Library News
by Sherrie Simmons, Library Director, and Margaret Woodruff, Youth Services Librarian

We are going to East Charlotte for a HALLOWEEN STORY TIME!
Wednesday, October 29, at 10:30 a.m.
Meet us at Spear’s Corner Store (corner of Spear Street and Hinesburg Road) for a fun and festive look at our favorite pumpkin holiday!

DISGUISES! October 23, 10:30 a.m. to noon
Learn some new tricks with make-up and costume technique…just in time for Halloween! Suggested ages: Kindergarten and up. Pizza lunch following our costume parade! Registration required. Please call the library at 425-3864 to sign up.

STORIES, SONGS & CRAFTS…Sound Like Fun?
Then, join us for the next Story Time session at the Charlotte Library! In a “kids-only” space, children have a chance to explore new books and old favorites along with related activities.
Pre-K & Kindergarten: Mondays AT 1 p.m.
Begins November 17 and runs through December 8
Preschool Story Time: Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Begins November 18 and runs through December 9

REGISTRATION FOR THE ABOVE PROGRAMS BEGINS OCTOBER 18; PLEASE CALL THE LIBRARY AT 425-3864 TO SIGN UP.

VERMONT READS BOOK DISCUSSION: 7 p.m., November 11, at the Charlotte Library
Jim and Kathy Manchester will lead an informal discussion of A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost by Natalie Bober, the Vermont Reads selection for 2008. Bring your books, questions and favorite poems to share as we delve into Frost’s life and work. Please call the library for more information, 425-3864. Light refreshments will be provided.

Charlotte Community Playgroup Story Time: Thursdays at 10 a.m. beginning October 16!
Ages newborn to five-ish and their caregivers, parents, grandparents, nannies, au pairs. No registration necessary. The format will be open to free exploration of the room and books based on the library story time and activity. Weather permitting, we can move out to the porch and town green! Send an e-mail to Michelle at mmhmjh@gmavt.net and ask to get on the Charlotte Community Playgroup List.

On Exhibit – Texture of Place
Photographer Matt Kiedaisch brings the outdoors in through an explosion of color and size. The 3X2 foot photos offer the viewer an opportunity to experience nature up close and in detail. His photographs were shot in western United States and in Vermont. Matt studied at UVM and with a number of photographers throughout the United States. Matt is the son of John Kiedaisch, one of the architectural designers of the Charlotte Library.