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We are finishing our four-book Wyoming Council for the Humanities Book Discussion series this month. Watch for a new series of three books beginning in January. Yvonne is also busy planning the next session of afterschool programs for children in the first through fifth grades. These sessions will be held during January and February.

Did you realize you could access car repair information from the Chilton’s manuals by going to our website? For more information stop by the library or give us a call at 334-3490.

A new fiction book for adults is “The Gift” by Richard Paul Evans. Nathan Hurst is stranded at an airport just before Thanksgiving with a woman and her two children. To his surprise, he finds himself mysteriously cured of his Tourette’s syndrome by the son’s touch. Other new fiction titles include “The Edge of Darkness” by Tim LaHaye, “Bygones” by Kim Vogel Sawyer, “A Sister’s Secret” by Wanda E. Brunstetter,

“Finding Father Christmas” by Robin Jones and “Redemption Falls” by Joseph O’Connor.

New adult non-fiction books are “For Parent’s Only: Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid” by Shaunti Feldhahn, “Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease” by Gary Taubes and “Inside the Mind of BTK: the True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer” by John Douglas.

New titles for the young adults are “My Mother the Cheerleader” by Robert Sharenow and “Seeing Redd” by Frank Beddor.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new chapter books “The Circus Scare” by Carolyn Keene, “The Name of This Book is Secret” by Pseudonymous Bosch, “The Castle Corona” by Sharon Creech and “Princess Ellie Takes Charge” by Diana Kimpton. New picture books are “The Mighty Pigeon Club” by Daniel San Souci, “A Mountain of Mittens” by Lynn Plourde, “Fred Stays With Me” by Nancy Coffelt and “The Pen That Pa Built” by David Edwards.

“Christmas Wishes” is the theme for Storyhour on Tuesday, December 11 and Thursday, December 13. Storyhour is held every Tuesday and/or Thursday from 10 to 11 a.m. for children ages 3 through kindergarten.

334-3274 is the Dial-A-Story number. Dial-A-Story is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Dial in and hear an exciting story today!

After 24 years we are able to begin binding The Lusk Herald newspapers again, we are missing some issues in the time period of 1984 through 1994, if you happen to have any issues in this range and would consider donating them please stop by.

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