Chester, VT: January, 2023 –  Reconnect with the Whiting Library this winter and renew your love of reading, learning, and community by celebrating Lunar New Year and Hobby Month throughout January. Come meet our new Library Director, Pamela Johnson-Spurlock, and Library Assistant, Colleen Garvey. It’s a new chapter for the library and we can’t wait to see you in the new year.

Plus, there is a Hobby Month raffle prize drawing on January 31st. Library patrons may earn raffle prize tickets simply by checking out the library in January. Caregivers with young children are encouraged to come to the library for Story Hour with our Youth Services Librarian, Carrie Roy King, weekly on Fridays at 11 a.m. 

Come watch our indoor garden grow, sit for a spell and work on our community puzzle in the reading room, and check out the Lunar New Year and Hobby Month decorations, games and activities set up in the library.

By taking advantage of the long winter and spending some quality time reading library books with kids, you can set your children up for success. All ages can now pick up a January Reading Challenge Kit packed with fun goodies and reading incentives. Then find your favorite reading spot and snuggle up with a good book! Read books, e-books, graphic novels or magazines, or listen to an audiobook – it all counts! 

Whiting Library is looking forward to offering you quality programming all winter long! Find out more information about both children and adults on our website, www.whitinglibrary.org or by calling 875-2277. 

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year will be celebrated on Sunday, January 22, 2023. Lunar New Year begins on the date (in East Asia) of the second new Moon after the first day of winter which always takes place in late December. In 2023, this new Moon occurs in China on Sunday, January 22, marking the start of the Lunar New Year. Celebrate.

Although this holiday has commonly been called “Chinese New Year” in the West, China is not the only country to observe it. Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most celebrated and longest of all Asian festivals, and is observed by millions of people around the world.

Source: https://www.almanac.com/content/chinese-new-year-chinese-zodiac