The Friends of the Library will host their annual Book Sale on Saturday, June 28 beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until 2 p.m. Purchases are by donation and everything must go – plan to stock up! The annual Ice Cream Social will begin at 11 a.m. on the northside of the building, enjoy a variety of homemade desserts and ice cream! Proceeds from these events help fund live performers and programs, the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Dial-A-Story and much more!
“I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives” by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda is the next book in the library’s summer Read & Feed book discussion series. The book is slated for discussion on Monday, July 7 at noon. The book is the story of letter that began a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. Stop by the library to pick up a copy of the book.
Sandra Dallas’s latest novel is “Tough Luck.” After their mother’s death, Haidie Richards and her younger brother, Boots, are put in an orphanage. Soon Haidie and Boots make a break and embark on a dangerous journey into western territory to find their father who had gone gold hunting four years earlier. Along the way Haidie learns to handle mules, oxen and greedy men and learns she is better off in a community – hers includes a card shark, independent “spinster” sisters, and a fierce dog. “Tough Luck” is also available on CD and digitally in Libby.
Other new fiction books include “Return to Sender” by Craig Johnson, “A Poisoner’s Tale” by Cathryn Kemp, “Mulvane on the Prod” by William Heuman, “The Diamond and the Duke” by Christi Caldwell, “South of Nowhere” by Jeffery Deaver, “The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club” by Martha Hall Kelly and “Lawman’s Duty” by James Clay. A new young adult book is “Family of Liars” by E. Lockhart.
“Medicine River: a Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools” by Mary Annette Pember joins “The Peepshow: the Murders at Rillington Place” by Kate Summerscale, and “Quilting the National Parks: 20 Original Designs Inspired by the Beauty of Our National Parks” by Stephanie Forster on the new non-fiction shelf.
The Lenna Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior books “Catty Corner Lands on Her Feet” by Julie Murphy, “Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra” by Stuart Gibbs, and “Mouse Scouts” a new series by Sarah Dillard. Newer easy books include “Bluey: the Big Blue Guys Books of Dad Goals” by Penguin Young Reader’s Group, “Mighty: the Story of an Oak Ecosystem” by Henry Cole, “The Big Mess: a Deliciously Funny and Heartwarming Story of Siblings Learning to Get Along” by Justin Whitmel Earley and “I Will Love You Till the Cows Come Home” by Kathryn Cristaldi.
“Fun in the Sun!” is the theme for Storyhour on June 24, 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.
Have you visited the library’s website? Go to: https://niobraracountylibrary.org and click on WyldCat to browse the library’s collection as well as collections throughout Wyoming’s libraries. You can reserve items with your library card and PIN and initiate interlibrary loan borrows all in WyldCat! Stop by the library if you have questions!
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday Noon until 7 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.