Library Notes

by Henry A. Malley Memorial Library Librarian Barb Mitchell

July 2022

We’ve been having a lot of fun this summer with our Summer Reading Bingo program. The library received a grant from Town Pump, so we have been buying new books and gift certificates from around Broadus, in keeping with Shop Local. We had our first drawing on July 1st; the adult winner of a gift certificate from Powder River Petals was Leann Rhodes, Anna Hagedorn won a gift certificate from Western Chick in the older kids’ category, Walter Desatoff and Layla Brownfield each won certificates for St. V’s, and Arctic Rohrer and Jesse Barnhart won gift certificates from Grant’s Hardware. Our next drawing is next Friday, July 29th. With even one entry it’s possible to win! We’ll have our last drawing on August 31st.

We have been having Craft Tuesday with the StoryTime kiddos. Sometimes it gets a bit messy, but I think the parents enjoy it as much as the kids!

We have purchased this year’s Battle of the Books books, luckily we had almost half on our shelves already- the list for 3rd & 4th grade is: “Granted” by John Anderson, “El Deafo” by Cece Bell, “The Wild Robot” by Peter Brown, “Twenty one Steps” by Jeff Gottesfield, “Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe” by Jo Hackl, “Sideways Stories from Wayside School” by Louis Sacher, “My Jasper June” by Laurel Snyder, “ I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018” by Lauren Tarshis, “Rise of the Earth Dragon” by Tracey West, “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White and “Laika: The Space Dog” by Jeni Wittrock.

The list for the 5th-6th grade is: “Small Spaces” by Katherine Arden, “Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth” by Frank Cottrell Boyce, “Dragon with a Chocolate Heart” by Stehanie Burgis, “Starfish” by Lisa Fipps, “Falcon Wild” by Terry Lynn Johnson, “The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl” by Stacy McAnulty, “Petey” by Ben Mikaelsen, “Ten Days a Madwoman” by Deborah Noyes, “White Bird” by R.J. Palacio, “Pax” by Sara Pennypacker, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, “The Finest Hour” by Michael J. Touglas & Casey Sherman.

Other new books for our young readers are: “Too Bright to See” by Kyle Lukoff, “Red Kayak” by Priscilla Cumings, “96 Miles” by J.L. Esplin, “Llama Llama Back in School” by Anna Dewdney, “Trouble on the Orphan Train” by Marianne Hering, “Islands and Enemies” by Marianne Hering, “Refugees on the Run” by Chris Brack, “Attack at the Arena” by Paul McCusker, “Voyage with the Vikings” by Paul McCusker, “Light in the Lions’ Den” by Marianne Hering, “One Boy Watching” by Grant Snyder, “Dress-Up Day” by Blanca Gomez, The Wayside School 4-book box set by Louis Sachar and a 6 Book Fly Guy Collection by Tedd Arnold.

Recent adult fiction: “Fly Away” by Kristin Hannah, “Summer People” by Elin Hilderbrand, “Two Nights in Lisbon” by Chris Pavone, “Abandoned in Death” by J.D. Robb, “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V.E. Schwab, “Hatchet Island” by Paul Doiron, “Beach Heart” by Grace Greene, and “Sparring Partners” by John Grisham.

“The Final Wish of Mr. Murray McBride” by Joe Siple has been added in memory of Nellie Davis from Tom & Kitty Riggs, “The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride” by Joe Siple in memory of Marie Gotfredson Scoville from Waylon & Melissa Billing, “The Monster’s Bones” by David K. Randall in memory of Paul Mobley from Liz Riter and Dan & Lisa Lynch.

Library Hours are 10 am to 5 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 10 am to 6 pm Thursday, closed on Saturday through Labor Day.