Holiday Hours

 The Library will be closing today at 4PM. We will also be closed all day Friday. The Library will be open Saturday from 9-5 and Sunday from 1-5. Happy New Year!

Are You Ready for the Reading Challenge?

Dover Public Library’s 2016 Reading Challenge

Starting in January, we challenge you to read one book for each theme provided. Use our check list to keep track and see if you can get through all 20 books by the end of the year (not necessarily in the order provided). There are no prizes – just a fun, personal challenge for you! If you have any questions or need help picking out books to read, ask a librarian or visit our Pinterest page https://www.pinterest.com/doverpl/2016-reading-challenge/ for ideas. Good luck!

□     Has a dragon in it

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□     Written by someone of the opposite sex

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□     Set in New Hampshire

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□     A ghost story

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□     Has a major holiday in it

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□     Features a wedding/funeral

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□     About a culture different from your own

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□     Set during World War I

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□     Written by a first-time author

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□     A 19^th century classic

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□     Biography of someone you respect

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□     Set in the future

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□     A true story

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□     Has a blue cover

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□     About an epidemic

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□     Set on another continent aside from North America

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□     Has a murder in it

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□     First book in a series

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□     About another world

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□     A book someone recommended to you

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Join the new Morning Book Group

The Library has some exciting news--due to the popularity of our Monday evening book group we are starting a second book group. The new book group, which will be called the "The Morning Book Group", will meet on the first Thursday of the month at 10am. The inaugural meeting will be on February 4 and the group will discuss Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman. Books will be available in early January. The next meeting of the "Evening Book Group" will be on Monday, January 25 at 6:30pm to discuss The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman. We have a few copies of the books left for borrowing. All are welcome to either book group!

2015 Librarians’ Choice

We are proud to present the 2015 Librarians’ Choice; our favorite books of the year. We hope you enjoy them!

The Wonder Garden by Lauren Acampora

Passionate Nutrition by Jennifer Adler

First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

The Truth According To Us by Annie Barrows

The Silver Witch by Paula Brackston

As the Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

Secret chord by Geraldine Brooks

A Necessary End by Holly Brown

The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter

If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie

Gotham Academy by Becky Cloonan

Abroad by Katie Crouch

You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day

Captain Marvel by Kelly Sue DeConnick

The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes

The Fatal Flame by Lindsay Faye

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy

The Book of Lost & Found by Lucy Foley

One Year After by William Forstchen

Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Paris Red by Maureen Gibbon

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen

The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf

Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny

The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz

Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman

Girl Underwater by Claire Kelly

I Take You by Eliza Kennedy

Disclaimer by Renee Knight

My Very Best Friend by Cathy Lamb

Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

The Half Brother by Holly LeCraw

How To Start A Fire by Lisa Lutz

The Magicians Lie by Greer Macallister

Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews

The Border by Robert McCammon

The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy

Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

Slade House by David Mitchell

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

The Lake House by Kate Morton

Those We Left Behind by Stuart Neville

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry

Vanessa and her Sister by Priya Parmar

The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton

Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport

The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy Reichert

The Hand that Feeds You by A.J. Rich

Fiercombe Manor by Kate Riordan

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes

Positive by David Wellington

The Sound of Glass by Karen White

The Storms of War by Kate Williams

The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig

Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson

The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young

The Swimmer by Joachim Zander

Kill A Watt Energy Detectors

The Dover Public Library has 4 Kill A Watt Energy Detectors available for check out. It is very easy to use--just plug it in at your home or office, and find out exactly how much electricity all your appliances and electronic devices are using. It's the first step to lower electric bills (who could complain about that) and to a smaller carbon footprint! 

December eNewsletter

The Library's eNewsletter is now available! December is local author month at the DPL so take a look at the newsletter to see a complete listing of events.

Borrow a Telescope from the Library

Did you know that this is the perfect time to spot Jupiter in the morning sky? During the last few weeks of November, the planet is the second brightest object in the sky before sunrise. According to The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, you will be able “to glimpse one or two moons with binoculars” but with a good telescope, you may “run out of fingers to count” the moons you’ll see (there are 63 known moons orbiting Jupiter)!
Reserve the Library's Orion StarBlast 4.5" Altazimuth Reflector telescope today. You may even get a look at Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—a storm that Galileo saw in 1610 with his very first telescope!

Would you like to learn a foreign language free on your computer or tablet?

The Mango language learning system uses audio, video, and interactive content to make learning a new language easy and fun. Mango uses real-life situations and actual conversations to more effectively teach a new language.
All you need to do to get started is visit our website.

The Library Will Be Closed for Veterans Day

The Library will be closed Wednesday, November 11th, in honor of Veterans Day.

"The How & Why of Civil War Reenacting" --- Nov. 17, 2015 @ 7pm

    The Friends of the Dover Public Library are delighted to present an intriguing and informative program on a somewhat unusual pastime: Civil War reenacting. On Tuesday evening, November 17 at 7pm in the library’s Lecture Hall, come and hear dedicated reenactor Austin Clark talk ardently about his avocation.

    If you wonder why anyone would want to wear wool on a hundred degree day, march through tick-infested fields in the rain, sew shirts from untreated cotton, or let dozens of guns fire right beside your head, Austin will describe the attraction and the appeal of his “hobby”.  He looks forward to informing  "spectators" as he explains not only how to raise a regiment and where to find the best quality haversack, but also the motivations and passions of the reenactors themselves.

Austin Clark has been reenacting with varying levels of intensity for the past seven years. His historical passion has been fueled by an undergraduate career at Gettysburg College, four years (and counting) giving tours at Canterbury Shaker Village, and a stint living and working in Bath, England. He is currently a part-time librarian, part-time tour guide, full-time New Hampshirite, and proud member of the 6^th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. The 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry is a Civil War reenacting group based out of southern New Hampshire. In addition to traditional reenactments, they work extensively in support of educational programs and parades to help bring Civil War history, quite literally, "to life."

This program is free. For more information, call the Dover Public Library at 603-516-6050.