April was a very busy month at the Millarville Community Library with books coming and going and workshops helping people get ready for spring.
Thanks go to Sharon and Bill Bieber who gave us encouragement for gardening in our higher altitude with the use of raised beds. And to get everyone started with gardening before they could raise any beds, we had a workshop on Sprouts and Greens at the end of April.
Then we celebrated National Canadian Film Day with a double feature. Kids came to watch “Snowtime” and adults then watched “Peace By Chocolate”. Our warm and wonderful quilts came down to be replaced by paintings from a Millarville artist, Tamara Rutherford. Do stop in to see her eclectic works.
This merry month of May your library will begin with a workshop on decorating cupcakes with our very own Natasha Grusendorf (May 12). It seems cupcakes have replaced the favourite sweet at many events these days, and this workshop has been requested by many.
Each year we celebrate the book clubs in our area with a wine and cheese evening. Then we hear the favourite book picks of each of the ten plus book clubs in Millarvile, Priddis and Bragg Creek. Mark your calender for May 25. If you are in a book club in this area that hasn’t been contacted already, do call the library (403- 931-3919) and leave us your book club name and a contact person. Who needs Indigo book picks when we have our own!
Our library has just completed a survey of patrons which will help us plan for your needs. If you didn’t get a chance to send in your information, please let us know so that we can incorporate your comments and wishes. We may be little but we consider ourselves to have a mighty big footprint.
For more information and events and to see just a few of the new books coming in, check our facebook and instagram pages. Millarville Library Facebook/instagram. Here are a couple of suggestions for you and your family.
Endlessly Ever After
by Laurel Snyder and Dan Santa
This is a choose your own adventure style book with all of your favourite fairy tale characters. There are tons of different paths to take through this book. You can read it many different times and come up with a different story every time.This book is best for 7+ as some of the story can get a little dark at times depending on the path you take. Very entertaining with lots of twists and turns.
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver.
The novel borrows its structure from the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield. Named one of “The 10 Best Books of 2022 by The Washington Post and The New York Times, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenage single mother in a single-wide trailer with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper- coloured hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. This book speaks for our generation of kids lost to poverty and addiction. Set in rural Appalachia, David Copperfield was required reading in one of Demon’s English classes. Books are mostly a time suck, Demon declares, but some held his interest. “Likewise the Charles Dickens one, seriously old guy, dead and a foreigner, but Jesus Christ did he get the picture on kids and orphans getting screwed over.”
