Library news: Summer programs wrap up

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The Summer Reading programs at Two Harbors Public Library will end next week with special events and prize drawings for all age groups.

The adult “Novel Destinations” program ends Wednesday. There will be a popular travel-related movie in the meeting room at 2 p.m. with prize drawings during the intermission. Anyone is welcome at the movie, even those not part of the reading program.

Children in pre-school and through age 6 who have participated in the “One World, Many Stories” program will have a party at 2 p.m. Thursday with snacks and prize drawings followed by a movie.

This year, 177 children signed up for the reading programs.

Next Friday, Aug. 12, the teen “You are Here” reading program will wrap up with a pizza party for program participants and prize drawings.

For all the programs, it is not necessary to be present to win prizes. Movie titles and more information are available at the library.

Support and prizes for the reading programs are provided by the Two Harbors Friends of the Library, Two Harbors Federal Credit Union, American Legion Post 109, Target, McDonald’s, Home Video, and Dairy Queen.

Good reads

Popular titles at the library include:

Fiction

“Quinn” by Iris Johansen, “Split Second” by Catherine Coulter, & “Dreams of Joy” by Lisa See.

Non-fiction

“There Are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me by Eva Gabrielsson & “If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t) by Betty White

Juvenile

“Trial by Fire” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, “Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger” by Kevin Bolger, and “Me and My Dragon” by David Biedrzycki.

New titles

“The Secret Mistress” Mary Balogh; “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files” Jim Butcher; “Split Second” Catherine Coulter; “Quinn” Iris Johansen; “Hotwire” Alex Kava; “Ellis Island” Kate Kerrigan; “Dreams of the Dead” Perri O’Shaughnessy; “State of Wonder” Ann Patchett; “Justice” Karen Robards; “Conquistadora” Esmeralda Santiago; “Dreams of Joy” Lisa See; “Burnt Mountain” Anne Rivers Siddons; “Happy Birthday” Danielle Steel; “Blackberry Summer” RaeAnne Thayne; “A Lesson in Secrets” Jacqueline Winspear, “The Reading Promise: My Father & the Books We Shared” Alice Ozma; “The Science of Evil: On Empathy & the Origins of Cruelty” Simon Barn-Cohen; “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain” David Eadleman; “Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of th World Full of Men” Mara Hvistendahl; “Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper” Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin; “Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide” Christopher Lukas and Haenry M. Seiden; “Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students” Mignon Fogarty; “The Self-Compassion Diet: A Step-by-Step Program to Lose Weight with Loving Kindness” Jean Fain; “When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection” Gabor Mate; “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction” Gabor Mate; “The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook” Dinah Bucholz; “The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl” Ree Drummond; “Wood Work: A Step-By-Step Photographic Guide to Successful Woodworking; “The Photographer’s Mind” Michael Freeman; “Complete Digital Photography, 6th Edition” Ben Long; “Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography” Rob Lowe; “If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)” Betty White; “On Speaking Terms” Connie Wanek; “There Are Things I Want You to Know About Stieg Larsson and Me.”

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