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June 2024“Adventure Begins at Your Library” this summer! Whether you’re looking for a good read to enjoy in a hammock; an audiobook for everyone to enjoy on a road trip; a laid-back, air-conditioned space to do some work; or a fun program to fill your long summer days, the Library is here for you. |
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🌞 Summer Library Challenge“Adventure Begins at Your Library” this summer! Our all-ages summer library challenge has started and runs through the summer. Whether you’re an adult, teen, tween, kid, or even a baby, there’s a special set of reading challenges and activities for you to try, awesome prizes for you to earn, and fantastic prize drawings to enter.
Sign up for the summer library challenge on our website or download the Beanstack Tracker app to your phone or tablet. We adore the ease of using the website, and we’re equally in love with the app’s ability to just scan a book’s ISBN to log it. |
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🦘 Animal adventuresLearn about the special abilities, behavior, and habitat of some of the world’s most amazing animals! Meet Daisy the opossum, Wilson the armadillo, Wanda the wallaby, and many other Zoozort animals brought by licensed animal educator Noelle Bezio. This all-ages event will be at the Broske Center. |
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🖋 Book launch and author signingTwenty years after Susan Leamy Kies graduated from Platteville High School, she returned to PHS to teach English for nearly three decades. Whether you knew Sue as a classmate or had Mrs. Kies for a teacher, find out more about her experiences in education at the book launch for her memoir My Homecoming Dance: Reflections on Teaching in Wisconsin. Books will be available for purchase following a short reading and presentation by the author. |
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🙌 Bingo!Drop in for an evening of all-ages bingo fun. There's no cost to play, and winners will get to pick out a new book. Stay for one game or the entire night. |
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🧸 Oh Happy Play!Bring your 18” doll, action figure, stuffed animal or American Girl doll for a fun crafting experience with Oh Happy Play. No toy? No problem! You can receive a doll or toy to keep and join in the fun. For ages 3-11, children 9 and under with an adult. Registration required.
Oh Happy Play is an organization based out of Dubuque devoted to closing the play gap by providing access to sustainably-sourced toys and materials that inspire creativity and imagination through independent play and meaningful peer interactions. |
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✂ Let’s get craftyUnwind: We’ll make the tea, you bring the conversation and a project to work on.
Make it Midweek Eric Carle Collage: Celebrate the 95th birthday of Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by creating a collage using his signature techniques. |
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😁 Weekly drop-in funStop by each Wednesday for a different fun activity for children of all ages. Children under 9 must be with an adult. |
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📖 Summer storytimesFamily Storytime Storytime is back for the summer starting June 25! Bring a stuffie friend and join us for songs, stories, and friends at the Library. For young children and their grown-up.
Pop-up Storytime Can’t make Tuesday morning storytimes? Join us for a special pop-up storytime Monday, June 10 at Legion Park. Bring a stuffie friend and a blanket. |
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Teen activities👕 Teen Activity Days: Tie Dye Get messy and create some stunning fashion! Registration recommended. Ages 12-17.
💥 Monthly Teen Anime Club! Join us each month for fun, food, and fandom as we eat snacks and watch anime. Ages 12-17. |
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🎬 Movie ClubOur newest discussion group is Library Movie Club. From casual moviegoers to diehard cinephiles, all are invited to check out a copy of the movie, watch it at home, and join the discussion at the Library. This month’s selection is 1917, a 2019 British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes and an Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects. Each month will feature a different genre, so join us to help choose our next month’s selection! |
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💻 Tech Talks Join Library staff for a chat about a different tech-based topics each month this summer! This month's topic is Passwords: how to make them, options to store them, and why they're important. Bring your own device for an opportunity to try out new skills and ask questions. |
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📚 Let’s talk booksStop by the Library to pick up a copy of one of this month’s book club titles: Kid’s Book Club is reading Minecraft: The Mountain by Max Brooks Teen Book Club is reading their choice of graphic novels Adult Book Club is reading The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann Monthly Morning Book Chat is sharing their current reads
Time change! Kid’s Book Club will now start half an hour earlier at 5:30 p.m.
Location change! Teen Book Club will meet at Smith Park for June, July, and August. |
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📅 Coming soon: new Library CalendarWe’re excited to roll out our new events calendar and room-booking software this June! Some of our favorite features include an easier-to-read calendar, the ability to add Library events to your digital calendar, and a simpler room-booking process. Look for our new calendar coming in early June. |
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⛔ Library closingsThe Library will be closed on Sundays for the summer. The Library will resume Sunday hours on September 8.
The Library will be closed Thursday, July 4. |
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🔮 Looking aheadKeep an eye out for our July events, including: D&D Session 0: basics for beginners D&D Adventures Wacky Wednesdays Teen Murder Mystery Oh Happy Play! Fishing for Fun Make it Midweek: Solar Lanterns Tech Talk: Emails & Phishing Teen Henna Hometown Week Library Treasure Hunt Murder at Magnolia Gardens Mystery
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