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Here’s what is happening in Youth Services in the month of APRIL!
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March has come in like a lamb. Yay!
Here are the things that are going on in the month of March in the Youth Services department.
We hope you will bring your kiddos to join in.
Come and have some silly fun with us!
Welcome to the new Youth Services page – one spot for news, pictures, events, and more from Miss Lesa.FEBRUARY 2025 YOUTH events.STORYTIMES in February -5th at 10:30 am7th at 10:30 am [First Friday ]19th at 10:30 am11th at 6pm – FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY. We will be showing the movie IF FEBRUARY 18th -PICKLE AUTOPSY – 10 years old or over “coroners” needed for sign up. Join us for this silly and fun event.February 25th at 6pm. – LEGO Play! Open LEGO play in the library! Come and create whatever you like. We have LEGO, DUPLO and more.Coming in JANUARY 2025.I have some fun things planned for January in the YOUTH DEPARTMENT.Here are some that are happening in the beginning of the month.Be sure to sign up for those that require it.~Lesa
DECEMBER events coming!
In December, we will have several fun events. It’s holiday time, so it’s holiday events!
Storytimes will be on the 6th, 11th and 18th. There will be no storytime on December 4th due to a staff get together for the holidays.The 6th is the First Friday Storytime at 10:30 am. Following this storytime will be a parent cafe where parents and I can chat about programs. Let me know what you would like to see offered here at the library. Share your thoughts and ideas. Refreshments will be provided.On the 21st is our monthly Stay Play – LET’S PLAY! day at 1pm in the meeting room. This is geared toward children, birth to age 5 and their grownups.At 2pm on the 21st, we are having a KIDS IN THE KITCHEN event. Let’s make cookies! Sign up is required for this event by December, 14th.On the 23rd, we will have a movie in the afternoon since it’s a no school day. We hope you can come and enjoy the events.
New activities are always on the horizon at Iola Public Library. We are excited to announce a special art workshop for kids in March where they can unleash their creativity and make their own masterpieces. Stay tuned for more details and be sure to check back often for updates on all our youth programs. We love to see our young patrons engaged and having fun while learning. Remember to bring your friends along for even more fun!
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Iola Reads: Ranger in Time
2024 Iola Reads selection for young readers is the Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner. Visit the Allen County Historical Society Museum on Saturday, November 2 to learn about General Funston & the San Francisco Earthquake from 2:00 – 4:00 pm and see Moose, the dog.
Youth Services – October event calendar
October events and programs for children.
Local Author Speaker Series
Hear from Maranda Collins in October at the Library.
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Youth Services – August schedule of events
Hello all! Here is what I have planned for August in Youth Services. Storytimes Make a rocket flinger School will be back in session soon, so we will have an afternoon movie at the library. We will be showing MIGRATION at 2pm on August 12th. Stay & Play is on...
Youth Services Summer activities update
Youth Services Summer activities update - Marty the Magician came to entertain last week. It was a great turnout and boy did the kids enjoy it! The kids made their own lanterns for the Summer Solstice. They also made their own memory boards and fun glowbugs. It's been...
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HEART WARMER. Handmade by a patron known for her quilting skills, this quilt is just the right size for a baby's crib or for your own lap while reading or watching TV. (Picture is slightly cropped.) Makes a unique Valentine gift for someone you love. It will be raffled at the Friends of the Library chocolate sale Feb. 13. Get your tickets now at the circulation desk, $5 for 1, $20 for 5.
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THEY'RE HERE--AND ALL AROUND TOWN! Melissa shows off our yellow tub of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", this winter's Iola Reads selection. Take one and pass it along. If you wish to keep it, we suggest a $2 donation. This year is Jane Austen's 250th birthday anniversary, so mark your calendar for two celebratory events.
Feb. 27, 6:30-8, is "Pride and Prejudice" movie night at the library. Free admission, Regency refreshments and prizes!
Mar. 7, 7-8:30, at the North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, we're throwing a Regency Rave Dance Party. Miss Chelsea's Dance Company will perform Regency dances to be followed by family-fun Rave dancing. And of course there will cake, Regency refreshments and prizes.
Iola Reads is a project of Iola Public Library, USD 257 and Bowlus Fine Arts Center. with funding from the Sleeper Family Trust.
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PLAY MAGIC THE GATHERING at the library, 1-5 pm Sat., Feb. 7. Bring a deck. Or just bring yourself. We're setting up tables and playing Magic together. No pressure, no prizes. Just cards and time. New players are welcome. Old players too. If you're rusty, that's fine. We'll explain as we go. Free to play.
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WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN READING? Come share, Wed. at the Two O'Clock Book Talk in the meeting room. No assignments, your book of choice; the focus is on literary and historical fiction and non-fiction. I'm reading two very different crime-centered books set in the Northwest.
"So Far Gone", a novel by Jess Walter ("Beautiful Ruins") features a washed-up 1970s environmental journalist jolted from his self-imposed exile in the woods when his grandchildren show up at his door and his daughter goes missing. An adventurous road trip ensues in and around Spokane, the Rez, old uranium strip mines and a camp of Christian nationalist militia. It's also a tour of fractured modern America. Best of all, "So Far Gone" is a well-crafted satire that will make you laugh out loud.
"Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust In the Time of Serial Killers", a non-fiction book by Caroline Fraser, examines the surge of serial killers like Ted Bundy, particularly in the Northwest, during the 1980s and 1990s. Fraser ties these incidents to the landscape and toxic environment. She contends that poisonous industrial waste warped the minds of the murderers. A Harvard graduate, Fraser earned the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, and the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography, for "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder," a biography of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder. -- Colleen Dobbins
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Wednesday's Storytime will be led by a wonderful person standing in for me. Thank you so much to MAR.
I appreciate the help so very much. Your assistance helps it all come together.
~Ms. Lesa
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