The Friends of the Library will host their annual used book sale Saturday, March 2 from 8:00 a.m.-Noon in the Library’s community meeting room. The Friends will have a large variety of books, movies, and other items available for purchase. Thank you for supporting the Friends of the Library!
Bid high and bid often at the Solon Public Library Foundation’s 3rd Annual “Put a Bid On It’ silent art auction. Set your calendar and get to the Library Monday, February 26 as bidding opens. Bidding will close at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 16. With generous donations from local artists and art collectors the meeting room and display case will be bursting with art. All proceeds will help to start a fund to replace the dividing wall in the Library meeting room. Thank you for supporting the Foundation and the Library!
Library Events
Don’t miss our next session of our Mental Health 101 series. We are partnering with the GFWC/Solon Women’s Club to present quarterly programs focusing on Mental Health to provide insight, resources, and coping skills for a variety of mental health conditions. The goal is to educate, de-stigmatize, and provide information on mental health resources available to our community through local and national organizations. On Saturday, February 24 at 10:30 a.m. guest speakers with National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Johnson County will present In Our Own Voice, a program to provide a personal perspective of mental health conditions, as leaders with lived experience talk openly about what it’s like to have a mental health condition. We invite community members to join us for this program in the Library’s community meeting room. Light refreshments will be provided.
There’s still time to join the fun of Blind Date With a Book during the month of February. Blind Date with a Book aims to break the habit of judging books by their covers or titles and encourages readers to step out of their comfort zones. Additionally, it provides an opportunity to discover hidden gems and explore literature that you might not have come across otherwise.
Books are selected by library staff and wrapped in plain paper to conceal what’s inside. Participants will follow a flow chart directing them to a new book they may enjoy. Then readers take their “blind date” book home and unwrap it to discover what they’ve chosen. After reading the book, readers can rate their date to share feedback with the library and enter to win a prize package. All rate your date slips must be returned to the library by Thursday February 29.
Game Night is the perfect chance for low stakes, competitive fun with friends! Adults and young adults (16+) are invited to join us the last Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. for Game Night. This month we’ll get together on Thursday, February 29 for Scrabble, Cribbage, and other games. Have a new game you want to try? Bring it along! Want to play a game from the Library’s collection–let us know!
Teens in 6th-12th grades: new year, new challenge! Join the fun of the 2024 Teen Reading Challenge in three easy steps. Read a book, fill out the Google form, and claim a prize! Each participant is entered to win an Amazon Fire Tablet for each form completed. Pick up a bookmark to keep track and complete the challenge by the end of the year. Don’t forget to check out the monthly challenge for another chance to earn a prize!
Spend time with your little one building pre-reading skills while making new parent and caregiver friends at Baby Time. Tuesdays in April at 9:15 a.m. we’ll share nursery rhymes, sing songs, read books, and enjoy free play with age-appropriate toys. Baby Time is geared towards littles 0-24 months and their caregiver(s), siblings welcome. Attend one or more classes: we’d love to see you anytime!
Library Access
Regular Library hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Closed Sundays.
The Library will be open 9:00 a.m.-4:00p.m. Friday, February 23 to allow time for our monthly staff in-service.
Don’t forget, the digital library is always available! Find an eBook, eAudiobook, magazines and more with Bridges, or with the Libby app on your favorite smart device. You can even stream classic films, discover new favorites, and more with Kanopy on your favorite smart device.
Everyone is welcome at the Library and our programs. Please contact us with access needs.
What’s New?
If you’re looking for the latest best seller or wanting to discover something new browse the new fiction shelf! These are just a few titles we’re excited about. Don’t see it on the shelf? Place a hold today, and we’ll let you know when it’s ready for you to enjoy.
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid. It’s 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie’s starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue.
Last Seen in Havana by Teresa Dovalpage. Newly widowed baker Mercedes Spivey flies from Miami to her native Cuba in 2019 to care for her ailing paternal grandmother. Mercedes’s life has been shaped by loss, beginning with the mysterious unsolved disappearance of her mother when Mercedes was a little girl. Returning to Cuba revives Mercedes’s hopes of finding her mother as she attempts to piece together the few scraps of information she has. Could her mother still be alive?
The Women by Kristin Hannah. Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.
Solon Public Library News
February 22, 2024