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The Kent County Public Library's Web site has recently grown to include a Parent's Page featuring reviews of children's books, tips for reading to toddlers, and a large collection of resources of interest to parents. We hope you'll find this page useful and informative.

Visit the new parents page through this link or click the "Parents" menu option in the left hand menu on any page of our website.

This is just one more way, we're trying to tailor our website to fit your information needs. Don't forget, if you want to access our website from home, the web address is www.kentcountylibrary.org.

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Enjoy a puppet show and “not so scary” Halloween stories. Wear your costume!

Tuesday, October 27, 10 AM, Chestertown Branch
Wednesday, October 28, 10:30 AM, Rock Hall Branch
Thursday, October 29, 10:30 AM, North County Branch

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People across Maryland all discussing one book? Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it?

Kent County Public Library is joining the Maryland Humanities Council and libraries across the state in sponsoring One Maryland One Book 2009.

This year's title is "Song Yet Sung" by James McBride, author of the bestselling "The Color of Water." Set on the lower Eastern Shore in Dorchester County in March 1850, and inspired by the life of Harriet Tubman, "Song Yet Sung" should be of particular interest to Shore readers. Drop by the library to get your free copy. Then join in the conversation at one of our upcoming events, or form your own discussion group. There will be two community conversations and an author visit in October. Details below and on our website: www.kentcountylibrary.org

Wednesday, October 14th at 5:30 PM
Community Conversation featuring readings by Karen Somerville and Michael Sampson
Bethel A.M.E. Church
237 N. College Ave.
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-810-0600
Everyone welcome. Refreshments.

Wednesday, October 28th at 5:30 PM
Community Conversation featuring readings by Karen Somerville and Michael Sampson
Kent County Public Library, Chestertown Branch
408 High Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-3636
Everyone welcome. Refreshments.

Thursday, October 29th at 4:30 PM
Visit by Author James McBride
Decker Auditorium - Gibson Art Center
Washington College
Chestertown, MD 21620

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Kent County Public Library and the Maryland Humanities Council are pleased to sponsor:

Jane Eyre: Gothic Melodrama & Spiritual Autobiography
a presentation by Dr. Robert Kachur
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 5:30 PM.
Kent County Public Library, Chestertown Branch
408 High Street, Chestertown, MD,
410-778-3636

Ever since its publication in 1848, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre has caught and kept the public's attention. Although appealing to a wide audience, Bronte's novel, a blend of Gothic melodrama and spiritual autobiography, has especially stirred interest - and even controversy - among feminists and Christians alike. During our discussion of Jane Eyre, we will discuss why this story of an emotionally and physically abused young girl who seeks to find purpose and belonging as she enters womanhood has affected so many readers so profoundly, focusing especially on its "scandalous" religious subtext and its startling apocalyptic ending.

Robert Kachur is Assistant Professor of Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century British Literature at McDaniel College where he also teaches courses on the Apocalypse and Horror fiction. He received his Ph.D. in Nineteenth-century British Literature with a minor in Composition Studies as well as his M.A. in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jane Eyre is available from the Kent County Public Library in print, audiobook, and movie formats.

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