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Weekly Update

September 9 - September 15, 2024

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This Week at Bowling Green

September 9, 9:30 am - Penta GED Classes

September 9, 6:30 pm - Chess Night

September 10, 10:00 am - Fiber Friends Creative Circle

September 10, 10:30 am - Just Baby 'N Me

September 10, 2:00 pm - Computer Basics

September 10, 4:00-5:00 pm - Paws for Reading

September 10, 5:00-7:00 pm - Ohio Open Doors at the Carter House

September 11, 9:30 am - Penta GED Classes

September 11, 10:30 am - Family Storytime

September 12, 10:30 am - Family Storytime

September 12, 2:00-4:00 pm - Technology Thursdays

September 12, 6:00 pm - Penta GED Classes

September 14, 2:00 pm - Camp-in-a-Box: Exploring Water

For a full calendar of upcoming programs, click here.

This Week at Walbridge

September 9, 3:00 pm - Purls of Wisdom: Adult Learn to Knit

September 10, 10:30 am - Family Storytime

September 11, 1:00 pm - Game Day

September 11, 6:30 pm - Maps & Your Imagination

September 12, 4:00-5:00 pm - Paws for Reading

Out & About Around Wood County

Visit us at a public stop around Wood County! View our Bookmobile Schedule on our website.

Hours

Bowling Green

Monday-Thursday: 9:00 am - 8:30 pm

Friday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 pm


Walbridge

Monday-Thursday: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Friday & Saturday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sunday: Closed


To request materials:

Call Bowling Green: (419) 352-5050

Call Walbridge: (419) 666-9900

Or, use your library card to place holds on materials using the online catalog.

Chess Night

Join us on Monday, September 9 at 6:30 pm for a casual, open chess meet-up for adults. Players will have an opportunity to learn, practice, and meet other community members. Learn more.

Fiber Friends Creative Circle

Calling all knitters and crocheters! Fiber Friends is a fun and social program that meets every Tuesday at 10:00 am where you can chat and create. Bring your current project or start a new one with us. Learn more.

Maps & Your Imagination

Visit the Walbridge Library to read The Boy Who Loved Maps and make an adventure box diorama. Perfect for ages 5+. Learn more.

From Your Library

Celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month

Whether you’re upgrading your skills, scouting for knowledge and information, or connecting with other heroic readers, a library card is your key to an arsenal of resources. Spark your creativity by attending a crafting or technology program; mine the library’s stacks and databases for new stories and adventures; kickstart your critical thinking skills to defeat the Decepticons of misinformation lurking online. Hitting the road? Use your library card to fuel your mind with books, eBooks, audiobooks, and more. Find out more about library cards.


Celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month with us now! Explore Libby for WCDPL, browse our Library of Things, get a new recommended read, or visit your nearest WCDPL location to get a new library card.

This Week at WCDPL

Enjoy a Storytime with Just Baby 'N Me

Families are invited to Just Baby 'N Me every Tuesday at 10:30 am in The Children's Place. This lap-sit storytime ideal for babies from birth through early walkers and helps to develop their language and early literacy skills. Learn more.

Tour the Carter House during Ohio Open Doors

As part of Ohio History Connection’s Ohio Open Doors event, the Carter House will open its doors to the public on Tuesday, September 10. Come learn about this historic building, its renovation and its current place as a public event space. The building will be open to the public from 5:00 to 7:00 pm with Local History Librarian Marnie Pratt onsite to discuss the building and answer questions. Learn more.

Explore Water at Camp-in-a-Box

Camp-in-a-Box is a STEAM-focused, hour-long program designed for students ages 6 and up, designed and funded by Ohio Learns 360 and the Ohio Department of Education, and made available to WCDPL by WBGU-PBS. Families can learn more about water on Saturday, September 14 at 2:00 pm. Learn more.

Ready to read something new and meet new people? Join a book discussion at the library! We have a variety of upcoming book groups to suit every reading taste at every age.

For Adults


It's a Mystery Book Discussion

Monday, September 23 | 6:00 pm | Meeting Room

Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower


Page to Table Cookbook Discussion

Monday, September 23 | 6:30 pm | The Carter House

The Vegetable Eater by Cara Mangini


For Kids


Graphic Novel Book Discussion

Monday, September 16 | 6:00 pm | The Children's Place

Housecat Trouble by Mason Dickerson

From Your Library

Start a New Skill with LinkedIn Learning

Do you have skills you've always wanted to learn? Use this month to prioritize them and achieve your learning goals! LinkedIn Learning is free to use with your WCDPL library card, and you can learn about leadership, AI, diversity, inclusion, cybersecurity, software development, and more. You can even take courses to get professional certificates with Microsoft, Adobe, and Zendesk.

Start Using LinkedIn Learning

Grab a New Edition of Connect and Bookish

Want to know what's going on at the library this fall? Pick up a copy of our new magazines! Bookish, our magazine for adults, has information on events, features on new library services and materials, hand-picked book recommendations and more. Connect Magazine has all of our fall events for families, information on early literacy, and a new Bookmobile schedule. Browse Bookish and Connect below.

New Books at Your Library

All This & More

Peng Shepherd

Camino Ghosts

John Grisham

Hip-Hop is History

Questlove

To Slip the Bonds of Earth

Amanda Flower

Board of Trustees

Ken Frisch, President

Ellen Dalton, Vice President

Mike Sibbersen, Secretary

Greg Esposito

Kris James

Heidi Nees-Carver

Brian Paskvan



Michael L. Penrod, Director

WOOD COUNTY DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Bowling Green
251 North Main Street
Bowling Green, OH 43402
(419) 352-5104
Walbridge
108 North Main Street
Walbridge, OH 43465
(419) 666-9900
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