Year in Review: Point Roberts Library

It’s great to be part of your library experience!

Some local talent graced us this year: In March, Carol MacRury shared slides and poetry; in May, Ogn Magnusson shared her new children’s book, Secret Saga; in August, Allison Chu and other artists joined musically to help celebrate our fifth anniversary; Paul Lucas sang and told Yukon stories in October; in November, Pamela McColl read her smokeless-version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas; Allison and her friends came back in December for an afternoon of holiday songs.

So many books were read and listened to county-wide in the Summer Reading Program that 500 trees got planted by the Whatcom Million Tree Project! Locally, our small library tree was covered in leaves, one for every book or tree-related activity enjoyed.

Popular things: the meeting room, which can be booked in advance; the express room for after-hour requested item pick-ups; the public printer with seven dollars’ worth of free printing per week, and the free books sponsored by Friends of the Point Roberts Library (both in the meeting room and at The Commons in the community center). Chess players, knitters, and crafters came for Tuesday night game & craft nights, and our two local book clubs (one on Zoom) thrived.

Featuring all things book related, the Book Fair in Ferndale in October was immensely enjoyed, with over 700 attending. Earlier, Whatcom Reads author Jess Walter’s riveting tale, Cold Millions, concerning the beginnings of labor unions in Washington state was enthusiastically received. This coming year’s Whatcom Reads is Red Paint, the Ancestral Autobiography of a Salish Punk, by Saha Lapointe.

And for public comfort, all our staff is being trained in CPR and first aid.

We look forward to seeing you soon.