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Chesterfield Public Library
Summer Reading Program – 2008

“G’Day for Reading” Program Schedule

June 7 – July 7 - Sign-up for 6 weeks of adventure going “down under” on a vacation in Australia. Experience the Aboriginal culture, the Outback, the Barrier Reef, agriculture and strange wildlife of this far away continent.

The following six-week programs will be held at the Chesterfield Library on Mondays at 10:30 am, unless otherwise noted:

July 7 – Aboriginal “Dreamtime” stories and crafts with Angela Klinger, The Storyteller, from Salem, NH.  She comes to us sponsored by the “Kids, Books, and the Arts” grant and the Friends of Chesterfield Library.

July 14 – Equestrians from Australia and New Zealand will ride in on their horses from Roads End Farm to tell us about living “down under” and will answer our questions.

July 21 – What lives in the beautiful coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef off Australia ?  Let us find out!

July 28 – A field trip to Valerie Pietraszewska’s farm will give us a close up experience in sheep farming and working dogs. We will get a lesson in herding sheep with her border collies.  Bring a picnic lunch!

Aug 4 – Peter Starkey will share his down under adventures, presenting a slide show of his time in Australia .

"Winners Are"

Authors Contest Awards
More To Come

The speaker, Edie Clark, helped present the awards, along with Elaine Belowski, Authors Contest organizer of the Library Friends Group.

Edie and Elaine

High School Student Josh Ramsey and mom Bettina

Nancy Oakes, Edie and Elaine

Jane, Edie and Elaine

Leslie Burns, Edie and Elaine

Edie and Nancy Oakes

2008 Winners for the Authors’ Contest

1^st Grade:

Non-Fiction

3^rd Place – Dimitri Seger – Legos
2^nd Place – Manning Kirker – Safe Penguin
1^st Place – Kaley Brown – Tubing

Fiction

3^rd – Place – Abigail Spear – Watch Out For that Dog!
2^nd Place – Evan Chickering - Penguins
1^st Place – Abagayle Hamlin - Leo the Dog’s Adventure

Poetry

3^rd Place – Lacey Mercure – Nocturnal Animal
2^nd Place – Makayla Frazier – Nocturnal Animal
1^st Place – Owen Burns – The Awesome Disappearing Rainforest

 2^nd Grade: Judge Comment "Very Creative!"

Non-Fiction

Honorable Mention – Rachel Clark – Me and My Dog

3^rd Place – Will Holtzman – Yummy
2^nd Place – Grace Auger – Camping with Amelia in the White Mountains
1^st Place – Joshua Beets – Tennessee Smokies

Fiction

3^rd Place – Dylan Reilly – My Dog
2^nd Place – Anthony Knight – Anthony and His Dinosaur
1^st Place – Ryan Roof – The Bull Dog and the Evil Snowman

Poetry

Honorable Mention – Mittens – Madelyn Lucius

3^rd Place – Anthony Knight – About Mittens
2^nd Place – Kaya Dean – My Seasons
1^st Place – Madison White – Frostbite

3^rd Grade:

Non-Fiction

3^rd Place – Alexis Robarge – The First Snowfall
2^nd Place – Jaidyn Emery – The Frightened Family
1^st Place – Hannah Belawske – More Than Anything in the World – I Would Like to Live Like a Pilgrim!

Fiction

3^rd Place – Ty Holtzman - Creepy
2^nd Place – Hannah Belawske – The Magic of Learning
1^st Place – Jason Langevin – The Lost Boy

Poetry

3^rd Place – Benjamin Gemmell -Bat Poem
2^nd Place – Hannah Belawske - Spots
1^st Place – Mason Belawske – Eerie Elevators

4^th Grade:

Non-Fiction

1^st Place – Grace Pepin – What I found in my Backpack

Fiction

3^rd Place – Erin Benedick – Bamboo, The Flying Panda
2^nd Place – Katie Roy – Leprechauns Gold
1^st Place – Jami VanWezel – How the Beaver Got It’s Flat Checkered Tail

Poetry

3^rd Place – Casey Ells – Autumn
2^nd Place – Jami Van Wezel – Fall
1^st Place – Elyse Chickering – The New Kid on My Block

5^th Grade:

Non-Fiction

3^rd Place – Charles Reilly III – Sleep Over Adventure
2^nd Place – Hanja McDurfee – Teddy and Me
1^st Place – Nicole Neff – A Day at The Park  

5^th Grade – Judge Comment – “Creative, well developed, super use of dialogue, funny!”

Fiction

Honorable Mentions:

Ayla Cordell – Our Secret
Jackson Rathbun – Bravery of Brothers

3^rd Place – Katherine Edwards – Boys s. Girls
2^nd Place – Rachel Morrison – My First Day of School
1^st Place – My Spiced Life – Sarah Hinzman

5th Grade – Judge Comments – “What a terrific & colorful group of

poems – full of vivid descriptions and believable word pictures on a fun variety of subjects – from friends & pets, sports & career plans, to snowstorms, nature & special places – even a psychopathic Barbie doll!  Such wonderful writing makes it very difficult to choose only a few!  Thank you for your writing – and keep it up!”

Poetry

Honorable Mentions:

3^rd Runner Up – Tasjia Barnes – My Special Place
2^nd Runner Up – Sarah Secord – Christmas Time
1^st Runner Up – Christian Coulborn – Sand

3^rd Place – Charles Reilly III – The Game of Hockey
3^rd Place – Ayla Cordell – Dancer
2^nd Place – Samantha Stohr – Northern Lights
1^st Place – Kelly Hennigan – The River

6^th Grade:

Non-Fiction

3^rd Place – Jonathan Harkness – The Lacrosse Field 
2^nd Place – Lilly Derosia – Playing Softball
1^st Place – Kali Santino – My Favorite Place

6^th Grade – Judge Comment – “Super imagery, good use of dialogue, surprising good use of punctuation, well developed plots.”

Fiction

Honorable Mention – Hillary Renaud – Scary Story

3^rd Place – Beryl Fulford – Beryl & The Magic Pebble
2^nd Place – Amanda Livernois – Taylor & The Light Keepers
1^st Place – Ivy Pepin – Two Septembers

6^th Grade – Judge Comments – “So many good ones, good job everyone!”

Poetry

Honorable Mentions:

3^rd Runner Up – Jimmy Heaney – Last Game of the Year
2^nd Runner Up – Bryant Johnson – The Last Present
1^st Runner Up – Bret Bemis – When a Sailor Babysat

3^rd Place – Ivy Pepin – A Wish
2^nd Place – Anya Owens – Thanksgiving Time Together
1^st Place – Lilly Derosia – Can I Open My Presents Now

7^th Grade:

Non-Fiction

2^nd Place – Jordan Van Wezel – The Devastating Crisis of Global Warming
1^st Place – Jamie Burns – The Perfect Sister

7^th Grade – Judge Comment – “1^st place essay contains incredible detail and development, both imaginative!”

Fiction

2^nd Place – Jordan Van Wezel – How the Earth Came to Be
1^st Place – Lacey Hamelin – The World Stopped Spinning

Poetry

2^nd Place – Jamie Burns – Adorable Baby Sister 
1^st Place – Tiffany Winn – Weather

8^th Grade – Judge Comment – “Warm and engaging, with a natural progression and clear, personable style that gives the reader a life-like introduction to Abby. Makes me very curious to hear the “Weirdo’s Band!”

Non-Fiction

1^st Place – Caitlyn Ramsey – Abby and I

8^th Grade – Judge Comment – “Really distinct voices, interesting and complex sentence construction, well developed plot lines.”

Fiction

3^rd Place – Maddie Powers – It’s Too Late
2^nd Place – Emily Klaski – The Adventures of a Shiny Balloon
1^st Place – Caitlyn Ramsey – Ana Maria Piccucah Sniff

8^th Grade – Judge Comment – “Strong words, invoking images of hope – for immigrants seeing the Statue of Liberty or hopelessness – for the losing swim team.  Nice Work!”

Poetry

2^nd Place – Caitlyn Ramsey – Ode to the Losing Swim Team
1^st Place – Hailey Cook – Come Here

High School – Judge Comments – “Flush with alliteration, colorful hyperbole, and finely-tuned statements of opinion, this piece was clearly crafted by a master of the music-review genre – a blog - head.  I suspect.  A lightly written personable style with astonishing construction and refined knowledge of the subject matter had me constantly reminding myself that this was not the Keene Sentinel – Rolling Stone, for that matter.  Note to Author:  I hope that journalistic studies are one of your future options!”

Non-Fiction

1^st Place – Cooper Hardee – Pitchfork Over-Pitches “Personal Pitch”  A Critical Look at the Music Industry

Fiction – Judges Comments – “Fun sense of Humor and Irony, Great Characters!”

1^st Place – Josh Ramsey – Torn Bill (Parody of Ragged Dick)

Adults – Judge Comments – “Both fun stories, the first place had particularly good  description.”

Non-Fiction

2^nd Place – Nancy Oakes – Texas Trip
1^st Place – Jane Anderson – A Hole in One

Adults – Judge Comments – “Sweet Premise.”

Fiction

1^st Place – Joanne MacLean – The Love of Charlie

Adults – Judge Comment – “1^st Place selection – Very Special because it brought back memories of when my kids were babies!”

Poetry

2^nd Place – Susan Carbin-Hardee – Pierce Island Return in May
1^st Place – Leslie Burns – Morning Feeding

Downloadable Audio Books:

Library users can now register to download audio books from Overdrive through an agreement with the NH State Library.  Please come to the library for your user password and complete instructions to begin enjoying this new wonderful service.

Technology Grant:

Ocean National Bank has granted the library a generous amount of money to be used for upgrading the library computers and technical equipment.

WiFi:

The library is pleased to offer wireless Internet service for your convenience.

Come in and check us out!