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LOCAL NEWS and NEW BOOKS

WINTER IN WATERFORD

This  May go down as one of the oddest winters on record. NO snow December, then multiple power outages due to downed trees and limbs. Truly a test for everyone’s wood stoves, propane, and generators. Postponements not withstanding, we are a hearty and resilient bunch. If you can, get outside and enjoy everything that this season has to offer!


Throughout the year there are opportunities for Community sharing, assistance, and  and volunteering.. We welcome you to attend an event here at the library, one of the many Community and church events, or try the  Pot Luck Suppah at the Wilkins House 6pm each second Thursday of the month. Just bring an entre, vegetable, dessert, salad, etc. to share.


Kelley Halter Schaffer has organized various programs and activities, a community garden, mentorship program, plus more now listed on the town website: www.waterfordme.org   

For your monthly newsletter email waterfordcommunitydirector@gmail.com  



NEW HEAT PUMPS INSTALLED AT THE LIBRARY

The Waterford Library is delighted to announce that new Heat Pumps were installed in January. This project was made possible by a grant from the Association for Rural & Small Libraries through the generosity of a regional partner foundation. Additional funds provided by private donations and total costs were offset by rebates from effiencyMaine. We are most grateful. 


The Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) builds strong communities through professional development and elevating the impact of rural and small libraries. ARSL recognizes the uniqueness of small and rural libraries and is committed to providing an environment that encourages excellence within this community of practice, supporting their goals of service and speaking on behalf of this important constituency. Since 1 in 3 public libraries in the U.S. serve a population of fewer than 2,500 people, there is a great opportunity to support these library professionals that are often overlooked. We believe in the value of rural and small libraries and strive to create resources and services that address national, state, and local priorities for libraries situated in rural communities.


HOLIDAY SEASON IN WATERFORD

The leaves have fallen, the docks are in, and the temperature has finally dropped. This time of year we all slow down a bit to recharge gears and reflect. We have so much to be grateful for. 

There was a HUGE turn out for Waterford Trunk or Treat Halloween at the WWF Fairgounds. Many thanks to all the wonderful "trunkers" and volunteers. We loved the Photo Booth, Free Kids Books, Cookies, Cider, Soup and Bread and all the COSTUMES and Candy!


We welcome you to attend a Community Pot Luck Suppah at the Wilkins House 6pm each second Thursday of the month. Just bring an entre, vegetable, dessert, salad, etc. to share.

Throughout the Holiday Season there are opportunities for Community sharing and to Give Back.   We also support Waterford Santa and welcome you to apply for assistance, or help buy gifts for others.  Call 207-583-2446 or waterfordsanta@yahoo.com 


We were blessed with mild weather for the Annual Waterford Community Christmas on Dec. 3rd with first graders reading holiday essays at the church and during Carols on the Common. followed by Pot Luck Refreshments, New Book Giveaways, and a visit from Santa at the Library.   TRULY SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE 


We wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice, Happy Christmas, and Very Happy New Year. 



ALL ABOUT BOOKS 2023 Schedule

Waterford Library is pleased to announce the return of our very popular live Maine Author series.  Most of these books are available at the library. 


Jan. 21- 11am - Robert Spencer of South Waterford - WLA trustee and retired landscape designer. His historical fiction: The Spinster’s Hope Chest and PROSPECTS, Mining Maine for Riches are set in early 19th - 20th century Maine. He will be discussing his third novel in the Lizzie Millett Series - Francena Hallett's Heart. All Welcome

COMMUNITY POLLINATOR GARDEN at the Waterford Library

You may have noticed a lot of buzz around the library grounds. In addition to our community vegetable garden, busy volunteers have been busily creating a new pollinator garden to further compliment our new landscaping. A new hedge, and Over 300 new bulbs have been planted already, with much more still in progress. This program is a combined effort of the Waterford Library, Waterford Congregational Church, and Master Gardener Program through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and is entirely funded by public donations.

NEW Adult BOOKS 2021-2023 (kid books list below)

NEW ADULT JANUARY 2023

NEW ADULT JANUARY 2023

NEW ADULT JANUARY 2023

FICTION

Fredrik Backman:  The Winners- Beartown 3

Fredrik Backman: Us Against You-Beartown2 

Russell Banks:  The Magic Kingdom. 

Rhys Bowen: Where the Sky Begins 

Andrew Sean Greer: Less Is Lost 

Tess Gunty: The Rabbit Hutch 

Abdulrazak Gurnah: Afterlives 

Robert Harris: Act of Oblivion

John Irving:  The Last Chairlift 

Barbara Kingsolver:  Demon Copperhead 

Anthony Marra: Mercury Pictures Presents 

Cormac McCarthy: Stella Maris

Lydia Millett: Dinosaurs 

Celeste Ng: Our Missing Hearts 

Maggie O'Farrell: The Marriage Portrait  

Joanna Quinn:  The Whalebone Theatre

Jane Smiley: A Dangerous Business 

Nicholas Sparks: Dreamland


MYSTERY SUSPENSE

Sarah Addison Allen: Other Birds 

David Baldacci: Long Shadows 

C. J. Box: Treasure State: Cassie Dewell # 6 

Sandra Brown: Overkill 

Lee Child and Andrew Child: No Plan B: #27

Michael Connelly:  Desert Star 

Nelson DeMille: The Maze (8) 

Allen Eskens:  Forsaken Country 

Alice Feeney: Daisy Darker 

Vince Flynn /Kyle Mills: Oath of Loyalty #21

Ashley Flowers: All Good People Here  

Elly Griffiths:  Bleeding Heart Yard 

Katy Hays:  The Cloisters 

Anthony Horowitz:  The Twist of a Knife 

James Kestrel:  Five Decembers. 

Ausma Zehanat Khan: Blackwater Falls: ‎ 

Mike Maden: Clive Cussler’s Hellburner 

Val McDermid: 1989 

Kyle Mills: Vince Flynn: Oath of Loyalty

J. Patterson & Brendan DuBois: Blowback 

Louise Penny: A World of Curiosities

Ian Rankin: Heart Full of Headstones: Insp. Rebus 

Deanna Raybourn: Killers of a Certain Age 

David Rosenfelt: Santa's Little Yelpers #26

John Sandford:  Righteous Prey 

Karin Slaughter: Girl Forgotten  

Scott Turow: Suspect 

Lisa Unger:  Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six 

Alaina Urquhart: The Butcher and the Wren 


NON FICTION

Winston Groom: The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Winning World War II ‏ 

Kathryn Miles: Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders 

Michelle Obama:  The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times. 

William Shatner and Joshua Brandon: Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder 




NEW ADULT 2022

NEW ADULT JANUARY 2023

NEW ADULT JANUARY 2023

FICTION

Sara Nisha Adams:  The Reading List. 

Mitch Albom: The Stranger in the Lifeboat ‏ 

Isabel Allende: Violeta 

Marie Benedict: Her Hidden Genius. 

Jessamine Chan: School for Good Mothers  

Jonathan Evison: Small World. 

Diana Gabaldron: Tell the Bees I Am Gone 

David Guterson: The Final Case 

Andrew Lipstein:  Last Resort. 

Gary Shteyngart: Our Country Friends. 

Charmaine Wilkerson:  Black Cake. 

Tracey Emerson Wood:  The Engineer's Wife: A Novel of the Brooklyn Bridge 

Hanya Yanagihara:  To Paradise.  

Chris Bohjalian:  The Lioness.   

Olivie Blake: The Atlas Six. 

Geraldine Brooks: Horse.  

NoViolet Bulawayo: Glory. 

Meg White Clayton: Postmistress of Paris.  

Lee Cole:  Groundskeeping.  

Jennifer Egan:  The Candy House.  

David Wright Falade: Black Cloud Rising. 

Karen Joy Fowler:  Booth.  

Bonnie Garmus:  Lessons in Chemistry.  

Sara Novic: True Biz. 

Julie Otsuka: The Swimmers.  

Kate Quinn: The Diamond Eye. 

Emily St. John Mandel: Sea of Tranquility. 

Rebecca Serle: One Italian Summer. 

Adriana Trigiani:  The Good Left Undone.  

Anne Tyler:  French Braid. 

Jennifer Weiner:  The Summer Place.  

Dan Winslow: City on Fire.  

MYSTERY

Don Bentley: The Outside Man (Matt Drake) 

Rhys Bowen:  The Venice Sketchbook 

Marc Cameron: Clancy Chain of Command

Dirk Cussler; Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea 

Nina de Gramont:  The Christie Affair 

Lisa Gardner:  One Step Too Far. (Frankie Elkin Novel) Joanne Harris:  A Narrow Door.

Rachel Hawkins: Reckless Girls 

Lisa Jewell:  The Night She Disappeared. 

Dean Koontz: Quicksilver 

Donna Leon:  Give unto Others.  

J. Patterson & Mike Lupica: Horsewoman 

J. Patterson & Dolly Parton: Run, Rose, Run  

Preston & Child: Diablo Mesa 

Nita Prose: The Maid.  

Brad Taylor:  End of Days: Pike Logan Novel  

Charles Todd: A Game of Fear 

David Baldacci: Dream Town. 

Lisa Barr: Woman on Fire. 

Alicia Bessette: Smile Beach Murders. 

C. J. Box:  Shadows Reel. 

Harlan Coben: The Match. 

Ron Corbett:  The Sweet Goodbye. 

Paul Doiron:  Hatchet Island. 

 Janet Evanovich:  The Recovery Agent. 

Erica Ferencik:  Girl in Ice. 

Lucy Foley: The Paris Apartment. 

John Grisham:  Sparring Partners. 

Joanne Harris:  A Narrow Door. Backordered 

Anne Hillerman: The Sacred Bridge. 

Joseph Kanon: The Berlin Exchange. 

Laurie R. King:  The Beekeeper's Apprentice: 

John Lescroart: The Missing Piece.  

Brad Meltzer: The Lightning Rod. 

Sara Paretsky:  Overboard. 

Patterson /Barker: Death of Black Widow. 

David Rosenfelt: Citizen K-9:  K Team 

John Sandford:  The Investigator. 

Lisa Scottoline:  What Happened to the Bennetts. 

Jesse Q. Sutanto:  Dial A for Aunties.  

Paul Vidich: The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin. Rosie Walsh:  Love of My Life.  

Jacqueline Winspear:  A Sunlit Weapon. 

Stuart Woods:  A Safe House. 

Stephanie Wrobel:  This Might Hurt.  

  

NON FICTION 

Daniel James Brown: Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in WW II.    Michelle Zauner:  Crying in H Mart.   

Nikole Hannah-Jones:  The 1619 Project:

Quian Julie Wang: Beautiful Country. 

Nathaniel Philbrick:  Travels with George: In Search of George Washington & His Legacy






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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

NEW ADULT JANUARY 2023

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

CARANCI COLLECTION 2022

Purchased in Memory of Norma M. CARANCI and John A. CARANCI


NONFICTION

Passage to Liberty: Italian Immigration and the Rebirth of America - A. Kenneth Ciongoli

La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience- Jerre Mangione and Ben Morreale

Nonno tell us a story: Pietrantonio Lombardi 

It Happened in Italy: Untold Stories How the People of Italy Defied Horrors of the Holocaust - Elizabeth Bettina

My Two Italies: - Joseph Luzzi 

The Gatherings -Shirley Hager

 Natures Best Hope - Tallamy 

Finding the Mother Tree - Simard 

FICTION

The Edelweiss Sisters: - Kate Hewitt

The Only Woman in the Room -Marie Benedict

Setting Free the Bears - John Irving

Eyes of the Dragon - Steven King   

Mists of Avalon - Bradley 


E BOARD BOOKS 

Snuggle Puppy - Boynton  

Your Baby’s First Word will be DADA - Fallon  

Everything is MAMA - Fallon 

Ten Apples up on top - Dr. Seuss 

Llamaste + Friends, being kind through Yoga 

Goodnight Country Store - Gamble  

Don’t Throw That Away - Bergen 

The 3 R’s - Roca  

The Plastic Problem - Andrus  

Recycling is fun -  Ghigna  

E PICTURE BOOK 

Night Tree - Eric Bunting  

Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree  

Sam and the Firefly - Eastman  

Paddle to the Sea - Holling  

500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins - Dr.Seuss 

Old enough to save the Planet - Kirby  

J FICTION 

The Star Of Kazan - Eva Ibbotson  


*****


SANDERSON COLLECTION 2021

Purchased in memory of Cathy Sanderson


Ayad Akhtar: Homeland Elegies

Kate Chopin: Complete Novels & Stories

Rachel Cusk: Outline:  (Outline Trilogy, 1)

Rachel Cusk: Transit:  (Outline Trilogy, 2)

Rachel Cusk: Kudos:  (Outline Trilogy, 3)

Esi Edogyan: Washington Black  

Elena Ferrante: The Lying Life of Adults

Mohsin Hamid: Reluctant Fundamentalist

Ursula Hegi:  Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls

Zora Hurston: Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Kazuo Ishiguro:  Klara and the Sun

Margot Livesey: The Boy in the Field

Thomas Mullen: The Last Town on Earth

Viet Thanh Nguyen:  The Committed

Sigrid Nunez:  The Friend

Sigrid Nunez:  What Are You Going Through.

Douglas Stuart:  Shuggie Bain

Colm Toibin:  Mothers and Sons Stories

Vendela Vida:  We Run the Tides: A Novel


New Children's Books 2021-2023

New Children's books 2023

New Children's books 2023

New Children's books 2023

                    NEW KIDS BOOKS  2023                   

E   BOARD BOOK

Your nose! :a wild little love song / S.Boynton

Little Blue Truck / Alice Schertie

      E   PICTURE BOOK

Farmhouse / Sophie Blackall

Cozy / Jan Brett.   

Cozy in love / Jan Brett.  

Hey Bruce! : an interactive  / Ryan T. Higgins.  

The little forest keepers / Mary Lindquist.  

Snow horses : a first night story / Patricia MacLachlan.  

Latkes and applesauce : a Hanukkah story / Fran Manuahkin   

Little Blue Truck / Alice Schertle.  

Little Blue Truck makes a friend / Alice Schertie

The pigeon will ride the roller coaster! / Mo Willems.   

      E   READER

The frustrating book / Mo Willems.   

      J   EARLY CHAPTER

Narwhalicorn and Jelly (Narwhal & Jelly, #7) / Ben Clanton.   

Pizza and Taco : rock out #5) / Stephen Shaken. 

      J   GRAPHIC

InvestiGators : Heist and seek, #6 / John Patrick Green.  

Bunnicula : the graphic novel / James Howe. 

Frizzy / Claribel A. Ortega.   

Cat Kid Comic Club, #4 : Collaborations / Dev Pilkey.  

Wings of Fire, #6 : Moon rising / Tui Sutherland.   

      J   FICTION

Amari and the great game, #2 / B.B. Alston.   

Ending, #1 : the Last / Katherine Applegate.   

Ending, #2 : the First / Katherine Applegate.  

Odder / Katherine Applegate.   

Inkspell (Inkheart, #2) / Cornelia Funke.  

Attack of the black rectangles / Amy Sarin King.   

Diaper overlode (Diary of a wimpy kid, #17) / Jeff Kinney.  

A rover’s story / Jasmine War.   

      J   BIOGRAPHY / NON-FICTION

The crayon man : true story of invention of Crayola crayons / Natascha Biebow

Listen to the language of trees / Tera Kelley.  

Pizza! : a slice of history / Greg Pizzoli.   

Full of life : exploring Earth’s biodiversity / Isabel Thomas.   

     YA   FICTION

The final gambit (Inheritance games, #3) / Jennifer Lynn Barnes.  

Gleamings / Neal Shusterman.   

The first to die at the end / Adam Silvera.   


New Children's Books 2022

New Children's books 2023

New Children's books 2023

           NEW KIDS BOOKS 2022                    

E   BOARD BOOK  

McDonald, Jill / Garden time.               

E   PICTURE BOOK  

Archer, Micha / Wonder walkers.     

Dewdney, Anna / Everything will be ok.    

Fong, Pam / Once upon a forest (wordless book).    Higgins, Ryan T. / Norman didn’t do it (yes, he did).    Kuefler, Joseph / The Digger and the duckling.        

Kuefler, Joseph/ The Digger and the flower.    

Sotomayer, Sonia / Just help.    

Wenzel, Brendan / Inside cat.   

Woodson, Jacqueline / The year we learned to fly.             

E   EARLY READER  

Hills, Tad / Rocket finds an egg.   

Tabor, Corey R. / Fox is late.      

Tabor, Corey R. / Fox versus winter.  

Willems, Mo / Guess what?.              

 J   EARLY CHAPTER  

Green, John Patrick / InvestiGators: Brave and bolder, #5.            

J   FICTION  

Higuera, Donna Barba / The last cuentista.    

Korman, Gordon / Operation do-over.    

McMann, Lisa / Map of flames (The forgotten 5, #1). Paulsen, Gary / Northwind.    

Peters, Shawn / unforgettable Logan Foster.    

Rubin, Adam / The ice-cream machine (six short stories).   Saeed, Alisha / Omar rising.            

 J   GRAPHIC  

Bruel, Nick / Bad Kitty gets a phone.   

Gibbs, Stuart / Spy School.     

Telgemeir, Raina / Sisters.     

Winick,Judd / Hilo: Gina and the big secret, #8.               

J   BIOGRAPHY / NON-FICTION  

Hannah-Jones, Nikole / 1619 Project: born on the water.    Weatherford, Carole / Unspeakable:Tulsa Race Massacre.              YA   FICTION  

Gong, Chloe / Our violent ends, #2.      

Gong, Chloe  / These violent delights, #1.    

Gray, Ayana / Beasts of prey, #1.    

Kaufman, Amie / Aurora’s end, #3.   

Mafi, Tahereh / This woven kingdom, #1.    

Schwartz, Dana / Anatomy: a love story.    

Sepetys, Ruta / I must betray you.    

Thao, Dustin / You reached Sam.             



New Children's Books 2021

New Children's books 2023

New Children's Books 2021

NEW KIDS BOOKS 2021 

E   BOARD BOOK 

1 Grumpy Bruce / Ryan T. Higgins              

E   PICTURE BOOK 

Brave as a mouse / Nicolo Carozzi   

Yes and no / Elisha Cooper  

Pirate Stew / Neil Gaiman  

10 spooky pumpkins / Gris Grimly   

The Bruce swap / Ryan T. Higgins   

Mother Bruce / Ryan T. Higgins  

Time for school, Little Blue Truck / Schertle   

One and only Sparkella / Channing Tatum 

Wishes / Muon The Van    

Carl -the meaning of life / Truman / Reidy            

E   EARLY READER 

Ice cream soup / Ann Ingalls   

See the dog: stories about a cat /La Rochelle   

Chick and Brain : Smell my foot / Cece Bell    

Charlie & Mouse even better / Laurel Snyder   

Who is the mystery reader? / Mo Willems             

 J   EARLY CHAPTER 

Happy Narwhalidays, #5 / Ben Clanton  

Narwhal's otter friend (Narwhal series, #4) / Ben Clanton  Princess in Black and giant problem, #8 / Shannon Hale  Rise of the Earth Dragon, #1 / Tracey West   

Saving the Sun Dragon, #2 / Tracey West    

Secret of the Water Dragon, #3 / Tracey West              J   FICTION 

Willowdeen / Katherine Applegate  

The great pet heist, #1 of 2 / Emily Ecton   

Starfish / Lisa Fipps   

Ground zero / Alan Grantz  

Ra, the Mighty : cat detective / Greenfield    

Wrecking ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #14) / Rowley Jefferson’s adventure, #2 / Jeff Kinney   

Rowley Jefferson’s spooky stories, #3 /Kinney  

Linked / Gordon Korman   

Pax, journey home, #2 / Sara Pennypacker           

 J   GRAPHIC 

Investigators, #1 / John Patrick Green  

Investigators take the plunge, #2 / John Patrick Green    Investigators off the hook, #3 / John Patrick Green   

New kid / Jerry Craft  

Dog Man : Fetch 22 (Dog Man series, #8)    

Smile / Raina Telemeier  

Kristy’s great idea, #1 / Ann M..Martin    

The truth about Stacey, #2 / Ann M. Martin    

Mary Anne saves the day, #3 / Ann M. Martin    

Okay witch and hungry shadow, #2 / Emma Steinkellner              

J   BIOGRAPHY / NON-FICTION 

History smashers: the Mayflower /Messner   

Hey, water / Antoinette Portis   

A ray of light / Walter Wick     

A life electric: Nikola Tesla / Azadeh Westergaard    Climate change / DK Eyewitness, John Woodward             

YA   FICTION 

The inheritance games, #1 of 2 / Jennifer Lynn Barnes    The Hawthorne legacy, #2 of 2 / Jennifer Lynn Barnes    Firekeeper’s daughter / Angeline Boulley    

Lovely war / Julie Berry    

The downstairs girl / Lee Stacey    

One of us is next / Karen McManus   

As good as dead, #3 of 3 / Holly Jackson   

Dead Wednesday / Jerry Spinelli    

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