Library Update: Expanding Open to Public Hours
Beginning April 12th

Our New Public Browsing Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Grab & Go continues during and beyond these hours
CHILDREN'S LIBRARY PROGRAMS
Art to Go
April 21st

Register to pick up art supplies, then log in and watch the how-to video to create your own masterpiece.
Wednesdays in April

Register to read with a librarian.
Each child will receive their own 20 minute appointment to read one on one via Zoom.
Families with multiple readers sign up each reader individually.
ADULT LIBRARY PROGRAMS
April 17th, 2:00 p.m.

Each month, professor Gary Midkiff leads a non-partisan conversation about the most important foreign policy issues facing Americans today. The meeting topics are based on chapters from the briefing book published by the Foreign Policy Association.

There is no registration for this program, but to sign up and receive updates, please contact Brian at bbuckley@wauclib.org
Your City at Home
April 17th, 1:00 p.m.

This exclusive tour will include a visit to Horticulture Hall, the beehives, and a behind-the-scenes peak at the propagation greenhouses.
Register to receive the meeting link.
April 19th, 7:00 p.m.

Join us on Zoom to discuss this month's Virtual Non-Fiction Book Club selection, All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot.
Books are available in eBook format from Hoopla using your Wauconda Area Library card.
Register to receive the meeting link.
with Chicago Botanic Garden
April 21st, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Join Julia Zoltowsky of the Chicago Botanic Garden to explore little known stories about herbs in the garden and the myths and magical uses people have found for plants throughout history.
Register to receive the Zoom link
READING RECOMMENDATIONS
by Laura Andersen

Submitted by Lynn M.
This was fun.
Not too heavy or suspenseful but still pulls you in enough that you can lose yourself.

An excellent weekend read.
by Tom Vanderbilt

Submitted by Molly J.
This book challenges us to question why many assume that learning new skills as an adult is more difficult or impossible. While the author will explain why learning certain things in childhood is indeed easier, our brains are always still sponges that want to learn.
Vanderbilt follows his own experiences learning chess, singing, surfing, drawing, and juggling and interweaves the science and psychology behind becoming an adult beginner.
by Beverly Cleary

Submitted by Kathryn S.
I enjoyed rereading this book that I had read as a child. It was fun to read about Ramona feeling grownup as a 3rd grader, figuring out strategies for riding the bus by herself, feeling that her teacher thought she was a nuisance, trying to get along with the annoying Willa Jean at the sitters, learning that it’s not easy for her mom to cook a meal after she’s worked all day, and worrying about her family’s finances. I was glad to hear that children today are enjoying Cleary’s books today as they did in the 1980s.
by Maria Hadessa & Ekere Tallie

Submitted by Kim S.
The last year has been hard in many ways and it can be difficult to do the things that used to bring us joy and make us feel happy. This uplifting easy-to-read picture book explores all the places you can find happiness. Whether it is the simple everyday joy of making dandelion wishes or climbing a tree, to more complex feelings,
Layla shows us that happiness is found all around you. Sometimes you just have to recognize what makes you smile.
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