On the Shelf

Library@Nite

It’s that time of the month again when the Downieville Library is open for evening hours.Next Monday, May 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, the library will be open for any and all.Everything this is available during our regular daytime hours (Tuesday, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, and Thursday, noon to 4:00 PM) will be available that evening.So, if you are someone who works during our regular hours, and can’t normally get to the library, this is your chance.Or, perhaps, you would like a time when your whole family can come to the library together — this is that time.We hope to see you next Monday evening.And, for future reference, Library@Nite happens on the second Monday of each month — so:June 9; July 14; August 11; September 8; October 13; November 10; and, December 8.Put the dates on your calendar now.

What’s New on the Shelf

Over the past few weeks, the library has added several items to its collection.Here’s what you’ll find:

Fiction books

• Shiner, by Amy Jo Burns

• In the Woods, by Tana French

• The Great Alone, by Kristin Hannah

• Starry River in the Sky, by Grace Lin (juvenile)

• When the Sea Turned to Silver, by Grace Lin (juvenile)

• The Girls in the Stilt House, by Kelly Mustian

• Kermit the Hermit, by Bill Peet (easy reader)

• O, Baby, the Places You’ll Go!, by Tis Rabe (easy reader)

• Book of Colors, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

• Seuss-isms!, by Dr. Seuss (juvenile)

• Ten Apples on Top!, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

• Wacky Wednesday, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

• The Lost Bookshop, by Evie Woods

Non-fiction books

• Claude Monet: 1840-1926, by Christoph Heinrich

• Gardening with a Wild Heart, by Judith Larner Lowry

• Conamara Blues, by John O’Donohue (poetry)

• On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder

• On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder (graphic edition)

• My Adventures with Your Money: George Graham Rice and the Golden Age of the Con Artist, by T.D. Thornton

Audio-books

• The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards

• “Q” is for Quarry, by Sue Grafton (mystery)

• Just After Sunset, by Stephen King (short stories)

• I, Michael Bennett, by James Patterson (mystery)

• Manhunt, by James Patterson (mystery)

• Dark of the Moon, by John Sandford (thriller)