Dayton Valley Branch Library

05/22/2023

Well everyone, it's been fun but time to move on. We've had over 970 followers and we are sorry to see this page come to a close. If you're looking for a stellar library page to follow, I highly recommend https://www.facebook.com/CarsonCityLibrary. Their programming is the best in our area IMHO. Their friends have an awesome page as well. https://www.facebook.com/friendscclibrary/ We've enjoyed sharing our fun for the last 10+ years. Have a beautiful Summer! ~Cheryl

The mission of the Friends of the Carson City Library is to support & promote the Carson City Library

05/12/2023

https://openlibrary.org/

Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.

04/24/2023

ALA reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022. The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released new data documenting book challenges throughout the United States, finding that challenges were nearly double that of 2021, reachi...

04/01/2023

"Protecting your children means educating them and arming them with knowledge," said Blume.

03/06/2023

03/03/2023

All the best book club recommendations in one place so that you are always ready with the perfect book club suggestions. When I bought my first house, I didn’t know anyone in the neighborhood. Being a stay-at-home mom with a baby, I struggled to meet people and make new friends. Until one day, som...

02/22/2023

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03/26/2021

"I think children want to read about normal, everyday kids," Cleary told NPR in 1999. "I think children like to find themselves in books."

12/17/2020

The Dayton Library has new children's books in for the "Stuff a Bag for $3" sale. The supply is limited and it will be first come first serve. We only accept cash or check and we are limiting it to 1 bag per family. We also have Christmas books buy 3 for $2, those books don't have a limit. Thank you!

12/12/2020

We did a Christmas light scavenger hunt last night as part of our Christmas challenge. If you were not able to participate last night you can still add your pictures this weekend! You will still be entered to win a prize at the end of the challenge! Don't worry about finding everything that was listed yesterday. Just snap a picture of your favorite light display! Have fun everyone!