Here is the list of our books mentioned this morning on The Point.  We had lots of fun this morning, and hope you enjoyed the show. If you missed it you can listen to the repeat tonight on WCAI at 7:30 and there will be a podcast available as well.

Melanie’s Books

Watch a FREE movie on Mondays at 3:00 PM in the Hermann Foundation Meeting Room!
Bring your own refreshments (covered containers for soda, juice, etc, please)

Upcoming films:

November 30:

A Christmas Story (Rated PG)
Based on the novel In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.…

Just arrived in the Reference Department is the recent reproduction of The 1858 Map of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, & Nantucket!  Here is how the publishers describe this beautiful book:

“Based on the five-foot-by-five-foot 1858 “Map of the Counties of Barnstable, Dukes and…

Here is a chance to make your own holiday gifts to give to family, friends or yourself!
On Wednesday evening, December 2 from 6:00-8:00 you can create unique gifts in our FREE workshops.
Registration is required as seating is limited !! Call the Reference Department to sign up:  508-457-2555, ext.6.  This FREE workshop is sponsored by the Trustees and the Friends of the Falmouth Public Library.

The other afternoon I was sitting at the Help Desk, and suddenly noticed a parade of children, led by Donna Skinner of the children’s room, marching by my desk. Turned out they were on a mission from the children’s room. They had just had a a meeting of their junior book club (for grades one to three) in which Donna…

We’ve created a facebook page just for our What’s Falmouth Reading 2010 book ... Moby-Dick. Right now, the only link is this: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&story_fbid=192491334048&id=15001462#/pages/Whats-Falmouth-Reading/209170543008?ref=sgm

If we can attract 100+ fans, our link will much shorter!

So please become a fan!

By the way, we are already getting questions about Moby-Dick. Question number one…

A new entry from Reference Librarian Laura Ford:

“I recently stumbled across the Shenandoah Album novels of Emilie Richardson.

Set in the Shenandoah Valley, the books are woven around the theme of quilting, but you don’t need to be a quilter to enjoy them. (If, however, you do happen to be a…

The Friends of the Falmouth Public Library will be having their Annual Holiday Book Sale in December. The dates are Friday, December 4th from 10-4, Saturday, December 5th from 10-4, and Sunday, December 6th from 12-3. Books make great gifts!

What two books would you want if stranded on a desert island?

Send us your choices and your name will be entered in a raffle for a bookstore gift certificate!

Text us!

Text 66746- type askfpl in the message box, then a space and your answer.

Or you can respond in the…

Recently I was searching for the origin of “ Nantucket sleigh ride” and was becoming frustrated with the lack of information. In desperation I looked up the word “sleigh” in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED.) Although there was no definition for the phrase I was seeking, I did find an unusual entry under “sleigh”:  “3. The bone of the upper…

That’s right the What’s Falmouth Reading Committee has chosen our 2010 book ... Moby-Dick by Herman Melville! Don’t groan yet! If you have never read it, you are in for a great voyage, and we will have lots of programs in conjunction with this book to help you along the way. Just a few of the programs we…