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Grief Support Group

Monthly // Second Thursday @ 1:30 - 3:00 pm // Next meeting: September 12 // Hospice of the Red River Valley offers a safe and supportive environment for adults to share their experiences with loss and learn ways to heal from one another. This group is for adults 18 years and older who have experienced a loss through death, whether they had hospice services or not.

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It's Your Loss

Living with grief is hard, we hope this book will help
by Robyn Donaldson

155.9 DONALDSON

Written by two women who experienced loss at a young age, this incredible grieving book will help you navigate any kind of loss, whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship or the loss of your job.

It's Ok That You're Not Ok

Meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn't understand
by Megan Devine

155.9 DEVINE

When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. “Grief is simply love in its most wild and painful form,” says Megan Devine. “It is a natural and sane response to loss.”

How Children Grieve

What adults miss, and what they can do to help
by Corinne Masur

155.937 MASUR

A necessary and impactful guide to understanding children's grief from the inside and to guiding children through loss, from the death of a parent and other family members to the loss of friends, pets, and even the family home. Dr. Masur, an award-winning clinical psychologist specializing in grief and mourning, describes how to understand, help, and guide children at each age and stage of development and uses her own childhood experience with loss through empathetic yet clinically informed advice. 

A Hole in the World

Finding hope in rituals of grief and healing
by Amanda Held Opelt

204.42 OPELT

When Amanda Held Opelt suffered a season of loss—including three miscarriages and the unexpected death of her sister, New York Times bestselling writer Rachel Held Evans—she was confronted with sorrow she didn't know to how face. Opelt struggled to process her grief and accept the reality of the pain in the world. She also wrestled with some unexpectedly difficult questions: What does it mean to truly grieve and to grieve well? Why is it so hard to move on? Why didn’t my faith prepare me for this kind of pain? And what am I supposed to do now?

If you need help accessing any of these titles or using front door pickup, email or call us and we will be happy to assist you!

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Art for Adults with Disabilities: Fri, May 10, 2024
Adults with disabilities and their helpers, drop in between 10 am and 12 pm to make art with artist Brenda Baumer!

You Are an Artist

Learn skills, find your style, and build your brand!
Aurelia Durand

Call Number: J NF ART DURAND

Aurélia Durand shares her path from art school to internationally recognized artist, and how you can start your creative journey. Each chapter explores a different area of creativity and brand building, from developing your creative vision and creating a portfolio of work to using social media to your advantage and how to build a sustainable business. If you’ve ever wanted to know how to find your style and build your brand but didn’t know who to ask, Aurélia’s got you covered.

TinkerLab Art Starts

 52 projects for open-ended exploration
Rachelle Doorley

Call Number: 745.5083 Doorley

Get inspired with hands-on creative prompts for children ages 3-8 featuring simple materials you can find at home from an experienced art teacher. Open-ended art prompts that give children opportunities to think creatively rather than follow directions are essential to raising learners who are comfortable with the unknown and eager to tackle it with problem-solving skills, self-efficacy, and critical thinking.

Drawing is for Everyone

Simple lessons to make your creative practice a daily habit
Kateri Ewing

Call Number: 741.2 Ewing

Artist Kateri Ewing guides you through a series of simple creative drawing projects using a soulful, meditative, and reflective process. Whether you’re drawing for the first time or are an experienced artist, you’ll discover and deepen your creative potential through these exercises, because everyone can make art. Each lesson includes two art pieces, one to keep and then a smaller one, such as a postcard or mini painting, to share or send out into the world to spread their color, creativity, and joy in new places.

C.R.A.F.T.

Creating Really Awesome Free Things: 100 seriously fun, super-easy projects for kids
Jamie Dorobek

Call Number: 745.5 Dorobek

Prepare for a day of family fun! With 100 easy and practical crafts, this book is a go-to resource for developing your child's creativity, imagination, and fine motor skills. Each project, designed with common household items, comes with step-by-step instructions to keep kids entertained, engaged, and learning all day long. You and your children will enjoy creating unique crafts like Egg Carton Flowers, Key Wind Chime, Ring Toss, and Lion Mask—hours of playtime fun with the entire family!

If you need help accessing any of these titles or using front door pickup, email or call us and we will be happy to assist you!

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3/18/2024

Our March Book Club pick is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.  Check it out and then join us on March 26th at 6 pm to discuss.

Bright Kids Who Couldn't Care Less

How to Rekindle Your Child's Motivation
by Ellen Braaten, PhD

Call Number: 153.153 BRAATEN

If you're wondering how your bright, motivated little kid became such an unmotivated adolescent, you're not alone. Fortunately, help is at hand! In this compassionate guide, psychologist and learning expert Ellen Braaten explains that kids who have lost the will to do anything (other than play video games) need more than simple encouragement or the “right” school, teacher, or coach to get back on track.

What Storm, What Thunder

by Myriam J.A. Chancy

Call Number: CHANCY

This book is a singular, stunning record, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster, and?at the same time?an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit.

Beyond Sex Ed

by Diane Yancey and Tabitha Moriarty

Call Number: 616.951 YANCEY

This detailed guide explains the transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for common STIs such as chlamydia, HIV and AIDS, and herpes. It also outlines risk reduction practices to avoid contracting or spreading STIs and provides strategies for people living with chronic infections.

You'd Be Home Now

by Kathleen Glasgow

Call Number: Young Adult GLASGOW

A journey of one sister, one brother, one family, to finally recognize and love each other for who they are, not who they are supposed to be, this book is Kathleen Glasgow's glorious and heartbreaking story about the opioid crisis, and how it touches all of us.

If you need help accessing any of these titles or using front door pickup, email or call us and we will be happy to assist you!