Wilkes County Public Library May 2023 | |
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Connect ...Inspire,
Explore ... Empower.
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From Suzanne Moore, our County Librarian
May is a busy month at the library. There's more to come this summer with an outstanding Summer Reading Program at Wilkes County Public Library and Traphill Branch Library. Beginning Tuesday, May 30, you can stop by the library to sign up and start winning prizes by reading. This year's theme is "All Together Now," focusing on kindness, friendship, and unity. Imagination Café will be back at Wilkes County Public Library in June, when we will partner with the school nutrition program to provide free lunches for children. There will be literacy activities at mealtime too. We'll keep you posted about Imagination Café in July and August.
Thank you for your support and for being great library patrons. We love you!
Believing in the power of books to connect and change lives.
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Kids' In-person Programs
11 am Tuesdays Story Time
Kids' Book Club,
Saturday, May 6 @ 2 pm
Teens' Book Club,
Saturday, May 6 @ 3 pm
STEM Saturday
May 13 @ 1:30 pm
This month we're talking LEGOs!
Ages 6-12
Kids' Online Programs
11 am Monday Mayhem
9:30 am Baby Songs Thursdays
Summer Reading Program Sign-Up
begins on Tuesday, May 30. It's that time of year! Stop by the Wilkes County Public Library or the Traphill Branch Library to sign up for the
Summer Reading Program!
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Talking Service Book Club
Join us to discuss readings about veterans’ issues from Standing Down: from Warrior to Civilian. This book club is for veterans and anyone who knows and cares about them. We meet the second Friday of every month at 10:00 am in the Friends of the Library Meeting Room.
We also invite veterans and vet family members to participate in the Wilkes Veterans History Project. Learn more from the online version on the library’s home page, lower left corner: https://arlibrary.libguides.com/wilkescountyvhp
Friday, May 12 @ 10 am
For more info, contact Mara Lynn Tugman: email mltugman@arlibrary.org or call 336-838-2818, x242.
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Come enjoy this NC Humanities Author Livestream program about
Joy Jordan-Lake's Under a Gilded Moon, Tuesday, May 23, 6:30 pm.
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The Reading Trap Book Club is meeting at Traphill Branch Library in 2023.
The Reading Trap Book Club meets on second Thursdays, at 6 pm @ Traphill Branch Library.
Check out the line-up for 2023 and join us for food, beverages, and fun conversation at TBL!
Our read for May 11 is Pär Lagerkvist's Barabbas. Like many of his writings, this work focus on the question of good and evil. Here, he explores the character Barabbas, a convicted murderer, who was freed instead of Jesus. Pär Lagerkvist received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951.
Our read for June is Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands. Thesiger set out to explore the deserts of Arabia in the 1940s, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidel. His book became an international best seller when it was published in 1959.
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Keeping it Reel: Two Rivers Cinema free shows.
Every first Saturday a free film related to a Reading Trap book will be at Two Rivers Cinema.
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Story Walks
Locations:
Smoot Park & Fish Dam Creek Park & the Downtown Read-Around in North Wilkesboro!
Here's something fun to do outdoors!
Enjoy one of our story walks. Read a story at your pace & participate in each activity you come across.
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Creative Writers
Second Tuesdays @ 10 am
in the library
Enjoy a group of writers who come together to share their stories facilitated
by Dr. Larry Kilby.
Writers & audience members are welcome!
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ONEBLOOD: Blood drive donation site
The Big Red Bus will be located in the library parking lot. You may register online at oneblood.org.
Saturday, May 27 @ 10 am- 4 pm
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Chix with Sticks
Join the fun at the library
every Monday from 4 to 6 pm.
Like to crochet or knit or learn how to?
All skill levels welcome.
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Try out the StudentAccess Program and the NC Kids Digital Library!
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To access most online & digital resources at the library: Use your library card number and PIN (the last 4 numbers of the phone number you gave us). Or, if you are a Wilkes County public school student, you can log in with your student ID (lunch) number; your PIN is the last 4 numbers of your student ID. Your institution is Appalachian Regional Library. | |
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Libby by OverDrive
Find ebooks, audiobooks, & magazines for adults, teens & kids. Install the Libby app from the app store on your device. Follow the Libby prompts, find Appalachian Regional Library & sign in with your library card number. Browse & borrow a title. Enjoy e-reading!
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Baby's Easy Safe Sleep Training
Wilkes Health Department program
@ the library
Monday, May 8 at 5:30 pm
This 1-hour class teaches families the safest sleep practices for babies to reduce SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). To attend, you must be at least 30 weeks pregnant or a parent of an infant under 1 year old. You will receive a free PACK'N'Play for attending (one per infant). For more info, call the Health Department at 336-651-7469.
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VAYA Health program meets at a new time: 10 am.
Friday, May 5: Free classes for caregivers and others.
Topic 1: 10 - 11 am and Topic 2: 11 am to Noon
1) Understanding Anxiety: Medications can help.
2) Facing Substance Use and Misuse
Classes @ Wilkes County Public Library
For more information, contact Mandy Matney at 336-818-1229 ext. 4442 or mandy.matney@vayahealth.com.
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Friends of the Library Book Sale
Thursday, May 11 @ 5-7 pm
Friday & Saturday, May 12-13
@ 9 am-5 pm
611 Cherry Street, North Wilkesboro
near the Stone Center
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Wilkes County Public Library
215 Tenth Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
(336) 838-2818
Suzanne Moore, County Librarian
Traphill Branch Library
6938 Traphill Road
Traphill, NC 28685
(336) 863-3563
Deborah Beckel, Branch Manager
Traphill's Facebook page
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