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Staff Updates! Jess Schmid (right) has been promoted to Library Associate after working at our library for over 10 years! She is now the Home Delivery and Memory Cafe coordinator. You will still see Jess at the front desk as well. Congratulations, Jess! Sydney Whitcher (left) is our new Public Services Clerk. She comes to us with library experience and is already a valuable member of our team. You will often find her at the front desk, so make sure to say hello. Welcome, Sydney! |
America the Beautiful: Interactive Read Aloud Wed. April 22 at 3:30 p.m. This special program with the League of Women Voters celebrates the stories that shape our heritage and inspire the next generation. |
Blackout Poetry Wed. April 15 at 4:00 p.m. Get crafty in the Makerspace with a new project each month. This month, learn how to create Blackout Poetry! |
Poetry Jam Thu. April 23 at 5:30 p.m. Celebrate National Poetry Month with an open mic night at the library. Sign up to share a favorite poem or original work or drop in to listen. |
Memory Cafe: Tabletop Games
Monday, April 13 at 10:30 a.m. |
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Reliance Road and the Path to Publishing with Kate Winn
Thursday, April 30 at 6:00-7:00 p.m. Join debut author Kate Winn as she discusses Reliance Road, a memoir of tender and hopeful vignettes that recalls the past, shows how lessons apply to the present, and shares her life story with future generations. Also meet with Kira Henschel of Henschel HAUS Publishing and learn about the publishing process that took Kate Winn’s idea and transformed it into a physical book. LEARN MORE HERE. |
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Love your library? Become a Friend!
The Friends of the Whitewater Public Library are holding their annual members meeting and election of board members on Friday, April 17 at 5:30 p.m. Want to join? Membership is only $10 per year. Forms are available at the library or online here. |
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Goodnight, Bruce by Ryan T. HigginsMother Bruce's family of mice and geese will do ANYTHING to get out of going to sleep in this hilarious and all-too-relatable bedtime story.
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Plenty of Pancakes by Carrie FinisonFrom the creators of Dozens of Doughnuts comes a lively take on friendship, springtime, and counting by fives. Can they make enough pancakes to feed everyone?
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A Wild Radiance by Maria Ingrande MoraWhen a girl with the ability to conduct electricity discovers that the powerful House of Industry is not the benevolent organization they present to be, she teams up with two boys-former lovers-who are standing against the harm the House has caused in the name of progress.
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Better the Devil by Erik J. BrownA harrowing, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller about a queer homeless teen who, in a bid for safety, assumes the identity of a boy who went missing ten years ago...only to find that his new home is anything but a safe haven.
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Wreck Your Heart: A Mystery by Lori Rader-DayAn engaging, wisecracking and wonderful crime novel with a big heart, about a country and midwestern singer out to catch her big break before family--or murder--wrecks everything.
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The Sea Child by Linda WilgusIn this enthralling, adventurous debut novel, a band of seafaring smugglers lands on the Cornish coast, where a young widow with a mysterious past becomes entangled in their schemes--and with their charismatic captain. With its richly detailed setting (think stone cottages and Poldark-esque windy cliffs) and blend of folklore, history and adventure, this enchanting debut novel offers both suspense and romance.
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We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America by Norah O'DonnellA vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union. This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women have played at every stage of our country's history.
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Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats
by Courtney Gustafson
When Courtney Gustafson moved into a rental house in the Poets Square neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, she didn't know that the property came with thirty feral cats. Focused only on her own survival--in a new relationship, during a pandemic, with poor mental health and a job that didn't pay enough--Courtney was reluctant to spend any of her own time or money caring for the wayward animals. But the cats--their pleading eyes, their ribs showing, the new kittens born in the driveway--didn't give her a choice. She had no idea about the grief and hardship of animal rescue, the staggering size of the problem in neighborhoods across the country. And she couldn't have imagined how that struggle--towards an ethics of care, of individuals trying their best amidst spectacularly failing systems--would help pierce a personal darkness she'd wrestled for with much of her life--
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