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Bellaire Public Library 111 S. Bridge St. Bellaire MI 49615 |
Fall/Winter Hours Tuesday-Friday 9 am to 5 pm Saturday 10 am to 2 pm |
Library of Things Gardening tools for removal of invasive species plants Hotspots to use reliable internet access in our area for free! Nintendo Switch (What a fun family game night idea!) Chromebooks that you are able to check out and bring home to use. Launchpads- preloaded tablets with educational STEM games and eBooks for ages 3-10. Wonderbooks- picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels with a built-in audiobook that will read aloud to the child! They still get to turn physical pages and see the beautiful illustrations. Metal detector Singer sewing machine Video Projector with screen 3-D printer that is available for you to use in the library Pickleball outdoor set STEM Kits Come in and check out all we have to offer! |
A Note from the Director: Stepping into the role of Library Director—official as of November 1st, after serving as Interim since September—I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I’ve lived in Bellaire for nearly all my adult life, and this library has been a meaningful part of that journey. For the past six years I’ve had the joy of serving in programming, and long before that, my homeschooled family spent countless hours here discovering books, community, and a place to belong. I’m grateful for the strong foundation Tom built during his tenure and for our amazing staff who continue to keep the library thriving. I truly love this place and the people who walk through its doors. I’m excited to carry forward the values, resources, and welcoming spirit that make the Bellaire Public Library so special—while continuing to grow and dream with our community. - Dawn DeHeer Bellaire Public Library Director |
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The Friends of the Library, alongside our generous local community, has put together an incredible list of experiences for the annual silent auction that is currently underway. This fundraiser helps fund all of our wonderful programming for kids and adults alike that happens throughout the year. Please be sure to check out all the offerings on the website posted above or you can find it on our library website as well: https://www.bellairelibrary.org/ Here is a list of some of the offerings: - A One week time-share in Hawaii (could also be used in other US locations.) WOW! - Gift card for a one night stay at the beautiful, historic Sleeping Bear Inn in Glen Arbor, MI. - A certificate to use at Traverse City Curling Club for a group where you'll receive a lesson and two hours of playing time. - 5 classes at Yoga Bellaire - A one hour private tasting in the yurt at Torch Lake Cellars - A guided kayak trip for five people with Paddle Antrim - A ski package from Shanty Creek Resorts - A week of day camp at our local YMCA camp, Hayo Went Ha - A one night stay at Spillaway Lodge - Authentic Raclette Dinner experience Also, beautiful custom jewelry by the local artist Jim Racey, and a special bottle of wine that’s perfect for the holidays. Another way you can support the Library, is to join our Friends of the Library group. Members receive a punch card for one free book from our book sale room every month, and are encouraged to participate in the fun library activities. Friends have hosted movie nights, author visits, helped with the summer reading programs and so much more. Also, if you have new people who have not been in our little *Award winning Library,* please bring them in, show them all we have to offer, we would love to have them enjoy all the perks and be apart of our vibrant library community! |
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SANTA VISIT, JOLLY GINGERBREAD, AND SOUP COOKOFF FUN!
Saturday December 6th, starting at 10:00 am
at the Bellaire Public Library
Saturday, December 6th will be a busy day at the library! In the morning we are expecting a visit from Santa, and kids are welcome to make a gingerbread house. In the evening we will be a stop on the Light up the Night soup cookoff where we will also have baked goods for sale and a family photo booth station! |
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HOMESCHOOL DISCOVERIES
Friday, December 19th , 10:00am
Bellaire Public Library
Join us for a monthly learning program aimed at ages 8-12 as we discover a new and exciting topic each month with a digital presentation, a book, and a hands on project and/or craft.
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Antrim Conservation District Story Walk
4820 Stover Rd. Bellaire, MI Just a reminder that we have partnered with Antrim Conservation District to create a magical book experience. Walk through their beautiful trails while finding the pages of a beloved picture book. We change the story seasonally so it's not a onetime adventure! It is currently showcasing Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger |
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Storytime with Miss Diane!
Every Tuesday, at 10:00am to 11:00am
Bellaire Public Library
The famous Miss Diane reads a story, and the kids have a snack and craft activity after. |
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Tech Tuesdays with Gabe
Every Tuesday, 11:00am- 3:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
Every Tuesday Gabe is here to help you with any tech questions you have. He is a wealth of knowledge. Feel free to bring laptops or other devices you would like more guidance using. Additionally, computer skill classes can be arranged upon request. |
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Medicare Seminar
November 4th, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Bellaire Public Library
We are still here for your Medicare Information needs, the first Tuesday of every month. Learn more about all aspects of Medicare from Jennifer Marie McDonnell, "The Insurance Guru". She has 20 years of experience as a Medicare expert.
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Spanish Speaking Cohort
Every Wednesday, 4:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
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Kids Coding Club!
Every third Saturday of the month, 10:00am September 20th
Bellaire Public Library
Join us every third Saturday of the month. This is an opportunity for kids to explore the world of computer coding at their live. Students use activities from code.org, Scratch, and devices like Snap Circuits, Mindstorm Lego, and various robots to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. For ages 8-13, registration is required either online by clicking on the calendar on our website, bellairelibrary.org or call the library at 231-533-8814. This is a free program, all supplies are provided. |
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2025 SEED LIBRARY UPDATE!
This year, the Bellaire Public Library seed library received generous donations from five seed companies-- Fedco Seeds, Seed Savers Exchange, Adaptive Seeds, High Mowing Organic Seeds, and Hudson Valley Seed Company-- as well as from a handful of thoughtful community members. We are overflowing with seeds! At least 50 community members utilized the seed library, with over 250 seed packets distributed. We will be reopening in early 2026! - Jessi Reed, our seed library organizer. |
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Heart the Lover by Lily King There are a few authors that when I hear of a new book release coming out, I immediately preorder it. Lily King is one of those authors for me. She has a quiet way of perfectly relating to the human experience. You’re not going to find nail-biting adventure sequences or edge of your seat action, but you’ll still want to keep reading to find out how these characters lives unfurl. Heart the Lover follows the narrator’s journey through her first love, and into steadfast, long lasting adult love. How that first love is a foundation of which we build all other relationships, and how it sticks with us even after settling down and creating a family. King does a beautiful and gentle job of depicting grief and hope as they coexist. There’s something about her writing that makes the characters so relatable, it gives you a sense of belonging in this wild ride of being a human. I can’t recommend her enough. If it isn’t this book you pick up, try Euphoria or Writers & Lovers. I find myself reaching for them often when someone is looking for a good read. |
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Wreck
by Catherine Newman
If you loved Rocky and her family on vacation on Cape Cod, wait until you join them at home two years later. (And if this is your first meeting with this crew, get ready to laugh and cry--and relate.) Rocky, still anxious, nostalgic, and funny, is living in Western Massachusetts with her husband Nick and their daughter Willa, who's back home after college. Their son Jamie has taken a new job in New York, and Mort, Rocky's widowed father, has moved in. It all couldn't be more ridiculously normal--until Rocky finds herself obsessed with a local accident that only tangentially affects them--and with a medical condition that, she hopes, won't affect them at all.
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Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions sided with the perpetrator over his victims. . . . But it is also a book about how a young woman becomes a hero. . . . Important and] courageous. --The Guardian The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full, in her own words--until now. In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. Nobody's Girl is the riveting and powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront extraordinary adversity.
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Alchemised
by SenLinYu
Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed. In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia's new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive. According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance's final gambit?--Provided by publisher.
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Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher will make three stops today. First--a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing around. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing. Second--a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climates. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help. Third--wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more . . .
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Coyote Hills
by Jonathan Kellerman
Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner's office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He's perfectly happy working low-stakes embezzlement cases--that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve. The son of a wealthy couple has washed up dead on the shores of San Francisco Bay with drugs in his system and a head injury. The police are calling it an accident. But the parents are adamant something's not right--and as Clay digs deeper, he uncovers a horrifying tangle of betrayal and lies--
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Dog Man: Big Jim Believes: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #14): From the Creator of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey
The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes ... when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders--Dog Man (aka Scarlet Shedder), Commander Cupcake, and Sprinkles--along with Mecha Molly discover that the city has changed, and nothing is how it should be. Can Big Jim's positivity and innocence help our heroes? Will Dog Man, Big Jim, Grampa, and Molly have the courage to trust each other and save the day? How does the past help shape the future? And who is the chosen one?--
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More New Titles
Adult Fiction - Twice by Mitch Albom - I’ll be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss - The List by Steve Berry - The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan - The Proving Ground: A Lincoln Lawyer Novel by Michael Connelly - Last Seen by J.T. Ellison - The Sword of Light by Don Bentley - The Widow by John Grisham -Quicksilver by Callie Hart - Brimstone by Callie Hart - We used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer - The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater - Snow Kissed by RaeAnne Thayne - Fallen City by Adrienne Young - What we can Know by Ian McEwen - The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue - Remain by Nicholas Sparks - Out of Service by Joseph Heywood - Quantum Tempest by Clive Cussler - Book ‘em Eddie by Laurie Cass - Sharp Force by Patricia Daniels Cornwell - A King’s Ransom by Janet Evanovich -Framed in Death by J.D. Robb - And to all a Good Bite by David Rosenfelt - The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline |
Adult Nonfiction - Confronting Evil by Bill O’Reilly - Virgil: Poems by Ellen Lord The Gales of November: The Untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon - Under Siege: My Family’s fight to save our Nation by Eric Trump - Half Baked Quick and Cozy by Tieghan Gerard - We did ok, Kid by Anthony Hopkins Large Print - A Family Matter by Claire Lynch - Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell Hall |
Children's/ Teen Books - Smithsonian Children’s Illustrated Animal Atlas - 1001 Bugs to Spot by Emma Helbrough - Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer - Big Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer - A World of Dogs: A Celebration of Fascinating facts and amazing real-life stories for Dog Lovers by Carlie Sorosiak - Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate Young Adult: - The Same Backward as Forward by Jennifer Lynn Barnes |
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