Remember the library will be closed Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th, 2013 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular hours resume on Sunday, December 1, 2013. We wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving and extend special thanks to all of our volunteers, what would we do without you!
The Friends of the Library will be holding a Homemade Christmas Cookie and Candy Sale on Wednesday, December 4 beginning at 3 p.m. at the library. Everything is sold by the pound so you can mix and match whatever you would like. Be sure to stop by for this very tasty fundraiser! Also, special and unique Christmas wreaths will also be available for purchase.
Niobrara County author, Don West will be at the library on Wednesday, December 4 as well. Don just completed his second novel, “All That Glitters” and it is now available for purchase. Stop by and visit with Don and pick up your signed copy!
Friday, December 6 at 1:30 p.m. the “Smurfs 2” will be showing at the library at 1:30 p.m., rated PG and 105 minutes this sequel is sure to be a hit. The library provides the popcorn; please bring your own drink.
“Sycamore Row” is John Grisham’s newest novel and the sequel to “A Time to Kill.” Before he hangs himself from a Sycamore tree Seth Hubbard makes a new, handwritten will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid and lawyer Jake Brigance into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County’s most notorious citizens just three years earlier. This book is available in several formats, check it out today!
Other new fiction books include “Follow Your Heart” by Rosanne Bittner, “Storm Front” by John Sandford, “Critical Mass” by Sara Paretsky, “Gone” by James Patterson, “What Once Was Lost” by Kim Vogel Sawyer, “Singularity” by Steven James, “The Litter of the Law” by Rita Mae Brown and “Loss of Innocence” by Richard North Patterson. Young adult author, Julie Kagawa’s newest installment in the Iron Fey series is “Iron Traitor” and is now available to checkout along with several other new YA books.
Dick Cheney’s “Heart” is among new non-fiction along with “When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963” by Bob Huffaker and “The Non-GMO Cookbook: Recipes and Advice for a Non-GMO Life Style” by Megan Westgate.
The Lennea Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new books, “Scare Scape” by Sam Fisher as well as “Klinger: a Story of Honor and Hope” by Betsy Beard and “The Day the Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt.
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!