Teen News

If you haven’t been in the library lately, you might not be aware of the many services the New Hartford Public Library provides. Here are some of special interest to teens:

College Resources – college guides, fafsa information and forms, books to help with “the application” and “the essay”, SAT and AP preparation books, general study guides

On-line Resources – internet access; reference data bases; job and career sites; online practice tests; word processing; e-books and e-magazines; Ask Us 24/7, a virtual chat service that connects you with reference librarians 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

Programs –face-painting workshops, chocolate tastings, decorating your space, decorative quotations, Red Cross Babysitting, and numerous jewelry classes, etc.

Publications – annotated pamphlets listing new materials, bookmarks, and other miscellaneous information you might like to take home. Information can also be found on our webpage [http://www.newhartfordpubliclibrary.org/] and our facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Hartford-Public-Library/201000306611162].

Reference Help – staff to help find information for papers, projects or leisure reading.

Study Areas – tables, computers, even rooms where you can work together on projects.

Teen Territory – the space to get comfortable: chairs for lounging with a good read or chatting with friends; somewhere to play board games; a notice board for upcoming events; new book displays.

Volunteer Opportunities: complete your honor society requirements helping out in the library and at special library functions.

New Materials - books, graphic novels, audio books and magazines all geared to teens. Some new books to enjoy include:

Axelrod, Kate Law of Loving Others Contemporary Fiction Emma returns home to find her mother hospitalized with schizophrenia and her worries about her Mom and her own mental health cause catastrophic disruptions in her life.

Carter, Ally All Fall Down Contemporary Fiction Grace is certain that she is not crazy and that her mother was murdered, but finding the killer and disturbing the status quo on Embassy Row turns out to be very dangerous.

Niven, Jennifer All the Bright Places Contemporary Fiction After convincing each other not to commit suicide, Violet and Finch begin to confront their personal demons while traversing Indiana for a geography project.

Sedgwick, Marcus Ghosts of Heaven Fantasy Each of the characters in these mysterious linked stories, from pre-history to the future, embarks on a journey of discovery and survival that are united by the spiral of time.

Weil, Cynthia I’m Glad I Did Historical Fiction In 1963, JJ, a music intern, and her new writing partner, are involved in a major scandal when they try to cut a demo with a once-famous blues singer who's fallen on hard times.

Annotations to these and other recent books can be found on the Library’s webpage: http://www.newhartfordpubliclibrary.org or on our Facebook page.

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: NON-FICTION

1. The Food Babe Way. By Vani Hari

2. The 20/20 Diet. By Phil McGraw

3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up. By Marie Kondo

4. The Autumn Balloon. By Kenny Porpora

5. Everything I Need to Know About Love I

Learned from a Little Golden Book. By Diane

Muldrow

6. Irritable Hearts: a PTSD Love Story. By Mac

McClelland

7. Get What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out

Your Social Security. By Laurence Kotlikoff and Philip Moeller

8. Social Security Works! Why Social Security Isn’t Going Broke and How

Expanding It Will Help Us All. By Nancy J. Altman and Eric R. Kingson

9. The Supplement Handbook: A Trusted Expert’sGuide to What Works &

What’s Worthless for More Than 100 Conditions. By Mark Moyad

and Janet Lee

10. American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity. By

Christian G. Appy

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

FICTION

1. Private Vegas. By James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

2. Trigger Warning. By Neil Gaiman

3. Twelve Days. By Alex Berenson

4. Prodigal Son: A Novel by Danielle Steel

5. Mightier Than the Sword: The Clifton Chronicles

By Jeffrey Archer

6. In Plain Sight. By Fern Michaels

7. Double Fudge Brownie Murder: A Hannah

Swensen Mystery with Recipes! By Joanne Fluke

8. Shame and the Captives. By Thomas Keneally

9. Killer, Come Hither. By Louis Begley

10. Winter at the Door. By Sarah Graves

11. Don’t Be a Stranger. By John D. Nesbitt

12. Star Fall. By Cynthia Harrod-Eagle

April Children’s Programs at the New Hartford Public Library

The Library Play Group for children who are 4 years

old and younger will be held at 10:30 on Monday

April 20th

. The Play Group consists of a story, craft,

snack, books and play.

Baby Lapsit for children from birth to 18 months will be held on Mondays,

April 6 and 27 at 10:30. Lapsit is a language program of social interaction

and movement as well as networking for the caregivers.

Rhyme Time for children who are 18 – 36 months old will be held on

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 and will end on Thursday April 9.

Rhyme Time is an early literacy program of stories, rhymes and music.

Spring Story Time for children 3-5 years old will be held

on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30. The five-week

session begins on Tuesday April 21 and ends on Thursday

May 21. Story Time is an early literacy program of stories,

crafts and music.

The New Hartford Police will continue to read to children on Thursdays at

11:00 at the New Hartford Public Library. Thank you to the officers who

take the time out of their busy schedules to read to the children.

Special Story Hour With County Executive Anthony Picente

County Executive Anthony Picente will be reading books with the

children during Story Time at the New Hartford Public Library on

Tuesday, April 21 at 10:30am.

Dorothy Stacy Book Signing

Dorothy Stacy will be at the New Hartford Public Library on

Sunday, April 26, from 1:30 – 3:30 to sign her newest book

On Academy Street, Book 2 in the Town of Paris Twins Series.

With a cover illustrated by her son, Patrick Stacy, On Academy

Street, continues the story of twins Anna and Charlie in

Saquoit, New York. Join these two 11-year olds twins in their

new adventures in the Sauquoit of 1857. It takes place in

Sauquoit, New York in 1857 (on a street whose name has been

changed since then from Academy Street to Mohawk Street).

Dorothy’s Town of Paris Twins series and her Erie Canal Cousins series will be

available to purchase.

Dorothy Stacy grew up in Utica, NY and now lives in Sauquoit. The mother of

eight children and Nana of twenty, Dorothy has loved to write since she was seven

years old. Her first five-book series, Erie Canal Cousins, is about life on the Erie

Canal through the eyes of 13 year old Rose Stewart. A former teacher, Dorothy

has a Master’s Degree in Reading and Elem. Ed. and is Vice-President of the Town

of Paris Historical Society. (D. Stacy)

Connie Watkins Book Signing

Connie Watkins will be at the New Hartford Public

Library on Sunday, April 12, from 1:00 – 4:00 to sign

her newest children’s book, A Duck Named Eddie. This

is an adventurous story about two young girls that loved

attending their hometown State Fair. You will enjoy

reading about all the fun they experienced on that

special day! All of the illustrations in this book are from

Constance’s artwork. The size and type of book is a

new concept in her latest works. It is the first 8 1/2 x 11

fiction book with complete illustrations by author Constance Watkins.

Her other books are: The Icebox Snowball, Joey Days, That Was the Kitten That

Was, Happy Was His Name, and Mushu.

Her other children’s books will also be available to purchase.

Constance Watkins is an accomplished photographer, artist, crafter, author, and

speaker . Constance is retired from the Unified Court System of New York State.

Very active in local art associations, she has held positions ranging from secretary

to contest judge. Her pastels, acrylics, and photographs have won numerous

awards at shows throughout the Mohawk Valley. Her painting of “The Nestled

Barn” was featured in the national magazine, “American Style,” June 2008.

A member of the Kirkland Art Center, Utica Art Association, and View, Old

Forge Art Gallery, she volunteers her time in support of the arts and is an instructor

for children and adults interested in art and creative writing.

Her books are available on line through Authorhouse.com, Amazon.com, and

special ordered through book stores or personally from Constance. You can go to

www.authorhouse.com and search for author Constance L. Watkins to see and

order any of her books. You can also order from: grammybooks.com. (C.Watkins)

Shea Szachara April Artist

Shea Szachara of New Hartford will have a display of her painted work hanging in

the New Hartford Public Library from April 3 through April 29.

The display will feature "Rose Portraits" rendered in a photo-realistic style, a

specialty of the artist. A wide variety of subject matter will also be included in the

display showing assorted media and techniques on surfaces of canvas, wood and

metal.

Lego Display at the Library

There will be Lego creations on display in the display case as you enter the New

Hartford Public Library in April. The creations were made by students ages 4 – 10

during their Spring Vacation.

Raymond Philo Presents

“Old Bones of New Hartford”

Conflict, history and modern forensics meet to help solve the mystery of human remains buried on the grounds of the New Hartford High School. Raymond Philo, a Professor of Criminal Justice at Utica College and retired Police Chief for the New Hartford Police Department will present a lecture on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 2:00PM at the New Hartford Library on the "Old Bones of New Hartford". On three separate occasions, 1990, 2004, and 2009 human remains were unearthed on the grounds of the New Hartford High School during construction projects. While it is well known that the site of the New Hartford High School and Bradley Elementary School buildings were the site of an old burial ground from the 1790's to the 1890's, all of the known human remains were removed and accounted for when the cemetery was condemned and the school subsequently built in the early 1950's. If that was truly the case then why do human remains keep turning up, and why were they never accounted for? Who could they be? How did they die? Join Professor Philo as he blends local history, conflict, and modern forensics to help answer these questions.

Raymond L. Philo, MPA, is a Professor of Practice in Criminal Justice at Utica

College and is the Executive Director of the Economic Crime and Cybersecurity

Institute. He also served as Director of Research for the Department of Economic

Crime, Justice Studies and Cybersecurity at Utica College. Professor Philo has

served as a faculty member at Utica College since 2001, teaching both at the

undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to joining Utica College, he served as a

law enforcement administrator, retiring as Chief of Police for the New Hartford,

N.Y. Police Department. Philo received his B.A. degree in Political Science from

Utica College, and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Marist

College. He holds numerous state and federal certifications in law enforcement

operations and management. Philo is currently a licensed consultant with the New

York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and is a member of The

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and The International Association of

Chiefs of Police. Professor Philo also serves as a member of the Supervisory

Committee at First Source Federal Credit Union, and serves on the Board of

Directors at the Griffiss Institute. Professor Philo has taught courses in Criminal

Evidence, Modern Methods of Criminal Investigation, Criminalistics, Senior

Seminar, Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and the Graduate Capstone

Course in the Economic Crime Management Program. (R. Philo)

Fishing Program

John Pitarresi will present a program, “Streamer Fishing for Trout and Bass”, on

Monday, April 13 from 12:00-2:00 in the Sammon Room of the New Hartford

Public Library. John is a sports columnist at the Utica Observer Dispatch and an

avid fisherman and hunter.

New Hartford Chess Club

From young to well-seasoned...we welcome everyone!

Hosted by the New Hartford Public Library, the New Hartford Chess Club will

meet on the following dates:

Saturday, April 4 1-5pm Sammon Room

Saturdays, April 11, 18 and 25 1-5pm Corasanti Room

Tuesday, April 28 6-9pm Corasanti Room

Everyone who has a chess set should plan to bring their own. Hopefully, there will

be sets for those who may not have them. Membership to the Club is free.

Join us for the fun and knowledge of chess!

Canasta Classes

Meet with other card players at the New Hartford Library on Tuesday Mornings

10:00 -12:00 and learn the fun of playing canasta. The class will meet in the large

study room.

Lyme Disease Support Group

The local Lyme Disease Support Group will meet on Sunday, April 19 at 2:00 pm

at the New Hartford Public Library in the Corasanti Room.

Needlework with Elizabeth Naculich

Calling all stitchers and needleworkers, ladies or gents. Join us for a new Sit &

Stitch group at New Hartford Public Library on April 21, 6:00 -8:00 pm in the

Corasanti Room. Bring your project and make some new friends. Snacks will be

served.

NHPL Crayon Kiosk

"Oh my gosh! THIS IS WONDERFUL! " is how Patricia Collins, mother of two- year-old Abigail, described the Crayon Kiosk at the New Hartford Public Library. On this particular Friday, the children's section of the library looked like a kid's paradise. While some children played with Legos, others were happy playing with iPads at the Crayon Kiosk, looking very much at home. The brightly colored chairs at the kiosk looked very welcoming and, with very little waiting, the kids wasted no time in getting hooked with plenty of exciting activities contained in fifty different apps, including a book app, a number and counting app, patterns and puzzles, read/ spell and write app, music and arts , Science/Animals Nature/Geography, PBS/Nick.Jr/Disney and many more. Patricia, from New Hartford, says the iPads are very easy to use. "Abigail is two and she has no problems navigating them," she stated, then added that in the computer savvy world it is a good way to safely expose children to iPads at young age. When I asked if her daughter had to wait for her turn, she replied, "Oh no. A day like today, she didn't have to wait at all. It’s pretty convenient as she was able to jump right on and play whatever she wanted." Jeannine from Sauquoit, a caretaker of Grace (five ), Claire (three) and Eden (18 months is a regular vistor at the library and says that the kids call the Crayon Kiosk their iPads. "They get excited to come and play. They play on their own, basically. We come to story time or play time and the girls play before or after that." A Library staff member says the iPads are safe to be used by the little ones. "They can't go into WiFi. All the apps are suitable for preschool to third grade. And now instead of little ones using the computers, the computers are more readily available for fourth and fifth graders . Mrs. Dolores Maganelli, in memory of her husband Joseph T. Maganelli, gifted this wonderful addition of the children's section of the New Hartford Library a year ago and it’s been a big hit ever since." Parents…what are you waiting for? Come! Bring your little ones to New Hartford Public Library! You will find books, Legos, Story Time, Playtime, classes and craft times, and the Crayon Kiosk offering fun-filled educational activities on iPads that are sure to keep your children engaged and make them giggle with joy. Written by Library patron, Punya Wijetunge

APRIL 2015 NHPL Programs

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Library

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closed

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Spring Rhyme

Time @ 10:30 am

New Hartford

Police Read to Kids

11:00 am

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Good

Friday

Library is

Closed.

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NH Chess Club

1:00-5:00 pm

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Happy

Easter.

Library is

Closed

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Baby Lapsit

10:30 am

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Spring Rhyme

Time @ 10:30

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Learn To Play

Canasta 10:00-

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Library

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closed

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Spring Rhyme

Time @ 10:30 am

New Hartford

Police Read to Kids

11:00 am

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NH Chess Club

1:00-5:00 pm

12 Connie Watkins

Book Signing

1:00 -4:00 pm

13 “Steamer

Fishing For

Trout &Bass”

12:00 noon

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Learn To Play

Canasta 10:00-

12:00

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Library

is

closed

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New Hartford

Police Read to Kids

11:00 am

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NH Chess Club

1:00-5:00 pm

19 “Old Bones of

New Hartford”

by Ray Philo @

2:00 pm

“Lyme Disease

Support Group”

@ 2:00 pm

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Library Play

Group for

children 4 and

younger

@10:30 am

21 Story Time with

Anthony Picente,

County

Executive 10:30

Learn To Play

Canasta 10:00-

12:00

Sit & Stitch 6-8

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Library

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closed

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Spring Story Time

@ 10:30 am/ for

Children’s 3-5

years old

New Hartford

Police Read to Kids

11:00 am

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NH Chess Club

1:00-5:00 pm

26 Dorothy Stacy

Book Signing

1:30 -3:30 pm:

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Baby Lapsit

10:30 am for

kids from

birth to 18

months

28 Spring Story

Time 10:30 am

Learn To Play

Canasta 10:00-

12:00

NH Chess Club

6:00-9:00 pm

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closed

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Spring Story Time

@ 10:30 am/ for

Children’s 3-5

years old

NH Police Read to

Kids 11:00 am

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