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This Week at Your Library

Did you know we have a Library of Things collection? You can check out lots of fun kits for a variety of activities. Check out our Maker bags to explore art, architecture and creativity. There is a bag for each activity geared towards different age groups. One for preschool to kindergarteners and one for first to sixth graders.

LIBRARY HAPPENINGS:

MEETINGS: Crook County Library Board meeting Thur., Jun 6 at 1 p.m. in Sundance. Crook County Library Foundation meeting Wed., Jul. 17 at 1 p.m. in Moorcroft. Sundance Friends of the Library meeting on break until the fall.

PROGRAMMING: The Fly Boys of Bomber Mountain by Sylvia Bruner Fri., June 7 at 7 p.m. in Library Meeting Room. Adult Craft Mon., June 17 at 6 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room. Lunch Bunch Book Club on break until the fall. No Storytime Until Summer Reading Programming starts in July. Family Crafternoon Fri., June 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Library Meeting Room. Lego Fun Day Thurs., June 13 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Central Office Gym. Movie Date Night Children’s program Thurs., June 27 starting at 7 p.m. through the movie in the park. Family Crafternoon Fri., June 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Library Meeting Room.

DISPLAYS: Woven Baskets by Bonnie Stahla.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Children’s Summer Reading Kick-off out Mon., June 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. Teen and Adult Summer Reading Challenges starts Mon., June 3 stop by the library to grab your tracking sheet.

NEW FICTION: Southern Man by Greg Iles. The 24th Hour by James Patterson. First Frost by Craig Johnson. The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray. These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald. Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? By Nicci French.

NEW NON-FICTION: The Counterfeit Countess by Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa.

NEW WYO NON-FICTION: Wyoming Backroads by Marc Smith.

NEW YA NON- FICTION: The Hundred Years War by Desmond Seward.

NEW JUNIOR NON- FICTION: Sled Dogs by Matt Lilley donated by the Proctor Family in memory of Dana Proctor. Search and Rescue Dogs by Matt Lilley donated by the Proctor Family in memory of Dana Proctor. Therapy Dogs by Matt Lilley donated by the Proctor Family in memory of Dana Proctor.

NEW EASY READER BOOK: Merry Watson: Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamillo. Merry Watson: Fights Crime by Kate DiCamillo. Merry Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes by Kate DiCamillo.

NEW PICTURE BOOK: The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Mac Barnett.