Program Sponsored by the Children's Department

Homeschool Open House
January 12, 2007
at
10:00 AM
Stanly County Public Library
Meeting Room

Resources for Book Groups

The library has a Book Group Network to offer support and assistance to Stanly County book clubs. Advantages of being a Book Group Network member are: help with program ideas, including author information, discussion questions, book sets, and program speakers. There is also a monthly newsletter with notices of local literary and library events and reminders of Friends of the Library book sales that gets e-mailed to the group secretary. All network members also have the opportunity to recommend books for the library to purchase.

I have two special DVD's for book clubs to use. The first is Barbara Delinsky Talks About Writing & Books, and I also have At Home With Adriana Trigiani. Both authors have created these DVD's to help book groups discuss their books. These DVD's are available only to Book Group Network Members.

If your group would like to use one or both of these DVD's, or if you would like to register your book club with the Network, please give me a call at 704-986-3761.

Books to Warm Your Heart

The weather is finally feeling winter like. Are you looking for a good book to curl up under the covers with? Try one of these:

The Cross Country Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverine
The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg
A Painted House by John Grisham
Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley
Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton
A Common Life by Jan Karon
Patty Jane's house of Curl by Lorna Landvik
Where the Heart is by Billie Letts
The Ladies of Covington Send Thier Love by Joan Medlicott
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani