What's Shakin' in the Maker Garden
The Maker Garden is a small open-ended play space for all ages, located just outside the library’s front door. It’s a reclaimed planter where we install a new activity each month.
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Take a LImerick Walk!
There was a young belle of old Natchez
Whose garments were always in patchez.
When comments arose
On the state of her clothes,
She replied, ‘When Ah itchez, Ah scratchez.”
--Ogden Nash
Frankenstein Day
Although Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is often associated with Halloween, Frankenstein Day is celebrated on August 30 to honor its author's birthday.
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Find Your Voice: Ritvik Recommends Six of Crows
We asked our Summer Reading Club Volunteers to share their recommended reads.
Ritvik recommends Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Here’s his review:
Online Services Limited Sept 1-4
Warren-Newport Library District is joining the CCS library network! From Friday, September 1 through Monday, September 4, our online services will be limited as more than 300,000 items are added to the catalog.
September Book Groups
Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion: Trust by Hernan Diaz
Dog Days
Still, the dogs days are beloved for their invitation to take it easy, read travel books, and soak up the sun.
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Gallery of Readers
The Gallery of Readers is part of our Summer Reading Club “halfway activity,” as in, after at least ten days of reading or doing activities, young people stopped by our Summer Reading Club booth to have their picture taken with a book they wanted to share.
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Resources for Book Clubs
Whether you want to join a book group or start your own, the library has resources to support your goal.
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The Benefits and Joys of Summer Reading Club
As a life-long children's librarian and Youth Services Manager at Wilmette Public Library, I've been running Summer Reading programs for over 25 summers. Here are a few reasons why I'm really proud of our library's Summer Reading Club:
Yankee Doodle
“Yankee Doodle” started out as a song that made fun of American forces.
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Nintendo Switch added to Teen Room!
Teens can now check out controllers (we have three sets of joycons) to play Nintendo Switch games in the Teen Room on a drop-in basis. The Switch is hooked up to the television and ready to go!
AUGUST BOOK GROUPS
Nonfiction @ Night: From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo
What is the library staff up to?
Family members, Finn, from Digital and Maker Services, and Diane in Youth Services, are raising monarch caterpillars that Finn found on milkweed leaves.
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Find Your Voice this Summer
Beyond books, the Library of Things has many items that can help you share your unique point of view.
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