CCRLD News Blog

Lots of things going on this week, folks!

The Library will be closed both Thursday AND Friday (November 22nd and 23rd) for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

The Friends of the Library will be hosting their "Cookies on Parade: Cookie Walk" sale on Friday, November 23rd from 1 to 3:30pm in the Delany Room. You can swing by and pick up some homemade Christmas cookies and candy for $6 per pound. All monies go to the Friends of the Dayton Library.

The Library will have normal open hours on Saturday, November 24th (10am to 2pm).

Have a happy -- and safe, if you're traveling -- holiday!

Come join us at the library for a book discussion on the Everybody Reads 2012 selection, "Border Songs" by Jim Lynch.

The book discussion goes from 7 to 8pm in the Delany Room.

About Jim Lynch:

Jim Lynch's first novel, The Highest Tide,  won the 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and became a bestseller in the United States and the United Kingdom. His second novel, Border Songs, won the Washington State Book Award for Fiction in 2010 and was a finalist for the American Booksellers Award for Best Fiction. Before becoming a full-time novelist Jim wrote for newspapers throughout the Northwest and beyond, winning the Livingston Young Journalist Award for National Reporting. He now lives in Olympia, Washington with his wife and daughter.

To learn more about the Everybody Reads program, and find out about other Everybody Reads events, please visit the website: http://everybody-reads.org/

(photo by edvvc)

The eReader Overview and Help Program is coming up this Friday!

Come join Carolyn Peterson from the Washington State Library to learn about various ereader devices, and get some one-on-one experience with an ereader of your choosing.

Friday, November 16th, 2012

10 to 11:30am

In the Dayton Memorial Library

(photo by vox efx)

Veteran's Day is a day set aside to honor ALL our brave men and women who have clocked in any military service, be it peace time or wartime. It is a time to pay our respects to those who sacrificed for our continued freedom.

The library will be closed Monday, November 12th in observance of the holiday.

To learn more about Veteran's Day:

• http://www.military.com/veterans-day
• http://www.history.com/topics/history-of-veterans-day
• http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/generalinfo/a/veteransday.htm
• http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/

Or check out these books (and many more!):

Adult:

• Heart of a Patriot, by Max Cleland (biography)
• The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien (fiction)
• American Heroes, by Oliver North (non-fiction)

Teens:

• Benjamin O. Davis Jr., by Sari Earl (biography)
• Code Talker, by Joseph Bruchac

Children:

• The Wall, by Eve Bunting (picture book)
• Stand Tall, by Joan Bauer (chapter book)
• Remember Pearl Harbor, by Thomas Allen (non-fiction)

The Friends of the Library Booksale begins TODAY, 1pm in the Delany Room! There are all kinds of books on many different subjects -- something for everyone. The Friends are also running a "bag sale," where you can pick all the books you can fit in a bag for one flat rate of $5.

All proceeds to go to the Friends of the Dayton Library.

Booksale Dates:

• November 9th, 1 to 4pm
• November 10th, 9am to 3pm.