This weekend on July 31st, the famous wizard Harry Potter turns 35 years old!
To celebrate, Kiggins Theatre in downtown Vancouver is hosting a weekend long all-ages event from Friday, July 31st - Sunday, August 2nd.

The event includes a showing of all 8 Harry Potter movies, along with many magical activities throughout the area each day. Any information you need about locations, times, ticket packages, and activities can be found on www.kigginstheatre.net on their events page. 

The event is being sponsored by IQ Credit Union, Vancouver Downtown Association, Erik Norton - State Farm Insurance, Evergreen Dental, Glam Beauty Bar, and the Vancouver Community Library (the downtown library will be hosting some really fun activities!) For  a listing of all the library events, please visit the website, www.fvrl.org

The 18th installment of the bounty-hunting Stephanie Plum series! 

Stephanie Plum is a middle age Italian-American bounty-hunter from New Jersey. Caught in a love-triangle between a cop and a criminal, and receiving tips on cases from her lady-of-the-night sidekick Lula (honestly, if you have not read any of these...they are hilarious. I don't know who is funnier, Lula or Stephanie.)

Stephanie finds herself in trouble again, and on the hunt for another bad guy. Come check out the fun!

Perfect for fans of chick-lit, female humor, thrillers, bounty-hunting/crime action. Evanovich's characters are too funny!

     Harry Potter, the boy who lived; a house-hold name not only in this fantasy world but the world we muggles live in.


It's hard to live in a world so dependent on social media and not recognize Harry Potter. The books and movies are classics on almost everyone's shelves. But maybe you know someone who is missing the first copy? This book makes a great gift for a friend - or for yourself! 


Perfect for all ages! Great for storytime with the little ones, a great gift for middle school age kids searching for a fantasy world that grows as they do, or for the soul who still believes in magic. This is a great series to get into.


If you have read the Harry Potter series and are looking for similar worlds, we recommend:
The Wizard of Oz series, L. Frank Baum
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
The Percy Jackson series, Rick Riordan
The Hero's of Olympus series, Rick Riordan
Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer
His Dark Marterials series, Philip Pullman
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkein
The Wheel of Time series, Robert Jordan

     What do you do when the world is ending in mere seconds? Do you hide under the table at your favorite cafe? Or do you go off with an alien posing as a human and close friend - into a spaceship?
     Meet aliens, discover new planets and races, hang out with robots. It's an amazing trip on the Heart of Gold. 

Great for fans of sci-fi, adventure, space travel, and for those who just have to read the book before watching the movie. This is a great series to get into, especially for middle school age readers who are looking to check out something new.

Get our book of the day, on the desk at the Book Nook!

The eighth installment in Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series. Steve Berry's books are all drawn on something real from history and incorporate the CIA and spy adventures. This particular book in the series talks about Queen Elizabeth I's legitimacy as a ruler, and Irish independence. Each book can be read as a stand alone piece, if you so desire (think like Janet Evanovich books; you don't have to read them in any order if you don't want to, but it helps.)

Great for fans of historical fiction, spy adventures, and mystery.

Come check it out at the book nook before it's gone!

We who love books sometimes worry about them becoming obsolete, but IKEA is putting new energy into an old favorite medium.

In a community where your spouse, children, home, and profession are chosen for you, 12 year old Jonas learns to break from the mold of what is expected of him. Now a major motion picture, The Giver focuses on the importance of one's individuality and the importance of memory in a dystopic future. 

Great for fans of dystopia, young adult fiction, or movie adaptations!

Come grab Lois Lowry's "The Giver" while it's still here!

On June 2nd, 1961 CBS television aired a Twilight Zone episode entitled The Obsolete Man starring Burgess Meredith as Romney Wordsworth, a librarian who is accused of being Obsolete, since books are now obsolete. Being obsolete is a crime in this world, punishable by death. This episode is one of four that Burgess Meredith starred in, the other one that made books the main topic was Time Enough At Last. There seems to be a theme here!
Below is the script of the early part of the episode where Mr. Wordsworth freely admits his crime of being a librarian.
Script courtesy of FreeRepublic.com

Chancellor: You've been under investigation, Mr.Wordsworth for the mandatory period of 1 year and 11 months, you are found to be obsolete. The purpose of this hearing to make a finding in the matter and make a sentence accordingly. Do you understand that?

Wordsworth: I understand that.

Chancellor: Your occupation Mr.Wordsworth?

Wordsworth: A librarian, sir....

(Crowd jeers confusingly)

Chancellor: (Puzzled and angrily).....A what!?

Wordsworth: A librarian, sir...

Chancellor: (To Secretary) Has this man had counsel?

Secretary: Yes sir, he has.

Chancellor: Has he been given orientation?

Secretary:Yes sir.

(As this goes on, Wordsworth steps back into the darkness, as if knowing his fate)

Chancellor: Mr.Wordsworth, I've been told you've been given couns(notices he's out of the light)...STEP BACK INTO THE LIGHT, MR.WORDSWORTH!

(Wordsworth steps back into the light)

Chancellor: I'm told you've been given Counsel, Mr. Wordsworth. but I'm still not sure, in my own mind, you understand the nature of this hearing. The field investigators in your sector have classified you as obsolete, this finding carries with it serious implications. Do you understand that, Mr.Wordsworth?

(Wordsworth nods)

Chancellor:I'd ask you again, your occupation Mr.Wordsworth?

Wordsworth: I AM a librarian, that IS my occupation, that is my PROFESSION. If you people choose to call that obsolete...

Secretary: Request clarification of the term...

Chancellor: Yes...Mr.Wordsworth, the term "You people," you make reference to The State?

Wordsworth: I make reference to The State.

Chancellor: And you persist in declaring your occupation as being that of a librarian. Is that correct?

Wordsworth: Yes sir, that's correct.

Chancellor: A librarian. Having to do...with books.

Wordsworth:(Proudly) Yes sir...books!

Chancellor: Since there are no more books, Mr.Wordsworth, there are no more libraries, and, of course, as it follows, there is very little call for the services of a librarian. Case in point: A minister. A minister would tell us that his function is that of preaching the word of God. And since it follows that since The State has proven that there is no God, that would make the function of a minister quite academic as well....

Wordsworth: There IS a God!!