This Week at Your Library

If you are interested in making a Christmas donation to the library, we have a wish tree set up at the circulation desk. The ornaments on the tree have adult and children’s book titles on them that we would appreciate your help in purchasing for the library. The library will be closed December 24 and 25, in celebration of Christmas. Merry Christmas! We will also be closed on January 1, for the New Year’s holiday.

Library Programming: TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. December’s themes: “Polar Animals”, “Bedtime/Nocturnal Animals” (come to storytime in your pajamas and bring a stuffed animal dressed in pajamas too!) and “Christmas”. MAKER FRIDAY AT THE LIBRARY: Friday, December 20, from 1 to 4 p.m. for Kindergarten through 6th grades. ADULT CRAFT NIGHT: “Cozy Hand Knitted Throw Blanket”. Monday, December 16, at 6 p.m. Make a cozy throw (approximately 36” by 44”) to snuggle up with on those cool winter evenings. Class fee is $30 and everything is provided. This class is limited to 10 people, so sign up now! UFOs AT THE LIBRARY: the last Monday of each month at 6 p.m., except for December! Bring any UnFinished Object to the library and work on it here. We have lots of space, outlets and camaraderie! Call the library for more information. LUNCH BUNCH BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP meeting Thursday, January 23, at 11 a.m. They are reading “Dancing at the Rascal Fair” by Ivan Doig. Always on the lookout for new members! CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD meeting Thursday, January 9, at 1 p.m. in Moorcroft. CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD meeting Wednesday, January 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Moorcroft. SUNDANCE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Our next meeting is Tuesday, January 7, at 11 a.m. at the library. Tell your friends so they can become our Friends!

New Fiction: THE STALKING, Krewe of Hunters #29, by Heather Graham. FULL THROTTLE by Joe Hill.

New Non-Fiction: NEWSWEEK’S BOOK DIVISION WONDERS OF MAN: THE KREMLIN by Abraham Ascher. THE WHITE HOUSE by Kenneth W. Leish. DOME OF THE ROCK by Jerry M. Landay. HAGIA SOPHIA by Lord Kinross. MECCA by Desmond Stewart. MACHU PICCHU by John Hemming.

New Wyoming Room Fiction: THE RIVEN COUNTRY OF SENGA MUNRO, Riven Country #1, by Renee Carrier.

New Young Adult: RAGE, Stormheart #2, by Cora Carmack. LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer. AS MANY NOWS AS I CAN GET by Shana Youngdahl.

New Young Junior Graphic Novel: THE HIDDEN KINGDOM, Wings of Fire #3, by Tui T. Sutherland.

New Junior Fiction: CAVEMICE: A MAMMOTH MYSTERY by Geronimo Stilton. LEGACY, Keeper of the Lost Cities #8, by Shannon Messenger.

New Junior Non-Fiction: V IS FOR VENUS FLYTRAP by Eugene Gagliano. Donated by Pat Frolander.

New Picture Books: GOOD NIGHT, LITTLE BLUE TRUCK by Alice Schertle.

New Junior Christmas: CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR THE GROUCHY LADYBUG by Eric Carle.

B IS FOR BETHLEHEM: A Christmas Alphabet by Isabel Wilner. THE CHRISTMASAURUS by Tom Fletcher.

Submitted by Kim Heaster