November Events
All our happenings for the week of November 7 - 12
@ Your Madison Library
|
|
Library Closed
Friday, November 11
for Veterans' Day
No items are due.
|
|
|
Madison Library Foundation Meeting
Tuesday, November 8, at 6:30 pm
in the Activity Room
Come see our volunteer opportunities!
|
|
|
Idaho Family Reading Week
Monday, November 7 through Saturday, November 12
Explore Idaho's beautiful wildlife and wild lands with this year's theme:
"Wild Wonders!"
|
|
|
|
Tween & Teen Chess and Game Club
Monday, November 7, at 4:30 pm
In the Community Room
For those aged 9 to 18
|
|
|
Tuesday, November 8, at 4:00 pm
in the Community Room
Leaf Suncatchers & Rubbings
For kids ages 6 to 11
|
|
Join us during the month of November for
NaNoWriMo
(National Novel Writing Month)
Come write your novel with us!
We'll be having write-ins all month
Our next one will be
Wednesday, November 9, at 5:30 pm
For ages 12 through Adult
|
|
|
|
Short Story Contest
Theme: “Capturing 100 Years”
October 1 - December 1
Do you love writing? Enter the Madison Library District's short story writing contest! Give us your impression of what our theme means to you!
Fiction or non-fiction are accepted. All entries receive a prize.
Email submissions ONLY accepted. Send to programs@madisonlib.org
Click for full rules on our website.
For Adults ages 18+
|
|
Come Play Book Bingo!
A new bingo card every month.
For November, our theme is the 2010s!
November 1 - 30
Pick up a Bingo Card at the Circulation Desk or download one from our website.
|
|
|
Story Times at the Library!
All Story Times will be in the Community Room!
- Book Babies (babies 0-10 mths; not yet walking) - Wednesday at 9:30 am
- Toddler Time (babies 11 to 23 mths; walkers) - Monday and Tuesday at 9:30 am
- Story Time (preschoolers ages 2 to 5 years) - Tuesday at 10:30 am and 6:30 pm, Wednesday at 10:30 am
SAME PROGRAM EACH TIME - Just choose one!
Have more than one child? Go to the age specific event for your oldest child.
Theme for November Story Times –
Picture a Book from the 2010s!
Week of November 8:
The Day the Crayons Quit
|
|
|
|
Adult-TEEN 101:
College Entrance Essays
Wednesday, November 9, at 4:30 pm
in the Community Room
Come learn how to ace that application!
For teens ages 12 - 18
|
|
Mother Daughter Book Club
Thursday, November 10, at 6:30 pm
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian Heidicker
The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. In order to find a den to call home, they must venture through field and forest, facing unspeakable things that dwell in the darkness: a zombie who hungers for their flesh, a witch who tries to steal their skins, a ghost who hunts them through the snow . . . and other things too scary to mention.
For girls ages 8 to 11 and their accomp
|
|
|
Our Year-long Reading Challenge is Almost Over!
Books for Balloons
No more entries accepted after
Wednesday, November 30
Read for Balloons and Prizes!
Pick up a reading log tracker and instructions at the library.
For youth ages 0 to 18.
|
|
|
|
Photography Contest
Theme: “Capturing 100 Years”
Entries may be submitted any time between
October 17 and December 10
Help us celebrate our 100 year anniversary by participating in our photo contest! We have categories for all ages, and some great prizes.
All entries should be submitted at the Circulation Desk.
Go to our website for full details, rules, entry forms, and model release forms.
Open to anyone aged 6 and older
|
|
|
|
|
