December 2020
Community Giving
Wrap up a good read. A Holiday Book Sale! 
 
Come browse a special selection of books for all ages and interests.
Sale table is open during Library hours.
All sales are by donation.
Winter 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!

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
Cursed objects : strange but true stories of the world's most infamous items
by J. W. Ocker

A travel writer, blogger Edgar Award-winning author describes the strange-but-true stories of objects throughout history that are believed to be cursed, leaving death and destruction in their wake including Annabelle the Doll, The Dybbuk Box and the Ring of Silvianus. Illustrations.
Our Trip Around the World
by Renate Belczyk

A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary.
A game of birds and wolves : the ingenious young women whose secret board game helped win World War II
by Simon Parkin

Tells the triumphant story of a group of young women who helped devise a winning strategy to defeat the Nazi U-boats and deliver a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. 
The bottom line for baby : From Sleep Training to Screens, Thumb Sucking to Tummy Time - What the Science Says
by Tina Payne Bryson

The co-author of the best-selling The Whole-Brain Child presents an A-to-Z guide for baby and toddler care, drawing on the most reliable and up-to-date research to separate fact from fiction on such topics as breastfeeding, circumcision and allergies. 
Adult Fiction
False value
by Ben Aaronovitch

Taking a job with the Serious Cybernetics Company (SCC), detective and apprentice wizard Peter Grant, as he prepares for fatherhood, tries to fit in with his co-workers while uncovering a shocking secret at the very heart of SCC that is part magic, part technology and all danger.
The Woman Before Wallis : A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal
by Bryn Turnbull

The wonderful novel is set against the glamorous world of British and American royalty in the 1920s, and based on the true story of the woman who owned Prince Edward’s heart before introducing him to her dear friend Wallis.
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.
Teen Fiction
Dark and deepest red
by Anna-Marie McLemore

Trapped in a pair of red shoes that compel her to dance uncontrollably, Rosella is drawn to a youth of questionable intent whose family was blamed for witchcraft centuries earlier. 
The conference of the birds
by Ransom Riggs

A latest entry in the best-selling series continues the story of Jacob Portman, who takes a brave leap into The Conference of the Birds while pursued by dangerous enemies. 
The night country : a Hazel Wood novel
by Melissa Albert

A highly anticipated sequel to The Hazel Wood finds Alice and her fellow survivors targeted by a dark adversary at the same time Finch seeks a way back home in a deteriorating Hinterland. 

 
Find all new items HERE.

 

Computer and Printing Services
 
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.
 

Regular Hours 
 
Monday-Thursday - 9 am - 6 pm
Friday - 9 am - 5 pm
Saturday - 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday - Closed
Holiday Hours
 
December 24th - 9 am - 2 pm
December 25th - December 28th - Closed
December 31th - 9 am - 2 pm
January 1st - Closed
 

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

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