This Week at Your Library

The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29, for Thanksgiving.

NOVEMBER BATTLE OF THE MILITARY SERVICE BRANCHES FOOD DRIVE: We are conducting a food drive to help stock the shelves at the Crook County Food Pantry before the holidays. We will have bins set up in the library with the name of each branch of service on them. Please bring in non-perishable food items and place them in the bin of the service branch you served in or your favorite branch. The bin with the most items will win, and we will announce the winner in December.

Library Programming: TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. November’s themes: “N is for Noise & November”, “Play to Learn Stations” and “Thanksgiving”. There will not be storytime on November 27. MAKER FRIDAY AT THE LIBRARY: Friday, November 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. for Kindergarten through 6th grades. 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, November 21, at 11 a.m. They are reading “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell. Always on the lookout for new members! CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD meeting Thursday, December 5, at 1 p.m. in Sundance. CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD meeting Wednesday, January 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Moorcroft. SUNDANCE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Our next meeting is Monday, December 2, during decorating from noon to 2 p.m. at the library. Tell your friends so they can become our Friends!

New Fiction: QUANTUM, Captain Chase #1, by Patricia Cornwell. THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham. THE NIGHT FIRE, Ballard & Bosch #2, by Michael Connelly. THE WINEMAKER’S WIFE by Kristin Harmel. THE BUTTERFLY GIRL, Naomi Cottle #2, by Rene Denfeld.

New Great Courses: WHY ECONOMIES RISE OR FALL taught by Professor Peter Rodriguez from the University of Virginia. LOST CHRISTIANITIES: CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES AND THE BATTLES OVER AUTHENTICATION taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE taught by Professor Gregory S. Aldrete from the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay.

New Young Adult: ROAR by Cora Carmack. SEAFIRE by Natalie C. Parker.

New Junior Fiction: THE 13-STORY TREEHOUSE by Andy Griffiths.

New Junior Non-Fiction: INSECTS AND SPIDERS by Steve Parker.

New Picture Books: MILES AND MILES OF REPTILES by Trish Rabe. THE FORGETFUL KNIGHT by Michelle Robinson. PETE THE KITTY AND THE GROOVY PLAYDATE by Kimberly and James Dean.

New Easy Reader: DRAGON MASTERS: LAND OF THE SPRING DRAGON by Tracey West.

New Puzzle Book: DISNEY’S THE LION KING LOOK AND FIND adapted by Colette Moran.

Submitted by Kim Heaster