Fresh from the Stacks

A retrospective curated by Jenny Meese On display through Winter/Spring 2024Betty Olsen Carr Reading Room Born in 1909 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, Posey attended private schools, including a boarding school in Italy, before attending Bryn Mawr College. She married Theodore Gruener in 1933 and together they created a home with their two children, Rika and Danny, in Ketchum Idaho. Posey was a mix of complexity and kindness. Like everyone, she had her share of tribulation and sorrow, yet she left an … [Read more...] about Elizabeth “Posey” Gruener

Commemorating the Day of Remembrance The exhibit – honoring the citizens incarcerated at Minidoka during WWII – runs Tuesday, February 13, 2024, through Saturday, February 24, 2024. The Wood River Museum in Ketchum invites the community to explore a new pop-up exhibit, Only What We Could Carry, to honor the annual Day of Remembrance, which commemorates the signing of Executive Order 9066 February 19, 1942. The order enabled the U.S. Army to exclude, forcibly remove, and unjustly … [Read more...] about Exhibit: Only What We Could Carry

Winter Read 2024 Discussion Group As part of the 2024 Winter Read, The Community Library’s executive director, Jenny Emery Davidson, will lead a four-week discussion series on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, paired with Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. The group will meet over four Wednesdays in February, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Library’s Lecture Hall. Both The Great Gatsby and Mrs. Dalloway were published in 1925, in the wake of World War I and a global influenza pandemic. Both … [Read more...] about Beyond the Party with Jay Gatsby and Clarissa Dalloway

Community School Students recommend Every Dreaming Creature by Brendan Wenzel and The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker. Students from Sun Valley Community School visited The Community Library for a Mock Caldecott Award selection. Students learned about the history of the Newbery and Caldecott Awards, the most prestigious awards for children’s literature. They then participated in a Mock Caldecott, exploring books that might win the award, which is given to “to the artist of the most … [Read more...] about Mock Caldecott Award

... a story of Idaho, as lived through its well-loved libraries ... Like the Armed Services Editions, millions of which were distributed to U.S. soldiers serving in WWII, this small book celebrates the right to read freely and the power of stories to expand our humanity, even in, especially in, trying times. The testimonials in this book provide a glimpse into the big work of libraries across Idaho: More than 150 local libraries serve the people of this state, from Sandpoint to Twin Falls, … [Read more...] about A Little Book of BIG Stories 2024

Curated by our librarians, this ‘Best of 2023’ list includes some of the worthiest books published this past year. Included are well-known favorites, yet we also strived to include some surprises, both locally and internationally.  We considered a variety of factors, including our staff’s favorite books of the year as well as titles that have met with critical acclaim and literary awards. We also looked to bookstores, book clubs, podcasts and magazines for recommendations.   Our … [Read more...] about The Community Library’s Best of 2023