Library News

Kids will use different types of blocks to create designs and solve puzzles at our Block Party! Mandy from Purdue Extension will lead kids in several block-based games.

The show is back on! Our “Circus of Imagination” puppet show for all ages has been rescheduled for Monday, July 10^th at 10:30 a.m.

We’re reading the first chapter of a different upper elementary book in our children’s area on Fridays in June at 10:30.

If you like the first chapter, you can check out a copy for yourself to finish the story! We’ll have multiple copies of the book available for checkout.

Summer Reading is here!  The theme for this year's youth program is “Books Bring Us Together.”

The program runs from May 30^th to July 20^th.

Children ages 3–18 can take part in Summer Reading.

A marvelous menagerie of circus puppets will perform extraordinary feats in a free puppet show for all ages! Our "Circus of Imagination" puppet show will be held on Thursday, June 15^th at 10:30 a.m.

At Teen Activity Board this month, we're having a picture scavenger hunt challenge and free pizza!

Teen Activity Board (TAB) meets at the library each month on the Third Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Our gatherings feature a fun mix of activities, education, and food for all participants.

Join Jolie in our Children’s Area on Saturday, May 13th at 10:00 or 11:30 a.m. for a Mother’s Day Story Time and craft.

Kids will make pretty flowers out of cupcake liners - a great Mother's Day gift!

May the Fourth be with you on Star Wars Day (May 4^th)!

We'll have Star Wars crafts (including Chewbacca and Baby Yoda) available in the Children’s Area throughout the first week of May!

Growing Together is a support group and class for any adult raising children.  Our first meeting will be held at the library on Thursday, May 11^th from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Earth Day is Saturday, April 22nd.  Come to the library for fun stories and an Earth Day craft with Jolie in our children’s area at 10:00 and 11:30 a.m.!

We had a fantastic time at Comics with Jingo on March 31st. Nineteen kids came and learned how to make their own comics!

Kids and teens will get to create their own page of a comic book at "Comics with Jingo" on Friday, March 31st.

Jingo de la Rosa, illustrator and arts educator, will lead participants through the creative process and guide them in creating their comic’s illustrations.

The library is hosting Spring Break Activities in the children’s area every day during the week of March 27^th.

Activities include:

We’re celebrating the end of Winter Reading with a FREE screening of the movie "Smallfoot" at the Isis Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 25th at 10:00 am!

The theater will open at 9:30.  This screening is free and open to the public.

We’re celebrating the birthday of one of our favorite children’s authors, Mo Willems, with a weeklong celebration!

Willems is the author of several modern children's classics, featuring characters like Pigeon, Piggie & Gerald, and Knuffle Bunny.