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Bellaire Public Library 111 S. Bridge St. Bellaire MI 49615 |
WINTER HOURS: Tuesday-Friday 9 am to 5 pm Saturday 10 am to 2 pm |
Library of Things Gardening tools for removal of invasive species plants Hotspots to use reliable internet access in our area for free! 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- 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 STEM Kits Come in and check out all we have to offer! |
A Note from the Director: There is something about October that makes me want to slow down and notice things—the changing leaves outside the library, the return of familiar routines, the conversations happening at the front desk, and the steady stream of people coming through our doors. After the excitement of celebrating 130 years, I'm especially grateful for the ordinary days, too. They are where so much of the library's story continues to happen.
130 Years—and Still Connecting
Our 130th Anniversary celebration was a wonderful reminder that the Bellaire Public Library has never been just a building full of books. It is people—people who give their time, share their talents, tell their stories, bake the cupcakes, dig into history, hang decorations, welcome guests, take pictures, make crafts, spread the word, and simply show up.
To every person who put their hand—and their heart—into making our celebration special: thank you. You helped us celebrate 130 years of stories, service, and community, and reminded us that the best chapters are the ones we write together.
From My Reading Chair
If you know me, you probably know that historical fiction is my favorite kind of read—and World War II historical fiction has a particularly large piece of my reading heart. I love getting lost in a story while also learning something about the people, places, and events that shaped our history.
So I've been thinking... what if we started a Historical Fiction Book Club?
We could read stories from different time periods, explore the history behind them, and, of course, talk about whether the book kept us turning pages!
I'm just putting the idea out there for now. Would you be interested in joining me? It would be great if you could take this short survey to let me know what you think about it:
Second Saturday Story Hour
Miss Dawn is jumping in for our fall Second Saturday Story Hours! Come join me for some seasonal fun, stories, crafts, and a little silliness along the way.
Saturday, October 10 — Pumpkin Painting
Stories, creativity, and pumpkins!
Saturday, November 14 — Turkey Trot
Stories, silly movement, a turkey craft, and—weather permitting—a short turkey trot around the block!
130 years behind us. So many stories still ahead.
Connecting our community one story at a time.
See you at the library!
- Dawn DeHeer Bellaire Public Library Director |
History Hounds
Thursday October 1st, 3:00pm
Bellaire Public Library The Summer Capital: Mackinac and the Michigan Government Presented by May Oyler. Discover the fascinating history of how the Mackinac region grew from a famous travel destination into a summer political gathering place with deep connections to Michigan's state government and Capitol building. History Hounds is a monthly program presented by the Historical Society of Michigan hosted by the Bellaire Area Historical Society. A selection of past recorded programs will be presented on the Bellaire Public Library's big screen the first Thursday of the month at 3pm. There will be refreshments and time for discussion afterwards. Each video is about an hour long. |
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Bellaire Dam Field Trip: Repeat Event!
Thursday, October 1st, 10:00 am
Meet at the dam site in Richardi Park
Did you miss our first event? Here is your second chance! Concerned about our local dam after the spring flooding event in Bellaire? Come join us for a field-trip style program to learn from our local expert, Leslie Meyers, Antrim County Operator of Dams.
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Free Dementia Workshop Level 1: Typical vs Not
Typical Aging, Understanding Dementia
October 8th, 2:00 am- 4:00 pm
Bellaire Public Library
Is This You?
- You are wondering what typical aging is and what it is not, what dementia is
what it is not.
- You feel confused about how to help someone with dementia
- You wish you could understand why someone with dementia does the things
that they do.
- You would like to enjoy your relationship with someone with dementia and
create cherished new memories.
Come learn from Debbie Smith, a certified trainer in Positive Approach to Care. Fueled by Accelerate The Care for Alzheimers. Go to their website to registe
https://www.acceleratethecare.com
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Shelf to Table Cookbook Club
A cookbook. A community table. A delicious reason to gather. October 20th 5:30-7:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
Welcome to the Bellaire Public Library Foodie Book Club!
Each month we'll gather around a different cookbook and enjoy the recipes together.
Here's how it works:
• Visit the library and view this month's cookbook.
• Pick a recipe that sounds delicious.
• Sign up so no one else chooses the same dish.
• Bring your finished recipe to our monthly meeting.
This month’s book selections are out and ready for you to choose your recipe. |
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Seed Saving Program for Kids
Saturday, September 19th, 10:30-11:30am
Bellaire Public Library
Join us for a free kids program (geared for ages 4-10, but flexible). Try some hands-on activities as we learn why we save seeds, how to process seeds, and do crafts with... you guessed it, seeds! We would love for you to register on our website in the calendar section (https://www.bellairelibrary.org) or call us at 231-533-8814
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Antrim County High Tea for Breast Cancer Prevention Presentation
Thursday October 29th, 5:30-6:30pm
Bellaire Public Library
The Antrim High Tea for Breast Cancer invites you to attend an awareness presentation at the library. Until 2009, Antrim County had the highest breast cancer mortality rate in Michigan. Since then, the rate has dropped 36% and we now rank 47th out of 83.
Each October, people across the country raise awareness and support for the millions of people affected by breast cancer.
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Contribute to our Progressive Story Journal
The Bellaire Public Library
Add your story to the community journal! Take it home with you and record your best travel adventure, real or make-believe! What a fun way to hear fellow community members' stories and share your own.
Please see the book insert for more details on this adventure. If the journal is missing, check back soon!
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Homeschool Discoveries IS BACK!!
October 9th, 10:00am
Bellaire Public Library
Join us for a monthly learning program the second Friday of the month aimed at ages 8-12. We discover a new and exciting topic each month with a digital presentation, a book, and a hands on project and/or craft. This month's topic is Astronomy. We look forward to seeing you!
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Second Saturday Story Hour Returns!
Saturday, October 10th at 10:30 am Bellaire Public Library Miss Dawn is jumping in for our fall Second Saturday Story Hours! Come join her for some seasonal fun, stories, crafts, and a little silliness along the way. There will be pumpkin painting to celebrate the fall season! Your chance for a weekend story time is back for the fall. Come for a book reading and activity on the second Saturday of the month. Great for the kids that are back in school and can't make it on Tuesday mornings. |
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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
Every Tuesday, 11:00am- 3:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
Every Tuesday a Tech person will be here to help you with any tech questions you have. Feel free to bring laptops or other devices you would like more guidance using. |
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Medicare Q&A
October 6, 1:00-2:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
We are still here for your Medicare Information needs, the first Tuesday of every month. Learn more about all aspects of Medicare from Jennifer Marie McDonnell, "The Insurance Guru". She has 20 years of experience as a Medicare expert.
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NEW! Medicare Group Discussion
October 6, 2:00-3:00 pm
Bellaire Public Library
Jennifer Marie McDonnell welcomes you to join in on the discussion! After the Medicare Q&A time, stay for an extra hour of wellness conversation. We’ll discuss healthier habits, natural wellness options, and practical ways to support a healthier lifestyle.
* This program is educational only, it does not replace medical advice. Always consult your medical provider for personal medical concerns. *
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KNITTING GROUP
Wednesdays from 10:00am- 12:00pm Bellaire Public Library Did you know we have a knitting circle that meets at the library? They've been meeting off and on for quite a while. We'd love for you to join! Bring whatever handcraft project you're working on, it doesn't have to be just knitting. Some folks crochet, needlepoint, embroidery, etc. It's a great time to sit and chat while you do your craft. Open to the public, no need to register. |
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Spanish Speaking Cohort
Every Wednesday, 4:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
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THE SEED LIBRARY IS OPEN!
Bellaire Public Library
It's time to start thinking about gardening! How exciting. The seed library is now open to the public. So start planning your garden now and grab a couple of packets to get it going.
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Antrim Conservation District Story Walk
4820 Stover Rd. Bellaire, MI The Hike by Alison Farrell Just a reminder that we have partnered with Antrim Conservation District to create a magical book experience. Walk through their beautiful trails while finding the pages of a beloved picture book. We change the story seasonally so it's not a onetime adventure! |
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There’s Always this Year: On Basketball and Ascension By Hanif Abdurraqib Reading a book like this feels like such a gift. The way Abdurraqib cracks himself open and shares his life with his readers is a level of vulnerability I don’t take for granted. Especially for a millennial Black man in America, who has been taught to put on a specific, tough-faced mask in order to survive. I am indebted to him for this peek behind the facade to see the beauty and softness that lives intertwined with the “masculine” basketball fandom. The juxtaposition of it all melds together to create one of the most moving coming of age accounts I’ve ever read. Abdurraqib is a poet, and nothing engages me more than a poet writing in prose because they still write poetically. If I’m being honest, I don’t give two hoots about basketball or sports in general, other than that feeling of collective humanity you feel at a live sporting event. I get embarrassingly weepy— close to bursting to tears—when I hear an arena of people chant or sing in unison, and maybe that’s why I enjoyed There’s Always this Year. It’s undoubtedly about basketball, so if you love the game then you’ll love this book, but if you crave a peek into someone else’s life in a way that builds connection and community understanding (which I always do) you’ll also love this one. This is written from the perspective of someone who grew up watching LeBron James as a Cleveland Cavaliers fan. They are the same age and he highlights the parallels of their lives as young Black men in America (Ohio specifically) and how they’re both from cities the rest of the country wrote off, forgot about, that folks fled from. This winding story is a love song to the hometown heroes. Not just the ones that end up on billboards, but the ones that were legends to the kids watching them on the courts of their neighborhoods. Hanif Abdurraqib grew up in Columbus, Ohio and made his way tripping and flailing to becoming one of the most gorgeous writers I’ve ever encountered. His reflections on personal, as well as collective grief, are the most insightful I’ve come across. And because I feel like I’ll never do this book proper justice I’ll leave you with a blurb from the back of the book written by probably my favorite writer of all time, also a poet that sometimes writes prose, Ross Gay: “Hanif Abdurraqib again shows us new ways to be a social critic, a dreamer, a historian, and a lover of hoop. But— and this feels especially moving— he shows us how he wonders about, and how he is transformed in the wondering about, what it means to belong to a place. And you know by place I mean the people, the memories, the sorrows, the tomorrows, who are that place. And by all that I mean the love.” I think the reason I want to shout from the rooftops about this book is because it’s not something a forty-something year old white lady living in the middle of nowhere— like myself—would normally pick up, and that bums me out. This story is for everyone. It’s for people that grew up just like Hanif Abdurraqib and it’s for folks who didn’t, in equal measure. The greatest part about books is they are a window into lives that are a mystery to some and a mirror to others. The windows and mirrors concept in big in the library community. This is a friendly reminder to peek into some windows (not like that). Maybe take a break from the mirror every once in a while. It's available at the library. |
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The French Illusion
by John Grisham
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers a gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong--and the nightmare that follows. After Paul and Chelsea Tanner's fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them, and why? It turns out this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for clues soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to work together to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation. Propulsive and surprising, The French Illusion is an unmistakable Grisham thrill ride--gripping and impossible to put down.
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Hollow Bones
by Jodi Picoult
#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed author of By Any Other Name comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner. On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn't have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters. Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse--a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis--have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew. Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.
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The Pirate Queen
by Ariel Lawhon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O'Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia. Grace O'Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she's sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-minded second son--a man she cannot have. Married off against her will to a brutal warrior, Grace performs her duty, all the while gathering followers loyal to her, and consolidating her husband's power, only to be ousted from his lands. But this betrayal offers Grace the opportunity to return to sea, finally leading clan O'Malley's mighty fleet. Just as she finds true independence, Queen Elizabeth's incursions into Ireland grow bolder and Grace must fight to defend her land, her ships, and the people she loves most against the cruel and power-hungry English deputies, who will stop at nothing to check her influence. Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon's new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became the Pirate Queen of Ireland.
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Turkeys in Disguise
by Cynthia Platt
It's Thanksgiving Day and Farmer Byrd's Turkey & Vegetable Farm is expecting business, but a surprisingly empty pen has the farmer declaring, No turkeys for sale! Follow along as a group of kids get crafty and decide to save some turkeys by coming up with a cornucopia of creative and silly disguises for their feathered friends.
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More New Titles
Adult Fiction - The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders - The Housewife by Natalie Barelli - Love you More by Emily Giffin - When Lemons give you Life by Anna Johnston - One by One by Freida McFadden - The Boat House by Fern Michaels - Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty - The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters - The True Meaning of Love by Danielle Steel - The Life and Times of John Sawyer by John W. Swatosh - How to Read a Book by Monica Wood - Under Story by Chloe Benjamin - The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig Mysteries - The Castle in the Glen by Rhys Bowen - A Dark Path by Linda Castillo - The Spy who loved Tea by Leighann Dobbs - Fury in Death by J.D. Robb - The Secrets we Hide by Karin Slaughter Large Print - The Tomorrow Tree by Carolyn Brown - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans - Furever After by Sofie Kelly |
Adult Nonfiction - Beaverland: How one Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip - Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobson - Antrim Steamers: A brief History of Steam Navigation on the Inland Lakes of Antrim County Michigan by Walter C. Cowles - The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee - Vegetables love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty by Lisa Mason Zielgler - What to Cook When you Don’t Feel like Cooking by Caroline Chambers - Beautiful Embroidered Accessories by Lexi Mire Brantman - Satisfying Stitches: Learn Simple Embroidery Techniques by Hope Brasfield - The Wright Brothers by David McCollough - You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir by Christina Applegate - Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman - Our Forest Legacy: A History of Antrim County Municipal Forest Management by Mike Meriwether - Something from Nothing by Glenn Ruggles DVDs - The Devil Wears Prada 2 - Minions & Monsters - Toy Story 5 |
Children's/ Teen Books - Sugar Shack by Lucy Knisley - The Second Life of Trees by Aimee M. Bissonette - Python by Christopher Cheng - A Bear Belongs by Catherine Barr - Hans Christian Anderson: The Journey of his Life by Heinz Hanisch - Dorthy the Brave by Meghan P. Browne - Adventures in a Video Game Series by Dustin Brady - The Last Kids on Earth Books 7-10 by Max Brallier - When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller - The Moon without Stars by Chanel Miller - Dragonborn by Struan Murray - Impossible Creatures: The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell - The Great Escape by Deborah Marcero - Otto and the Story Tree by Vivien Mildenberger - Strechy and Beanie by Judith Byron Schachner - Summer Wheels by Eve Bunting - Mac & Cheese: The Origin Story by Michael Benner - When you Dream Big! By Peter H. Reynolds - The Pumpkin Thief by Alice Hemming - Bluey’s Halloween - A Spoonful of Frogs by Lyall Casey - Tractors in Space by Ross MacKay |
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