Be Creative @ Your Library

There are some really wonderful things happening RIGHT NOW at our library.

AWESOME PRIZES!

1. You can "Be Creative @ Your Library" by reading 5 books or more. For older kids, reading 100 pages counts as 1 book.

2. Write the title of every book that you read into your folder. Roll the dice to get your question number. When you've answered your question, put a color dot on your paint palette!

3. When you've got at least 5 colors, you qualify for a READING CERTIFICATE, a PAPERBACK BOOK and a BAG of PRIZES to boost your creativity!!

FREE PROGRAMS!
Tickets will be available beginning the Monday one week prior to each performance:

Monday 7/20 Keith Munslow, Artist/Musician
Friday 7/31 Great Baldini, Magician
Thursday 8/13 Creative "Mad Scientist"

All shows begin at 10:30am

FREE CRAFTS!
Limited enrollment! Sign up the week before each workshop.

Wednesday 7/22 "Be Creative" with Origami
Wednesday 7/29 "Be Creative" with Beads

All programs begin at 10:30am

Free Passes!
To Roger Williams Zoo, Providence Children's Museum, Green Animals, Casey and Watson Farms, Quonset Air Museum, Butterfly Zoo, South County Museum, Audubon Society of RI, Fort Adams, First Beach Carousel, McDonald's Restaurants and MORE!

New Arrival! (This Just In!)

My Abandonment by Peter Rock

Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The engaging but limited perspective of 13-year-old Caroline, the hillbilly girl that lived in the park, reveals a highly circumscribed world. When first met, Caroline and Father are scavenging for materials to make a shelter in the forest park outside of Portland, Ore., where they seem to be hiding out. They make cautious trips into the city to the supermarket and the library, but a lapse by Caroline brings police attention, and they are taken into custody. Jean Bauer, whose profession is unclear, helps Father secure employment and brings pots and pans and school clothes for Caroline. Who are these two? Caroline walks past posters with my face on them, my old name, and no one sees me. Father says: If I weren't your father... how could I have walked right into your backyard and walked away with you and no one said a word? This is a tale of survival, of love and attachment, of mystery and alienation. It is an utterly entrancing book, a bow to Thoreau and a nod to the detective story. Every step of this narrative, despite providing more questions than answers, rings true. (Mar.)
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Library Journal (Starred Review)
[A] deeply unsettling and finely wrought tale....Rock deftly ratchets up the uncertainties, and the idyllic edges past the unusual toward the unthinkable and the tragic. My Abandonment is a haunting story, masterfully told. -- Booklist. The novel has many uneasy moments and allusions to stories left untold in Caroline's life, but Rock's insight into his characters' worries and hopes propels the story to its emotional conclusion. A compelling read; recommended for all fiction collections.

New Arrival! (This Just In!)

Connect to the Catalogue

Our homepage is down, but will be up soon, we promise! (Hey, have I ever broken my word to you?) Until then if you want to check out our amazing and ever-growing collections please go to: http://catalog.oslri.net/. You'll be able to search the Ocean State Libraries Catalog for books, videos, CDs, periodicals, eBooks, and more!

YA Summer Reading: Nip It in the Bud!

Hey there all you tweens and teens! I know summer has just begun and the last word you want to hear out of anyone's mouth is "homework"...but you know you do have some summer reading to do, right?

Why not start now? It's a perfect time to get this done. It's raining cats and dogs and there's only so much Wii one can play on any given day. Plus waiting until the last second will guarantee all copies of the book are checked out. (BOO!) Then you'll have to spend that hard-earned summer-job money buying a copy of the book at B&N. (Double BOO!)

And it's so ridiculous easy to get that summer reading book. Seriously, I'm talking 4-steps easy. Just grab your library card and dial 846-1573. (That's the library's phone number so no prank calls you cheeky lads and lasses!)

1.) Tell the librarian you would like to order a book.
2.) Give the librarian the title and author.
3A.) If it's available in the library, ask that it be pulled and left at the Circulation Desk for pick-up.
3B.) If it's not available in the library, ask that a copy of the book is shipped to MPL.
4.) Thank your super-awesome and very humble librarian.

So until Mother Nature figures out RI is not WA, use these soggy days as inspiration to stay indoors and get that summer reading done!

New Arrival!

Here's a delightful chick lit novel for you. Heartbreak, betrayal and humor. How can you resist?

The Penny Pinchers Club by Sarah Strohmeyer

Summary
When Kat discovers that her husband, Griff, has been hiding a secret bank account, her joyful consumerism suddenly loses its appeal. Are their fights about money more serious than she understood? Is he, as her friends suggest, preparing for a divorce? Just in case, Kat decides it's time to start saving and she joins an eclectic but lovable group of savers called the Penny Pinchers Club who teach her that saving time with family is as important as saving money. An irresistible and wonderfully warm-hearted novel about the unexpected ways hardship can lead to happiness.

To learn more about the author, visit her website!

New Arrival!

How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

From Publishers Weekly
Biting, hilarious and improbably affectionate, comedy writer Hely's debut skewers the literary world with a sendup of the quest to write the Great American Novel. Words are Pete Tarslaw's thing, and after watching a bestselling novelist prattle on about the truth, his calling and other ridiculous ideas on TV, Pete concludes that the sole way to save face at his ex-girlfriend's upcoming wedding is to become a famous novelist himself. His quest to construct a by-the-numbers bestseller is guided by rules like "At dull points include descriptions of delicious meals and where to live (An easy way to get credibility as an author is to live someplace rugged), though the real adventure starts once he bags $15,000 for The Tornado Ashes Club: his dance card is full of one-night stands, dizzying meet-and-greets with Hollywood big shots and appearances at grad schools. Meanwhile, Pete senses his moral barometer plummet as his Amazon ranking rises. Granted, Hely's shooting at some pretty easy targets that have been hit before, but it's hard not to love the way he does it with such merciless zeal. (July)
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Reviews
“Biting, hilarious, and improbably affectionate.”—Publishers Weekly

“A hilarious send-up of literary pretensions and celebrity culture. . . . Will hit close to home for publishers, writers, and readers.”—Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today

“A satiric, facetious, and laugh-out-loud funny first novel.”—Kirkus (starred review)