Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Do you have a hobby or a collection you’d like to share with the community? Are you an artist? Altamont Free Library is always on the lookout for cool things to show in our display case, and for artists to feature on the walls of our community room.
If you’d like the community to see some of your work or your collections, please get in touch with us at 518-861-7239 or by email at . Thank you!
Mystery Book Club
Please join us for a meeting of our newest book club, which is focused exclusively on mysteries! We’ve got members interested in every subgenre from intense psychological thrillers to low-key cozy mysteries and every type of mystery in between.
If you love a good whodunit, please join us next Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. as we try to crack the case of “By Its Cover” by Donna Leon. Donna Leon’s mysteries are set in beautiful Venice, Italy and feature the unsinkable Police Commissario Guido Brunetti, who solves complex mysteries, but always makes it home for lunch.
Haiti Potluck
It’s almost time again for another of our ever popular Eat Around the World Potluck dinners! Come broaden your culinary horizons and share a meal with a bunch of friendly people. This month we’re taking a trip to the northwest Caribbean nation of Haiti!
Please join us at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, to join in the festivities and bring a dish to share. If you don’t already have a favorite recipe from that part of the world, come on in and grab a cookbook!
Young Readers Book Club
The Young Readers Book Club for readers ages 9 to 12 has been going strong for a few months, and it just gets better. This month we’re reading “Holes” by Louis Sachar, a modern classic about a group of accused juvenile delinquents bonding at an outdoor work camp.
Pick up a copy today and join us on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m. for a great discussion! We have a signup sheet at the desk, and you can always send us an email at so that we know you’re coming.
Story time!
Did you know that one of the best ways of getting our youngest friends to become strong readers is by exposing them to a wide variety of readers and reading environments? For that reason, and also just because it’s just fun, we have two story times each week on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m.
Story time is a super-fun program that combines some of our favorite things: awesome stories, silly songs, playful movement, and most importantly, bubbles! Tuesday Story Times with Miss Ann are targeted at preschoolers, while our Wednesday Story Times with Miss Erika are for toddlers (but we don’t mind older or younger friends on either day). Please join us for mornings of stories, songs, and bubbles.