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Fractured Fairy Tales in the Park Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10 am Join Miss Erin, Miss Lori, & Miss Kelsey for a fun (and socially distant) storytime in the park! Tuesdays June 30-July 28 at Robinson Park Wednesday July 8 at Evergreen Park Wednesday July 15 at Rotary Park Wednesday July 22 at Quail Cove
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Aware AF (Virtual): Healthy Relationships and Conflict ResolutionThursday, July 16 at 6:00 pm Therapist Kenneth Jeppeson will discuss Healthy Relationships and Conflict Resolution. Once registered, you will receive an emailed link to the Zoom meeting. For Teens & Adults
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Hopeful AF (Virtual): Living with Mental Illness and HopeThursday, July 30 at 6:00 pm Best-selling author Jared Garrett will talk with us about finding hope, despite the effects of trauma or mental illness in your life. Once registered, you will receive an emailed link to the Zoom meeting. For Teens & Adults
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The Learning Center is offering free virtual reading & math tutoring! The next session is July 16 - August 6. Children attend virtually twice a week for 30 minutes. Please call the Learning Center at 801-492-3593 for information and to register your child.
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Fine Forgiveness We are pleased to continue our fine forgiveness program in July with Food for Fines! Due to current circumstances and their request for no food drives, we are asking that you take your cans of food directly to Tabitha's Way. Their no-touch donation station is available at 920 E. State Rd, American Fork Talk to us if you're interested!
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Contact Us Things are changing quickly these days, so call us, email us, check our website, or check our social media pages for our current hours. afcity.org/library The Library will be closed July 3 & 4 in observance of Independence Day and July 24 for Pioneer Day.
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Ghost
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Jason Reynolds
Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential
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Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Told through the author's own evolving understanding of the subject over the course of his life comes a bold and personal investigation into America's racial history and its contemporary echoes.
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Jacqueline Woodson
In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South
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How to be an Antiracist
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Ibram X. Kendi
A best-selling author, National Book Award-winner and professor combines ethics, history, law and science with a personal narrative to describe how to move beyond the awareness of racism and contribute to making society just and equitable.
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July's Reading Challenge Prompts
*Read a book written by a person of color OR *Read a book involving a mythical creature 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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In anticipation of Harry Potter's upcoming birthday, watch for your Hogwarts letter coming after Steel Days!
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Wendy Annas - Plans and hosts events for teens and helps staff the upstairs Reference Desk
- Has worked at the American Fork Library for almost 2 years
- Favorite sweet treat is Ferrero Rocher
- Is lately reading a lot of Fantasy, with a shout-out to local author, Brandon Sanderson
- Recommends Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
- "Since I was a little girl, my happy place has always been between the covers of a book (preferably on a beach). I love to learn and understand the world through experiences I haven't had personally. Reading (and by extension, the library) changes lives. It helps us develop empathy for all kinds of people. It builds intellectual and emotional intelligence. It teaches us about character and resilience and creativity. And it gives us a soft place to fall when the real world just gets to be too much (is it just me, or does that seem like ALL THE TIME lately?). Libraries make the world a better place by making us better people."
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American Fork Library
64 S. 100 E.
American Fork, Utah
84003
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