To the Library and Beyond We continue to have great attendance at our kids’ storytime hour at 10:00 AM every Tuesday. Our presenter Carissa has great presentations with stories and craft-making sessions as well as fun music to sing and dance along with. In addition, we have a variety of stuffed animals to play with, including our very large Buddy Bear. We have also recently acquired some new kids’ games, thanks to a great donation by one of our patrons. So, bring your young kids on over and enjoy some fun time listening to stories and music, doing crafts, and associating with other kids. Joan’s most recent book review is of a nonfiction work titled “Strange Stories of Alaska and the Yukon”. The author of this book lived in Alaska for almost 50 years before the book’s publication in 1996. He spent his free time exploring Alaska’s gold rush country and then began collecting newspaper accounts from the late 1800s and early 1900s that became the basis for this book. All of the chapters include several newspaper accounts of strange things in Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada. The strange things include unknown creatures, such as Bigfoot (Sasquatch), and a large sea serpent. Also included are strange inhabitants such as a mystic fire-eater, pygmy men, and some men with tails. In addition, there are places of mystery such as a tropical valley containing numerous hot springs, and a forest made of petrified wood (turned to stone). Then there are several ghost stories and stories of lost gold mines. Finally, there are accounts of some lost forgotten civilizations and discoveries of giant mastodons and wooly mammoths. If you are interested in reading about unusual findings and topics in the far North of America, this book will be extremely fun reading. Our library continues to acquire new books in addition to the nearly 18,000 volumes in our inventory. We have several different sections in the library, including preschool books, easy readers, juvenile and young adult books (fiction and nonfiction), classic fiction, adult fiction and nonfiction, large print books, new books, and Idaho/Pacific Northwest books. A library subscription can be purchased for $20/year, and 20 books may be checked out at once. We have computers with free Wi-Fi use, as well as subscriptions to the Cottonwood Chronicle and the Idaho County Free Press. We also have a small section of free books, which are available to everyone regardless of whether or not they are library patrons. So come on down and enjoy all these books and services on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM!
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