Canton Seniors Book Group will meet on Thursday, April 25 at 2:00-3:00pm in Canton Public Library's Group Study Room A.  We will be discussing Jeffrey Zaslow's THE GIRLS FROM AMES.  Copies of the book are distributed at the group's meeting or request a copy  at the Adult Help Desk.

The girls from Ames: a story of women & a forty-year friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow

Canton Seniors Book Group meets on Thursday, February 28 at 2:00-3:00PM in Canton Public Library's Group Study Room A.  This month we are discussing:

Room: a novel by Emma Donoghue

Canton Seniors Book Group meets on Thursday, October 25 from 2:00-3:00 PM in Group Study Room A. This month we are reading:

Snow flower and the Secret Fan: a novel by Lisa See

Canton Seniors Book Discussion group will meet on Thursday, August 23 from 2:00-3:00 PM in Canton Public Library's Group Study Room A. This month we are reading:

One was a soldier: a Clare Fergusson/Russ van Alstyne mystery by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Join us Tuesday, April 24 from 9:30-11:00 AM to learn the step-by-step of checking out free library eBooks. Devices featured in the live demo include Kindle and Sony Wifi. Other popular eReaders are on hand for you to get acquainted too. Registration is required for this class.

The Harry Potter books are now available in eBook format! You can check them out using your library card. Click the links below and then log in with your library card to see what's available or to place a hold.

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

If The Shoemaker's Wife by Trigiani, Gossip by Gutcheon, Raylan by Leonard, Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, or any of the Harry Potter series by Rowling suit your fancy, you will be delighted to know that they are now available on our eBook site. ;Log in with your CPL card number before you search. This ensures that you are accessing our entire eBook collection where these new titles reside. You can also place holds for these titles.

Join library staff and other eReader users as we share eBook tips and tricks in an informal environment. Group will meet Monday, April 30th, 7:00-8:00 PM in the Purple Room.

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Heaven awaits the bride by Anna Rountree

A monster calls: a novel by Patrick Ness ; inspired from an idea by Siobhan Dowd ; illustrations by Jim Kay

Destiny of the republic [sound recording]: a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president by Candice Millard

Our eBook Help has a new look and an expanded content that includes hundreds of help articles covering everything you need to know to enjoy our digital collection. If you ever need instructions regarding downloading or transferring a title to your device, check here to find answersto your questions.

Five books to help make life a little easier as you age:

I feel great about my hands: and other unexpected joys of aging by edited by Shari Graydon

AARP guide to revitalizing your home: beautiful living for the second half of life: reimagine, redesign, remodel by Rosemary Bakker

The social animal: the hidden sources of love, character, and achievement by David Brooks

Join library staff and other eReader users as we share eBook tips and tricks in an informal environment. Group will meet Tuesday January 17th, 7:00-8:00 PM in the Purple Room.

The language of flowers: a novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Winterdance: the fine madness of running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen

My name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

1984: a novel by George Orwell ; with an afterword by Erich Fromm

What's the first book you will read this year? Have you made any reading resolutions for 2012? Last year I promised myself I would catch up on all my favorite authors, I think I read about 60% of my authors' list. This year I've promised myself to use all the reading diaries I've received over the past several years. I think this will be an easier resolution to keep.

Overdrive, the Library's eBook provider, has produced a quick YouTube video on how to use their site with your Kindle device.

We have been feverishly adding new titles to our eBook collection. Almost 1,000 titles for all age groups. They are ready for you to find and check out if you log in with your Canton Library card number before searching. This way you'll have complete access to all these new titles. Try our titles with your eReader! Don't have one? Test drive one of ours at the Help Desk.

The University of Michigan is in the midst of negotiations with publishers and will begin an e-textbook pilot program for introductory courses in the fall. Great news to the students! For CPL folks, we have increased greatly our eBook collections for all age groups. Log in with your CPL card number before searching to access the entire collection.

Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926-21 November 2011) award-winning author of the "Dragonriders of Pern" series, has died of a stroke at her Ireland home. She was 85 years old. Ms. McCaffrey, the first woman to receive a Hugo Award for fiction and the Nebula Award, was named 22nd Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America in 2005 and inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. She was the first science fiction writer to make the New York Times Bestsellers List.