50 – Spend some time in a park that’s not your “go to.”

50 – Visit a Rexburg business that you’ve never frequented.

50 – Climb a tree.

50 – Eat at a new-to-you restaurant.

50 – Play a new board game.

50 – Try a new hobby.

50 – Try a flavor of ice cream, dipped chocolate, or other treat that you’ve never had.

50 – Watch your favorite cozy movie.

50 – Have a self care day.

100 – Read a book with a home on the cover.

100 – Read a book about someone who has an adventure without ever leaving their hometown.

100 – Treat a friend to a nice meal or make one for them at home.

100 – Check out an Adult Exploration Kit from the library.

50 – Sleep in a new location.

50 – If you usually stay in a hotel, with relatives, or camp, try one of the others on your summer outing.

50 – Explore a cave or rock shelter.

50 – Spend time on or under water.

50 – Climb a mountain.

50 – Use library books from the travel section to plan a road trip.

50 – Walk to the bottom of a canyon.

50 – Try a new method of transportation.

50 – Take a chance and try a new sport.

50 – Try someone else’s favorite road trip snack.

50 – Use a road map in a new location.

100 – Read a book with a car or road on the cover.

100 – Read a book about a person taking a cross country trip.

100 – Make your own road trip game. Teach it to someone.

50 – Research the country you’d most like to visit.

50 – Indulge in foreign travel. Can’t handle the airfare? Take a vicarious expedition through a Sci-Starter project.

50 – Watch a foreign film.

50 – Try an international dish you’ve never had.

50 – Take a virtual tour to a historic landmark.

50 – Do something spontaneous! Take a trip, visit family or friends, or go somewhere new. No planning.

100 – Visit a museum and brush up on some history, art, or culture.

100 – Read about an adventurer you’d like to meet.

100 – Read a book set in a place you’ve always wanted to visit.

100 – Read a book about another country’s culture and customs.

100 – Learn 3 phrases of a new language.

100 – Read a genre of a book you don’t typically read.

100 – What is your ultimate dream adventure? What’s the first small step into making it real? DO IT!

Do you love writing?

Enter the Madison Library District’s short story writing contest and you could win a prize and be featured in our newsletter!

Our theme is “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Based on the famous Dr. Seuss tale of facing life’s ups and downs, tell us a story of the places you’ll go, Fiction or Non-fiction are accepted.

The contest winner will be awarded a $100 gift card to Barnes and Noble. The winner will be announced Friday, July 26th and will be featured in our August newsletter.

Email submissions ONLY accepted. Must be 18 or older to enter.

Drawn Together: Post-it-art creations!

Everyone will do a small piece and then discover what happens when we come together. Teens 12 and older are also welcome to participate!

Come out and enjoy a night full of old and new games. Bring your favorites and we’ll all play together! Waffles for winners!

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL

Come out and gaze at the stars!  We’ll have our big telescope set up, and Cathy Stanton, former Star Ranger, will be there to take you on a guided tour through the universe.

Don’t miss it!

Film director Wes Anderson has a distinctive style that many attempt to mimic. A recent book, Accidentally Wes Anderson, shares views of the best efforts by professional photographers. If all those pros are having such a good time making Wes Anderson fakes, we thought it might be fun for our patrons to do so as well.

Take a look at the style hints found in the adult section display case and take a photo that you think is "Accidentally Wes Anderson," and we'll display them during the month of November.

TO ENTER:

Email your photo to our programming team or leave it at the Circulation Desk by November 1.
Please include your name, library card number, and phone number.

The three photos judged to be closest to Anderson's style will receive a copy of the book.

Nonfiction:

• White Picket Monsters by Bev Davis
• Ultimate Book of Home Plans   
• Be in a Treehouse by Peter Nelson

Adult Fiction:

• The Mist by Rgnar Jonasson
• Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
• A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
• The Heron’s Cry by Anne Cleeves
• A Painted House by John Grisham
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathanial Hawthorne
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear

Tween Fiction:

• The Vanderbeekers of 141^st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

Nonfiction:

• A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
• My Cool Classic Car: An Inspirational Guide to Classic Cars by Chris Haddon
• The Big Book of Tiny Cars: A Century of Diminutive Automotive Oddities by Russell Hayes
• Nala’s World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride Around the Globe by Dean Nicholson
• Highway 1: The Dream Road Along the Pacific by Andrea Lammert
• Coastal California by Stuart Thornton

Adult Graphic Novel:

• Ashes by Alvaro Ortiz

Fiction:

• Timeline by Michael Crichton
• Shutter by Ramona Emerson
• The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
• Murder on Bamboo Lane by Naomi Hirahara
• Sinister Graves by Marci Rendon
• The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear

Nonfiction:

• Breadsong: How Baking Changed Our Lives by Kitty and Al Tait
• The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness by Paula Poundstone

Adult Graphic Novel:

• Alone by Chaboute

Fiction:

• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
• Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman
• New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
• The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
• How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
• The Long Call by Anne Cleeves

Young Adult Fiction:

• Swing by Kwame Alexander

Tween Fiction:

• Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Nonfiction:

• The Giant Joshua by Maureen Whipple
• Master Slave, Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
• Grandma Gatewood’s Walk by Ben Montgomery
• Epic Road Trips of the Americas by Amy Balfour
• Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Fiction:

• The Trackers by Charles Frazier
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

Tween Fiction:

• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemainhart

Nonfiction:

• The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
• The Moth and the Mountain by Ed Caesar
• Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History Making Race by Matthew Goodman
• The Brendan Voyage by Timothy Severin
• In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
• River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
• The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
• Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
• The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice – Crossing Antarctica Alone by Colin O’Brady
• Irresistible North: From Venice to Greenland on the Trail on the Zen Brothers by Andrea Robilant
• Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas of Everest by Tashi Tenzing
• The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk by Jennifer Niven

Biography:

• My Father, the Captain: My Life with Jacques Cousteau by Jean-Michael Cousteau

• Fredrik Backman such as Anxious People
• Helene Tursten such as An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good
• Carlos Ruiz Zafon such as The Shadow of the Wind
• Umberto Eco such as The Name of the Rose
• Anne Holt such as What is Mine
• Victor Hugo such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Alexandre Dumas such as The Man in the Iron Mask
• Federico Garcia-Lorca such as Collected Poems
• Leo Tolstoy such as War and Peace
• Bertolt Brecht such as The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

• Ragnar Jonasson such as The Darkness
• Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson such as Touch
• Richard Roper such as How Not to Die Alone
• Jason Goodwin such as The Janissary Tree
• Witi Tame Ihimaera such as The Whale Rider
• Andrea Carter such as Death at Whitewater Church
• Brian Friel such as Selected Plays
• Haruki Murakami such as Kafka on the Shore
• Hiro Arikawa such as The Travelling Cat Chronicles
• Kazuo Ishiguro such as Never Let Me Go
• Edwidge Danticat such as The Dew Breaker
• Ayanna Lloyd Banwo such as When We Were Birds
• Arnaldur Indridason such as Operation Napoleon

• Maulana Jalal ad-Din Rumi such as Rumi: Selected Poems 
• Khaled Hosseini such as A Thousand Splendid Suns
• Rosina-Fawzia Al-Rawi such as Grandmother’s Secrets: The ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing
• Kahlil Gibran such as The Prophet         
• Orhan Pamuk such as My Name is Red
• Marjane Satrapi such as Persepolis
• Najīb Mahfouz such as The Thief and the Dogs
• Ahdaf Soueif such as The Map of Love
• Elif Shafak such as The Bastard of Istanbul

• Emily St. John Mandel such as Station Eleven
• Margaret Atwood such as Lady Oracle
• Lucy Maud Montgomery such as Blue Castle
• Yann Martel such as The High Mountains of Portugal
• Alice Munro such as Runaway: Stories
• Louise Penny such as Still Life
• Rudolfo Anaya such as Bless Me, Ultima
• Laura Esquivel such as Like Water for Chocolate
• Erika L. Sánchez such as I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
• Sandra Cisneros such as The House on Mango Street
• Valeria Luiselli such as Lost Children Archive
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia such as Mexican Gothic

• Mitt Romney such as No Apology
• Barack Obama such as Dreams from my Father
• George W. Bush such as Decision Points
• John F. Kennedy such as Profiles in Courage
• Pete Buttigieg such as Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future
• Hillary Clinton such as Hard Choices
• Bill Clinton such as My Life
• Sarah Palin such as Going Rogue
• Albert Gore such as An Inconvenient Truth
• Kamala Harris such as The Truths We Hold

• The Koran
• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu
• Why I am a Hindu by Shashi Tharoor
• The Light We Give: How Sikh wisdom Can Transform Your Life by Simran Jeet Singh
• The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy & Liberation by Thich Nhat Hanh
• In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World’s First Prophet by Paul Kriwaczek
• What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism by Paul Schoen
• God Is Red by Vine Deloria
• Things Everyone Should Know About Catholicism by Helen Keeler
• A History of the Amish by Steven M. Nolt
• The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity by Timothy Ware
• The Waldensian Way to God: Following the Light Through Eight Centuries of Darkness and Discord by Joseph Visconti, Jr.

• Isabel Allende such as Portrait in Sepia
• Pablo Neruda such as Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
• Jose Hernandez such as Martin Fierro
• Roberto Bolano such as 2666
• Jorge Luis Borges such as The Book of Imaginary Things
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez such as One Hundred Years of Solitude
• Paulo Coelho such as The Winner Stands Alone
• Junot Diaz such as The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
• Zoraida Cordova such as The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina
• Pope Francis such as The Name of God is Mercy
• Jose Saramago such as Blindness

• Everybody Matters: My Life Giving Voice by Mary Robinson
• Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto
• Long walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
• The Dalai Lama: An Extraordinary Life by Alexander Norman
• Suffering into Joy: What Mother Teresa Teaches About True Joy by Eileen Egan
• Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World 1914-1948 by Guha Ramachandra
• The Autobiography of Martin Luther King
• Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Thich Nhat Hanh
• God is Young: A Conversation with Thomas Leoncini by Pope Francis
• Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery by Eric Metaxas
• Eleanor (Eleanor Roosevelt) by David Michaelis
• What Is at Stake Now: My Appeal for Peace and Freedom by Mikhail Gorbachev