June at the Library
 
 


Summer Reading starts Monday, June 2.
Readers 0 to 18 can sign up at the library and pick out a free award book.  Log your reading to earn Dragon Trading Card Game Cards.  Collect them all and play with your friends.
Events are planned in the library and in Greenville City Park starting June 23 and running until July 31. 
Check out the events calendar or pick up a copy of the calendar when you sign up.
There will be lots of fun and games this year!
 
Teen and Tween Events
 
 
Thursday, June 5 3:15 pm
Makerspace-Terrarium 
Make a tiny terrarium with real plants. Registration required. Call the library or send an e-mail to BanksPl@WCCLS.org.
 
Saturday, June 14 10:00 am to noon
Teen Service Saturday
Teens in 8th grade and up can come and earn up to 5 hours of volunteer hours. Projects may include cleaning books, doing craft prep, or other library projects.    Check in with Lisa on arrival or schedule ahead. 
 
Thursday, June 12 and 26   3:15 - 5:45 pm
Dungeons and Dragons
Join our ongoing library campaign or bring a group of friends and play your own game. D&D 5E books and materials are available to players. 
 
 
 
 
Rural Ramblers Walking Group

This group has walked in all kinds of weather for the last two years as part of a study with OHSU.  The study is concluding and now the group is open to anyone who wants to walk! We will gather at the library on Friday mornings and start the walk at 8:45 am.  Most of the time, we walk on the Banks Vernonia Linear Trail for about an hour.
Questions?  Check with the library or just join a walk. 
Mah Jongg Thursdays at 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm


If you have at least basic level Mah Jongg skills, you are welcome to come to this weekly get together of Mah Jongg players.  Meets weekly on Thursdays from 12:30 to 2:30 pm except for holidays. 
 
 
 
Tuesday After-School Programs
Join us Tuesdays at 3 pm until school gets out
June 3: STEM: Watersheds
June 10: Pokémon TCG Club
 
STEAM programs are for elementary age children. Only 2 more programs in June, then it's Summer Reading time!
 
 
Storytimes twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  June 3,4,10 and 11
Family Storytime in Greenville City Park at 10 am on Wednesdays June 18 to July 16
 
Tuesday Learners
Tuesdays at 10 am
This program emphasizes developing the skills preschool and pre-K learners need to get ready for school. Join us for books, crafts, fun and learning. 
 
Wednesday Wigglers
Wednesdays at 10 am
This storytime program engages our early and pre-readers with movement, songs, crafts, and stories to develop literacy, social skills, and confidence. 
 
 
 
 
New (ish) and on the shelf:
Welcome to the Honey B&B
by Melody Carlson

When life feels like it's closing in around you, sometimes the solution is to open the doors wide and invite others in. Set in Oregon.
Ward D
by Freida McFadden

Medical student Amy Brenner's dreaded overnight shift on Ward D spirals into a nightmare as patients and staff mysteriously vanish, forcing her to confront buried secrets and the escalating danger within the locked psychiatric ward. 
Elphie : a Wicked childhood
by Gregory Maguire

Elphaba, the green-skinner girl destined to become the Wicked Witch of the West experiences a turbulent childhood, family struggles, friendships and the injustices of Oz on her path to Shiz University. 
Pony confidential
by Christina Lynch

Pony, a rebellious horse determined to reunite with his long-lost owner Penny, escapes and embarks on a cross-country journey to clear her name after she is wrongfully accused of murder, using his keen understanding of human nature to seek out the true killer.
The secret of cooking : recipes for an easier life in the kitchen
by Bee Wilson

Helping you make the kitchen work better for you to make cooking enjoyable, the cofounder of TastEd presents this culinary companion in which she shares ways of speeding cooking up or slowing it down through easy-to-make, delicious recipes for unfussy food that makes every day taste better. 
Banks Public Library
42461 NW Market St, Banks, Oregon 97106-9019
(503) 324-1382

https://www.cityofbanks.org/library