Craig Barry, Managing Director of the Gold Mine Stores, recommends The True Cost, a documentary film by Michael Ross. A cornerstone of the Gold Mine’s success is the clothing it sells. And while we sell plenty of housewares, sporting goods and books, it would appear that our patrons' main shopping motivation is fashion. I wanted to find out more about a phenomenon I’ve been hearing about called “fast fashion”. In the past, fashion houses and leading clothing stores would unveil … [Read more...] about Film Review: The True Cost
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Hot Air Balloon and Baldy
By Kelley Moulton, Regional History Librarian George Matsumoto was a well-known member of the tight-knit communities of Sun Valley and Ketchum. After work as a chef at the Ore House Restaurant, he was often behind his camera capturing his friends creating wild times. George often had a camera with him and captured candid and cheerful shots of The Wood River Valley’s people and events. One of his photos here is of Baldy with a Kneissl advertising balloon at Dollar. Following George’s … [Read more...] about Hot Air Balloon and Baldy
Book Review: “This Little Kitty”
Lee Dabney, Children's Librarian and Story Time leader, recommends This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhanych. If you are a regular attendee of Monday-morning story times, you know that I am a self-professed crazy-cat person. So when This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhanych showed up on the new picture book display, I was thrilled. This sweet and hilarious book does not disappoint. Obuhanych’s crisp and bright illustrations are enough to satisfy any cat lover, but accompanied with her rhyming text, … [Read more...] about Book Review: “This Little Kitty”
Book Review “Farmhouse”
Children's Librarian, Judy Zimmer, recommends Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall. Caldecott medalist Sophie Blackall’s picture book Farmhouse brought me back to my childhood. It brought back memories of my grandparents’ farm and the house I grew up in, built at the very end of the 1800s and filled with a boisterous, large family. The story and the illustrations in Farmhouse were pieced together from bits and pieces and memories of a family of twelve children who were born and raised in a … [Read more...] about Book Review “Farmhouse”
A Different Kind of Birdwatching:
The F-15E Strike Eagle in Your Own Back Yard Collections Manager, Cathy Butterfield, recommends your review of the environmental impact statement for Airspace Optimization for Readiness for Mountain Home Air Force Base. Many kinds of books land on the donation table at The Community Library, from self-published to hyperpopular bestsellers, from true SETI science to cryptozoologic memoirs, from first edition James Bond novels to a manual on Practical Lock Picking. However, a triple-taped … [Read more...] about A Different Kind of Birdwatching:
Review of Books: Oceanographer Marie Tharp
Children’s Librarian Helen Morgus recommends Ocean Speaks and Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea, both about oceanographer Marie Tharp. March is Women’s History Month. As always, I am directing my cherished reader to the Children’s (Juvenile) Nonfiction section where you can delve as deeply or as superficially as you wish into any subject that pleases you. If you’re tuned in to Women’s History Month, you will find the famous well represented in our Biography section: from … [Read more...] about Review of Books: Oceanographer Marie Tharp
