Friends of the Jones Library System News

Please help support the Jones Library by shopping at the Hadley Barnes & Noble TOMORROW: Saturday, November 29! We're raising funds for Children’s Programming at the Jones Library and YOU can help! Use the voucher pictured below (or click  here  or type it in yourself here: http://www.joneslibrary.org/pdf/BookFair2014.pdf or get your own copy in person at the Jones or...well, that's really it for your options.  Sorry.). Can't brave the teeming masses? You can also shop online on 11-29-14 in support of the Jones Library by going here and include the Book Fair Voucher ID: 11487550 on the payment page during checkout. Go buy some books and make the world a better place!

This , the Friends love.

Probably not   a book you'll pick up at a Friends of the Jones Library used book sale...

In the Moscow metro you can download for free  over 100 Russian classics, to read while you wait for your train.  The Friends say da  to that, comrade. 'Course, if you can finish  any of those tomes before your train comes, maybe you should consider an alternate source of transportation to work...

Our neighbors to the north are so cool.

You know all those books you'll WANT   to buy on Saturday?  The Friends offer you a legitimate reason to buy them ALL!

You know how you've always secretly wanted to be a librarian?  This one's for you .

Next Wednesday, November 12th, the North Amherst Library will be CLOSED.  They're getting new carpeting!!  Woo hoo!  And on Thursday, November 13th?  There will be teeming masses at the North Amherst Library to see what it looks like. Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.  But the Munson and Jones are still open for business!

Even starving writers need to eat.  Here are some recipes from 16 of your favorite authors.   And the Friends would like you to know that no one needs to ever bring Ray Bradbury's pizza soup to a potluck. That's the kind of thing one should consume at home.  Alone.  Very, very alone. However, should you whip up a batch of Edgar Allen Poe's eggnog? We'll be right over.

And? Buy one of these and get two free books! Love, the Friends

Many people in the Amherst area would like to see us become a community that deals with race issues more constructively, in which people are more connected with each other, and where equity, inclusion, and open communication prevail.  Three events in November, starting this week, for people of all  racial backgrounds, will provide chances for us to come together, learn, and talk with each other in a safe environment. Please click on the image below to learn more or visit www.coming-together.org .

Due to a “series of unfortunate events,” the Jones Library’s Lego Club has been  cancelled  for  November and December 2014 . See you in 2015!