Harlem Library

“Let the Good Times Roll at Your Library!” That’s the theme for “Love Your Library Month.” During February each time you check out materials, your name will be entered in a drawing to win one free hour of bowling for you and your family or friends generously donated by the Harlem VFW.

The week of Feb. 13-17 the library will showcase the seventy-four wonderful new children’s books added to our collection thanks to a Children’s Books Project Grant from The Pilcrow Foundation with additional funds contributed by the Friends of the Library.

Also, we were gifted twenty-four new children’s math and science books from Mr. Hal Berenson and Mrs. Laura Ackerman of Colorado.

Come in to see these beautiful books and enjoy refreshments, too. On Feb. 28 the library is hosting a Mardi Gras Fun Night from 6:00-7:30 P.M.

There will be food, games, fun and more! Wear purple, green, or gold and bring a friend! This party is for all ages from the young to the young-at-heart!

Join us on Feb. 8, 7 P.M. for the Learn at the Library program presented by the Harlem High School students of the F1 Team “Harlem United.”

The students will explain what the F1 in Schools Competition is all about and they will share their experiences competing at the state, national and world levels. Refreshments will be served.

Book Club members are reminded to pick up the new selection “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks from Feb. 6-10. The first discussion will be Feb. 13, 4 P.M. in the meeting room. Everyone is welcome!

The 2017 Reading Challenge forges ahead! Remember the goal is to read 52 (or more!) books this year. If you have read four books in January, let the library know and we will enter your name in the drawing for a gift certificate from a local business. This challenge is open to children and adults.

Have you checked out our Facebook page? Look for the quotes and questions Carly posts for you to respond to.

What new books are ready for check out? A new Bess Crawford mystery by Charles Todd is “The Shattered Tree.” Author James Rollins has written “The Seventh Plague,” a Sigma Force novel, “When All the Girls Have Gone” is by Jayne Ann Krentz.

Other books of interest include “Wild Montana Skies” by Susan May Warren. This inspirational fiction tells the story of PEAK Rescue pilot Kacey Fairing who returns to Montana to recover from a crash she experienced while serving in Afghanistan. Back home she runs into her old flame, Ben King, country music star who has been called home to help his injured father recover.

Joe. R. Lansdale has written “Paradise Sky.” This adventuresome novel features Nat Love, an African-American cowboy with a the famous nickname : Deadwood Dick.

A new Tom Clancy novel is “True Faith and Allegiance” by Mark Greaney. “Settle For More” is the auto-biography of Megyn Kelly, FOX News anchor. Sophie Hannah has written “Closed Casket,” a new Hercule Poirot mystery.

Don’t miss the new “I Spy” table in the children’s section!

Lego Club meets on Thursdays at 6 P.M. Books and Babies is held on Tuesdays at 10 A.M. and Story Hour is presented Fridays at 10 A.M.

Book Club is held on Mondays at 4 P.M.