We are getting ready for our annual Everything Chocolate Sale on Wednesday, February 14th! Every year, Friends of the Chanute Library host the Everything Chocolate Sale, with baked goods prepared and wrapped by local bakers and FOCL volunteers. The whole library will smell so heavenly with all these sweet treats, you have to stop by! The sale starts at 9 am, and we recommend you get there early! Treats go by fast and the sale usually wraps up in the afternoon. We are still looking for bakers and volunteers, so if you’re interested in helping out, contact the library!
We had a great turnout for our Litwits party and puzzle tournament and we are bringing more new programs this month! On February 8th from noon to 5 pm, we are hosting another local author, Sandy Roecker for her first book signing. Sandy wrote and illustrated a children’s book detailing the stages of a baby’s development in the womb and comparing them to fruit and vegetable sizes. Having seen Sandy work on this for the past few years in our Writers’ Group, I’m so excited to see the finished project!
On February 19th at 5:30 pm, we are hosting a new type of book club – The Silent Reading Book Club. This trend was started in major cities as people got back out after COVID, meet up at local bars and restaurants, and just read together – silently. We plan to chitchat for the first few minutes of the book club, to meet everyone and see what they’re reading, but the rest of the time will be silent reading time. If you were that kid in school that loved silent reading time, this is the book club for you!
As usual, we will have our normal children’s programs: Story Time on Tuesday at 10 am, Rhyme Time on Fridays at 10 am, and children’s programming every Thursday at 4 pm. We got some cool new gadgets for our robots, LEGOs, and more, so stop by and see what the children’s library is up to every Thursday!
Here are some new reads coming out in February, including new romance books: Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford; Bride by Ali Hazelwood; Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux; The Teacher by Frieda Mcfadden; A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams; The Smoke in Our Eyes by James Grady; The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang; The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown; Love at First Spite by Olivia Dade.