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Going to Zookeeper Chat? Bring your library card! Weather permitting, Booker the Bookbike will be at the pavilion by the Welcome Center, stocked with zoo and animal reads for all ages to check out!
The Traveling Literary Jukebox Experience brings together writer Ken Szymanski and musician Derick Black as they journey across the state, blending the power of words and music. Szymanski shares stories from his three nonfiction books, touching on topics such as family, fatherhood, love, loss, sports and more. Black--a singer, guitarist, and English teacher--performs heartfelt Americana […]
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich Monday, September 8, 6:00 PM In Argus, North Dakota, a wedding intertwines the lives of Gary, Kismet, Hugo, and Crystal. Amidst personal struggles and love triangles, they face broader themes of time, climate change, and economic turmoil. The novel explores the complexities of ordinary people in a prairie community, […]
Join author James L. Peters for the debut of his fourth novel, The Dancer and the Swan. Both historical drama and an exploration into the complicated lives of two strong, unique women--one who is dying, and the other still struggling with the regrets and trauma of her past. Peters 3rd book, Fortune Falls, was voted […]
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende Monday, October 13, 6:00 PM Traces the ripple effects of war and immigration on two children, five-year-old Samuel, whose mother puts him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England in 1938, and seven-year-old Anita, who boards another train eight decades later to the United […]
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson Monday, November 10, 6:00 PM Diane Wilson’s novel follows a Dakhóta family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most. Weaving together the voices of four indelible women, The Seed Keeper is a beautifully told story about those who have protected their families, their traditions, […]
The Huntress by Kate Quinn Monday, December 8, 6:00 PM Nina Markova always dreamt of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she joins the Night Witches, a female bomber regiment. Stranded behind enemy lines, she becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress and joins forces with a Nazi […]
Black Woods Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey Monday, January 12, 6:00 PM A struggling single mother in Alaska, Birdie, finds solace and love with the reclusive Arthur in his remote wilderness life, but as she embraces this idyllic escape, she uncovers his dark secret and the unforgiving nature of the wild. Black Woods, Blue Sky is […]
Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny Monday, February 9, 6:00 PM Alexei Navalny began writing his memoir Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a world super-power determined to silence him, and his total […]
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray Monday, March 9, 6:00 PM Thackeray's upper-class Regency world is a noisy and jostling commercial fairground, predominantly driven by acquisitive greed and soulless materialism. Although subtitled A Novel Without a Hero, the novel follows the fortunes of two contrasting but inter-linked lives: through the retiring Amelia Sedley and the […]
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn Monday, April 13, 6:00 PM In 1950 Washington, DC, at an all-female boardinghouse called Briarwood, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, drawing her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship. When a shocking act of violence tears apart the house, the Briar Club women must decide […]
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer Monday, May 11, 6:00 pm A New Yorker staff writer examines the political factors in Central American countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras that have led to the humanitarian crises at the United […]
