Hello “Imagine your Story” Summer Readers! Have you been watch Miss Kim’s awesome videos. We hope that you are working on your reading logs and contests during the month of June. A reminder that Mon. July 6th is the day to turn everything in:)
Re-Opening on Tuesday, May 26th
The Library will be re-opening to the public on Tuesday May 26th. Please watch for our CoVid 19 guidelines in the upcoming days. Thank you for your patience and support!
2020 ” Imagine a Story” Summer Reading Program
Hartington Public Library CoVid-19 Update, effective March 19 Building Closed; but Staff Available Curb-Side Pickup in Back Parking Lot Mon-Thurs. 9am-5:30pm, Friday 9am-5pm Saturday-Closed WiFi- in Parking Lot and Book Return available. Call 402-254-6245 or email citylibrary@hartel.net Please use our online card catalog at http://libraries.ne.gov/hartington for specific requests. There is a hold option available. Digital Services are available thru Nebraska Overdrive. Call or email for your library card. If you need help setting up Nebraska Overdrive, we would be happy to help you. You will need to download the Overdrive Media or Libby App. All library materials will be disinfected upon return! Please help us by proper hand washing before using our materials. Thank you for your understanding!
Movie Afternoon
Closed on Presidents Day
Join us for Library Tales this month
February Events
Books for Bingo
Library’s Book Club Selection
The Library’s Book Club will be reading Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. Discussion for this book will be held on Monday, February 3rd @ 7:00pm. We hope you enjoy your read for the month of January
Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family—especially her teenage son—as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about others—and themselves—might be wrong.
With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game.