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Lost in the Stacks

January 2025
Books as seen from above.

1/1/2025


Welcome to this newsletter highlighting upcoming titles and programs for kids, teens, and adults!

Upcoming Library Closures: Wednesday, Jan. 1 and Monday, Jan. 20.

When inclement weather is in the forecast, find updates about the library's hours and the status of events on the homepage of www.BeavertonLibrary.org or on BCL's social media (Facebook / Instagram).

 

One Book, One Beaverton events begin in January! Learn more: www.BeavertonLibrary.org/1book

Kids Reads
book cover for A Pocket Full of Rocks by Kristin Mahoney

A Pocket Full of Rocks

A Pocket Full of Rocks showcases how a creative child can see big possibilities in the smallest things. It's about noticing, collecting, appreciating, and sharing the wonders around us every day.
Book cover for Old School by Gordon Korman

Old School

Dexter Foreman is twelve going on eighty. He has lived at The Pines retirement village with his grandmother since he was six years old, and as a result he gets along better with senior citizens than kids his own age. He's homeschooled by the residents up until the day the county’s truancy officer shows up and announces that Dex has to go to a “real” school, to the local middle school.
Book cover for Power to the Parasites by Chelsea L. Wood

Power to the Parasites

Everything you (n)ever wanted to know about the creepy crawlies hidden in your home, your food, your pets--and maybe even you!

Teen Reads
Book cover for After Life by Gayle Forman

After Life

One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It’s just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber’s mom sees her, she screams.

Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she’s inexplicably riding now.

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Book cover for Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee

Breath of the Dragon

Sixteen-year-old Jun dreams of proving his worth as a warrior in the elite Guardian’s Tournament, held every six years to entrust the magical Scroll of Heaven to a new protector. Eager to prove his skills, Jun hopes that a win will restore his father’s pride—righting a horrible mistake that caused their banishment from his home, mother, and twin brother.
Book cover for The Swans of Harlem by Karen Valby

The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Readers)

A full accounting of five incredibly talented Black ballerinas from The Dance Theater of Harlem, founding members among them, that illuminates their hard-fought, historic, and overlooked contributions to the world of classical dance at a time when racism shut out Black dancers from major dance companies.

Adult Reads
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Playground

Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea
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The World Is Your Dumpling

Easy to make, dumplings have been made for centuries, if not millennia, around the world. Join in on celebrating the diverse flavors and textures offered by these magical little pillows, with more than 80 simple, approachable recipes inspired from all corners of the globe.
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Horti Curious

Beautifully illustrated with botanical diagrams and graphics, this miscellany will inform and delight gardeners and plant lovers.

January Happenings

For Kids at Main and Murray Scholls

OBOB Practice Battle
Thursday, January 2
10-11:30 AM
Grades 3-5

Register your team or yourself for this Oregon Battle of the Books practice session. Grades 3-5. Registration required.

Babies Need Literacy, Too!
Friday, January 3
10:15-11 AM
Ages 12 months and under

Learn how to give your baby the best start possible! We will talk about how to choose and share books with your baby and the importance of words, singing, and playing in your baby’s development. Attendees get a free book!

Brick Builders
Saturday, January 8
10:30-11:30 AM
Ages 3-11 with adult

Make friends while creating. Kids ages 3-5 can play with DUPLOs; kids ages 4-11 can play with LEGOs. 

Check out the rest of the BCL calendar.

For Teens at Main and Murray Scholls

Middle School OBOB Practice Questions

Wednesday, January 8

5-6 PM

Grades 6-8


Getting ready for OBOB? Join us for practice questions covering the grades 6-8 books! Grades 6-8. Registration required.


Young Willamette Writers Author Chat: Samson Syharath

Saturday, January 11

11 AM-12 PM

Grades 6-12


Come write with us! Join Young Willamette Writers for a talk about writing by theater writer and actor Samson Syharath. Attend in person or register for a Zoom link.  Registration required.

 

Mindful Art for Teens

Wednesday, January 29

5-6 PM

Grades 6-12


Neurographic art is free-form, therapeutic art designed to promote mindfulness and self-expression. No artistic ability is necessary. Try your hand at this relaxing artform. Registration required.


Check out the rest of the BCL calendar.

For Adults at Main and Murray Scholls

West Coast Hurricane: The Great Columbus Day Storm

Sunday, January 12

2 PM-3:30 PM

 

The greatest natural disaster to hit the region, the Great Columbus Day Storm devastated the Northwest in the fall of 1962. The sudden, shocking destruction and the reconstruction that followed are epic stories. All ages.

 

One Book, One Beaverton: First Foods & Indigenous Cultural Lifeways of the Columbia River Basin

Monday, January 13

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

 

Friends of Tryon Creek Executive Director Gabe Sheoships is an enrolled citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. He has spent the past two decades working on behalf of the restoration, protection, and education of Indigenous First Food resources. He will share a broad cultural history of the region and discuss why Indigenous land management practices are crucial to address modern climate change challenges and other environmental adaptation strategies. This event is part of One Book, One Beaverton 2025, for which the selected title is "The Seed Keeper" by Diane Wilson. Learn more: www.BeavertonLibrary.org/1book

 

One Book, One Beaverton: Native Children & Boarding Schools in Oregon

Tuesday, January 21

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

 

Oregon’s Chemawa Indian School was one of the first residential schools for Native American children in the nation. Eva Guggemos, Associate Professor at Pacific University, will discuss how and why the school was founded, what daily life was like for its students, work that is being done to document deaths and burials at the school, and how we can confront the boarding school system's legacy of trauma. This event is part of One Book, One Beaverton 2025, for which the selected title is "The Seed Keeper" by Diane Wilson. Learn more: www.BeavertonLibrary.org/1book

 


Check out the rest of the BCL calendar.

Thanks for reading! Sandy & Anne

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