For 2015, the Café Parlez theme is “Real People, Imagined.” All year, we will be reading novels about the lives of real people, such as Laura Bridgeman (What is Visible), Robert Louis Stevenson (Under the Wide and Starry Sky), Pearl Buck (Pearl of China), and Maria Anna Mozart (Mozart’s Sister). The Café Parlez’ selection for January is Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, which is about Mary Anning. Mary Anning is credited with being among the first people to discover fossils in the sea cliffs of the English coast, but her findings were dismissed because she was a woman. We will discuss this book on Thursday, January 29 at 6:30 pm. Books are available at the desk, or bring your own copy.
For their January book, “Just the Facts,” the nonfiction book discussion group, will be reading Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen. Written following the author’s discovery that the history textbooks used in the nation’s classrooms are fraught with misinformation, this book has changed our relationship with American history. Beginning with the pre-Columbian period and ranging over characters and events as diverse as the Prohibition, Helen Keller, and the first Thanksgiving, Loewen offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks. We will discuss this book on Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 pm. Copies are available at the desk.
Tumblebooks: E-books for E-kids – Parents, do you want a website that will be safe and educational for your preschool or early learning child? Do you need a website that will help your pre-reader to learn to read? Does your older child need a book for a book report or wants to try an audio or ebook? Then try Tumblebooks. Check out the link on Plumb Library’s website to access Tumblebooks, or access it here: http://asp.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
No library card necessary! You’ll find picture books, chapter books, nonfiction books, graphic novels, children’s classics, short videos from National Geographic, puzzles and games that help with language skills, and much, much more. Accelerated Reading and Lexile Reading levels are listed for each book. There are books for Preschoolers – Fifth Grade, all free and accessible from any computer or device. Ask us for a demonstration. It’s fun; it’s easy; it’s free. Try Tumblebooks NOW!
STEM Story Times for ages 2.9 – 5 years, run by Mrs. Lisa under the auspices of the Tri-Town Early Childhood Office.
– Thursdays, 1:30 – 2:30 pm starting Jan. 15 – Feb. 26
– Saturdays, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm starting Jan. 17 – Feb. 28
Register through the Early Childhood office, 508-748-1863.
Story time will include stories and activities based on science, technology, engineering or math.