Thank you to everyone who attended our annual Summer Celebration on July 27th! We had a blast playing games, eating sundaes, and listening to music with you to round off a fantastic summer at the library.

We would especially like to thank the library staff, volunteers, and community partners who helped us create such a fun-filled evening. We couldn't do it without you!

Don't forget - we would love to see your Summer Celebration photos! Tag us on social media @ShorewoodLib and use the hashtag #SummerCelebration so we can relive the fun through your eyes.

Summer Reading for children, teens, and adults officially wraps up on Friday, August 4th!

Adults - make sure you return any and all completed BINGO cards to the library before the end of the day on August 4th to be entered into the gift card drawings.

Children and Teens - bring your completed reading logs to the library before the end of the day on August 4th to pick up your prizes!

Join Community and Adult Services Librarian Hayley Johnson at the UWM Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on Monday, August 21st at 10:00 AM for a Reading Round Up. Hayley will share tips and tricks on how to seek out new titles and authors. She will share book suggestions, including books written by international authors, regional authors, and multicultural authors. The discussion will focus primarily on fiction titles and will touch on a variety of formats like audiobooks, e-books, and graphic novels.

This program will be held offsite at the UWM Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (3271 North Lake Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53211).

Looking to learn a new language or brush up on your existing skills? The library can help! We offer multiple online resources, including Mango Languages and Transparent Languages. You can also find a variety of language learning books and CDs for teen and adult learners in the nonfiction call number range 428-499.

Browse our World Languages collection to find fiction and nonfiction books for adults in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. You can learn more about language learning resources for all ages on our website HERE.

Terrific Tuesdays continue this month with a Sidewalk Chalk Extravaganza on Tuesday, August 1st at 1:30 PM and Hoop Elation on Tuesday, August 8th at 1:30 PM .

Join us for Musical Monday on August 21st at 10:00 AM with Elise Pennington from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

LEGO Club meets on Thursday, August 17th from 3:30 - 5:00 PM. No registration required, just drop in and play!

Join us on Wednesday, August 23rd for Art Cart In-Person from 2:30 - 4:00 PM.

Other activities for kids and families include weekly Art Cart kits and a monthly Family Fun Night activity kit.

Learn more about events for families at the library on our website.

Teen Summer Reading wraps up this month! Stop by the library to turn in your reading logs and pick up your prizes by Friday, August 4th.

This month's PM Book Club fiction pick follows a talented grifter as she attempts to cash in a winning lottery ticket without getting caught for her past crimes. Read Lucky by Marissa Stapley and join the conversation on Wednesday, August 2nd at 7:00 PM.

July's AM Book Club pick is a coming of age story about a young woman navigating her identity as a queer child of immigrants, finding friends in a new city, and a new career in early 2000s Milwaukee. Read All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews and join the conversation on Thursday, August 17th at 11:00 AM.

Get one-on-one assistance with your computer, laptop, phone, and more at Tech Help Tuesday from 3:00 - 6:00 PM on August 8th and August 15th. No appointment necessary, just drop in!

Celebrate wellness at this month's Yoga for All guided session on Saturday, August 12th at 12:30 PM.