Easter Bank Holiday Closing

 

The Library will be closed on

 

Good Friday 18 April

And

Easter Monday 21 April

 

Open Easter Saturday 19 April

Latest News and Upcoming Events

World Book Day at Haddenham Library was Out of This World!

 

The library welcomed Earth, Saturn and Mercury classes from Robert Arkenstall School to share stories, books, craft activities and more on this special day in the book world calendar. The photos show a few of our space theme non-fiction books, some of our fiction currently on the display shelf and a few of the pictures the children coloured. These will be put on display in the library in due course.

Every child visitor went home with a free book of their choice. These books were from our book sale stock – donations not required for our shelves, usually because they are duplicates or titles not on our computer system.

 

Our volunteers were pleased to hear comments such as, “I’ve been wanting a copy of this for years”, and “This is much more fun than school – I wish we could come every day.”

 

It was good to hear how knowledgeable many of the children were about the solar system, and their ideas about alien life, but more of a surprise was meeting a child who had actually met an alien. By the end of the story session we were all 99% convinced it was true!

A further 21 people came in during the after school session. In all, there were 131 visitors on the day.

 

       

 

Book Club

Our friendly Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month in the Library at 3.30pm. We welcome anyone who enjoys reading and likes
talking about books. We don't do 'lit crit' but we discuss why we like/didn't like the book choice. We exchange tips on recent reads that we think others might enjoy, and then wander on to a wide range of subjects. You don't have to buy the books – we take turns to choose a book from a Cambridgeshire Libraries multi-copy list. If you are interested in joining us, send a request to Sally via info@haddenhamlibrarycambs.co.uk or give your contact details to a Library Volunteer.

 

Upcoming read:

On 15 April at 3.30pm, we'll be discussing 'The Poisonwood Bible (1998)' by Barbara Kingsolver, which was selected for Oprah's Book Club and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1999.

To join us, speak to a Library volunteer, or drop a line to info@haddenhamlibrarycambs.co.uk. We can even provide you with a copy of the book.