CHILDREN'S ROOM SUMMER READING FINALE!!

Believe it or not, we're now into the last week of our six-week Children's Room summer programming.

**PLEASE NOTE that our last event, Wildlife Encounters, takes place on July 30th at 10 A.M, and there is currently a waiting list to attend**

PLEASE BRING IN YOUR READING LOGS BEFORE 4 pm on WED, JULY 30th so that we can ensure you receive any raffle tickets, fish, and mini-prizes you have earned.

Also, if you are interested in attending the grand finale, please call us at 926-2749 or stop by to sign up for this event. It takes place on Wed, July 30th in the Lane Room at 6:30 p.m., and we need to make sure we don't exceed the maximum number of people allowed in that space.

At the finale we'll draw tickets for our raffle prizes (including our mystery grand prize), hand out books to the children who signed up for our summer reading program, and provide refreshments.

We look forward to seeing you!

Alex the Jester Performs in Hampton!

The Friends of the Lane Memorial Library celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with a gift to the townspeople of Hampton. On Monday evening, August 11th at 7:00 PM, Alex the Jester will perform at the Winnacunnet High School auditorium, 2 Alumni Ave., Hampton, NH. Admission is FREE, and the Friends hope that many will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity for an entertaining night out with the family.

What will Alex do? Change costumes in a split second? Look at you through a darting eyeball in his mouth? Play three flutes simultaneously in staggered rhythms? Mimic a squirting European fountain? Freeze like a gargoyle? You never know what might happen next ....

Alex the Jester keeps his audiences laughing at a non-stop stream of surprises. Connecting all these escapades is a wild-sounding gibberish language called Grammelot. The humor is universal and has been his ticket to international comedy festivals in Quebec and France, and frequent tours of Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan.

"Makes everyone feel good!" -- Vancouver Week-End Edition

"Everyone who saw your show loved it!" -- World Expo - Australia

"Alexander's appeal knows no borders" -- Singapore Arts Festival

"Hilarious, imaginative ... a gem of an artist!" -- Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord NH

To see a short performance clip, point your browser to http://alexthejester.com/html/film.html

To learn more about the Friends of the Lane Memorial Library, visit their website at http://www.lanelibraryfriends.org/

Twilight Book Club reads "Year of Wonders"

On Tuesday, August 5th at 6:30 PM, the Twilight Book Club will meet to discuss Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders.

When an infected bolt of cloth carries the bubonic plague to an isolated village, villagers must choose: Flee in hope of outrunning the plague, or stay? The rector persuades his flock to stay to prevent the contagion from spreading.

Mayhem begins and as the dead mount, grief and superstition evoke reactions from despair and drunkenness to grave-robbing, witchcraft and murder. But a housemaid emerges as an unlikely heroine. As Anna Frith struggles to survive, a year of catastrophe becomes instead annus mirabilis, a “year of wonders.”

Critics say: Year of Wonders is a strangely consoling tale of hope in a time of despair. ... The time period and the characters come to life. Brooks’ novel glitters … A deeply imaginative engagement of how people are changed by catastrophe.

All are welcome. Copies are available at the library now! For more info contact Debra Perry at debraperry@gmail.com.