Tahoe-Truckee Lib Loop: Be sure to check out the Tahoe Collection

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — If you were to ask me where my favorite spot is at the Incline Library, I would want to answer with the Children’s Library. Seriously, who doesn’t want to sit around and build super cool things with colorful blocks?!

But, then I realize I am a grown-up and people probably want a grown-up answer, so my “grown-up” answer is the Tahoe Collection. The Tahoe Collection features all things Tahoe from Stone Age to the present, all dotted with photography books of Lake Tahoe with the most amazing pictures of this beautiful, tiny, world-class dot on the map we get to call home.

Come on over! There is bound to be something that will peak your interest.

Upcoming local library events

Incline Village

Family Story Time: Feb. 3, 4-4:45 p.m. Children of all ages are welcome at story time. Join us for stories, songs, games, and crafts!

Toddler Time: Feb. 4, 11:15-11:45 a.m.: Stories, puppets, music and movement for children 6 months to 3 years. Siblings welcome!

Kings Beach

Friends of the Library meeting: Feb. 3, 6 p.m. At this meeting, we will be discussing fun fundraising ideas. It’s a lively group who sustain the library. Join us!

Drop in computer help: Feb. 4, 2-3 p.m. Resumes, Facebook, job applications, or other basic computer aid available. Free!

Also: Did you know we have over 100 popular online magazines available? Check out Zinio on the Placer County website at placer.ca.gov/departments/library; or call 530-546-2021 for details.

Truckee

Nevada County Reads & Writes: announces its all-community-read book: “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson, the deeply-moving, highly-acclaimed and award-winning look at unfairness and racial bias in the justice system. Stevenson is described as “a real-life, modern-day Atticus Finch.”

Writing competition: Local high school students are invited to enter, with a 1st-place prize of $200, a 2nd-place prize of $100, and for 3rd place $75, with an awards and public reading event. Guidelines and writing prompts are available in hardcopy at the Truckee Library, or online at bit.ly/1TAWCYK; deadline for submissions is midnight on March 31, 2016.

Sierra Nevada College

From Mythology to Star Wars: Feb. 8, 7-9 p.m. in TCES rooms 139-141. Dr. Carl Rubino, the Winslow Professor of Classics at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, will discuss the ancient mythological roots of the perennial favorite Star Wars films in this free lecture.

Amanda Mongolo is Programs & Outreach Librarian at Incline Village Library, 845 Alder Ave., Incline Village. Call 775-832-4130.