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AF Aware -- Mental Health Awareness Class "How to Combat the Winter Blues" Learn about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and how to spot it, plus ways to combat depression this winter no matter what the cause. Held via Zoom.
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Letters to Santa Santa Claus will be collecting letters at our library this year! Drop by any time we are open from December 1st through 23rd. There will be paper and envelopes available. Everyone who leaves a letter will receive a bag of crafts and goodies. Thank you to the Friends of the Library and Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring this event!
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Mitten Tree The Library's annual Mitten Tree will be available December 1-19 for donations of new mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, and coats. Items will be donated to those in need.
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The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
by Fannie Flagg
Taking a final visit to the ghost town where his mother Ruth’s Whistle Stop Café made its famous fried green tomatoes, Bud Threadgoode discovers new friends and surprises about the community’s women while triggering unexpected changes in his daughter's life.
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Alexander Hamilton : the Graphic History of an American Founding Father by Jonathan HennesseyThis complete graphic novel-style biography presents the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures in United States history. Author Jonathan Hennessey and comic book illustrator Justin Greenwood team to bring the world of Alexander Hamilton to life in this fully-illustrated, graphic novel style biography that captures the period, people, and places of the birth of the United States. Along the way, they help readers contextualize Hamilton, showcasing his impact on history beyond his life, including his policies' shaping of the Civil War and how his ideas on the economy led to America's rise as a superpower.
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December's Adult Reading Challenge Prompts
*Read a retelling of a classic OR *Read a book from the library Read one of the monthly reading prompts and enter our quarterly drawing for an Amazon gift card! Entries accepted by commenting on our social media posts about the challenge.
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Lindsay Nemelka - Works as a bibliographic-cataloger, research-assistant, fact-finder, collection-curator, book-lover
- Has worked at the American Fork Library for 5 years
- Loves to eat mac & cheese and drink peach milkshakes
- Likes to read graphic novels
- Recommends Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye (The Science Guy)
- "I love connecting reluctant readers to that one perfect book that transforms them into a life-long reader."
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