Holiday Hours

In celebration of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Barker Library will be closed:

Friday, December 24, 2010
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Friday, December 31, 2010
Saturday, January 1, 2011

We wish you a happy holiday season!

Holiday Open House

Please join the Barker Library as we celebrate the season!

Tomorrow, Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 10am-6pm

Refreshements will be served.

You should read one of these!

Here are some more recommndations from Barker Library patrons like you:

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
"Good historical novel. The first of three. This covers WWI period....and follows four families. Very worthwhile. Can't wait for #2!"

Fool by Christopher Moore
"A re-telling of Shakespeare's King Lear from the point of view of the court jester - who's the one instigating it all."

"Author Louise Penny's mysteries are very good."

Happy reading!

Wendy Corsi Staub Visit

The Darwin R. Barker Library is pleased to announce that New York Times bestselling author and Dunkirk native Wendy Corsi Staub will be visiting the Barker Library.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 2-3pm

Join us as we celebrate her new release, Scared to Death.
All readers welcome!
This event is sponsored by the Friends of Barker Library

Announcement for Barker Library Book Club Members

The Barker Library Book Club's next selection will be In the Blink of an Eye by Dunkirk native and New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Wendy Corsi Staub.

An Unusual Town...Lily Dale, New York, is no ordinary town. A sleepy summer resort village, it is home to a population of psychics, and the place where Julia Garrity and Kristin Shuttleworth formed a fast friendship that would only be broken...by death. Ten Summer Street is no ordinary house. It was in the huge Victorian that Kristin saw something fifteen years ago on Halloween night. Something that would haunt her for the rest of her days.

We will be discussing this title at our next meeting on Saturday, January 15, 2011, 2-4pm. See you there!
If you are not a member of the Barker Library Book Club and would like to join, please feel free to send us an e-mail anytime at barker@netsync.net.

Food for Thought from Mr. Twain

"A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them." Mark Twain

If you're looking to find out more about Mark Twain, America's most famous author and humorist and a BIG fan of the public library, these new titles are available at the Barker Library:

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 by Mark Twain
Mark Twain : Man in White : the Grand Adventure of His Final Years by Michael Shelden
Mark Twain : the Adventures of Samuel L. Clemens by Jerome Loving

It was a scary weekend at the Barker Library!

Do you know any of these ghosts and ghouls?

Creative Containers Workshop

Join us Saturday, November 6, 2010, 1-3pm for Creative Containers.
Local artist Margaret Braun will demonstrate how to turn everyday kitchen containers into decorative holiday gifts. Supplies for one container will be furnished. This class is appropriate for all ages, however, children under ten must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required and space is limited. Please call the Circulation Desk at 672-8051.

If you've enjoyed The Secret Life of Bees...

...Visit our display!
The Barker Library Book Club's current selection is The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. If you've enjoyed this title and you are looking for your next book, check out our book display in the browsing area near the Circulation Desk.

A reminder to book club members...
Our next meeting will be Saturday November 13th, 2010, 2-4pm. And if you are interested in joining the Barker Library Book Club, please feel free to send us an e-mail anytime at barker@netsync.net

Reader Recommendations

Here's some more book recommendations from Barker Library patrons just like you:

Hallelujah! the Welcome Table: a Lifetime of Memories with Recipes by Maya Angelou
"A great recipe book with stories. Thank you!"

Lily Dale: Believing by Wendi Corsi Staub
"A very enjoyable and quick read. A lot of local icons."

Happy reading!