Our seasonal program for littles 0-24 months and their caregivers is Baby Time. Baby Time will take place Tuesday mornings at 9:15 a.m. in April. Join us as we share nursery rhymes, sing songs, read books, and enjoy free play with age-appropriate toys. Older siblings are always welcome, we look forward to sharing this bonding time with you and your littles.
Our final Fun For All Night program of the season will be Saturday, April 13. Join us at the Solon Community Center for gym games at 6:00 p.m. and in the auditorium at 7:00 p.m. for a movie. This program is fun for all and brought to you in partnership with Solon Recreation.
Library Events
Get your green thumb ready for our program with Johnson County Master Gardeners all about Cacti & Succulents Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. Cacti and succulents aren’t just for the desert. Bring them indoors for a fun and detailed miniature garden. Join Johnson County Master Gardeners Jackie and Chris to learn how to plant and take care of a variety of cacti and succulents. This workshop will send you home with the confidence to help these unique plants thrive. This program is for adults and young adults, 16+. No registration necessary.
Break out the board games and get to the Library for Game Night! On Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. we’ll have Scrabble, Cribbage, and a variety of other games ready for players to enjoy. Adults and young adults (16+) are invited for this monthly program that takes place on the last Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Invite your friends and enjoy some friendly competition!
Join us as we continue our Mental Health 101 series in partnership with Solon Women’s Club Thursday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. Guest speaker Annie Ventullo is a clinical research therapist, death doula, and part time bookmobile librarian. Annie will discuss the benefits of nature on our mental and physical health. Then she will lead participants in creating nature journals and going outside for a nature activity.
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 closed Friday, March 22 for an all-day 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?
Find something to enjoy on the new shelf, whether you want to try a new author or are looking for the latest release from your favorites. There’s always new fiction ready for you!
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzales. 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn’t. By 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten―certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are already paved out for them, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of color, like her, are the minority there, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no secret.
Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman. Every day at 3:55 a.m., members of Team Movement clock in for their shift at big-box store Town Square in a small upstate New York town. Under the eyes of a self-absorbed and barely competent boss, they empty the day’s truck of merchandise, stock the shelves, and scatter before the store opens and customers arrive. Their lives follow a familiar if grueling routine, but their real problem is that Town Square doesn’t schedule them for enough hours―most of them are barely getting by, even while working second or third jobs. When store manager Big Will announces he is leaving, the members of Movement spot an opportunity. If they play their cards right, one of them just might land a management job, with all the stability and possibility for advancement that that implies. The members of Team Movement―including a comedy-obsessed oddball who acts half his age, a young woman clinging on to her “cool kid” status from high school, and a college football hopeful trying to find a new path―band together to set a just-so-crazy-it-might-work plot in motion.
The Hunter by Tana French. It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die.
A Wild and Heavenly Place by Robin Oliveira. Hailey MacIntyre seems conjured from the depths of Samuel Fiddes’s loneliness. Caring for his young sister in the tenements of Glasgow, Scotland, Samuel has known only hunger, while Hailey has never known want. Yet, when Samuel saves Hailey’s brother from a runaway carriage, their connection is undeniable. Through secret meetings and stolen moments, their improbable love grows. But then the City of Glasgow Bank fails, and Hailey’s bankrupt father impulsively moves their family across the globe to Seattle, a city rumored to have coal in its hills and easy money for anyone willing to work for it. Samuel is haunted by Hailey’s parting words: Remember, Washington Territory. Armed only with his wits, he determines to follow her, leaving behind everything he has ever known in search of Hailey and the chance of a better life for his sister. But the fledgling town barely cut out of the wilderness holds its own secrets and will test them all in ways unimaginable.
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