Non-Fic Picks: Audio Edition

Posted May 5, 2017

Non-Fic Picks: Audio Edition

We often get requests for "good" audiobooks. Why? Well if you've ever listened to a less-than-good audiobook, you'll know. No matter how well-written a book is, if it is poorly read it is not fun to listen to. With that in mind, a selection of good recent non-fiction audiobooks to put on your list for car trips or spring cleaning!

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From the Friends: 100 Years as Shorewood, with a Library!

Posted April 26, 2017

From the Friends: 100 Years as Shorewood, with a Library!

As our village celebrates 100 years of being named Shorewood, the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library look back at the 114-year history of the Shorewood Library. The library had humble beginnings in 1903, when our village was called the Village of East Milwaukee, and has grown to be the busy, modern resource it is today. 

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From the Friends: Celebrate National Library Week as Budget Proposes Eliminating Federal Funding

Posted March 28, 2017

From the Friends: Celebrate National Library Week as Budget Proposes Eliminating Federal Funding

First held in 1958, National Library Week is an observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate. "Libraries Transform" is the theme of National Library Week in 2017, but here at Shorewood we are also celebrating National Poetry Month, so have taken the theme "Ode to Libraries."

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