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Athol Library News December 2023
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Wonka Party
Saturday, December 16, 12:00-1:30
Athol
Bring the family for a delicious and fun party to celebrate the release of the new Wonka movie. We will highlight the books this movie is based on, play candy-themed games, and make yummy treats.
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Your Library welcomes your input!
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The mitten : a Ukrainian folktale
by Jan Brett
When Nicki loses the mitten that his grandmother knitted for him, the woodland animals find it and crawl inside, each one larger than the last, but as the mitten stretches and grows, grandmother's knitting holds fast, until a tiny mouse proves to be too much.
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Book Babies Thursday, December 14th, 10:00 am Books and Babies! Need we say more?
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Homeschool Libratory Wednesday, December 13th, 2:30 pm Meet at the Library for books, programs and friends!
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Preschool Storytime at the Library Wednesday, December 6th and 13th, 10:00 am Stories and Crafts!
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After School Adventures Wednesday, December 7th and 14th, 3:30 pm Read, Play, and Learn together. Come in and join us!
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Teen Holiday Cookies and Crafts Tuesday, December 12th, 3:30 pm Impress your peers with your creative talents.... we can't wait to see what you come up with!
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Holiday Candy Making with Cheryl Thursday Dec. 14th from 3:00-4:30 Looking for holiday gift ideas? Our local patron, Cheryl Lugar will teach us how to make her delicious White Chocolate Peppermint Candy and share how to package the treats as special gifts for friends and family! Come join us for a sweet afternoon at the Athol Library meeting room.
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Bayview Book Club Wednesday, December 20th from 4:00-6:00 Athol Library Meeting Room Discussion on the book Wildflower Girl by Dana Stewart Quinney, who grew up in Ketchum, ID during the 1950's. It is a book about her love of nature and the beauty she could see all around her in this state.
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December is Learn A Foreign Language Month! Stop in the library and learn about the resources we offer. In addition to in house items, the Community Library Network offers the digital tool MANGO. MANGO helps you to enunciate correctly and keeps track of your lessons for you.
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December 7th is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Each year on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Survivors, veterans, and visitors from all over the world come together to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. A further 1,178 people were injured in the attack, which permanently sank two U.S. Navy battleships (the USS Arizona and the USS Utah) and destroyed 188 aircraft. On Aug. 23, 1994, the United States Congress designated Dec. 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Every year, remembrance events are held at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, culminating in a commemoration ceremony on Dec. 7. To see videos of these events, please see links below.
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Girlfriend's: Handmade gifts from the heart
by Taylor Hagerty
This unique combination craft and gift book celebrates girlfriend power--the special bond women share with their closest companions. Here are gifts friends can give to each other or make together to mark a birthday, anniversary, a baby's birth, a housewarming, to lift spirits or share quiet times. Intimate girl-talk anecdotes, inspiring quotes, and countless ideas for being a good friend are interspersed between designer-quality projects featuring decoupage, calligraphy, collage, beading, and more. Make a Feel Good Sugar Cookies treat, a Not Just for Hats Box, Very Relaxed Bath Salts, Quartz Necklace and Earring Set, a Kindred Spirits Scrapbook, gift wrap and cards, and share your love of crafting and good friends when you plan a Girls' Night In crafting party.
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The Power of Kindness: The unexpected benefits of leading a compassionate life
by Piero Ferrucci
The Power of Kindness is a stirring examination of a simple but profound concept. Piero Ferrucci, one of the world's most respected transpersonal psychologists, explores the many surprising facets of kindness and argues that it is this trait that will not only lead to our own individual happiness and the happiness of those around us, but will guide us in a world that has become cold, anxious, difficult, and frightening.
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"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold." - Aristotle
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