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June 10, 2024

In the Spotlight

Adult Summer Reads

Adventure Begins in Your Library!

Featured in Children's

Bloom Truck Bookmobile: Free Food, Fun, and Reading

The Bloom Truck Bookmobile brings a free mobile library, enrichment activities, and free lunches to neighborhoods throughout Blaine County. The bookmobile is a key element in preventing the summer learning loss by providing access to FREE books and FREE, HEALTHY food.

June 10 - August 22

Various locations in the Wood River Valley. More/see the schedule here.

Featured in Regional History

June 1 - 30

Wednesdays & Saturdays

Wood River Museum

Contact Brigid Miller

for more information.

In recognition of Pride Month, the Center for Regional History is calling for contributions of stories, artifacts, and objects representing LGBTQIA2S+ experiences and history in Central Idaho. These items can be in any form that will help us document and preserve LGBTQIA2S+ history and stories in Central Idaho—documents, items, photographs, videos, journals, songs,

art, and oral history interviews. Materials can be donated at the Wood River Museum of History and Culture between 10am and 6pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout June.

This Week at The Library

Story Time:

Dads and Special People

Monday, June 10

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Children's Library

June 11-14

Lecture Hall

Kindergarten through Grade 3 educators – who open the world of words to children – join us from around southern Idaho for four days of learning with preeminent literary scholars. The application period

for 2024 has closed.

Spanish Lunchtime Language

Last class for June! Classes resume on Thursdays through the

summer beginning July 11.

Tuesday, June 11

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Idaho Room

Drop-In: Straws & Connectors

Tuesday, June 11

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Children's Library

Beginning Quilt Class

Wednesday, June 12

4:00 - 7:00 p.m. • Idaho Room

Registration has closed.

Tech Help Desk

Wednesday, June 12

5:00 -7:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Brown Bag Poetry

Thursday, June 13

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Learning Commons

Paws to Read with Wynslow

Thursday, June 13

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Children's Library

Valley Traditional Music Jams

Saturday, June 15

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Lecture Hall

Upcoming Program Highlights

June 18: The Crick with Jim Mangan and Judith Freeman

June 19: Juneteenth: Library & Wood River Museum CLOSED; Gold Mine Thrift & Consign OPEN

June 20: Reading and Conversation with Writers-in-Residence

Brittany Perham and Peter Kline

June 22: Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story: A Conversation with Rose Ann Abrahamson, Hovia Edwards, and Justin Ralls

June 25: Saving Lives in Sub-Saharan Africa through Water Innovation

June 26: Family Movie: Migration

July 4: Library & Museum closed; Gold Mine stores open

July 10: Sun Valley Jewish Film Festival begins

July 11: SINK / RISE: A Conversation with Photographer Nick Brandt

July 17: Judy Blume: Community Speaker Series with SVWC

July 23: John Vaillant: Community Speaker Series with SVWC

July 25: Hermoine: The Freedom Frigate with Marc Onetto

July 26: Preserving Family Recipes with Cynthia Nims

July 31: JOY HARJO: 2024 Hemingway Distinguished Lecture

See our full calendar of events/register here.

Book Review: Library Staff

"The novel is a ... poignant examination of what it means

to live a life worth remembering..."

Molly! Goodyear recommends The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab.

We make decisions every day that determine the course of our lives. Some are well thought-out, others are made on the spur of the moment, only a few are made out of desperation. For Addie LaRue, the unanticipated consequences of one desperate decision were devastating, enlightening and revelatory.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab is a compelling and beautifully crafted novel that intricately explores themes of memory, identity, and the impact of human connections. The story centers on Addie LaRue, a young woman in 18th century France who, when forced into an arranged marriage, prays to the darkness asking, “to live freely and to have more time.” Her curse is to live forever and to be forgotten by everyone she meets, rendering her effectively invisible to the world.

The novel is a blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and a poignant examination of what it means to live a life worth remembering...

Read Molly!'s entire review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Note: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is The Community Library's Book Club pick for Wednesday, August 7. More/register to attend here.

Book Beat: Student Book Review

Hi, I am Zane. I am in sixth grade. I enjoy playing soccer, video games, and exercising. For my Book Beat review I read The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman.

The Golden Compass is a book about an 11-year-old named Lyra Belaqua. She lives in Jordan College, Oxford with her demon, Pantalaimon (Pan). A demon is a sort of pet that is connected to their human. The demons can also shapeshift into any animal that they desire.

One day Lyra decides to explore a room called the retiring room. Although no kids are allowed in there, Lyra decides to look around and explore the beautiful room.

However, things take a quick turn when she hears the master of the college coming. Lyra quickly ducks into the wardrobe, and sees the master secretly pour a white powder into the bottle of wine, potentially trying to poison Lyra’s uncle who will soon be arriving...

Read Zane's entire book review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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