November 2020
Community Giving
Fall Programs

 
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
 

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.
 
New crafts available every Wednesday. New videos drop every Thursday/Friday. Previous week's crafts available until they disappear!
Resources
Home Learning Corner
 
"2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. To further support educators and students this fall, Veterans Affairs are pleased to also offer an online “Home Learning Corner” about this important chapter in our history. It includes a variety of learning activities for youth of all ages that can be completed at home with the support of parents or teachers." Veterans Affairs Canada Learning Team. 
 
Stop by the Library to see our displays, check-out a book or DVD, and pick up free Take Time To Remember resources.

Digital Radon Detectors Available at Library
 
Fall and winter is the ideal time to test your home's radon gas level. Borrow a digital radon detector with your Library card!
 
Radon detectors generously donated by the Donna Schmidt Lung Cancer Prevention Society. 
 

Online Library Resources - Always Open
 
Find adult resource links HERE.
Find children & youth resource links HERE.
 
 
New Books
All titles below link directly to our catalogue.
Non-Fiction
Beyond piggy banks and lemonade stands : how to teach young kids about finance (and they're never too young)
by Liz Frazier

Beyond Piggy Banks is written for you: the loving, responsible and overworked parents of young children. It takes the stress and mystery out of finance, and focuses on the basic fundamentals elementary children should understand so they can make smart decisions as they grow. 
The new one : painfully true stories from a reluctant dad
by Mike Birbiglia

With humorous parenting observations, a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one.
Quitter : a memoir of drinking, relapse, and recovery
by Erica C. Barnett

An award-winning political reporter and recovering alcoholic shares her story, describing her repeated recoveries and lapses, discussing how Alcoholics Anonymous didn’t correspond to her experience and actually was detrimental and highlighting the lack of rehabilitation options available to addicts.
Fiction
Thief River Falls
by Brian Freeman

A best-selling writer living in seclusion after losing her family to a series of tragedies risks her life to protect a child who is being targeted by both killers and police who would cover up the murder he witnessed.
Deadlock
by Catherine Coulter

This exhilarating FBI thriller finds Savich and Sherlock confronting two baffling mysteries. A young wife is forced to confront a decades-old deadly secret when a medium connects her to her dead grandfather. A vicious psychopath wants ultimate revenge against Savich, but first, she wants to destroy what he loves most--his family.
Grown ups
by Marian Keyes

They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together--birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much . . . Still, everything manages to stay under control--that is, until Ed's wife, Cara, gets a concussion and can't keep her thoughts or opinions to herself. 
Graphic Novels
How I Survived : Four Nights on the Ice
by Serapio Ittusardjuat

After his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he depended on to stay alive. This harrowing first-person account of four nights spent on the open sea ice.
The Great Gatsby : The Graphic Novel  
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

An evocative interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s haunting portrait of the 1930s Deep South, in an adaptation that includes an introduction by Fitzgerald’s great-granddaughter. 
Grass
by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk. 

 
Find all new items HERE.

 

Remote Printing & 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, scanning and copying services are available. The library also has a remote printing service and details can be found 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: Wed. November 11th for Remembrance Day
 
*First hour for seniors and those with
compromised immunity.
 

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

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