January's Calendar!

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Reindeer Games! Thursday & Friday!

Don't be bored!

Come play games in the library's meeting room with volunteer Library Pages and other kids! Thursday, Dec. 30 and Friday, Dec. 31 from 1 to 3 each day!  No charge!

Some pictures from the 1st of 4 Reindeer Games!

We played: Wii tennis, bowling and boxing; Guess Who?, Uno, Go Fish and did puzzles and created at train layout.

More dates added for REINDEER GAMES!

We have the regular story time schedule this week, none next week! Happy Holidays!

Monday 10 am
First Steps
Tuesday 10 am
Infant Lapsit
Wednesday 10 am
Toddler Rhyme Time
Thursday 10 am
Pre-school stories
Friday 10-12
First Steps
Saturday no scheduled programs.


Happy Holidays!

It's too snowy!! We have cancelled Neil Rowley's musical storytime and the Carnegie Centennial Concert set for today.

Stay home and be warm and safe. 
We'll reschedule Neil's musical storytime for later this winter. 
Tonight's  last of the Carnegie Centennial concers has been cancelled too.

Check back here to see if the library closes early today.

Special Musical Story Time with Neil Rowley!

Saturday morning December 11th  from 11 until noon

Music and Stories with Neil Rowley!

Come to the library’s meeting room for a musical morning!

For all ages.

Free.

December's calendar

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If your holiday shopping includes books, this is a great list.

A book is a gift you can open again and again!

Kirkus Reviews 2010 Best Children's Books 

Happy Thanksgiving week

We will be having Tuesday's Infant Lapsit and Wednesday's Toddler RhymeTime at 10 as usual.  The library will be closed Thursday. 
First Steps will be available Monday and Friday 10-noon.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Adventure Girls Book Club this Thursday!

Especially for girls in 5th grade! Click on poster to enlarge. 

New members always welcome.

Special Saturday events in November.

Special Event! Saturday mornings Nov. 20 & 27th at 11 until noon


STORY & CREATIONS with Mary Quick!
Presenting the book “The Night the Scary Beasties Popped out of My Head” by David & Daniel Kamish. Then make cool puppets! Mary is a art teacher and is volunteering at the library to bring us this special event!

Free, for all ages. In the library’s meeting room.

November's events at the library!

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Hands on fun on with Underwater Adventures!

Thanks for a SELCO Legacy Grant we hosted the touch tanks from Underwater Adventures.  Kids and adults of all ages got a chance to touch live sea creatures and artifacts.  Over 230 attended the 2 hour open house.

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Friday, October 22!

Check out the pictures from the big library events this week Garrison Keillor and the Spelling Bee!

Meet the winners of the Spelling Bee!  Countryside Animal Hospital team of Juli Baynes, Allison Koster & Jane Fenton.  2nd place went to the team from KYMN Radio Jeff Johnson, Scott Peterson and Micaela Vega.  Congrats to all the teams!

Check out the pictures from the very special Garrison Keillor event here!

A Martha Speaks newsletter you can use to promote reading!

Click here for the link to PBS!

Underwater Adventures will come to the library!

For a special MEA treat!
You are invited to an “open house” where you can see and touch the underwater wonders they bring!


You will be able to touch sea creatures and artifacts.
Friday, Oct. 22 from 10 am to noon.
No charge thanks to a Legacy Grant! In the library’s meeting room.
Northfield Public Library 210 Washington St. 645-6606

October Calendars

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Adventure Girls Book Club to start October 28th!

St. Olaf students have volunteered to restart the popular "Adventure Girls" book club.  It is for girls in 5th grade.
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Calling all Percy Jackson fans- here's a great resource for a party!

Click here!  It's free.

Carleton BOOK BUDDIES starts Saturday, Sept. 25 at 11 am.

MEA break is coming up- we have something "fishy" planned.

more details coming soon!

Here are some pictures of the Stage Combat Workshop- FUN!

This program was made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts & Culteral Heritage Fund via Minnesota Library Legacy & SELCO.
Thanks to Doug Scholz-Carlson from the Great RIver Shakespeare Festival for showing us a bit about how stage fighting works.

September Calendar

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Centennial Concert Series- musical fun for everyone!

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