Hubbardston Library

Summer Book Lists

2011-05-17T13:16:00.003-04:00

They're finally here! We've finally finished putting together our Summer Reading Contest book lists, and so now, I'm going to share them with you! Please let us know if you see any problems with our list, we want to know about and fix any problems that may have developed!

To register for the contest: Call us (989-981-6106), or drop by (305 Russell, Hubbardston, MI). Please register BY JUNE 1ST!

NOTICE: TO QUALIFY FOR YOUR NAME IN OUR END-OF-CONTEST DRAWING, YOU MUST BE OF SAME AGE/GRADE OF CATEGORY BOOK IS FROM, AND BOOK MUST BE BORROWED AND RETURNED TO THE HUBBARDSTON LIBRARY.

Toddler-1st grade:
Click, Clack, Moo-Doreen Cronin
Knuffle Bunny-Mo Willems
Nate the Great (series)-Marjorie Sharmat
Tales of Oliver Pig (series)-Jean Van Leeuwen
Frog and Toad-Arnold Lobel
Mouse Tales-Arnold Lobel
David Goes to School-Shannon
Little Quack-Thompson
Franklin (series)-Bourgeois
Olivia (series)-Falconer
Children Make Terrible Pets-Peter Brown
I Love Bugs!-Ralph Covert
If you Give a Pig a Pancake-Laura Joffe Numeroff
City Dog, Country Frog- Mo Willems
The Jellybeans and the Big Camp Kickoff-Laura Joffe Numeroff and Nate Evans
Amelia Bedelia (series)-Herman Parish
Skippyjon Jones (series)-Judy Schachner
The Hiccupotamus-Aaron Zenz
Bunny's Noisy Book-Lisa McCue
Ginger and Petunia-Patricia Polacco
The Scrambled State of America Talent Show-Laurie Keller
Pictures from Our Vacation-Lynne Rae Perkins
The Christmas Boot-Lisa Wheeler
The Sandwich Swap-Queen Rania Al Abdulah
Frog Prince-The Brothers Grimm
There are Monsters Everywhere-Mercer Meyer
Fancy Nancy-Jane O'Connor
Library Mouse-Daniel Kirk
Where the Wild Things Are-Maurise Sendak
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers-Gloria Whelan
The Jellybeans and the Big Dance-Laura Joffe Numeroff and Nate Evans
J is for Jump Shot, A Basketball Alphabet-Mike Ulmer
Auntie Clause and the Key to Christmas-Elise Primavera
13 Words-Lemony Snicket
Thumbelina-Susan Jefferson
Three Lessons for Astair the Bear-Martin Brennan
The Curious Polka-Dot Present-Cheri L. Hallwood
The Busy Body Book-Lizzy Rockwell
Grammie's Secret Cupboard-Cynthia Furlong Reynolds
Santa Kid-James Patterson
No Room for Nepoleon-Adria Meserve
Crocodaddy-Kim Norman
Priscilla McDoodleNut DoodleMcMae asks 'Why?'-Janet Mary Sinke
Walter the Farting Dog (series)-William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray and Elizabeth Gundy
Just Like Mama-Leslie Newman
My Grandma Likes to Say-Denise Brennan-Nelson
Say Hello to Zorro-Carter Goodrich
How to Trick or Treat in Outer Space-Kathleen Krull
Spot's Day Out-Eric Hill
Badger's Parting Gift-Susan Varley
Biscuit-Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Brewster the Rooster-Devin Scillian
SheetzuCacaPoopoo, My Kind of Dog-Joy Behar
Where's my Mom?-Julia Donaldson
The Boss Baby-Maria Frazee
Cesar Takes a Break-Susan Collins Thoms
The Town of Zack-Dava Savel

2nd-5th grades:
Ramona Forever (series)-Beverly Cleary
Matilda-Roald Dahl
Amber Brown (series)-Paula Danzinger
Bunnicula (series)-James Howe
Magic Tree House (series)-Mary Pope Osborne
Junie B. Jones (series)-Barbara Park
How to Eat Fried Worms-H. Rockwell
Time Warp Trio- Jon Scieszka
Taste of Blackberries-Doris Smith
Encyclopedia Brown (series)-Donald Sobol
Boxcar children (series)-Gertrude Warner
Dear America (series)- various authors
The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown-Betsy Byars
Summer of the Swans-Betsy Byars
Dark is Rising (series)-Susan Cooper
The King of Dragons-Carol Fenner
My Side of the Mountain (series)- Jean C. George
Among the Hidden-Margaret Haddix
Cousins-Virginia Hamilton
View from Saturday-E. L. Konigsburg
Anne of Green Gables (series)-L. M. Montgomery
Holes-Louis Sachar
Witch of Blackbird Pond-Elizabeth Speare
Babymouse (series)-Holm
Secrets of Droon-Abbot
A Year Down Yonder-Peck
Stone Fox-John Reynolds Gardiner
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II-Lita Judge
Sarah, Plain and Tall-Patricia MacLachlan
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude-Kevin O'Malley
The Underneath-Kathi Appelt
When You Reach Me-Rebecca Stead
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)-Lemony Snicket
Mysteries in our National Parks (series)-Skurzynski Ferguson
The Counterfeit Princess-Jane Resh Thomas
Guardians of Ga'hoole (series)-Kathryn Lasky
The Moffats (series)- Eleanor Estes
The Riddles of Epsilon-Christine Marton-Shaw
The Goose Girl-Shannon Hale
Book of the Thousand Days-Shannon Hale
Oliver Twist-Charles Dickens
The Unicorn Chronicles-Bruce Coville

6th-8th grades:
Mystery of the Cupboard-Lynne Reid Banks
Zlata's Diary: a Child's Life in Sarajevo-Zlata Flipovic
Julie of the Wolves-Jean Craighead George
Falcon's Egg-Luli Gray
Where the Red Fern Grows-Wilson Rawls
The Trouble with Tuck-Theodore Taylor
Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
Fight for Life-Laurie Halse Anderson
Trapped-Laurie Halse Anderson
Twisted-Laurie Halse Anderson
Wintergirls-Laurie Halse Anderson
A Great and Terrible Beauty-Libba Bray
Redwall (series)-Brian Jacques
The Prince of Mist-Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Moon over Manifest-Clare Vanderpool
First Strike-Jack Higgins
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer-John Grisham
Native Tongue-Carl Hiaasen
Tangerine-Edward Bloor
Airhead-Meg Cabot
Lost Boys-Orson Scott Card
Heist Society-Ally Carter
The Demon King-Cinda Williams Chima
Warrior Heir (series)- Cinda Williams Chima
Artemis Fowl (series)-Eoin Colfer
The Three Musketeers-Alexander Dumas
The Reformed Vampire Support Group-Catherine Jinks
The Jungle Book-Rudyard Kiplin
Trouble-Gary D. Schmidt
Guys Write for Guys Read-Jon Schieszka
The Hobbit-J. R. R. Tolkien
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-Jules Verne
War of the Worlds-H. G. Wells
Warriors (series)-Erin Hunter
Nobody's Princess (series)- Esther Friesner
Eragon (series)-Christopher Paolini
Magyk (series)-Angie Sage
Pirates!-Celia Rees
The Land of Elyon (series)-Patrick Carmen
The Princess and the Hound-Mette Ivie Harrison
Ophelia-Lisa Klein
Marie, Dancing-Carolyn Meyer
Dial-A-Ghost-Eva Ibbotson
Island of the Aunts-Eva Ibbotson
The Secret of Platform 13-Eva Ibbotson
Harry Potter (series)-J. K. Rowling

Surprise!

2011-05-10T23:31:00.002-04:00

Happy Spring, everyone! I hope this gradually warming weather is cheering everybody up into happier moods. I know for us that it's finally awaken us from our hibernation!
I wanted to throw out here that starting tomorrow, May 11th, we're accepting registration for our first annual Summer Reading Contest! That's right, folks, so if you have kids from toddler through 8th grade, sign 'em up! There's no entrance fee, and the rewards are endless! Next week I will be posting the book lists for our three individual age groups (toddler-1st grade, 2nd-5th grades, and 6th-8th grades), and for every book your child reads from our list, they receive another chance to win a fabulous prize at our Third Annual End of Summer Party on August 11th, when the contest ends.
All you have to do is let us know that your child is participating, and what age group they're in, then stop by after June 1st and let them pick out their first book for the summer! When they return the book, we'll ask them a few questions to see how they liked it, and put their name in for a drawing to win a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place prize at our end of summer party! Then they can pick out another book, and do it all again! What have you or your child got to lose? Sign up now!
Looking forward to some exciting reading competition over the summer!
-Your Neighborhood Library Ladies

We're Back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-12T12:48:00.001-05:00

Sorry we haven’t posted in awhile. We heard the word “holiday” and work went right out the window. We got wrapped up in all things Christmas. We had a cookie exchange which was a great success. Lots of laughing and great cookies. Santa showed up at the Library and we made ornaments for the kids to take home. We even made one for Santa Claus.

We hope everyone started the New Year off right and it is a good year for everyone.

We have a card making class scheduled for Feb. 20th from 2:00-5:00. We will be making 16 all occasion cards ( 2 each of 8 designs) for $20.00.
The class will be held here at the Library (305 Russell St) and you can reserve your spot or have any questions answered by calling (989) 981-6106 or(989)330-8909. Please come and join us.

Thanks for hanging in there with us while we enjoyed our Christmas season !!!!!!!!!!

Your Local Library Blog Ladies

Christmas Wreaths

2010-10-19T12:42:00.002-04:00

The Hubbardston Library is selling beautiful evergreen wreaths for the Holiday season with proceeds to support the library. They are very nice and last a long time. The price will again be $20 and the wreaths will be delivered the week before Thanksgiving. For more information or to order please call 989-981-6106. If no one is available please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible.

Mid-October Update

2010-10-12T11:01:00.002-04:00

We had a great turn out for the scrapbooking day! Thanks to all the ladies who came and made the day so much fun! We hope to see you all next year!

Next up is the Third-Annual Haunted Library, come join the spoooooky fun. We're bringing some new and scary things to our Haunted Library this year, as well as seeing some old friends. There will be snacks and games provided in the lobby, and a special treat for the brave souls who make it through. There is no entrance fee, but we are taking free-will donations for our "new book" fund. We will be open on Friday, October 29th, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.. Saturday, the 30th we will be scaring from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. On Sunday the 31st (Halloween) we will be here from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Hope to scream you there!

One of our board members, Trina Larsen, will be hosting a Stampin Up Party at the Library on October 28th, we have not set a time yet, but you can call for more information and to reserve a spot. Library's number: 989-981-6106 Trina's number: 989-330-8909 Keep a look out for updates!

We will be posting again soon, and we hope to see sooner at the Library! Happy reading!
Your Friendly, Neighborhood Library Ladies

Another Update.....

2010-09-16T16:22:00.002-04:00

The rummage sale of 2010 is done and over with. We had a lot of nice stuff donated and a big thank you to those of you who donated, browsed and/or shopped. The proceeds went to two very good causes. The Library and the Community Center split the money. Lots of work and lots of fun but I am glad it is behind us.

Sunday the 19th is the planning meeting for the Haunted Library. Please join us at the library at 1:30 and bring all your good ideas with you. Snacks will be served.

Our scrapbooking event is Oct. 2nd. We will be here from 10:00a.m.- 8:00 p.m. For $25 we will provide lunch, dinnner, snacks, Cricut, Cuttlebug, and a door prize. We will also be selling raffle tickets for some fun prizes.If you have any questions or want to reserve your spot please call 989-981-6106.

Hope to see you at the library soon,

Your Local Library Blog Ladies

2010-09-09T16:07:00.002-04:00

Back again! We had a lot of fun and some wet kids at our back to school party and hope to do it again next year with a few changes. A good time was had by all who attended.

Preperations for the community rummage sale in the gym of the Hubbardston Community Center are going well, and we hope to see your smiling faces on Friday from 8am-6pm and Saturday from 9am-2pm!

Don't forget, if you want to participate in the Haunted Library, we are meeting on Sunday, Sept. 19th at 1:30 at the library to finalize the details. Please come and join us in the fun! Snacks will be provided for the brave who attend.

On Oct. 2 we will be hosting a scrapbooking day. We will be here from 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. The cost is $25.00 per spot and it includes lunch and dinner. We will have traditional scrappers and also digital. We have a Cricut and Cuttlebug for everyone to use. A door prize will be given. We also are inviting a local artist and culinary student to show off her beautiful handmade jewelry and treat us with some desserts. A great time to get a lot of scrapping done no matter which style you prefer. To reserve your spot call 989-981-6106. If no one is available please leave a message and your call will be returned ASAP.

In Eternal Service to our Avid Readers,
Your Local Library Blog Ladies

Upcoming Events

2010-08-31T14:20:00.002-04:00

Hello faithful blog readers. We have some fun stuff coming up in the next couple of months. Read on for details.

Sept. 10th from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sept. 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. there will be a HUGE rummage sale with proceeds to benefit the Library and Community Center. Food and drinks will be available.

Sept. 19th at 1:30-2:30 there is a planning session for anyone interested in helping with the 2nd annual Haunted Library. Homemade snacks will be provided for attendees. Please bring plenty of ideas and bring your calendars so we can schedule set up dates.

On Saturday Oct. 2nd the Library will be hosting an all day scrapbooking event. Call 989-981-6106 to reserve a spot. More details will be coming soon.

Hope to see you at our future events. May your last few days of summer be sunny and warm. We know it will be here :)
With Thoughts of Cooler weather,
Your Helpful Librarians

Back to School/End of Summer PARTY!!!

2010-08-21T20:23:00.003-04:00

Well, my faithful followers, it seems we have been relying on each other to post on our site this summer... As you can see, this probably wasn't a good idea! But we've come to an agreement to take turns at least once every two weeks to write to you lovely book lovers (right, Deb? ;) )!!! And as there are several events coming up, so this will be a very good thing.

To start, next Saturday, on August the 28th, at noon we are having a PARTY! That's right, you heard it, an all out, end-this-summer-with-a-SPLASH, back to school party! As you may be able to guess, it's going to be a blast, and I really hope to can come! We will be providing lunch (food served until 12:45pm), crafts for the kids, and plenty of fun outdoor games(if weather allows). Please be prepared to get wet. It should start to wind down around 2pm, so you can still make it to whatever fun plans you have for the rest of the day.

I do hope you make it a point to come and finish out this awesome summer with us, your small town Library, next Saturday the 28th. We look forward to seeing you!
With love and books and promises of more posts!
-The Hubbardston Library's Ghostly Librarian

2010-06-03T17:29:00.002-04:00

Hi guys!
Still here, just starting to get over our winter sleep and waking up to spring ;)

We'll be trying to keep you all updated all this summer about upcoming events and activities, so keep an eye open! Hopefully lots of new and exciting things coming up.

From,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarian

Annual Library Christmas Party

2009-11-24T18:07:00.003-05:00

Hello to all our Faithful Followers!

Boy am I stuffed! I sincerely hope you all are also as stuffed as the thanksgiving turkey that sat on your family table on Thursday and is now … devoured. :)

This is the post I promised with many details on Santa Clause and his writing friends coming to town. It all starts on Saturday, December 12th from 1:00 to 3:00pm. There will be lot's of yummy snacks and treats, and Santa Clause. But there will also be a book signing, here are the scrumptious details on that:

Book Signing
Hubbardston Library
Saturday December 12th, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Featuring
Rick Cunningham and Mary Jane (Herald) Kooiman

Rick Cunningham will be coming home to Hubbardston to sign his book "Lucky Elves", a Christmas story about observations from an elf's point of view and the personal discovery that doing chores, being responsible and sharing talents can be rewarding and fun. Rick wrote and illustrated the book. It is full of colorful and funny action cartoons in a bold style that kids love.

Mary Jane (Herald) Kooiman will join Rick with her first children's book "Jackson and the Big Blue Boots", illustrated by Rick, "Jackson" is a charming story about a little boy who loved his blue boots and wore them everywhere. Mary Jane is a graduate of Carson City High School and Central Michigan University and taught English for more than 30 years at Alma High School as well as at Alma College, CMU and Davenport.

The books will be sold for $10 a piece and you don't even have to return them! :)
I hope to see you all there, and if I don't get a chance to talk to you before then, Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Years!
-Library Spokes-Person

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2009-11-24T17:30:00.003-05:00

Hey Everyone!

I'm going to bug you for two reasons; First, to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! Don't stuff yourselves too much and have fun with all that precious family time!

Second, I wanted to give our faithful customers a friendly heads-up on up-coming activities at the library. So here's the scoop: Whether we like it or not, after Thursday, Christmas is coming! And everyone is cordially invited to the following, very merry and sure-to-be-sweet events:

On Tuesday, December 1st we're having a Miche Purse Party!! A perfect Christmas present for the women in your life, come check them out for free. We start at 6:30pm.

On Thursday, December 3rd we're having a Christmas Card-making class!! It will run from 6:00 to 8:30pm, please RSVP in advance (our phone number is 989-981-6106), if you don't RSVP there may not be enough supplies. We'll be making 12 cards each for $15 a person. Please bring tape and scissors if you have them, because sadly we have limited supplies.

On Thursday, December 10th we're having a Cookie Exchange!! It will run from 6:00 to 8:00pm. We ask you to bring three dozen cookies to trade, along with the recipe to give out and share. Or if you don't have time to bake in this busy season, come and enjoy the merry company.

On Saturday, December 12th we're having our annual Christmas Party!! We'll also have some special guests come in for a book signing!! So come see Rick Cunningham, Mary Jane Kooiman, and Santa Clause himself at 1:00pm. I will be posting more details on this in the next couple days, so stay posted!

So now that you have the inside scoop, mark your calenders and tell your friends! I look forward to seeing you soon! Happy Tuesday, and have a very Merry Thanksgiving!
Signed,
Your Friendly Neighborhood Library Spokes-Person

Quick Catch-Up

2009-11-11T09:27:00.002-05:00

Hey! To all our small-town Library fans!
For those of you who didn't make it to the Haunted Library, I thought I'd let you know how it went. And for those of you who DID make it… I hope you're brave enough to come visit us for our next big events!

On Thursday night, we had quite the spooky time. Eating brains, drinking blood, and with all our friends (the mummy, the vampiress, the poor bride who was attacked by the vampiress on her wedding day, the skeleton, the frankenstien's monster, and the gypsy witch). We managed to stay inside our newly added "Blood Cafe" for the most part so as not to scare the poor librarians.

On Friday night, it was double the fun as we were joined by the Devil's mistress, a very scary zombie and an exceedingly creepy ghost. Our little cafe filled with smoke from all the socialization of monsters going on, and we snacked on fingers and eyeballs waiting for our next victim to dare to enter.

On Saturday night, it was a sad yet exciting thing. For it was, in fact, all Hallows Eve itself. And the monsters were ready. That night we were joined by the full moon prisoner himself, the werewolf. We had quite a time keeping him chained up and away from the little children (his favorite snack). But all went well yet again, and we all, sadly, had to part ways at the end of the night. Until next year when we so dearly hope to see YOU walk through the door between worlds and come to visit us.

Pictures of all our scary ghouls and goblins will be up soon, please come visit us at our now very normal and un-haunted library :). Keep on reading!
-Hubbardston Library Spokes-Person

Haunted Library

2009-10-10T11:43:00.006-04:00

do you dare? do you dare to visit the ONLY haunted library in michigan?

$3.00 for adults, $2.00 for 12 and under. FREE for 4 and under.

thursday, friday, and saturday HALLOWEEN weekend. october 29th, 30th, and 31st. 7-9 pm

in 2007, it was scary. REALLY scary.

this year, 10 times as SCARY.

do you dare?

Find all the best haunted houses at hauntworld.com

Board Games and Pizza Halloween Party

2008-09-09T15:45:00.001-04:00

October 18th, 2008 12:30-2:30

The Hubbardston Library is hosting a Board Game Night for lovers of old-school face-to-face gaming fun! Play one of our board games - including chess, checkers, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue, Risk and Stratego - or bring one of your own.

We'll have a couple of pizzas, along with refreshments. We had a great turn-out last time, maybe 35 people! So come on over to the library to have some fun!

Wear your Halloween costume!

Fall Celebration Featuring Live Music!

2008-09-09T15:38:00.001-04:00

September 25th, 2008 6-8 pm

Fall Celebration featuring local musical talents Joe Herald, Martha Fahey, and Catherine Biewer (Martha's friend).

September is National Library month and we are having a library card drive. All card holders can sign up for a free prize give away to take place at 7:30 on the night of the Fall Celebration. Prizes are

1) Personal DVD player
2) CD player
3) $25 gift card
4) $25 gift certificate from Hubbardston Market

Board Games and Pizza

2008-08-13T15:47:00.001-04:00

August 28th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

The Hubbardston Library is hosting a Board Game party for lovers of old-school face-to-face gaming fun! Play one of our board games - including chess, checkers, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue, Risk and Stratego - or bring one of your own.

We'll have a couple of pizzas, along with refreshments. So come on over to the library to have some fun!

July 4th

2008-07-04T09:19:00.002-04:00

A little history, courtesy of wikipedia:

In 1776, John Adams declared, "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore."^[3]

In 1777, thirteen guns were fired, once at morning and again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode Island. Philadelphia celebrated the first anniversary in a manner a modern American would find quite familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers, music, parades, troop reviews, and fireworks. Ships were decked with red, white, and blue bunting.
In 1778, General George Washington marked July 4 with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute. Across the Atlantic Ocean, ambassadors John Adams and Benjamin Franklin held a dinner for their fellow Americans in Paris, France.
In 1779, July 4 fell on a Sunday. The holiday was celebrated on Monday, July 5.
In 1781, the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration.
In 1783, Moravians in Salem, North Carolina, held the first celebration of July 4 in the country with a challenging music program assembled by Johann Friedrich Peter. This work was titled "The Psalm of Joy".
In 1791 was the first recorded use of the name "Independence Day".
In 1870, the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees.^[4]
In 1941, Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday. The residents of Vicksburg, Mississippi, celebrated Independence Day for the first time since July 4, 1863, when the Siege of Vicksburg ended with a Union victory during the American Civil War.

Grandma's Storytime

2008-07-04T09:15:00.002-04:00

The Hubbardston Library just received a generous donation of $200 with the following note:

Please accept this donation in honor of "Grandma's" Fahey and Burleson who bring Storytime to our kids encouraging them to read and for spending time with them and allowing them to use the library.

The library thanks the person or persons that made this anonymous donation!

Board Games and Pizza

2008-06-30T10:08:00.000-04:00

July 24th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

The Hubbardston Library is hosting a Board Game party for lovers of old-school face-to-face gaming fun! Play one of our board games - including chess, checkers, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue, Risk and Stratego - or bring one of your own.

We'll have a couple of pizzas, along with refreshments. So come on over to the library to have some fun!

In Memory of Michael Frechen

2008-06-30T10:02:00.001-04:00

Margie Wirth, Helen Hoskins, and Pat Baese have donated the book "Stories For Young People" by Oscar Wilde in memory of Michael Frechen.

Thank you very much for your donation!

Independence Day Weekend

2008-06-30T09:59:00.001-04:00

The Hubbardston Library will be closed on July 5th (Saturday) in observance of Independence Day weekend.

In Memory of Christopher R. Johnson

2008-05-27T12:24:00.002-04:00

Pat Baese has just donated the following books in memory of Christopher R. Johnson.

Lucky O' Leprechaun by Jana Billon
Dinotopia Pop-Up Book by James Gurney
J is for Jump Shot by Mike Ulmer

Thank you for your donation Pat!

Hubbardston's Healthy Community Town Hall Round-Table Dinner

2008-05-23T10:19:00.002-04:00

Ionia County Health Department Invites you to the:

FREE COMMUNITY

Hubbardston's Healthy Community Town Hall Round-Table Dinner

June 18, 2008
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
At the Hubbardston Community Center
305 Russell Street, Hubbardston, Michigan 48845

Discussions will include:
1) Increasing physical activity by making it easy and safe to be physically active daily
2) Supporting daily consumption of and easy access to healthy food
3) Supporting tobacco-free lifestyles by focusing on tobacco prevention and reduction by promoting smoke-free environments

Free Meal Provided

For more information please contact:
Stacy Moore - Health Educator
616-527-5341 (or) smoore@ioniacounty.org

RSVP by : June 9, 2008
Register early to be entered for Door Prizes!

Event sponsored by:
Michigan State University Extension
Michigan Department of Community Health
Ionia County Health Department
ICSAI

New Board Member and Treasurer

2008-05-23T09:40:00.003-04:00

At last night's meeting, the board voted for Carol Schrauben to join our board. Carol has brought several people into the library via scrap-booking sessions, as well as helping us with fund-raising and donating books. Welcome aboard Carol!

Also at last night's meeting, we have voted to have Cherri Muirhead become our new treasurer. Cherri has been a board member since the beginning, and has been instrumental in the Texas Hold'em fund-raising events that continue to help the Hubbardston Library. Library finances are now being tracked via Quickbooks, to help the board in making financial decisions. Thanks for volunteering Cherri!

Summer Teen Reading

2008-05-22T13:38:00.001-04:00

The following are new books have been ordered for boys and girls. Recommended by Amazon.com:

The Chronicles of Narnia
Lock and Key
What My Mother Doesn't Know
Uglies Book 1
Feed
Tantalize
The Last Summer (of You and Me)
Airhead
Peak
Prom Nights from Hell
Slam
Stop in the Name of Pants!
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Gossip Girl
The Carlyles #1
Deadline
The Truth About Forever
Tyrell
Game
Madapple
Guys Write for Guys Read: Boys’ Favorite Authors Write About Being Boys
Someday This Pain Will Be Use
Monster
Knights of the Hill Country!

MJ Bishop Concert!

2008-05-22T13:37:00.000-04:00

MJ Bishop is an acoustic solo artist out of Seattle. Her music is described as folk Americana with attitude; lyric-driven melancholy that's gutsy, introspective, organic, emotive, acoustic, and laced with twang. A modern-day Patsy Cline whose voice has been seasoned to Americana perfection. She has been compared to k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris, Natalie Merchant, Kim Richey, Dar Williams, Rory Block, Indigo Girls, Cowboy Junkies. Her influences include Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, k.d. lang, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams.

Pull of the Moon, MJ's long-awaited third album (set for release in late May 2008), sees her rolling up her sleeves and plunging into the grittiness that is Americana, through the sweet, familiar melodies of folk. The added trim around the edges reveals her deep roots in country, jazz, rock and pop.

On these 12 tracks, MJ's unwavering smoky vocals start from the dirt in the crawl space, climb the stairs to the kitchen, the bedrooms, the attic, and finally blast through the roof. She takes you on a journey starting with the evocative opener "Up North" (about her small home town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula), weaving a story around the life of a guitar, life's pushes and pulls, love, loss, heartache, freedom from the nine-to-five job, and the appeal of the open road. You will be conflicted by the lyrics as they first lure you with the promise of good times before abruptly dropping you into a chasm of loneliness and heartache.

MJ is set to tour Summer 2008 (Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina) to share and promote her new CD.

Producing a pretty big sound armed with only a single guitar and her vocal chords, MJ's songs leave you humming well after the last note is sung. Personally connecting with the audience is important to MJ, and her charm, musicianship and professionalism shine during her performances. Entertaining runs in the family and she claims to be addicted to the stage.

MJ has performed steadily since 1998 in and around Seattle, and has also taken her music to Oregon, Idaho, Texas, California, Montana, Michigan and Florida. She has shared the stage with many Northwest musicians, including The Starlings, Christy McWilson, The Paperboys (Canada), ThorNton Creek, Moe Provencher, Nancy K. Dillon, Eva Tree, Matt Price, and Brandi Carlile.

Combining deep roots in acoustic music with a maturing country sensibility, MJ creates a genre that is, in many ways, her own.

This concert will be 7-9 pm on Tuesday, June 24th at the Hubbardston Library. Depending on the weather, it may be inside or outside, so please bring your camp chairs just in case.

Ice Cream and refreshments will be available.

Tickets are $15 per adult, for MJ. $20 at the door.

Library donations are appreciated.

Learn more about MJ Bishop at her web site:

http://mjbishopband.com/

or

http://myspace.com/mjbishopband

Board Games and Pizza

2008-05-09T10:00:00.002-04:00

May 29th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm and June 21st, 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm

The Hubbardston Library is hosting a Board Game party for lovers of old-school face-to-face gaming fun! Play one of our board games - including chess, checkers, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue, Risk and Stratego - or bring one of your own.

We'll have a couple of pizzas, along with refreshments. We had a great turn-out last time, maybe 35 people! So come on over to the library to have some fun!

Spring Clean Up!

2008-04-28T14:09:00.001-04:00

Hubbardston Library
Sponsors
SPRING CLEAN UP
at the Hubbardston
Community Center

Saturday May 3rd
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
(Rain date May 10th)
Please help us spruce
Up YOUR Community
Center grounds…we
will rake, weed, mulch,
and more.

LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED

May Chicken Dinners

2008-04-23T15:03:00.001-04:00

Chicken Dinner

Tuscan Masonic Lodge
206 North Washington Street
Hubbardston, Michigan 48845

Saturday, May 3, 2008

4-6pm

Adults $8 , Youth 6-12 $4 , under 5 free

There will also be a Chicken Dinner on May 26th, Memorial Day, from 11 am - 1 pm!

More Books from the Library of Michigan

2008-04-17T15:29:00.002-04:00

Many thanks to Mary Rumler and Kate Nicholoff of the Library of Michigan for thinking of us and donating the following books:

Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Theft By Mortgage - Michael Burdick
Greener Pastures- Clarence Underwood
The Father of All Things - Tom Bissell
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
Fortune's Rocks- Anita Shreve
The Appetizer Atlas - Aurthur L. Meyer and John M. Vann
The Forest Lover - Susan Vreeland
A Hard Time To Be A Father - Fay Weldon
Peter and His Pet Petoskey Stone - Victor B. Eicheler
Forbidden Fruit - Betty Deramus
V'era - Stacy Schiff
Plain Truth - Jody Picoult
Traverse City From Farmstead to Lake Shore - Thomas Kachadurian
Inside Outside - Janet R. Gilsdorf, MD
Made In Detroit - Paul Clemens
A Wedding In December - Anita Shreve
Imagine What America Could Be - edited by Marianne Williamson
Little Saint - Hannah Green
High Lonesome - Joyce Carol Oates
The Mermaid Chair - Sue Monk Kidd
Burning Secrets - Steve Brezenoff
How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Terry Mc Millan
Summer Sisters - Judy Blume

We're limping along now with our computer and software, still not quite 100% yet, but we're cataloging books again. Stop by the library and check out these new books!

And The Rest Of The Michigan Notable Books

2008-04-09T10:29:00.002-04:00

The following books will be added shortly. Our librarian computer is dead, so we are switching to one of the patron computers, but that is not yet running. Hopefully, we'll get that going on or before this Saturday.

Up In Honey's Room by Elmore Leonard
Paper Tiger by Ted A. Kluck
Elijah Of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtics
The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson
Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen
Iggy Pop - Open Up And Bleed by Paul Trynka
My Brave Mechanics - The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War by Mark Hoffman
The Father Of All Things by Tom Bissell
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
Sweety Pies by Patty Pinner
Connecting The Dots by Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project

More Michigan Notable Books

2008-04-07T14:34:00.002-04:00

We will be adding the following books, shortly. Our librarian computer is down, so it's not possible to catalog new books as they come in. We hope to get this fixed quickly.

Write It When I'm Gone - Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford by Thomas M. DeFrank

Returning To Earth by Jim Harrison
A Primer on Parallel Lives by Dan Gerber
Alden B. Down Midwestern Modern by Diane Maddex

We'll let you know when we get more books!

2008 Michigan Notable Books

2008-04-03T14:59:00.002-04:00

The 2008 Michigan Notable Books list is the Library of Michigan's annual selection of up to 20 recommended books reflecting Michigan's rich cultural heritage, featuring high-quality titles with wide public appeal that are either written by a Michigan resident or about a Michigan-related topic.

The Hubbardston Library has purchased these 20 books! At this time, we have the following:

Mackinac Bridge - A 50-Year Chronicle - 1957-2007 by Mike Fornes
Sailing Grace by John Otterbacher
Fork in the Road by Eric Villegas
From The Vine Exploring Michigan Wineries by Sharon Kegerreis and Lorri Hathaway
One Thousand Tracings - Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge

The others will be arriving soon. Stay tuned!

Used Book Sale!

2008-04-01T10:16:00.001-04:00

The Hubbardston Library will be having their very first book sales on
Saturday, April 12th from 11 am to 7 pm. These books are typically
duplicates of books that we already have shelved. Most books will
sell for one dollar or less, so they are a real bargain! The book
sales is the same day as the Hubbardston Community Center Spring
Fling, so come by a little early to browse for books!

Spring Fling!

2008-03-30T13:40:00.002-04:00

Spring Fling Roast Beef Dinner
April 12th, 2008
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Cost $7.00 Adult, $4.00 (12 & under) free (4 & under)

Entertainment by Local Talent 6:00 pm

Raffle Drawing at 7:00 pm -- $500, $125, & $75 will be raffled

The Public is Welcome

Hubbardston Community Center at 305 Russell Street, Hubbardston, Michigan 48845

Thank You, Library of Michigan!

2008-03-30T12:55:00.002-04:00

Many thanks to Randy Riley and Kim Laird from the Library of Michigan. They've just donated the following books left over from the Michigan Notable Books program. These books are brand new, and will be available in the library in the next week or so:

Mandy and Pandy Say, "Ni Hao Ma?" by Chris Lin
Stone Crazy by Tracy Gallup
Shell Crazy by Tracy Gallup
Warily We Roll Along by Irene Warsaw
The Mud Hole by Arthur Brood
Burning Secrets by Steve Brezenoff
Egrets To The Flames by Barbara Anton
Amazing Women of West Michigan by Crystal Bowman
Sammy Sosa in 9 Innings by Julio C. Malone
Faith In The City by Angela D. Dillard
Loons Have Landed! by Terry Camp
Becoming Dead Right by Frances Shani Parker
The Boy Who Killed Caterpillars by Joshua Kornreich
The Covenant Field by Chris Zimmerman
In Line for the Exterminator by Jim Daniels
Mr. Pleasant by Jim Ray Daniels
Double Time by Priscilla Cogan
Citizen Moore by Roger Rapoport
Cause of Death by Stephen D. Cohle, MD and Tobin T. Buhk
Cold, Clear, and Deadly by Melvin J. Visser
A Secret Of The Universe by Stephen L. Gibson
Page One: Vanished by Nancy Barr
That's Just Kramer! by Ron Kramer with Dan Ewald
strike dog by joseph heywood
Goblin Hero by Jim C. Hines
The Boys I Borrow by Heather Sellers
Cold War Confessions by Jay Carp
Driven Abroad by Ron French
Seasons on the Au Sable by Rusty Gates
Perfect From Now On by John Sellers
Not Far Away by Lois Beardslee
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp by Fritz Stansell
Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission by Christopher Paul Curtis
Remarkable Michigan Women by Julia Pferdehirt
The Moments Lost by Bruce Olds
Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
Madonna by Lucy O'Brien
Gas City by Loren D. Estleman
Threshold Resistance by A. Alfred Taubman
Fowl Weather by Bob Tarte
Neck Deep by Ander Monson
Launching A Leadership Revolution by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward
My Dear Helen by Nancy Seligmann
The Women Were Leaving the Men by Andy Mozina
Figured Dark by Greg Rappleye
Father, Tell Me I Have Not Aged by Russell Thorburn
Eight Dogs Named Jack by Joe Borri
Telling Our Stories by The Flint ColorLine Project
The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick
A Pocketful of Passage by Loraine Campbell
Poems New, Used, and Rebuilds by Jeff Vande Zande
Voices Of The Lost And Found by Dorene O'Brien
the lost girl by James Morrison
Level Playing Fields by Peter Morris
Whittemore Michigan by Lugene Daniels
The Train Of Tomorrow by Ric Morgan
Sonny Sez! by Sonny Eliot
The Greatest Gift by John O'Shaughnessy
Hot Rocks by Lev Raphael
Hope For Carsonville by Erin Q Hartman
Hallies Heart by Shelly Beach
Mighty Tittabawassee by Roselynn Ederer & Kathryn Ellen Lewis
Unto the Daughters by Karen Tintori
My Grandma Likes To Say by Denise Brennan-Nelson
The Crayon Kids' Art Adventure by Jennifer Ruprecht
The Comet Kid by Sonja Richards
Hot House by the Cranbrook Academy of Art
Grammie's Secret Cupboard by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds
Ginger and Petunia by Patricia Polacco
Frog Prince by Kathy-Jo Wargin
The Decoy by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
3 Tales of a City by Daryl T. Schlender
Thin Ice edited by Reinder Van Til and Gordon Olson
Shooting Star by Alana Paluszewski
Houses of Study by Ilana M. Blumberg
A Tree Grows in Trout Creek by Coralie Cederna Johnson
Genies, Meanies, and Magic Rings by Stephen Mitchell
The Future City on the Inland Sea by Eric D. Olmanson
The View from the Helm by James J. Duderstadt
Twisted Justice by Patricia Gussin
Inside Inside by James Lipton
Pictures from our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
Priscilla McDoodleNut DoodleMcMae Asks Why? by Janet Mary Sinke
The Curious Polka-Dot Present by Cheri L. Hallwood
Casey Cougar by Ronald & Diana Meyer
The Christmas Boot by Lisa Wheeler
Brewster the Rooster by Devin Scillian
Three Lessons for Astair the Bear by Martin Brennan
The Voyagers Paddle by Kathy-jo Wargin
Mackinac Bridge by Gloria Whelan

MJ Bishop Concert!

2008-03-18T22:15:00.007-04:00

Board Games and Pizza

2008-03-18T22:11:00.001-04:00

April 24th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

The Hubbardston Library is hosting a Board Game Night for lovers of old-school face-to-face gaming fun! Play one of our board games - including chess, checkers, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue, Risk and Stratego - or bring one of your own.

We'll have a couple of pizzas, along with refreshments. If we have a good turn-out, we'll make this a regular event!

Chicken Dinner

2008-03-18T22:10:00.001-04:00

Chicken Dinner

Tuscan Masonic Lodge
206 North Washington Street
Hubbardston, Michigan 48845

Saturday, April 5, 2008

4-6pm

Adults $8 , Youth 6-12 $4 , under 5 free

Scrapbook Fundraiser

2008-03-18T22:09:00.000-04:00

All proceeds go to the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk.

When: April 5, 2008
Where: Hubbardston Library
Time: 9 am until midnight
Cost: $20.00 + a dish to pass (for lunch or dinner), Continental Breakfast, Coffee, and Bottled water provided

Contact: Carol Schrauben 989-981-6874.

Still More Books

2008-03-14T14:33:00.003-04:00

The following books should be available next week sometime...

Different Hours by Stephen Dunn
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Walking To Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright
Imperial Reckoning by Caroline Elkins
Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Hirohito by Herbert P. Bix
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by Berkeley Breathed
Opus by Berkeley Breathed
Mars Needs Moms! by Berkeley Breathed
W.E.B. Du Bois by David Levering Lewis
John Adams by David McCullough
de Kooning by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
The Most Famous Man in America by Debby Applegate
Vera by Stacy Schiff
Khrushchev by William Taubman

Again, the books above are a cross section of history, fiction, non-fiction, and biographies. In fact, there are 3 children's books by Berkely Breathed. All of the books above won the Pulitzer Prize between 2000 and 2007. Enjoy! - Duane

More New Books!

2008-03-13T10:56:00.002-04:00

The following new books will be available in the Hubbardston Library this Saturday (March 15th). These books are all Pulitzer Prize winners in categories of Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Biography, and Poetry. These books were all published between 2000 and 2007. They are new books:

Moy Sand and Gravel by Paul Muldoon
late wife by Claudia Emerson
Delights & Shadows by Ted Kooser
Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey
repair by c. k. williams
March by Geraldine Brooks
Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis
Practical Gods by Carl Dennis
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter
interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Gulag by Anne Applebaum
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
A Nation Under Our Feet by Steven Hahn
The Race Beat by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Are there any specific books or authors you would like the Hubbardston Library to carry? Please let us know! - Duane

New Books!

2008-03-11T11:04:00.004-04:00

Here are some new books that will be added to the library this Saturday:

Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower

Polio by David M. Oshinsky

Freedom From Fear by David M. Kennedy

The books above are all Pulitzer Prize winners. Stop by the library and take a look! - Duane

Celebrate the season with an Irish Book

2008-03-07T20:28:00.002-05:00

The Hubbardston Library contains several Irish books. Stop by and check one out!

New Books!

2008-03-05T13:12:00.002-05:00

We have donated books coming into the library nearly every day, but the following are newer releases than most:

The Woods by Harlan Coben
The Abduction by Mark Gimenez
Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen
7th Heaven by James Patterson
Final Sins by Michael Prescott
The Sleeping Doll by Jeffrey Deaver

Deb Bolton donated the above books. Thanks Deb!

See you at the library! - Duane

Thank You!

2008-03-03T11:52:00.003-05:00

On behalf of the Hubbardston Library, we wish to thank Karl Harter and everyone else who volunteered for the Chicken Dinner on March 1st!

For everyone who made and donated home-made pie, thank you very much!

And thanks to everyone in the community who bought chicken dinners too!

This will be the biggest donation to the Hubbardston Library to date, and we appreciate it very, very much!

Welcome back Helen!

2008-03-03T09:01:00.003-05:00

Helen Hoskins has been in Colorado for the past couple of months to visit family. She is back now, so stop by the library to say hi! She's usually there in the afternoon.

Helen told me that the snow is a lot deeper out there. She also bought a couple of hundred dollars worth of books that are being shipped back.

Welcome back Helen!

- Duane

Dean's List

2008-02-23T17:40:00.004-05:00

Joshua Fahey has made the Dean's List for Fall 2007 at Michigan Technological University.

Joshua has been a big help during the startup phases of the Hubbardston Library.

Congratulations Joshua!

The Dean's List for student's living in the area can be found at the Lansing State Journal web site:

http://www.lsj.com

Board Games and Pizza

2008-02-23T17:36:00.002-05:00

March 27th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

The Hubbardston Library is hosting a Board Game Night for lovers of old-school face-to-face gaming fun! Play one of our board games - including chess, checkers, Scrabble, Monopoly, Clue, Risk and Stratego - or bring one of your own.

We'll have a couple of pizzas, along with refreshments. If we have a good turn-out, we'll make this a regular event!

Scrapbook Fundraiser

2008-02-22T18:10:00.000-05:00

All proceeds go to the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk.

When: March 1, 2008
Where: Hubbardston Library
Time: 9 am until midnight
Cost: $20.00 + a dish to pass (for lunch or dinner), Continental Breakfast, Coffee, and Bottled water provided

Contact: Carol Schrauben 989-981-6874.

eBay Seminar

2008-02-19T14:34:00.001-05:00

From the United States Postal Service postcard about this event:

Learn how to buy, sell, and ship with ease.

Come by eBay Day, and find out how simple it is to buy, sell and ship on eBay. You'll learn fast and easy ways to buy and sell almost anything on eBay - and you'll also learn about the "Quick, Easy, Convenient" online shopping options the United States Postal Service offers to eBay users. Our innovative, integrated online shipping solutions are just part of the reason why the U.S. Postal Service is a preferred shipping service on eBay.

Stop by eBay Day between the hours below:

Hubbardston Library
305 Russell Street
Hubbardston, Michigan 48845

Thursday, March 20th
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Mixed Doubles Euchre Tournament

2008-02-16T15:09:00.002-05:00

To benefit the Hubbardston Library

Saturday March 29th, 2008

American Legion Post 182, Hubbardston, Michigan

Games begin at 1:00 PM, Sign up at Noon

60% Payback, Luncheon Available

For more information call Jim or Susie Barker at (989)981-6973 or (989)981-9445

Texas Hold'em

2008-02-13T12:48:00.004-05:00

Texas Hold'em at the Hubbardston Community Center

When: Last Sunday of each Month (Feb 24, March 30, April 27), 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM (registration begins at 4:00 PM)
Buy In: $30.00 for $10,000 of chips
Blinds: Start at 25/50 and double every half hour
Prizes: 1st - 25%, 2nd - 15%, 3rd - 10%, 4th - 6.6%, 5th - 3.3% (60% going to winners, 40% to Hubbardston Community Center and Hubbardston Library)

Players are encouraged to pre-register with Robert Fahey 517-526-1025 cell or 517-989-6503 home.

Non-alcoholic refreshments and snacks provided for a fee.

Tournament open to the public - 18 years and older.

Sponsored by the Hubbardston Garden Club or the American Legion for the benefit of the Hubbardston Community Center and the Hubbardston Library.

Chicken Dinner on March 1st

2008-02-05T16:03:00.001-05:00

Chicken Dinner

Tuscan Masonic Lodge
206 North Washington Street
Hubbardston, Michigan 48845

Saturday, March 1, 2008

4-6pm

Adults $8 , Youth 6-12 $4 , under 5 free

Proceeds to Hubbardston Library

Hubbardston Library now an official Michigan Non-Profit!

2008-02-04T15:06:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Hubbardston Library online newsletter!

Shortly after the Village of Hubbardston purchased the old Elementary School from the Carson City-Crystal School District, a decision was made to turn it into a community center. A few volunteers wanted to create a local library. How do we do it?

We started with a couple of classrooms, some old furniture, and old books that the school left behind. Now, we have 4 classrooms of space, lots of brand new donated bookcases, over 9,000 books, 3 iMac computers, wireless internet, and over 500 VHS movies! Most of these items were donated by folks in the community, and even outside of the community.

We first tried to start a Michigan Non-Profit Corporation, but we were rejected. We needed to contact the State of Michigan Library to start a library. So, we hired a lawyer and met with the Village of Hubbardston, North Plains Township, and Lebannon Township. We also met with the Carson City Public Library and the Lyons Township District Library. The lawyer for the State of Michigan Library even came to visit, with further information on starting a library.

After all of that, we concluded that the time just isn't right for starting a real library. We needed to stop spending time and money on those things, to focus on building up the library itself. So, we formed a Michigan Non-Profit called the Hubbardston Book Nook. Although that is the official name, we still call ourselves the Hubbardston Library. And we still hope to become a real library someday.

Please stop by sometime and take a look around! - Duane