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APRIL 2023 Volume 4 Issue 4
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April 23-29 is National Library Week!
This annual celebration highlights the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. Join us to celebrate this year's theme: "There's More to the Story."
Our library is full of stories in a variety of formats from picture books to large print, audiobooks to ebooks, Bookflix and Kanopy. But that's not all we do! We lend other items like games, early literacy kits, book club sets, and hot spots. American Fork Library programming brings our community together for entertainment, education, and connection. We offer storytimes, English classes, tutoring, movie nights, craft classes, author visits, writing groups, service clubs, reading challenges, and so much more! Our infrastructure advances the American Fork community as we provide internet and technology access, opportunities to develop literacy skills at any age, and support for businesses, job seekers, and entrepreneurs.
Visit the library during National Library Week and follow us on social media to learn how "There's More to the Story" at American Fork Library!
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Gardening Series
| April 10, April 24, May 8, May 22 at 7:00 pm |
Celebrate National Gardening Month with us! Members of the American Fork Beautification Committee will be teaching a series of gardening classes to help you learn new skills for creating and maintaining a beautiful yard and garden.
April 10 Trees
April 24 Yard Readiness
May 8 Colorful Pots
May 22 Water Garden |
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Afterschool Special
| Wednesdays at 4:30 pm |
Listen and learn with Miss Hannah about extraordinary topics and stories you've never heard before. For children in 1st-6th grades. April's topics are: Aliens, Pirates, Hawaii, and Dinosaurs. |
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Steampunk Escape Game
| April 3-29 during library hours | In honor of the Library's 100th anniversary, step back in time with our Steampunk Escape Game.
Your airship is locked on a deadly collision course! It's a race against the clock to decipher the clues, free the wheel, and steer the ship to safety.
Allow 30 minutes to play.
Level: Difficult (children will need adult or teen assistance). Sponsored by Friends of the American Fork Library. |
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A FEW NEW READS IN OUR LIBRARY |
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| Jessa Maxwell |
When production for the tenth season of the hit cooking competition Bake Week begins at the gothic estate of the show's host and founder, celebrity chef Betsy Martin, everything seems normal. The six contestants are eager to prove their culinary talents over the course of five days, while Betsy struggles for control of the show with her new co-host, the brash and unpredictable Archie Morris. But as the baking competition gets under way, things begin to go awry. At first it's merely sabotage-sugar replaced with salt, a burner turned to high-but then someone shows up dead and suddenly everyone's a suspect.
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| Frances Hardinge |
As the only person who has the power to unravel curses, Kellen does not yet fully understand his talent but must remove his own curse before he unravels everything-and everyone-around him. |
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| Judd Winick | In this epic time-turning adventure, Gina, D.J. and Hilo get ready to save the world once and for all as they face more monsters and more shocking surprises than ever before. |
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GET TO KNOW THE FRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN FORK LIBRARY
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Maleah Warner
Has been with Friends of the American Fork Library for 5 years Loves to eat any meal cooked and cleaned up by someone else Favorite genre is memoir--two favorites are The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Recommends Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman "The library saved my life when I was a mother with small children and a tight budget. I basically raised my children on free activities, free snacks, and free books from the library. Thanks to the library my kids are (mostly) literate and competent and have managed to stay out of jail." |
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