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Children’s Ebooks to Download for St. Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you didn't make it to the library this week to check out books to help celebrate the day, you're in luck! There are many books in our online resources that you can download instantly without a wait! Check out the All Things Irish collection on Hoopla. Here are some of...

Reading Recs from Author Matthew Sullivan
Northwest author Matthew Sullivan will give a live, virtual talk this week on the evolution of the mystery genre of books. To accompany his talk, he has shared a list of recommended crime fiction that he has enjoyed reading. While the list is not exhaustive, he said...

Teen Library Council Top 5
The NCW Libraries Teen Council is excited to bring you another installment of its recommendation series for teens, TLC Top 5. The Teen Library Council is composed of teens in 8th-12th grade from across North Central Washington who work together with library staff to...

Introducing Therapy Lamps
We have added a collection of light therapy lamps to our Library of Things! Sunlight is an essential ingredient for health, but many people don't get enough daylight — especially during the winter months. Not getting enough light each day can affect mental health,...

Virtual Author Program
NCW Libraries is partnering with Write on the River to offer the live, virtual program A Nicer Kind of Murder: The Evolution of Crime Fiction with award-winning author Matthew Sullivan. This Humanities Washington program will be at 7 p.m. March 16 and hosted on the...

Celebrate Women’s History Month
Join NCW Libraries in observing and commending the suffragists, visionaries and trailblazing women — past and present — who have fought for equality and are leading the way for change in America. There are many ways your library card can help you can celebrate Women's...

Did You Know? The Library Has Blood Pressure Monitors
Blood pressure monitor kits are available for checkout from the library! The kits, made possible through a partnership between NCW Libraries and Action Health Partners, are designed for self-monitoring of blood pressure. Blood pressure is the measure of how hard blood...