Please stop in and see us at the Essex Library this Saturday, December 7th, during Christmas in Essex! Steven Kellogg will be here at 3:00pm, and he will be signing and selling his three newest children’s books.

Our winter fundraiser for the library is all set up. We have many nice items up for bid in our silent auction which are listed below.

>Basket of Beauty donated by Katherine Cross
Minimum bid: $10 Raise $2

> Gym membership donated by Ascent Wellness
Minimum bid: $10 Raise $2

> Wine & Pasta Basket + Gourmet Entree for 8 donated by Maureen Ecclesine
Minimum bid: $20 Raise $2

> Tapas Plates donated by Turtle Island
Minimum bid: $5 Raise $2

>Jewelry Box donated by ReNew
Minimum bid: $15 Raise $2

>Child’s Holiday Craft Basket donated by Colleen Van Hoven
Minimum bid: $15 Raise $2

>Set of 4 wooden spatulas donated by Bruce Klink
Minimum bid: $5 Raise $2

>Wooden Trivet, Spatulas & Wine Holder donated by D. Hollingsworth & B. Klink
Minimum bid: $10 Raise $2

> Framed Circus Elephant Poster donated by Pink Pig
Minimum bid: $30 Raise $2

>Spatulas, Wine Holder, & Candy Dish donated by B. Klink & D. Hollingsworth
Minimum bid: $5 Raise $2

>Game: It Was a Dark & Stormy Night donated by Tom & MaryAnne Mangano
Minimum bid: $15 Raise $2

>2 Night Stay at Whiteface Lodge donated by Richard & Bethany Teitelbaum
Minimum bid: $100 Raise $50

>Teatime Goodies & Cutting Boards donated by Essex Cottage
Minimum bid: $20 Raise $2

>Hat with Earflaps: donated by Dianne Lansing
Minimum bid: $10 Raise $2

>Fleece Mittens & Wool Hat: donated by Dianne Lansing
Minimum bid: $15 Raise $2

>Basket of Santas: donated by Jan Moran
Minimum bid: $10 Raise $2

>3 Kellogg signed books w/ drawings

Rotating Collection: Juvenile Books

Also, we just got a new set of juvenile fiction and non fiction books on loan until January 30th. Come in soon to check them out!

Title                                                                 Author                         Call No.

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• Merry Christmas, merry crow / Kathi Appelt, Kathi, E APP
• We were there / Eve Bunting ; paintings Bunting, Eve, E BUN
• The star of Christmas / by Maria T. DiVencenzo, E DIV
• The wildest brother / by Cornelia Funke Funke, Cornelia E FUN
• The “get well soon” book : good wishes Gray, Kes. E GRA
• Penny and her doll / Kevin Henkes. Henkes, Kevin. E HEN
• What the little fir tree wore to the Ichikawa, E ICH
• I, Trixie who is dog / Dean Koontz ; Koontz, Dean R. E KOO
• That cat can’t stay! / written by Thad Krasnesky, E KRA
• Ling & Ting share a birthday / by Grace Lin, Grace. E LIN
• Cornelius P. Mud, are you ready for Saltzberg, E SAL
• Dee Dee and me / Amy Schwartz. Schwartz, Amy. E SCH
• The bearer of gifts / by Kenneth Steven Steven, Kenneth E Ste
• Too many turkeys / by Linda White ; White, Linda, E WHI
• The library book : the story of Sawa, Maureen. J027 SAW
• Trustworthiness / by Lucia Raatma. Raatma, Lucia. J179 RAA
• Going blue : a teen guide to saving our Kaye, Cathryn J333.91 KAY
• Don’t touch that! : the book of gross, Day, Jeff, J363.17 DAY
• Pat-a-cake / adapted and illustrated by Janovitz, J398.8 Jan
• Sun and moon / Rosalind Mist. Mist, Rosalind. J523.3 MIS
• A project guide to rocks and minerals / O’Neal, Claire. J552 ONE
• Everything reptile : what kids really Winner, Cherie. J597.9 WIN
• The truth about poop / by Susan E. Goodman, Susan J612.3 GOO
• Girlology’s there’s something new about Holmes, Melisa. J612.6 HOL
• Tanks / Chris Oxlade. Oxlade, Chris. J623.74 OXL
• A Christmas holiday cookbook / Emily Raabe, Emily. J641.568 RAA
• Draw it! / by Wendy Walker. Walker, Wendy, J743 WAL
• Knitgrrl 2 : learn to knit with 16 Okey, Shannon, J746.43 OKE
• Food jokes to tickle your funny bone / Bozzo, Linda. J818 BOZ
• Pharaoh’s boat / written and illustrated Weitzman, J932 WEI
• Frederick Douglass : a noble life / Adler, David A. JB DOUGLASS
• Marcel Marceau : Master of Mime / Gloria Spielman, JB MARCEAU
• The great adventure : Theodore Roosevelt Marrin, Albert. JB ROOSEVELT
• The mysterious island / by Tony Abbott ; Abbott, Tony, JF ABB
• The trouble with chickens / by Doreen Cronin, Doreen. JF CRO
• Trolls don’t ride roller coasters / by Dadey, Debbie. JF DAD
• The 10 p.m. question / Kate de Goldi. De Goldi, Kate, JF DEC
• Outcast / Lynne Ewing. Ewing, Lynne. JF EWI
• If I ever get out of here / Eric Gansworth, Eric JF GAN
• Into the wild nerd yonder / by Julie Halpern, Julie, JF HAL
• Just Grace and the Terrible Tutu / Harper, Charise JF HAR
• Ghost hunt : chilling tales of the Hawes, Jason. JF HAW
• Pandora gets lazy / Carolyn Hennesy. Hennesy, JF HEN
• Turtle in paradise / by Jennifer L. Holm, Jennifer JF HOL
• Scarlett fever / Maureen Johnson. Johnson, JF JOH
• The thing about luck / Cynthia Kadohata Kadohata, JF KAD
• Headlong / Kathe Koja. Koja, Kathe. JF KOJ
• Whoa! UFO! / by Kirsten Larsen ; Larsen, JF LAR
• Miracle on 49th Street / Mike Lupica. Lupica, Mike. JF LUP
• Snow / by Morgan Luthi. Luthi, Morgan, JF LUT
• The adventures of Sir Gawain the True / Morris, Gerald, JF MOR
• Alice’s adventures in Wonderland / Odone, Jamison, JF ODO
• Big Nate : in a class by himself / Peirce, JF PEI
• The Rainbow Wand / Emily Rodda ; Rodda, Emily. JF ROD
• Children of Christmas : stories for the Rylant, Jf/Ryl
• Spaceheadz / by Jon Scieszka ; [with] Scieszka, Jon. JF SCI
• Mister Max : the book of lost things / Voigt, Cynthia. JF VOI
• Northern Exposures / Eric Walters. Walters, Eric, JF WAL
• Goldstrike : a thriller / Matt Whyman. Whyman, Matt. JF WHY
• Dead beautiful / Yvonne Woon. Woon, Yvonne. JF WOO
• Dust girl / Sarah Zettel. Zettel, Sarah. JF ZET
• Little Bear’s friend / by Else Minarik Minarik, Else JPBK

Julie Steeves
Library Assistant

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