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County Library is open from 9 AM to
6 PM Monday through
Friday, the computer room closes at 5:30
PM. You may reach us at
(432) 264-2260 and our fax number is (432) 264-2263. Please visit our website at http:// howard-county.ploud.net and our Facebook page at www. facebook.com/howardcolibrary for more information about our services and any updates.
Monday, Nov 27, join us for our Chess Club for ages 8-13. We will also have Baby Storytime for ages 0-3 is on Tuesday, November 28, and Preschool Storytime for ages 4-6 is on Thursday, November 30 both Storytime's start at 10:30 AM in the Childrens room. Tuesday, November 28 from 4:30-5:30 we have our teen art program Slice of Art with Ms. Jamie, a free program for ages 12-17 in the large community room. Wednesday, November 29, we have our Code Club from 4:30-5:30 PM and this will be for ages 8-15.
Make sure to like and follow our Facebook page for all upcoming events and activities. This week's review are fiction and mystery titles.
Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City in The Ninth Month (F PAT J) by James Patterson. She's a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis: she parties too much and she's pregnant. Her nurse and new best friend, Betsey, helps Emily rediscover how much she loves morning runs in the park and quiet nights at home. But as a series of women in her wealthy social circles go missing, Emily's pregnancy becomes decidedly high-risk. Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away in West with Giraffes (F RUT L) by Lynda Rutledge. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California's first giraffes to the