Another successful summer reading program is finishing up at the library, but our program would not have been successful without the support of our community. Thanks again to A&I Auto, Bloomingdale Tax, Carquest Auto, Century 21, Dewey Krueger, FSB Bank, Inject Technology, Kenison Construction, Kenison Publishing, Northwood Dental, Kelly Hardware, the North Iowa Welcome Center, NSB Bank, Olson and Worth Mutual Insurance, Rock-A-Billies, Shade Tree Liquors, and donations from the family and friends of Marybelle Block. Your generosity kept more than 75 kids reading through the summer and allowed the library to offer fun family friendly activities for even more kids and families! Also thanks to the American Legion Auxiliary in Manly for a generous donation that we will save and use next year for our Summer Reading Program. Many, many thanks for all of the support! Children may continue to turn in their reading logs and earn prizes until school starts up again. Keep on reading!

            Special thanks to Samantha Butler for volunteering this summer and helping with many of our story hours! We GREATLY appreciate the help!!!

            The library will be having local St. Ansgar author Gail Kittleson to the library in early September. Stop by the library Thursday September 5^th at 6:30 to hear from Gail about her newest book “Until Then” and to also hear from author Lyn Vandebrake and her book “The Escape Place.” Lyn plans to bring along her “glamper” for you to take a peek inside!

            If you’ve been to the library recently you might have noticed that I am expecting a baby in the near future. Have no fear, the library will maintain its regular hours as Nancy and Linda will continue on in my absence. JoAnn Lower will also be back at the library helping for a couple of months until I get back from maternity leave. Unfortunately due to my absence, the library will not be having Friday morning story hours, any evening story hours, or other special programming for a couple of months this fall. Story hours and other programs will return in November. Also, interlibrary loan requests and other special requests will take longer than normal to receive a response. Thank you for understanding.   

            New to the library this month:

            Adult Fiction: “The New Girl” by Daniel Silva, “Shamed” by Linda Castillo, “Under Currents” by Nora Roberts, “Surfside Sisters” by Nancy Thayer, “Girls Like Us” by Christina Alger, and “Big Sky” by Kate Atkinson.

            Juvenile Fiction:  “The Very Impatient Caterpillar” by Ross Burach, “Don’t Let Them Disappear” by Chelsea Clinton, “El Chupacabras” byAdam Rubim and Crash McCreery, “Rocket Says Look Up!” by Nathan Bryon, “Be Kind” by Pat Zietlow Miller, and “Imagine!” by Raul Colon.

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