Newsletter
 
 
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday
10am - 7pm
Friday
10am - 4pm
Saturday
10am - 2pm
 Sunday
 CLOSED
 
February 16
CLOSED
 
 
Announcement
 
February Library Board Meeting 

The next board meeting will be held Wednesday, February 18th @ 7pm
upstairs at the Crossfield Municipal Library.
 
The meeting is open to the public, and we always look forward to welcoming new faces.
 
 
 
Yoto is now available at the Crossfield Library!
Come check out these great little audio cards today. Stories, activities, and more!
 
Regular Library Programs
LEGO Club                                                Ages 6+

Mondays
3:45pm - 4:45pm
 
Come play LEGO with us!
We'll have new challenges & LEGO activities every week. 
 
Register
 
Story Hour                                               Ages 3-5
 
Wednesdays
10:00am - 11:00am
 
Join Miss Karen for stories, songs, crafts, and more.
 
No prior registration required.
 
 
Crafternoons                                          Ages 6-12

Wednesdays 
3:45pm - 4:45pm
 
Fun new craft projects every week, all supplies included.
 
Register
 
 
Teen Connect                                     Grades 7-12
 
A variety of events and activities to entertain and engage teens.
 
The D&D campaign continues Learn more 
 
NEW! Mixed Media Lab
An art based program where teens will learn to use a variety of mediums. Learn more & Register
 
 
Homeschool Zone
Tuesdays, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Upstairs at the library

Come to the library for a chance to connect with other local homeschooling families.

Learn more

 
 
Creativity Saturdays @ The Library                14+

Last Saturday of each month, 11am-2pm
 
Do you have a crafty skill to share or maybe you want to learn?

This is a self directed drop-in program for ages 14+
Bring your projects and socialize while you work on it!

 
Special Program Events
Take our Survey!
We are collecting feedback to inform our next Plan of Service.
This is your chance to provide us with direct feedback about your wants and needs from the Crossfield Municipal Library!

Scan the QR code or click here to take the survey.
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To thank you for your participation, there are FIVE gift cards to be won - all from local businesses.
Survey closes March 31. 

Drop by to check out our selection of seeds donated by your neighbours.
Take what you'd like and plant them in your garden at home.
Visit us again in the fall to add your harvested, clean, dried seeds and share
a little gardening love with your community!
Recently replenished!
 

Fundraising Events & Opportunities
Donate Your Bottles to the Library
 
Just let the folks at the bottle depot know that you'd like your bottle money to go the the Crossfield Library.
Easy as that!
Did You Know...
... you can rent library space?
 
If you're looking for a space to host your next event,
consider the library's program room.
 
It comfortably seats over 50 people and is only $40 per event*.
*higher rates apply to commercial bookings, and an after hours fee may apply.
 
Up to date price information can be found in the "services" section of our website.
https://www.crossfieldlibrary.ca/Services/Room-Rental
 
Community Links
Employment Services
 
Our experienced Career Advisors can help you in a variety of ways, from basic job search information to an in-depth evaluation of your skills and career opportunities.
We can provide:
  • Individual employment advising
  • Help identifying employment skills and goals
  • Coaching and assistance with work-search strategies
Workshops including:
  • Self-assessment and skill identification
  • Career and educational planning
  • Work search strategies
A career advisor is available at the Crossfield Library
on the third Thursday of every month
from 10am - 3pm.
 
 
New & Upcoming Books
Being part of a large Library consortium has its advantages because we have access to so much more than our individual collection!
When it comes to recently released items, however, you must place a hold on the title in order to be one of the first to get these materials.  
Although a new item may technically belong to us, we are required to send it to fill any hold requests within the library system.  
Included below are some of the upcoming new releases click on the title or book cover to place a hold.
 
 
Fireflies in Winter by Eleanor Shearer
Fireflies in Winter
by Eleanor Shearer

Cora, an orphan newly arrived from Jamaica, has never felt cold like this. In the depths of winter, everyone in her community huddles together in their homes to keep warm. So when she sees a shadow slipping through the trees, Cora thinks her eyes are deceiving her. Until she creeps out into the moonlight and finds the tracks in the snow. Agnes is in hiding. On the run from her former life, she has learned what it takes to survive alone in the wilderness. But she can afford no mistakes. When she first spies the young woman in the woods, she is afraid. Yet Cora is fearless, and their paths are destined to cross. Deep amongst the cedars, Cora and Agnes find a fragile place of safety. But when Agnes's past closes in, they are confronted with the dangerous price of freedom-and of love.
Her Last Breath
by Taylor Adams

After years of excuses, Tess has finally agreed to go caving with her best friend Allie. Their lives have diverged sharply since high school--Allie is a self-made travel influencer, while Tess is a shy (and claustrophobic) legal assistant struggling to pay for law school. Maybe she's a little jealous of Allie's globe-trotting life. Who wouldn't be? As Tess and Allie descend into the depths, they realize they're not alone. A stranger who claims to be a fellow caver harasses them. Confident, take-no-shit Allie insults the guy--and he retaliates. Soon, Tess is trapped inside a narrow crawl space hundreds of feet underground, fighting to stay alive. Twenty-four hours later, as a hospitalized Tess recounts her harrowing story of survival, the detective interviewing her shares new and shocking secrets about Allie's true past. Together, they begin to suspect the brutal attack wasn't so random after all. Who was Allie, really? Why did this man target them? And did Tess really leave the danger behind when she escaped the cave?
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel by Brandon Sanderson
Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel
by Brandon Sanderson

All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a traditional trapper of Aviar--the supernatural birds his people bond with--on the deadly island of Patji. Then one fateful night, he propels his people into a race to modernize before they can be conquered by the Ones Above, invaders from the stars who want to exploit the Aviar. But it's a race they're losing, and Dusk fears his people will lose themselves in the effort. When a chance comes to sail into the expanse of the emberdark beyond a mystical portal, Dusk sets off to find his people's salvation with only a canoe, his birds, and all the grit and canniness of a Patji trapper. Elsewhere in the emberdark is a young dragon chained in human form: Starling of the starship Dynamic. She and her ragtag crew of exiles are deep in debt and on the brink of losing their freedom. So when she finds an ancient map to a hidden portal between the emberdark and the physical realm, she seizes the chance at a lucrative discovery. These unlikely allies might just be the solution to each other's crises. In their search for independence, Dusk and Starling face perilous bargains, poisonous politics, and the destructive echo of a dead god.
A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
by Gisèle Pelicot

NAMED MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR, LIT HUB, VULTURE, and more. The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for shame to change sides. For the very first time, Gisele Pelicot tells her story. In 2024, Gisele Pelicot waived her right to anonymity in her legal fight against her ex-husband and the fifty men accused of sexually assaulting her, a courageous decision that inspired millions of people around the world. In A Hymn to Life, Gisele tells her story for the very first time, not as victim, but as witness. Beginning in 2020, when she received the first phone call from a local police station, Gisele recounts the fateful investigation that turned her life inside out. With unwavering honesty and devastating grace, she retraces the steps of a life built over the course of five decades, the final decade of her marriage and its hidden abuse, and the long path of emotional healing that ensues. As Gisele transcends the unfathomable traumas of her past, she emerges with a renewed sense of passion and reverence for her life. Part memoir, part act of defiance, A Hymn to Life is a moving story of survival, testimony, and courage, and an unforgettable portrait of a woman who broke her silence, reclaimed her voice, and forced a reckoning.
A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot
Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean
Love Me Tomorrow
by Emiko Jean

When seventeen-year-old Emma wishes for proof that love is real, she starts receiving letters from her true love in the future and attempts to uncover the identity of the sender in the past.
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13)
by Lauren Tarshis

Still reeling from the life-changing challenges that propelled him and his mother across the country, Josh finds solace in the California wilderness and in the newfound friendship with his cousin Holly. But on a trip into the nearby forest, Josh and Holly suddenly find themselves in the middle of a frighteningly powerful firestorm, one which threatens to burn down everything in its path. Josh needs to confront the family issues burning him up inside, but first he'll have to survive the flames roaring all around him.
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13) by Lauren Tarshis
Here Come the Aunties! by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Here Come the Aunties!
by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Joyful and warmhearted, this delightful book honors the blessings of every auntie in a child's life, by distinguished author Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) and illustrator Aphelandra (Oneida).Hesci! Here come the aunties! Aunts by kinship as well as family friends, neighbours, and community members all step up to fill the important role of auntie. They are there for life's joys, sorrows, and celebrations, bringing their own special love. A wonderful gift from or for a treasured auntie!
New & Upcoming DVD & Blu-Ray
Splitsville

After Ashley asks for a divorce, good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He's shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage, that is until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
F1

Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track. Thirty years later, his former teammate, Ruben Cervantes, convinces him to come back and drive alongside hotshot rookie Joshua Pearce for one last shot at being the best in the world. Sonny's past catches up with him, and he finds that the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie / (Ecoa Sgnl Sub)

Gabby heads out on a road trip with her Grandma Gigi to the urban wonderland of Cat Francisco. But when Gabby's dollhouse, her most prized possession, ends up in the hands of an eccentric cat lady named Vera, Gabby sets off on an adventure through the real world to get the Gabby Cats back together and save the dollhouse before it's too late.

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403-946-4232

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