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Ida Public Library is partnering with The American

Ida Public Library is partnering with The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to help create a world without suicide. Several resources are available on our website under Community Resources and we have printed materials available in the library. Don't wait to reach out to AFSP if help is needed. You matter to us, to our community, and to AFSP! https://afsp.org/suicide-prevention-resources

#IdaReads In this touching and heartfelt memoir, G

#IdaReads In this touching and heartfelt memoir, George M. Johnson shares personal anecdotes about their childhood, family, and their struggle with identity and self-love, hoping to reach out to kids like them by telling the stories and sharing the experiences they needed to hear when they were young. All Boys Aren’t Blue is an authentic and honest real memoir about family, friendship, loss, trauma, and all the pieces of growing up and finding yourself that teens may otherwise feel alone in facing. But the best way to describe this book and the impact it can have for its readers is in the author’s own words:
“I wanted my story to be told in totality: the good, the bad, and the things I was always too afraid to talk about publicly. This meant going to places and discussing some subjects that are often kept away from teens for fear of them being ‘too heavy.’ But the truth of the matter is, these things happened to me when I was a child, teenager, and young adult. So as heavy as these subjects may be, it is necessary that they are not only told, but also read by teens who may have to navigate many of these same experiences in their own lives.”
If you'd like to read All Boys Aren't Blue, pick up a print copy from the YA department in person, or check it out on Hoopla and Libby in ebook and audiobook format.

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It's cold outside, but it's warm at the library! Stop by tomorrow at 4 to watch some snowy themed anime with us and take home some snow-day anime activity kits!

Join us on, Saturday 4th @ 10:30AM, for a presenta

Join us on, Saturday 4th @ 10:30AM, for a presentation and training tips with some very special canines and their handlers from Forest City Dog Training Club! Registration is recommended. For more information about this program & to register please visit idapubliclibrary.org!

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Come and join us next Monday for our next Intro to

Come and join us next Monday for our next Intro to ESL program/Ven y únete a nosotros el próximo lunes para nuestro próximo programa de introducción a ESL.

Help us create Valentine's for Seniors again this

Help us create Valentine's for Seniors again this year! Stop by the library and visit our Valentine's creation stations upstairs and downstairs. Hand in to the circulation desks when you are finished. The Valentine's you create will be delivered to the office of #senatordavesyverson for distribution to local senior centers!

We buried a 100 year time capsule in 1987, but so

We buried a 100 year time capsule in 1987, but so much has changed in the past 5 years that we are adding another one! Perhaps only robots will be opening it in 2123, but if you would like the robots to view your memories, recollections, or any interesting tidbits about the library, please feel free to contribute. Items should be flat documents or epherma, including photos, drawings, writings, etc. Contact Director Mindy at 815-544-3838 or email her at mindyl@idapubliclibrary.org to contribute.

This week on Drop In Hobbies, we're diving into di

This week on Drop In Hobbies, we're diving into digital art! Learn about drawing programs, where to get started, and a few tips and tricks for art of all kinds.

If you have a tablet, feel free to bring it in, or just stop by and experiment with a few digital art programs on our library laptops.

#TBT Inspire Your Heart with Art Day is always obs

#TBT Inspire Your Heart with Art Day is always observed on January 31. Aristotle said, “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
“Inspire Your Heart with Art Day” celebrates art and the effect it can have on your heart. Art is valued and appreciated for all sorts of reasons. On this holiday, we celebrate and appreciate all forms of art. There are many forms of art. We commonly think of art as drawings, paintings, and sculptures. There are many more, including cinema, literature, music, and theater.
In Belvidere, this day is easy to celebrate because we have so many murals and statues scattered around the city. You can look at a piece of art and ask yourself: What is it telling me? How does it make me feel?
The mural shown is the Unity mural located on the Apollo Theater building. Artist Robert Valadez helped paint the original Unity Mural that was created in 1997. He returned to Belvidere in 2022 for the unveiling of the reimagined Unity Mural.
This is a day to create a work of art or appreciate art others have created. If you would like to take a piece of art home with you on this day, check out the artwork on display at the Ida Public Library or other businesses in town, pick out something you love and hang it in a place that will bring you joy to see it.
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Hello Everyone Welcome to another Ida Reads. This

Hello Everyone

Welcome to another Ida Reads. This month we are going to be discussing the book Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien. In this book, we meet Lana, a young woman who finds herself back in Cleveland working at her family's Chinese restaurant after a bad breakup. It is during this time, that Tom, the property owner of her parent’s restaurant dies while eating at her family’s restaurant and, Lana becomes a suspect in his murder. In order to clear her name, she must discover who the real murderer is to save herself and her family. As she investigates, she finds out secrets about the victim’s life that someone desperately wanted to hide and is willing to kill to keep hidden.
If you like cozy mysteries about good food, you will love this first installment of The Noodle Shop Mysteries by Vivien Chien.

Come and join us this Friday for our next Bilingua

Come and join us this Friday for our next Bilingual Storytime./Ven y únete a nosotros este viernes para nuestra próxima hora de cuentos bilingüe./

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