Sign up for Paint @ the Library scheduled for Monday, March 10 from 1-3 p.m. by calling 307-334-3490. Miss Barb has a fun Calico cat picture planned.
Thank you to the Niobrara County Cattle Women for their recent donation of the “Bored on the Range” activity books. The series includes an ABC Workbook, Cursive Handwriting, Just Color and Ranch Math and copies can be made of the pages to enhance your children’s education. The Cattle Women presented Branding, Ranching and Rodeo and the library added the Farrier series as well. There are two math volumes: Addition, Subtraction & Measurement and Counting, Shapes and Basic Skills. Stop in the library to find out more about these educational treasures.
“Hold Strong” is Robert Dugoni’s latest novel. Sam Carlson, serving in World War II, is captured in the Philippines. Brutalized but unbroken by the Bataan Death March and POW camps, Sam is one of the eighteen hundred starved and weakened prisoners herded on the hell ship called the Arisan Maru – his survival doubtful. His sweetheart, Sarah Haber is a math whiz who is recruited to Washington D.C. into the covert field of code breaking. When Sarah intercepts a message about a Japanese convoy, the U.S. Navy’s mission is clear – sink the Arisan Maru. Now the lives of the two young lovers are about to inadvertently collide in one of the most shocking acts of World War II.
Other new fiction books include “The Trackwalker” by Robert Vaughan, “Scorched” by Jennifer Armentrout, “Holmes is Missing” by James Patterson, “All the Way Gone” by Joanna Schaffhausen, “The Ghost Line” by Scott Blade, “The Crash” by Freida McFadden, “Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets” by Christopher Farnsworth and the “Dana Gray Mystery” series by C.J. Cross.
New nonfiction books include “Blood and the Badge: the Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal That Shocked the Nation” by Michael Cannell and “Band of Sisters: Madeleine Pauliac, the Women of the Blue Squadron, and Their Daring Rescue Missions in the Last Days of World War II” by Philippe Maynial.
The Lenna Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior book titles “Escaping Peril” by Tui T. Sutherland, “From Megabat With Love” by Anna Humphrey and “The Labyrinth of Doom” by Stuart Gibbs. Some of the newer easy books include “Stanley’s School” by William Bee, “Milky: a Weaning Story for Toddlers” by Tori Fletes, “They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom” by Lisa Cline-Ransome and additions to the “Roadie the Ranch Dog” series by Scott Haynes.
“Happy St. Patrick’s Day!” is the theme for Storyhour on March 11, 2025. Storyhour is held from 10 to 11 a.m. every Tuesday throughout the year for preschool-aged children. Call 307-334-3274 anytime to hear a recorded story! Dial-A-Story is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Did you know that local history can be searched and read through the library’s website? Go to https://niobraracountylibrary.org and click on Historicals. You can choose Historical and Business Records to find a plethora of information about our community. Most of these items are searchable and linked to obituaries and other records, the bulk of the information comes from over 100 years of The Lusk Herald. Check it all out today!
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.