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Summer Reading Program is Here!
Summer is upon us and we are kicking off our Summer Reading Program on June 16th! Kids ages 0-17 can sign up and pick up their packet at the library, then read or listen to books every day. Read and report at least 800 minutes by August 25th to earn a paperback book. Each finished reading log also enters you into a grand prize drawing for a $50 Amazon Gift Card! There will be multiple-runner-up prizes!
Summer Programs
June 16th-August 4th: Silly Saturdays! STEAM Series craft sessions! Wren and Della circus performers! Idea Hatch Music Maker! Drummer Ray Soriano! Kids and Teens Only Gaming Afternoon! Tune Trivia! And more! Find out more at upperskagit.lib.wa.us or 853-7939.
Checkout our full Summer Reading calendar of events here.
Music Maker with Heidi Larsen, July 20th 11:00am-12:30 pm
Ray Soriano, July 27th 2:00-3:00pm
Adult Summer Reading Program!
Starting June 16th pick up your BINGO! card and successfully complete 5 square challenges in a row to be entered in a drawing to win fun reading-related prizes! BINGO! cards must be turned in by August 30th.
Drop-In Computer Assistance!
Starting June 6th, every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month Upper Skagit Library will have Drop-In Computer Assistance from 11am-1pm. Have questions about your laptop? Or your Smartphone? Bring your questions and we will help however we can!
Event Information
Home Rule Skagit: County Charters
Home Rule Skagit presents a free educational meeting about county charters. Bring your questions, and for more information go to www.homeruleskagit.org.
When?
Wednesday, Jun 13, 2018, 07:00 PM
Where?
45770 B Main Street Concrete, WA 98237
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Training
Thursday, June 21st, 3-4:30pm.
Question, Persuade, Refer: Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention. Stephanie Morgareidge, Concrete Resource Coalition Coordinator and Certified QPR Instructor, will present 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. To register or get more information, contact Stephanie at 360-854-7179 or stephanie.morgareidge@unitedgeneral.org.
New in Fiction
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
This New York Times Bestseller is hailed as "electrifying," a page turner that is one of those books that enrages you as it breaks your heart.
The Overstory by Richard Powers
This New York Times Bestseller is a monumental novel about trees and people. This sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance is also a stunning evocation of the natural world.
The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler
Clive Cussler is an internationally recognized authority on ship wrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). He knows his "stuff" and his stories are always great sea adventures.
New in Non-Fiction
Embers of War by Fredrik Logevall
This Pulitzer Prize winning book will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia.
The Book Smugglers by David E. Fishman
The Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts--first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets--by hiding them on their bodies, burying them in bunkers, and smuggling them across borders. It is a tale of heroism and resistance, of friendship and romance, and unwavering devotion--including the readiness to risk one's life to literature and art.
The Day After Roswell by William J Birnes.
A breathtaking expose that reads like a thriller, The Day After Roswell is a stunning depiction of just what happened in Roswell, New Mexico all those years ago and how the effects of this mysterious unidentified aircraft are still relevant today.
New in Young Adult
Reign: The Prophecy Book 1
by Lily Blake
The Chemical Garden Trilogy Books 1, 2, & 3
by Lauren Stefano
Shatter Me Series
by Tahereh Mafi
New in Juvenile
The WIngs of Fire Series, Books 1-5
by Tui T. Sutherland
Bedtime Math Book 2 by Laura Overdeck
Bedtime Math Books are part of the Summer Reading Program. You can pick up a Bedtime Math constellation sheet from the library. Put a star sticker on a constellation each day you do a Bedtime Math problem.
Bedtime Math Book 3
by Laura Overdeck
New in Beginning Reading
Upper Skagit Library 45770 B Main Street Concrete, Wa 98237
Website: www.upperskagit.lib.wa.us
Phone: 360-853-7939