The summer program for children at the Downieville Library — Library Tales — begins next Thursday, June 20. It will run every Thursday (except for July 4) through August 15. Even though the library, itself, doesn’t open until noon on Thursdays, Library Tales will begin at 11:00 a.m., and go until 12:30 p.m. Each week will feature a “guest” presenter, who will read to children and then engage them in crafts and/or activities. Our first presenter will be Alma Mesa. This program is open to children of all ages — both residents and summer visitors. Parents and/or care-givers are, of course, also invited to come with the children.

What’s New on the Shelves of the Downieville Library

Several items new to the library have found their way to our shelves. Here’s what’s new for you to find:

Fiction books

Henry and Ribsy & Ralph S. Mouse, by Beverly Cleary (juvenile)

The Hardy Boys: The Missing Chums & The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure, by Franklin W. Dixon (juvenile)

Oh, Say Can You Say? & The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, by Dr. Seuss (easy reader)

The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White (juvenile)

Non-fiction books

The Shirley Letters: from the California Mines 1851-1852, by Louise Amelia Snapp Smith Clappe (local)

Outlaw Tales of California, by Chris Enss (local)

Wildflower Walks and Roads of the Sierra Gold Country, by Tonie Fauver

The Gold Rush, by Liza Ketchum (local)

Gold Rush Country, by Sunset Books (juvenile)

My Lost Freedom (easy reader) & They Called Us Enemy (young adult graphic), by George Takei

Videos (all DVD, unless otherwise noted)

“3:10 to Yuma” // “500 Nations” // “8 Seconds” // “Advocates Network Compilation” // “After the Harvest” // “Alvin and the Chipmunks” (juvenile) // “American Outlaws” // “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid” // “Argo” // “The A-Team” // “Baby Noah” (juvenile) // “Bandolero!” // “Beastly” // “Bedtime Stories” // “Blended” (Blu-ray) // “B.O.B.’s Big Break (juvenile) // “The Bone Collector” // “The Bounty Hunter” // “Bridget Jones’s Diary” // “Broken City” // “Brothers of War” // “Catch Me If You Can” // “Chocolat” // “Click” // “Dane Cook: Isolated Incident” // “Daniel Boone: A True American Legend” // “Daniel Boone: Trail Blazer” // “Dead Man’s Walk” // “Dr. No” // “Easy” // “Elf” // “Elysium” // “End of Watch” // “Eragon” // “A Father’s Choice” // “Forces of Nature” // “Fried Green Tomatoes” // “Friends with Money” // “GoldenEye” // “The Hangover: Part II” // “The Hoax” // “Hope Floats” // “Hours” // “How I Saved the President” // “i,Robot” // “In Harm’s Way” // “The Indian in the Cupboard” (juvenile) // “Into the Wild” // “The Island Princess” (juvenile) // “The Jack Bull” // “Justified: Seasons 1-6” // “ Left Behind II: Tribulation Force” // “Lethal Weapon” // “Letters to Juliet” // “Life As a House” // “Looper” // “Made of Honor” // “Man on Fire” // “Michael Clayton” // “Milk Money” // “Mr. Deeds” // “Music and Lyrics” // “Night Moves” // “North Country” // “ Office Space” // “On Any Sunday” // “Once Upon a Forest” (juvenile) // “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” (Blu-ray) // “The Other Woman” // “The Peacemaker” // “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” // “Point Break” // “Premonition” // “The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio” // “Quigley Down Under” // “The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky” // “Red” // “Rollerball” // Rumor Has It…” // “Scrambler to the Rescue” (juvenile) // “Seinfeld: Seasons 3 & 4” // “The Shadow Riders” // “Six Days, Seven Nights” // “Sleeping with the Enemy” // “The Spy Who Loved Me” // “The Stepford Wives” // “Swimfan” // “Tag” // “Taking Lives” // “Tales of Beatrix Potter” (juvenile) // “Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny” // “Terry Fator Live from Las Vegas” // “Tomorrow Never Dies” // “Tooth Fairy” // “Trapped” // “True Detective” (Blue-ray) // “Two Weeks Notice” // “Unfaithful” // “Unknown” // “Up in the Air” // “VeggieTales: Silly Little Thing Called Love” (juvenile) // “VeggieTales: A Snoodle’s Tale” (juvenile) // “VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s” (juvenile) // “Wall-E” (juvenile) // “War of the Worlds” // “The Way We Were” // “Wedding Crashers” // “Wild” (Blu-ray) // “Windrunner” // “Woman in Gold” // “You’ve Got Mail” // “Zoolander”