Castlegar & District Public Library
 
July 2024  

Summer Reading Club 2024
 Summer Reading Club begins July 2nd!

Please see our Summer Reading Club page on our website for full details. If you are registered, we can't wait to see you!
 
If you are not registered in one of our sessions, we have a drop-in session on Friday afternoons. Please note: room will be capped at 20 children. Children must be potty-trained.
 
Also if you're not registered, you can still join in the reading fun with a reading record you can take home! Ask at the front desk. 
Community Engagement Survey
Castlegar Library is planning for the future—have your say! 

The Castlegar Library is planning for our next three years and we need your help! Take the Community Engagement Survey until the end of July. The survey takes about 8 minutes to complete.
 
Your feedback is important in determining the future of the Castlegar & District Public Library!
Library Resource Spotlight For Adults
LinkedIn Learning
 
 Learn business, software, technology and creative skills. Courses range from beginner to intermediate and expert level and can include quick tutorials to more in depth courses.
 
Use your library card and PIN to sign in! 
 
Libby, from Overdrive
 
Access a province-wide catalogue of digital books, audiobooks, and instantly available magazines! You can access through Library To Go or through the Libby app.
 
Use your library card to log in! 
Library Resource Spotlight For Kids
TumbleBook Library 
 
Read stories, play games,and learn with TumbleBooks! The TumbleBook Library is a searchable, customizable library of e-books for kids.
 
 
Batpack
 
Find some bats! With our Batpack, you can locate and identify local bat populations. The pack includes an echo meter (compatible with Android devices), identification guides, a real bat skeleton (so tiny!), and a backpack. Available to borrow from the library—come in and we'll get you started!
 
Also, check out the Kootenay Community Bat Project for more information about local bats and citizen science participation.
 
 
New Titles!
All titles below link directly to our catalogue. 
Fiction
The proof of the pudding
by Rhys Bowen

While attending the party of Sir Mortimer Mordred, famous author of Gothic horror novels, who has borrowed her new chef to cater the festivities, Lady Georgiana Rannoch, when a guest dies of poisoning, must find the culprit to save her new chef and her own reputation—all before her bundle of joy arrives.
Furious heaven
by Kate Elliott

Tragedy strikes Chaonia while they scramble to rebuild their military during a massive invasion by the Phene Empire and Sun must take charge or lose the throne in the second novel of the series following Unconquerable Sun.
The hunter : a novel
by Tana French

Moving to rural Ireland, Cal Hooper, who took early retirement from Chicago PD, has built a relationship with Lena and is gradually turning teenager Trey Reddy into a good kid, but when Trey's long-absent father reappears with an English millionaire and a get-rich-quick scheme, Trey wants revenge.
The Fury of Beijing : An Ava Lee Novel: the Triad Years
by Ian Hamilton

Still reeling from the brutal murder of her close associates, Lau Lau and Chen, Ava Lee embarks on a quest for revenge that takes her from Toronto to Los Angeles to Beijing. Along the way, Ava is aided by some familiar faces and old comrades-in-arms, including Sonny Kwon, Jimmy Li, Lop, and Xu, the mountain master of Shanghai.
Non-Fiction
Gut check : unleash the power of your microbiome to reverse disease and transform your mental, physical, and emotional health
by Steven R. Gundry

Offers a guide to the gut biome and its control over our bodies, revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal our guts to prevent and reverse every type of disease.
Birdgirl : looking to the skies in search of a better future
by Mya-Rose Craig

A young environmental activist shares her experiences of traveling the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes and her passion for social justice and dedication to preserving our planet.
How to be the love you seek : break trauma bonds, embody your self, and become the catalyst for healing in any relationship
by Nicole LePera

"A groundbreaking guide to strengthening relationships, beginning with the one you have with yourself."
Starkweather : the untold story of the killing spree that changed America
by Harry N. MacLean

Drawing on new material, reporting and conclusions, this definitive story of 19-year-old Charles Starkweather, who, in 1958, murdered 10 people with his 14-year-old girlfriend, recounts this shocking event that served as the inspiration for the movie Natural Born Killers and Springsteen's iconic album Nebraska.
Teens
An improbable season
by Rosalyn Eves

While in Regency London for their first Season, Thalia, her sister Kalli and their cousin Charis find their big plans to discover their own happily-ever-afters thwarted by scandal, love and the expectations of high society.
Stateless
by Elizabeth Wein

Chosen to represent Britain in Europe's first air race for young people in 1937, Stella North is the only participating female pilot, and, while constantly having to prove herself as a worthy competitor, experiences turbulence when someone resorts to sabotage to get ahead of the game.
The Lake House
by Sarah Beth Durst

Arriving at an off-the-grid summer camp with two other girls only to discover a blackened, burned husk of a lodge and a dead body in the woods, Claire soon realizes they are being hunted by something that refuses to let them leave.
Betting on you
by Lynn Painter

When they first meet, Bailey and Charlie cannot stand one another, but when they met a year later as coworkers, Charlie secretly bets a colleague he can get Bailey to go out with him, and their relationship gets more complicated as they get closer and closer.
 
 
 
See all our New Book Lists!

Closures:
 
The library is closed on Monday July 1 for Canada Day.
 
 

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

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