The library will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 for Veterans Day. Regular hours resume on Thursday at 10 a.m.
Leslie Stewart spent a week in Scotland and three weeks in Ireland last April and will share highlights of her journey on Wednesday, November 18 at 6 p.m. Plan to attend.
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“Hollow Bones” is the title of Jodi Picoult’s latest novel. Molly Fitzgerald lost her mother at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Her father and stepmother couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters. As an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department of Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. Her husband, Jesse, is a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis. Then the unexpected upends their marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew. “Hollow Bones” is also available digitally in Libby.
Other new fiction books are “The Thoroughbreds” by Elin Hilderbrand, “The Summer King” by Jennifer Armentrout, “One Split Second” by Robert Dugoni, “In These Hills” by Tamera Alexander, “Crescendo” by Robert J. Harris and “Her Amish Winter Match” by Rebecca Kertz. A new young adult book is “Flight: a Story of Seeking Refuge” by Alan Gratz.
Among the newer non-fiction books is “The Vampire’s Cult” by Chet Hardin, “Wyoming’s History in 76 Objects and Places: Taking Stock at America’s 250 Anniversary” edited by Paul V.M. Flesher and “Infiltration Instead of Invasion: America Betrayed (1944-1954)” by Mel K.
The Lenna Lewis Slagle Children’s Library has these new junior novels “Maud and the Very Eventful Week” by Lisa Anchin, “Heart of the Ruby Dragon” by Tracey West, as well as a new series “The Deadlands” by Skye Melki-Wegner. Among the newer easy books are “I Want to be a Farmer” by Laura Driscoll, “Cranky Versus the Cat” by Phuc Tran, “Welcome to Auradon” by Steve Behling, “Nat the Cat Sets a Trap” by Jarrett Lerner, and “Meet the Ninja” by Laura Palosuo.
“Cupcake Day” will be celebrated during Storyhour on November 10, 2026. Storyhour is held from 10 to 11 a.m. every Tuesday throughout the year for preschool-aged children. The Friends of the Library sponsor the 24/7 storyline, Dial-A-Story. Call 307-334-3274 anytime to hear a recorded story!
Visit the library’s website at https://niobraracountylibrary.org to browse local history as well as business history. In the genealogy section you’ll find obituaries, birth records and cemetery records. The “Buildings of Lusk” are now available as a 2027 calendar. The calendars are $15 and can be purchased at the library. Postcard sets are also available for $7.50.
Library hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.