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Get ready for the ultimate summer celebration as Ann transforms our library lawn into a giant dance party and bubble-filled playground! With a powerful sound system and professional foam-making equipment, this fun-filled hour will have bubbles everywhere and music to keep everyone dancing. It’s the perfect way to celebrate your accomplishments in the Summer Reading program, so come on out, enjoy the bubbles, and congratulate yourself on all your reading adventures! All ages are welcome to join in the fun! ¡Prepárate para la última celebración del verano mientras que Ann transforma el césped de nuestra biblioteca en una fiesta gigante de baile llena de burbujas y diversión! Con un poderoso sistema de sonido y un equipo profesional para hacer burbujas, esta hora rebosante de diversión esparcirá burbujas y música por todas partes para mantener a todo el mundo bailando. Es la manera perfecta de celebrar tus logros y éxitos en el Programa de Lectura Durante el Verano, así que ¡ven a disfrutar las burbujas y a felicitarte por todas las aventuras que viviste a través de la lectura! Todas las edades son bienvenidas. ¡Únete a la diversión! |
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Closed Monday, August 3 and Tuesday, August 4
We will be closed on Monday, August 3 and Tuesday August 4 while our services are impacted by a server move. We will reopen at 10AM on Wednesday, August 5. Sorry for the inconvenience. |
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Five Gears in Reverse: A Criminal Book
by Ed Brubaker
A brand new CRIMINAL graphic novel featuring the legendary RICKY LAWLESS and the crazy tale of how he and MALLORY fell in love in the midst of a crime spree. This gritty, tragic, and sharply crafted entry in the series underscores why Brubaker and Phillips continue to set the standard for modern crime comics. --Library Journal (Starred Review) In one of the wildest, most action-packed books that Brubaker and Phillips have ever done, we delve deep into the life of one of CRIMINAL's most complex and tragic characters, Ricky Lawless as he tries to pay off a deep debt to a mobster, while things just keep going from bad to worse.
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Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old
by Lucy Schiller
A profoundly personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America. Schiller unpacks a complicated subject with curiosity and empathy... A] deeply human portrayal of what it means to get older in a society unprepared to care for its most vulnerable.--Publishers Weekly. Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect. This attitude became brutally clear during the height of the COVID pandemic, when too many people saw elderly deaths not as tragedies but as foregone conclusions. Like many of us, Lucy Schiller experienced this callousness firsthand when her grandmother passed away during the pandemic. In the wake of this trauma, propelled by equal parts grief and curiosity about her own fear of aging, Schiller embarked on an investigative journey to understand why the prospect of aging is so frightening and how being old in America intersects with class, race, disability, and public policy. From profit-driven networks of care facilities to systemic failures in economic support, the future of older Americans looks increasingly uncertain. In Aging Out, Schiller reports this crisis, sharing the human toll of inadequate housing, health care, and community, while simultaneously excavating her own complicated relationship with aging. Combining the incisive reporting of Evicted with the beautifully rendered introspection of The Empathy Exams, Aging Out is an intimate and unflinching exploration of what it means to age in this country and why Americans--including Schiller herself--are so terrified of getting old.
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What If You Could
by Jacinda Ardern
From the former prime minister of New Zealand comes a guide for young readers on chasing your dreams and embracing the unexpected qualities that truly make a person strong. When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand, she was one of the youngest people and, at the time, the youngest woman leading a country. Many people thought she would never succeed--herself included. Wouldn't her insecurity, overthinking, worrying, and kindness stop her from being able to achieve her goals? As she soon learned, though, it was exactly those attributes--as well as caring and wanting to listen to and serve others--that made her into the empathetic, adaptable, and effective leader that she was. While sharing her own experiences and challenges as a young person, and then as prime minister, Jacinda Ardern asks readers to realize that true strength, success, and power come from embracing ourselves just as we are--imposter syndrome and all.
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Jazzy the Witch in Friend Fiasco
by Jessixa Bagley
Jazzy gets competitive with a new girl in this second book in the middle grade graphic novel series about a young witch who struggles to find where she fits best--perfect for fans of The Okay Witch and Hooky A new friend for Jazzy? Ever since Jazzy shared her love for cycling with her town, all the other witches want to learn how to ride a bike, and Jazzy is excited to teach them. She is the best cyclist around after all...until a mysterious newcomer shows up who's a total whiz on a bike On top of that, the new kid just might have Jazzy's best friend Aggie beat as the smartest witch in school. Jazzy and Aggie are determined to teach their smug new classmate a lesson. But as trading pranks turns into an all-out prank war, Jazzy starts to wonder if revenge really is the answer. Could their cozy town be big enough for more than one book-smart, bike-riding witch after all?
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Charles Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose
by Charles Perrault
Eight timeless fairy tales by Charles Perrault from Cinderella to Bluebeard are available together in this beautiful collectible edition. Inspired by oral folktales and written with his own spin, Charles Perrault's stories helped define the fairy tale genre and have inspired many adaptations over the centuries. First published in the late 17th century, Perrault used a popular figure of fairy tales and nursery rhymes, Mother Goose, as the face of his anthology. Discover eight of Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose, from the familiar stories starring Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood to the lesser-known tales of Riquet and Bluebeard. Each ending with a moral, these enchanting stories have long captured the glamor of castles and royalty, as well as the hearts of generations of readers. This magical collection includes: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Riquet with the Tuft, Bluebeard, The Fairies, Little Thumbling
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Basalt Regional Library
14 Midland Ave | Basalt CO | 970-927-4311 | basaltlibrary.org
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