Our raffle prize this week is a gift certificate to Vinny’s Deli, where you’ll find the best fresh handmade mozzarella, fresh pasta, and gourmet cheeses! They’ve also got a great lunch menu and they cater! Vinny was recently dubbed “the nicest guy” by Pawling Public Radio, and it’s not hard to see why. Stop in to Vinny’s for some great food, and let them know you appreciate them promoting literacy in Pawling!
Our raffle prize this week is a gift certificate to the fabulous Petite on Main. Petite’s menu features savory and sweet crepes, burgers, salads, and more. Petite was recently named one of the Top 10 Breakfast Destinations in Duthcess County by the Dutchess County Department of Tourism. Stop in for great food, and thank them for supporting literacy in Pawling! Follow Petite on Facebook here.
The prize for this week’s Summer Reading Game is a gift certificate to Pawling’s own Is A Burger. Is A Burger is the original Burger Joint where they build the best burger you’ve ever had just the way you like it using only the freshest ingredients. Be sure to check out their Burgers, Sweet Potato Fries, Tater Tots, Shakes and more! Check out what they’ve been up to on Facebook, too. More info on our Summer Reading Game.
This week’s adult reading game prize winner is Arthur A. Crowe, and Hayden Housen is now on a wining streak with his second win! Hayden and Arthur had their raffle tickets chosen at random after they entered our Summer Reading Games. Thanks to Good Tidings for donating last week’s prize! Stop by Good Tidings for lots of high quality products, personalized service and complimentary gift wrapping. And thank them for supporting literacy in Pawling! Stop in to the library for your chance at next week’s prize!
Sound to good to be true? With the generous support of Pawling’s own Good Tidings Gift Shop, the library wants to encourage teens and adults to read this summer. Teens can read and review a book for their chance to win, and adults can read and fill out a raffle ticket at the Circ Desk for their chance at this week’s prize. Good Tidings offers high quality products with the kind of personalized service that’s hard to find these days. Don’t forget about their complimentary gift wrapping! See Good Tidings’ site for full details, or better yet, stop in. Check out the great stuff in stock, and let them know you appreciate their support of literacy in Pawling. Check out Good Tidings on Facebook, too! They’re constantly getting great new stuff in!
Hayden Housen and Celeste Yazettie are the official winners for the first week of our Summer Reading Games! Hayden and Celeste had their raffle tickets chosen at random after they entered our Summer Reading Games. Thanks to Mama’s for donating last week’s prize! Stop by Mama’s for great burgers, soups, salads, and pizza, and thank them for supporting literacy in Pawling!
The Towns of Pawling and Dover were declared an Appalachian Trail Community in recognition of our support and preservation of the AT as a local and national asset. To support the trail, its through hikers, and day hikers, the Dover Plains Library and the Pawling Library teamed up to educate people about the trail, install Little Free Libraries at the Wiley and Telephone Pioneers Shelters, and to make backpacks with binoculars, guides, and maps available for circulation to promote local use of the trail. Little Free Libraries are the “take a book, leave a book” gathering place where people share their favorite literature and stories. The Pawling Library put up a LFL at the Telephone Pioneers Shelter, and the Dover Plains Library put one up near the Wiley Shelter. The LFL’s provide reading material for through and day hikers who pass through the shelter and want a book (remember, there’s no need to return the book). Thanks to Bill Coon for building Pawling’s beautiful LFL, and thanks to Dave Kinosky, who maintains the Telephone Pioneers Shelter, for coordinating and lugging...
Our Summer Reading Game is in full swing and you could be our next winner! This week’s prize is a gift certificate to Mama Pizza II! Awesome burgers, homemade soups, great pizza, chicken fingers, wedges, and more! Check out what they’ve been up to on Facebook, too! Thanks to Mama’s for supporting literacy in our community! How’s it work? 1. Read a book! 2. Fill out a raffle ticket with the title, author, and your contact info. 3. Turn in your ticket at the Circ Desk. 4. Cross your fingers and hope we pull your ticket!
MHLS libraries will all be participating in the next OverDrive Big Library Read—the cozy mystery for readers to kick off the summer just right: A Pedigree to Die For, Melanie Travis Mystery Series, Book 1 by Laurien Berenson. The eBook will be available for simultaneous use, meaning no holds or waitlists for users from June 3-18, 2014. What is Big Library Read? Big Library Read is the worldwide digital version of a local book club, and an opportunity for your library to generate more interest in the digital collection beyond the bestsellers. The next Big Library Read title is being hailed as “fascinating,” “a sleek and unusual book,” and a “special treat.”
John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars is a very popular book these days, and it seems like you can’t get your hands on it. Well we have exciting news! The book is now on our very own Kindles! We have two Kindles here at the library, ready for you to take them out! Just like a book, you take the Kindle out with your library card. With massive hold lists all over the Hudson Valley it may seem like you have to buy this book to read it, but not here at Pawling. The Kindles are here waiting for our Pawling patrons. Click here for a complete list of the titles on our Kindles. We also have many other novels by John Green here e on our shelves. You can’t go wrong with any of his books! Try An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, or Will Grayson, Will Grayson. While you have the Kindle out, you may want to check out the other amazing books that we put on it! The...