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Library Corner for the Week of October 25, 2021

The library is pleased to announce a Halloween Colouring Contest for our young readers.  Colouring pages are available at the library or can be printed from www.lacdubonnetlibrary.ca.  There will be one winner from each age group:  3 – 5 years, 6 – 8 years & 9 – 12 years.  The completed pages must be handed in at the library by 2:30 p.m. on October 31, 2021.  Grab and Go Halloween craft kits for kids available.  Limited supplies, so stop by soon to pick one up.  Tune in next week on our Facebook page as the Library witches will be reading Halloween stories for children!

 

New Fiction

The Devil May Dance by Jake Trapper is the newest in the Charlie and Margaret Marder Mystery series.  Charlie and Margaret Marder, political stars in 1960s Washington DC, know all too well how the tangled web of power in the nation’s capital can operate. But while they long to settle into the comforts of home, Attorney General Robert Kennedy has other plans.

 

The Winter Wives is a thrilling new psychological drama from Canadian author Linden MacIntrye, weaving threads of crime, disability and dementia together into a tale of unrequited love and delusion.

 

New DVD Entertainment

When astronaut Capt. Charles “Chuck” Baker lands on Planet 51, he thinks he is the first life form to set foot there. He gets the surprise of his life when he learns that it is inhabited by little green people who live in an idyllic version of 1950s America in Planet 51.

 

The Aviator introduces a girl to a world where she rediscovers her childhood and learns that it’s human connections that matter most, and that it is only with heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye in The Little Prince.

 

Will Stanton’s ordinary life takes a turn when he learns that he is a part of a clan of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark in The Seeker.

 

Merida, an independent archer, disobeys an ancient custom which unleashes a dark force. After meeting an elderly witch, as she journeys to reverse the curse, she discovers the real meaning of bravery in Brave.

 

Mowgli is a boy brought up in the jungle by a pack of wolves. When Shere Khan, a tiger, threatens to kill him, a panther and a bear help him escape his clutches in The Jungle Book.

 

Norman Babcock is the resident of an ill-fated town that is reeling under a deadly curse. Norman, with his unique ability to talk to ghosts, and a few companions must together save the town in ParaNorman.

 

Catalogue and Events details are available on the Library website www.lacdubonnetlibrary.ca.