Welcome to the June 2022 Library Newsletter!
June is all about gearing up for the TD Summer Reading Club in July and August, so a lot of our regular programs get put on hold so that we are able to prep for all the summer fun! You can still enjoy Storytime and Baby Buzz, and some special programs in-between. Keep reading to see the calendar for June, and information for upcoming events in June and beyond!
Kids can come to the library and get creative with painting some rocks to add to Hinton's Rock Snake. Adults can enjoy rainbow painting using acrylic paint and alcohol drops to create a unique piece of art!


June 1980
Rainy road glistens at sunset.
Square dancers from far and near attend the jamboree for the Entrance Square Dance Club of Hinton.
Onlookers eye Hardisty Creek near Switzer Drive as it threatens to overflow its banks due to heavy rainfall.
Have a research request? Interested in what material the Hinton Coal Branch Archives has? Come to the library and fill out a research request form! For a digital version of the form, please email info@hintonlibrary.org.
 

Ancestry Library Edition

If you're looking for more information about your family history, feel free to make a research request at the library's archives if you have history in Hinton or surrounding areas, and try out Ancestry at the library! Gain access to birth, marriage, and death records, immigration and travel documents, family trees, and much more all for free with your library card! Just ask for a guest pass ID to use one of our public computers (or use your own device), log in with your library barcode and PIN, and start browsing.
Note: You must be inside the Hinton Municipal Library to access Ancestry Library Edition.
 
Click HERE to see a list of all of our Electronic Resources.
 

  • 3D printing costs $0.10 per gram.
  • Most files take several hours to print - some can even take days.
  • Our 3D printer is an Ultimaker 2+ Connect. It can't handle print jobs that are too complicated, so simple models are best.
  • We only have one colour of filament, but you can paint your finished print jobs when you get home.
  • Sometimes our printer runs into problems and we have to figure out what's wrong - this can also affect how long it will take for you to get your completed print job.
  • Bring your own sewing project to use our sewing or embroidery machine! We provide the machines and thread.

 
New Books at Your Library
 

Elektra
by Jennifer Saint

"Elektra is a spellbinding reimagining of the story of one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. In Troy, Princess Cassandra has the gift of prophecy, but carries a curse of her own: no one will ever believe what she sees. When she is shown what will happen to her beloved city when Agamemnon and his army arrives, she is powerless to stop the tragedy from unfolding. Elektra, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's youngest daughter, wants only for her beloved father to return home from war. But can she escape her family's bloody history, or is her destiny bound by violence, too?"
Book of night
by Holly Black

"#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends back into a maelstrom of murder and lies. Determined to survive, she's up against a cast of doppelgängers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world - all trying to steal a secret that will allow them control of the shadow world and more."
The Paris library : a novel
by Janet Skeslien Charles

Based on a true story, describes how a lonely, 1980s teenager befriends an elderly neighbor and uncovers her past as a librarian at the American Library in Paris who joined the Resistance when the Nazis arrived. 200,000 first printing.
Miss Chloe : A Memoir of a Literary Friendship With Toni Morrison
by A. J. Verdelle

The award-winning author of The Good Negress shares her own path to success that led to a friendship with enigmatic cultural icon Toni Morrison, painting an illuminating portrait of the legendary author and offering an honest assessment of what it means to be a writer. 45,000 first printing.
Companion Planting for Beginners : Pair Your Plants for a Bountiful, Chemical-free Vegetable Garden
by Brian Lowell

Organic gardeners have always known that growing the right plant combinations can attract beneficial insects, minimize pests and disease, improve soil quality, and increase yields. And almost any vegetable you can grow likely has beneficial companion. Expert gardener Brian Lowell will teach you the fundamentals of organic gardening and show you how to use evidence-based companion planting strategies to create a thriving, bountiful, chemical-free vegetable garden.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a free book gifting program devoted to inspiring a love of reading in the hearts of children everywhere. Each month, enrolled children receive a high quality, age-appropriate book in the mail, free of charge. If your child is under 5, and lives in Hinton, Brule or Cadomin, you are eligible to sign up under the Hinton Municipal Library. To sign up online, click HERE! You can also register in person at the library.

How It Works
 The TD Summer Reading Club encourages kids to read over the summer. For every hour read, they can come to the library and receive a sticker to mark their progress. Every sticker enters their name into our weekly draw, and for the grand prize at the end of the summer. For every event attended, they get an extra entry into that week's prize, so the more you read and attend programs, the more entries you have for prizes! You can also register online and have a digital notebook to record books you've read, earn digital badges, and even read e-books. This is separate from the library's club, and you'll need to fill out your physical reading log in order to earn stickers and contest entries from the library. Kids ages 0-12 can register for the online and in-person Reading Club starting Monday, June 13th. You can also join us at our Kick-Off Party on Saturday, June 25th! If you have any questions, contact the library by phone, on social media, or using our live-chat feature on our website.
Hinton Municipal Library
803 Switzer Drive
Hinton, Alberta T7V 1V1
780-865-2363

www.hintonlibrary.org