Livingston Manor Free Library

Have you seen our ad in Manor Ink? We are having many ongoing programs throughout the summer, so come and see what we have to offer! If you would like to register for a program, please call (845) 439-5440 to signup, or come in.

The crafts are actually reversed – Crafty Kids is Monday at 10:15, and Stories & Crafts are Wednesdays starting at 9am. For those interested in Stories & Crafts, students going into grades K and 1 meet at 9am, those going into 2nd and 3rd grades will meet at 10am.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with the Summer Reading theme, A Universe of Stories!

Have you seen our new Facebook page? We will have daily updates and/or trivia, so be sure to check them out. Don’t forget to like us!
HOWEVER, very shortly we will be posting information about our summer programs! Be sure to register for any programs you are interested in.

Local author, ski instructor and gardener, Mermer Blakeslee, will be doing a reading at the Livingston Manor Free Library at 6pm on Friday, June 28 at 6pm. Books will be available for sale. Call (845) 439-5440 for more information.

Mermer Blakeslee is the author of three novels and one non-fiction book. In Dark Water (Ballantine) was selected by Barnes and Noble for its Discover Great New Writers series. An excerpt from her latest novel, When You Live by a River won the Narrative Prize. Blakeslee received three fiction fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her roots are in poetry and two of her poems were finalists in Narrative’s First and Second Annual Poetry Contests. Blakeslee was honored to be named by the Catskill Center as one of “Fifty Stewards of The Catskills,” each chosen for their contribution to the Catskills environment, economy and community. http://www.mermerblakeslee.com.

We have new titles in by the following authors:

Becoming Dr. Seuss by Brian Jay Jones
Fault Lines by Kevin Krause
Life Will be the Death of Me by Chelsea Handler
The Mueller Report by Robert Mueller
Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History by Lewis Dartnell
Things My Son Needs To Know About the World by Frederik Backman
Unfreedom of the Press by Mark Levin

We new books by Oliver Sacks, Jane Green, Fern Michaels, and E.L. James and more!

Livingston Manor Free Library is offering Basic Computer help, by appointment only. Appointments are available Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Please call (845) 439-5440 to register.