National Library Week start April 7

April 2025 | Issue 68

Lithopolis Heritage Day

On Saturday, April 26, as part of our 100th anniversary celebration, we will host a Lithopolis Heritage Day. Please join us for one or all of the activities that afternoon.

12:30 pm Planting of Centennial Tree

1:00 pm Lithopolis History Walking Tour

led by Carol Black, life-long area resident

and former Bloom-Carroll teacher

2:00 pm Take self-guided tours of The Wagnalls

Memorial and its gardens. Concessions

provided by The Friends of Wagnalls

supporting the Library.

3:00 pm The Wagnalls Community Theater

presents a dramatic read-through of

Our Mabel, an original play by Carol Gaal,

the Wagnalls Historian about Mabel

Wagnalls, the amazing woman who built

The Wagnalls Memorial. Donations for the

performance are appreciated.

Lithopolis Easter Egg Hunt

presented by Lithopolis United Methodist Church, Bloom Baptist Church and The Wagnalls Memorial on Saturday April 19

10 am to 12 pm - crafts and snacks

appearances by the Easter Bunny

raffle and live music

10:30 & 11:30 am - storytimes

10:30 - 11:45 am - continuous egg hunt

Please call 614-837-4765 X 118 to learn more about the Sensory-friendly Egg Hunt.

Donations of non-perishable food or personal care items are appreciated for Blessing Boxes.

Check it out!

Staff have been working hard to reorganize the adult nonfiction, teen, and tech spaces to bring more technology and more cozier spots to enjoy what the library has to offer.

The teen library will move next to the tech area and will have more features added like games and craft items to enjoy as well as reading. These new spaces will be available soon in April.

Our Tech Tutor, Hope, has also set up a few iPad's for patrons to borrow to check out e-books and audio books. Those are available at the Patron Services Desk.

Adult Programs

Check out a book club book from the library or download from Libby,

Read the book before the meeting,

RSVP to the club leader,

Come to the book club and have fun!

The M-S-T Book Club will be delving into The Woman in the Library by Surari Gentill on Thursday, April 10 at 7pm.

To RSVP or ask questions, please email Jennie.

The Afternoon Book Club is discussing The Midnight Library by Matt Haig on Wednesday, April 16 at 2 pm.

To RSVP or ask questions, please email Carol.

Join the Rapacious Readers Book Club on April 24, 2025 (at 7 pm to discuss The LIght in the Valley by Mabel Jones, the inspiring story of her mother's home of Lithopolis.

To RSVP or ask questions, please email Paula.

Teen Book Club

April's Teen Book Club will discuss Miss Pereguine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs on Saturday, April 12 from 12:30-1:30 pm near the Computer Lab. A mysterious island, an abandoned orphanage, and a strange collection of curious photographs make for an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.

Please have the book read before you come. Books are across from the Patron Services Desk. ?/RSVP, email Mary.

Mabel Tours Resume

Join us April 3 at 7 pm to learn about the history of The Wagnalls Memorial from its founder herself, Mabel Wagnalls Jones. Wagnalls Historian, Carol Gaal, dresses as Mabel and gives tours of the building from Mabel’s perspective. Tours are free of charge on the first Thursday of every month.

If your book club is interested in reading Mabel’s book “The Light in the Valley” and having a tour and tea with Mabel, please contact Carol at (614)837-4765 x129 or cgaal@wagnalls.org.

Children's Programming

Family-friendly Concert

Rescheduled from January, please join us for Toadstool Shadow on April 5 at 6 pm. This bluegrass band from Chillicothe will surely be fun! Tickets are available online or at the door. $20 for an adult and up to three (3) children. $10 for an individual adult. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

Stuffie Sleepover!

We all would like to sleepover at Wagnalls, but just the Stuffies do! Kids, drop off your favorite stuffie on April 10 and pick it up on April 12. We will send your stuffie home with you with clues about what happened during the two nights it stayed!

Middle Grade Book Club

Just for kids in 4th-6th grade. Join Miss Amy for the Middle Grade Book Club on Saturday, April 12th from 10:30-11:30 am to discuss The Sherlock Society by James Ponti.

Please read the books before coming. To RSVP or ask questions, email Miss Amy.

Family Book Club

Our Family Book Club is a special selection by our Children's Librarians for families to enjoy at home together. April's book is Nesting by Henry Cole.

Pick up a book and guide in the Children's Library.

We're Growing!

Wagnalls is looking for some creative people to support the mission! These positions are all part-time, approximately 20 hours per week. To apply please email your resume to Deb Silvia, Executive Director.

-Marketing & Program Coordinator to work with library and foundation staff to schedule programs and publicize them on our website, social media, digital newsletter, in news releases, etc.

-Community Arts Center Coordinator to plan and implement art exhibits, music and movie performances and coordinate with Wagnalls Community Theater.

-Buildings and Grounds Technician to assist with care of our facilities and grounds and to do set-ups and clean-ups after events.

Find more information on our website or in the library.

During our gala on March 8, our guests donated over $1,600 to purchase Wonderbooks. Wonderbooks are print books with ready-to-play audio book inside. They are available for all ages!

Currently the small collection we have in the Children's department is usually all checked out. We look forward to adding more to this collection as well as books for older patrons!

Wonderbooks cost $50 or more each. If you would like to donate, please stop in the library and make a donation. To make a donation online to purchase Wonderbooks, click here!

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