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Library Corner for the week of September 9, 2019

Fall Supper is This Saturday!!!

Join us this Saturday, September 14th at the Legion Hall for the Lac du Bonnet Regional Library’s Annual Fall Supper!
We are grateful for the generous assistance of our local community members. The Legion Ladies Auxiliary have truly been very busy worker bees in preparation for our delicious Fall Supper.
Tickets are still available at the Library and Ingham Pharmacy. Please get your tickets early as the evening usually sells-out. There are two sittings – 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; $15.00 for adults and $7.00 for children (12 and under). Reserved seating is available for groups of eight or more. Please call the Library at 204-345-2653 with any inquiries.
We are still in need of grocery items for Saturday. The wish lists for groceries are posted in the library. We sincerely appreciate all the help and support we have received from our lovely community.

New Biography

Rick Bragg writes Jerry Lee Lewis – His Own Story. Otherwise known as The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. As a young man he had a strict religious upbringing, before he became taken with the piano and became a pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll.

New Fiction

The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan is a moving story about a young Brahmin child married at ten to an astrologer whose horoscope foretells his own early death.

Longarm and the Whiskey Runners by Tabor Evans finds Deputy Marshal Custis Long searching for still and making sure moonshiners don’t see the light of day.

Misty M. Beller continues the Heart of the Mountains series with This Daring Journey. The only hope to keep her newborn baby alive is to reach the safety of her Indian people. This mountain man is the last person she should trust to get her there.

New Kid Lit

Farm is a braille board book is compliments of the CNIB Foundation. Animal friends come to life in this textured book for readers with sight loss. Elmo’s Monster Mash by Naomi Kleinberg is a celebration of Halloween on Sesame Street with fuzzy flocking on every spread. The Fall Festival by Mercer Mayer is the newest in the I Can Read books. Join Little Critter and his family on their exciting road trip to the Fall Festival. From apple picking to hayrides, discover how fun the harvest season can be.