One puzzle down

The first puzzle has been completed at the WMCC Fortier Library (1,000 pieces)!

Puzzle #2 has been opened and the pieces are scattered...and this one is 1,500 pieces...

Fine Feathered Friends

Summer is a great time for bird watching.  Whether you you have a bird feeder outside your window, or go for long walks with binoculars, our avian friends are hard to miss.

If you want to learn more about birds, the library has a variety of books on birds, as well as bird-themed titles too.  Stop by to check them out!

• The bird artist. Norman, Howard A. Collection: Fiction, Call #: FIC NOR
• Animal-speak : the spiritual & magical powers of creatures great & small. Andrews, Ted. Collection: General Collection, Call #: BF1623.A55 A53 1993
• Bird by bird : some instructions on writing and life. Lamott, Anne. Collection: General Collection, Call #: PN147 .L315 1995
• I know why the caged bird sings. Angelou, Maya. Collection: General Collection, Call #: PS3551.N464 Z466 1970
• Birds : readings from Scientific American. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL672 .B57 1980
• Birds of the world. Harrison, Colin James Oliver. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL673 .H2895 1993
• A field guide to birds' nests of 285 species found breeding in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Harrison, Hal H. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL675 .H37
• Birds and how they function. Callahan, Philip S. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL676.2 .C34
• Trees, shrubs, and vines for attracting birds : a manual for the Northeast. DeGraaf, Richard M. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL676.5 .D38
• The bird feeder book : an easy guide to attracting, identifying, and understanding your feeder birds.Stokes, Donald W. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL676.5 .S87 1987
• The backyard bird feeder's bible : the A-to-Z guide to feeders, seed mixes, projects, and treats. Roth, Sally. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL676.5 R6683 2000
• The bird garden. Kress, Stephen W. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL676.57.N7 K747 1995
• A guide to birding. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL677.5 .G85 2002
• The complete outfitting & source book for bird watching. Scofield, Michael. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL677.5.S36
• The Audubon Society field guide to North American birds, eastern region. Bull, John L. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL681 .B77
• The birder's handbook : a field guide to the natural history of North American birds : including all species that regularly breed north of Mexico. Ehrlich, Paul R. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL681 .E37 1988
• All the birds of North America : American bird conservancy's field guide. Griggs, Jack L. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL681 .G77 1997
• A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Peterson, Roger Tory. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL681 .P45 2002
• A field guide to the birds coloring book. Peterson, Roger Tory. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL681 .P454 1982
• Birds of North America : a guide to field identification. Robbins, Chandler S. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL681 .R59 1983
• The Sibley guide to bird life & behavior. Sibley, David. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL681 .S495 2001
• Roger Tory Peterson's dozen birding hot spots. Harrison, George H. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL682 .H37
• Kingbird highway : the story of a natural obsession that got a little out of hand. Kaufman, Kenn. Collection: General Collection, Call #: QL682 .K38 2000

Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer

Those hot, sultry days of summer about upon us.  What a great time to kick back at the beach with a good book!

Check out the library's dog-related book display for some ideas.  Here are a few examples from our collection:

• The dogs of March. Hebert, Ernest
• White fang. London, Jack
• Don't shoot the dog!: the new art of teaching and training. Pryor, Karen
• Following Atticus : forty-eight high peaks, one little dog, and an extraordinary friendship. Ryan, Tom
• My dog Skip. Morris, Willie
• Solo: the story of an African wild dog. Lawick, Hugo van
• The pawprints of history : dogs and the course of human events. Coren, Stanley 

Trivia about the Dog Days:
To the Greeks and Romans, the “dog days” occurred around the day when Sirius (known as the "dog star") appeared to rise just before the sun, in late July. They referred to these days as the hottest time of the year, a period that could bring fever, or even catastrophe.  The ancient Greeks thought of the constellation Canis Major as a dog chasing Lepus, the hare. The star Sirius is the dog’s nose; the Greeks called it the “dog star".

From National Geographic  

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150710-dog-days-summer-sirius-star-astronomy-weather-language/

Is it safe to go into the ocean?

"Kraken is the traditional name for gigantic sea monsters, and this book introduces one of the most charismatic, enigmatic, and curious inhabitants of the sea: the squid...Kraken examines other equally enthralling cephalopods, including the octopus and the cuttlefish, and explores their otherworldly abilities, such as camouflage and bioluminescence." 

goodreads.com

Wendy Williams's Kraken: the curious, exciting, and slightly disturbing science of squid is the next book that the WMCC lunchtime discussion group will be reading.  Books are available in the library.

Join the group on August 20, at noon, in the WMCC Library. Bring your lunch!