Holiday party on Monday--No book

As always we'll be talking about lots of books but reading none specifically for the meeting. Meeting is at Lara's with food, fun, games and more. Next month the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. It should provide interesting.

WWW discusses “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” @ Wells Branch Library 10/19

This is a reminder that Book Club will be tonight at the Wells Branch Library starting at 7:00.

We will be discussing “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne Barrows.  The meeting will be led by Angela Orth.

We do not have a book for November yet but Sharon has provided a couple of ideas which she is ready to lead.  They are:

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Stieg Larsson)
“Run” (Ann Patchett)

Please come with input on these and we will also determine Christmas Party doings.

Thanks, Lara

Monster Book Sale Saturday 10/17

The Monster BOOKSALE is back! The Wells Branch Community Library is holding another MONSTER BOOKSALE with 1000s of materials for sale on Saturday 10/17 8am-2pm. Not that you'd want another bag or box of books but it could happen.
I'll be there with a host of volunteers to set up Friday night then fling the doors open on Saturday morning for the grabbing of books. They really went fast the last time so take a look and see if you need some of what we have.

We picked a book on the best seller list Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

I finished listening to the Wells Branch Library's audio book copy of this book and loved it. It was fun to have 4 voices reading it. I am looking forward to discussing it on the 19th. I think the library has a print and audio copy. Seems reminiscent of a PBS show I saw not so long ago.

Art books at the Wells Branch Community Library!

Come to the Wells Branch Community Library to view our new art display "Picturing America: from East to West." We invite you to learn more about this month's four (4) featured prints. Check out the library materials listed below for more information about the art. Their locations in the library are in bold.

FEATURED ARTWORK:

Brooklyn Bridge, 1929 by Walker Evans

Brooklyn Bridge, c. 1919-1920 by Joseph Stella

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, After a Thunderstorm – The Oxbow, 1836 by Thomas Cole

Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865 by Albert Bierstadt

ART BOOKS:

Enjoy Oil Painting (A New Concept in Art Instruction Books) (Book #3). Cleveland, Ohio: Crafting Manufacturing Co., 1971. 751.45 ENJ

Failing, Patricia. Best-Loved Art From American Museums. New York: Clarkson N Potter, Inc., 1983. 708.13 FAI

Golden, Reuel. C20th Photography: A Complete Guide to the Greatest Artists of the Photographic Age. London: Carlton Books, 2003. 779 GOL

Kammen, Michael. Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture. New York: Vintage, 2006. 306.4 KAM

Nordmark, Olle. Complete Course in Oil Painting. New York: Bonanza, 1960. 751.4 NOR

Visions of Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture from The Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum Of Modern Art, New York, 2003. 708.1471 MUS

BACKGROUND ABOUT THE ART:

Bowen, Ezra. The High Sierra. New York City: Time Life, Inc, 1972. 508.794 BOW

Brands, H.W.. The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream. New York: Anchor, 2003. 979.404 BRA

Commager, Henry Steele. The West: an Illustrated History. New York: Exeter Books, 1984. 978.02 COM

Dale, Donald, and Peter Wood. The Sierra Madre - The American Wilderness. New York: Time-Life Books, 1975. 508.72 JAC

Muir, John. John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Essays (Library of America). New York: Library of America, 1997. 508.74 MUI

Traven, Bruno. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Chicago: Frederick Ellis, 2007. FIC TRA

Worster, Donald. A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2008. B MUIR

Visit the Picturing America Web site for more resources - http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/

Teachers and home school instructors – See us to copy teaching activities from the Picturing America manual.