October  2020
 
What Can You Do With Your Library Card?
 
Find adult resource links HERE.
Find children & youth resource links HERE.
  
Story Time
Virtual Story Time with a Grab & Go Twist
with Miss Julie and Miss Laura

When: Starts the week of September 20th.
For: Toddlers, preschoolers & primary aged children.
Find full details HERE.
Watch a how-to video HERE.
 
Book Clubs

 
 
Kootenay Library Federation Libraries are teaming up to bring you two online book clubs this Fall & Winter. 
 
Register for the Read Local Online Adult Club: kootenaylibrariesprogramming@gmail.com
 
Register for the Kootenay Teen Book Club
Kootenayteenbookclub@gmail.com
 

STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Math)
 
Let's Talk Science: STEM at Home
 
A wealth of resources and activities for home learning or fun discovery anytime.
 
Resources For Print Disabilities
CELA

Centre for Equitable Library Access. Public library service for Canadians with print disabilities.
 
NNELS

The National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) is a repository of content owned and sustained by Canadian public libraries. We work with international partners, libraries, readers, and publishers (particularly Canadian ones) to make copies of books in accessible formats available to readers in Canada who have print disabilities.
 
Lendable Victor Readers from the Library

The library currently has 1 Victor Reader available for loan. Look for 2 new Victor Readers to be available later this fall.
New Non-Fiction Books
All titles below link directly to our catalogue.
The world : a brief introduction
by Richard Haass

The president of the non-partisan Council on Foreign Relations explains each region of the modern world, discusses the challenges of globalization and explores which are the most influential countries, events and ideas to help readers become more globally literate. 
Wag : the science of making your dog happy
by Zazie Todd

Shares insight and advice to making dogs happy, offering recommendations from experts to building a relationship between human and canine.
The bird way : a new look at how birds talk, work, play, parent, and think
by Jennifer Ackerman

The best-selling author of The Genius of Birds draws on paradigm-changing scientific research into bird emotions and intelligence to explore advanced behaviors ranging from communicating and giving gifts to forming cooperative groups and dancing. Illustrations.
New DVDs
On the basis of sex /

The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a woman who overcame gender inequalities in order to become a Supreme Court Justice. 
Grantchester /

A clergyman investigates a series of crimes in the small village of Grantchester.
Sherlock

In twenty-first-century London, Sherlock Holmes solves cases that stump Scotland Yard, assisted by his friend Dr. John Watson.
Watchmen /

Follows a detective in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an alternate history where police must use masks to conceal their identities.
New Fiction
Watching you without me
by Lynn Coady

After her mother's sudden death, Karen finds herself back in her childhood home in Nova Scotia for the first time in a decade, acting as full-time caregiver to Kelli, her older sister. Overwhelmed with grief and the daily needs of Kelli, who was born with a developmental disability, Karen begins to feel consumed by the isolation of her new role. 
Ridgerunner
by Gil Adamson

November 1917. William Moreland is in mid-flight. After nearly twenty years, the notorious thief, known as the Ridgerunner, has returned. Moving through the Rocky Mountains and across the border to Montana, the solitary drifter, impoverished in means and aged beyond his years, is also a widower and a father. And he is determined to steal enough money to secure his son's future. 
Eagle Station : a novel
by Dale Brown

When Russia and China forge an unlikely alliance to claim the moon’s natural resources, Brad McLanahan and the Iron Wolf Squadron scramble to prevent the construction of a heavily armed moon base. 

 
Find all new items HERE.

 
Printing, Scanning & Computer Access
 
Three public access computers are available by appointment. Appointments can be made for a maximum of 45 minutes per day by calling 250-365-6611.
 
Photocopying and scanning services are available. The library also has a convenient remote printing service! Find details on the library’s web site.
 

Monday-Thursday - *9 am - 6 pm
Friday - *9 am - 5 pm
Saturday - 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday - Closed
 
Closed Monday October 12th for Thanksgiving
 
* First hour reserved for seniors and those with
compromised immunity.
 
 
 
Hours

Castlegar & District Public Library
1005-3rd Street
Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 2A2
250-365-6611

https://castlegar.bc.libraries.coop/