Have you ordered your Krispy Kreme doughnuts? They will be available for pick-up at the library beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, May 7. Paid preordered doughnuts will be held throughout the day, preorders that have not been prepaid will be held until 9 a.m. unless other arrangements are made. If you did not preorder, there will be some available for purchase on the 7th. This is a fundraiser for the Niobrara County Library Foundation Endowment and proceeds will be matched 3:1 through the Wyoming Public Library Endowment Challenge. Call the library at 334-3490 or any foundation member to order doughnuts or for more information about this challenge.
A thriller you’re going to want to try is “Subterranean” by James Rollins; originally published several years ago this book is sure to draw you to the author’s newer works. Beneath the ice at the bottom of the earth is a magnificent subterranean labyrinth, a place of breathtaking wonders – and terrors beyond imagining. A team of specialists, led by archaeologist Ashley Carter has been handpicked to explore this secret place and uncover the riches it holds. They are not the first to venture here – but those they follow did not return… If you like page turners give this try.
Other new fiction includes “Club Dead” by Charlaine Harris, “Split Image” by Robert B. Parker, “Think Twice” by Lisa Scottoline, “Black Magic Sanction” by Kim Harrison, “Letters to My Daughter” by George Bishop and “The Wild Zone” by Joy Fielding. New YA books are “Incarceron” by Catherine Fisher and “Lord Sunday” by Garth Nix.
“Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk” by Robyn Okrant is on the new non-fiction book shelf along with “We Will Remember Them: Voices From the After Math of the Great War” by Max Arthur and “Love is the Best Medicine: What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian About Hope, Humility, and Every Day Miracles” by Dr. Nick Trout.
The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new books: “When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead, “A Nest for Celeste” by Henry Cole and “Playing for Keeps” by Suzanne Weyn. Picture books include: “Dino-Baseball” by Lisa Wheeler and “Ten-Gallon Bart Beats the Heat” by Susan Stevens Crummel.
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!