August 2018 @ the Library
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Summer Reading Program
Kids and Teens: Have you signed up yet? There's still plenty of time to come in and complete your reading logs. If you lost your log we can help get you back on track! We'll be accepting logs until the end of August. Those who finish the program get to take home a book of your choosing!
Adults: We need all your entries by August 6 for them to be included in the drawings. Don't forget you can also submit your entries
online!
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Photography Contest
The library is hosting our third annual photography contest! This contest is open to any amateur photographer of any age. Did I mention there is over $800 in cash prizes, including a Best in Show prize of $250?
There are seven unique categories including: travel or landscape, people, architecture, nature, still life, black and white, and close-up. You can enter just one or all of the categories, but you may only enter one photo per category. Photos must have been taken within the last two calendar years. All photos must be submitted in print form as an 8x10, and no mounts, mats or frames allowed.
Read all the rules on our website.
To the left is our Best in Show winner from 2017 by Linda Commer.
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Book Recommendations
Do you have a reluctant reader? Or do you have someone who's read all the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson books but can't find anything else to read? We've got you covered.
Check out our blog, where we've made lots of book recommendations.
You can also get a personalized reading recommendation by
filling out this short form. You can also just stop and ask at one of our reference desks. We're always happy to make some suggestions.
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Pardon our Mess!
We are working to improve our picture book collection. If you can’t find something, please ask one of our helpful youth services staff!
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten
The Whitefish Bay Public Library continues with“1000 Books Before Kindergarten.” This free program encourages parents to read 1000 books with their children before they begin school.
Reading together helps develop important pre-reading skills that provide a solid reading foundation – a key to school and learning success. Not to mention, sharing stories together is fun!
Participants can stop by Youth Services to register and begin a lifelong love of learning and reading. We’ve got a welcome packet ready for you that contains everything you need to get started with the program, and includes a tote bag to carry your books to and from the library!
Read more about this program on our website.
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Celebrate the end of the Summer Reading Program with our annual Teen Lock In. This event is for teens enter 7th grade and up. We will play games, have an escape room, food and crafts! Registration and a waiver form are required.
Meet Up Mondays
Look for the return of our ever popular Meet Up Mondays. We meet the first Monday of the month to do a craft, eat some snacks and just hang out. No registration is required, just drop by the teen area. Beginning on September September 10 (we're closed on September 3).
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From City Hall to the Pabst Theater, reminders of the past are part of the fabric of Milwaukee. Yet many historic treasures have been lost to time. An overgrown stretch of the Milwaukee River was once a famous beer garden. Blocks of homes and apartments replaced the Wonderland Amusement Park. A quiet bike path now stretches where some of fastest trains in the world previously thundered. Today's Estabrook Park was a vast mining operation, and Marquette University covers the old fairgrounds where Abraham Lincoln spoke. Author Carl Swanson recounts these stories and other tales of bygone days.-From Amazon.
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Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted middle grade novel. Not to be missed by fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Tim Federle's Better Nate Than Ever ! Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It's the only time she doesn't feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming under the stars in the Michigan woods. But this summer brings a lot of big changes for Melly: her parents split up, her best friend ditches her, and Melly finds herself unexpectedly falling for another girl at camp. To top it all off, Melly's not sure she has what it takes to be a real rock 'n' roll drummer. Will she be able to make music from all the noise in her heart? . -From CountyCat
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Leah Burke is an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom; her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she's bisexual, she hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends-- not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. When her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways, it's hard for Leah to strike the right note. And with prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high. If only real life was as rhythmic as her drumming...-From CountyCat.
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Whitefish Bay Public Library | (414)964-4380
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