Monday, April 8, 12 - 3pm

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Watch the eclipse at the library! 

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Bring a lawn chair, check out a book, and hang out on the library lawn for the eclipse.

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We will have eclipse glasses/viewers available.

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More info coming soon!

Saturday, April 27, 10am-1pm

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Stop by any time during the even to join in some fun demigod activities:

-Undertake a Hero’s Quest Scavenger Hunt

-Taste some “blue food” in the Underworld - if you dare!

-Race a Nereid at Long Island Sound

-Make a Cyclops eye

-Test your luck in a life-sized Lightning Thief board game

-Make a camp friendship bracelet

-Watch your favorite demigod on the big screen!

*No need to register, but beware of the minotaur on your way to camp!*

June & July 2024

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More information coming soon!

STEELEVILLE AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT has been selected as one of 310 libraries to participate in round two of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities.

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The competitive award comes with a $10,000 grant that will help the library upgrade building accessibility. As part of the grant, SAPLD staff will take an online course in how to lead conversations, a skill vital to library work today. Staff will then host a conversation with residents about inaccessibility of the library building and use the grant funds to create a more accessible library building.

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If you are interested in getting involved or taking part in the conversation, please click the "more info" button and check back regularly.

1000 books before kindergarten encourages families to read with their children and develops a love of reading while children are young! Reading with our children helps improve imagination, creativity, vocabulary and promotes family time! ​Children birth-5 can participate.

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Sign up at the library, log each book read, and for each 100 milestone children get to pick out a prize and put their picture on the achievement wall & in the newspaper!

We are starting up a teen book club, run by teens for teens. Any teen in 6th through 12th grades is welcome to attend.

To join, just attend a meeting or request a copy of the current book at the library! Most meetings will probably run about 1 hour. At each meeting, teens will discuss the current book, vote on the next book, and get to know each other. 

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Teen book club meets every other month, on a date determined at each meeting.

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Teen Book Club next meeting date & time: 

To Be Decided

Story hour is the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 11:00a.m.

Currently, we will also be trying to have an additional story time on the same day at 3:00p.m. for those who can't make the morning time. Both story hours will feature the same books and activities.

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Upcoming Storytimes:

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April 17 at 11:00am & 3:00pm

May 15 at 11:00am & 3:00pm

Teen Advisory Board (TAB) will be back in session in September!

Meetings will be the last Wedensday of every month from 3-4 p.m.

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Upcoming meetings:

April 24

May 29

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As a member of TAB you will:

1) Attend monthly meetings

2) Help plan and host library events (specifically teen events) 

3) Have input into which books and movies the library purchases

4) Earn volunteer/ community service hours

Mondays  1pm-5pm

Tuesdays-Thursdays  10am-5pm

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Additional days and times may be available.

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Call 965-9732 and ask for Kim to sign up now!

Book Club meets monthly on Friday afternoons. Book Club is for adults 18 and older. To join, call the library to request a copy of our current book, and attend our next meeting!

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Each month, we prepare a list of books that fit a specific genre or theme and book club members vote on which book to read. 

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Next Meeting: April 5 at 4:15p.m.

We asked our staff and library board members about the best books they read in the last few years, and compiled a list of recommendations for you. Click the orange button to view the list.

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Have a recommendation for us or other patrons? Click the orange button and scroll to the bottom of the page to submit your picks!

Registration for Lego and Crafts Clubs is now closed.

Lego Club will be the first Wednesday of the month September through May from 3-4pm.

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Craft Club will be the 2nd Wednesday of the month September through May from 3-4pm.

Lego and Craft Clubs are for Kindergarten through 5th grades.

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Manage your accounts, keep track of checkouts and due dates, and renew items from your mobile device using the SHARE Mobile Library, Steeleville Area Public Library's app!

Search for books, DVDs, video games, audiobooks,            e-books, and more. Find it now in the Apple App store or Google Play Store. 

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#SHAREMobileLibrary

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Brought to you by Steeleville Area Public Library District and the SHARE library consortium, a division of Illinois Heartland Library System.