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This Week at Your Library

The library will be closed Monday, February 15, for Presidents’ Day. The library doors are open. We are still doing curbside and in town home delivery if you would prefer not to come inside. In compliance with the statewide mask order, masks are now required to enter the library. If you do not have a mask, one will be provided. Children under 13 MUST be accompanied by an adult. Two computers are available for adults. Teen and Children’s computers are not available.

Displays: This month on display, Paul and Violet Smith’s hats.

Library Programming: ALL IN-LIBRARY PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Meetings scheduled for now: CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD meeting Thursday, February 4, at 1 p.m. in Sundance. CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD meeting Wednesday, April 21, at 5:30 p.m. in Sundance. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY meetings have been postponed until further notice. There will not be a Valentine’s Traveling Bake Sale this year, due to the pandemic. TURTLE STORIES: We have a TV running videos on Black Hills and South Dakota history from the Journey Museum and Learning Center. Come in and watch these short and fun educational videos! We are also streaming the Wyoming Legislature when they are in session, and the Crook County Commissioner meetings on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of each month.

New Fiction: THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK by Kim Michele Richardson.

New Non-Fiction: INSTANT POT MIRACLE HEALTHY COOKBOOK by Urvashi Pitre.

New Wyoming Room Non-Fiction: GOING THE EXTRA MILE: POWDER RIVER ENERGY CORPORATION, CELEBRATING 75 YEARS TOGETHER by Shelly Ritthaler and Tim Velder.

New Book on CD: NINE by Rachelle Dekker.

New Early Readers: THE SORCERER’S SHADOW, The Kingdom of Wrenly #12, by Jordan Quinn. THE THIRTEENTH KNIGHT, The Kingdom of Wrenly #13, by Jordan Quinn. A GHOST IN THE CASTLE, The Kingdom of Wrenly #14, by Jordan Quinn. DEN OF WOLVES, The Kingdom of Wrenly #15, by Jordan Quinn. THE LAST FIREHAWK: THE GOLDEN TEMPLE by Katrina Charman. THE LAST FIREHAWK: THE SILVER SWAMP by Katrina Charman.

New Junior Graphic Novel: CAT KID COMIC CLUB by Dav Pilkey. Donated from the Christmas Wish Tree 2020 by Jan Steele. MAX & THE MIDNIGHTS: BATTLE OF THE BODKINS by Lincoln Peirce. Donated from the Christmas Wish Tree 2020 by Jan Steele.

New Junior Fiction: A KITTEN CALLED HOLLY by Helen Peters. Donated from the Christmas Wish Tree 2020 by the Jessen Kids.

New Picture Books: LLAMA LLAMA LOOSE TOOTH DRAMA by Anna Dewdney. Donated from the Christmas Wish Tree 2020 by Sue Fuhrmann in honor of her granddaughter Cambryn Dawn Huseby.

New Electronic Reader Kits: The following were donated by the Vondriska Family: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA KIDS: Silent Space; Coastal Creatures; Majestic Mountains; Radiant Rainforest; Great Grasslands; Extraordinary Oceans; The Dry, Dry Desert; Polar Playground. ERIC CARLE: What do Animals Eat?; Cat & Dog; Under the Sea; B-E-A-R & Friends; Fins, Fleece, Feathers, & Fur; Jump!; Small Wonders; Chatter, Chirp, Bark & Buzz. FANCY NANCY: Love, Nancy; The Fancy Show; Splendid Skates; Detective Day; Nurse Nancy; Nancy’s Dog Show Disaster; The Little Pirate; Dad Extraordinaire. PEPPA PIG: Petting Zoo; Tiny Land; Muddy Festival; Muddy Puddles; Trip to London; Snowy Mountain; Grandpa Pig’s Birthday; The Big Show.