The Friends of the Hamlin Public Library are a non-profit, tax deductible volunteer organization that provides financial support for the Hamlin Public Library.
The Friends of the Hamlin Public Library provides support to the Library in a variety of forms:
- Book Sales
- Fund Raising Events
- Advocates for the Library to elected officials
- Financial support for the Summer reading Program
- Financial support including items such as the purchase of our circulation counter, the teen and adult area seating, multiple programs, and the meeting room renovation
What are different ways someone can support the Friends of the Library?
- Become a member to assist the Hamlin Public Library with it’s continued goal to support the Hamlin community.
- Volunteer to participate in our fundraisers.
- Join in Friends of the Library meetings on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 4:00pm at the library. It’s a great time to offer your support and ideas. There are no meetings held in April, July and December.
Click here for link to information on how to join the Friends of the Library
Please contact Wilma Matsko at matskofam@frontiernet.net for more information about volunteer opportunities supporting the Library.
New Arrivals
Adult Nonfiction
Minimalist Home
One of today’s most influential minimalist advocates takes us on a decluttering tour of our own houses and apartments, showing us how to decide what to get rid of and what to keep. He both offers practical guidelines for simplifying our lifestyle at home and addresses underlying issues that contribute to over-accumulation in the first place. The purpose is not just to create a more inviting living space. It’s also to turn our life’s HQ–our home–into a launching pad for a more fulfilling and productive life in the world.
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| Damn Delicious Meal Prep | Rhee Chungah |
| Essential Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook | Morante Cook |
| Secrets of Great Second Meals | Sara Dickerman |
| Vegan Paleo | Jenna Zoe |
| Cultures: How Ancient Foods Can Feed Our Microbiome | Katherine Courge |
| Keto Diet | Josh Axe |
| Secrets of a Soldier’s Wife | Shana Hogan |
| Organic Painter | Carne Griffiths |
| Affordable Eats | Taste of Home |
| Brave Learner | Julie Bogart |
| Pruning Simplified | Steven Bradley |
| Make it Last | Family Handyman |
| First Conspiracy | Brad Metlzer |
| Minimalist Home | Joshua Becker |
Adult Fiction
Before We Were Strangers
Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn’t sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the cool autumn air. And then there was that other sound–the ominous thump before all went quiet. In the morning, her mother was gone.
Now another traumatic loss forces Sloane to realize she owes it to her mother to find out the truth, even if it means returning to a small town full of secrets and lies, a jilted ex-boyfriend and a father and brother who’d rather see her silenced. But as Sloane starts digging into the past, the question isn’t whether she can uncover what really happened that night…it’s what will remain of her family if she does?
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| Title | Author | Release Date | |
| The Drifter | Nicholas | Petrie | |
| Light it Up | Nick | Petrie | |
| Operateor Down | Brad | Taylor | |
| The Weight of the Piano | Chris | Cander | |
| The Age of Light | Whitney | Scharer | 2/5/2019 |
| The Black Ascot | Charles | Todd | 2/5/2019 |
| Bowlaway | Elizabeth | McCCracken | 2/5/2019 |
| Connections in Death | J.D. | Robb | 2/5/2019 |
| I Owe You One | Sophie | Kinsella | 2/5/2019 |
| The Lost Man | Jane | Harper | 2/5/2019 |
| The Ruin of Kings | Jenn | Lyons | 2/5/2019 |
| Stalker | Lars | Kepler | 2/5/2019 |
| Watcher in the Woods | Kelley | Armstrong | 2/5/2019 |
| Black Leopard, Red Wolf | Marion | James | 2/5/2019 |
| The Girl in the Glass Box | James | Grippando | 2/5/2019 |
| The Wedding Guest | Johnathan | Kellerman | 2/5/2019 |
| American Spy | Lauren | Wilkinson | 2/12/2019 |
| Early Riser | Jasper | Fforde | 2/12/2019 |
| Finding Dorothy | Elizabeth | Letts | 2/12/2019 |
| Lost Children Archive | Valeria | Luiselli | 2/12/2019 |
| The Night Tiger | Yangsze | Choo | 2/12/2019 |
| The Chef | James | Patterson | 2/18/2019 |
| Dear George, Dear Mary | Mary | Calvi | 2/19/2019 |
| Win a Prize! At Hamlin Library, Come in and | Say the Word | Toggle | |
| Devil’s Daughter | Lisa | Klepas | 2/19/2019 |
| Never Tell | Lisa | Gardner | 2/19/2019 |
| The Next to Die | Sophie | Hannah | 2/19/2019 |
| The Vanishing Man | Charles | Finch | 2/19/2019 |
| After She’s Gone | Camilla | Grebe | 2/26/2019 |
| American Duchess | Karen | Harper | 2/26/2019 |
| California Girls | Susan | Mallery | 2/26/2019 |
| Chocolate Cream Pie Murder | Joanne | Fluke | 2/26/2019 |
| The Huntress | Kate | Quinn | 2/26/2019 |
| A Justified Murder | Jude | Deveraux | 2/26/2019 |
| The Lost Night | Andrea | Bartz | 2/26/2019 |
| Open Carry | Marc | Cameron | 2/26/2019 |
| The Raven Tower | Ann | Leckie | 2/26/2019 |
Teens
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee
Every Friday night, best friends Delia and Josie become Rayne Ravenscroft and Delilah Darkwood, hosts of the campy creature feature show Midnite Matinee on the local cable station TV Six.
But with the end of senior year quickly approaching, the girls face tough decisions about their futures. As the tug-of-war between growing up and growing apart tests the bonds of their friendship, Josie and Delia start to realize that an uncertain future can be both monstrous…and momentous.
Release Date February 26, 2019
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New Teen Books
| Evermore | Sara Holland |
| The Pride Guide | Jo Langford |
| Queen of Air and Darkness | Cassandra Clare |
| Tokyo Ghoul 7 | Sui Ishida |
| Tokyo Ghoul 8 | Sui Ishida |
| Tokyo Ghoul 9 | Sui Ishida |
| Tokyo Ghoul 10 | Sui Ishida |
| Tokyo Ghoul 11 | Sui Ishida |
| Tokyo Ghoul 12 | Sui Ishida |
| Dear Evan Hansen | Val Emmich |
| Adulting | Kelly Williams Brown |
| Dancers Among Us | Jordan Matter |
| World War II | Kindersley Dorling Inc. |
| Five Feet Apart | Rachael Lippincott |
| The Glided Wolves | Roshani Choshi |
| King of Scars | Leigh Bardugo |
| The Love and Lies of Rukhsana | Sabina Khan |
| Spilling Ink | Anne Mazer |
| The Wicked King | Hollly Black |
Children’s
Best Friends in the Universe
Louie and Hector are the best friends in the universe. Get ready to laugh out loud as the two boys fall in and out and eventually back into their best friendship ever through a series of funny secrets that neither one was supposed to reveal. Each episode is told in a journal format in four parts: “Best Friends in the Universe,” “Best Friends in the Universe Forever and Ever,” “Worst Friends in the Universe,” and finally “Worst Secret Keepers in the Universe But Still Best Friends Forever and Ever.”
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| Children’s Books November 2018 | |
| ABC Ready For School | Celeste C. Delaney |
| All-of-a-Kind family Hanukkah | Emily Jenkins |
| The Cat Who Ate Christmas | Lil Chase |
| Click, Clack, Quack to School! | Dorren Cronin |
| The Crocodile and the Dentist | Taro Gomi |
| The Dress and the Girl | Camille Andros |
| Feelings | Libby Walden |
| I Lost My Tooth! | Mo Willems |
| If You Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to… | Emily Jenkins |
| Loretta’s Gift | Pat Zeitlow Miller |
| Melia and Jo | Billy Aronson |
| Mouse Loves Summer | Laureen Thomspon |
| Music | Carol Thompson |
| My Dog Laughs | Rachel Isadora |
| My Father’s Words | Patrica MacLachian |
| Night Job | Karen Hesse |
| A Parade of Elephants | Kevin Henkes |
| The Sad Pony | Tina Nolan |
| Saving Winslow | Sharon Creech |
| Stop, Go, Yes, No! | Mike Twohy |
| Toesy Toe | Sarah Tsiang |
| Under the Same Sky | Britta Teckentrup |
| We Are the Dinosaurs | Lauire Berkner |
| We Don’t Eat Our Classmates | Ryan T. Higgins |
| What Can You Do With A Toolbox? | John Colaneri |
| Board Books | |
| Jungle Animals | Xavier Deneux |
| Now I Am 1 | Tales Tiger |
| Now I Am 2 | Tales Tiger |
| Sing | Carol Thompson |
| Wiggles | Clarie Zucchelli-romer |
Movies
First Man
First Man, the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focuses on Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight.
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Adult DVD’s
| Bad Times at El Royale |
| Bohemian Rhapsody |
| First Man |
| Girl in the Spider’s Web |
| The Happy Prince |
| Indivisible |
| Johnny English Strikes Again |
| My Secret Valeintine |
| Nobody’s Fool |
| Restoration |
| A Star is Born |
| Still |
| Widow |
| The Wife |
| After Darkness |
| Andhadhun |
| The Black List Season 5 |
| Creed II |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald |
| Green Book |
| Instant Family |
| Mary Queen of Scots |
| Private War |
| Robin Hood |
| Sgt. Will Gardner |
| The Upside |
| Venom |
| Very Very Valentine |
| Childrens’s DVD’s |
| Barbie Dreamtopia: Festival of Fun |
| Bernie The Dolphin |
| Fairyland tales: Adventures of Johny Cluck |
| Goosebumps |
| Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
| Puppy Stars: Christmas |
| Ralph Breaks the Internet |
| Scoody-Doo! Spring Brak Triple Feature |
| Frozen New Years |
| The Grinch |
| Llama Llama Red Pajama |
| Mary Poppins Returns |
This is just a small sampling of the new DVD’s coming to the library. Stop in to pick up your next favorite movie!