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Wednesday, October 10 the library will have an Early Release movie beginning at 1:45 p.m. The movie, “Open Season 3” is rated PG and is 74 minutes. Children need to bring their own drink, the library will provide popcorn.

Be sure to mark your calendar for the upcoming musical evening featuring the “Summit Chamber Players” on Wednesday, October 17 at 6:30 p.m. The Summit Chamber Players joins the talent of violinist John Fadial, violist James Przygocki, & cellist Beth Vanderborgh. The trio, all members of the music faculty at the University of Wyoming will present an evening of classical music and is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council, through funding from the Wyoming State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

After 4 years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper in “The Light Between Oceans” by M. L. Stedman. To this isolated island he brings a young wife and one fateful day this childless couple hears a baby’s cry on the wind. A boat has been washed up on shore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own – but their choice has devastated other people as they discover when they return to the mainland a few years later.

Other new fiction books are “Judgment Call” by J. A. Jance, “The Black List” by Brad Thor, “The Traitor Queen” by Trudi Canavan, “The Spymasters” by W.E.B. Griffith, “One Mountain Away” by Emilie Richards, “Wards of Faerie” by Terry Brooks and “The St. Zita Society” by Ruth Rendall. “The Dark Side of Nowhere” by Neal Shusterman, “The Rise of Nine” by Pittacus Love and “The Lost Girl” by Sangu Mandanna are now available on the YA shelf.

New non-fiction includes “The Essential Guide to Energy Healing” by Michael Andron, “Darwin’s Ghosts: the Secret History of Evolution” by Rebecca Stott and “Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever” by Jack McCallum.

The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior titles: “Winning Team” by Dominque Moceanu, “Floors” by Patrick Carman and “The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: How Greg Heffley Went Hollywood” by Jeff Kinney. Some new picture books are “Creepy Carrots” by Aaron Reynolds, “The Duckling Gets a Cookie” by Mo Willems and “Do Super Heroes Have Teddy Bears” by Carmela LaVigna Coyle.

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!

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