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Celebrate summer at the library! Don't worry -- our Summer Reading Program may have ended, but there's still a lot of fun to be had at the library. New books and movies are being added every week, and we have many fun programs and events for all ages. Click the button below to learn more about all of our August happenings!
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Storytime
Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. Stories, songs, and general silliness with Miss Deana. Best for ages 0-5. |
Books & Blooms
Select Fridays at 3:30 p.m. 8/7, 8/21, 8/28 All ages, outdoor storytime and activity. |
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Family Jams with Noelle Larson
Saturday, August 22 at 10:30-11:45 a.m. A memorable music and movement experience for the whole family! Details here. |
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Teen Dungeons & Dragons Wednesday, August 12 at 1:00-5:00 p.m. Join us for a standalone summer adventure. The first hour is reserved for character creation. Contact Hunter with questions. |
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How Sweet the Summer Memory CafeMonday, August 10 at 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. A memory café is a social gathering for those who are experiencing early-stage dementia, mild memory loss or Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and for their families, friends, or care partners. Please register in advance by contacting Jess or at this link.
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Somatic Prescence with Katy Daixon Wimer
Thursday, August 27 at 6:00-7:30 p.m. This session will explore what's arising within us as we set down summer hustle and shift closer to autumn. Through breathwork, gentle movement, journaling, and connection, we'll get deeply present with ourselves and each other to reconnect with our juicy, messy, radiant truth and leave with a greater sense of ease and clarity. Full details and registration here. |
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Nostalgia Night: 1990s Monday, August 10 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Join us for a 1990s themed party with retro refreshments, memorabilia, and trivia. Feel free to dress your 90s best and bring items to reminisce over. |
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Sugar Cookie Studio
August 19 & 20 at 1:00-3:00 p.m. Help us bake some cookies in our new kitchen. Cut and bake cookies the first day, then come back the next day to decorate (and eat) them. |
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How to Catch a Bookworm by Alice WalsteadDo YOU have what it takes to catch a BOOKWORM? The squiggly-giggly Bookworm has escaped their local bookstore and it's up to the Catch Club kids to find this wiggly critter before class begins. Filled with STEAM concepts and an adorably bookish creature, this hilarious picture book is perfect for parents, educators, and readers ages 4-10.
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Construction Site: Firefight!
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
When strong winds knock over electric lines and spark a dangerous blaze, fire engines team up with the Construction Site friends to save the day.
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Cranky Versus the Cat by Phuc TranA cat is causing mayhem as Cranky and the crew are building a new playground, and Cranky is feeling, well, cranky. Will an unexpected new friendship help Cranky cool down and get back to work? Find out in this Level 2 I Can Read book featuring an engaging story, longer sentences, and language play perfect for developing readers.
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What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them...all at once? Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Covey keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren't love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she's written. One for every boy she's ever loved--five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed and, suddenly, Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control. Experience Lara Jean's story all over again in an all-new graphic novel format. |
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The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst A teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn--only to discover that the fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret--in this cozy and irresistible new young adult fantasy.
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Not with a Bang by Temi OhStation Eleven meets Leave the World Behind in this family drama at the end of the world about a crumbling household's attempts to find their way back to each other amidst a cataclysmic event. Our father had imagined the end of the world so often that, for a while, he believed that he summoned it. When, on the morning of the eldest daughter's wedding, an extinction-level event tears the world apart, the Mintons must fight their way through a devastated city--back to safety, survival, and each other.
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Self-Help for Serial Killers by Asia MacKayIn this rollicking sequel to A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage, two (mostly) reformed serial killers discover something more deadly than murder: living in suburbia. As funny as it is familiar . . . A perfect read for anyone who has ever tried to maintain a hobby while raising a toddler.
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Lindsey Cheng Dates a White Boy!!!by Asia MillerThe rock-steady bond of college bandmates is tested by a new boyfriend in this hotly anticipated graphic rom-com by cartoonist and viral animator Asia Miller, perfect for fans of Bryan Lee O'Malley and Mariko Tamaki. An indie rock rom-com of liberating self-discovery, Lindsey practices juggling love, friendship, and family--ultimately learning to choose herself.
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The Woodchipper by Joe OllmannA long-time city maintenance worker keeps pulling an accident-prone newbie's fat out of the fire or maybe in this case, an arm and another arm and a leg out of the woodchipper. What happens when NOTHING HAPPENS? Can a disaster averted still be a disaster? In The Woodchipper, Joe Ollmann, cartoonist of the groundbreaking Governor General Award finalist Fictional Father, returns with a suite of comic short stories focused on his trademark nervous wreck characters caught in a series of escalating personal disasters. Everybody's doing their best. Everybody's just trying to get through the day.
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Unsettling Territory: The Resurgence of the Oneida Nation in the Face of Settler Backlash by Douglas Metoxen KielA history of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, from Revolutionary War allies to modern resurgence. How did the Oneida Nation of northeastern Wisconsin--stripped of nearly all its reservation lands by the early twentieth century--rise to become a powerful political and economic force in Native America and the present-day Midwest? Doug Kiel traces the journey of resurgence, adaptation, and nation rebuilding of the Oneida people, who navigated federal policies and socioeconomic shifts to chart their own future, transforming adversity into opportunity.
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