Becky                           Theresa
 
 
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn. Adult Nonfiction. Available in regular print and in large print.
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden. Adult Nonfiction. Available in regular print, as an Audiobook, as an eAudiobook on Hoopla, and as an eBook or an eAudiobook on Libby. 
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, large print, as an audiobook, as an eBook and eAudiobook on Hoopla, and as an eBook or eAudiobook on Libby.
 
 
       
                                     Paul                            Autumn                      Julie                                    
 
Amoralman: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek DelGuadio. Adult Nonfiction. Available in regular print. 
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, as an Audiobook, as an eBook and eAudiobook on Hoopla, and an eBook on Libby. 
House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, as an eBook and an eAudiobook on Libby, and as an eAudiobook on Hoopla.
 
Julie
Murder at the Mena House
by Erica Ruth Neubauer
 
 
Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo where cocktails flow, adventure dispels the aftershocks of World War I and deadly dangers wait in the shadows. [Novelist]
 
Adult Fiction. Available in regular print, as an eAudiobook on Hoopla, and as an eBook on Libby. 
Picks for Teens
   
                                            Becky                                     Amanda     

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha. Young Adult Graphic Novel. Nonfiction. Available in print, as an eBook on Hoopla, and as an eBook on Libby. 
Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi. Young Adult Fiction. Available in print, and as an eBook or eAudiobook on Libby. 
Come November by Katrin Van Dam. Young Adult Fiction. Available in print.
 
Picks for Kids
Dorothy
Girl on a Motorcycle
by Amy Novesky
 
The author of Cloth Lullaby and the illustrator of When Green Becomes Tomatoes depicts Anne-France Dautheville's hazardous 1973 journey through remarkable world cultures, in a picture book biography of the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world. [Novelist]
 
Min/Max Grade level: Pre-Kindergarten - 3
Genre: Adventure nonfiction; Picture books for children
Tone: Inspiring
 
Children's Nonfiction. Available in print.
     
Dorothy

The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson. Children's Fiction. Available in hardcover print, and as an eBook on Libby. 
Happily for Now by Kelly Jones. Children's Fiction. Available in print. 
Pawcasso by Remy Lai. Children's Graphic Novel. Available in paperback print, hardcover print.
 
     
Amanda
 
Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. Children's Fiction. Available in print.
Pride Puppy! by Robin Stevenson. Children's Fiction. Available in print, and as an eBook on Hoopla. 
Not Little by Maya Myers. Children's Fiction. Available in print.
 
Amanda
The Seventh Voyage
by Jon J. Muth

In this graphic adaptation of a story by Stanislaw Lem, a meteoroid damages astronaut and space traveller Ijon's spaceship, and he finds himself caught in a time loop, contending with past and future versions of himself. [Novelist]
 
Min/Max Grade level: 4 - 8
Genre: Comics and Graphic novels; Science fiction 
Tone: Funny; Whimsical
 
Children's Graphic Novel. Available in print. 
 
      
                            Amanda                                         Amanda/June         
 
Zuri Ray Tries Ballet by Tami Charles. Children's Fiction. Available in print.
Jenny Mei is Sad by Tracy Subisak. Children's Fiction. Available in print. 
Grandad's Camper by Harry Woodgate. Children's Fiction. Available in print.
 
    
June
 
Jukebox by Nidhi Chanani. Children's Graphic Novel. Available in print. 
What if, Pig? by Linzie Hunter. Children's Fiction. Available in print. 
We All Play by Julie Flett. Children's Fiction. Available in print, and as an eBook on Hoopla. 
 
June
A Bowl Full of Peace
by Caren Stelson

Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace. [Novelist]
 
Min/Max Grade level: 2 - 5
Tone: Hopeful; Moving
Genre: History books; Narrative Nonfiction for kids; picture books
 
Children's Nonfiction. Available in print, and as an eBook on Hoopla. 
    
June
 
Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea. Children's Fiction. Available in print, and as an eBook on Libby.
Change Sings by Amanda Gorman. Children's Fiction. Available in print and as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby. 
Go Show the World by Wab Kinew. Children's Nonfiction. Available in print. 
 
 
    
                        Amanda                        Theresa                           Julie                            
 
 
Surfside Girls: The Mystery at the Old Rancho by Kim Dwinell. Children's Graphic Novel.  Available in print, as an eBook on Libby, and as an eBook on Hoopla. 
Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd. Children's Fiction. Available as an eBook on Libby, and as an eAudiobook on Hoopla.
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo Nation by Alice McGinty. Children's Nonfiction. Available in print. 
 
 
Julie
Larger Than Life: Lyndon B. Johnson  and the Right to Vote
by Anne Quirk
 
An accessible, informed, and timely biography of Lyndon Johnson that centers his life and presidency around the passage of the Voting Rights Act. [Novelist]
 
Min/Max Grade level: 4 - 6
Writing Style: Thoughtful
Genre: Biographies; Government and politics; History books; Narrative nonfiction for kids and teens
 
Children's Nonfiction. Available in print.

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