Whiting Library

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meetup
2021-04-30 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom Online
The Theme for April’s Arts and Crafts Club is Citizen Science Month!
The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up a take-and-make craft bag at the Whiting Library. You will receive directions, templates, and supplies to make fun and interesting craft projects at home. Best of all, on the last Friday of the month at 11am, come to The Art and Craft Club Zoom Meetup to show and tell all about your crafting creations!
Sign each child up for the Arts & Crafts Club here.
Here is the link to join the Art & Craft Club Zoom meeting on the last Friday of each month. This month’s meet up will be March 26th, 2021!:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82743593719
Meeting ID: 827 4359 3719

Golden Dome Award Book Club
2021-04-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-03-31 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-03-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-03-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-03-10 12:00 - 13:00 and 1 more date | Zoom Online
Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Golden Dome Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Golden Dome Books they’ve been reading and enjoy a read aloud of a book selected by the group. Students will keep a log of their reading & vote for their favorite book to win the Vermont Golden Dome Book Award in April. This year will be an opportunity to build our discussion skills and to share our experiences of these terrific books. Join Carrie weekly on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. The Book Club will last approximately 30-45 minutes, depending on the kids interest. There will also be crafts!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89504575702
Meeting ID: 895 0457 5702

Virtual Story Time
2021-04-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-04-16 12:00, 2021-04-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-04-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-03-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-03-12 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings Story Time online to the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!

April Book Club
2021-04-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Online
The Whiting Library Book Club holds our monthly discussions live on Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month. The book pick for April is Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We will gather on Zoom on Tuesday, April 20th at 6pm to talk all about it.
“Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They’re completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home—a home that is silent and suffocating.
As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father’s authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins’ laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.
Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom” (from Goodreads)
Please feel free to join the group, all are welcome! If you need a copy to read, Whiting Library has copies ready to lend. Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we will put it out for Front Porch Pick Up when available.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.
The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Topic: Whiting Library Book Club
Time: April 20 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900041488
Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488

Board of Trustees Meeting
2021-04-13 08:30 - 09:30, 2021-03-09 08:30 - 21:30 | Zoom Online
The public is welcome to attend Whiting Library Board of Trustee meetings. Currently, all meetings are held virtually using the Zoom online platform.

National Library Week
2021-04-04 - 2021-04-11 | VT
Whiting Library celebrates National Library Week from April 4-10th, 2021! This important week highlights the essential role libraries, librarians and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries of all types across the country each April. The theme for this year’s National Library Week is “Welcome to Your Library,” which promotes the idea that libraries extend far beyond the four walls of a building and that everyone is welcome to use their services.
As a thank you to all our patrons, Whiting Library will be handing out a coupon for a free book from our book sale for every check out request for Front Porch Pick Up this week. Simply give us a call at 875-2277 or send an email to whitinglibrary1@gmail.com to request items to check out. You can also browse the library catalog online and make requests directly there. Library staff is happy to make recommendations, print or copy documents, answer reference questions, and assist you with all your library needs. Staff are available during all our regular open hours.
There are two special days during National Library Week we want to highlight. First is April 6th, which is Library Workers Day. On Library Workers Day the staff of Whiting will put our feet up and take a spa day, just kidding, we’ll be doing the work we love in the library as usual! You can celebrate Library Worker Day by telling us your stories about helpful, informative, or fun interactions you have had with Whiting staff. We would love to hear how the library staff has helped you out in whatever small way. You can fill out a form on our front porch or website, or just send us an email (or letter!) with your story.
The second special day is Library Giving Day on April 7th. Library Giving Day is a one day online fundraising push to help the library reach our annual $18,000 fundraising goal. This is essential money we use to purchase books and resources, subscribe to online services, offer engaging programs, feed the fish, and so much more. We are deeply grateful for all of the community members who make the library run with your donations each year. Consider making Library Giving Day your chance to honor the library by using the yellow donation button on our homepage at www.whitinglibrary.org. We are looking forward to celebrating this special week with you!

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meet Up
2021-03-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
The Theme for March’s Arts and Crafts Club is Women’s History Month!
The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up a take-and-make craft bag at the Whiting Library. You will receive directions, templates, and supplies to make fun and interesting craft projects at home. Best of all, on the last Friday of the month at 11am, come to The Art and Craft Club Zoom Meetup to show and tell all about your crafting creations!
Sign each child up for the Arts & Crafts Club here.
Here is the link to join the Art & Craft Club Zoom meeting on the last Friday of each month. This month’s meet up will be March 26th, 2021!:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82743593719
Meeting ID: 827 4359 3719

March Book Club Discussion
2021-03-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Online
The Whiting Library Book Club holds our monthly discussions live on Zoom on the third Tuesday of each month. The book pick for March is The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. We will gather on Zoom on Tuesday, March 16th at 6pm to talk all about it.
“By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady’s maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, “Dear Miss Sweetie.”
When her column becomes wildly popular—and wildly criticized—Jo finds a mysterious letter that sets her off on a search for her own past and the parents who abandoned her. But when her efforts put her in the crosshairs of Atlanta’s most notorious criminal, Jo must decide whether she’s ready to come out of hiding in plain sight and step into the light.”
Please feel free to join the group, all are welcome! If you need a copy to read, Whiting Library will have copies ready to lend. Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we will put it out for Front Porch Pick Up when available.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.

The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Topic: Whiting Library Book Club
Time: Mar 16, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900041488
Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488

Virtual Story Time
2021-02-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-02-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2021-02-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Online
Youth Services Librarian Carrie King brings library programs online to continue providing services to youth in the virtual world via Zoom. Books will be read, crafts ideas will be shared, booties will be shaken. Tune on in every Friday at 11am for Story Time!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72916171499?pwd=[REDACTED]

Arts & Crafts Club Virtual Meet Up
2021-02-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom Online
The Theme for January’s Arts and Crafts Club is Black History Month!
The Arts and Crafts Club is a monthly meet up for children of all ages to get together to create, share, and hang out. Sign up to be in the Arts & Craft Club and each first Wednesday of the month come pick up a take-and-make craft bag at the Whiting Library. You will receive directions, templates, and supplies to make fun and interesting craft projects at home. Best of all, on the last Wednesday of the month at 1pm, come to The Art and Craft Club Zoom Meetup to show and tell all about your crafting creations!
Sign each child up for the Arts & Crafts Club here.
Here is the link to join the Art & Craft Club Zoom meeting on the last Wednesday of each month. This month’s meet up will be February 24th, 2021!:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82743593719
Meeting ID: 827 4359 3719

Lunch Bunch Book Club
2021-02-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2021-02-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom Online
Whether your child’s a bookworm or a struggling reader, sharing a book with others is way more fun than reading solo. Each week, students in grades 4-8 are invited to discuss a book from this year’s Vermont Middle Grade Book Award List. Participants may tell the group about any Vermont Middle Grade Books they’ve been reading and enjoy a read aloud of a book selected by the group. Students will keep a log of their reading & vote for their favorite book to win the Vermont Middle Grade Book Award in April. This year will be an opportunity to build our discussion skills and to share our experiences of these terrific books. Join Carrie weekly on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. The Book Club will last approximately 30-45 minutes, depending on the kids interest. There will also be crafts!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89504575702
Meeting ID: 895 0457 5702

February Book Club Discussion
2021-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Online
The Whiting Library Book Club is back in action and having our monthly discussions live on Zoom. The book pick for February is The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. We will gather on Zoom on Tuesday, February 16th at 6pm to talk all about it.
“This alternate history novel tells the story of Cora and Caesar, two slaves in the southeastern United States during the 19th century, who make a bid for freedom from their Georgia plantations by following the Underground Railroad, which the novel depicts as primarily a rail transport system in addition to a series of safe houses and secret routes.
The Underground Railroad was a critical and commercial success, hitting the bestseller lists and winning several notable prizes. It won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. ”
(From Wikipedia)
Please feel free to join the group whether you are just reading the book now or read it before. It’s been out for a little while now so many of you may have already enjoyed it earlier. If you need a copy to read now, Whiting Library has a few ready to lend out! Just give us a call or shoot us an email and we will put it out for Front Porch Pick Up right away.
If you have any questions or would like to get on the email list for the Book Club, please contact Deirdre at the library. You can email whitinglibrary1@gmail.com or call 875-2277.
The Zoom Meeting login information is here:
Topic: Whiting Library Book Club
Time: Feb 16, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81900041488
Meeting ID: 819 0004 1488
