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What's
Happening at the Brookline
Public Library?
First Fridays Flicks
Friday, December
4th at 7 p.m.
Showing: Movie focusing
on two women who become friends as each seeks
an arranged marriage through
her respective religious tradition.
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Adult
Book Group
December 2009 selection
is:
A
Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Monday, December
21st
7 to 8 p.m. at the library
Classic Christmas story about the
miser, Scrooge, who after visitations by three ghosts, sees the error
of his ways.
Copies of the book available
at the Circulation Desk.
New readers
always welcome!
January selection:
The Sky Unwashed
by Irene
Zabytko
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Knitters' Group
Continuing through the summer
Mondays at 6 p.m.
Casual; drop-in
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ESL
(English as Second Language)
at 10:15
December meeting is the 11th
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Thursday, December 10th
4 to 5 p.m.
Create Holiday Cards
Sign-up in Children's
Room
Ages 6 to 13
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Baby
Lapsit
Mondays
November 9, 16,
23 and 30
December 7th & 14th
at 10:30 a.m.
Ages: 0 through 2, with
caregiver.
No sign-up
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Preschool Story Time
Tuesdays
November 10, 17,
& 24
December 1, 8, & 15
10:30 to 11:15 a.m.
Ages: 3 to 5. No sign-up.
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Music with Miss Karina
Wednesdays:
December 2nd &
December 9th
10:30 a.m.
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Spanish for Preschoolers
with Consuelo
Thursdays, December 3, 10
& 17
at 10:15 a.m.
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Third Tuesday
Storytime!
Tuesday, December
15th
4:30 p.m.
Ages 5 to 10
Theme: Various Holiday Traditions
Stories & Craft
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Friends' Christmas
Tree Raffle
Buy chances to win this beautifully decorated
tabletop Christmas tree! $1/each; 6/$5
Tix available at the library
and at the town tree lighting, Sunday, Dec 6th at 4:30 p.m.
Drawing December 15th at 7:30
(donated by the Amherst Garden
Ctr & Flower Shop)
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Brookline Public Library
Book Bags
available at the library!
Large size, sturdy canvas bags: $15/each
All purchases allow the Friends to
continue
supporting library programs and other
needed items.
Thank you for your generous support!
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Friends' Fundraiser
New
Fall note cards available
at the library
Sales benefit the Friends
of Library.
Available individually and
in packs of four.
Additional images available
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Learn
a new language with a Playaway
Thanks to the generosity of the Hollis Brookline Rotary, the library has
a language series available on Playaway -- MP3 format. The Rotary’s
donation enabled the library to purchase ten different language programs
including Arabic, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese,
Russian and Spanish. The Pimsleur Language Programs are well-known and
highly-regarded language courses offered by Recorded Books. Available
on Playaway, a “lightweight, compact, easy-to-use player,”
each comes with one language course already downloaded.
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Downloadable Audio Books
are here!!!
Explore the growing collection of audio books for adults and children.
Use your library card to download the free software and browse through
the collection of audio books at http://nh.lib.overdrive.com
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 Find the information
you need - even in the middle of the night!
Many full-text magazine and newspaper articles, biographies
and genealogy records are available to you through our online databases.
Click here for database details.
New Online Reference
Resource: Britannica
Online Library Edition
A huge amount of resources here including Britannica's
Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Biography of the Day and lots more!
The New Hampshire State Library also offers an excellent
list of web resources.
Click here
for NHSL links.
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Seeking
Magazine Sponsors
In addition to sponsoring books, the library is now seeking patrons who
are willing to donate the annual cost of one of our currently held magazines.
The subscriptions range from about $12 to $20 per year, with a few costing
more. Over twenty new titles just added!
If you’re interested in sponsoring a specific magazine, please stop
by and peruse the library's current magazine selections or check out the
list online.
You may also call the library to set-up sponsorship. Magazine sponsors will
receive recognition for his/her gift as well as the option of checking out
the sponsored magazine first.
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LIBRARY TRUSTEE MEETINGS
Next meeting: Thursday, December 3rd at 7 p.m.
The Brookline Public Library Board of Trustees usually meet in the Library
Community Room. Public welcome to attend.
Minutes of the Trustee Meetings
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