Blaine County Library

We have a couple of non-fiction books available this week. To create a more sustainable, equitable, and peaceful world, we must reimagine education and prepare a generation to be solutionaries-young people with the knowledge, tools, and motivation to create a better future. "The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries" by Zoe Weil describes how we can (and must) transform education and teaching; create such a generation; and build such a future.

Every day we work with others to solve problems and make decisions, but the experience is often stressful, frustrating, and inefficient. "How to Make Collaboration Work" by David Straus discusses five principles of collaboration that have been proven successful time and again in nearly every conceivable setting.

"What the Fireflies Knew" by Kai Harris is a coming-of-age novel told by almost-eleven-year-old Kenyatta Bernice (KB), as she and her sister try to make sense of their new life with their estranged grandfather in the wake of their father's death and their mother's disappearance. In "The Woman in the Library" by Sulari Gentill, the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning--it just happens that one is a murderer. "Circus of Wonders" by Elizabeth Macneal is a novel about a woman transformed by the arrival of a Victorian circus of wonders.

If your children have not signed up for the Summer Reading Program yet, there is still plenty of time. For every 2 hours read, kids can enter their name for a prize. There will be a prize for Preschool/K students, and 4 prizes for grades 1 through 8. High School students and adults will be able to enter a drawing for gift certificates to Rads, Bikini Coffee, and The Creamery for every book they read.

The movie Monday July 11th will be Back to the Sea. It is rated PG and run time is 96 minutes. We have lots of fun activities planned this summer. Beat the Heat Movies are at 1:30 on Mondays. Hangout for 7th and 8th grade students is on Mondays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays at 10:30 will is Story Time for ages 6 and under. Tuesdays at 1:30 is our regular Summer Reading Program for school aged kids with stories and activities. Hangout for 5th and 6th grade students will is held Tuesdays from 3:30 –4:30 p.m. Wednesdays we have a Story Walk by the pool with take home crafts. Every other Wednesday we have Teen Scene from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursdays we have LEGO/STEAM Club from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Accelerated Reading tests are now available at the library. Points earned during the summer are added to the student's record in the fall. Encourage your child to take part in the Summer Reading Program to prevent the Summer Slide. Programs will run through the end of July. Kids will have until August 12th to turn in time logs.