DECEMBER NEWS, EVENTS, TOOLS, and READING SUGGESTIONS

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 and ideas together to inspire literacy, learning, and discovery.

LIBRARY CLOSURES

Available All Month:

Kids & Teens

• Santa Paws to Read - Saturday, December 7, 11am, ages 5-10
• Teen Collection Connection - Wednesday, December 11, 4:15pm, grades 6-12
• Signing Tree Christmas Storytime - Saturday, December 14, 10:30am
• Holiday Storytime - Monday, December 16, 10:30am
• Winter Solstice Storytime - Tuesday December 17, 10:30am
• Lights Storytime - Tuesday, December 17, 7pm
• Babies and Bells -  Wednesday, December 18, 10:30am, ages 2 and under
• Christmas Storytime - Thursday, December 19, 10:30am
• Ann Lincoln's Winter Woodlands Magic Animals Show - December 21, 11am
• Winter Break Reading Challenge - Saturday, December 21 – Tuesday, January 7
• Lego Club - Sunday, December 22, 2pm
• Coming in January! Drag Queen Storytime - Saturday, January 4, 11am

Adults

• Geology of Colorado: The Ancient Foundation for our Lives Today, Dec. 4, 6pm
• Friends of the Library Holiday Lobby Sale - December 7-15, .regular library hours
• LafayetteREADs Discussion of The Overstory - Monday, December 9, 6pm
• Free Legal Clinic - Friday, December 13, 3pm, register!
• Get to know your iPhone and iPad - Wednesday, 10:30am, register!
• Death Café - Thursday, December 19, 6pm
• Blood Drive by Vitalant - Thursday, December 26, 10:30-1:30

View our online TO DO page, download the FLYER, or visit our CALENDAR

Tax reminder

A quick tax season reminder! Sign-ups for AARP’s very popular Tax Aide program begin in January! The free, volunteer-staffed program is "first-come-first-served", so make your appointment early. For the 2020 tax season, appointments at the library will be scheduled for Wednesdays and Saturdays, through April 15. Find out more details, such as what you need to bring to your appointment.  

Explore all our blog posts each month for our staff picks, youth favorites, and specialty lists. See anything you like? Find it all in our catalog. If you need even more choices, try Novelist Good Books Alerts!

• December Staff Picks
• Dads, Kids, and Books
• December Teen Picks
• December Kid Book Picks
• December Picture Books
• December Nonfiction for Kids
• December Nonfiction for Teens
• Teens Recommend…TCC Book Selections from November
• Why I am Thankful for Libraries
• We Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

TAX SEASON REMINDER

Sign-ups for AARP’s very popular Tax Aide program start in early January - mark your calendars and then check our website to sign up. This free, volunteer-staffed program is first-come-first-served.  Due to popular demand, 2020 tax appointments at the library are scheduled for Wednesdays and Saturdays through April 15.  

FEATURED THIS MONTH: GENEALOGY DATABASES

Our database collection offers free access to comprehensive information on a wide range of subjects. During this season of family gatherings and memories, we highlight genealogy databases and resources. Ancestry and MyHeritage are free to library patrons, and there are new resources available in MyHeritage.

LYNDA.COM for Libraries: AN IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please note! Lynda.com for Libraries has made considerable changes to its terms of use, which will impact library patrons' privacy. Due to these privacy concerns the Lafayette Public Library and the rest of the Flatirons Library Consortium will not renew the subscription to Lynda.com.
Users have until December 20, 2019 to take and/or finish any classes. Thanks for your understanding and support!

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