Friends of the Jones Library System News

This is the final week to bring in your donations for Project Backpack 2015! In collaboration with the Amherst Public Schools, the Jones Library is pleased to serve as a drop-off location for  Project Backpack .  This project provides backpacks and school supplies to income-eligible students to get their school year off to a good start with a new backpack full of new school supplies.  Please bring your donations of NEW supplies - and backpacks! - to the Kids Room by August 7th , to allow for time for assembly and distribution before school starts in September. Below are lists of suggested items.  Thanks in advance for supporting  Project Backpack ! Grades PreK - 5 New backpacks Spiral notebooks 2-pocket folders Glue sticks Markers Crayons Pencils #2 Pens (blue/black/red) Colored pencils Pencil sharpeners Pencil cases Erasers Bookmarks Rulers Grades 6 - 12 New backpacks Notebooks Assignment pads Index cards ...

Sometimes, even the Friends haven't read all those great books out there. Here's a quick guide of those ones maybe we should go pick up at the library...

Paper Towns and other great books have become movies but be sure to read 'em first !

Undoubtedly it will surprise readers to know that, despite our youthful and hip repartee, none of the Friends are, actually, in college anymore. But we can still read like it ...

After the mayor of Venice pulled 50 books about same-sex families from the city's public schools, in an act of solidarity, 267 other authors ask for their books to be taken off shelves .

...try reading these books about bikers, cycling, and Men In Spandex .  Or just check out one of the Jones or North Amherst copies of the cult classic "Breaking Away."

Of course you do.

And? Roaring their terrible roars and gnashing their terrible teeth.

Join us for the screening of "The Monuments Men," the first film in our summer movie series, on Saturday, July 18 at 2:30 pm in the Woodbury Room of the Jones Library.  Our film series this summer alternates between films about heroes and films about baseball.  This film is based on a true story, and inspired by the book by Robert M. Edsel, which you can find in the library catalog.

11 charts that accurately sum up being a book nerd resonates with the Friends at all or anything...

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Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen   by Mary Norris A sort of English grammar usage commentary and a memoir of her 30 years as a proofreader at the New Yorker, the book introduces Mary Norris as a funny, idiosyncratic and opinionated tour guide to some thorny issues of grammar and many amusing tales of life at the magazine. Her approach to grammar is never rigid -- "Follow some rules, sure, but in the end what you're after is clarity of meaning" -- and her take on writers, the magazine, and evolving American popular culture never fails to entertain. -- Bonnie, member, Friends of the Jones Library System

Maybe the Amherst Regional High School should consider  something like this ?

Why be comfortable while swimming in the ocean when you could be perpetually freaked out ?

A fan of Arthur Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons?"  You might want to click here .

Maybe some of these African authors are new-to-you? Check out one of their books from your local library!

In collaboration with the Amherst Public Schools, the Jones Library is pleased to serve as a drop-off location for  Project Backpack .  This project provides backpacks and school supplies to income-eligible students to get their school year off to a good start with a new backpack full of new school supplies.  Please bring your donations of new supplies - and backpacks! - to the Kids Room by  August 7th , to allow for time for assembly and distribution before school starts in September. Below are lists of suggested items.  Thanks in advance for supporting  Project Backpack ! Grades PreK - 5 New backpacks Spiral notebooks 2-pocket folders Glue sticks Markers Crayons Pencils #2 Pens (blue/black/red) Colored pencils Pencil sharpeners Pencil cases Erasers Bookmarks Rulers Grades 6 - 12 New backpacks Notebooks Assignment pads Index cards Loose leaf paper 2-pocket folders 3-ring binders 3-ring pencil ...

Why let the kids have all the fun?! Make the time to enjoy some reading this summer as well, and sign up for the Jones Library's adult summer reading program. With a theme of " Every Hero Has a Story ," Amherst residents are invited to set aside some time this summer to relax with a book, whether it be a the story of a real life hero, a fictional hero saving the world, or some other adventure in reading. Want more information? Click here . And if you win that tote bag filled with books, remember to pass them on afterwards to your Friends!

You know how you like to sing in the shower? And in the car? And sometimes a little opera at the mall?  Guess what? FAMILY SING-ALONG WITH MISS LETICIA   Tuesdays July 14, 21, 28 at 10:30 AM in the Woodbury Room. For all ages. Sing your socks off, Pavarotti.