Library News

Knitting Night
Knitting Night falls on Valentine’s Day this year.  We will meet February 14 at 7 p.m. in Room 326.  To make the evening extra special we are going to have treats and do an optional yarn exchange.  To participate please bring a skein of yarn wrapped as a gift.  Please bring your current project or a desire to learn to knit and join us.

Monday Matinee Movies for Adults
On Monday, February 27 Cole Library will host a Monday Matinee Movie.  The movie
J. Edgar will begin at 1 p.m. in Room 108 on the library’s first floor.
If you plan to attend please call 895-4271 to reserve your seat.

New Browsing Room Fiction
Zero Day / David Baldacci
Sense of an Ending / Julian Barnes
Snow Angel / Glenn Beck with Nicole Baart
Drop / Michael Connelly
Red Mist / Patricia Cornwell
Year We Were Famous / Carole Estby Dagg
Explosive Eighteen / Janet Evanovich
Baby it’s Cold Outside / Addison Fox
Scottish Prisoner / Diana Gabaldon
River of Smoke / Amitav Ghosh
Wrong Man Running / Alan Hruska
Forgotten Affairs of Youth / Alexander McCall Smith
Out of Oz / Gregory Maguire
1Q84 / Haruki Murakami
Velva Jean Learns to Fly / Jennifer Niven
This Burns My Heart / Samuel Park
Where the Shadows Lie / Michael Ridpath
Alloy of Law / Brandon Sanderson
Breath of God / Jeffrey Small
Hotel VendôMe / Danielle Steel
Bitter Truth / Charles Todd
If Jack’s in Love / Stephen Wetta

Youth Library News

Early Out Movie
We will show Kung Fu Panda 2 on Wednesday, February 15 at 1 p.m. in Room 108 on the library’s first floor.  We will provide popcorn and a drink for each person.  This free program is a public library event and is not affiliated with the Mount Vernon School District.   We will need to have families call in and reserve a seat.  Call 895-4271 or stop in at the library’s third-floor circulation desk to reserve your spot.

STORY TIME
Story Time continues every Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. Themes in February will be winter birds, Valentine’s Day and sledding.

New Children’s Books
Snowmen all year / Caralyn Buehner; pictures by Mark Buehner
Pirate Boy / Eve Bunting; illustrated by Julie Fortenberry
One Moon, Two Cats / Laura Godwin; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
One, the Only Magnificent Me! / Dan Haseltine; pictures by Joel Tanis
Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea / Tony Johnston; illustrated by Stacy Innerst
Neville / Norton Juste; illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Otto: The Boy Who Loved Cars / Kara LaReau; illustrations by Scott Magoon
Hot Rod Hamster / Cynthia Lord; pictures by Derek Anderson
Stars / Mary Lyn Ray and Marla Frazee
This Plus That: Life's Little Equations / Amy + Krouse + Rosenthal = writer;
Jen + Corace = artist
Wild about Books / Judy Sierra; pictures by Marc Brown
Little Owl's Night / Divya Srinivasan
Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro / Amy Axelrod
Wildwood / Colin Meloy; illustrations by Carson Ellis
Here Lies Linc / Delia Ray
Fetching / Kiera Stewart

TUMBLEBOOKS                                   
If your children need a fun diversion go to our library website colelibrary.org, scroll down to the TUMBLEBOOKS link and click or just click on the icon below.  Hundreds of animated children’s books are located there to listen to on your home computer. You can read along or just listen.  There are also games to play related to the stories.                        

TumbleBook is available now at Cole Library
Go to the library’s website: www.colelibrary.org and click on