Check out what’s new at Josiah Carpenter Library! The latest New York Times Bestsellers are on display beside the Main Circulation desk. Both Fiction and Non-fiction titles are available for circulation right now. Popular authors in large print are also on display in the main lobby. While you are at the library, grab a coffee to go! The coffee is always on at the library. Coffee Time is supported by The Friends of Josiah Carpenter Library and your generous donations. Fresh brewed by the cup, in your choice of flavors, it is well worth the suggested donation of fifty cents per cup!

The 2010 Printz Honor Books and NH Flume Award winners are available in the Teen stacks. Teens may sign up now for our Teen Book Club beginning in April. The “Pizza and Prose” club is for teen readers only, and will meet once a month, on Thursdays at 6:00 pm, for pizza and book discussion. Pre-registration is required.

Both 2009 and 2010 Caldecott and Newbery Medal and Honor Book winners are on display in the Children’s Room, as are NH Ladybug Award winning picture books. You can find the best new young Elementary Nonfiction and young Elementary Science in our Junior Library Guild display. Browse for other titles on the new Children’s Catalog Computer, recently donated to the library by Northeast Delta Dental in Concord, NH.

Following a brief February break, the Josiah Carpenter Library Preschool Story Hour resumes Monday, March 1^st at 12:30 pm. Story Hour will continue weekly until Memorial Day under the supervision of Assistant Librarian, Carol Grainger. Mrs. Grainger, who has been with Josiah Carpenter Library for over twenty years, and conducts the yearly Summer Reading Programs, will assume the duties of the Children’s Library beginning March 1^st. Parents may browse the stacks, enjoy a hot cup from Mother Goose Café Corner, or visit with each other while their children are on the story mat, then come back and enjoy the fun with their children during the simple craft time.

Josiah Carpenter Library Delivers is a new service offered at the library, in conjunction with the Meals-On-Wheels program in town. “ Pittsfield residents may obtain library membership and access the resources of the library through this program. A letter explaining the program will be delivered to each Meals-on-wheels client who lives in Pittsfield at the end of February,” says Judith MacLellan, Assistant Librarian Adult Services. The program is slated to begin March 7^th. For more information call the library and ask for Judith MacLellan.

March also brings the Second Annual Pittsfield Middle-High School Art Gallery Exhibit at Josiah Carpenter Library, on display beginning Saturday, March 6th and continuing through Saturday, March 27^th. Under the direction of the school’s Art Instructor William Mitchell, students will display their finest work An Open House Reception to meet the Artists will be held on Tuesday, March 16^th from 3:30 to 5:30 pm and light refreshments will be served. Stop in at Josiah Carpenter Library and see for yourself what else is new. Visit our website for the latest up-to-date information.

Congratulations Pittsfield Employee of the Month, Carol Grainger, Assistant Librarian at Josiah Carpenter Library!

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IMPORTANT PRESCHOOL STORY

HOUR ANNOUNCEMENT

Josiah Carpenter Library Pre-School Story Hour Resumes at a NEW DAY and TIME. We will hold Pre-School Story Hour on Thursdays in October, on October 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th, from 10:30-11:30am. However we will move Story Hour to Monday afternoons from 12:30-1:30pm beginning Monday, November 2nd. Josiah Carpenter Library Pre-School Story Hour meets during the school year. (No Story Hour when school is closed).