Things to know before your visit:
Hand sanitizer is available, social distancing is recommended and the bathroom is open. If you feel sick, please visit another day.
Note: Fines will resume starting August 1.
Services available:
Browsing, checkouts, hold pickup, public computers, tech help, newspapers, printing, copies and faxes. Wi-Fi is available 24/7.
Services not available: Meeting room, indoor programs, headphones, and children’s toys.
The FRIENDS of the Minnesota Orchestra
Kinder Konzerts in a Bag Program
Stop by the library to pick up a Kinder Konzerts in a Bag! The bag contains everything needed to create a musical storytelling experience at home.
Program is geared toward children ages 3-6 and their families/caregivers.
Contents include:
A 12-page parents’ guide with additional resources in a two-pocket folder
One-Dog Canoe book
Access to 17 short videos, including the musical performance and narration of One-Dog Canoe
Instruments: Triangle, egg shaker, rhythm sticks, and "Make a Maraca" materials
Headband materials to make a loon headband and printed ears to make the other animal headbands
Box of Sound boxes
Color copies of the book characters including the red canoe
Supplies are limited, contact the library for more information.
Friends of the Cook Public Library
Book Sale
One Day Only
Saturday, August 28
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
At the Book Barn on 1st Street SE
Books for all ages
Free will donation
Try Creativebug!
Enjoy unlimited access to more than 1,000 award-winning arts and crafts video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. There are creative projects for every occasion with downloadable patterns, templates, and recipes. The easy to navigate website features classes on topics in art and design, sewing, paperwork, holidays and parties, knitting and crochet, quilting, jewelry, and more! Users can
browse by skill difficulty levels, quick or multi-part classes, specialty techniques, or those video
tutorials best suited for children.
“We have found that do-it-yourself activities are extremely popular in the Arrowhead Library
System region, and we are happy to support the maker movement with this new free resource for
patrons,” said ALS Regional Librarian Mollie Stanford.
Patrons will need a library card number to log into the Creativebug site and to create an account.
ON THE SHELVES
Adult Fiction
A Beautiful Crime--Christopher Bollen
Black Ice--Brad Thor
Blacktop Wasteland—S.A. Cosby
Bone Rattle—Marc Cameron
Dead by Dawn—Paul Doiron
Dead Dead Girls—Nekesa Afia
For the Wolf--Hannah Whitten
Letters Across the Sea—Genevieve Graham
Missing and Endangered—J.A. Jance
Notorious—Diana Palmer
Revelations--Mary Sharratt
She Won't Mow the Daisies--Leo Wilenius
The Cellist--Daniel Silva
The Historians—Cecilia Ekback
The Night Hawk--Elly Griffiths
The Rose Code—Kate Quinn
The Russian—James Patterson
The Saboteurs—Clive Cussler
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur—Alka Joshi
The Therapist--B.A. Paris
The Woman with the Blue Star—Pam Jenoff
A Wicked Conceit—Anna Lee Huber
Adult Nonfiction
Fox & I—Catherine Raven
Intuitive Fasting--Dr. Will Cole
DVD
Atlantic Crossing
Mulan
Raya and the Last Dragon
Soul The Outsider
The Father
Your Honor
Early Readers
I Am the Shark—Joan Holub
Itty-Bitty Kitty Corn--Shannon Hale
The Cat Man of Aleppo--Irene Latham
Juvenile
The Cardboard Kingdom: Roar of the Beast—Chad Sell
Young Adult
One-Punch Man Vol. 1 & 2
Recommend a Good Book
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Did you find a new author you love?
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