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Open 10 AM - 9 PM Every Day

MICHAEL ELSOHN ROSS & ASHLEY WOLFF
Mama's Milk
Saturday, May 5 at 10:30 AM

This picture book is a tender look at humans and animals as they nurse. Fascinating facts include: Kangaroo milk is pink! Calf elephants may nurse for up to five years! A wonderful book for parents, their nursing children, and older siblings who may feel just a bit left out.

NICOLE MONES
The Last Chinese Chef
Thursday, May 10 at 7 PM

The Last Chinese Chef is a novel about how the elements of Chinese haute cuisine become the perfect ingredients to help a grieving American woman. For food writer Maggie McElroy, it's been a year of trying to get her equilibrium back in the wake of her husband's premature death. Now comes a shock: a paternity claim has been filed against her husband's estate. Could he, while working in his firm's Beijing office, have fathered a child? In the end, maggie does unravel the truth about her husband. But most profoundly, The Last Chinese Chef is the exhilarating story of a woman coming home to herself in the most unexpected of places.

SUNDAY MORNING STORY TIME
with Mary Alice
will begin Sunday, May 6th at 11 a.m.

Kids of any age who like to hear good stories are invited. These readings will be tailored to the children who attend, and interaction between the children and the reader will be encouraged.

WEDNESDAY MORNING STORY TIME
with Sonia
will begin Wednesday, May 9th at 10:30 a.m.

This will be a weekly reading event for babies and toddlers, featuring interactive songs and fingerplays. Sonia is a former nursery school teacher, mother of three, and grandmother of two.