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Look Up! Explore Our Universe: The James Webb Space Telescope Challenge

Kids (grades Pre-K - 5th) are invited to participate in a Beanstack challenge! Complete 5 activity badges and win a prize as you learn about NASA's new robotic telescope, how it works, and the faraway worlds it will explore.   Visit Beanstack to join the challenge starting December 1: ...

December 2021 - New Movies & TV Releases

With a month of planning and preparation ahead, don’t forget to set some time aside for yourself.  Sit back, relax and escape the hustle and bustle of the season by selecting one of the many releases your library will be adding to its collection during the month of December. The adaptation o...

December 2021 - New Books

Grab some hot cocoa and a comfy throw, and warm up to a book or two from our curated December 2021 book drops. This month we have a wide assortment of new books that might interest you. Sosuke Natsukawa. The Cat Who Saved Books. Book-loving high school student Rintaro Natsuki is on the verge of s...

December Community Service for SHPL residents currently in Grades 6-12

Monthly Community Service: December Donations Get ready for the new year by cleaning out those closets and donating old/unused items to those who may need them more. Between December 1-31, submit a photo of your donations and fill out our community service form here: https://docs.google.com/forms...

Reimagine, Retell, Read! YA Takes on Classic Tales

One of my favorite types of stories are those that take a well loved tale and breathe new life into it.  Setting a familiar story in more modern times, adding a new perspective, taking the core of an oft-told tale and sending the usual plot in wild new directions . . . I love it all. Whether...

November is National Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month is a celebration of the traditions, beliefs, customs, and culture of the indigenous communities that literally formed the foundation of our nation.  There is much to reflect on and learn about when it comes to the Native American historical experience in the ...

November Community Service for SHPL residents currently in Grades 6-12

Monthly Community Service: Grateful Pumpkins November is National Gratitude Month! Share what you are grateful for by printing out the pumpkin template provided on the calendar, decorating it and submitting a photo of it to the library. Submit either a PDF, JPEG or PNG of your completed pumpkin t...

November 2021 - New Movies & TV Releases

A bounty of new releases to speak of this month across numerous categories.  Why don’t you reserve several for your viewing pleasure in anticipation of the Thanksgiving weekend? For those of you who enjoy music history, these new releases might spark a bit of nostalgia.  In “The Bee Gee...

November 2021- New Books

This month we are featuring some of our favorite long-standing series characters who are returning for more adventures in the month of November. Ace Atkins brings PI Spenser back (book 50!) in Robert B. Parker’s Bye Bye Baby. Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking o...

Spooky Short Stories

As the nights grow longer and the dark closes in, the desire for literary thrills and chills may last beyond Halloween. Fortunately, horror is always in season in our collection. In this post we're highlighting short horror fiction, which has been a staple of the genre since the 19th century and has...