Harlem Library

Thanks to everyone who showed their support for the library by attending the Friends of the Library Annual Membership meeting. If you were unable to attend you may join the Friends of the Library by paying the annual dues of $10. Dues may be sent to Loxi Mailand at PO Box 472, Harlem, MT 59526; or you may them off at the library. The officers for the Friends include co-chairs Nellie Obrecht and Libby Kuntz, secretary Ellen Ayres, treasurer Loxi Mailand, and events chair Karolee Cronk.

Local author Betty Billmayer, Chinook, has written a new children’s book “The Princess and Pea...Nut Butter Sandwich.” Princess Pietra is sure she can find perfect peace by partaking of the perfect peanut butter sandwich. When none of the sandwiches presented to her meet with her approval, her parents help her realize perfect peace comes only from Jesus. Betty will be at the library Nov. 3, 6:00-7:30, to sell and sign her books. The books will be on sale for $12.00 and will make great gifts for children and grandchildren. She will do a book talk at 6:00 and refreshments will be served. Join us for this fun evening!

The regular meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held October 26, 4:15 P.M. in the library meeting room.

Don’t miss the new arrivals at the library! “Truly Madly Guilty” is by bestselling author Liane Moriarty. Sam and Clementine are happily busy with their two young daughters, his new job, and her anticipation of an upcoming cello audition. When they accept an invitation to a neighbors’ barbecue they end up asking themselves: What if we hadn’t gone?

Andrew Gross is the writer of the historical thriller “The One Man.” Alfred Mendl and his family are taken to a Nazi concentration camp after trying to flee Paris with forged papers. To the guards he is just a prisoner, but as a renown physicist he has knowledge only two people in the world possess. And the other is working for the Nazi war machine.

Two romances by Robin Lee Hatcher are “Love Without End” and “Keeper of the Stars.” “Daughters of the Bride” is by Susan Mallery.

“A House Without Windows” is written by Nadia Hashimi. Zeba lives a quiet life in her Afghan village, until the day her husband is found brutally murdered in their courtyard. Covered with his blood and silent with shock Zeba’s guilt is taken for granted. In the women’s prison, awaiting trial, she befriends other women even as they whisper among themselves about her guilt or innocence. Afghan-born, American-raised lawyer, Yusuf, is assigned her case. He discovers that Zeba may not be all he imagines.

Seventeen-year-old Ethan Underwood finds himself searching for his missing father in the Blythe River National Wilderness after rangers abandon the rescue mission. With the help of three locals, he finds himself fighting nature and his own hard feelings toward the man who betrayed him. “Leaving Blythe River” is by Catherine Ryan Hyde.

A nonfiction book of interest to all parents and teachers is “I Wish My Teacher Knew: How One Question Can Change Everything For Our Kids” by Kyle Schwartz. A third-grade teacher, Schwartz, unknowingly started a movement when she asked her students to respond to the question “I wish my teacher knew_____.” The results astounded her and opened her eyes to the need for educators to understand the unique realities students face. This book tells her story and the strategies that work to meet students’ needs.

The Book Challenge for October is to read a book more than 10 years old. Parents are invited to involve their children in the programs available at the library: Books and Babies meets Tuesdays at 10 A.M., Story Hour is held Fridays at 10 A.M. and Lego Club meets Thursdays at 6 P.M.