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Bellaire Public Library 111 S. Bridge St. Bellaire MI 49615 |
Summer Hours are here! Monday-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: June has arrived, and with it comes one of my favorite seasons at the library — Summer Reading Program season! Before becoming director, I spent many years immersed in youth and family programming, so summer reading still feels a little like “home” to me. There’s something special about seeing the library come alive with excited kids, busy families, community events, and stacks of books heading out the door. Summer reminds us that reading isn’t homework — it’s adventure, imagination, discovery, and connection. If you grew up participating in a Summer Reading Program, you probably remember that feeling — the reading logs, the prize table, and the excitement of turning in your progress and choosing a reward that felt like a real accomplishment. It wasn’t really about the prize, of course. It was about momentum — the feeling that reading could carry you through an entire summer. I think about that often now, especially as I watch a new generation step into those same experiences. The tools may have changed and the programs may look a little different, but the heart of it hasn’t changed — reading for joy, discovery, and connection. That energy is something you can feel the moment you walk through the doors this time of year. The pace shifts, the conversations multiply, and the library becomes a place where routines loosen and curiosity takes the lead. Behind the scenes, summer at the Bellaire Public Library has its own steady rhythm. Each morning begins with the quiet work of getting ready for the day — returning materials sorted, computers and spaces prepared, and programs set up for what’s ahead. Once the doors open, that calm quickly turns into motion: questions at the desk, book recommendations, computers in use, and families and visitors exploring the collection. By afternoon, the library is often at its busiest and most lively. Summer Reading programs bring creativity and energy into the space — crafts on the tables, stories being shared, and the sound of a building that is very much in use by its community. It’s one of the clearest reminders that the library is more than a collection of books. It’s a gathering place. And then, as the day winds down, things settle again. Materials are reshelved, spaces are reset, and plans are made for tomorrow. No two days look exactly alike, but each one is rooted in the same purpose: to welcome people in, meet them where they are, and help them leave with something meaningful. This summer also carries an added layer of excitement as communities across the country begin celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Libraries have always played an important role in preserving stories — both national and local — and we look forward to finding ways to reflect that history here in Bellaire in the months ahead. A huge thank you also goes to our incredible library staff, who make all of this happen behind the scenes and on the front desk every day. From preparing programs to helping patrons find just the right book, their work is what keeps summer running smoothly at the library. As always, thank you for being part of this library community. Whether you are signing up for Summer Reading, attending a program, or simply stopping in to find your next good book, you are part of what makes this place feel like more than a building — you are part of its story here in Bellaire. Bellaire Public Library Director |
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SUMMER READING KICK OFF EVENT!!!
Friday June 5th, 1:30pm-2:30pm
JRR Elementary School: 6535 John R. Rogers Rd Bellaire, MI
JOEL'S JURASSIC MAGIC SHOW! We’re kicking off our Unearth a Story Summer Reading Program with something magical and wonderful —
a special visit from Joel’s Jurassic Magic Show! Bring the whole family and discover the coming of an adventure-packed summer full of reading, exploring, and imagination.
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Outdoor Angler Adventure with Master Angler, Don Reynolds
Thursday June 11th, at 2:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
Don Reynolds will talk with us about the basics of fishing in Northern Michigan. We’ll learn about the best practices of angling, such as where to go and what to bring.
Then we will practice what we’ve learned as we create a fishing lure!
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K-9 Officer Bricko with Sgt. Skrobecki
Thursday June 18th, 10:00am-11:00am
Bellaire Public Library
Bricko will show us how he Unearths a Story as he and Sgt. Skrobecki conduct an article search!
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Archeologists Dig For Clues!
Thursday June 25th, 10:00am-11:00am
Bellaire Public Library
Come see what they found at Samels Farm! We’ll learn about how to do archaeology and what it looks like in our local area.
We’ll also get hands-on with an archaeological adventure screening for artifacts.
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TWEEN PROGRAM: Crack the Code Time Capsule Challenge
Thursday June 25th, 5:00pm- 7:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
Bring your small team for this fun way to Unearth the Stories in America’s history. Snacks and prizes will be offered.
Families Welcome. Registration required.
Please call 231-533-8814
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Bellaire Garden Club's Plant Swap
Saturday June 6th, 10:00am- 12:00pm
Bellaire Public Library's Parking Lot
Don't miss the plant swap this spring! Do you have a ton of hosta, black-eyed Susan, daisies, lily of the valley, etc that need to be broken up and shared? Here is the perfect opportunity! Bring a plant, take a plant, and/or chat about plants. This is always a fun event and a great way to get your garden growing this summer.
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A Patriotic Singalong with Peter and Leslee Bennett
Tuesday June 30th, 2:00pm
Bellaire Library Parking Lot
Come join us for a fun afternoon of music outside! We're happy to welcome our friends, Peter and Leslee, who will be performing American classics to celebrate our country's 250th birthday! All ages are welcome.
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Bellaire Historical Society Writing Workshop
Thursday June 18th, 12:00-2:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
Do you have a family story to tell, but don’t know how to write it? The Bellaire Area Historical Society invites you to their monthly writing workshop at the library to begin sharing your piece of Bellaire’s past. All experience levels are welcome. They will happen the third Thursday of each month. Call us if you have any questions: 231-533-8814
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HOMESCHOOL DISCOVERIES IS ON HIATOUS UNTIL FALL! Check back then for more learning opportunities.
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THE SEED LIBRARY IS OPEN!
Bellaire Public Library
It's time to start thinking about gardening! How exciting. The seed library is now open to the public. So start planning your garden now and grab a couple of packets to get it going.
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Antrim Conservation District Story Walk
4820 Stover Rd. Bellaire, MI The Hike by Alison Farrell is coming soon!! 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! |
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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
June 2nd, 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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NEW(-ISH)!! KNITTING GROUP
Wednesdays from 10:00am- 12:00pm Bellaire Public Library Did you know we have a knitting circle that meets at the library? They've been meeting off and on for quite a while. We'd love for you to join! Bring whatever handcraft project you're working on, it doesn't have to be just knitting. Some folks crochet, needlepoint, embroidery, etc. It's a great time to sit and chat while you do your craft. Open to the public, no need to register. |
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Spanish Speaking Cohort
Every Wednesday, 4:00pm
Bellaire Public Library
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Kids Coding Club!NOTICE!! CODING CLUB IS CURRENTLY ON HIATUS! Keep an eye out for updates coming soon. Every third Saturday of the month Bellaire Public Library |
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Judge Stone by Viola Davis and James Patterson Confession: I've never read anything by James Patterson. I see commercials on TV when I watch CBS Sunday Morning and I find it a little strange to have book commercials. Also, since working at the library I see how many books are cranked out a month with his name on the cover. He practically has a dedicated aisle! He doesn’t do it alone, there are usually smaller author names tucked under his, and each one wildly popular. Anyway, when I saw that he collaborated with Viola Davis it gave me pause. Maybe I have to see what all the fuss is about. Davis is one of the few EGOT winners in history. She is the definition of an American storyteller. From performing on Broadway, to writing and directing movies, and staring in award winning shows, she also won an Emmy for her audiobook memoir... good grief! She does it all, and is obviously a strong writer and knows how to tell a story. This book further proves that. Judge Stone is an accomplished Black, female judge in a small-ish town in the rural south, where she comes from generations of farmers. The Stone family has seen all forms of discrimination experienced alongside the strong community they’ve help build. She is a no-nonsense, moral judge that won’t let some intimidation by white supremacists stop her from fulfilling her duties. This story is set in current times Alabama which has the strictest anti-abortion laws in the nation. Oh yeah, she went there. This book puts a microscope on topics that drive division in our country. It showcases the difficult jobs our public servants face in a times of social turmoil. The writing is fast paced and intruiging. It had me flipping pages quickly to see what the honorable Judge Stone will decide. Some scenes were pretty hard to stomach, it had its gut wrenching moments, but that the reality of our world. This book is humanizing, thought provoking, and timely. I’m not sure what role James Patterson had in the creating of this book, my guess is that he guides the main writer throughout the process, giving them advice about what makes a book successful. It’s also more likely to fly off shelves if it has a reputable author tacked on, so I have to give him props for supporting and encouraging the many writers he works with. Either way, Davis proves again how she is a powerhouse in entertainment, in every form she touches. |
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A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
by Kevin Fedarko
The Grand Canyon is an American treasure, visited by more than 6 million people a year, many of whom are rendered speechless by its vast beauty, mystery, and complexity. Now, in A Walk in the Park, author Kevin Fedarko chronicles his year-long effort to find a 750-mile path along the length of the Grand Canyon, through a vertical wilderness suspended between the caprock along the rims of the abyss and the Colorado River, which flows along its bottom. Consisting of countless cliffs and steep drops, plus immense stretches with almost no access to water, and the fact that not a single trail links its eastern doorway to its western terminus, this jewel of national parks is so challenging that when Fedarko departed fewer people had completed the journey in one single hike than had walked on the moon. The intensity of the effort required him to break his trip into several legs, each of which held staggering dangers and unexpected discoveries--
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True Crime: A Memoir
by Patricia Cornwell
Instant New York Times bestseller #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell finally tells the story that rivals all of the works that precede it: her own. Let's start, and end, with this: Patricia Cornwell's autobiography, TRUE CRIME, could be the best book she's ever written. And I've read them all --James Patterson Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselling thriller series about forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Every story comes from somewhere, and Scarpetta's began when Patricia Cornwell embedded herself in a morgue. In this achingly honest memoir, Cornwell excavates her own life, detailing her traumatic childhood being raised by neglectful parents, her father abandoning the young family on Christmas day, her mother being institutionalized twice, an abusive foster family, and developing a parental relationship with evangelist Billy Graham's wife Ruth. Cornwell depicts a harrowing hospitalization and near-death car accident. She unflinchingly shares overcoming obstacles that later gave her the ambition to become an award-winning police reporter. From there it was research in a medical examiner's office that would turn into a full-time job. She would become a forensic expert and worldwide publishing phenomenon.Cornwell leaves no stone unturned in this deeply candid account of her life, offering inspiring insight into what made her into the international sensation she is today.
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The Calamity Club
by Kathryn Stockett
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorOxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her mother failed to come home last Christmas Eve, she's been one of the unadoptable girls at the town's orphanage. When she meets Birdie, for the first time in a long while it seems someone else might care about Meg's future. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman haunted by loss who has been pushed to the brink with nothing left to lose. Drawn together by circumstance, they find unexpected kinship among a disreputable, determined band of women. But in a town steeped in hypocrisy, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences.
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The Things We Never Say
by Elizabeth Strout
Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He goes about his days teaching American history to high schoolers, correcting their casual ignorance, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He spends his free time sailing the beautiful Massachusetts Bay, or with his adult son and his wife of more than three decades - and as Artie does these things, he plans the event that will forever change the world he inhabits. But when a startling accident awakens a new perspective in Artie, and he realizes that life has its own secret it's been keeping from him - along with a lot more to say on the weighty matters of fate and freedom in his home and his country - he charts another course full of grief, hilarity, and heart, to a place where the end marks the beginning. Elizabeth Strout, as we have come to expect, delivers a profound exploration of the human condition - one that brims with deep compassion for each and every one of her characters. With exquisite prose and gentle intimacy, Artie Dam takes one man's fears and loneliness and makes them universal. And in the same breath, captures the mysterious love that sustains and holds us through it all-- Provided by publisher.
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26 Beauties: A Women's Murder Club Thriller
by James Patterson
Instant New York Times Bestseller From the world's #1 bestselling author, the Women's Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties--young women missing in San Francisco. SFPD's Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest crashes the Women's Murder Club's party: a concerned father seeking investigative reporter Cindy Thomas's help in locating his missing daughter. And she's not the only one. Lindsay's been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park. What if all these cases are connected? The answers lie with the 26 Beauties on the run and in the wind.
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The Midnight Train
by Matt Haig
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY SHEREADS WOMAN'S WORLD PARADE THE NERD DAILY HER CAMPUS BOOKPAGE When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop? No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there.The chance to re-live the moments that meant most. To see what kind of person you really were. For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in Venice. Before he gave it all away. He wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . . A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library.
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Guinness World Records 2026
by Guinness World Records
Discover the incredible achievements and inspiring stories of record breakers from around the world... and how you can become one of them. With all new content - from high-end hotels to deserted ghost towns and talented pets to global sports superstars - the new edition of Guinness World Records once again shows how record breaking is for everyone, everywhere. - Find a hidden talent within the Fantastic Feats chapter, including crazy collections, super strength and even pickleball- Get inspired by 8 new ICONS - who embody the very best of record breaking - from music legend Dolly Parton, blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer to powerhouse swimmer Katie Ledecky- Marvel at the possibilities of the cutting-edge tech behind modern cities, robots and space exploration in a dedicated Science & Engineering chapter.
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More New Titles
Adult Fiction - Hope Rises by David Baldacci - Bloodlust by Sandra Brown - The Shippers by Katherine Center - Ironwood: A Catalina Novel by Michael Connelly - Chasing the Clouds Away by Debbie Macomber - The Divorce by Freida McFadden - Ghost Town by Tom Perrotta - The Final Target by Nora Roberts - The Things we never Say by Elizabeth Strout - A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz - 26 Beauties by James Patterson - The Last Mandarin by Mellissa Fung and Louise Penny - A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman New DVDs - Minecraft - F1 - Hamnet - Wicked -Wicked for Good |
Adult Nonfiction - The Beginning comes after the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit - Common Enemy: The Falsity of the Left-Right Divide in America by Mitchell Ryan Distin PHD -No Ordinary Crime by James R. Wilson - The Well Educated Child: How the Principles and Practices of Quality thinking, agency, and Ethical Purpose Cultivate Deeper Learning by Deborah Kenny - The Feather Wars: And the Great Crusade to Save America's Birds by James H. McCommons - Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural way to Boost Your Health and Longevity- One Step at a Time by Courtney Conley - American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed by Isaac Fitzgerald - The Fascinating Archaeology of Skegmog Point & the Samels Farm: Preserving the Samels' early 20th Century Farm & Interpreting Evidence of over 11,000 years of Human Habitation - Torch Lake: The History of Was-Wah-Go-Ning by Mary Kay McDuffie - Bay Breezes: Local History Unfolding by Glen Neuman - Reflections at the Water's Edge by Priscilla Miller |
Large Print -The Hired Man by Sandra Dallas - Mistakes Were Made by Lucy Score Children's/ Teen Books - A Place Between by Tim Probert - The Dark Times by Tim Probert - Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith - Greeking Out: Epic Retellings of Classic Greek Myths by Curtis Kenny - Sunken- Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan - The Deep End by Jeff Kinney - Pack of Hearts by Danette Vigilante - How do you Spend? A Moneybunny Book by Cinders McLeod - Mario Takes Off! by Benjamin Harper Young Adult: - Starcourt Mall Escape by Jennifer Brody - Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft - Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet |
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