JANUARY 2025 CALENDAR
Cribbage Tuesdays and Fridays 10:00 a.m. – noon. Come when you can, stay as long as you are able.
Gentle Yoga Mondays & Wednesdays @ 10:00 a.m. Call the library for more information.
Dungeons & Dragons Saturdays 9:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Open to new players ages 13-17.
Potluck Club Monday, January 13th @ noon. Open to adults and bring a dish to share. The theme this month is casseroles.
ISU Extension Winter STEM for kids “Code Across Iowa” Monday, January 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Poetry Club Wednesday, January 15th 1:00 p.m.
Toddler Time with Guest Storyteller, Kayla. Thursday, January 16th @ 10:00 a.m. Our littles will be introduced to Braille!
NEW BOOKS
The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak. A Compelling Drama with Secrets and Betrayal. “A sharply plotted, emotionally intense novel of family secrets, fresh starts and community” —Jayne Ann Krentz
Calm the Chaos: A Fail-proof Road Map for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids by Dayna Abraham. Backed by science and tested by hundreds of thousands of families, Calm the Chaos is a revolutionary road map complete with in-the-trenches stories, scripts, prompts, and worksheets that make it simple for parents to build a safe home and support healthy kids.
Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who found herself at the center of a murder trial.
The Hunting of Man: Hiding Man by Rod Miller. The Barrancas. Mile after mile of cliffs and canyons, mazes and mesas, where water is scarce and the law won’t be found. Matt Crowder, retired Deputy US Marshal turned bounty hunter, rides into the labyrinth–guided by a ranch girl Freida ‘Freddy’ Berg–on the trail of notorious bandit Mike Parker and the money he stole.
Lazarus Man by Richard Price. East Harlem, 2008. In an instant, a five-story tenement collapses into a fuming hill of rubble, pancaking the cars parked in front and coating the street with a thick layer of ash… In Lazarus Man, Richard Price creates intertwining portraits of a group of compelling and singular characters whose lives are permanently impacted by the disaster.
Nate the Texas Story by Mark Warren. One of the Old West’s most heroic figures is also history’s best-kept secret—and he’s finally getting his due in this historical fiction duology. Nate Champion’s humble beginnings in Texas prepared him for a life with horses and cattle. Though a well-known horse trainer in his own time, he holds the simple aspiration of running his own cattle ranch, a dream he carries to Wyoming Territory as the Johnson County Range War drags him into its clutches and climaxes in one of the most impressive last stands of American history.
Riders of the Skull by John D Nesbitt. Jord Blaine is kicked out of the Skull outfit when he disagrees with harassing a group of homesteaders. He goes to work for a rancher named Carlson when his previous group of Skull riders show up to cause trouble. Trouble ensues and Jord takes a stand.
Stuart Woods’ Golden Hour by Brett Battles. Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another exciting adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series.
Tell It to Me, Singing by Tita Ramirez. A Cuban American family is sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of several shocking secrets to her daughter before undergoing heart surgery in this tender and twisty debut novel.
I Think We Have Been Here Before by Suzy Krause. As the planet holds its collective breath to see what happens next amid chaos, denial, acceptance, and hope, this one family determines to live every moment as if it’s their last. Because, well, it just might be….
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things by Naomi Wood. This short story collection illuminates the lives of malicious, subversive, and untamed women. Exploring failed sisterhood, dubious parenting, and the dark side of modern love, this powerful and funny collection exposes how society wants women to behave, and shows what happens when they refuse.