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🦃 November at Maroa Public Library
Happy November! Make sure to stop in and pick up a KNOW-vember Dewey Decimal Reading Challenge log and keep scrolling for more information on how you can participate. This month we have a storyteller visiting us for our next Chautauqua lecture, a Saturday morning STEM class for kids with Science Jill, Family Reading Night with special guest readers, as well as some cozy fall crafts to enjoy!
KNOW-vember Dewey Decimal Reading Challenge
November 1 - 30th
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Stop in and pick up a KNOW-VEMBER Reading Log at the Library.
Read 2 or more books from the different Dewey Decimal categories (000's-900's) during the month of November.
000 – General Knowledge
100 – Philosophy & Psychology
200 – Religion
300 – Social Sciences
400 – Languages
500 – Natural Science
600 – Applied Science
700 – Arts & Recreation
800 – Literature
900 – History & Geography
Return your filled-in Reading Log at the end of the month for a chance to win a prize!
Take and Make: Leaf Bowl
Pick up Nov. 3-6
Stop in and pick up supplies to make an easy, unique decoration that you can say you made yourself!
Register here!
Thankful Hanger
Tuesday, November 3rd at 5:30 pm
What are you most thankful for?
This is a wonderful opportunity to start a new tradition and add that list to this handmade wall decoration.
Register here!
Chautauqua Series: Storyteller
Elizabeth Donoghue
Friday, November 6th at 12 pm
"What can bold lives from the past teach us about navigating an uncertain future, from right here in Illinois?"
"Fuller Visionaries: From Illinois to the World" explores the legacy of two remarkable relatives: Margaret Fuller, a groundbreaking 19th-century writer whose 1843 journey in Illinois inspired reflections on nature, Native history, and justice; and her great-nephew Buckminster Fuller, a pioneering futurist who patented the geodesic dome, built his career in Chicago and launched a global design revolution from Southern Illinois to work for solutions for “100% of humanity.”
Register here to attend!
Afterschool Hangout
Thursdays at 4 pm
Kids 2nd grade and up are always welcome to join!
November 5: ARTS & CRAFTS DAY
Come in and make a glitter jar and glittery turkeys with us!
November 12: STEM DAY
Our STEM activity this week is making volcano lemons and Ooblek!
November 19: GAME DAY
Using just rubber bands and zip-ties, we'll be working together in teams to see who can stack cups the fastest!
November 26: LIBRARY CLOSED
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Fun STEM With Science Jill
Saturday, November 14th at 10 am
Join us for a class with Science Jill that will surely get your brain working!
Register here!
Thursday, November 19th at 6 pm
Family Reading Night is an annual statewide event held the third Thursday in November to encourage families to spend quality time reading together!
Joining us as our celebrity readers, we have Chief of Police Michael Donaker and Grade School Principal Carrie Reynolds!
Friday, November 20th at 11 am
Join us in discussing Ain't Nobody's Fool by Martha Ackmann
From her impoverished childhood in the Smoky Mountains to international stardom, Dolly Parton has exceeded everyone's expectations but her own. The day after her high school graduation, she boarded a bus for Nashville, but record executives turned her down. When Dolly finally got her foot in the door, her talent and focus catapulted her to the top of country charts, the pop world, and movie stardom.
Shunned by many in Nashville who saw her ambition as a betrayal of her country music roots, Dolly became the target of death threats, lawsuits, and a judge who threatened to throw her in jail, but she came back stronger than ever.
A Look Ahead: December's Pick
1941. Leningrad, a once magical city besieged by war, cut off from aid, buried in snow. A city full of women desperate to save their children and themselves ... 2000. Loss and old age have taken a terrible toll on Anya Whitson. At last, she will reach out to her estranged daughters. In a halting, uncertain voice, she begins to weave a fable about a beautiful Russian girl who lived in Leningrad a lifetime ago... Nina and Meredith sit spellbound at their mother's bedside, listening to a story that spans more than sixty years and moves from the terrors of war-torn Leningrad under siege to modern-day Alaska. In a quest to uncover the truth behind the story, Nina and Meredith discover a secret so shocking, so impossible to believe, it shakes the foundation of their family and changes who they believe they are.
Request a copy here!
Saturday, November 21st at 10 am
Mike Pope, a Maroa Native and former school principal, will be doing "Maroa Remembers" gathering this Fall. He will be leading a conversation about local characters, places, nicknames, and every day moments. Join us and bring your memories!
Step-by-Step Fall Forest
Tuesday, November 24th at 5:30 pm
We'll walk you through each step with this painting and create a masterpiece by the end!
Register here!
On the way to gobble up a good book!
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