Saturday, July 28, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Trash or Treasure? An Antiques Appraisal Event
Join renowned antiques and collectables appraiser
Mark Moran for this special event
Come to the library on Saturday, August 4th from
10:00am to 1:00pm and watch Mark Moran appraise various preselected items from
the community. Items up for appraisal
may include: fine art, furniture, ceramics, glassware, vintage photographs,
folk art, toys, clocks, costume jewelry, and metalware. Learn what to look for when it comes to
determining the value of your precious keepsakes!
Mark Moran is a former senior editor of Antiques and
Collectibles Books and has been a contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine, as well
as a guest expert on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow. He is the author or co-author of more than 25
books on antiques and collectibles, including the 800-page annual Warman's
Antiques & Collectibles. Mr. Moran
bought and sold antiques for more than 30 years, specializing in vintage folk
art, Americana, and fine art. He has
been active as an appraiser of antiques and fine art for more than 20 years.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Mukwonago
Community Library and is open to all. For
more information, please stop by the front desk or call us at (262) 363-6411.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
July's Staff Picks
The Mukwonago Community Library features staff picks for each month of the year! July’s featured staff members are Craig and Kelsey. You can find their picks at the library by the windows behind the Reference desk or right here below:
Craig’s
Picks
Watership
Down by Richard Adams
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong
Jonathan
Livingston Seagull by Richard Back
Square
Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
Small
Space Organizing by Kathryn Becker
Jaws by
Peter Benchley
Living
Off the Grid by David Black
Dandelion
Wine by Ray Bradbury
The Most
Human Human by Brian Christian
Hardy
Boys Mystery Stories by Franklin W. Dixon
Five
Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn
Birdman
of Alcatraz by Thomas Gaddis
Old
Yeller by Fred Gipson
Black
Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Good-bye
Mr. Chips by James Hilton
The Ken
Family Chronicles Series by John Jakes
To Kill
a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Call
of the Wild by Jack London
Little
Bear’s Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik
Gone
With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
An
Island to Myself by Tom Neale
Island
of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell
My
Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
Toby
Tyler by James Otis
Alive by
Piers Paul Read
The
Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia
The Omen
by David Seltzer
Black
Beauty by Anna Sewell
The
Tower by Richard Martin Stern
Kelsey’s
Picks
Apple
Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke
Firefly
by Kristin Hannah
Night
Road by Kristin Hannah
Fireflies:
A Winter’s Tale by Alice Hoffman
The View
from Saturday by E.L. Koingsburg
The
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyers
Esperanza
Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Pretty
Little Liars Series by Sara Shepard
Charlie St.
Cloud by Ben Sherwood
The
Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
Dear
John by Nicholas Sparks
The Last
Song by Nicholas Sparks
The
Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
The
Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
A Walk
to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Wolves
of Mercy Falls Series by Maggie Stiefvater
Running
with Stilettos by Mary T. Wagner
Night by
Elie Wiesel
Little House in the
Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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