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Athol Library News February 2022
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Happy Valentines Day ❤️❤️❤️ We Love our Members - Everyday! Join us Monday, February 14, for coffee, cocoa, tea and cookies! We'll have drinks and treats from 2-5:00pm - if they last that long ❣️
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We will be closed Monday, February 21 in recognition of President’s Day
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The Golden Book Award for February Goes to Janet!! All Libraries have had challenging times this last year, Athol included. If it wasn’t for Janet’s dedication and willingness to step up and work more than she already does (a lot), things would have been even more frazzling.Janet has the best work ethic! We love having her as part of our team. Thank you, Janet, for being YOU❣️
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Winter Reading Bingo for Adults Last Month for Reading Bingo participants! Come sign up, get your February Bingo card. Read books with the Bingo topics, get 5 in a row and you're in the drawing for a $25 gift card! It's a great way to broaden your reading genres 📚
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What Librarians are Watching 👀Bethany - Orphan Black (series) Crystal - Venom: Let there be Carnage (movie) Gwen - Beyond the Blackboard (movie) Janet - Yellowstone (series) Jill - Around the World in 80 Days (series) Sydney - Spider-Man: No Way Home (movie)
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Pre-School Storytime *All Programs are 1 hour unless indicated. Tuesdays 10:00 am, Songs, crafts, and books at the Athol Library.
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Kids Imagination Explorers Tuesdays, 3:30 pm. Aimed for K -5th grade, USDA snacks served.
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Music & Movement Mondays, 10:45-11:30 am Athol Community Center Move and groove with Ms. Bethany in this program designed to help kids learn control, motor development, and rhythm. Together we will sing songs, dance, and play with instruments. This program is aimed at children 3-6.
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Thursday, February 24, 10:30 am – 12:00pm Athol Community Center Kids (K-6th grade) are invited to learn about different forms of art. Learning will be hands on and at their level.
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Teen Grab & Go’s Stop by the 3rd week of February and we'll have special Grab and Go’s for our special teens (6th-12th). Please ask at front desk for your kit. Limited quantities available.
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Garam Masala seasoning mix. Available in February. This mix is our blend for Garam Masala, Hindi for “hot spice”. A recipe for Tandoori-style chicken is included!!
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Love after love : a novel
by Ingrid Persaud
"After Betty Ramdin's abusive husband dies, she invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo, as their lodger. Over time, these three form an unconventional family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one a fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in Mr. Chetan and learns a secret that plunges him into torment. Ultimately sends him running to live a lonely life in New York City, devastating Betty in the process. Yet, both Solo and Betty are buoyedby the continuing love and friendship of Mr. Chetan, until his own burdensome secret is uncovered with heart breaking consequences. In vibrant, addictive Trinidadian prose, Love After Love questions who and how we love, the obligations of family, and theconsequences of choices made in desperation"
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Love
by Roddy Doyle
Attending his father’s deathbed in hospice, a man reconnects with a drinking buddy from his Dublin youth while reflecting on a long-ago love, his wife’s role in upending his life and the truth about his departure from Ireland.
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Love : a novel
by Toni Morrison
The epitome of a group of women's ideals about love, fatherhood, and friendship, wealthy hotel owner Bill Cosey finds his life compromised by his troubled past and his feelings about a spellbinding woman named Celestial. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.
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Love & other detours : Love & Gelato / Love & Luck
by Jenna Evans Welch
In "Love & Gelato," Lina travels to Italy where she discovers her mothers's journal and sets off on an adventure to unearth her mother's secrets; and in "Love & Luck," Addie hopes to move past something she did that has left her miserable, a situation that is transformed by a road trip and an unusual travel guidebook
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Rosie loves Jack
by Mel Darbon
Forcibly separated from the boyfriend with whom she shares a devoted mutual love, Rosie, a girl with Down syndrome, embarks on a solo journey across London to prove her independence and reunite with the person who makes her feel most like herself.
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Coming Soon! - Spring! 🌱 And with spring, comes seeds! We'll soon have garden seeds for all of you gardeners. Yes, it's still early but never too early to plan and dream about your summer garden. Check with us mid-February.
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