Summer Activities for Kids

Get messy and have some fun this July in the library, with our free arts & crafts sessions and story times. 

Storytime, every Thursday throughout the summer @ 3pm, 

Stories, songs, rhymes colouring for 2-6 year olds

Art & Crafts 4-6 yrs                                 Art & Crafts for 7-11yrs

Thursday  7th July 3.30pm                                  Wednesday 6th July 3.30pm

Thursday 14th July 3.30pm                                 Wednesday 13th July 3.30pm

Thursday 21st July 3.30pm                                 Wednesday 20th July 3.30pm

Thursday 28th July 3.30pm                                 Wednesday 27th July 3.30pm

Children must be accompanied by an adult in the library, no booking necessary first come first serve for arts & crafts. 

Book of the Month

Announced on May 18, Philip Roth is the winner of the fourth Man Booker International Prize. He was chosen from a list of 13 eminent contenders. The Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000, is awarded for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It is presented once every two years to a living author for a body of work published either originally in English or widely available in translation in the English language.
Check our catalogue for a list of Philip Roth titles available in the library.


The Human Stain  - Phillip Roth


Retired professor Coleman Silk has a secret. His secret is deep and lies at the very core of who he is, and he has kept it hidden from everyone for fifty years. Set in 1998, with the backdrop of the impeachment of a president, The Human Stain shows an America where conflicting moralities and ideological division result in public denunciations and houndings, and where innocence is not always a good enough excuse. 


'Unnerving, hilarious and sad' New York Times


'The work of a genius at full throttle' Sunday Telegraph


'Astonishing...very beautiful' NY Times Book review

Limerick Intercultural Week

As part of Limerick Intercultural Week, The Dandelion Puppet Theatre visited the library with their 'Pumpkin Seeds' show of tales from around the world.

Children from Corpus Christi School, St. Munchins Girls School and St. Munchin's Boys School, were enthralled with stories like 'The Rainbow Crow' from North America, 'The Gumeatikakloodlea' from Australia and 'Anansi the spider' from Africa.

 

Family History Course

Students from St. Nessans Community School, with their teacher Mary O'Brien creating family trees with genealogist Sean Gannon. The transition year students have spent four one hour sessions in the library, learning about family history, genealogical records and how to create the a family tree.

The family history course can be tailored for primary or secondary school  classes. If you are interested, please contact staff for further details

Book of the Month

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski


On a farm in remote Wisconsin, the mute and brilliant Edgar Swatelle leads an idyllic life with his parents, raising a unique breed of dog. But when Edgar's uncle Claude returns unexpectedly, Edgar is forced to flee in to the wilderness and fight for survival. But the questions he has left unanswered, and his devotion to the Savelle dogs, turn Edgar ever homeward. 


The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is at once a brilliant retelling of an ancient story, a haunting exploration of a boy and the dogs he loves and an epic tale of devotion, betrayal and courage.


'An incredible journey that seems to have everything going for it; the beauty and flair of a great literary novel, the scale and pacing of a fantasy epic, and the absorbing thrill-ride of any glorious rites-of-passage adventure from our collective childhoods.' Sunday Business Post


Whether you read for the beauty of the language or the intricacies of the plot, you will easily fall in love with X’s generous, almost transcendentally lovely debut novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle ... The scope of this novel, its psychological insight and lyrical mastery make it one of the best novels of the year, and a perfect, comforting joy of a book for the summer.’
Oprah Magazine


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