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Castlegar & District Public Library October 2023
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Reading Buddies For Grades 2-4 (Little Buddies) and Grades 8-12 (Big Buddies). Tuesdays, 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm Starting: October 3rd.
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Toddler & Pre-School Story Times Toddlers: 18 months to 3 years Wednesdays, 10 to 11 am Pre-School: Ages 3 to 5 years Tuesdays, 10 to 11 am
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Youth Friends of the Library For Ages 10+ Thursdays, 3:15 to 4:15 pm Starting: October 5th.
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Student Page
Duties include: circulation duties (checking books in and out of the library), shelving returned library materials, keeping library shelves in order through shelf reading, and assisting library users. Closing date: October 3rd
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Board Secretary Record the minutes for regular Library Board meetings and email draft minutes to Library Director within 24 hours of the meeting. Closing date: open until filled.
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Library Director The Castlegar & District Public Library is seeking a progressive and dynamic Library Director with a strong community focus and excellent management skills.
Closing date: open until filled.
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Castlegar Library offers access to ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines through Library2go, a province-wide service. Through the Libby app or the Overdrive website, you can download and access a large catalogue of digital content.
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Cantook Station is a collection of French language eBooks and audiobooks from Canadian and international publishers. It includes popular genre fiction, bestsellers, non-fiction and more. Titles for adults, teens and children.
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LOTE4Kids is a library eResource that allows kids to learn a language and connect with books through the magic of storytelling. You can choose from thousands of audio-picture books in 50+ languages, together with English translations. Also includes activities such as colouring pages, spot the difference, word searches, and memory games. Log in with your library card!
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Earth's the Right Place for Loveby Elizabeth Berg This beautiful novel tells the love story of young Arthur Moses and Nola, and how a young man grew up to become the wise old man known as Arthur trulove. Set in the 1950s in the warm community of Mason, Missouri, Arthur is a shy, unathletic teenage boy,in love with the most beautiful girl in his class. He is thrilled when they become friends, but he wants more than friendship. Alas, he learns that Nola has a crush on the wrong Moses--Arthur's older brother, Frank. Meanwhile, Frank is busy pursuing his own passion, and avoiding their father, a war veteran with a drinking problem and a penchant for starting fights. When a sudden tragedy rocks Arthur's world, Arthur is force to grow up, and to learn how to create a life that involves the kinds of relationships that are the most important to him.
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Killing Moonby Jo NesboTwo girls who disappeared have been found murdered. One of the suspects is a well-known real estate magnate, and investigator Katrine Bratt wants to bring in the country's foremost serial killings expert. But the idea of collaborating with Harry Hole is out of the question for the chief of police. The real-estate magnate under suspicion, on the other hand, wants to hire Harry as a private investigator to clear his name. Harry declines, but that's before the drug cartel takes a hostage. The drug cartel has given Harry ten days. The clock is ticking, and a blood moon has been forecast over Oslo.
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To Track a Traitor by Iona Whishaw t's an early morning in May when Lane is pulled from a deep sleep by a concerning phone call from Scotland--her grandfather has had a heart attack. Lane hastily makes plans to fly overseas, and a dejected Inspector Darling prepares himself for a stint of bachelorhood. But before he can begin to dwell on it the Nelson Police learn that Ben Arden, a local cad, has gone out for a late-night boat ride and not returned, which immediately sets the town rumour mill churning.
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The Last of the Seven by Steven Hartov A spellbinding novel of World War II based on the little-known history of the X Troop--a team of European Jews who escaped the Continent only to join the British Army and return home to exact their revenge on Hitler's military.
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By examining newly accessible private correspondence exchanged with the Colonial Office in London, Barman pieces together the chain of events that caused the distant colony of British Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation as opposed to the very real possibility of becoming one or more American states.
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Daffodil Hill: uprooting my life, buying a farm, and learning to bloom by Jake Keiser
As the new owner of a farm, and with only one bar of cell service, Jake begins her search for inner peace. Through trial by fire, she learns to fix a well, haul wood, shoot a gun, and care for over seventy-five animals -- with her own signature style, playing spa music to her goats and naming her hens after fashion designers. The only problem is, she still can't figure out how to truly care for herself. Unable to escape the accumulated pain of her past, Jake hits rock bottom. With nowhere left to run, she's finally forced to confront a bracing reality. The farm won't save her; only she can save herself
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Emotionally Resilient Tweens and Teens by Kim John Payne The teen years are rife with social landmines in school, sports, and other activities--and instances of teasing, bullying, and exclusion are unfortunately all too common. Social media has only made this behavior easier and more insidious. But when kids learn to respond effectively, manage their emotions in the situation, and recognize their self-worth, they can reclaim a sense of their own power, and develop skills for life. Kim John Payne, an education consultant, and parenting expert, offers guidance in tandem with ten inspirational stories by young adults who have navigated bullying and social exclusion--and triumphed. It gives teens the tools to address the problem themselves, giving them mastery over the situation--rather than having parents step in and try to "fix" things.
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I Probably Should've Brought a Tent by Erik ShonstromThe author once fell backwards, on skis, at night, into a latrine during a snowstorm in the Rocky Mountains. That's just one of the stories in this 20-year tale of wilderness education. This book aims to entertain and edify, captivate and compel. It's also laugh-out-loud funny, with echoes of Patrick F. McManus and Bill Heavey. Combining anecdotes of over two decades of outdoor education experience with thoughtful narrative context, the author offers tales of adventure that both experienced mountain guides and armchair enthusiasts can dig into with abandon.
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The Last of Us: The Complete First SeasonWhen civilization is destroyed by a worldwide pandemic, hardened survivor Joel is hired to take fourteen-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quaratine zone. What should have been a quick job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey across a post-apocalypic United States, where no one can protect Joel or Ellie except each other.
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Our beloved band of misfits is looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
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Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. Then an old servant tells him of his destiny to fight beside the Stewards, who have sworn to protect humanity if the Dark King ever returns. Will is thrust into a world of magic, where he starts training for a vital role in the oncoming battle against the Dark.
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In this darkly delicious sliver of a tale, Philip Pullman offers a glimpse of the enigmatic girl who will become the sinister Mrs. Coulter. On a cold winter's night, two art collectors are settled before a fire in the Senior Common Room of a college in Oxford, discussing the unusual pieces one has recently added to his collection. What the two men don't know is that the portrait of a striking young woman and the bronze sculpture of a fearsome monkey are connected in mysterious ways. How could they imagine that they are about to be caught in the cross-fire of a story which has traveled time... and worlds.
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Fourth Wingby Rebecca Yarros The commanding general--also known as her tough-as-talons mother--has ordered twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. With every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
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Regular Hours Monday & Tuesday - 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday & Thursday - 10 am - 8 pm Friday & Saturday - 10 am - 5 pm Sunday: Closed Closures: Saturday, September 30th and Monday, October 2nd (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) Monday, October 9th (Thanksgiving)
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