SUMMER 2025 |MTL NEWSLETTER
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MTL WORLD'S FAIR
 
JOIN US FOR OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM - MTL WORLD'S FAIR - FOR ALL AGES! CHECK OUT THE SUMMER TAB ON OUR WEBSITE AND/OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR UPDATES & ADDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. WE HAVE SO MANY FUN PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN STORE!
 
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Summer Reading Program 
Event Highlights:
 
 
 
 
 
  

E-RESOURCES

 
Check out all of the great resources you can access with your library card here: https://waterloolibrary.org/electronic-resources/
 
 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS OF NOTE
Book Sale
Saturday, July 12
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
 
 
Family Carnival
Friday, August 1
5:00 - 7:00 PM
 
BOOK CLUB PICKS
 
 Moxie & Mocktails - Meeting June 26 and July 24 at 7:00pm
 
The summer that made us
by Robyn Carr

June's Book Pick 
Montauk
by Nicola Harrison

July's Book Pick
Page Turners - Meeting June 18 and July 16 at 3:30pm
 
Everyone in my family has killed someone
by Benjamin Stevenson

June's Book Pick 
Pastwatch : The Redemption of Christopher Columbus, Library Edition
by Orson Scott Card

July's Book Pick

More Events for All Ages:
  • LEGO Day- Join us to build with Legos! For each creation you build, receive an entry in our LEGO Club drawing for a LEGO gift card. June 9  & July 14 from 10:00am-8:00pm
 
  • Wild Time Exotics Animal Show- Join us at the Rogers Elementary Gymnasium (200 Rogers Street, Waterloo) for a special animal show with a variety of animals! The doors open at 1:45pm, show starts at 2:00pm. June 11 at 2:00pm
 
  • Sign Language Fun Night (ages 5+)- Join us as we learn American Sign Language essential signs & completing some fun activities and games to practice what we learned! Led by a certified sign language interpreter. You do not need any sign language experience to attend! June’s theme is world & countries, July’s is summer. June 18 & July 16 at 7:00pm
 
  • ASL Basics Class (ages 5+)-We will be learning the ASL alphabet and basic greetings & conversational words. Led by a certified sign language interpreter. You do not need any sign language experience to attend! July 8 at 10:00am and 7:00pm
 
  • Carnival at MTL!- There will be hot dogs, ice cream, games, and more! August 1 from 5:00-7:00 pm
 
  • The Astounding World's Fair on June 19 at 1:00pm - Mike Truax, President of the 1904 World's Fair Society, will relate and show many interesting, unusual, and little-known facts and images from the 1904 World's Fair. 
 
  • A Trip to the Pike on June 25 at 1:00pm- Learn all about the Pike as Mike Truax, 1904 World's Fair Society President, describes the experiences of a typical 1904 family as they take "A Trip to the Pike".
 
  • Amelia Earhart at the 1904 World's Fair on June 27 at 7:00pm - Join Barbara Kay, a historical actor, as she portrays Amelia Earhart attending the 1904's World Fair. Barbara will also explain how Amelia's experience at the fair inspired her to build a roller coaster.
 
 

For more details or questions, please contact the library. 
Morrison-Talbott Library
215 Park Street
Waterloo, Illinois 62298
618-939-6232
https://waterloolibrary.org