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Weekly Program eNews

August 12, 2024

In this Issue

• Spotlight: Boss Lady

• Spotlight: Book around the Block!

• Spotlight: Paws to Read

• This Week at the Library

• Upcoming Program Highlights

• Staff Title Review: The Demon of Unrest

• Teen Book Beat: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

• Ask a Librarian

See our full calendar here.

Photo above: Join us for Book around the Block! on August 15 to celebrate literacy,

history, and community with free food, prizes, and activities for all ages.

In the Spotlight

Boss Lady with Alli Frank and Asha Youmans

Join us for an evening with the co-authors of the new novel Boss Lady, a funny

and inspiring novel about a mess of a heroine desperate to resolve her past so

she can finally rediscover who she was always meant to be. This program will be held outdoors on the lawn outside the Library's Children's entrance. Bring a

camp chair or blanket and join us for a rollicking evening with this hilarious

and warm-hearted duo. More/register here.

6:00 p.m. Monday, August 12

Donaldson Robb Family Lawn, 4th and Walnut in Ketchum

Book around the Block!

Celebrate the end of summer during the Library’s annual open house with FREE fun for the whole family. Come "book around the block" for literacy, history, shopping, community, food and fun, with activities for all ages, including a scavenger "Hunt through History" and "An Olympic Mystery" with terrific prizes, Local Authors Showcase, free ice cream, tacos, and treats, Kids Lawn Olympics, Time Warp

Photo Booth, magic, and more. More here.

4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Thursday, August 15

The Community Library, Wood River Museum, Gold Mine Stores

Local therapy dog, Wynslow, will be at The Children's Library for kids to read to him. Reading to a therapy dog can decrease anxiety in kids and increase their reading confidence. Come read to Wynslow and see how comforting and fun reading can be.

Wednesday, August 14

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Children's Library

Bikes, Bikes, and More Bikes!

The Gold Mine Thrift store has just received an influx of bicycles in all sizes, shapes, and colors! Check out the new inventory at 331 Walnut Avenue in Ketchum. Proceeds from the Gold Mine stores help support books, literacy, and programs

at The Community Library. More about the Gold Mine stores here.

This Week at the Library

Story Time: Dragons

Monday, August 12

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Lecture Hall

Roundtable Discussion:

The State of Modern Publishing

with Alli Frank & Asha Youmans

Tuesday, August 13

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Idaho Room

Virtual Creative Writing Workshop

Wednesday, August 14

12:00 -1:00 p.m.

Zoom

Tech Help Desk

Wednesday, August 14

5:00 -7:00 p.m.

Learning Commons

Brown Bag Poetry

Thursday, August 15

11:30 -12:30 p.m.

Learning Commons

Upcoming Program Highlights

August 20: Legacy Lost with Barbara Hilyer

August 21: Churchill and Ireland with Lee Pollock

August 27: Beyond the Headlines with Aliza Pressman

August 30: Big Mountains and Deep Canyons: Central Idaho's Yellowstone Connection with Dr. Paul Link

September 2: Labor Day Closures: The Library, Wood River Museum, and Gold Mine Consign will be CLOSED. Gold Mine Thrift will be OPEN.

September 3: Adult Summer Reads Ends: Turn in your passports!

September 4: Adult Summer Reads: Drawing for Prizes!

September 5-7: Annual Ernest Hemingway Seminar - To Have and Have Not

September 13: Wolverines in Winter with Dr. Kimberly Heinemeyer

September 24: Coming to Life: A Fresh Take on End-of-Life Planning with Dr. Susan Bauer-Wu

See our full calendar of events/register here.

Title Review: Library Staff

"The result of his deep dive is a vivid portrait of our nation’s

fatal divide over state’s rights and slavery ..."

Director of Library Operations Pam Parker recommends Demon of Unrest by Erik Larsen.

Readers of Eric Larson’s other noteworthy historical exposés, such as The Devil in the White City (2003), will find familiar territory in his new Civil War-themed work, The Demon of Unrest (2024).

I found this latest effort to be surprisingly suspenseful considering that the Civil War is a subject about which plenty has already been written.

Noting that some 16,000 biographies about Abraham Lincoln have been published, Larson has intentionally avoided ‘Honest Abe’ as a subject.

It took the pandemic – and a trove of primary resources uncovered during lockdown – to renew his interest. The result of his deep dive is a vivid portrait of our nation’s fatal divide over state’s rights and slavery and, for the reader, a better understanding of why this conflict came to be...

Read Pam's entire book review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Book Beat: Student Book Review

My name is Judah. I enjoy playing soccer and baseball. In the winter, I enjoy Nordic and alpine skiing. When it comes to reading, adventure books are my favorite. For my Book Beat review I read The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle.

The book of Robin Hood is an historical fiction novel. This book is filled with thrilling story of a man and his men righting the wrongs of evil Prince John.

King Richard the Lionhearted was the rightful ruler of England but when he left to go fight in the crusades, his brother Prince John became the ruler of England.

Prince John was hated among his Kingdom for overcharging taxes from England’s loyal subjects. Robin Hood came to the rescue of the poor folk of Nottingham. He “stole from the rich to feed the poor.”

Robin pulled the poor, who were being overly taxed with money that they could not pay, out of their misery...

Read Judah's entire book review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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