At the Library

Are your kids suffering from cabin fever after the hustle and bustle of the holidays? The Washington Public Library has a cure. The library offers fun, educational, and FREE programs for kindergarten through 12th-grade all year. Some of the winter activities we?re offering this winter are: Coloring Club, Wacky Wednesday Early Out Fun, and Movie Madness.

?Blind Date with a Book," is back, and it?s not just for adults this year! Tweens will have their own selection of books.

?Blind Date with a Book? will go on for the entire month of February. Just select a wrapped book from our ?Blind Date with a Book? display and check it out. Take it home, unwrap it, and enjoy! If you don?t like the book, simply return it to the library. Its feelings won?t be hurt. Inside the cover of each book will be a ?Rate-your-Date? card for you to fill out after you are finished reading your book. You can tell us if your ?Blind Date with a Book? swept you off of your feet, was love at first sight, or a total dud.

Celebrate Fiber Arts February with us on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m. with "Civil War Fashion," a program by Karen Howe. She will discuss styles of clothing during the Civil War including textiles available in the mid-1800s, construction techniques commonly used, and the challenges of reproducing the clothing using the textiles and tools available today. We will even have some of her reproductions on display that morning! All ages welcome.

Candy canes, Gumdrops, and Lollipops, oh, my! On Saturday, Feb. 20, from 1-3 p.m. Candy Land will come to life. Families will get to ?climb inside? the Candy Land board game and travel through Peppermint Forest, Gloppy Swamp and Lollipop Woods. This event is FREE and fun for the whole family.

These are the new materials available at the library this week.

Gifts and Memorials

The following books were given in memory of Janet Rae by her family and friends:

Bloom by Doreen Cronin

Mercy Watson Goes For a Ride by Kate DiCamillo

Pete the Cat Scuba Cat by James Dean

Incredible Insects by Lisa M. Herrington

Remarkable Reptiles by Lisa M. Herrington

Dream More by Dolly Parton

Lego: Awesome Ideas

Adult Fiction

The Hunting Trip by William E. Butterworth III

Remembrance by Meg Cabot

The Crossing by Michael Connelly

Find Her by Lisa Gardner

Missing Pieces by Heather Gudenkauf

The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore

Brotherhood in Death by J. D. Robb

You?re The One That I Want by Susan May Warren

Large Print Fiction

Our Souls At Night by Kent Haruf

Breakdown by Jonathan Kellerman

NYPD Red 4 by James Patterson