Summer
2006
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the Newsletter of the
Upper Saddle River Library
In This Issue
Itay Goren Piano Concert . . . . . . . . . .page 2
ReferenceUSA Database . . . . . . . . . .page 2
Staff Picks for Summer Reading . . . .page 3
Adult Summer Reading Club . . . . . . .page 4
Book Discussion Groups . . . . . . . . . .page 4
Pilates Classes & Go Club . . . . . . . . .page 4
Kids’ Puppet Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5
Mother’s & Father’s Day Crafts . . . . .page 5
Children’s Summer Reading Club &
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5-7
Paws, Claws,
Scales & Tales
June 22nd to August 10th
Kids Summer Reading Clubs: pages 5 - 7
2005 Library Statistics
Library Cards
New
360
Total
6022
78% of the Community
The Collection
Total Items 64,471
Added new 10,433
withdrawn 14,578
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Added in
Adult nonfiction 17,061
Adult Fiction 9,808
Juvenile Media 2,086
Children’s Materials 21,399
Media 5,541
Periodicals 2,665
Reference 1,950
60,510
2005
2,046
1,531
533
2,136
1,091
2,089
91
9,517
Circulation
Non-Fiction
20,900
Fiction
22,862
discharges
total
Children’s
47,840
131,776 + 122,342 = 254,118
Media
35,243
total materials handled
Periodicals
4,745
1,731 materials were requested for USR patrons from other libraries.
Usage
patrons requested 7,491 materials by email
more than 109,472 patrons walked through the doors
our staff answered more then 18,795 reference questions
we have planned 838 library-sponsored programs
1,228 total programs &
provided facilities for 390 community meetings
meetings attended by
more than 4888 library cards used
8,212 adults & 11,482 children
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Library Hours
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Friday 10am to 5pm
Saturday 10am to 5pm
Sunday 1pm to 5pm
245 Lake Street
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Phone 201-327-2583
Fax 201-327-3966
Email:www.usdrcirc@bccls.org
www.uppersaddleriverlibrary.org
Board Of Trustees’ Meeting
Wednesday at 7:30pm
May 17, June 21
Friends’ Meetings
(membership open to all)
Monday 11:30am, Lunch at 12pm
May 1 • June 5 • September 11
Friends’ Book Sales
• Saturday 10am to 1pm, May 6
• Saturday 10am to 1pm, June 10
Holiday Closings
Memorial Day Weekend
Sat.– Mon. May 27, 28 & 29
July 4th
Sun. - Tues. July 2, 3 & 4
Labor Day Weekend
Sat.– Mon. September 2, 3, 4
In The Gallery
May LOIS FISHER
Oil Paintings
June THOMAS J. PARKES
Watercolors
July LAURA DEANGELIS
Photography
For your convenience,
the Library will remain open on
Sundays thru
June 11
The Library will reopen on
Sundays, September 10th.
Programs for Adults
A free program, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library, open to all library cardholders in Bergen County.
Seating is limited and on a first come basis. Refreshments will be served after the performance.
A Very Special Concert to Celebrate
Mozart’s 250th Birthday
THURSDAY • May 18 • 7:30pm
music at an early age. While in high
school he had broad range of musical activities as a performer, composer, and arranger. During his three
years of military service he produced numerous programs for the
army band and gave over three hundred performances. After a year at
the Rimon School of Music, Itay
Pianist Itay Goren was born in continued his studies at William
Haifa, Israel. He formed his love for Paterson University of New Jersey.
In honor of Mozart’s 250th birthday, pianist Itay Goren will perform
a program devoted to his music.
Selections will include Mozart’s
Piano Sonata in D Major,
Variations in C Major, and with a
string quartet, Itay will perform
Concerto in E Flat Major.
ReferenceUSA
Database
Profile
Do You Operate a Business
From Home?
Are You Looking for a Way to
Locate Potential Customers?
Tuesday • May 16 • 10:30am
or
Wednesday • May 17 • 7:30pm
A free program, registration suggested.
Open to library cardholders in Bergen County.
Join us for an informative session
on how to use the ReferenceUSA
Website. ReferenceUSA is an
Internet-based reference service
containing detailed information on
more than 12 million U.S.
Businesses and 102 million U.S.
residents. ReferenceUSA will
enable you to access a corporation’s
parent company and subsidiaries,
phone and fax numbers.
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He is the first WPUNJ graduate with
a double major in Classical
Performance and Jazz Studies, and
received several WPUNJ awards.
Itay’s performances with the
Orchestra at William Paterson
University, the New Jersey
Percussion Ensemble and in the Jazz
Room series have made him a much
sought after musician.
Poems from our USR Reads Together program
A Day at the Beach
A day at the beach
Smells just like a peach
The sea is so blue
I’ll be waiting for you.
A Book
A book can take you
To an imaginary land
A book can show you
How to start a band
As I sit in the sand
And bury my hand
I stare at the sky
But the glare hurts my eye.
A book can tell you
About a person’s life
A book can teach you
How to find a wife
I walk to the water
and stand at the border
It feels so cold
As my feet make a mold.
A book can comfort you
When you’re all alone
A book can help you
When you build a home
I wait for my dad
Waiting long makes me mad
So I run into the ocean
As if a drank a potion.
A book can recharge you
When you’re feeling down
A book can train you
To become a clown
The day is done
I had so much fun
The sea is so blue
Next time, I’ll be waiting for you.
by Alexandra & Alison Caricato
A book can inspire you
To do things you’ve never done
A book can delight you
Go ahead get yourself one
by the Cagney family
Staff Picks for Summer Reading
Non-Fiction
Marley & Me: Life and Love with
the World's Worst Dog
by John Grogan
John and Jenny
were just beginning
their life together.
They were young
and in love, with a
perfect little house
and not a care in the
world. Then they
brought
home
Marley, a wiggly
yellow furball of a puppy. Life
would never be the same.
The Education of Little Tree
by Forest Carter
The super-seller memoir of a
Cherokee boyhood in the 1930s. The
most sensitive and evocative autobiographical account ever of the
Cherokee way, as seen through the
eyes of a young boy in the
Appalachian Mountains.
Fiction
Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
Agreeing not to pursue a relationship
after one date,
unlikely lovers Min
Dobbs and Cal
Morrisey are thrown
together again in the
wake of such factors
as a jealous exboyfriend, a determined psychologist, and a bizarrely intelligent cat.
The Five People You Meet in
Heaven by Mitch Albom
Killed in a tragic accident, Eddie, an
elderly man who believes that he had
an uninspired life, awakens in the
afterlife, where he discovers that
heaven consists of having five people
explain the meaning of one's life.
Wicked: The Life and Times of
the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
When Dorothy triumphed over the
Wicked Witch of the West in L.
Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard
only her side of the story. But what
about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come
Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes from? How did she become so
wicked? And what is the true nature
by T.Cooper
Epic, ambitious, heartbreaking, and of evil?
wholly original, T Cooper’s Lipshitz
Six, or Two Angry Blondes is a liter- Wolves Eat Dogs
ary tour de force that spans the twen- by Martin Cruz Smith
tieth century with one family’s Detective Renko enters the privileged world of Russia's new billionsearch for a lost son.
aire class. A self-made powerhouse
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes named Pasha Ivanov, has apparently
leapt to his death from the palatial
by Diane Chamberlain
Twenty-eight years ago a North splendor of his ultra-modern
Carolina governor's young, pregnant Moscow condominium. While there
wife was kidnapped. Now her are no signs pointing to homicide,
remains have been found and a man there is one troubling and puzzling
charged with her murder. Only one bit of evidence...
person -- CeeCee Wilkes -- can
refute the charges against him. But YA Fiction
CeeCee disappeared years ago . . .
Homecoming by Cynthia Voight
Abandoned by their mother, four
The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel children begin a search for a home
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
and an identity.
A boy named Daniel selects a novel
from a library of rare books, enjoying Small Steps by Louis Sachar
it so much that he searches for the rest Three years after being released from
of the author's works, only to discover Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying
that someone is destroying every hard to keep his life on track, but
book the author has ever written.
when his old pal X-Ray shows up
with a tempting plan to make some
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
easy money scalping concert tickets,
by Lisa See
Armpit reluctantly goes along.
A story of friendship
set in nineteenth- The Magic of Recluce
century China fol- by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
lows two women as An intriguing fantasy.... Modesitt
they communicate presents an interesting study of
their hopes, dreams, Chaos versus Order, Good versus
joys, and tragedies Evil... and the attractions each of
through a unique them has for all of us.
secret language.
~ Robert Jordan
A Good Place for the Night: Stories
by Savyon Liebrecht
This collection by one of Israel's
most popular authors turns upon
issues of family, place and disconnection, and the stories have the
dreamy, evocative smoothness of
underwater films.
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Groups
Great Literature
2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH • 7:30pm
MAY 10 East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Speaker: Dr. Ellen Dolgin
Professor of English at Dominican College
Great Books
1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH • 7:30pm
MAY 2 Iphigeneia at Aulis Euripides
JUNE 6 Democracy in America de Tocqueville
JUNE 14 Sons & Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Speaker: Prof. Marco Epstein
Professor of Comparative Lit.
Princeton University.
JULY 3 Politics Aristotle
AUG. 1 An Enemy of the People Ibsen
Books & Bagels
Saddle River Investment
2ND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH • 10:30am
1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH • 7:30pm
May 1 • June 5
MAY 11 The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dumant
JUNE 8 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hossini
Pilates Classes
Monday’s classes continue until May 22.
Wednesday’s class continues until May 24.
Summer B & B
(Books & Bagels)
2ND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH • 10:30am
JULY 13 Birds Without Wings
by Louis De Bernières
AUG. 10 To be decided by the Group.
Novels at Night
1ST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH • 7:30pm
MAY 3 The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dumant
Please check the library for additional
July & August classes.
Tai Chi Chaun
Thursday’s class continues until June 8th.
Please check the library for additional
July & August classes.
Summer Reading Club
for Adults
JUNE 7 Mr. Muo’s Traveling Couch by Sijie Dai
Club
TUESDAYS • 7-8:30pm
Invented in China 2,500-4,000
years ago, the game of GO is
played by over 25 million people. Join and learn why
this is one of the most intriguing and fascinating
games in the world today.
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• Read or listen to a book.
• Fill out a Summer Reading Club for Adults form.
• The top will include your name, phone number and ask
you to write a few sentences about the book, the bottom
half goes into the container at the circulation desk.
• Each week there will be a new drawing for a prize.
(from forms submitted the current week.)
• The more you read, the better chance you have at
winning a prize!
Weight Watchers
WEDNESDAYS • 6pm
Programs for Kids
Children’s programs are open to USR cardholders only. Pre-registration, in person, is required (unless program is designated as drop-in).
Singing Stories
Mother’s & Father’s Day Crafts
with Lou Gallo
& Jean Rohe
For children in grades K and up.
Materials will be provided.
Mother’s Day
Craft Drop-in
WEDNESDAY May 10
THURSDAY May 11
3 - 5pm
WEDNESDAY
May 24 • 3:30pm
Best for ages 2-7
Registration is required.
Dr
-in
op
Father’s Day
Craft Drop-in
WEDNESDAY June 14
THURSDAY June 15
3 - 5pm
Robert Rogers Puppet Company
Join us for an interactive
musical performance of
favorite children's books by
Lou Gallo and Jean Rohe.
Bugtown Follies
WEDNESDAY • June 7 • 3:30pm
A family program.
Free tickets available
after May 1st
at the circ. desk.
Must have a ticket
to attend.
Sleepy Bedtime Stories
-in
THURSDAY June 1 • 6:30pm
op
Dr
Children are invited to wear their
pajamas and bring a favorite
stuffed animal as we read new
and old favorite bedtime stories.
Join us for this fun filled performance of insects of all
kinds acting in ways you wouldn’t expect. They’ll be
dancing, clowning and performing feats of great skill,
as they perform a rip-roaring vaudeville pageant.
Summer Reading Clubs
Paws, Claws, Scales & Tales
June 22nd to August 10th
In-person registration begins after the Kick-off Party and concert with
David Jack on June 22nd. Receive a Summer Reading Kit with
information, rules, suggested reading lists and a gift when you register!
Read-to-Me Club
Age 3 to Grade 1
Read-by-Myself Club
Grade 2-5
Teen Club Grades 6 and Up
Learn about our weekly and special programs on pages 6-7.
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Kids’ Summer Reading Clubs
Weekly Programs
All weekly programs will feature
themes on wild animals, pets and
more. Come join the fun!
Playtime
in
Drop-
Newborns to 3
WEDNESDAYS • 10:15 - 11am
June 28 - Aug. 9
Must be accompanied by an adult
caregiver. Unstructured play plus circle time, rhymes, songs and stories.
Storytime with Craft
4 years thru Kindergarten
WEDNESDAYS • 3pm
June 28 - Aug. 9
Books, rhymes, songs, a special
craft plus other activities for children who can participate without
an adult present.
Summer Reading Club Kick-off Party!
David Jack’s
Music Mania
THURSDAY.• June 22 • 7pm
Fun for the whole family!
Free tickets avail. after June 1.
A three time winner of the national
"Parent’s Choice Gold Award" for his
achievements in family entertainment,
David Jack is perhaps best known locally
for his work as a featured attraction at the
Sesame Place theme park.
The Great Reptiles
WEDNESDAY • July 12 • 7pm For the Whole Family!
Free tickets avail. after June 1.
Bill Boesenberg, Snakes-N-Scales founder
and herpetologist, will introduce us to the
great reptiles with his 6ft American Alligator,
Bookraft
5ft Water Monitor Lizard, 16ft, 100 lb. Albino Burmese Python, and more.
Grades 1-2
Join us for a program combining humor, awe and compassion for creaTUESDAYS • 3-4pm
June 27 - Aug. 8, no program July 4. tures to which most people rarely get this close.
3rd Gr. Bookclub
TUESDAYS • 6:30pm
July 11 - Aug. 8,
1st book: Three Terrible Trins
by Dick King-Smith
Books available at the circ. desk.
4th & 5th Gr. Bookclub
WEDNESDAYS • 6:30pm
July 12 - Aug. 9
1st book: Totally Joe
by James Howe
Books available at the circ. desk.
Movie Matinee
Grades K-3
MONDAYS • 3:00pm
June 26 - July 31 (no July 3)
Kids watch a fun, age appropriate
movie, on our new large screen,
snack on popcorn and discuss what
they’ve seen.
in
Drop-
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Meet James Gelsey
Author of the Scooby Doo Books
THURSDAY • July 20 • 7pm
Free tickets avail. after June 1.
Meet James Gelsey, author of the Scooby-Doo! Mysteries
chapter books. Explore the exciting world of Fred, Daphne,
Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo! Learn how James
constructs his original mysteries using his secret formula.
James resides with his family (and dog, Scooby) in northern NJ.
Children’s Dinner Mystery
Who’s a Fraidy Kat?
MONDAY • July 24 • 6pm
For grades 3-5. Free tickets avail. after June 1.
Kathleen “Kat” O’Leary is the leader of the school Spirit Squad and a popular student at Garden Grove School. But someone is leaving threatening
notes and messages in her locker and bedroom. Who would want to scare
Kat away from school? Have Fun! Solve the Mystery! Win Prizes!
Summer Reading Programs
Paws, Claws,
Scales &Tales
Learn to draw with
Cartoonist Bob Weber
THURSDAY • July 27 • 7pm
For ages 5 and up
& their adult family members.
Free tickets avail. after June 1.
THURSDAY • August 3 • 7pm
Grades 4 and up. Free tickets avail. after June 1.
Kitty Jones will perform her fully
interactive show all about frogs,
Bob Weber’s Shylock Fox and Comics For Kids has bats, skunks, crabs, birds, fish,
been awarded a Parent's Choice Approval fairies, sprites and elves, using
music, dance, and history.
Commendation by the Parent's Choice Foundation.
Teen Summer Reading Club
Win prizes for reading
your favorite books!
Grades 6 and up
• Keep a record of pages read
in your reading log.
• For every 300 pages read, get a
prize & be entered in a weekly raffle.
Winners will be posted in YA
area. Winners will not be called.
“Teens Talk Books”
Grades 6 - 8
TUESDAYS • 7pm • July 11 – Aug. 8
Heir Apparent
by Vivian Vande Velde
Library Dinner
Mystery
A Murderous
Melodrama
Grades 6 and up
Discuss books, make friends, snack
and talk it up! Books are available at
the circ.desk. Teens who participate
are invited to an end of summer party.
Teen Movie Night
Tuesday • June 27 • 7pm
Grades 6 and up.
in
Drop-
Drop-in and view Better Off Dead on our new large
screen. In this movie staring John Cusack, teenage
life has never been darker or funnier!
THURSDAY • July 13 • 7-8:30pm
Free tickets avail. after June 1.
Trent Tanner, the male lead in his
high school play, was found dead
at center stage after the final performance. Did the hero meet his
tragic end at the hands of a dastardly villain? Have Fun! Solve
the Mystery! Win Prizes! Eat!
End of Summer Reading Club Party
Lyle Cogen!
THURSDAY • August 10 • 7pm
Fun for the whole family!
Free tickets avail. after July 19.
Lyle’s programs are a true celebration of the art of music. From young to
old, her award winning songs have broad audience appeal and her lively
discussions in between melodies speak to the imagination of the child in
all of us. She is the winner of several national parent awards.
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