Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Feel that nip in the air? That’s a pretty good sign that the holidays are creeping up on us.
We’re about a month away from the Altamont Victorian Holiday Celebration, so it’s time to start thinking about lighting up the Orsini Park Gazebo. This holiday season, honor the memory of a friend, loved one, or pet with a light on the Altamont Village Gazebo in Orsini Park.
The lights cost $3 each and all proceeds benefit the Altamont Free Library. The honorees’ names will be read during the annual lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m., and will be published on the library’s website.
Forms are available at the library’s circulation desk and in next week’s edition of The Altamont Enterprise. Please join us on at the gazebo on Dec. 6 for what is always a lovely and moving ceremony.
Young Readers’ Book Club
Last month we had a very successful first meeting of our new Young Readers Book Club for readers ages 9 to 12, and we think the second meeting is going to be even better.
This month we’re reading “Resistance” by Ann Jungman, a fairly obscure, but fantastic book about a group of children’s attempts to help the Dutch resistance to the occupying Nazi’s during World War II. (It’s so obscure that even the author doesn’t have any extra copies! We asked.)
We’ve scrounged together a few extra copies, so pick one up today and join us on Wednesday, Nov. 13 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.
“Three Can Keep a Secret”
Speaking of book clubs, our Mystery Book Club will be meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. to discuss “Three Can Keep a Secret” by Archer Mayor.
This mid-series title finds Vermont Bureau of Investigation Officer Joe Gunther dealing with the fallout from Hurricane Irene and the long-held secrets that the storm has dredged up. There are still copies left, so if you love a good whodunit, please join us.
Juice and Jammies Story Time
On Friday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m., put on your pj’s and join Ms. Erika for a pre-bedtime story, snack and craft! This low-key storytime will be just the thing to prepare your young folks to count some sheep. Please call us at 518 - 861-7239 or email us at to register in advance!
Hours change
Beginning in Nov. 1, Altamont Free Library will no longer be open from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. BUT! At the same time, we will be extending out Saturday hours from a three-hour 10am to 1pm day to a six-hour 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. day!
We hope that people will find the longer hours on our busiest day of the week to be a positive and helpful change. To our beloved Sunday users, we hope that you will be able to visit us another day, and that you understand that having a small staff keeping a small library open an incredible 58 hours per week (way more than any other library our size in the area) means having to make tough choices about which hours to be open.
If you have any concerns, complaints, or questions, please let me know by calling me at 518 - 861-7239, or emailing me at .
Homeschoolers
Our community is home to many homeschoolers, and we want to know what we can do to help you! One program that we’ve been working on is a workshop on library skills for homeschoolers, which is a necessary element of many homeschooling curricula.
If you and your family would be interested in such a program, please get in touch with us at or by calling us at 518 - 861-7239. Let us know what you’d like such a class to cover, what times and days work best for you, and how old your students are. That information will help us develop our program.Thanks!