Harlem Library

Masks are still required in the library as per the Blaine County Commissioners’ directive. We are still offering curbside service for those not wishing to enter the library building.

The Harlem Public Library board of trustees meets today at 4:15 in the library meeting room.

The library is hosting the “1000 Books Before Kindergarten” program for infants, toddlers, and preschooler children. Parents/guardians are invited to register their children at the library or on our Facebook page. When a child signs up they will receive a free board book. Other prizes will be awarded as the children reach goals along the way. This programs encourages families to read together!

The Book Club may pick up the new selection “The Flood Girls” by Richard Fifield March 1-5. The first Skype discussion will be Monday, March 8, 4 P.M.

Please contact the library if you wish to have your copy mailed or delivered to you and for the Skype link.

In March the library again will have the “Buy a Bag 0’Books” used book sale. You may buy a grocery sack full of used books, paperback or hardback, for only one dollar!

All preschool children are invited to join Virtual Story Time each Tuesday at 10 A.M. via Facebook Live. Please like the library Facebook page so you can watch and join in the fun!

“Cold Wind” is a new mystery by Paige Shelton. Writer Beth Rivers is settling in her new home of Benedict, Alaska, as she tries to put behind her the terrifying episode of being kidnapped by an unknown man who has yet to be found. When a mudslide occurs her new life is disrupted. Two mud-covered girls appear in town and a frozen woman’s body is uncovered. Fear takes hold of the community and Beth’s sense of safety is threatened.

New thrillers include “Bone Chase” by Weston Ochse, “The Girl in the Mirror” by Rose Carlyle, and “Take It Back” by Kia Abdullah.

Two new nonfiction titles are “Revolution of Death: The Life of Eldridge Cleaver” by Justin Gifford and “In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It” by Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri.

If you’d like to get away, pick up “Troubles in Paradise” by Elin Hilderbrand, the conclusion to the Paradise trilogy.

Cathy Gohlke has written “Night Bird Calling.” Taking place in Appalachia in 1911 this story finds Lilliana Swope escaping an abusive husband and resettling in No Creek, North Carolina, with her beloved great-aunt Hyacinth. The two make plans to revive Hyacinth’s estate to open a public library, where everyone is welcome, no matter the color of their skin. But the anger of the Klan and dangers from Lillian’s past threaten to destroy her new life.