Tracy Nelson The idea for Valerie Carr’s children’s book Once Upon a Time and Now! just came to her one day. “I wanted to leave my legacy and write an inspirational children’s book for young girls to use their imagination and be inspired by their dreams to embellish their future.” Although Valerie has always been…
Renee Mazin, Virginia Bynum, and Janet Fabio Archaeologists believe the older you get, the more interesting you become! Here in SaddleBrooke, we are full of interesting people who may choose to visit one of our SaddleBrooke Community Libraries to dig into the past. We have fiction and nonfiction titles plus DVDs that will get you…
Stuart Watkins This book is a collection of photos and poems submitted by Arizona residents. Some photos were taken in Chicago, Colorado, and New Mexico, but all were taken by Arizona residents. The poems came from various cities in Arizona, but all depicted the glory of the skies above our eyes.
Renee Mazin It’s been hot and dry. It has been so hot and dry that the best and safest place to view fireworks this year is on your television screen. Are you missing that red, white, and blue spirit? SaddleBrooke Libraries are coming to the rescue. These books are red, white, and blue! They may…
Stuart Watkins Stuart Watkins announces the publication of his children’s book, When Dragonflies Breathed Fire. This book has a fantasy story of a queen who attempts to find out why fires pop up in her meadow lands each autumn. She asks the deer and rabbits to seek the source of the fires. An owl tells…
Karen Brungardt Look no further than either of Karen Brungardt’s series! Karen is a local watercolor artist and former president of the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild. Perhaps you’ve seen her paintings displayed at the annual Fine Arts Guild show in the spring or at the Arts & Craft show or at Absolutely Art Gallery or…
Cathy Schaber If you have been interested in learning more about the lovely corner of America we call home, try some Southwestern-themed novels. Start with author Anne Hillerman. The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries has recently announced the appearance of this New York Times best-selling author at their Spring Author Luncheon. Anne Hillerman is the daughter…
Janet Fabio If you’re new to Arizona, you’ll quickly realize that gardening here is very different from what you knew in the Midwest or the East Coast. Learning to garden in the Desert Southwest is a fun challenge and can be delightful when armed with good information. Even if you have been gardening here for…
Donna Thompson Do you ever think that there’s so much in the world you can’t change—the weather, traffic, your in-laws? Well, I have good news for you. There’s something important that you can change right in your own backyard. It’s not often that an opportunity like this comes along. You can make a measurable and…
Janet Fabio and Renee Mazin In SaddleBrooke we are all desert dwellers, but some critters have been in our community much longer than us. Learn more about our desert neighbors in the Southwest Collection at the DesertView Library! Pick up books such as Desert Life, Wildlife of the Southwest Deserts, Desert Holes, and Tread Lightly.…