You need to know that while summer is great for some down time, it’s never healthy to totally shut down and become lazy. This summer, you should try to: Read  learn something new and for fun - how about a new author you wanted to try or a book...

Guess what I am back!  After a long recovery from a difficult operation I am back here at the Suffern Library.  Getting ready to plan some awesome things for the Fall.  Any requests??? Reach out and let me know what you have been up to.......

Summer is just around the corner and it's time to start planning events to keep you entertained for the next couple of months. Well, try coming to some of the tween programs at the library. We have a lot planned for you. First of all, you can form a...

If you are reading this and participating in the Scavenger Hunt, then you know that in order to get 2 points you need to recommend a book. It can be any book you like...adult or children's book. Make sure that you sign your recommendation with your team...

Be Creative @ Your Library 2009 Summer Reading Registration begins this Monday, June 15th.  All children 2 years old & up who are residents of the Ramapo Central School District are welcome to come in, register and pick up their bag of...

Summer Storytime Registration is currently under way.  Children who are residents of the Ramapo Central School District are welcome to register now.  We have storytimes for Newborn-2 year olds, 2 year olds, 3-5 year olds and children entering...

Ayelet Waldman manages to touch a nerve and a funny bone in her new book, Bad Mother: a Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, & Occasional Moments of Grace.  Waldman, a Harvard Law School graduate and former Assistant D.A., is now a...

Today I would like to know what your favorite Wii games are?  Do you like Mario Kart or are you a Lego Star Wars Fan?  Tell me your favorite games? I've played tennis and bowling and I know my neice and nephew love to race. Miss Jennifer...

I was looking at the magazines we have in the children's room and I was thinking what are you favorites.  Do you love Disney Princess or are you a Sports Illustrated for Kids kid?  Are you reading Babybug or Wild Animal Baby to your baby? Tell...

The children's room now has playaways.  Don't know what that is, well I will tell you.  Playaways are small box shaped items that hold an entire book.  You plug in your headphones, hit play and away you go.  Still not clear on what...

Yesterday, 62 of us ventured out onto the Hudson River for a tour that took us to Bannerman's Island and back. Along the way we picked up another 35 passengers at West Point. It had started out as a beautiful day but quickly got cloudy and started raining....

Some novels hook me on the first page but Bonnie Kirshenbaum’s new book, The Scenic Route, grabbed me with the first lines, “Here is the story of Henry and me. I wish it had a different end. It had a good beginning.” This story contains a road trip, a...

Well it looks like we are going to have great weather on Saturday for Sidewalk Games.  The program is from 10:30-11:15 and we will meet at the back of the parking lot.  There is still room, so register online today.  See you there. Miss...

This week I finished two audiobooks.  The first was The Postcard by Tony Abbott.  Jason is sent to Florida to help his dad when his grandmother dies.  In the process of cleaning out her house he discovers a mysterious postcard that leads...

If you read our newsletter, you probably noticed that we have a zumba fitness class coming up on May 31st. A lot of people have been asking me “what is zumba?” Zumba is the latest fitness craze that has become very popular in Miami and is now spreading...

If you like Amber Brown and Clementine you are going to enjoy the new series I just discovered... Piper Reed, Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt. In the first book of the series Piper Reed (whose father is in the Navy) and her family move to Pensacola,...

Have you seen and heard a didjeridu? If you have grown up in this country like I have chances are you are not familiar with this instrument. It sounds like a very low sounding drone typically played by the Aborigines in Australia during ceremonies. On...

My latest voyage in reading brought me to the New York Times Best Seller—Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man:  What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment by Steve Harvey.  Typically, I would not reach for a book...

Hi!  As the Winter/Spring storytimes wrap up this week.  I just want to remind you of some other things going on this month.  Please remember all program unless noted are limited to children who are residents of the Ramapo Central School...

Last Sunday, April 19th, we had the Israeli Dance Troup Parparim Ensemble. They were just great. We were able to host that event because of a generous Community Arts Grant and the Suffern Library Book Sale Group. The ensemble consisted of about 8 people...

By now you have probably received your newsletter for May through July. If you have not received it yet, pick one up at the check-out desk or take a look at our online calendar.   This upcoming season, I decided to show a lot of films. As mom...

I hope you are all enjoying National Library Week.  We certainly are.  The 9th anniversary of our building is this week and we are enjoying some great programs. While clay play is full tomorrow, we still have room in "I hopped out of bed and...

Playaways will be coming to the children's room in the next month or so.   We will be shelving them with the books on CD.  If you don't know what they are they are an audiobook in a self contained case which you can just put headphones...

If you’re an avid reader like I am you’re always looking for the next good read. And if you’re a member of a book discussion group you may occasionally have to come up with a title for the group. One of my favorite ways to choose is from an e mail newsletter...

Jean Rhys was born in Roseau, Dominica where she lived on the plantation owned by her parents until she went to England at the age of 17. Quartet is her first novel, completed in 1924. It tells the story of a young woman with no family support and therefore...