Neepawa Library preparing for a busy summer

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Published on Friday, May 27, 2016

Submitted photo. Two of the new children’s books  available at the Neepawa library.

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Neepawa Public Library

May has been a busy book month at the Neepawa Library! On May 10, we were fortunate to welcome Angela Misri, author of the Portia Adams mystery series. Angela was touring Manitoba in conjunction with TD Canadian Children’s Book Week. Two classes of students from NACI came to the library to meet Angela and to hear how she finds inspiration to write her books. They kept her busy answering dozens of questions. She was very engaging and everyone enjoyed her visit. 

Storytime for pre-schoolers has wrapped up once again and we are very grateful for the volunteer reading done by Wendy and the Rotary Club members. Our readers make the stories come alive and we appreciate all their efforts to encourage literacy in these young listeners. Now we’re looking forward to the Summer Reading Club, which starts in July. Once again there will be two levels of participation: the first is the “Read To Me” program for pre-readers and the other is the “Reading Club” for up to 12 years. We’re busy planning the program for this year, including crafts and activities. More information will be available in schools and at the library near the middle of June.

On June 2, come to the library from 2 to 4 pm to enjoy classic movies from the Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy eras. Don Taylor from Minnedosa is sharing his private collection of movies free of charge. 

Mark your calendars for our spring book sale on June 20 to 23! We have lots of quality, collectable books that will be available at bargain prices. Donations of gently used books are welcome. If we’re not here when you’re weeding out your collection, books can be slipped through our book chute on the East side of the library.

We all recycle, right? Neepawa Library is now collecting used batteries and old cell phones for a branch challenge within the Western Manitoba Regional Library system. The program will wrap up during Waste Reduction Week in October and until then, we’ll be happy to bag and collect any of your old batteries and cell phones to fill our collection boxes. 

“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book.” – Marcel Proust