June 2024 at Shorewood Public Library | |
Summer Reading and Terrific Tuesdays | |
This year's Summer Reading Challenge is now underway, with a fun theme of Adventure Begins at Your Library.
Children and Teens can sign-up online at shorewoodlibrary.beanstack.org to track reading, activity, and review badges digitally to earn electronic tickets to be entered into grand prize drawings of your choice!
Our Adult Summer Reading Challenge is also underway! Pick up a BINGO card at the library with many fun reading and enrichment activities and a prize drawing for each BINGO earned.
Summer Reading Challenges will all wrap up on August 23rd, 2024, so be sure to track and log all your reading, activities, and participation before then!
Shorewood Public Library's Terrific Tuesday Programs for families start in June! Check out these super cool June Terrific Tuesdays:
June is a month of fun in the sun and celebration. Stop in at the library to join in the summer fun!
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Resource Spotlight: Wall Street Journal Online
Did you know that your Shorewood Public Library offers access to the Wall Street Journal Online? The Wall Street Journal Online is available to anyone from inside Shorewood Public Library and Village of Shorewood residents can access the Wall Street Journal Online remotely from anywhere!
Click here to create your account and access Wall Street Journal Online.
See our website for more information about using this great resource.
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Instrument Petting Zoo
Join us Friday, June 21st from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM in the Library Program Room for a very musical library program!
Kids of all ages are welcome to join Brass Bell Music Store for a free Instrument Petting Zoo in celebration of Make Music Milwaukee Day!
A variety of band and orchestra instruments are provided for children to try out and individuals from Brass Bell are available to coach children through their very first musical sounds. This is a great way to get your kid excited about music and curious about a future in a band or orchestra!
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Furry Friday
Celebrate the Dog Days of summer with Furry Fridays!
Stop in and meet a therapy dog! You'll be "paws-itively" glad you did! 🐶
Drop-in any time between 1:30 PM and 2:30 PM on Friday, June 28th in the Library Program Room.
See you there!
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Family Fun: STEM Night
Join us for an evening of STEM activities for the whole family on Thursday, June 13th in the Library Program Room.
Try your hand at mini-science projects and learn about new technologies!
This is a drop-in program, so feel free to stop by anytime between 3:30 PM and 5:00 PM.
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Shorewood Longevity Project
Starting June 3rd, we'll be partnering with the Shorewood Longevity Project on a community-wide project seeking to improve quality of life through community enhancement, daily movement, intergenerational connections, and nutrition.
Stop by the library to view our display featuring an array of longevity books, and to pick up Shorewood Longevity Project's Longevity Passport to embark upon your longevity journey this summer!
Modeled after the library summer reading program, longevity passport activities include making a homemade smoothie, walking with friends, helping a neighbor with yard work, and hosting a potluck. Complete 16 of the many activities featured in the passport and turn it in at the library to receive a tote bag filled with prizes and coupons from local businesses!
For more information, email shorewoodlongevityproject@gmail.com, or read more about the Shorewood Longevity Project here.
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Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Join us Thursday, June 27th from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM in the Shorewood Village Center for a talk from Dr. David Mickelson about the geology of Southwest Wisconsin's Driftless Area.
Dr. Michelson, Emeritus Professor of Geoscience, Geological Engineering, and Water Resources Management at UW-Madison, will explain the formation of moraines, kettles, outwash plains, drumlins, eskers, and tunnel channels using slides of modern glaciers as well as many photos and maps from Wisconsin.
This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library.
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Shorewood Public Library
Staff Spotlight
Meet Zack, a Circulation Clerk at Shorewood Public Library.
Zack's favorite things about working at the library are being around books and chatting with patrons and co-workers.
Some of Zack's favorite hobbies are reading, book collecting/ hunting, art, writing & music.
Say hi the next time you see Zack at the library!
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See all of our upcoming June programs in our online events calendar! You can filter by age group, view events in a list format, or do a keyword search to find a specific event you're looking for.
Click a button below for all June events by age group:
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Star Wars Day Celebration
DIY Lightsabers
We had an excellent time celebrating Star Wars Day on Friday, May 3rd!
We had kids and families making DIY Lightsabers - everyone got to pick a lightsaber color and construct these awesome toys!
Thanks to everyone who participated in this fun event 🌟
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Shorewood Public Library Director Announcement 🎉
We have an exciting announcement from The Shorewood Public Library Board:
The Shorewood Public Library Board is excited to announce the hiring of our new Library Director, Hayley Johnson. For more than a decade Hayley has played a key role in our library, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to serving our community through extraordinary times, including serving as the Interim Library Director since October 2023. As the new, permanent Library Director she will be responsible for all aspects of library operations. Given her deep knowledge of library programming, staff procedures and patron engagement we could not be more excited for her to assume this role.
The Shorewood Library Board would like to thank the Friends of Shorewood Library for their participation in the hiring process and look forward to serving the community together for years to come.
Sincerely,
The Shorewood Public Library Board
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COMING IN JUNE! A New CountyCat Library Catalog
On June 20th, 2024 we'll have a new, branded CountyCat library catalog with many exciting features! You are now able to test the library's new CountyCat catalog through early access here.
Milwaukee County Federated Library System's FAQ page has great answers to some of the questions you may have about our new CountyCat, like how to import your lists and reading history as well as getting started with your account.
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Get to Know Your Library Catalog Sessions
Join us for a library learning session about the new CountyCat library catalog coming June 20th, 2024! 🎉
On Monday, June 10th at 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM and Tuesday, June 11th at 10:00 AM- 10:30 AM we'll have learning sessions in the Library Program Room.
Registration is required as space is limited. Please visit our event calendar and click on a session to register.
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Summer Sunday
Library Hours
The library will be closed on Sundays in the summer from June through August 2024.
The library will be open in the summer for regular hours on all other days.
Have a great summer!
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Juneteenth
Library Hours
Shorewood Public Library will be closed all day on Wednesday, June 19th in celebration of Juneteenth Day.
We will be open regular hours all other days.
Have a wonderful holiday!
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In celebration of Juneteenth Day, we're reading books that engage with history and acknowledge ongoing work toward liberation and equality. Check them out at the library: | |
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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
Recommended by QUINN, who notes this is "an incredible work of what has been termed Black existentialism, with absolutely electrifying prose. The story follows an unnamed Black man, who narrates his coming of age from a small town in the rural South to an all-Black college to the streets of Harlem, contemplating his identity and experiences of "invisibility" he has lived through. He reflects on how he at times swims within, and other times agitates against, a world that does not truly see him."
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How the Word is Passed
by Clint Smith
Recommended by CAROLYN, who describes this book as fascinating and notes the author "has some fabulous poetry also about being a Black man, about how poorly the Katrina emergency was handled and the perception that race played a role in that, and about raising Black kids in a world he finds very problematic." Carolyn also notes there is an interview with this author available from The On Being Project that first introduced her to them - find it here.
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The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson
"In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America." --Provided by the publisher.
Recommended by MEGAN
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SHOREWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
3920 North Murray Avenue
Shorewood, WI 53211
414 847-2670
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