The library’s
Menomonie Reads event, which kicked off January 15, has been rolling along. This community read of bestselling author
Sherman Alexie’s National Book Award winning coming of age novel,
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian offers an opportunity for the community to discuss important social issues raised by the book and to remember the Native American heritage of our region. We have given away 600 copies of the book since the kickoff event that featured TRAILS Native American Youth Dance Troupe from Hertel. Peter Phippen, renowned flutist from Eau Claire, regaled us with his skills on Native American flutes last week. This week, we are showing the film
Smoke Signals for which Sherman Alexie wrote the screenplay. Professor Jean-Marie Dauplaise will lead our discussion. The film showing begins at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 7 at the library. The event is free and open to the public.
The library will be initiating a new e-book program in the near future. We will begin checking out Amazon Kindle e-book readers soon. E-book readers have become the rage since Amazon introduced their Kindle reader a couple of years ago. Kindle readers are perennially at the top of most wanted gift lists. This new generation of electronic book readers features so called e-ink technology which rivals the resolution of ink on paper. The library plans to begin its Kindle program by allowing our customers to choose the e-book they want us to put on the Kindle. In no time we will have a collection of local favorites on the Kindles that will reflect the reading choices of our community. Look for this program to commence in the coming months. If you have further questions about this program, contact the library at 715-232-2164 ext. 10.
The library’s youth department has started a new program called Reading in the Dog House Kids Reading to Dogs! Dogs Listening to Kids! This is a story time where kids will be able to read to Harley, a small Shi-Tsu companion dog. Open to children currently in 1st-5th grade. Reading in the Dog House will be held on Tuesdays from 4:15-5pm starting February 2, 2010. Contact Youth Services with any questions. The program is FREE and NO registration is necessary.
