Big Sky Community Library News

Library Lovers' Month is a month-long celebration of school, public, and private libraries of all types. This is a time for everyone to recognize the value of libraries and consider different ways to show their support.

Ways you can support your library:

♥Contribute

● Donate your time, or expertise to your library

● Become a FOL member...pick up a membership at the library or go online to www.bigskylibrary.com

● Honor a friend or a relative with a book or a shelf. Shelf plaque will be placed on a shelf in the library.Over 200 shelves have been dedicated thus far

♥ Be A Friend

●Donate your used books for the Friends Used Book Sale (Please hold until Spring)

● Volunteer to help shelve books, work used book sales, and other Fundraisers

● Come to a FOL meeting 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 10:00 in the library

Stop by the library and fill out a "Recommend a Book That You Love" card this month. Tell us about a book you recommend and take a chance at winning an Amazon gift card. All you have to do is fill out one side of the card with your recommendation and the other side with your name and email. We will draw at the end of the month. It's as simple as that!

According to the History.com site, the celebration of Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. It became a month-long celebration in 1976. The month of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

The library has several resources available to honor and remember this time in our history. Check them out!

We are very excited to announce the book for this winter's "One Book Big Sky,"

Burning the Breeze: Three Generations of Women in the American West, written by Lisa Hendrickson

In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to identify and visit easterners who could afford to spend their summers at her brand new dude ranch near Ennis, Montana. Julia, a big-game hunter whom friends described as “a clever shot with both rifle and shotgun,” flouted gender conventions to build guest ranches in Montana and Arizona that attracted world-renowned entertainers and artists.

Bennett’s entrepreneurship, however, was not a new family development. During the Civil War, her widowed grandmother and her seven-year-old daughter—Bennett’s mother—set out from Missouri on a ten-month journey with little more than a yoke of oxen, a covered wagon, and the clothes on their backs. They faced countless heartbreaks and obstacles as they struggled to build a new life in the Montana Territory.

Burning the Breeze is the story of three generations of women and their intrepid efforts to succeed in the American West. Excerpts from diaries, letters, and scrapbooks, along with rare family photos, help bring their vibrant personalities to life.

Lisa Hendrickson is the owner of Lisa Hendrickson Communications and a former corporate and nonprofit public relations director. She has written or edited five books, including Indiana at 200: A Celebration of the Hoosier State and Kiritsis and Me: Enduring 63 Hours at Gunpoint.

Books are available on a first-come basis. A visit from Lisa is scheduled for June 14th at 6:30 in the library

We hope you'll join us in this fun "One Book Big Sky" read...the more the merrier!

*A special thanks to the Moonlight Community Foundation and The Big Sky Resort Tax District for sponsoring the "One Book Big Sky " programming.

American Heart Month isn’t just for lovers. February also reminds us to take care of our heart and consider our risk factors.

Believe it or not, heart disease can happen at any age. Some risk factors for heart disease and stroke are preventable. American Heart Month teaches us the ways we can help reduce our risks while eliminating those we have control over.

Check out this site for information about heart attacks and stroke symptoms.

https://www.heart.org/en/about-us/heart-attack-and-stroke-symptoms

Be informed and stay Healthy!

It is almost time to start our March Madness Big Sky's favorite book of 2021 voting.

Please email librarian@bssd72.org if you would like to be included in the voting. We will send you an email each week with the bracket to vote.

The full schedule is:

First Round (32 books): February 28-March 4

Sweet 16: March 7-11

Elite 8: March 14-18

Final Four: March 21-25

Championship: March 28-April 1

Winner announced: April 4

Join us for our Winter Reading Program. It will run from February 1st to April 24th. We have Bingo cards for you and for each Bingo you read, you will be entered into a drawing for prizes. Please share the books you read in each category with others at the library. For those who would prefer to not use the Bingo card, you can be entered into the drawing for every 5 books you read - just come to the library and tell us what you read and how you liked them.

Located at the northeast entrance of Lone Peak High School

Email: librarian@bssd72.org
Website: www.bigskylibrary.com
Location: 45465 Gallatin Road, Gallatin Gateway, MT, USA
Phone: 406-995-4281