Did you miss Steve Heaps presentation on prostate cancer last night? The library has two copies of his book for the community to borrow. Just call 397-4366 or visit our catalog.

Great news! We just discovered 20 more barn calendars and have slashed the price to $3.00. If you'd like one, visit Rosauers of Colfax or email Kristie Kirkpatrick at kirkpatr@colfax.com.

Please donate your quality paperbacks to the library. We are running low!

Check Out a Nook @ Your Library

Check out a Nook Simple Touch Through the eREADS in eWashington program library patrons can check out a NOOK Simple Touch, pre-loaded with a selection of titles. The goal of the project is to demystify the eReading experience for library patrons and connect libraries through resource sharing. Currently, these NOOKs are only available for checkout from the Colfax Branch Library. Please call the Colfax Library at 509-397-4366 or toll-free at 877-733-3375 for questions or to be placed on the waiting list. The project is funded through a grant from the Washington State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Opportunities for ADULTS at Colfax Libray .... Feb 27 at 7 pm, Prostate Cancer presentation; March 7 at 7 pm, Meet multi-media sculptor Wendy Zupan Baily and sign up for a variety of Classes from Community Colleges of Spokane at www.iel.spokane.edu/ACT2

Want to know what's happening at Whitman County Library? Visit us online at www.whitco.lib.wa.us where you can join our Twitter and Facebook pages or choose the Events Calendar for an up-to-date listing. Join any of WCL's branch Facebook pages http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us/locationsandhours/index.asp.

From coast to coast, millions of readers, both young and old, are gearing up for the nation's largest reading celebration--the National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America Day. Launched several years ago as a way to get kids excited about reading, NEA's Read Across America has grown into a year-long program that culminates every year on Dr. Seuss's birthday. Here in Whitman County, librarians, parents, teachers, education support professionals and students, are doing their part to deliver the very important reading message: Kids who read, and who are read to, do better in school and help build great public schools. The youth department from the Colfax Library is getting into the reading excitement, too. Sheri and Nichole along with the Reading Bear will be visiting area schools and sharing the love of some special Dr. Seuss books helping to motivate children to read on March 2 and every day. On Read Across America Day, join in on the fun because you are never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read with a child! So put aside the many hats you wear for work and play and don the ultimate reading hat, the red and white striped stovepipe made famous by the Cat in the Hat, on March 2. For more information call Whitman County Library toll free 1-877-733-3375 or go to www.nea.org/readacross or www.whico.lib.wa.us for details.

Journal Sales Benefit Local Public Libraries

Journaling is more popular than ever. Some people record their daily activities in a diary format while others fill their journals with keepsakes or illustrations. In response to this growing trend, The Friends of Whitman County Library have partnered with Cougar Graphics of Colfax to produce journals made from donated books. Proceeds from the $9.99 sale price benefit library services and projects countywide. To see the entire collection of journals visit the Colfax Library. If you have a special book you'd like to have remade into a journal, contact Sue Hallett, Friends Vice-President at 509-397-4366.

Bring Your Child To Storytime

Library Storytime is fun and helps children develop early learning skills

 needed to be successful in kindergarten.

Storytime can also help you meet other parents while your child makes friends.

Public Libraries have...

*Librarians who understand children & books

*Board books & picture books

*Storytimes for babies, toddlers & preschoolers

*Parenting books & information

*Family friendly events 

Colfax Library Storytime is each Thursday morning - Everyone's Welcome-FREE!

Marcy Campbell was named Whitman County Library Supporter of the month during a surprise presentation at Footprints Child Care Center where she is employed. Rosalia Branch manager Karen Wallace and Whitman County Library Branch Coordinator Clancy Pool praised Campbell’s support of the library and children’s literature.

Campbell is the talented author of the Rosie books and has donated a number of these titles to the library district. She also volunteers her time as a guest reader for a number of children’s programs in Rosalia and during the Colfax Hullabaloo.

The Board of Trustees, administration and Friends of the Whitman County Rural Library District sponsor the Library Supporter of the Month award as a way to recognize those individuals and groups that play an irreplaceable role in supporting and supplementing the library’s budget and activities.

1. So many great library supporters like Sheriff Brett Myers. See Supporters of the month at http://www.whitco.lib.wa.us/support/library_supporters.asp
   for a complete list!

   

      Celebrate Read Across America on March 2, 2013

Request these Read-A-Likes from WCL...

If you are like most women, Fifty Shades of Grey has left you breathless ... and wanting more.
Sadly, with just three books in the series, your time with Christian Grey must come to an end (at least until the film comes out). But don't fret. There are plenty of other super erotic reads to whet your appetite.
Here's a list of the 12 most tantalizing post-Grey options.

1. Strangers by Barbara Elsborg  Two strangers whose lives are spiraling out of control find the bliss between the sheets with one another.
2. Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard  Sexy, secretive professor Gabriel Emerson uses his good looks and charm to seduce sweet graduate student Julia Mitchell. (The book was also a semi-finalist for Best Romance in the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards.) 
3. Generational Sins by Samantha Blair  A man who always thought women were things to be toyed with meets a stunning submissive who becomes so much more to him.
4. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice  In this retelling, the fairytale princess is awakened by foreplay, not a simple kiss. The prince's reward -- Beauty's sexual enslavement to him. 
5. Insufferable Proximity by Z Stefani  Hot shot lawyer Heaven is faced with an ultimatum from her professional rival Julian: Get turned in for her shady business dealings or agree to be his submissive for 30 days.
6. Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1) by J. R. Ward  Think of it as Twilight meets Fifty Shades of Grey. When a young woman learns she is half-vampire, she jumps into a world of sensuality beyond her wildest dreams.
7. Story of O by Pauline Reage  Written in 1954, this classic erotic tale is about a Paris fashion photographer who goes to a mysterious chateau with her lover where she is whipped, chained, and humiliated to her delight.  
8. Gordon: A Novel by Edith Templeton  Set during World War II, this tome follows a recently discharged army officer who begins a torrid affair with a strange yet alluring psychologist.
9. Emmanuelle by Emmanuelle Arsan  Originally published in 1967, this book is hard to find. If you can get your hands on one, you will blush at the erotic escapades of one of the most sexually adventurous heroines of all time.
10. Sweet Restraint by Beth Kery  It's a steamy story of former lovers who use little S&M to get reacquainted.
11. Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel by Sylvia Day  Flawed, fragile, and damaged, Eva and Gideon find love with a little kink thrown in.
12. Heidi and the Kaiser by Selena Kitt  Mousy aspiring fashion designer Heidi accidentally spills something on CEO Mr. Kaiser and gets a spanking ... and a job.

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