Lunch & Learn with the Alzheimer’s Association continues Wednesday, May 14 and May 21 at noon at the library. Bring your lunch and gain insight into the breakthroughs in brain health and more. The sessions are facilitated by Debbie Gorski, Chanda Snook and Debra Bianchi with the Alzheimer’s Association.
Have you checked out the library’s digital libraries? Download the apps from your online app store for Libby, powered by Overdrive and/or Hoopla Digital. Your library card number (29092…) and PIN, generally the last four digits of your phone number will give you access to tens of thousands of items! Our library purchases for these as well, so don’t hesitate to let us know if you are not finding what you would like. If you don’t have a local library card bring in proof of address and we’ll get you set up.
A new novel is “The Shell Collector” is by Nancy Naigle. Amanda Whittier has 2 children to raise alone, an abandoned dream of starting a business and a fixer-upper cottage by the sea. Paul Grant’s work rehabilitating former military dogs has been good for the town. Maeve Lindsey was born and raised on Welks Island, pouring her life into the town. Together these 3 souls find encouragement in the most mysterious places and discover a love that is bigger than their pain.
Other new fiction books include “Sealed with a Hiss” by Rita May Brown, “The Trees” by Percival Everett, “Nobody’s Fool” by Harlan Coben, “Company Business” by Sherry A. Burton, “Strangers in Time” by David Baldacci, “The Buffalo Train” by Robert Vaughan and “The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits” by Jennifer Weiner. “Fearless” by Lauren Roberts is among new young adult titles.
“The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics” by Heinrich Pas is among new non-fiction along with “The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity” by Bobby Azarian and “All New Twenty to Make: One-Patch Quilts” by Carolyn Forster.
The Lenna Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior books “Mallory and the Trouble with Twins” by Arley Nopra, “Into the Wild” by Anh Do, plus a new series “Pet Whisperer P.I.” by Molly Fitz. Newer easy books include “Happy Mother’s Day from the Crayons” by Drew Daywalt, “Salamander Song” by Ginny Neil and “I Want to Be an Artist” by Laura Driscoll.
“Sharing!” is the theme for Storyhour on May 13, 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.
Many programs that have been held at the library have been recorded and are available on the library’s YouTube channel, search Niobrara County Library in YouTube, or scroll to the bottom of the library’s website: https://niobraracountylibrary.org and enjoy! Stagecoach Museum events are also available. Check it 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.