Schoolcraft Community Library 330 North Centre Schoolcraft, MI   49087	Volume 1 No. 10 October 2005	269-679-5959 http://schoolcraftlibrary.org
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Schoolcraft Library Survey Dear Community Member, The Schoolcraft Community Library needs your input. As we plan for our future growth, we want to make sure we're including your needs in our plans. If you received a survey form in the mail, please consider taking a few minutes to complete this survey and share your opinions about what you want from your community library. If you did not receive a survey in the mail, please stop by the library to pick up your copy. The survey asks about the services you currently use in the Library and asks you to rate your satisfaction. We want your help in identifying areas that we can improve upon, and we welcome your suggestions for any services we may not be currently offering. Please return completed surveys to the library during the month of October. Surveys can be dropped off in the confidential Survey Box at the front desk of the library, or re-folded, taped closed, and mailed back to the library postage-paid. You can choose whether you'd like your comments to remain anonymous. We'll post the results of the survey in the library once we have compiled all the responses. Thank you in advance for your help. We value your time and opinions and look forward to a bright future for the Library with your involvement!

OCTOBER 2005 ADULT BOOK CLUB SELECTION The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon .. is a murder mystery of sorts -- one told by an autistic fifteen-year-old, Christopher John Francis Boone. Christopher knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched, and he detests the color yellow. He is mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behavior of his elders and peers.       Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbor's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves -- against the objection of his father and neighbors -- to discover just who has murdered Wellington. He is encouraged by Siobhan, a social worker at his school, to write a book about his investigations, and the result -- quirkily illustrated, with each chapter given its own prime number -- is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. ... read editorial reviews from amazon.ca ... READ EXCERPT from mostlyfiction.com Book Club Meetings Tuesday, October 11th at 6:30 P.M. and Thursday, October 13th at 11 A.M. Please Join Us! You have two opportunities this month to join the Schoolcraft Community Library Book Club as we discuss this most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novel. Copies of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time are available for you to check out and enjoy. Plan on meeting with us on either or both dates to discuss the book. We hope to see you there. Call the library at 679-5959 if you have any questions or concerns.

November Book Club ... If you want to get a head start on the November club book, we will be discussing The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini on Tuesday, November 8th at 6:30 pm & Thursday, November 10th at 11:00 am Copies of this book are available at the library.

Kid's Book Corner - Attention Horse Lovers ... Check out our new book series called Sandy Lane Stables by Michelle Bates! A whole set of action and adventure stories for horse lovers about the children who live and ride at the Sandy Lane Stables. In A Horse for the Summer, Tom's cousin has agreed to lend him Chancey, her stunning chestnut gelding, for the summer vacation. But Tom's elation turns to dismay when he sees the state Chancey is in. It will take a lot of hard work to get the horse ready for the summer shows, but Tom is determined... until Nick decides Chancey is too dangerous to ride. What is Tom going to do?

Brown Bag Storyhour ... The Schoolcraft Community Library is beginning it's monthly Brown Bag Storyhour for those students in Young Fives and Kindergarten. This storyhour begins on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 and runs from 11:10 to 11:50 A.M. so that students from both morning and afternoon classes can participate. It is a fun time of reading stories, eating lunch and sometimes singing songs, doing fingerplays, playing games etc. Morning students in either Young Fives or Kindergarten may catch the "Town Bus" to the library, but must have their own transportation home or to daycare. Afternoon students must have their own transportation both to the library and then to school. This is a very fun time set aside just for these students. We hope you can join us each month. The dates for the rest of 2005 are November 9th and December 7th. Dates for 2006 with be forthcoming in January. So, put the dates on the calendar and be sure to join us for Brown Bag Storyhour. Pre registration is not required at this time.

* Preschool Story Hour, Theme: "Monsters", Wednesdays, September 21 through October 26
* Brown Bag Storyhour (K & Y5's) meet one Wednesday a month, beginning in October
* Battle of the Books List for 2005/2006 will be available October 21st

Battle of the Books is coming soon! The Schoolcraft Community Library will be hosting it's 12th year of Battle of the Books and the booklist will be released this month! Students in 4th, 5th and 6th grades are encouraged to join this wonderful event. The Grand Battle of 2006 is scheduled for Saturday, February 4th at the Schoolcraft High School PAC. For more information contact the library at 679-5959 and ask for "Miss Bobbi" or call the Schoolcraft Upper Elementary School at 488-7250 and ask for Pat Pawlak. Watch for the "Battle List" Friday, October 21st, 2005.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon	The Europa Conspiracy by Tim LaHaye	The Maverick by Lori Copeland	Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts	Faithless by Karin Slaughter
How To Retire Happy, Wild & Free by Ernie Zelinski	Forgiven by Karen Kingsbury	Slow Burn by Julie Garwood	Perfect Nightmare by John Saul	A Widow's Walk: a memoir of 9/11 by Marian Fontana

Inventory Thank you!
The library staff wants to give a big thank you to all our wonderful patrons who were so patient while we were closed for inventory, and for putting up with all the piles of books we are still sorting. We have inventoried 25,775 items so far. The Library will host a big book sale this fall. Watch for more information.

Friends of the Library
The "Friends of the Library" believe in the importance of the library and encourage the use of the facility. The purpose of "Friends" is to enhance library services by providing invaluable voluntary assistance and supplemental income through charitable donations and fundraisers.

The "Friends" meet on a regular basis at the library. If you believe in the importance of the library, consider joining us. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, November 18th at 10:00 am.

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