Bogue Banks Public Library,
PKS, Branch of Carteret
County Public Library
News of Summer Events:
During August at Bogue Banks Branch
Library, the final movies in the Summer
Film Classics for children were concluded
August 13^. For the Summer Reading
Program's final event, over ninety children
attended the Closing Celebration Party at
which author Anne Abernathy Roth
delighted her audience with her original
stories and songs. Each child who had
read at least ten books received a
certificate for his or her accomplishment.
The Friends of Bogue Banks Branch
Library conducted a very successful Book
Sale on Saturday, August 8, at Shepherd
of the Sea Lutheran Church in Atlantic
Beach. From the sale of books,
approximately $700 is now in the coffers
of the Friends of the Library to be used
for the benefit and promotion of the
library.
New Books!
Famine is over! Feast is here! Of
new books, that is! Patricia Cornwell is on
the Best Seller List with Point of Origin in
which Dr. Kay Scarpetta is back
confronting a serial killer whose identity
reveals an old enemy. One of our library
staff members reported she was glued to
this one and found it to be one of
Cornwell's best so far. For aficionados of
spy rings, cold wars, or the unfathomable
doings of governments. Eleventh
Commandment a CIA officer against
the Director of Central Intelligence. Fans
of Jimmy Buffett will enjoy his Pirate
Loo!s at 50, a reflection of this music
star's half-century of days and nights.
Widow for One Kearby John Irving offers
three views of the involved situations
facing a writer and single mother. Other
new books at Bogue Banks Library well
worth attention include Low Country by
Anne Rivers Siddons, 9 Steps to Financial
Freedom by Suze Orman and On the
Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Kaye
Gibbons.
Exhibits Purina August:
Exhibits in the library's Gallery are
expected to showcase the work of area
artists. The ambience of the Gallery has
drawn attention to this excellent location
for the displays, which are of interest to
community residents and visitors.
Children's Preschool Story time:
Preschool Storytime resumes its
regular program on Mondays at 10:30 at
the library in Pine Knoll Shores.
Special Closing:
The library will be closed on Monday,
September 7, for Labor Day.
Bogue Banks Branch Library is
open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Saturday. For more
information, call 247-4660 or visit
the library at 320 Salter Path Road in
Pine Knoll Shores.
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