‘Poetry Bombing’ Among the April Activities for Teens

April is Poetry Month and teens can come to the library to participate in “Poetry Bombing.”
Supplies, inspiration, and instructions will be available in the library’s Teen Central all month.
A Teen Movie Night is offered April 14 beginning at 5:30. The featured film will be “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” This free activity will be an after-hours event and participants need to be in the building when the library closes at 6 p.m. Refreshments are provided.
League of Legends online gaming is offered each Friday at 4 p.m. in the Shirley Parker Storyroom. On Saturday, April 22, at 1 p.m. there will be a special League of Legends Pre-NALCS Event.
The new teen program at Lake City Public Library is a table top game.
LCHS senior Kolby Alloway created a tabletop role-playing game which she classifies as a “color coded customization of Dungeons & Dragons simple enough for new people and powerful enough for veterans.” The game is played in the LCPL meeting room 3-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Regular teen programs for the month include:
► Creative Writing Club: Tuesday, April, 4 p.m. The subject will be Found Art/Poetry and Black Out Poetry.
► Teen Book Club: Tuesday, April 11, 4 p.m. Classic Young Adult literature will be discussed.
Fan Fiction Author Meetup: Tuesday, April 18, 4 p.m. Authors who got their start writing fanfiction will be featured.
► Manga & Anime Club: Tuesday, April 26, 4 p.m.
► Bullet Journaling Craft: Monday, April 24, 4 p.m. (See story on Page 1)
► Copy Cat Recipes to Save You Cash: Thursday, April 27, 4 p.m. Recreate a Starbucks recipe on a budget and take home an assortment of copy-cat recipes and the shopping list to create them.
For more information about teen programs contact the YA coordinator at 208-769-2315 Ext. 469 or by e-mail at tgaskins@cdalibrary.org.

‘Bookers Dozen’ Traveling Exhibit at Library for Month

"Read 'Em Cowboy," created by Scott Samuelson of

Rexburg, part of the "Bookers Dozen" exhibit. 

“Bookers Dozen” a traveling exhibit from the Idaho Center for the Book to be on display at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library during April.
The exhibit will be displayed in the cases in the library’s Parkside Gallery adjacent to the Seagraves Children’s Library.
This year's entries were juried by Rachel Lambert, director of the Black Bar Gallery and art instructor for the City of Boise; art historian Lawrence Shapiro; Boise reporter and mosaic artist Anna Webb; and writer Driek Zirinnsky.

Patrons Invited to Submit Book Reviews for Online Use

The library is inviting patrons to write about what they read.
Brief book reviews – about a page in length – can be submitted to the library’s main e-mail address, info@cdalibrary.org, or can be mailed or hand-delivered to the library.
Include the full title of the book and the author’s name. Review writers should also provide the library with their phone number and/or e-mail in case the library has any questions. Contact information will not be included in the published review.
Patron reviews will be published on the library Facebook page, in the comments section of the catalog, and on its news blog: cdalibrary.org/newsletter.

Knitting, Coloring Offer Adults Chance to Create, Socialize

The Well-Knit Tale Knitting Club meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 2:30 p.m., April 4 and 18, in the Jameson Room. All skill levels for knitting and crocheting welcome. Bring yarn, needles, patterns, and projects if you have them. Refreshments will be provided.
The library’s Coffee & Coloring program for adults will be offered the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 10 a.m. in the Community Room, April 11 and 25. The library provides coloring materials, snacks, and coffee, or bring your own.
No registration is required for either program.

Free-mo-N Train Layout Here Group’s Spring Open House

The Spring Open House for the Inland Northwest Free-mo-N model train layout will be Friday and Saturday, April 7 and 8, in the Community Room at the library. The open house will also include a LEGO train layout.
This is the largest operating modular train layout in North Idaho.

‘Prodigal Summer’ Next for Pageturner Book Discussion

The Pageturners Library Book Club will discuss “Prodigal Summer” by Barbara Kingsolver Wednesday, April 26, at 10:15 a.m., in the Community Room. The discussion will be led by author and editor Nancy Casey.
Pageturner discussions are open to any adult reader and is supported by a grant from the Friends of the Library.
The theme for this series is “Our Earth, Our Ethics.” The final book in the series, “Solace of Open Spaces,” will be discussed May 24.
The books in this series are also available in an audio format  through the ICFL’s Talking Books program, a service for people who have vision loss or a disability. To sign up for Talking Books, contact Barbara Brambila-Smith, the Outreach Coordinator for the library, 208-769-2315 Ext. 316. Talking Book participants can call 800-458-3271 to reserve the books used in the series.

Food For Thought Book Club Reading ‘Big Fat Surprise’

The Food For Thought Book Club is reading “The Big Fat Surprise:  Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet,” by Nina Teicholz. The book will be discussed Wednesday, May 3, at 6 p.m. in the Gozzer Room at the library.
This books seeks to remove the stigma from a diet including meat, cheese, whole milk, and eggs.
The book club is offered in partnership with the Inland Northwest Food Network. For a list of upcoming books, check the INWFN website: www.inwfoodnetwork.org.