Adult Services

The Stayton Public Library offers a wide-variety of services for adults. Below you will find information on our monthly book club, book recommendations, and more!

  • Our Library book club meets monthly on the last Wednesday to discuss a book. Check out our upcoming titles and feel free to drop in and join us:

     

    Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout 

    Wednesday, April 24, 4:00 p.m.

    Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are. So Lucy is both surprised and not surprised when William asks her to join him on a trip to investigate a recently uncovered family secret--one of those secrets that rearrange everything we think we know about the people closest to us.

    The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

    Wednesday, May 29, 4:00 p.m.

    In a tiny village in Italy, the self-appointed mayor (and vacuum cleaner repairman) Signor Speranza will do anything he can to save his beloved town. When he learns that the water is going to be cut off in sixty days unless he can come up with some quick cash, he tries to boost tourism by spreading a harmless rumor that major movie star Dante Rinaldi is planning to film a movie in the village. The plan works a little too well, and soon everyone wants to be a part of the fictional movie. Village butcher Signor Maestro will even invest in the film - if Signor Speranza can find roles for each of his fifteen enormous sons. Speranza soon realizes that the only way to keep the momentum going is to actually make the movie, assuring the villagers that Dante is on his way. Luckily, his hapless assistant Smilzo happens to have written a screenplay - not so secretly based on his undying love for the film's leading lady. As the entire town becomes involved in the movie - even the village priest invests! - Signor Speranza starts to think he might be able to pull this off...until word reaches Dante Rinaldi's ears

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  • We have more than books!

    The Stayton Public Library also offers games, coloring books, book club kits, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) kits, and Citizen Science Kits. Visit our Library of Things page to view many of the options available.

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  • Stayton Public Library’s digital collection provides you with 24/7 online access to e-books and digital audiobooks to download, product reviews and ratings, practice tests for test preparation, and information that is available through a variety of online subscriptions and paid databases.

    Featured resources: 
    Creativebug
    Find 1000+ arts & crafts video classes on painting, sewing, knitting, crafting and more at Creativebug.
    Consumer Reports
    Get trustworthy product reviews and ratings from Consumer Reports.
    Kanopy
    The popular on-demand video streaming service Kanopy is now available for free with your CCRLS Library card!

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