Leland Library Summer Reading 2013

Leland Library Summer Reading 2013

(For children of all ages)

Monday, June 10th: Summer Reading Registration begins!!! Drop by ANY TIME before July 2nd to register for the reading incentive program or get information about our weekly guests.  Registration is not required to attend weekly programs.

Tuesday, June 18th 11:00am: Local storyteller Steve Myott tells amazing stories using his fabulous giant puppet heads! There will be lots of audience participation, so come ready to help.

Tuesday, June 25th 1:00pm: Make sure you don’t forget to stop by after lunch to see “Fish the Magish” and his magical reading show.

Friday, June 28th 3:00pm: Family Movie Friday. Bring a blanket and a pillow and enjoy “Oz: the Great and Powerful” in our meeting room. (Please leave food and drink at home.)

Tuesday, July 2nd 11:00am: A new local storyteller, Marva Moss, tries out some “Dig Into Reading” stories just for Leland Library.

Tuesday, July 9th 11:00am: Ft. Fisher Aquarium Outreach will be at the library telling “Salamander Stories.” Maybe they will even bring some real salamanders with them!

Friday, July 12th 3:00pm: Awards Ceremony and Pizza Party, for participants in incentive program only. Tickets must be presented to attend, and tickets are obtained by turning in reading    records. See rules for more information.

Friday, July 26th 3:00pm: Family Movie Friday. Bring a blanket and a pillow and enjoy “Escape from Planet Earth” in our meeting room. (Please leave food and drink at home.)

Leland Library 910-371-9442 library.brunsco.net

Leland Library Movie Schedule

The weather is getting hotter, so why not come by the Leland Library where you can stay cool, relax and enjoy a movie in our meeting room?

We will be showing the movies this week:
Tuesday, May 21st
Wednesday, May 22nd
Friday, May 24th
Movies will be shown twice per day; 11:00am and 3:00 pm.

These films are mostly war-themed and often violent/graphic in nature, so children will not be permitted.

We hope to see you there!!

Exciting Event at the Leland Library!

Stories of the Battleship North Carolina
A lecture by author Cindy Ramsey, MFA

For details about this event, please visit the North Carolina Humanities Council website: 

http://nchumanities.org/events/road-scholars/road-scholars-cindy-ramsey-north-carolina-icon-brought-life-1

Events happening at the Leland Library this Month!

Friday, April 26th @ 10:00am

'The Neighbor' Book Talk

Monday, April 29th @ 10:00am

Protecting Yourself (And Your Computer) from Online Scams and Identity Theft

Wednesday, May 1st @ 2:00pm

Hurricane Preparedness Seminar

Tuesday, May 7th @ 4:00pm

YWCA of Wilmington: Water Safety for All Ages

 

Stay tuned for Memorial Day program announcements in the coming days!

New Books Available for Reserve at the Leland Library

Roberts, Nora, Whiskey Beach - Boston lawyer Eli Landon finds sanctuary at Bluff House at Whiskey Beach after a year following the accusation that he murdered his soon-to-be-ex wife. But the sanctuary is short-lived.

Johansen, Iris, Taking Eve - Eve Duncan series
Jim Doane needs Eve's skills to find the truth about what happened to his son.

Atherton, Nancy, Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince - Aunt Dimity series
With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly quidance, Lori Shepherd explores a web of secrets from England's estates back to the Russian revolution
 
Parker, T. Jefferson, The Famous and the Dead - A Charlie Hood novel - the explosive conclusion    

Hannah, Kirsten, Fly Away - Tully Hart can overcome anything until her best friend Kate dies.
Can she fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate?
 
Quick, Amanda, The Mystery Woman Ladies of Lantern Street series
Beatrice Lockwood is aided by Joshua in Foiling a crime outside a fancy ball. Joshua is entranced by Beatrice and while he suspects she is not what she seems, they follow a trail to a killer called the Bone man.
 
Dickey, Eric Jerome, Decadence - Nia Simone Bijou (of "Pleasure" fame) embarks on a quest to enhance
her artistic gifts through sensory experience
 
Kinsella, Sophie, Wedding Night - Lottie's anticipated proposal fizzled, and she and old flame Ben
decide impulsively to marry and honeymoon on Ikonos, where they first met. A honeymoon to remember...
 
Allende, Isabel, Maya's Notebook - A startling suspense novel - the coming of age of Maya Vidal, a
teenager abandoned by her parents and raised in Berkeley by her grandparents. the death of her grandfather Popo begins a dangerous downward spiral with, ultimately, one chance for survival.  

The azaleas are in bloom at the Magnolia house!

  Check them out when you visit the book sale on Saturday!