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This Week at Your Library

The Library will be closed Monday, January 20, for Wyoming Equality Day.

Library Programming: TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. January’s themes: “Snowmen”, “Warm as Toast”, “Play to Learn Stations” and “Moose”. MAKER FRIDAY AT THE LIBRARY: Friday, January 17, from 1 to 4 p.m. for Kindergarten through 6th grades. A HIGH TEA PARTY IN CELEBRATION OF “LITTLE WOMEN”: Friday, January 24, at 1:30 p.m. For young women in 7th – 12th grade. You may come in period clothing (1868-69) or a party dress if you so desire. Please RSVP to the library (283-1008) by Friday, January 17. ADULT CRAFT NIGHT: Monday, February 10, at 6 p.m. More information to come! UFOs AT THE LIBRARY: the last Monday of each month at 6 p.m. 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, February 4, at 11 a.m. at the library. Tell your friends so they can become our Friends!

New Fiction: THE DESERTER by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille. THE OLD SUCCESS, Richard Jury #25, by Martha Grimes.

New Non-Fiction: NEW COTTAGE STYLE by Better Homes and Gardens. NEWSWEEK’S BOOK DIVISION WONDERS OF MAN: EL ESCORIAL by Mary Cable. VENICE by John H. Davis. THE COLOSSEUM by Peter Quennell.

New Wyoming Room Non-Fiction: LESTER CALLAWAY HUNT: He Put Wyoming’s Bucking Horse on the Map by Charlotte Dehnert.

New Young Adult: SLAY by Brittney Morris.

New Young Adult Graphic Novel: WITCH & WIZARD #1 by James Patterson. WITCH & WIZARD #2 by James Patterson. WITCH & WIZARD #3 by James Patterson.

New Junior Non-Fiction: VIKINGS, MAGIC TREE HOUSE FACT TRACKER, by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce.

New Picture Books: SNOWY SUNDAY by Phyllis Root. GRANDMA’S IN THE GARBAGE by Steve and Mica Westover. Donated by the Wyoming State Quilt Guild. A DEVILS TOWER SECRET by Viktoriia Peterson. EAGLE FEATHER by Viktoriia Peterson.

New Easy Readers: ELLE THE THUMBELINA FAIRY, Storybook Fairies #1, by Daisy Meadows. DINOSAUR TRAIN: TRAIN RIDE FUN by Maggie Testa. WOOF & QUACK IN WINTER by Jamie A. Swenson.

Submitted by Kim Heaster