Monday 2 - 8
Tuesday 10 - 5
Wednesday  10 - 5
Thursday 10 - 8
Friday 10 - 5
Saturday 10 - 1
Kimball Public Library
  67 Main Street, Randolph, VT 05060
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Vermont Reads in Randolph - 2008

A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost

Vermont Reads, sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council, is a Statewide, One-Book Community Reading Program., which brings communities and people of all ages together to read a book and do activities centered around it. This year, Randolph is participating in the Vermont Reads program.

This year’s Vermont Reads book is A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost, by award-winning biographer Natalie Bober. Explore the power of a richly told life story, the magic of poetry, and a New England world of yesteryear. First published in 1981, this young-adult biography of one of America’s most celebrated poets retains all the charm and substance that only a classic can.

A Restless Spirit offers possibilities for rich discussion and extension activities. Poetry, biography, Frost’s life in Vermont, farming, the importance of place and setting to the writer’s life, the natural world, traditional and non-traditional education, including home-schooling, family dynamics, and following one’s dreams are just some of the subjects that can be explored in Frost’s work.

Chandler Center for the Arts, Cover to Cover Bookstore, Kimball Public Library and area schools are among the participants in the Vermont Reads program.

The following events have been planned for this fall in Randolph.

Tuesday, 9/23, at 7 p.m. - Discussion of A Restless Spirit at Kimball Library

Tuesday, 10/7, at 7 p.m. - Reading of Frost's poetry at Chandler Gallery

Wednesday, 10/15, at 12:45 p.m. - Discussion of A Restless Spirit at the Randolph Senior Center

Monday, 10/20, at 10 a.m. - Apple tasting for homeschoolers at Kimball Library

Tuesday, 10/21, at 7 p.m. - Discussion of Jay Parini's biography, Robert Frost: A Life, at Kimball Library

Tuesday, 11/18, at 7 p.m. - Discussion of Frost's poetry and prose, at Kimball Library

11/15 - 11/30 - Poetry Walk* at Randolph Elementary School

Tuesday, 12/16, at 7 p.m. - Discussion of Frost's poetry and prose, at Kimball Library

*Robert Frost Poetry Walk

Walkers of all ages are invited to take a literal and literary stroll to enjoy Robert Frost’s poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, illustrated by artist Susan Jeffers. The walk can be visited anytime between now and the end of Thanksgiving vacation.

The 17 stations of the storywalk are set up along the fence in back of Randolph Elementary School (lower playing fields). The walk is sponsored by the Vermont Council on the Humanities Vermont Reads Project, Kimball Public Library, Chandler Center for the Arts, and the Orange Southwest Supervisory Union.