August at YOUR Library-

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Meet Lucas! He read 1000 books before Kindergarten!

Planting seeds for Kindergarten  is the Northfield program that encourages all families and caregivers to read 1,000 books with their young children before they enter kindergarten.

Studies have shown that families who start reading aloud to their children at birth help to strengthen their language skills and build their vocabulary – two important tools for beginning to learn to read.

You will be rewarded for

every 100 books you read. 

Information & reading records are available at the Northfield Public Library, ECFE and Longfellow school. 

Mark your calendars! Library renovation auction.

Saturday, August 8th

10 am

Inspection starts at 8 am

210 Washington St. Northfield, MN

Beginning this fall, the Library will begin a major renovation.  While many items will remain in the new and improved library, numerous items will not have a place in the renovated space and will be some at auction on August 8th. 

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF LIBRARY HISTORY!

Partial list:\Antique quarter sawn oak library circulation desk from orginal Carnegie Library,

square oak tables, leather chairs, wood and metal office desks, computer desks, upholstered chairs with wooden arms, brass lamps, built in bookshelves, storage cabinets, oak picture book bins, stackable chairs, built in cabinet w/7 drawers, slide projector & screen, children's toys, VHS & DVD players,  TV & radios, Microfiche reader, advertising sandwich boards, filing cabinets round butcher block table, rolling carts, overhead projector,  electric typewriter, antique quarter sawn oak magazine table, framed art prints, counter tops, metal lockers and MORE!

Check out Auctioneer Ed Kuhlman's website 

 Sample items-

Books not included!

Booker news!

Booker is going to Dundas!

Yes! Monday afternoons August 3, 10 and 17! We will be parked at the Trail Head from 1 to 4:30. Come on by and check Booker Out!

Our Monday Central Park stop will be changing to 9:30 to noon in August.

Here is a video of the interim library

July Calendar- we open at City Hall on July 13th.

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Moving to City Hall-uff da!

Moving the current DVD shelves out of the library.

Thanks to kind donations coordinated by the Friends & Foundation of
the Library all the staff and volunteers are well cared for!

The fiction shelves from the kids area have been moved to city hall.

Boxes of supplies, books and other stuff ready to go to city hall, storage or saved for the Auction, Sat. Aug. 8th!

Some of the DVD shelves in place at the interim city hall space.

Let the packing begin!

Empty shelves in the reference office.

Library director's office

Ref area upstairs

Looking towards the non-fic area upstairs 

The romances have left the building!

Pye room

A very busy circulation area even with no patrons!

Claudia packing the children's DVD and new books.

Leesa emptying out the shelves we are taking to City Hall and pulling the books we're taking
to the interim library.

Most of the large print collection has been moved/

What a great donation!

The Trystar company in Faribault generously donated this custom book drop for our temporary location at City Hall!  It will be installed on the Washington Street side.

This custom box with easy transferring of returned library materials will withstand the heat of summer as well as
snow and cold of winter!  Please send them a thank you via this contact.