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February 2024Happy Library Lovers month! We hope you find something you love in this month’s events. |
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We’re hiring! |
Do you love helping people, planning events, and being surrounded by books? We're looking for library specialists for both our adult services and youth services teams. Both positions are $16.84/hour, 20 hours/week (includes evenings and weekends in rotation), and are eligible for leave benefits, including paid holidays, vacation, sick and personal time. |
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February events |
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💙 Community Involvement FairLooking for ways to connect to others in your community? Talk to representatives from over 20 different organizations and learn how you can meet new people and become more involved locally at our fifth annual Community Involvement Fair. |
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Would your service group, social club, or other community organization like to participate in this year’s fair? We still have room for a few more groups to have a table in person, as well as space for groups to leave pamphlets, posters, and other information. |
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🐤 Peeps-o-ramaSpring must be coming - the Peeps are back! Drop in and use the extensive contents of our craft cupboards to discover your creative side as you make a book-themed diorama featuring marshmallow Peeps. All ages are invited to make a diorama as part of a group or on your own. We’ll provide all the supplies you need, including the Peeps. |
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🎨 Tiny Art showAdd a tiny bit of culture to your winter and check out our second annual library patron Tiny Art Show.
If you took home a library art kit or if you want to make an art piece using your own supplies, you can still submit your artwork for inclusion in the Tiny Art Show. The deadline for submission is Monday, February 5. All art will be returned following the show. |
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📘 Winter Reading Bingo ChallengeOur all-ages winter reading challenge celebrates new books for a new year. Challenge yourself to complete a reading Bingo card by the end of February. Sign up on our website or using the Beanstack app. |
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⛳ Mini Golf for TeensMiss hitting the (mini) golf course during the winter? Teens can create your own indoor course out of library-themed materials and enjoy a round of mini golf! |
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📚 Let’s Pretend: Library FunHang out in the Children’s Space for some imaginative play! This month, celebrate Library Lovers month with a library-themed playtime. |
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🧸 Spring StorytimeAfter a winter hiatus, storytime is back! Drop in for our weekly all-ages family storytime at the Library. |
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🎈 Fun for kids
STEAM: Fun with Shapes Enjoy hands-on activities and integrative learning focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math...and shapes! For ages 6 and under with an adult.
DIY Squeeze Toys Drop into the library and make your own adorable stress-relief squeeze toy. For ages 7-11 |
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🧶Let’s get crafty * New time!* Unwind: We’ll make the tea, you bring the conversation and a project to work on. Take note: Unwind is moving to the 2nd Thursday of the month at 2:30 pm.
Make it Midweek Yarn Painting: This month we’re using yarn to “paint” colorful designs on wooden cutouts. |
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💥 Teen anime clubJoin us for fun, food, and fandom as we eat snacks and watch anime. Ages 12-17 |
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📚 Let’s talk booksNew this year: Adult Book Club has grown to a second meeting each month! Book club members will now have a choice of attending on the third Tuesday of the month from 5:45 pm - 7 pm or the third Thursday of the month from 10:15 am - 11:30 am (or come to both meetings!)
Stop by the library to pick up a copy of one of this month’s book club titles: Kid’s Book Club is reading books from the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series Teen Book Club is reading The Maze Runner by James Dashner Adult Book Club is reading The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman Monthly Morning Book Chat is sharing their current reads
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🌳 Delve into the pastDig up some history in your own family tree. Trade tips, share stories, and learn about resources for doing your own research into the past at our monthly Genealogy Table. |
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The more you know… |
📝 ACT Test PrepDid you know that practice tests, tutorials, and ebooks are available for the ACT, PSAT, GED, GRE, AP exams, citizenship exams, and more — all for free with a Wisconsin library card? Sign up for a LearningExpress Library account to start practicing your test taking skills. BadgerLink resources and staff are paid for with Universal Service Funds appropriated through Wisconsin's biennial budget, and federal funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
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🌟 Spotlight on Literacy Kits |
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Did you know the Library has kits available to check out and enjoy at home? This month's featured kit is our Literacy Kits, AKA “Lit Kits.” Lit Kits are designed for younger kids and contain a picture book plus toys and/or a game that goes along with the book.
We have almost 30 Lit Kits with a wide variety of books. Find this kit (and more!) on the second floor in the Children's department. |
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📰 Platteville 100 years agoDid you know that you can search digitized local historical newspapers on the Library’s computers? Here’s a look at a few of our favorite headlines from the front pages of The Platteville Journal in February 1924: Famous Child’s Author Passes Away: Laura Rountree Smith, author of Pixie books and other famous child stories, is called away in death Laura Rountree Smith has gone. The magic pen lies dry upon the desk. The hurrying step, the little basket, the neatly tied package has passed from our streets. “Bunny Cotton Tail” has lost his Fairy Queen. The Pixy must look for another godmother. The hustling, bustling crowd may not miss her much, but childhood stops to shed a silent tear. Laura Rountree Smith was enshrined in the hearts of children everywhere, and because they live, she shall live also. (February 27, 1924) First Capitol Makes a Kick Belmont, not a large city to be sure but possessing many historical associations registers a kick at being left off a main state trunk highway. It happened through a relocation during the renumbering and re-routing connected with the addition of 2,500 miles of road to the 7,500 miles of Wisconsin state trunk highway system. Belmont, out in LaFayette Country, has a population of 500 people. The official census figure is 498, but it’s safe to say that at least two babies have been born there since the census was taken, and, once born, folks get very old out in that country of cheese and milk and pure air and fresh water. (February 13, 1924) A White Mouse with Brown Eyes W. F. Schroeder found a curiosity while fanning seed one day last week. He saw something run out from the chaff and stunning it with a broom found it to be a white mouse. It was white all over except the tail and part of the ears. He says that the tame white mice have pink ears and eyes. Both in this little animal are brown. Mrs. Schroeder caged the mouse and it has been in the Steffens window for a few days for all who wish to see it. (February 27, 1924)
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⛔ Library closingsThe Library will be closed Monday, February 19 for staff in-service. The Library will be closed Sunday, March 31 for Easter. |
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🔮 Looking aheadKeep an eye out for our March events, including: |
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