ImagineIF Libraries

Grab a library book you don’t have to return! This year’s Repurposed Reads are ripe for the picking, ready to transport you to worlds filled with fantasy, adventure, mystery, romance, or even all of the above! But where do these titles come from? Sure, the library is in the business of giving books away, but doesn’t it normally want them back? Repurposed Reads are selected from weeded materials. “Weeding” is a process library staff uses to make room for new books and keep the shelves easy to navigate, and it consists of removing books that haven’t been checked out for…

HELLO, SWELL SLEUTHS! Welcome to ImagineIF’s Summer Experience 2024! This year, we’re jazzing things up with our brand-new Teen Blueprint Gameboard. Get ready for an adventure packed with intrigue, charm, and a dash of feline finesse. Our Teen Blueprint is your ticket to an unforgettable summer escapade. Picture this: a grand mansion from the jazz age, bustling with cats in their finest flapper dresses and zoot suits, plotting heists and solving mysteries. The blueprint, featuring incredible illustrations by our resident artist Sierra Benjamin, will guide you through each room of Fat Cat’s mansion. From the lavish ballroom to the mysterious…

Step into the shadowy underworld of the 1920s and embrace the intrigue of the Teen Summer Experience 2024. This summer, we're offering a series of workshops that will sharpen your skills and test your mettle. MAKE YOUR OWN BUBBLE TEA (GRADES 6-12) Join Ash, the bubble tea aficionado, as she leads you through the tantalizing world of bubble tea creation. Whip up your own concoctions of flavorful boba and milk teas while uncovering the secrets behind crafting those irresistible boba pearls from scratch. This workshop is not just a hands-on experience in culinary arts, but also a peek into the…

The votes are in! The winners of the 2024 Young Reader's Choice Award are: Junior Division: Unplugged by Gordon Korman Intermediate Division: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim Senior Division: Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter See the full list of winners and runners up at PNLA's official announcement. The Young Reader's Choice Award is sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) for young readers in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Alberta, and British Columbia. It was first established in 1940, making it the longest-running—and only US-Canada international—children's choice book award. Learn more at pnla.org. Readers in grades…