Homestead Library Services
Help with library cards, borrowing/requesting materials, returning materials. Please bring passwords for digital assistance. Event is at the Bergquist Library at The Homestead in Gerry. Open to the public.
Help with library cards, borrowing/requesting materials, returning materials. Please bring passwords for digital assistance. Event is at the Bergquist Library at The Homestead in Gerry. Open to the public.
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher Artist’s daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life: a Bohemian childhood in London and Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she truly loved. She has brought up three children – and learned to accept them as they are. Yet she is far...
Anecdotes & Ancestors with Tom Jordan A discussion of a few colorful leaves from the Jordan family tree. Former Sinclairville resident Dr. Tom Jordan will present a few anecdotes about some of the characters in his family tree as told to him by his dearly departed relatives. Penhollows, Harpers, Torreys, Edsons, and McClarans may be...
"Jory John & Friends" Experience the characters of Jory John, bestselling author of children's books, known for the Food Group series (The Bad Seed, The Good Egg), the Critter Gang series (Penguin Problems). Miss Jessica will be introducing her newest Jory John stuffies. Craft your own Smart Cookie (paper craft). Children will gain the...
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See An immersive historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman physician in 15th-century China. According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be...