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Library Corner for the week of August 5, 2019

Kids Summer Reading Program

Children have been Exploring Nature at the Lac du Bonnet Library this summer! Our program will continue to run every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., until August 15th.  If you are in town with your children or grandchildren, ages 5 to 12, stop by the library for our free, drop-in program. There will be fun activities, outdoor adventures to the park, stories, games, snacks and more!

Mark your Calendar!

The Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre will be joining us for our Wind-up on Thursday, August 15th. Everyone is welcome and the show is free. Registration is required as space is limited. If you have any questions, please stop by the Library or give us a call at (204)345-2653.

 Annual Fall Supper

The Lac du Bonnet Regional Library’s Annual Fall Supper will be held on Saturday, September 14th at the Legion Hall. Tickets are now available at the Library and Ingham Pharmacy. The wish lists for groceries and volunteers are posted in the library. Please get your tickets early as the evening usually sells-out.

New Playaway – All-in-One Audiobooks

Check out our newest additions to the Library circulation!  A better listening experience combining an easy to use player with an entire audiobook.

New Adult Fiction

Kate Furnivall writes a powerful story of love, loss and the long shadow of war in The Survivors.  How far will a mother go to find her way back home from a Displaced Persons camp in 1945?

Land Beyond the Sea by Kevin Major is an epic testament to an act of destruction and the subsequent heroism of passengers surviving a German U-Boat attack on the S.S. Caribou in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

New Non-Fiction

The 2019 Charlton Coin Guide by M. Drake makes a complete listing of Canadian and U.S. gold and silver coins.

Healing Your Grieving Heart After Stillbirth and Healing Your Grieving Heart After Miscarriage by Alan D. Wolfelt, PH.D and Raelynn Maloney, PH.D give compassionate advice to help you through your grief.

New Adventure/Fantasy

The Hills Have Spies by Mercedes Lackey is book 1 of the Family Spies series follows the adventures of Mags the Herald Spy of Valdemar as he investigates strange disappearances at the border with the help of his son Perry who has the Gift of Animal Mindspeech.