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Castlegar & District Public Library January 2023 |
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Family Literacy Week Saturday, January 21 10 am - 12 pm Ages 3 to 5 years Stories, songs, crafts & counting activities. CBAL - Library partnership program. No registration needed. |
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Regular programs for children and youth will resume the week of January 16th. |
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Pre-School Story Hour (3-5 years) Tuesday's Starts January 17 10 am to 11 am Ages 3-5 years Stories, crafts and more. Please register: 250-365-6611 |
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Reading Buddies Tuesday's Starts Feb. 7 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm A once-a-week after-school program to give children in Grades 2-4 extra reading practice with a teen volunteer buddy. Maximum 8 children Grades 2-4, and 8 teen volunteers (grade 8-12). Teen volunteers needed! Please register: 250-365-6611 |
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A to Z Toddler Time (18 mos. - 2 years) Wednesday's Starts January 18
Ages 18 mos. - 2 years 10 am - 11 am
Stories, crafts and more. We have room for 10 toddlers and caregivers! Please register: 250-365-6611 |
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Teen Friends of the Library Thursday's Starts January 19 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Come and have a say in your library! Help order books, design displays, create and run programs, make craft kits for kids, fundraise for library items and more! Maximum 10 teens. Please register: 250-365-6611 |
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Storybooks, read-along books, eBooks, graphic novels, non-fiction, puzzles & games. |
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Castlegar Library offers access to ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines through Library2go, a province-wide service. Through the Libby app or the Overdrive website, you can download and access a large catalogue of digital content. |
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1,750 + digital books for kids in 50+ languages. Also includes activities like colouring pages, spot the difference, word searches and memory games. |
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Horse
by Geraldine Brooks
A scientist from Australia and a Nigerian-American art historian become connected by their shared interest in a 19th century race horse, one studying its remains, the other uncovering the history of the Black horsemen who were critical to its success.
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Jane Austen's lost letters : a Josie Prescott antiques mystery
by Jane K. Cleland
When she comes into the possession of two previously unknown letters by Jane Austen, antiques appraiser Josie Prescott, as she sets out to authenticate these letters, learns that someone is willing to kill to keep her from finding out the truth. 20,000 first printing. Maps.
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Project Namahana : a novel by John TeschnerUnited by a string of disappearances and deaths, two men search for answersand salvationin the jungles of Kauai, navigating the overlapping and complicated lines between a close-knit community and the much despised, but economically necessary, corporate farms. 150,000 first printing.
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Outside
by Ragnar Jónasson
Stranded by a snowstorm in the Icelandic highlands, four friends seek shelter in an abandoned hunting lodge where they discover they are not alone, and must come to terms with their past to survive to see their future. 50,000 first printing.
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The metaverse : and how it will revolutionize everything by Matthew Ball"From the leading theorist of the Metaverse comes the definitive account of the next internet: what the Metaverse is, what it will take to build it, and what it means for all of us. The term "Metaverse" is suddenly everywhere, from the front pages of national newspapers and the latest fashion trends to the plans of the most powerful companies in history. It is already shaping the policy platforms of the US government, the European Union, and the Chinese Communist Party. But what, exactly, is the Metaverse?
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Sinixt in the Slocan: the last 3,000 years by Nathan Goodale & Alissa Nauman, Cole Harris, Lori BarkleyAlthough unknown until recently, Sinixt have lived in the Slocan Valley for the last 3,000 years. Part 1 of this booklet describes the occupational history of one of their villages. Part 2 describes Sinixt life in the valley in the mid-18th century, before the devastating smallpox epidemic of the early 1780s, then follows a changing Sinixt demography until about 1900. Part 3 deals with the years from 1900 to the present, focusing on the return of Sinixt to the valley and the difficulties and opportunities this has created.
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Smelter wars : a rebellious red trade union fights for its life in wartime Western Canada by Ron VerzuhIn 1938, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) came to organize the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Mine Mill) in Trail, British Columbia. Six years later it was recognized as the legal representative of more than 5,000 workers at a smelter owned by the powerful Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada (CM&S). Smelter Wars aims to unfold the historic struggle of the working people who built the city of Trail.
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Computer and Printing Services
Public access computers, photocopying, scanning, WiFi, and copying & printing services available. |
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Regular Hours Monday & Tuesday - 10 am - 6 pm Wednesday & Thursday - 10 am - 8 pm Friday & Saturday - 10 am - 5 pm Sunday: Closed Happy New Year! Saturday, December 31 - 10 am - 2 pm Sunday, January 1 - Closed Monday, January 2 - Closed Regular hours resume Tuesday, January 3. |
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