News from Monona Public Library — June 20, 2022 |
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MONONA PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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Join us for a summer adventure! By reading or listening to the books and magazines you enjoy, you could be the winner of a fabulous prize! Log reading and activities, and earn prizes for all ages within Monona Public Library’s Beanstack webpage or through the Beanstack Tracker Mobile App. You can download the Beanstack Mobile App on the App Store or get it on Google Play. Click here to sign up in Beanstack to participate. Record your reading and activities by midnight on August 15.
Monona Public Library will also be hosting a multitude of events for adults, children, tweens, teens, and families this summer. Check our Calendar of Events and follow our social media accounts - Facebook & Instagram - to stay up-to-date with coming events. It's going to be a great summer!
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Monona Community Read - "Turning the Page Together" on Antiracism
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Monona community members of all ages are invited to come together and explore topics of racism, equity, and diversity in our world, community, and lives. We hope you will join us and find ways to be part of this exciting program...learning, growing, and changing.
We have more books to share! Free copies of our Community Read Books are available at Monona Library (while supplies last). Visit the Monona Library's main desk or call 608-222-6127 and encourage others to do so as well.
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See below for details about upcoming programs. You'll find options for all age groups because you are never too old or too young to join the conversation! Antiracism takes a village: no matter your age, holding conversations with family members, neighbors, friends, city officials, and youth in your life is one action piece that pushes towards an antiracist community. That is our goal with the community read!
Events for All Ages:
Adults: Come together for a series of book discussions on Ibram X. Kendi's New York Times bestseller, How to Be An Antiracist, where we’ll explore the concept of antiracism and move toward individual and community action. Didn't make it to our discussion of section 1? That's ok! Keep on reading and join us for the next discussion:
Teens & Tweens: Teens and tweens can join book discussions on This Book is Antiracist by Tiffany Jewell & Aurélia Durand, with a focus on understanding antiracism, putting it into practice, and empowerment for action.
Children & Families: Join us for community storytimes and family events! Special resources about the “why and how” of talking about big topics like race will be provided for families and caretakers.
Join us as our community comes together in a commitment to learning and change.
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Friday Morning Book Group
This program focuses on thought-provoking and enjoyable reads in a variety of genres, including both fiction and non-fiction. This is a casual, drop-in group, so please join us when you can! Regular print, large print, and book on CD copies will be available at the library one month before the book discussion.
Every Third Friday, 10-11:30 am
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Big News! Our 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program has been added to Beanstack, our reading challenge platform! Head to mononalibrary.beanstack.org to sign up. Log each time you read a book to earn awesome badges and prizes. Contact youth@mononalibrary.org with questions on how to get started or transfer existing information from the paper log to this new easy-to-use format. Happy reading!
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Short on time to place holds or browse the shelves? Have our Youth Services Team do it for you! We are here to help families who are limited on time or don't feel comfortable coming into the library due to COVID. By filling out our Book Bundle Form, you can highlight age groups, reading level, and interests of the children we are bundling for.
We can't wait to make some awesomely curated picks for you and your family!
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EVENTS
Adults, Children, Tweens, Teens, and Families! Here are ways to connect with us online:
FACEBOOK LIVE NOTIFICATIONS
You do not need a FB account to watch FB videos on the Monona Library page. Hover over and click on the "Following" button. Under "Notifications" click the edit button. Under "Live Videos", select "All Live Posts."
YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Please subscribe. Click on the little bell to be notified when there is a new post.
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