Our premier clearance sale of the season...coming mid-September 2024! All you can stuff into a bag at the Gold Mine Thrift store for only $5! Clean up on apparel and gear, household and kitchen items, boots and shoes for kids and adults, sporting goods, electronics, and whatever else you find "mining for gold." Doors open at 10:00 a.m. Gold Mine Thrift is located at 331 Walnut Avenue in Ketchum. Proceeds from the Gold Mine stores help support books, literacy, and … [Read more...] about Gold Mine Bag Sale!
Book Review: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Karen Little, Library Assistant and English Language Learning Instructor, recommends The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (available in English and Spanish). “What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole? “Kind,” said the boy. This is just one of many musings from a curious cadre of friends who are on a journey questioning life and what the future holds in the graphic novel, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. The contemplative boy is one of four … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Moral Panic and the Banning of Books
by Cathy Butterfield, Collections Manager The recognition that knowledge is a form of power has shaped libraries around the world and through the ages. Our earliest forms of written symbol and history are passed down to us through myriad forms of libraries throughout the ages, from the cave art of Lascaux, to Babylonian clay tablets from the 3rd century B.C., to the website "Archive of Our Own." Without the archival passion to preserve, those records would have returned to … [Read more...] about Moral Panic and the Banning of Books
Every Heart a Doorway
The World Science Fiction convention held the Hugo awards ceremony this month for the best SF releases this year, and you can find the titles at the Community library! Best SF Series: The Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire—six volumes (so far) of a mind-bending portal fantasy for adults that springs out of the School for Wayward Children. Find it here (SCIFIC MCG) … [Read more...] about Every Heart a Doorway
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
The World Science Fiction convention held the Hugo awards ceremony this month for the best SF releases this year, and you can find the titles at the Community library! Best Novelette: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers from the Monk and Robot series. Find it in print (SCIFIC CHA) and eaudiobook here. … [Read more...] about A Psalm for the Wild-Built
A Desolation Called Peace
The World Science Fiction convention held the Hugo awards ceremony this month for the best SF releases this year, and you can find the titles at the Community library! Best SF Novel: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (SCIFIC MAR). This is the second Hugo by this author in this space saga, and well worth exploring. Find it in SCIFIC MAR here. … [Read more...] about A Desolation Called Peace
