In this Newsletter: Expansion Update, Upcoming Programs, Top Items from 2019, Features of the Month, High Demand Holds, Friends, and More!
JANUARY NEWSLETTER
Expansion Update
Construction Update

December brought the demolition of the stack box, to prepare for the library expansion. Photos and video are on our Facebook page:

For project updates, including construction schedules, meeting minutes, and MBLC reports, please visit www.graftonlibrary.org/thetimeisnow.

Upcoming Library Planning & Building Committee Meetings:

Monday January 6, 2020, 6:00pm
Grafton Memorial Municipal Center, Room B
30 Providence Road, Grafton MA

Monday February 3, 2020, 6:00pm
Grafton Memorial Municipal Center, Room B
30 Providence Road, Grafton MA
NEW - Winter Reading Program!
This year we have a special treat for you: a Winter Reading Program with a Harry Potter theme! Harry Potter fans, book lovers, witches, wizards and muggles of all ages: children, teens, and adults - all are invited to participate. (You don't have to have read the Harry Potter books to participate and enjoy this event!)

The 2020 Winter Reading Program will begin December 1, 2019 and continue through March 31, 2020.
What's Happening in January
All Ages Events
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Crystal Ball Workshop
Saturday, January 11
Sessions at:
10 am
10:45 am
11:30 am
1 pm
1:45 pm

Registration begins Dec. 28
LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location: 53 North Main Street, North Grafton  
Adult Events
Monthly Book Clubs for Adults
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Adult & Teen Events
Saturday Afternoon Knitters
Saturday, January 4
2-4 pm

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location: 53 North Main Street, North Grafton  
G.U.M.
(Grafton Ukulele Musicians) Monthly Jam
Thursday, January 9
6:30-8pm

LOCATION: Apple Tree Arts,
One Grafton Common
Teen Events (Grades 6-12)
Dungeons & Dragons
Friday, January 17
5-9pm

Drop-in program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location: 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Check It Out Book Group
Friday, January 3
Wednesday, January 29
3-4pm

Sign up suggested but not required.

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location: 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Children's & Tweens Events
Cabin Fever Play Group
Mondays from 10:15-11:30pm
January 6
January 13
January 27

Drop-in program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location: 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Creature Sleepover and Storytime
Wednesday, January 29
1pm

Drop-in program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location: 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Silly Science @ Unibank
Ages 3-5
Mondays at 10:15 am
Next session begins January 6

Registration for the next session begins Dec. 23

LOCATION: Unibank, 89 Worcester Street
Preschool Storytime
Ages 3-5
Tuesdays at 9 and 10:15 am
Next session begins January 7

Registration for this session begins Dec. 23

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Toddler Time
Walking to 3 Years
Wednesdays at 9 and 10:15 am
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29

Drop-in program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Library Babies
Birth to Walking
Thursdays at 10:15 am
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30

Drop-in program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
PJ Storytime
All Ages
Thursday, January 9
6:15pm

Drop-in program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Bookworms Book Club
Kindergarten
Monday, January 6
6pm

Please register for this program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Bookworms Book Club
Grades 1 & 2
Monday, January 13
6pm

Registration begins Dec. 30

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Bookworms Book Club
Grades 3-5
Monday, January 13
6:45pm

Registration begins Dec. 30

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Friday Fun with Mr. Kim
Friday, January 10
10:30am

Registration begins Dec. 27

*You must call the Children's Room at 508-839-4649 to register*

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Saturday STEM Kids
Grades K-2
Saturday, January 4
10:30am

Registration begins Dec. 21

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
Saturday STEAM Kids
Grades 3-5
Saturday, January 4
1:30pm

Registration begins Dec. 21

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
LEGO Brick Builders
Preschoolers-Grade 5
Tuesdays from 4-6pm
January 7
January 14
January 21
January 28

Drop-in program

LOCATION: GPL Temporary Location 53 North Main Street, North Grafton 
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Closings & Delays
Popular in 2019
Most Popular
Most Popular Items Checked Out in Grafton

  1. TransAtlantic: A Novel by Colum McCann
  2. A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems
  3. Today I Will Fly! by Mo Willems
  4. Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems
  5. My New Friend is So Fun! by Mo Willems
  6. I Am Going! by Mo Willems
  7. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  8. I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems
  9. Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
  10. Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
Most Popular Items Checked Out in CWMARS

  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  2. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  3. Bohemian Rhapsody
  4. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
  5. Green Book
  6. The Mule
  7. The Wife
  8. Nine Perfect Strangers: A Novel by Liane Moriarty
  9. First Man
  10. The Reckoning: A Novel by John Grisham
Adult Fiction
Most Popular Adult Fiction Books Checked Out in Grafton

  1. TransAtlantic: A Novel by Colum McCann
  2. Nine Perfect Strangers: A Novel by Liane Moriarty
  3. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  4. A Spark of Light: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
  5. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
  6. Run Away by Harlan Coben
  7. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See
  8. The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
  9. Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
  10. Turning Point: A Novel by Danielle Steel
Most Popular Adult Fiction Books Checked Out in CWMARS

  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  2. Nine Perfect Strangers: A Novel by Liane Moriarty
  3. The Reckoning: A Novel by John Grisham
  4. Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
  5. Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
  6. Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel by Celeste Ng
  7. A Spark of Light: A Novel by Jodi Picoult
  8. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
  9. Unsheltered: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
  10. Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
Adult Nonfiction
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Books Checked Out in Grafton

  1. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  2. Without You, There is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim
  3. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
  4. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
  5. On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz
  6. No Dream is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon by Buzz Aldrin
  7. A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life by James Bowen
  8. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People by Nadia Bolz-Weber
  9. The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders
  10. This Year I Will: How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True by M.J. Ryan
Most Popular Adult Nonfiction Books Checked Out in CWMARS

  1. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  2. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
  3. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David G. McCullough
  4. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  5. Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis
  6. Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing as We Age by Mary Bray Pipher
  7. Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
  8. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
  9. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottieb
  10. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Adult and Teen Movies
TV Series
Most Popular TV Series Checked Out in Grafton

  1. Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
  2. Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season
  3. The Terror: The Complete First Season

Only 3 TV series were in the top 1,000 items checked in Grafton.
Teen Books
Most Popular Teen Books Checked Out in Grafton

  1. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
  2. Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
  3. Where You'll Find Me by Natasha Friend
  4. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
  5. Peak by Roland Smith
  6. Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
  7. Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis by Peter Nelson
  8. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
  9. Dan Versus Nature by Don Calame
  10. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Most Popular Teen Books Checked Out in CWMARS

  1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
  2. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka
  3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  4. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
  5. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
  6. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
  7. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
  8. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  9. The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
  10. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Children's Books
Most Popular Children's Books Checked Out in Grafton

  1. A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems
  2. Today I Will Fly! by Mo Willems
  3. Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems
  4. My New Friend is So Fun! by Mo Willems
  5. I Am Going! by Mo Willems
  6. I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems
  7. Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
  8. Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
  9. Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
  10. I'm a Frog! by Mo Willems
Most Popular Children's Books Checked Out in CWMARS

  1. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
  3. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pilkey
  4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney
  5. Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
  7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney
  8. Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey
  9. Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
  10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
Children's Movies
Video Games
Most Popular Video Games Checked Out in CWMARS

  1. Mariokart 8 Deluxe

Only 1 video game was in the top 1,000 items checked in CWMARS.
Overdrive
Top 5 eBooks

  1. Educated by Tara Westover
  2. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
  3. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  4. Becoming by Michelle Obama
  5. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
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Hoopla
Top 5 Books
  1. Unf#ck Your Brain by Faith G. Harper
  2. Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
  3. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
  4. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
  5. Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Crafting Alliances by Cube Kid
Top 5 Audios

  1. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
  2. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
  3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  4. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
  5. Big Nate Flips Out by Lincoln Peirce
Features of the Month
*NEW* Museum Pass:
Massachusetts State Police Museum & Learning Center
The MSPMLC is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history and traditions of the nation's first State Police agency.

LIBRARY PASS : Admits 2 adults. Children under age 16 are always free. Pass does not cover program fees.

Top 5 Museum Passes
  1. New England Aquarium
  2. Museum of Science
  3. Children's Museum
  4. Ecotarium
  5. Mass Parks Pass

Reserve These Passes and More!
Database:
Hoopla
What's better than digital access to movies, books, music and more? INSTANT access with NO waiting times! If you haven't tried Hoopla - see what you're missing out on.
Reminder!
With winter right around the corner be sure to check our website, social media, or call the Library if there is inclement weather to see if the Library has delayed opening or is closed.
High Demand Holds
BOOKS

  1. The Dutch House: A Novel by Ann Patchett
  2. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
  3. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
  4. The Guardians by John Grisham
  5. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  6. Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
  7. The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
  8. A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
  9. Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich
  10. Criss Cross by James Patterson
Friends of the Grafton Public Library
Next Friends Board Meetings

Tuesday January 14th 7:30pm Board Meeting
Grafton Memorial Municipal Center Room D 30 Providence Road Grafton MA

Have a recommendation on what the Library should purchase?

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