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Bellaire Public Library 111 S. Bridge St. Bellaire MI 49615 |
Fall & Winter Library Hours CLOSED Sunday & Monday Tuesday-Friday 9 am to 5 pm Saturday 10 am to 2 pm
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Check out our Library of Things on your next visit - Hotspots continue to be popular since it can be difficult to find reliable internet access in our area. -Nintendo Switch (What a fun family game night idea!) -Chromebooks that you are able to check out and bring home to use. -Launchpads- preloaded tablets with educational STEM games and eBooks for ages 3-10. -Wonderbooks- some of your favorite picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels with a built-in audiobook that will read aloud to the child! They still get to turn physical pages and see the beautiful illustrations. -Metal detector -Singer sewing machine -Video Projector with screen -3-D printer that is available for you to use in the library -Pickleball outdoor set - NEW Come in and check out all we have to offer! |
From the Director... Cindi L. Place Our Festival of Stories during the month of October has been a resounding success! With 12 programs and over 150 participants, we are very pleased with the success of this month long event. Festival of Stories was funded by a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council. Plan to stop by the library beginning the middle of November to enjoy our indoor StoryWalk with a braille component. The walk will stay up through the end of November and will include a "code" so everyone can experience the use of Braille which following the story. Our outdoor StoryWalk has a new book (books are changed about once a month) on the Cedar River Trail at the Antrim Conservation District (ACD). November's story is "We're Going on a Leaf Hunt" by Steve Metzger. We also want to remind patrons of a fairly new program available to BPL patrons and community members: updated book lists or newsletters, which you can choose to have sent to you by email or texts. Library Aware's NextRead is a new service offered by Bellaire Public Library for free to everyone. You can choose to sign up to receive over 30 different best seller lists each month from topics like Biography, Audiobooks, History and Current Events, Teen Scene, Picture Books, Must Read, Thriller & Suspense and so much more. To sign up for any of these newsletters, simply click here or go to our website bellairelibrary.org, look on the left side of the main page and find information under the "Our Catalog & Library Account" icon. Call the library 231-533-8814 for more information. BPL is pleased to offer patrons another way to help choose your next book! Happy Fall & Thanksgiving! |
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Indoor Braille Storywalk
November 6th-30th,
Bellaire Public Library
Visit the library from November 6th through the 30th and enjoy our indoor StoryWalk with braille alphabet included.
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Storytime with Miss Diane!
Every Tuesday, at 10:00am to 11:00am
Bellaire Public Library
The famous Miss Diane reads a story, and the kids have a snack and craft activity after.
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Tech Tuesdays with Gabe
Every Tuesday, 11:00am- 3:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
Every Tuesday Gabe is here to help you with any tech questions you have. He is a wealth of knowledge. Feel free to bring laptops or other devices you would like more guidance using. Additionally, computer skill classes can be arranged upon request.
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Spanish Speaking Cohort
Every Wednesday, 4:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
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Kids Coding Club!
Every third Saturday of the month, 10:00am
Bellaire Public Library
Join us every third Saturday of the month. This is an opportunity for kids to explore the world of computer coding at their live. Students use activities from code.org, Scratch, and devices like Snap Circuits, Mindstorm Lego, and various robots to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. For ages 8-13, registration is required either online by clicking on the calendar on our website, bellairelibrary.org or call the library at 231-533-8814. This is a free program, all supplies are provided.
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Page Turners Book Club
November 8th, 6:30pm
Bellaire Public Library
This month they are reading Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
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Nature Book Club
Thursday October 5th, at 9:30am
Bellaire Public Library
The Nature Book Club is sponsored by BPL and the Antrim Conservation District and meets on the 1st Thursday of the month at 9:30am. The October book is The Nature of Nature by Enric Sala. Book suggestions are welcome. Registraiton is appreciated either online at bellairelibrary.org, select September 7th on our calendar and register, or call 231-533-8814.
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Last Tuesday Book Club
October 31st, at 6:00pm
Area Senior Center
This month is reader's choice. Come in with a book you enjoyed recently that you'd like to share with the group! Call the library if you have any questions 231-533-8814
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Baking yesteryear : the best recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
by B. Dylan Hollis
A popular social media baker who shares treats made from antique cookbooks helps readers create baking recipes from the last century in a delicious decade-by-decade tour from Chocolate Potato Cake from the 1910s to Avocado Pie from the 1960s. Illustrations.
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Astor : the rise and fall of an American fortune
by Anderson Cooper
The number one New York Times best-selling authors of Vanderbilt turn their focus on another legendary American family that built a business empire and became the richest family in America. 300,000 first printing.
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The quickening : creation and community at the ends of the Earth
by Elizabeth A. Rush
Documenting the 2019 voyage of 57 scientists to Thwaites Glacier to learn about this mysterious place, never before visited by humans, this astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change and motherhood presents a new kind of story—one preoccupied with the collective and challenging work of imagining a better future.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
When a skeleton is unearthed in the small, close-knit community of Chicken Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1972, an unforgettable cast of characters—living on the margins of white, Christian America—closely guard a secret, especially when the truth is revealed about what happened and the part the town's white establishment played in it.
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Little troublemaker makes a mess
by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Little Luvvie, who loves doing thoughtful things for others, discovers what happens when doing something nice requires breaking some rules. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Just because
by Matthew McConaughey
The Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times best-selling author presents this expressive collection of life lessons that will empower and encourage children, big and small, to celebrate their endless possibilities. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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More New Titles
Adult Fiction - Mystic River by James Barretto - Cursed at Dawn by Heather Graham - The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale - Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood - The MacGregor Grooms by Nora Jones - Palazzo by Danielle Steel -The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate - Sisters by Lisa Wingate - Tending Roses by Lisa Wingate - The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman - The Hunt by Faye Kellerman - Somewhere in Crime: A Mackinac Island Novel by Dave McVeigh - Dead Mountain by Douglas J. Preston - After that Night by Karin Slaughter Large Print - It had to be You by Georgia Clark - The Cafe at Beach End by RaeAnne Thayne - The Titanic Sisters by Patricia Falvey - The Stolen Stallion by Max Brand - Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley |
Adult Nonfiction - The Nature of Nature by Enric Sala - You will own Nothing: your war with a new financial world order and how to Fight Back by Carol Roth - The Heat will kill you First: Life and death on a Scorched Planet by Jeff Goodell - Lies to Live By by Lois Beardslee - Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust - Gambler: Secrets from a life at Risk by Billy Walters - Trees and other Creatures by Teresa Scollon - Necessary Trouble: Growing up at Midcentury by Drew Gilpin Faust - Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move forward after loss and Heartache by Granger Smith - The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Sea by Jerry Dennis |
Kids and Teens - Warrior Series Graphic Novels by Erin Hunter - Restart by Gordon Korman - The Untouchables by Gordon Korman - Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson - Jessi's Secret Language by Ann M Martin - The Miscalculations of Lighting Girl by Stacy McAnulty - The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty - A-Z Mysteries: The Absent Author by Ron Roy - Mascot by Charles Waters - The Noon Balloon by Margaret Wise Brown - Dasher can't Wait for Christmas by Matt Tavares - Raccoon and the Hot Air Balloon by Jill Atkins Young Adult - My name is not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson - Foxglove by Grace Adalyn - The was Never about Basketball by Craig Leener - The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan |
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