Once Upon a Time… at the Stuart Public Library
by Lisa Sherman, Director
The Stuart Public Library is open Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Friday from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; and Saturday, from 9 a.m. – noon.
For more information, visit www.stuartlibrary.org or call 515-523-2152.
Programs & Events
The Toast of Stuart Toastmasters Breakfast Club meets every Tuesday, 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Community members welcome to attend, participate, or simply observe.
Cribbage meets Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. – noon.
Chair Yoga Mondays and Wednesdays 10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Books & Badges Thursday, June 11th @ 10:00 a.m.
Craft Excavation Station Thursday, June 11th open 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Lego Archeology: Dig, Discover, Design! Tuesday June 16th open 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Poetry Club Wednesday, June 17th @ 1:00 p.m.
Craft Excavation Station Thursday, June 18th open 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
New Books
Chase the Light: National Parks Summers by Suzanne Woods Fisher. Ranger Scout Johnson discovers a century-old confession that launches a treasure hunt across Acadia National Park. Teaming with Naki Dana, whose cultural insights unlock hidden clues, Scout feels an unexpected connection. But local reporter Chase Fletcher is chasing both the story and Scout, leaving her caught between two men and a century of secrets.
Chasing the Clouds Away by Debbie Macomber. Maisy Gallagher has her own dreams, but when her father passes away, she selflessly sets them aside to help her family. Despite knowing it was the right thing to do, she can’t help but wish for the road not taken.6
The Fourth Option by Jack Carr. Disillusioned by the government and institutions he dedicated his life to serving, former Navy SEAL and CIA ground branch operative Chris Walker is about to end his life when he receives a call that saves it. The wife of a teammate he lost in Afghanistan has now lost her son to the opioid crisis and needs Walker’s help.
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth. Meet Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick: eighty-one years old, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea―or a cutting remark. She minds her own business in her quiet Melbourne suburb, until a neighbor turns up dead and the whispers start flying. Because Elsie hasn’t always been Elsie.
National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America by Michael Auslin. The inspiring story of the Declaration of Independence—the first to take us from its drafting by Thomas Jefferson to today—charting the many lives of a document that captures the soul of America and has united generations around its defiant ideals, published for the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout. Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He goes about his days teaching American history to high schoolers, correcting their casual ignorance, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He spends his free time sailing the beautiful Massachusetts Bay, or with his adult son and his wife of more than three decades – and as Artie does these things, he plans the event that will forever change the world he inhabits.
We Were Liars by e. lockhart. Spending the summers on her family’s private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
A Year of Cut Flowers: A Life of Growing and Arranging for All Seasons by Sarah Raven. Tips, tricks and everything you could possibly wish to know about planning, growing and arranging your own cutting garden.