Fort Smith Public Library

Tuesday is NEW BOOK day! Here are new titles selected by “Shelf Awareness” that arrive in the book world* tomorrow, Tuesday June 16: -- *please note, new releases (if purchased) take time for processing before arriving to your library shelf.

* ‘Arrivals and Departures: A Novel’ by Amanda Eyre Ward (Ballantine, $30, 9780593500323) is a globe-spanning family drama featuring characters from The Jetsetters.

* ‘Little Wonder: A Novel’ by Sophie Chen Keller (Ballantine, $30, 9798217094608) follows a Chinese music prodigy separated from his mother as a child.

* ‘A Year of Marvelous Ways’ by Sarah Winman (Putnam, $29, 9798217181117) takes place in 1940s Cornwall, where an elderly woman and young soldier become friends.

* ‘Songs of the Dead’ by Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian (S&S/Saga Press, $30, 9781668068144) is the first book in a new contemporary fantasy series called the Strata Wars.

* ‘Wildflower: A Novel’ by Becky Jenkinson (Del Rey, $29.99, 9798217095216) is romantasy about a magical florist.

* ‘Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays’ by Amena Brown (Tiny Reparations Books, $30, 9798217044689) contains essays about being a Black woman.

* ‘I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World’ by Sarah Wilson (Penguin Life, $32, 9780593994993) looks at living under difficult circumstances.

* ‘Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America’ by Lauren Hough (Pantheon, $30, 9780593686621) is a social commentary travelogue inspired by John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley.

* ‘Kingdom of Waves’ by Melissa de la Cruz (Roaring Brook, $20.99, 9781250361677) is the first title in a new YA series about teen thieves seeking mythical treasure.

* ‘Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers’ by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, illus. by Erica Salcedo (HarperPop, $21.99, 9780063474154) is a picture book from the creators of Good Mythical Morning.

Paperbacks:
* ‘Dearly Departed’ by Chip Pons (Putnam, $20, 9798217179558).

Make a card for your dad this week at the Dallas Branch Library!

Let your father know how much he means to you with a handmade Father's Day Card. Stop by the Dallas Street Branch Library and use your creativity to make your own personalized card for Dad! This do-it-yourself activity is open to all ages during regular library hours. All materials are provided. For library location and hours, visit https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/about-the-library/dallas-street-branch Please SHARE!

⭐🎵Hip-hop classes at the Main Library! This Wednesday at 12, 2, and 4 PM!⭐🎵

Rooted Movement Collective will be leading engaging hip hop dance classes to the library! Learn about the history of hip hop dance and have some fun along the way. Be ready to move and show us some energy! Classes are available at 12 PM, 2 PM, and 4 PM. FREE and no registration or library card required! Please SHARE!

Have you visited the Dallas Branch Library lately? Come Unearth a story with us this summer! For Library hours and locations, visit https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/about-the-library/dallas-street-branch

🧩Dissectologist (Dī-ˌsek-ˈtä-lə-jist) noun🧩

1. A person who is highly skilled at putting together jigsaw puzzles.
2. Any hobbyist, enthusiast, or professional who enjoys solving jigsaw puzzles.

Calling all puzzlers to the Miller Branch Library to swap gently used puzzles with all pieces still in box! Leave one, take one at the Miller Branch Library! For library location or hours, visit https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/about-the-library/miller-branch Please SHARE!

We are experiencing intermittent issues with the wired internet computers at all four FSPL locations today. If you come to the library for internet access today, your patience will be appreciated as staff utilize a “workaround” to bypass the issues and get you logged on.

WiFi access and access to the library catalog and resources such as Libby and hoopla are NOT affected.

🤖This Monday at 2 PM at the Dallas Branch Library!🤖

Use your imagination to build a small robot out of LEGOs. Take a picture of your creation to display on the wall at the Dallas Street Branch Library. All ages are welcome! For Library location or directions, visit https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/about-the-library/dallas-street-branch Please SHARE!

🏆Congratulations to this week’s Summer Reading Program winners! 🏆

⭐Teen winner - Ben Starnes
⭐Adult winners - Diana Kulak & Megan Morton.

📚They all won a $20 gift card to Bookish.📚

Are you signed up yet? The Summer Reading Program is a FREE fun activity for kids, teens, and adults. Visit https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/node/30350 to find out more and sign up, and you can be a winner too!

Did you know that the Fort Smith Public Library has a special collection in the Genealogy Department documenting the history of the library from 1892 onward? Explore this collection and many others from our Archival Room on your next library visit!

For our 250th Celebration Series, Library Director, Jennifer Goodson, will be discussing the history of our beautiful library tomorrow (Saturday), at 1 p.m. at the Main Library. We look forward to seeing you all there!

⭐⭐This Saturday at 1 PM at the Main Library!⭐⭐

How did the Fort Smith Public Library become the modern library we know today? Join library director Jennifer Goodson as she talks about the people, places, and milestones that have shaped the library through the years, from its beginning as the first Carnegie library in Arkansas to the vibrant public library it is today. Please SHARE!