If you are looking for The Rhode Island Parents' Guide to Children's Mental Health you can view it online or take out the Library's copy.

SurfRI (free access to over 100 databases) will run until May 31. Database searching can be much more effective than Googling. Some of our favorites are Book Review Digest, (just type in a title for multiple reviews); The CultureGrams Recipe page (for recipes from every country), and Teen Health and Wellness.

Monday and Tuesday, May 12 and 13. ***Note time change: 6 PM both nights, (not 7 PM as posted earlier)*** at Peace Dale Library--How To Trace Your Family's History. The Rhode Island Genealogical Society presents a 2-session workshop on how to discover your roots and decipher what you find in the process. Free of charge and open to the public. You will need to attend both sessions. Registration is required--call 789-1555 xt 112 to sign up.

Wednesday, May 14, 10:30-11:00 AM, at the Center (25 St. Dominic Rd., Wakefield)-- The Center Book Group meets to discuss Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende. To register, call Margaret at The Center (798-0268) or stop in. Books are available there or through Ocean State Libraries with your card. Facilitated by Pam Mead, Branch Librarian, Kingston Free Library.

Wednesday, May 14, 7:30-8:30 PM, at Kingston Free Library--Beyond Words Book Group meets to discuss Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire. Copies of the book are available at the Library in advance, or through Ocean State Libraries with your card. New readers always welcome! 783-8254.

Wednesday, May 21, 7 PM, at Peace Dale Library--"Caroline Hazard: Daughter of the House". Historian Helen Farrell Allen will begin this event outdoors at 7 PM with a tour of the Hazard Memorial Garden next to the Library, the Daniel Chester French monument "The Weaver", and a look at some features of the 1891 Library building. At 7:30 she will present a talk about Caroline Hazard in the Meeting Room. This program is free of charge, open to the public, and made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. 789-1555 xt 112.

Thursday, May 22, 2008, 4:00-4:45 PM, at Peace Dale Library--The Children's Book Club will meet to discuss First Light by Rebecca Stead and How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor. Refreshments will be served. New readers and talkers are always welcome. 789-1555.

Monday, May 26--HOLIDAY CLOSING--All 3 South Kingstown Libraries will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday.

Thursday, May 29, 2008, 6:30 PM, at Robert Beverly Hale Library--This is the season's big finale for the Bookmarks Book Discussion Group. Potluck begins at 6:30 pm. Please call the Library to sign up for a dish to bring. Our last book for the 2007-2008 season is Sidney Poitier's autobiography, The Measure of a Man. New members are always welcome. 783-5386.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 7 PM, at Peace Dale Library--The Peace Dale Library Book Discussion meets to discuss The Old American by Ernest Hebert. Copies are available at the Library. New discussers always welcome! 789-1555.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 4:00-4:45 PM, at Robert Beverly Hale Library--The Kids' Book Club will be discussing Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko. Kids in grades 4-6 are invited to join us for discussion, activities and snacks. New members always welcome; books are available at the library. 783-5386.

Thursday, June 5, 2008, noon-1:00, at Kingston Free Library--Brown Bag Book Group meets to discuss The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Copies available at the Library. Bring your lunch if you wish; tea and cookies provided by Friends of the Kingston Free Library. 783-8254.

Thursday, June 5, 2008, 7 PM, at Peace Dale Library--What's That Smell? Documenting the Overturn of Narrow River in Fall, 2007. Neighbors living on the north end of Narrow River noticed a peculiar smell and milky color to the water last October. Dr. Veronica Berounsky, a Narrow River Preservation Association Director and a researcher at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, organized a study of this phenomenon, called an "overturn." She will be joined by Rosemary C. Smith, who serves as a River Monitor and on the Board of Directors of the NRPA. A Powerpoint presentation and aerial photos by Don Bousquet will be featured. Free of charge and open to the public. 789-1555.

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This page updated May 8, 2008.