Newsletter.Feb.2016
Our Library Card Art Design Contest is now through February 29. Our staff will select three finalists, the public will then vote for their favorite. The winning design will be featured on our official library card! Contest Guidelines available HERE.
Fill out our Library Survey and get a chance to win a Kindle Fire or a $20 Gift Certificate to a local business. We value your feedback about how we can serve you better. The survey isd available at the library and our website, return it to the library and enter to win a prize. Survey completion deadline February 27.
Attention Frozen and Disney Fans
“Frozen in Concrete” extravaganza comes to town March 5, 1-3pm at the Concrete Theatre. Featuring storytelling and book signing by Barbara Jean Hicks; sing and dance with Anna and Elsa; and have your photo taken with your favorite characters. Come play with us and help raise funds for a new and improved library building. $20/per person.
Fun for Girls AND Boys! Adults, too! Channel your inner princess and prince for a good cause.
Visit the "Frozen in Concrete" Facebook Event Page HERE
Buy tickets at: FrozenInConcrete.BrownPaperTickets.com
Contact Info:
UpperSkagitLibraryFoundation@gmail.com
360-853-7939
We are happy to announce our collaboration with HKP Architects for the design of our new library as we move forward with our building project. To learn more about project updates and how you can help us meet our goal visit Upper Skagit Library Foundation's website.
For info contact Sheena Daniels, PTO President, at 425-350-5988.
Top Checked Out Items 2015
Top Circulated Items of 2015 at Upper Skagit Library. We've completed our stats and here is a sampling of what we found!
Audiobook: Boys in the Boat
DVD: Guardians of the Galaxy
Fiction: The Burning Room
Biography: Yes, Please
Nonfiction: Thunder Blossom: Poems and Prose
Adult Magazine: Do-It-Yourself
Junior Fiction: The Sun Trail (Warriors)
Junior Magazine: Scooby Doo
Junior Nonfiction: Weird But True 3 (National Geographic)
The Burning Room
Top Fiction
Michael ConnellyYes, Please
Amy Poehler
Thunder Blossom
Andrea Weiser, Local Author
Thank you, Laura Busby, from Rockport State Park for keeping the audience thinking on their feet during Jan. 16 Eagle Fest presentation. "How Eagles & Salmon Feed the Old Growth Forest"
Salmon Life Cycle
Eagle Migration
Old Growth Forest
Craft Fridays @ 5b's Bakery
Storytime Feb. 6
Download e-Books & e-Audio
Tech Tutoring
Adult Fiction
The Revenant
Michael Punke
An epic tale of survival and revenge in the American frontier.
NYPD Red 4
James Patterson & Marshall Karp
The Cuckoo's Calling
Cormoran Strike Series Book 1
Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)
Adult Nonfiction
One Child
A Story of China's Most Radical Experiment
Mei Fong
Humans of New York: Stories
Children's
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
Tea Rex
Molly Idle
Open Very Carefully
A Book with Bite
Junior/Young Adult
Loamhedge
Brian Jacques
Junior
Blackwater
D.J. MacHale
Junior
Triss
Brian Jacques
Junior
DVDs
A Walk in the Woods
Based on the book by Bill Bryson - get it here.
Starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte
He Named Me Malala
Based on the book My Name is Malala - get it here.
Nominated for Awards
The Martian
Oscar Nominated Film
Music CDs
The Resistance
Ceremonials
Overexposed
Audiobooks
Visit Us
Fri: 10am - 5pm
Sat: 10am - 3pm
Closed: Sunday, Monday, Thursday
Email: info@upperskagit.lib.wa.us
Website: www.upperskagit.lib.wa.us
Location: 45770B Main Street, Concrete, WA, United States
Phone: 360-853-7939