National Library Week is April 7-13. The theme for National Library Week 2024, “Ready, Set, Library!,” promotes the idea that in our always-online world, libraries give us a green light to something truly special: a place to connect with others, learn new skills, and focus on what matters most. Find your crew at your library’s author talks, workshops, and book clubs.
No matter where you find yourself on the roadmap through life’s journey – preparing for a new career, launching a business, or raising a family – your library provides an inclusive and supportive community where everyone belongs.
Get ready to explore, become inspired, and connect with your library this National Library Week. Libraries are there for you, all the way to the finish line.
Our large display case at the Library has hosted seasonal displays, personal collections, and so much more over the years. Do you have a collection you would like to display at the library? We would love to showcase your special collections or a themed display for a month. Please contact Library Director Liz King at [email protected] or call the library to schedule a month to showcase your talents and creativity.
Library Events
For 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. Light refreshments will be provided. For our third event in the series, guest Annie Ventullo, a clinical research therapist, death doula, and part time bookmobile librarian, will discuss the benefits of nature on our mental and physical health. Then she’ll lead participants in creating nature journals and going outside for a nature activity. Join us Thursday, April at 6:30 p.m. for Mental Health 101: Nature Therapy.
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 the movie Wish [PG] and popcorn. This program is fun for all and brought to you in partnership with Solon Recreation.
The Solon Book Club will meet Tuesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, the 2023 All Iowa Reads Teen Choice. “As a biracial, unenrolled tribal member and the product of a scandal, Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When her family is struck by tragedy, Daunis puts her dreams on hold to care for her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother’s hockey team. After Daunis witnesses a shocking murder that thrusts her into a criminal investigation, she agrees to go undercover. But the deceptions and deaths keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home. How far will she go to protect her community if it means tearing apart the only world she’s ever known?” This is a Library staff favorite audiobook, we look forward to a great discussion! Visit the Library to check out a copy of the book, or get it on Libby, and join us.
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.
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?
Building skills, learning something new, or diving into history… the non-fiction section has what you’re looking for! These are just a few of the latest titles hitting the new shelves.
From Practice to Competition: A Coach’s Guide for Designing Training Sessions to Improve the Transfer of Learning by Gibson Darden and Sandra Wilson. The positive transfer of practice is arguably the most important predictor of athlete success in sport. From Practice to Competition provides practical, research-based recommendations for coaches and coach developers to help them get the most out of their athletes.
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West by Lauren Redniss. Oak Flat is a serene high-elevation mesa that sits above the southeastern Arizona desert, fifteen miles to the west of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. For the San Carlos tribe, Oak Flat is a holy place, an ancient burial ground and religious site where Apache girls celebrate the coming-of-age ritual known as the Sunrise Ceremony. In 1995, a massive untapped copper reserve was discovered nearby. A decade later, a law was passed transferring the area to a private company whose planned copper mine will wipe Oak Flat off the map–sending its natural springs, petroglyph-covered rocks, and old growth trees tumbling into a void. Redniss’s deep reporting and haunting artwork anchor this mesmerizing human narrative. Oak Flat tells the story of a race-against-time struggle for a swatch of American land, a fight that pits one of the poorest communities in the United States against the federal government and two of the world’s largest mining conglomerates.
The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle by Anna Shechtman. The indisputable “queen of crosswords,” Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times puzzle at age nineteen and later spearheaded the New Yorker’s popular crossword section. Working with a medium often criticized as exclusionary, elitist, and out of touch, Anna is one of very few women in the field of puzzle making, where she strives to make the everyday diversion more diverse. In this fascinating work–part memoir, part cultural analysis–she excavates the hidden history of the crossword and the overlooked women who have been central to its creation and evolution, from the “Crossword Craze” of the 1920s to the role of digital technology today.
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