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The Library will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be open regular hours on Saturday. We hope you have a good holiday.
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2019 Reading Challenge Book Group Friday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. The Reading Challenge book group meets the second Friday of every month. A new challenge has been issued and will start in January! This month we are reading a book set in winter. |
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Read to the Dog! December 3 and December 17 at 3:15- 4:15 p.m. Marlena is ready to be read to the first and third Tuesday of the month. Sign up at wccls.org or let the library know you're coming. Great for building confidence in new readers!
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STEM at the Library Wednesday, December 4 at 3:15 p.m. For elementary age students. We'll be exploring building simple robots.
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Art Lab for Elementary Students Wednesday, December 18 at 3:15 p.m. Students will explore the artwork of Georges Seurat and make a painting in the pointilist style.
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Vinyasa yoga ( flowing poses) Mondays at 4:30 -5:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:30- 9:30 a.m. Yin yoga class (mostly seated poses) Tuesdays at 5:35- 6:45 p.m. Or join us for Reiki Energy Tuesday from 4:30 - 5:25 p.m. on Tuesdays. All classes are open to all levels of experience. If you have a mat, bring it and give yoga a try. If you don't have a mat, Gregg will have some for you to borrow. No classes December 24, 25, 30 or 31 or January 1. |
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Family Fun at the Library Friday, December 27 2-4 p.m.
Enjoy some relaxing game time at the library with puzzles, games, popcorn and hot chocolate. Something for everyone!
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December Closures and Weather Warning
The Library is closed December 24, 25 and January 1. The Library will close at 5 p.m. on December 31. No yoga classes on December 24, 25, 30, or 31 or January 1. No Preschool Storytime December 25 or January 1. No Toddler Time December 26 or January 2. If weather conditions are icy or snowy, please call the library before coming in as we may have had to close. If weather conditions at your house are such that travel is dangerous, let us know and we will renew materials for you if necessary. And remember we're always open at wccls.org.
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Staff picks for good reading:
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Harry's Trees : Library Edition
by Jon Cohen
Traumatized by the sudden death of his wife, thirty-four year old Harry Crane leaves his old life and heads for the remote forests of northeastern Pennsylvania, where he meets a young girl who sets him on a feverish road to redemption
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The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
by Lauren Willig
Leaving Harvard to complete her dissertation on the Scarlet Pimpernel and the Purple Gentian in England, Eloise Kelly discovers lost historical information that reveals the secret life of the most elusive spy of all time, a figure who single-handedly saved England from Napoleon's invasion.
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The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix
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A Death-struck Year
by Makiia Lucier
When the Spanish influenza epidemic reaches Portland, Oregon, in 1918, seventeen-year-old Cleo leaves behind the comfort of her boarding school to work for the Red Cross
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The Poet's Dog
by Patricia MacLachlan
A dog with unusual communication talents loses his poet owner before rescuing two children trapped in a snowstorm and leading them to the poet's cabin, where the children explore the memories that the poet has left behind
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Regular Events: Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m. Toddler Time, Thursdays at 10 a.m. through June Craft Night, second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m. Teen Service Saturday, second Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. to noon. |
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Is there a program that you would really like to see happen at the Banks Public Library! Let us know! Contact SusanC@wccls.org or call 503 324-1382. We welcome feedback about what you would like to attend. This newsletter is published monthly via e-mail.
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Banks Public Library 42461 NW Market St Banks, Oregon 97106-9019 (503) 324-1382
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Open hours:
- Mon 10am-5pm
- Tue 10am-7pm
- Wed 10am-7pm
- Thu 10am-7pm
- Fri 10am-5pm
- Sat 10am-5pm
- Sun CLOSED
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