Library Notes for the week of August 6

Congratulations to David who won the La Conner Library Grand Prize Drawing.

The Summer Reading Program has reached the end of another great year. Congratulations to Hailey Azure on winning the Skagit County drawing for the bike donated by Skagit Cycle Center. Our local grand prize winner was David Takehara who won an MP3 player funded by Kress Chiropractic, Cliff and Gillian Sanctuary, and Sweet Haven Bakery. The library also had a drawing for the two Ike dogs used in our display. Hayleigh Summers won the large Ike and Will Southard won the small Ike. Above all, congratulations to all the kids who read. We had a total of 59,172 minutes read this summer!!

For the adults, we have some new titles you might want to check out next time you are in the library. Below are just a few.

Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician by Daniel Wallace. Henry Walker, once the "greatest magician in the world," has been reduced to a novelty act in a traveling circus. Henry's story, begins during the Depression, when Henry's family fell on hard times. While down and out, Henry meets and apprentices with the devilish magician Mr. Sebastian.

Peony in Love by Lisa See. As Peony, the 15-year-old daughter of the wealthy Chen family, approaches an arranged marriage, she commits an unthinkable breach of etiquette when she accidentally comes upon a man who has entered the family garden.

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann. A completely original, cleverly written story, about a flock of Irish sheep who vow to solve the murder of their shepherd. George has always treated the flock like humans, reading to them, feeding them, protecting them from the local butcher, acknowledging their individual personalities, and even promising to take them to Europe. Imagine the flock's shock when George is found dead in their meadow with a spade stuck in his chest! Led by Miss Maple, the smartest of them all, the sheep decide they must find out who killed George.