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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2017 Winter Reading Program Wrap Up

Posted March 24, 2017

2017 Winter Reading Program Wrap Up

A BIG thank you to everyone who participated in our third annual adult winter reading program – Snow Better Time to Read.  We had 65 participants submit almost 600 entries! 

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New Music For Spring

Posted March 10, 2017

New Music For Spring

It doesn't feel like spring (anymore. Come back February!), but we're getting ready for it anyway. Help the transition into a new season with new music.

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Read what your Friends are reading: LFL edition

Posted February 27, 2017

Read what your Friends are reading: LFL edition

Join the ranks of people around the world who are reading books from Little Free Libraries (LFLs). The international Little Free Library organization recently reached 50,000 registered libraries worldwide.  Many are in areas that do not have access to public libraries, but many, like those in Shorewood, supplement a robust public library. In addition, LFLs promote walking and community interaction.  Some libraries are dedicated to a family member who loves to read.  Some have themes such as children’s books.

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