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Evening Book Club

Monday, May 20, 2013 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm ~ Little Chute Public Library
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Author: Adriana Trigiani

The Evening Reader’s Group will be discussing The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani. The Shoemaker's Wife begins in the Northern Alps in 1905 and follows the lives of Ciro and Eduardo Lazzari, brothers who grew up in a convent because their widowed mother could not care for them. It's also the story of Enza Ravanelli and her big-hearted family whose financial struggles come to a fateful bend in the road when Enza decides to go to America to earn money. She would not know until a chance meeting in New York that Ciro, a boy she kissed and thought never to see again, had also traveled to America to seek his fortune. The Shoemaker's Wife is built around the staggering cultural and social changes the war years swept in. In America, the flood of mostly European immigrants changed the country's look and landscape. Join us for what should be a fascinating read!

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Mid-Week Matinee

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Kimberly Public Library
Argo

Spend a relaxing afternoon at the Kimberly Public Library enjoying a new-to-DVD movie. This month's feature is Argo, a dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. Rated R. Refreshments will be provided. Brought to you by the library and Kimberly Senior Citizens.

Introduction to Container Gardening

Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Kimberly Public Library
container gardening

Containers can serve a lot of functions around your home. If you live in an apartment, they can turn your balcony into a vegetable or herb garden. Around a home, containers can dress up an entry way or add interest to a flower bed. Join Tom from the Outagamie County Master Gardeners to discuss the uses for container gardening and demonstrate how to put a container together. There will be a drawing for the containers that we assemble.

2013 Summer Reading Program

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Kimberly-Little Chute Library has summer reading programs for almost all ages, so sign up the entire family for some summer fun. Be sure to thank our program sponsors - we wouldn't have nearly as much fun without them!

Important dates:

  • May 28 - registration begins
  • June 10 - program begins
  • August 2 - program ends

About the Program

Dig Into ReadingDig Into Reading

Ages 3 through Grade 5

Complete 7 reading-related activities listed on the reading record per week. Turn in your record for a stamp and a cool prize. You may complete up to 8 records during the program. Check out 5 or more books and get a grand prize entry form (once per week). Entertaining programs will be offered each week! Check the Dig Into Reading page for more information about this year's entertainers. And be sure to take a look at InfoSoup's Books to Hoot About blog for book reviews, activity sheets, and more.

open bookBeneath the Surface

Grades 6 through 12

Complete 8 reading-related grids listed on the reading record during the program. Turn in your record for a cool prize and a grand prize drawing slip each week. Be sure to check out our teen events at the library! And take a look at the Book Blog for recommendations for great teen reads.

Groundbreaking ReadsGroundbreaking Reads

for Adults

Read 2 hours per week or try some of our other "groundbreaking reads" and bring in your reading record to enter the grand prize drawing. The more weeks you read, the better your chance to win! Be sure to check out our Groundbreaking Events at the library. And take a look at the Books R Us book review blog for recommendations for great books & authors to try this summer.

 

Summer reading program images are copyrighted. Contact the CSLP at 1-866-657-8556 or contact [at] cslpreads [dot] org for more information.

2013 Adult Reading Challenge

A Year of Reading Dangerously

InfoSoup libraries are challenging adults to read books and write reviews in 2013 for a chance to win big prizes! The reading challenge is open to all adults 18 years or older who have a valid InfoSoup Library card. Learn more about it at http://read.infosoup.org/.