THE QUEEN will be Miss Terri’s guest on Thursday, October 29 @ 3:00 pm. That’s right….she’s back!
THE QUEEN will be Miss Terri’s guest on Thursday, October 29 @ 3:00 pm. This is a pre-recorded program on the Graves Library Facebook Page but one not to be missed!
Join us for a ROYALLY SPOOKY treat!
ELLA the EXPLORER will be Miss Terri’s guest on Tuesday, October 20 @ 10:00 am. This is a pre-recorded program on the Graves Library Facebook Page. Join us for a DIS-COVER-ABLE treat!
Join us on Friday and Saturday, May 28 and 29 from 10:00 to 4:00 for a Memorial Day Weekend Book Sale. Look for the red white and blue tents in the parking lot. Lots of great stuff to choose from with rock bottom prices. All in good shape! This fundraiser is to help supplement canceled fundraising events this year. All sales and donations benefit the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library.
We will have cookbooks, craft books, fiction, non-fiction, biography, children’s books, videos, coffee mugs, history books, journals, and much more. Stop by and shop for high quality, cheap stuff!
And you might even get your photo taken in front of a real fire truck! Coffee donuts, hotdogs, chips too!
The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library will be hosting an on-line fundraiser in November to help with budget shortfalls due to canceled events earlier this year. “Home for the Holidays” consists of themed baskets that will be for sale through 32auctions.com/HOMEFOR. If you are looking for a gift for the holidays, stay-at-home nights, or a treat for yourself, sign on to the auction site (November 16 THROUGH December 1) and start bidding. Twenty-five baskets are being designed and donated by friends of the Library, which means that 100 percent of the sales will directly benefit the Library. A few choices to consider: A Night in Boston’s North End (sort of), Tequila Mockingbird, Of All the Gin Joints, Games People Play, and many, many more. Please feel free to call us at (207) 967-2778 for more details.
Once the auction closes (8:00 pm on December 1), you will be notified if your bid was the highest and we will make arrangements for pick up, shipping, etc. Some perishables will need to be added prior to pick up for freshest content. We hope you will find the perfect basket for you!
The Evening Book Group usually meets the last Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. If it rains, we will have our meeting via Zoom. If you would like to participate in our meeting via Zoom, please call the Library (207-967-2778) to be added to the invitation list.
This month, the meeting will be held on Thursday, July 30 at 6:00 pm. A link will be sent to all participants early in the day to access the meeting. We will be discussing The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek written by Kim Richardson.
In 1936, Bluet is the last of the Kentucky Blues. In the dusty Appalachian hills of Troublesome Creek, nineteen and blue-skinned, Bluet has used up her last chance for “respectability” and a marriage bed. Instead, she joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding up treacherous mountains on a mule to deliver books and other reading material to the poor hill communities of Eastern Kentucky.
Along her dangerous route, Bluet confronts many who are distrustful of her blue skin. Not everyone is so keen on Bluet’s family or the Library Project, and the impoverished Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble in their small town.
Inspired by the true and historical blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek provides an authentic Appalachian voice to a story of hope, heartbreak and raw courage and shows one woman’s strength, despite it all, to push beyond the dark woods of Troublesome Creek.
The Evening Book Group usually meets the last Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. If it rains, we will have our meeting via Zoom. If you would like to participate in our meeting via Zoom, please call the Library (207-967-2778) to be added to the invitation list.
This month, the meeting will be held on Thursday, August 27 at 6:00 pm. A link will be sent to all participants early in the day to access the meeting. We will be discussing Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.
The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead. It was based on the real story of the Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and had its history exposed by a university’s investigation. It was named one of TIME’S best books of the decade. It is set in Florida and New York City.
Please join Miss Stephanie for a special virtual story time while the Library is limiting services. She will be offering a LIVE storytime on Fridays at 10:00 am.
Just log on to our FaceBook page and let her know you are participating. www.facebook.com/GravesLibrary
Get ready for lots of stay at home fun! This Week is all about LET’S GET SPOOKY!
For more information, please call the Library at 967-2778.
