VSAA Theme updates
“Shaping the Future”
Let reading play a role in your own process of shaping your future!
Want to learn more about this year’s theme? The Story of Stuff is a good place to start. This non-profit organization uses short films to educate viewers about the plastic cycle, consumerism, pollution, and ways citizens can act to improve our planet’s health.
Library News
2023 Summer Program Offerings
Some colleges, universities, art schools and other entities offer students summer opportunities. Many require program, housing and travel costs. These programs have reached out to us. These are not affiliated with VPS or VSAA.
Visit another world through books
Check out the library’s current book displays which focus on Native American heritage and also the genre of magical realism. Challenge yourself to find a new author or book you like!
Listen to audio books on your device
Do you like audio books? If you have a library card with Fort Vancouver Regional Library, you can check out audio books for free and listen to them at home on your device. Visit libbyapp.com and have your library card number ready. You can link the app with your card and even place audio books [...]
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Angela Vahsholtz-Andersen
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Spooky Scary Recommendations! Visit the special cart in the library for these titles and more:
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
An African-American family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor’s dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
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