Coming This Fall!
August means that your librarians are hard at work behind the scenes, preparing a full calendar of events for the coming months! Check out some of the great things you can look forward to this autumn:
Preschool Storytime will return on Monday, September 8th! Storytime meets Mondays at 10 AM. Join Miss Julie for stories, rhymes, activities and crafts!
Movers & Shakers will return on Friday, September 12th! Movers & Shakers meets Fridays at 10 AM. Join us for songs, dances, and lots of play - perfect for working those wiggles out! And don't forget Music with Corey, the first Friday of each month at 10 AM.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a self-paced, literacy-based program offered year-round to children who have not yet started five-year-old kindergarten. 1,000 books sounds like a lot, but did you know that if you read just 3 picture books with your child each day, at the end of one year you'll have read over 1,000 books? Keep track of your reading on our handy caterpillar reading log, and for each 100 books that you and your child read together, you get to pick a FREE book to keep! Sign up here.
Lego Club will return on Wednesday, September 10th! Lego Club meets Wednesdays after school from 3:30-4:30, and is open to all interested kids in first grade and older.
Read With Ripley will continue monthly this fall! Ripley is a certified GO TEAM therapy dog who visits us to help build children's literacy skills and a lifelong love of reading. Ripley and his human Kristen will be here on the following dates:
- Tuesday, September 30th
- Tuesday, October 28th
- Tuesday, November 18th
- Tuesday, December 9th
All Read with Ripley sessions are by appointment only - ask at the desk if you are interested in signing your child up for a 15-minute session.
Halloween Movie Event on Friday, October 3rd. Kick off spooky season this inservice day with a fun Halloween movie! Popcorn and drinks will be served. Time and movie title to be announced.
Trick or Treat Book Giveaway on Friday, October 31st in the library! Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to... read?! That's right, stop by the library any time on Halloween day to let the kids pick a free book to keep! And yes, we'll have candy too.
November Scavenger Hunt: November 3rd through November 21st. We're celebrating Gnomevember! Scattered throughout the residential lawns & gardens of New Glarus there will be 12 autumn gnomes. Your challenge is to go for walks around town to find as many as you can. Scan the QR code on each gnome sign to find the gnome's name and complete the scavenger hunt worksheet. Return your scavenger hunt by November 21st to be entered in a drawing for awesome gnomish gifts!
Genealogy Quest is back for the fall with sessions on September 23rd, October 28th, and November 25th. Each 6:00 PM session will focus on a different resource or research skill to help you find records for your family tree. September's session will explore online sources for finding immigration records.
Girlfriends Craft Night: Miniature Apothecaries. Join us on Thursday, October 2nd at 6:00 PM for a fun fall craft as we turn altoid tins into minature apothecaries! The craft is open to all interested adults, as well as teens 13+ with accompanying adult. Participation is free, but space is limited, so registration is required. Registration will open after Labor Day.
VJ Day Presentation with Bob Block: Thursday, October 9th at the Swiss Center of North America. Bob Block, a member of the Oregon Area Historical Society will give a presentation entitled “VJ Day." This presentation covers the precluding events that led to the celebration of VJ Day. Some of the events covered in this talk are: the attack on Pearl Harbor; the capture of US POW No 1 (Kazuo Sakamaki); the Janesville 99 - a tank company from Janesville, WI that took part in the Bataan Island battle and the infamous Bataan death march; the dropping of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" on Hiroshima and Nagasaki leading directly to the end of WWII; the euphoric celebration of VJ Day (Aug 15th, 1945) which includes the infamous sailor/nurse "kiss" in NY city. You will find this presentation to be informative, educational and entertaining
Girlfriends Craft Night: Gnomevember. Join us on Thursday, November 20th at 6:00 PM for a gnometastic craft event! We'll be making a variety of seasonal gnome crafts to decorate your home or give as gifts. This event is open to all interested adults, as well as teens 13+ with accompanying adult. Participation is free, but space is limited, so registration will be required.