Emily had a reading challenge for the month of November. Students had to read 20 minutes every day in November and fill in a time log. 37 students from Chinook, Zurich, Cleveland, and Bear Paw Schools returned reading slips to the library. Edwin Hewitt from Chinook and Stevie Engle from Bear Paw School were the lucky winners of the drawing. They each won a book bag, a coloring book, and markers. Stay tuned for the next reading challenge!

Other than Story Time, this week will be the last week for programs until January. Story Time will continue all month.

Elle put together a great display of Christmas books for the month of December. You’ll find everything from quick read novels to crafting and cooking and creating holiday decorations. There is something that will interest everyone. The kiddos will have fun looking for the elf on the shelf every day as well.

We have three new non-fiction books this week. “Christmas with Southern Living 2023” is filled with recipes and festive ideas for entertaining, decorating, and gathering with family and friends. “World Almanac 2024” has thousands of facts about sports, pop culture, science and technology, U.S. history and government, world geography, business, and so much more. “Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action” by Simon Sinek shows that the leaders who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way—and it’s the opposite of what everyone else does.

In “The Berry Pickers” by Amanda Peters a four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years. “Sisters Under the Rising Sun” is a story of sisterhood and survival, inspired by a true story. In “The Future” by Naomi Alderman a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. Six summers to fall in love, one moment to fall apart, and a weekend to get it right is the story in “Every Summer After” by Carley Fortune.