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Sending our best wishes for the New Year!
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From Suzanne Moore, our County Librarian
A New Year is like a clean slate. Many follow the tradition of setting resolutions. Plans are made to diet, exercise, and save money. While you are busy focusing on your 2022 improvement plan, don’t forget about reading. Joseph Addison, a 17th century essayist observed: “Reading is to the mind, as exercise is to the body.” Exercise stimulates your body to make you stronger, and reading is great exercise for your brain, as you imagine scenarios, follow dialogue, and understand new information. Remember, the library lends books and movies for free, so your resolution to save money is covered too!
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Connect with us.
Wilkes County Public Library
Please note: The library will be closed Saturday, January 1, for New Year's Day and Monday, January 17, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Monday-Thursday, 9 am-7 pm
Friday-Saturday, 9 am-5 pm
336-838-2818
Traphill Branch Library
Tuesday & Thursday, 10 am-6 pm
2nd & 4th Saturdays, 10 am-3 pm
336-863-3563
Online schedule, services & news:
Virtual programs & fun:
Add us on Snapchat, user name wilkescountylib.
Contact us at our live chat box on our website.
It's available when the library is open.
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Wilkes County Library's Annual
Food for Fines Program
January 10-15
1 can/box = $1 in overdue fines
Please bring undamaged, in-date boxed or canned food items and also pet food. This will help replenish local food banks and provide patrons with a chance to start off 2022 with a "clean slate."
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Coffee with the County Librarian
Jan 6 @ 9am
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Reading Challenge Helps Beat the Blues!
From January until March 1st, Youth Services is hosting a Winter Blues Reading Challenge. In our YA and Juvenile sections, you will find a reading challenge card with 13 different reading prompts. Teens and tweens are invited to read as many books as you can before March 1st, fill out your card, and return it to Youth Services for a prize. This challenge will also be available on social media -- keep an eye out for that!
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January Scavenger Hunts
@ the Library & on our Facebook page
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The in-house scavenger hunt will take kids on a tour of the library's upper and lower levels. There will be clues that will lead them to each new location. The goal is to find 10 out of the 15 locations. The online version will consist of a list of 15 items. Kids try to find at least 10 of the 15. They can take photos of the items and post on our Facebook page to win a prize. Or they can bring the picture in (on their phone) for the prize. |
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Online Programs
Weekly Schedule
Mondays
11 am Monday Mayhem
Tuesdays
11 am Story Time
Wednesdays
10:30 am Music & Movement
Thursdays
9:30 am Baby Songs
Fridays
6 pm Pajama Stories
Saturdays
1 pm STEM
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Talking Service Book Club meets on Friday, January 14
@ 10 am in the Wilkes County Library
This month we will be reading & talking about "Perimeter Watch,"
a poem by Brian Turner in the book Standing Down: From Warrior to Civilian by The Great Books Foundation.
(Free copies are available at the library.)
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Jammin’ at the Branch
Saturday, January 22
@ Traphill Branch Library, 1 pm
Traphill Branch Library will host jam sessions every fourth Saturday. Jammin’ at the Branch is open to anyone who wants experience playing and singing old-time standards at a moderately slow tempo and in a supportive, educational, fun jam setting. The emphasis is on participants playing and hearing basic chord changes cleanly and in time. We will work on arrangements of selected material. Participants will also learn how to begin a song, how to order solos, how to end a song, and how to communicate with the other musicians. Geared for beginners, experienced musicians are also welcomed to help others with technique and timing.
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LIBRARY BOOK CLUB
Join us Tuesday, January 18 @ 4 pm to discuss the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor.
Visitors are always welcome! For information and to join the email list, call Mara Lynn at 336-838-2818 ext. 242.
Tuesday, January 18 @ 4:00 pm
Library Book Club meets monthly every THIRD
TUESDAY. New faces and friends always welcome!
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Want something fun to do outside? Read a story and participate in the activities. The library's Story Walks are located at Smoot Park and W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir at the Fish Dam Creek Park walking trail. |
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Creative Writers
Second Tuesdays @ 10am
in the library
Enjoy a group of writers who come together to share their stories facilitated
by Dr. Larry Kilby.
Visitors are always welcome!
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Chix with Sticks
create beautiful needlework.
This group meets weekly to share crochet and/or knitting projects. Come see what your needles can do! Visitors and new members (and crafty fellas, too) are welcome.
Every Tuesday @ the library, 5 pm
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For checkout: Kindles for everyone and Chromebooks for Adults
The library has Kindles loaded with kids' books, such as Sesame Street, Pete the Cat, Frozen, and many more. Adults can enjoy Kindles with popular fiction titles. Adults can check out a Chromebook for 3 weeks or use it with the WiFi in our building or the parking lot. Chromebooks require a gmail account to use Google docs or the Google suite. Return devices to a staff member. WiFi is available 24/7 all around the library building.
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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, which is the last 4 numbers of the phone number you gave us. Or, if you are a student in Wilkes County public schools, you can log in with your student ID (lunch) number and your PIN is the last 4 numbers of your student ID. Want to download an app? Use your device's App Store to install the Libby App for downloadable ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines. Your institution is Appalachian Regional Library.
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Learn Computer Skills
@ the library
Need to brush up on your computer skills or learn something new? Make a 1-on-1 appointment with Adult Services staff. Call 336-838-2818 option 2 to arrange a time. Technology lessons are available 24/7 at gcflearnfree.org.
Call 336-838-2818 Option 2
to reserve your spot.
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Baby's Easy Safe Sleep Training
Wilkes Health Department program @ the library
Monday, January 10 @ 5:30 pm
This 1-hour class teaches families the safest sleep practices for babies to reduce SIDS. 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
@ the library.
Two programs:
Understanding hoarding 2-3 pm
Managing obsessive-compulsive behavior 3-4 pm
Thursday, January 7, 2-4 pm.
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Friends of the Library
Book Sale
Thursday
January 13 @ 5-7 pm
Friday & Saturday
January 14-15 @ 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
Suzanne Moore, County Librarian
Traphill Branch Library
6938 Traphill Road
Traphill, NC 28685
Linda Pranger, Branch Manager
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