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This Week at Your Library

FALL PREVENTION WORKSHOP BROWN BAG LUNCHEON: Thursday, September 26, at 12 p.m. Falls are the leading cause of death in older adults. Come learn several strength-training exercises to help prevent falls and ways to make your home more fall-proof. This is a sit, watch, and learn event; no participation is required. Call the library to RSVP. 307-283-1006. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: Monday, September 30 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, October 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Library Programming: TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. September’s themes: “Grandparents”, “Apples”, “Elephant & Piggie” and “Transportation”. There will not be Storytime on October 2. ADULT CRAFT NIGHT: Stay tuned! 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, September 26 at 11 a.m. They are reading “The Wednesday Sisters” by Meg Waite Clayton. Books are available at the library. Always on the lookout for new members! CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD meeting Thursday, October 3, at 1 p.m. in Moorcroft. CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD meeting Wednesday, October 16, at 5:30 p.m. in Sundance. SUNDANCE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 1, at 9 a.m. at the library. Tell your friends so they can become our Friends!

New Non-Fiction: SURVIVAL PREPPING: A Guide to Hunkering Down, Bugging Out and Getting Out of Dodge by Jason Ryder Adams. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell. THE FIVE: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold.

New Wyoming Room Non-Fiction: MUSHROOMS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION by Vera Stucky Evenson and the Denver Botanic Gardens. The following ten books were donated by Debbie Proctor and RoseZella and Richard Proctor in memory of Dana Proctor.

New Junior Fiction: PRINCESS PULVERIZER: Bad Moooove! by Nancy Krulik. PRINCESS PULVERIZER: Worse, Worser, Wurst by Nancy Krulik. PRINCESS PULVERIZER: Grilled Cheese and Dragons by Nancy Krulik. AVA AND PIP by Carol Weston. AVA AND TACO CAT by Carol Weston.

AVA XOX by Carol Weston. CAPE, League of Secret Heroes #1, by Kate Hannigan.

New Picture Books: THE ONE-STOP STORY SHOP by Tracey Corderoy. HOW DO DINOSAURS LEARN TO READ by Jane Yolen. SHHH! I’M READING! by John Kelly. The following three books were donated by Debbie Proctor in memory of past Crook County Librarians Mrs. Freda Peterson and Mrs. Margaret Fall. These books were written by a former student of Debbie’s. FOX AND THE BIKE RIDE by Corey R. Tabor.

New Easy Reader: FOX IS LATE by Corey R. Tabor. FOX THE TIGER by Corey R. Tabor.

Submitted by Kim Heaster