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This Week at Your Library

The Library will be closed February 17, for President’s Day.

Library Programming: TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. January’s themes: “Snowmen”, “Warm as Toast”, “Play to Learn Stations” and “Moose”. MAKER FRIDAY AT THE LIBRARY: Friday, February 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. for Kindergarten through 6th grades.

ADULT CRAFT NIGHT: Monday, February 10, at 6 p.m. “SPRING/SUMMER REVERSIBLE BLOCKS”. Class fee is $20 and everything is provided. Sign-up and payment required by Friday, February 7. 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, February 27, at 11 a.m. at the Sundance Senior Center. They are reading “In the Heart of the Sea” by Nathaniel Philbrick. Always on the lookout for new members! CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD meeting Thursday, February 6, at 1 p.m. in Hulett. CROOK COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD meeting Wednesday, April 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Hulett. SUNDANCE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Our next meeting is Tuesday, February 4, at 11 a.m. at the library. Tell your friends so they can become our Friends!

New Large Print: A DEATH IN LIVE OAK, Jack Swyteck #14, by James Grippando.

New Non-Fiction: J.R.R. TOLKIEN: A BIOGRAPHY by Humphrey Carpenter. THE POPES: EVERY QUESTION ANSWERED, FROM SAINT PETER TO POPE FRANCIS by Rupert Matthews.

New Book on CD: THE LOST COLONY by A.G. Riddle.

New DVDs: DOUBLE INDEMNITY starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. THE STING starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. AIRPLANE! starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty. GHOST IN THE SHELL staring Scarlett Johansson. All of the children’s books were donated off the Christmas Wish Tree:

New Young Adult: TWO DARK REIGNS by Kendare Blake. Donated by Pat Liebsack.

New Junior Graphic Novel: DOG MAN: FETCH-22 by Dav Pilkey. Donated by Vicki Ferderer.

New Junior Fiction: FISH IN A TREE by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Donated by Pat Frolander.

New Junior Non-Fiction: ULTIMATE DINO-PEDIA reviewed by Paleontologist Dr. Darren Naish. Donated by Barb Crawford.

New Picture Books: THE BOOK HOG by Greg Pizzoli. Donated by Vicki Ferderer. THE TALE OF THE TIGER SLIPPERS by Jan Brett. Donated by Sue Fuhrmann in memory of Bill Barker. HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDMA by Jean Reagan. Donated by Jan Steele. HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDPA by Jean Reagan. Donated by Sue Fuhrmann in memory of Bill Barker. WE ARE (NOT) FRIENDS by Anna Kang. Donated by Pat Liebsack.

New Easy Reader: SEE ME DIG by Paul Meisel. Donated by Pat Frolander.

Submitted by Kim Heaster