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NEW EVENTS GUIDE Our March-May events guide is available now! EXPLORE PASSES NOW AVAILABLE! Visit the library to see what adventures you can "check out." Generously provided by the Friends of the Library. |
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We have a NEW 3D Printer! Stop in and visit our expanded Makerspace to check out our new Bambu P2S 3D Printer. To learn more or to book a training session with this or any other piece of Makerspace equipment, reach out to Hunter, our Programming & Makerspace Librarian, at hswanson@whitewater-wi.gov |
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Little Free Seed Library
We now have a seed cart available in the library's atrium. Bring in seeds that you have saved and/or take home seeds that others have saved!
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Family Jams w/Noelle Larson
Saturday, March 14 at 10:30-11:45 a.m. Calling all music makers! Kids and families are invited to explore world instruments in the "Instrument Lab," dance and move to expressive music, and make music together at "Family Jams," a memorable music & movement experience for the whole family. |
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Mornings at the Movies
Spring Break Week
March 23-26 at 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Free spring break movie matinee at the library! Grab your pillows, grab your blankets, and lounge at the library with snacks and kid’s movies.
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Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo
by Bess Kalb
Buffalo Fluffalo's prairie life is disrupted by Puffalo, a yelly and squigglish new addition to the family--
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Secrets of Winter by Carron BrownWhat happens outside in the winter? Shine a light behind the page and see... Explore a frost-laden forest up close and you will find a woodland world filled with great surprises! From sleeping snails to frisky foxes, the secrets of this amazing winter wonderland are revealed.
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The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri1941. The German armies are storming across Europe. Iran is a neutral country occupied by British forces on one side, Soviet forces on another. On the treacherous journey, siblings meet a Jewish boy, hiding from a Nazi spy. And suddenly, they are all in a race for survival. Against the backdrop of World War II comes an epic adventure in the faraway places. Through the cacophony of soldiers, tanks, and planes, can young hearts of different creeds and nations learn to find a common language? Master storyteller Daniel Nayeri keeps you on the edge of your seat, uncertain to the very end.
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Beth Is Dead
by Katie Bernet
Told in multiple perspectives, the March sisters discover Beth's body in the woods and work together to identify her killer, until they start to suspect each other.
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The Johnson Four by Christina Hammonds ReedA 1960s teen pop group determined to conquer the music world must contend with the cost of fame--and a ghost with a grisly past--in this riveting family story from the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Kids. Spanning decades, roving from the rapacious music industry and the ravages of Vietnam to the dark corridors of a mental institution and the very planes of the afterlife, The Johnson Four is epic in scope. And at its beating heart is the unforgettable story of a family trying to find their way back to one another.
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Sheer by Vanessa LawrenceTold over nine charged days, Sheer is the gripping tale of a controversial beauty mogul's insatiable ambition and the slippery ground between empowerment and abuse of power. It's 2015 and Maxine Thomas, the founder and creative director of the cult makeup company Reveal, has just been suspended by her own Board for a scandalous transgression. Housebound in her New York City apartment, where she awaits the verdict on her future, Max recounts her version of the events that have brought her to this moment. From her start as a precocious suburban child in the eighties to her decades as a workaholic visionary, Max proselytizes a sheer, dewy look--cosmetics through a female gaze--all while battling sexist investors, the whiplash of cultural change, and the mounting pressure to keep her sexuality a secret. But when Max's story catches up to her present, she must contend with the cost of true transparency. Who has she become in her relentless pursuit of success? And what will happen if she loses it all?
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The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History
by Vanessa S. Williamson
Americans have always fought over the meaning of freedom and equality. What is not commonly recognized is that these battles, from the framing of the Constitution to the decades-long backlash to the civil rights movement, have largely revolved around one issue-taxes. In The Price of Democracy, Vanessa S. Williamson challenges the myth that Americans are instinctively anti-tax, revealing that fights over taxes have always been proxies for deeper conflicts over who is included in We the People. Poorer people have repeatedly built movements that sought to tax all Americans to create a more equal and democratic nation. Wealthy people have responded by constraining the power to tax and stifling democracy through voting restrictions, gerrymandering, and violence. Yet as hard as anti-tax crusaders have fought to create an America that redistributes not from rich to poor, but from non-white people to rich white people, the battle rages on. The Price of Democracy uncovers how fights for fiscal fairness have defined American history, delivering a powerful message to the present: that taxes are the public's most powerful weapon in the fight for a real democracy-- Provided by publisher.
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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
by Walter Isaacson
To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson takes readers on a ... deep dive into the creation of one of history's most powerful sentences: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.' Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and edited by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, this line lays the foundation for the American Dream and defines the common ground we share as a nation. Isaacson unpacks its genius, word by word, illuminating the then-radical concepts behind it--
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Lucky Day Collection Our Lucky Day cart is filled with popular books that are in high demand with long waiting lists. We have extra copies of these books available on a first come, first served basis. Look on our yellow cart near the library's front desk. Stop by and see if it's your Lucky Day! |
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