Lost in the StacksDecember 2025
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11/26/2025 Upcoming Library Closures: Thursday, Dec. 25; Thursday, Jan. 1; and closing at 5 PM Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 31. Donate cold weather essentials, Dec. 1 through Jan. 31 – part of One Book, One Beaverton 2026, for which the selected title is "Rough Sleepers" by Tracy Kidder. Please donate your new or gently used adult-sized winter coats, gloves, hats, and socks (clean and in good condition). Donated items will be distributed by our partners at Project Homeless Connect and will directly impact the people they serve at the library and in the surrounding Beaverton community. Collection bins will be located at Beaverton City Library Main and Murray Scholls. Thank you for your support! |
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Dolly Parton's Billy The Kid Dances His Heart Out French bulldog and musical superstar Billy the Kid prepares face his greatest fear, dancing in public, by taking dance lessons, but his crush on his teacher Bella makes him stumble as he struggles to win her attention and master the routine in time. |
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Paper Chase Under a tree, a boy with a book and girl with a paper plane meet and play over the course of a wonderful day. Then they are parted -- perhaps never to meet again. Soon their tree is felled and starts a new journey to become paper to make hundreds of different things... including a book for a girl and a notepad for a boy. Can a new paper plane find its way to reunite the friends again?
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The Obsession Connie never asked to be famous--but thanks to her mother's relentless vlogging, she and her sister Isla have spent their lives under a virtual microscope. Every smile, every moment curated for clicks. Every stranger online thinking they know them.
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The Rebel and the Rose The path of destiny burns with love, magic, and betrayal in this second book in the City of Fantome enemies-to-lovers romantasy series. From a remote hilltop haven, far from the city of Fantome, Seraphine Marchant and her Order of Flames plot to eradicate shade magic with lightfire. But as Sera struggles to control her blooming powers, destiny calls her back to Fantome--and to the assassin who haunts her dreams. Ransom Hale can't get Sera out of his head. As their rivalry grows and he grapples with the responsibility of leading the Order of Daggers, he feels himself slipping further from who he wants to be.
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The Last Vampire As part of the inaugural senior class of Huntington Academy, eighteen-year-old Austen-loving Lorena hopes to find her own Mr. Darcy, but instead accidentally awakens William Pride, the world's last vampire, whose struggle between love and destiny could determine the fate of his kind.
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We Did OK, Kid Featuring a special collection of personal photographs throughout, We Did OK, Kid is a raw and passionate memoir from a complex, iconic man who has inspired audiences with remarkable performances for over sixty years. |
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Raising Hare A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare. |
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Sweet Saffron and Cardamom Ashia Ismail-Singer, author of Ashia's Table and Food for Sharing, is back with a collection of spice-infused desserts and baking from culinary traditions across the world, delivering 90 homemade delights to share.
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For Kids at Main and Murray SchollsBrick Builders
Saturday, December 20
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. Music4Harmony
Sunday, December 21
2-3:30 PM
Ages 4-12 with family Enjoy a holiday concert by Music4Harmony followed by a stringed instrument petting zoo. Sunday, December 21-Sunday, December 28
During library hours
Ages 3-8 with family Drop by the library to discover a veterinary clinic that's just the right size for kids to play with! Check out the rest of the BCL calendar (opens in a new tab). |
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For Teens at Main and Murray Scholls
Young Willamette Writers Author Cat: Sandy Grubb
Saturday, December 6
11 AM-12 PM
Grades 6-12
Come write with us! Join Young Willamette Writers for a talk with author Sandy Grubb about writing followed by a writing prompt. Attend in person or register for a Zoom link. Registration required.
Teen Adventurers Club
Saturday, December 13
3-5:45 PM
Grades 6-12
Do you love D&D, or are you curious to see what it's all about? Join us for our monthly game session and try out the adventuring life. No experience required; just bring your enthusiasm and imagination! Registration required.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
Saturday, December 20
2:30-4:30 PM
Grades 6-12
Test your skills against other Smash Bros. players in our tournament ladder!
Check out the rest of the BCL calendar |
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