Harvey Mitchell Memorial Library
151 Main Street, Epping
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right next to town hall
(603) 679-5944
The library is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 8 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm.
We are preparing for a fun summer here at the library. Our 6th annual Toy Sale was held on Saturday, June 26th and we made more than in any previous year! HUGE thanks go to the many volunteers who helped, all the families who donated toys and to Heather Clark for organizing this record breaking year and donating the use of her sheds, garage, truck, trailer and husband, Chet. There was a great deal of work involved, and it all got done! We hope to create a Toy Sale committee so the myriad of tasks can be shared in future years. With no line item in the library budget for summer reading, the Toy Sale is our only fundraiser, enabling us to stock the SRP Store with wonderful incentives for Epping’s young readers.
Library Trustees meet the 3rd Monday each month at 7:15 – July 19th and August 16th.
Cinema 151: formerly called “Dessert and a Movie” – adults are invited to come enjoy a recent release on our 9 foot screen with stereo surround sound - 4th Thursday each month @ 7:45. We now have padded folding chairs, so camp chairs are optional!
July 22nd – “The Bounty Hunter”
August 26th - “Death on the Nile”
Recently Added Fiction:
Catherine Coulter-Whiplash
Justin Cronin-The Passage
Clive Cussler-The Spy
Jeffrey Deaver-The Burning Wire
Nelson DeMille-The Lion
Paul Doiron-The Poacher’s Son
Janet Evanovich-Sizzling Sixteen
Carolyn Haines-Bone Appetit
Dean Koontz-Frankenstein: Lost Souls
Johanna Lindsey-That Perfect Someone
Elizabeth Lowell-Death Echo
Sharyn McCrumb-The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
Steve Martini-The Rule of Nine
Diana Palmer-Dangerous
Tom Rachman-The Imperfectionists
Patrick Robinson-Intercept
M. Glenn Taylor-The Marrowbone Marble Company
Nancy Thayer-Beachcombers
Edward Wilson-Anthill
Programs for Children
Splash Into Summer! Epping’s Summer Reading Program
Once again, Epping Elementary School Librarians Barbara Young and Maryanne Nicosia will be coming down the hill to run the summer reading program at HMML. This year they will help kids ages 5 - 11 “Make a Special Splash” as they spend 6 weeks exploring the subjects EES students know as “specials”. Reading logs are available for independent readers as well as children who are being read to. For every 30 minutes read, children will earn $1.00 in ‘splash cash’ to spend in the SRP Store and get a ticket to work on an amazing assortment of projects and challenges in art, music, health, computer and reading. A roll of the dice will determine which topic the child will focus on for that visit. At the end of the program all the projects will be compiled into a Summer Splash Scrapbook to be taken home. This is a drop-in program running June 28th through August 5th Monday through Thursday from 10 to 2 and Wednesday evenings from 5 to 8. Families are invited to stop in anytime during these hours to participate. We welcome Epping teens Colin Nollet and Tess Kucera to our summer reading staff this year after their many summers of volunteering.
In addition readers of all ages may participate in our “Splashing Around Epping” scavenger hunt. Once 30 minutes has been logged, readers are eligible to make their own stamp book and stamp. Each visit to the library yields a clue that will lead to a place of interest in Epping. Each location will host a “letterbox” with a stamp, inkpad and booklet. Upon discovering the clue’s ending location, readers will use their personal stamp to mark the host book then use the host stamp to mark their own book. Each week there will be a different letter hidden among the locations. By summer’s end those having found S-P-L-A-S-H will be entered in a drawing for special prizes.
While “Make a Special Splash” ends after the annual Barbeque and play by the UNH Theater Troupe “Little Red Wagon” on August 4th, the SRP store and the scavenger hunt will continue until August 21st.
Preschool Storyhour: During the 6 weeks of Summer Reading our Storyhour moves to its summer schedule. From June 30th to August 5th we will meet on Wednesdays @ 9:15 and Thursdays @ 9:15 and 2:30. This is a drop-in program designed for children ages 2 to 6 that will follow the Splash theme with a focus letter and age appropriate activities each week. The kids have a little time to explore the library, look for books and play with friends before sitting down for songs and stories with Miss Tracie, and then may participate in the related craft project. Older preschoolers may enjoy the projects in the “Make a Special Splash” program and are welcome to participate especially if they have older siblings. Preschoolers can fill out a “Read to Me” reading log to earn splash cash just like the big kids to spend in the SRP store.
Pajama Night: This summer we will have just one Pajama Night on Friday, July 9th, but we will make up for the Princess Tea that never happened in May. This will be a special dress-up event for all princes and princesses, complete with stories, projects and a dazzling scavenger hunt Fancy Nancy would be proud of!
Prince and Princess Pajama Night – Friday, July 9th 6:30 to 7:45
Friends of the Library… Thank you to the Friends for their extra generous donation of $300 to the Summer Reading Program, and for the purchase of a new color printer for the children’s room computers. No more stampeding on the stairs to pick up printouts!
The FOL Book Sale Room will be closed for the summer as we clean out the room and prepare for a bathroom renovation project. There will still be newer book sale items for sale upstairs. We plan to re-open the Book Sale in the fall. Please hold book donations until then. Thank you for your patience.
The Friends host an on-going Food Pantry Donation Box in support of Epping’s Food Pantry. Non-perishable items are always welcome to help neighbors who may be struggling to make ends meet. The box is located near the front door on the main level of the library.
F.O.L. will not meet again until September. Have a great summer!
