Stowe Free Library

Parvin Pothiawala from Essex Jct, Vermont taught a beginning class in the art of henna (or mehndi) to a group of teens on Tuesday, June 22 at the library. Parvin uses only all-natural henna shipped directly to her from Mumbai. Natural henna is made from the leaves of the Lawsonia inermia plant, lemon juice, clove oil and water. Natural henna stains a rich, red brown.

Students at the Stowe Elementary School loaned their fabulous ocean-themed artwork to the library as part of the Make-a-Splash Summer Reading Program theme. Upon entering the Children's Room, you will see beautiful painted fish hanging from the ceiling, ocean collage paintings on the wall, and a colorful mural wrapping around the Picture Book wall. Thank you to Jennifer Volansky, the Stowe Elementary School art teacher for her hard work and dedication to this project.

Two weeks back at Book Expo America, the annual book-and-author trade show, I was lucky enough to attend a breakfast featuring Jon Stewart of The Daily Show  (Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race), Condoleezza Rice (Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me), John Grisham, (The Confession: A Novel), and Mary Roach (Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void). 

 

Stewart acted as master of ceremonies, and w

Please remember that the Library will be closed on Tuesday, May 25 in order for the staff to attend the Vermont Library Conference. We will reopen at 9:30am for our usual hours on Wednesday, May 26.

 

Book return bins are available at the front and rear doors; if you need to access your account, please visit http://catalog.stowelibrary.org and log in using your library card number and your last name.

It is a busy week at the Library for garden lovers!

 

Don't miss the final session in our "In Our Own Backyard" series, brought to you by the Friends of Stowe Free Library. Vermont author and gardener Henry Homeyer, who wrote The Vermont gardener's companion : an insider's guide to gardening in Vermont, joins us Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm to help us answer all of our Vermont gardening questions.

 

 

 Since 1919, Children's Book Week has been celebrated nationally in schools, libraries, bookstores, clubs, private homes -- any place where there are children and books. It all began with the idea that children's books can change lives. In 1913, Franklin K. Matthiews, the librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, began touring the country to promote higher standards in children's books.