Signs of spring at the library: Book sale, tax forms, guessing games

We would like to thank the Superior Police Department for helping the library catch a DVD thief recently.

One person was arrested and 22 stolen DVDs were returned to the library collection. However, there are still some DVDs missing from theft earlier this summer. If you have any information about any stolen library materials, contact the library.

The Friends of the Library have set the dates for its annual Book Sale for April 27-28.

When you are doing your spring-cleaning, consider bringing books, magazines and audio/visual items to the library to donate to their sale. This year they are in special need of children’s books and materials. Since the Friends like to pre-sort items that come in, it is helpful to donate them well before the sale dates. You can bring items in good condition to the library anytime it is open.

The Children’s Room annual Guessing Contest will start Thursday and will last through the month of March. A prize will be given to the lucky child who guesses closest to the actual number of paper clips in our jar.

Storytime for children of all ages will also be held Tuesday from 10:30-11 a.m.

The library is now out of Wisconsin tax forms. Blank forms may be photocopied at the library for 15 cents per page. Forms are also available through the Wisconsin Department of Revenue website, www.revenue.wi.gov. The AARP tax help is still available in the library meeting room from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Thursdays through April 9. There is no charge for this help

New juvenile books: “Perfect Snow” by Barbara Reid, “The Mystery in Venice” by Geronimo Stilton, “Zero to Hero” by Henry Winkler, “Horrid Henry’s Stinkbomb” by Francesca Simon, & “100 New Scientific Discoveries: Fascinating, Unbelievable and Mind-Expanding Stories.”

New nonfiction: “Respect the Spindle: Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool,” “Charles Dickens: A Life,” “The Soul Mate Myth: A 3-step Plan for Finding Real Love,” “Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies,” “Cut from Plain Cloth: The 2011 Wisconsin Workers Protests,” and “iPod & iTunes for Dummies.”

New fiction: “The Night Bookmobile” by Audrey Niffenegger, “Murder in Mount Holly” by Paul Theroux, “Mrs. God” by Peter Straub, “D.C. Dead” by Stuart Woods, “Celebrity in Death” by J. D. Robb, “The Odds” by Stewart O’Nan, “The Wolf Gift” by Anne Rice and “The Litigators” by John Grisham.

New audio books: “Inferno” by Max Hastings, “Home Front” by Kristin Hannah, “Love in a Nutshell” by Janet Evanovich, “All I Did Was Shoot My Man” by Walter Mosley, “Breakdown” by Sara Paretsky, “Private” by James Patterson, and “Gideon’s Corpse” by Douglas J. Preston.

New young adult: “Everneath” by Brodi Ashton, “The Goblin War” by Hilari Bell, “Chain Reaction” by Simone Elkeles, “Fallen in Love” by Lauren Kate, “How To Save a Life” by Sara Zarr, “The Edumacation of Jay Baker” by Jay Clark.

Library hours are 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Superior; 2-7 p.m. Monday and 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Solon Springs; and 2-7 p.m. Wednesday in Lake Nebagamon. Call (715) 394-8860 in Superior, (715) 378-4452 in Solon Springs, or (715) 374-3477 in Lake Nebagamon.

Sue Heskin is the director of the Superior Public Library.

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