West Slope Community Library: West Slope Library News & Events: August 2020

AUGUST 2020 | NEWS & EVENTS

SUMMER READING

Picture of book bags we delivered to Summer Food Spots in July

Imagine Your Story

Summer Reading 2020
June 1 - August 31

Terisa delivered 160 bags with free books, art supplies, and activity sheets to Summer Lunch Spots at William Walker and McKinley. This was a part of a Countywide initiative to give away over 15,000 free books this summer.

UPCOMING ADULT EVENTS

Image of a person doing yoga on a mat looking at a tablet

Online Yoga with Maddie Adams

August 1, 8, 22, 29 at 10am

Protect Your Finances & Problem Solve

August 3, 6-7pm

Parenting during the Pandemic

August 4, 7-8:30pm

bookjacket for A Visit from the Goon Squad

Adult Book Club
A Visit from the Goon Squad

August 5, 2-3:30pm

Watercolors with Jess Graff

August 26, 2:3pm

UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS

Image of a dragon standing on top of a pile of books behind a tablet

Miss Terisa's Storytime

Sing songs, read fun books, learn new rhymes!

OBOB Book Club

Read a new OBOB book every month and join fellow readers for a discussion & fun

Take & Make: Cars

Sign up to receive a car building kit to make at home.

Visit our Summer Reading website for weekly activities for you and your family to have fun together. (No Zoom!)

RETURNING ITEMS

Limited returns available Friday and Saturday

Thank you for your patience as we adapt to our new return procedures that allow us to quarantine materials for 96-hours after they have been returned. Limited returns are now available on Fridays and Saturdays from 9-4pm. We are not accepting donations of any materials at this time.

For updates on this service please visit our website.

TAKEOUT SERVICE

Contact us to schedule a reservation to pick up your hold items once you receive a notice that they are available! We appreciate your patience with us as we work to get you your materials as quickly as we can.

For updates on this service please visit our website.

STAFF PICKS

Image of book covers from the library's page to screen booklist

Page to Screen
Participating in our Ten Books in 2020 reading challenge? Here are some suggestions for a book that has made it to the screen

Join us for a book chat where we will discuss these and many more!

Monday, August 10, 6-7:00pm
Wednesday, August 19, 2-3:00pm

Image of book covers from the library's Teen romance book list.

U-Pick Teen Book Club: Boarding School
Teens! Join our U-Pick Book Club. Where you read any book about boarding school and share your thoughts with the group! Learn about a new-to-titles and find your next read.

Thursday, August 27, 1-2pm

Oregon Butterflies
Learn about the butterflies you'll see flying around Oregon during the spring and summer months.

MEET OUR FRIENDS

Friends of West Slope Community Library is an Oregon nonprofit association with members and a board of directors.

The Friends’ purpose is to increase public interest and participation in the library and to support the library’s collection, activities, and fiscal well-being.

For more details or questions, please contact us.