Now more than ever

OCTOBER 2013

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RELEASE DATES FOR NEW MATERIALS RPL is going GREEN! Holds on these items may only be placed on the online catalog.

NEW RELEASES
FICTION The October List by Jeffery Deaver 10/1 Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods 10/8 Inherit the Dead by Lee Child 10/8 Starry Night by Debbie Macomber 10/8 Storm Front by John Sandford 10/8 Identical by Scott Turow 10/15 Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky 10/22 Sycamore Row by John Grisham 10/22 We Are Water by Wally Lamb 10/22 Accused by Lisa Scottoline 10/29 Silent Night by Robert B. Parker 10/29 Winners by Danielle Steel 10/29 NONFICTION My Story by Elizabeth Smart 10/7 Practice to Deceive by Ann Rule 10/8 The Reason for My Hope: Salvation by Billy Graham 10/15 DVDs The Croods --- 10/1 This Is The End --- 10/1 After Earth --- 10/8 The Hangover Part III --- 10/8 Much Ado About Nothing --- 10/8 The Heat --- 10/15 Pacific Rim --- 10/15 Before Midnight --- 10/22 The Conjuring --- 10/22 The Internship --- 10/22 The Way, Way Back --- 10/22 Monsters University --- 10/29

SPECIAL PROGRAM

You are invited to hear Celebrated local author

CHARLIE ADAMS
Discuss his books on

HAUNTED BERKS COUNTY

SOUTHEAST BRANCH LEGO Club--Mondays at 3:30 p.m. Bring your imagination and build with our huge collection of LEGO and DUPLO bricks. Peace Through ArtTuesday at 4:00 p.m. Make some cool peace crafts and learn about resisting violence. Presented by Berks Women in Crisis and Hispanic Center educators. For tweens and teens. Preschool Story timeWednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Join Miss Jenn for stories and circle time with songs, finger plays, music, instruments, parachutes, puppets, and more! Game Time & Chess Club--Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. Krafy KidsWednesdays at 4:00 p.m. Join Miss Jenn for a new craft every week. Teen Book ClubTuesday, October 1 & 15 at 3:30 p.m. We are reading and discussing The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney. Copies of the book are available at the Southeast Branch. Pancakes and PagesSaturday, October 5 at 10:30 Breakfast story time with pancakes! Must preregister. For children 12 and under. Kindle 102 ClassTuesday, October 8 at 1:30 p.m. Go beyond the basics and learn about all the features of your Kindle. Haunted Berks with Charlie AdamsSaturday, October 19 at 1:00 p.m. Bunnicula Family NightMonday, October 21 at 6:00 p.m. Crafts and activities based on the Bunnicula book series. One Book, One Community Book Discussion Monday, October 21 at 6:00 p.m. Join us to discuss The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. First 6 participants to register will receive a free copy of the book. Pups and PagesOctober 28 at 4:00 p.m. Read to Clara the Therapy Dog Zombie PartyOctober 28 at 5:30 p.m. Games, activities, and face painting for all ages. NORTHEAST BRANCH

NORTHWEST BRANCH Family Nights on Tuesdays at 6:00 Autumn Trees & Edible Acorns- October 1 at 6:00 Create an autumn tree out of a paper bag along with some tasty acorns that you can snack on. Bunnicula- October 8 at 6:00 Read excerpts from the Bunnicula series, play a trivia game, and enter to win tickets to see the play performed at the Miller Center for the Arts! Fire Prevention- October 15 at 6:00 Learn fire safety and related activities. Scarecrow Cupcakes- October 22 at 6:00 Another fun edible craft of scarecrow cupcakes. Halloween- October 29 at 6:00 Face painting fun Teen Time on Tuesdays at 4:00 Ages 12-17 Public Story Times on Thursdays at 2:00 Story and theme craft Game Fun Tuesdays at 3:00 Come learn how to and play chess and other board games Wii Play on Thursdays at 3:30 Come play the Wii. New Family Movies on Saturdays at 12:00 TEEN DEPARTMENT 10.1 & 10.8, Book BINGO @ 4PM : Play BINGO, win and pick from a variety of NEW books. 10.5, 10.12,10.19 & 10.26, Movie Days @ 12:30PM: Watch a new featured film all month long. 10.7, 10.14, 10.21 & 10.28, Classics Club @ 4PM: This new club will explore the classics in cool ways to help you understand and enjoy classic literature. Our first book is 1984 by George Orwell. 10.2, 10.9, 10.16, 10.23 & 10.30, Listen Up @ 4PM: This months feature is Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins part 2 in the Hunger Games Series. If you havent read part 1, we will get you up to date by discussing and watching the Hunger Games 10.4, 10.11, 10.18 & 10.25, Guys Lit @ 4PM: A group for guys only. This months feature is Witch & Wizard by James Patterson. 10.15, Freedom Collages @ 4PM: In honor of reading 1984, we will explore what rights we have versus the characters in the book. We encourage you but you do not have to participate in reading 1984 to come to this program. 10.17 @ 4PM, Anime Club @ 4PM: Meet other teens that enjoy graphic novels. Help us come up with cool events for future programs. 10.22, Hunger Games Bracelets @ 4PM : In honor of reading Catching Fire, Hunger Games part 2, we will create cool bracelets. You do not have to read Catching Fire to come to this program. CHILDRENS DEPARTMENT SCARY STORY CONTEST The Miller Center is sponsoring our Bunnicula-inspired SCARY STORY CONTEST! Bunnicula is a book and now a play about a spooky vampire bunny! Write your own scary story and win FRONT ROW tickets to see Bunnicula at the Miller Center! The contest is open to children 12 and under and entries are due on 10/19! Pick up a form at the library or visit our website! Movie Night! Tuesdays at 4 pm Pop in to the popUP library to catch the newest movie releases with your friends and family! Crafty Corner! Wednesdays at 4 pm Join us on Wednesdays for awesome crafts at 4 pm! Read to Clara, the Therapy Dog! 10/23 at 4 pm Children love reading to Clara, who is a licensed and trained therapy dog! Chemistry Corner! 10/24 at 4 pm The Penn State Berks Chemical Society returns to do some cool chemistry experiments with us!

Join us this month for Teen Read Week (October 13-19)-Teens come in and select one of the books from Septembers banned book display and discuss it with other teens on Thursday, October 17at 4 p.m. Please register at the circulation desk if you are interested. Light refreshments will be served. Mondays Public Story Time @ 10:15 a.m. 10/7 Fire Prevention; 10/14 Scare Crow; 10/21 Bird Feeder; 10/28 Halloween Craft Wii Games @ 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays Chess Club @ 3:30 p.m. 10/9 Improve you Chess playing skills with volunteer Mike Reese. Free Family Snacking Classes w/P.E.A.C.H. @ 3:30 p.m. (10/16-11/6) Registration required. Please contact Northeast 610-655-6361 or [email protected] Family Night @ 6 p.m.(10/2 Fall Scene; 10/9 Edible Acorn; 10/16 Monster Bookmark; 10/23 Bunnicula; 10/30 Halloween Crafts Thursdays Drop-In Activity @ 3:30 p.m. 10/3 Fall Wreath; 10/10 Fall Wind Dancer; 10/17 Finger Print Tree; 10/24 Hand Print Spider; 10/31 Become a Ghoul After Schoolface painting) Saturdays Movie @ 12 p.m.