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It's that time of the year when we turn the spotlight on the Social Studies projects from the 8th graders of Wauconda Middle School!
Please stop by and explore all of the student projects.
They will be on display throughout the library from
Saturday, April 29 through Thursday, May 11.
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ADULT
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GENERAL PROGRAMMING
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Exploring VR
Join an interactive discussion about virtual reality technology and the future. We'll test different VR headsets.
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Tuesday, April 25 | 6:30 p.m. Citizenship Class
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Wednesday, April 26 | 7 p.m. Medicare Information Roundtable
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Saturday, April 29| 10:00 a.m. Conversational Spanish
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Beyond Fiction: Dead Wake
Monday, May 1 | 7 p.m
The last read for this group in this newsletter cycle is a crowd pleaser. Erik Larson has a special talent in putting a readable narrative spin on every event he covers. This will be a great discussion.
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YOUNG ADULTS | AGES 12-18
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KIDS CITY |
FAMILY PROGRAMS
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Monday, May | 6:30 p.m.
Full STEAM ahead
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It’s the end of the month, and for me that means noodling around in the stacks weeding out once loved and now forgotten (dusty, falling apart) fiction. enjoy this task immensely, particularly because I’m reminded of titles which, now and again, readers need reminding of. Great books, classic stories, books you might have meant to read but somehow missed.
Here are a few of my favorites…
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
Seriously, one of my favorite books EVER. This is one of John Irving’s best - comic, heartbreaking, joyous, and Owen Meany is his most heartbreaking character. Read the book, then watch the film adaptation - Simon Birch. Worthwhile reading, worthwhile viewing! REQUEST.
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Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger
This exquisitely penned novel is told in the voice of Frank Dunn, a middle-age man looking back on a summer in 1961 in New Bremen, Minnesota, when he was 13; the Minnesota Twins were in their first season; a death, in five different instances, shook his family and their community. REQUEST.
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The Mercy of Thin Air
by Ronlyn Dominigue
This gorgeous love story of Andrew and Razi, told through Razi’s voice. A ghost is haunting the house of a young couple - to whom she reveals the mystery of her life and her love. It’s like reading a classic black and white Hollywood film. Once you read it, you’ll want everyone else to read it as well.
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Songs in Ordinary Time
by Mary McGarry Morris
“A grand sweep of a novel: Morris, like a contemporary Dickens, creates a world teeming with incident and characters often foolish, even nasty, but always alive and in your face.” (Kirkus) The setting is the summer of 1960, the characters are achingly real, and the story is wholly addicting. I always, always want to remind readers about this wonderful author. I love everything she’s written. REQUEST.
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