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Spring Break Activities at the Library

Storytimes –

Monday evenings at 5:30 pm
Wednesdays at 10:00 am

Spring Break Bingo

Spring Break just got a whole lot more exciting! Join us on Tuesday, March 18th at 3 pm for some friendly competition!

LEGO Play Day

Kids, unleash your imagination! Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at 4pm, join us for free-play with LEGO bricks galore! Upcoming LEGO Play Days are March 20th and April 3rd.

Mahjong

Are you interested in learning a new game to play with family and friends? On Friday, March 21st at 1 pm we will get together for a fun game of Mahjong here at the library.

Spring Break Movie

On Friday, March 21st at 3pm, come to the library and enjoy a movie and free popcorn!

This movie adaptation of Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning bestseller follows the journey of a robot named Roz who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Roz must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned baby goose.

Manga & Pizza

Are you a manga enthusiast with a pizza passion? On Thursday March 27th at 4pm, join us for our first meeting where we’ll chat about your favorite manga reads. Bring your appetite and your top manga picks! Recommended age 12-17. Registration is required.

Peeps Diorama Contest

Build a scene from your favorite book by using peeps as characters! Starting April 1st, come to the library to pick up a peeps kit. Supplies are limited. First come, first served.

There will be two contest categories, one for 12 years and younger and one for 13 years and older. Peeps dioramas are due back April 12th. Winners will be announced April 16th.

Library and Lunch

On Tuesday, April 8th at Noon, our book club will meet to discuss “Sold on a Monday” by Kristina McMorris. Bring your lunch and join the discussion.

Modern Arcade

On Tuesday April 8th at 4pm, come enjoy a wide variety of video games at the library. For ages 10 and up.

Game consoles available:

Playstation 5
Xbox Series X
Nintendo Switch

AND MORE!

Fresh herbs and Seasonings

On April 16th, Nancy and Ron Honig will discuss popular and unique herbs, how to grow them, and how to use them to enhance your food. Presented by the Wild West District-K-State Research & Extension.

Spring Book Sale

Here at the library, we are getting ready for our Spring Book Sale coming up in April during National Library Week. We will also have some fun National Library Week activities to take part in including National Library Outreach Day where we will be out and about delivering special treats to businesses or workplaces.

Later this month we will start accepting donations for the sale. So if you have books that you’ve been meaning to pass along to someone else, this would be a good time to gather them together.

Never Been Kissed – Book Display

Come in and check out this fun book display of books that have never been kissed (Well, read, actually. We really don’t recommend putting your lips on any of these books because, you know, eww.)

The Secret War of Julia Child
by Diana R. Chambers

Single, 6 foot 2, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America’s first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia’s transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General “Wild Bill” Donovan’s secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services.

The spotlight has rarely shone on this fascinating period of time in the life of (“I’m not a spy”) Julia Child, and this lyrical story allows us to explore the unlikely world of a woman in a World War II spy station who has no idea of the impact she’ll eventually impart.

We Shall Be Monsters
by Alyssa Wees

Gemma Cassata lives with her mother in an isolated antiques shop in Michigan, near a seductive patch of woods concealing an enchanted gateway to fairyland. Gemma knows she’s not supposed to go into the woods—her mother, Virginia, has warned her multiple times about the monsters that lurk there—and yet she can’t resist.

But everything changes when Gemma gets too close to the truth, and a witch takes Virginia. Now it is up to Gemma to venture deep into the mysterious woods to rescue her mother and break the curse.

We Could Be Rats
by Emily Austin

Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal. Having always resisted the idea of “growing up” and the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend Greta. Her older sister Margit is baffled and frustrated by Sigrid’s inability to conform to the expectations of polite society.

But Sigrid’s detachment veils a deeper turmoil and sensitivity. She’s haunted by the pains of her past. As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, in their own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhood imagination is the only way forward.

What unfolds is an unforgettable story of two sisters finding their way back to each other, and a celebration of that transcendent, unshakable bond.

Spring Into Fun at Your Library

Spring Break is here! It can be a fun time to relax, maybe take a trip, catch up on reading, and catch up on sleep. But if your kids find themselves bored over Spring Break, or you just feel the need to get them out of the house for a while, Liberal Memorial Library has a lot of fun stuff that they can do!

Our basement has been transformed into a great space to make crafts, watch movies, and listen to fun speakers. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday this week, kids and teens can join us there for a craft at 1 pm and a movie at 2 pm. We will be serving popcorn and lemonade at the movies. And, kids have the chance to win prizes playing games over the craft hour (1-2).

This Thursday at 4 pm, kids and teens should come to our St. Patrick’s Day Party! Wear green and enjoy green snacks along with games, prizes, crafts, and party favors.

We will also be having a special St. Patrick’s Day Storytime at 6 pm on Thursday. Come hear some stories and do a craft that relate to this green, lucky holiday.

You can also get yourself out of the house, as adults can come on Thursday at noon for another game of Bunco! Bunco is an easy-to-learn dice game, and players had a ton of fun last time. Seating is limited, so call the library at (620)626-0180 to sign up.

Don’t worry, the fun doesn’t stop just because Spring Break ends. On Tuesday the 23rd at noon, adults can join us to “Jazz up your candles and coffee.” We will be using simple techniques to make candles smell and look more interesting. We’ll be doing the same with our coffee! Register on our website: http://lmlibrary.libcal.com/event/2510242?&hs=a

We will have Bilingual Storytime on Thursday, March 24 at 6 pm. Join us for stories and songs in English and Spanish along with a craft.

The library will be closed on Friday & Saturday, March 25 & 26 for Easter.

On the 29th, we’ll have a Spring Fling for kids and teens – we’ll be making catapults! Have fun catapulting objects across the room, and compete to see who can fling their objects the farthest!

We will have our second Sensory Storytime on the 31st at 6 pm. This is a quiet and gentle storytime for children who need a safe environment in which to explore. We will move at a slower pace and focus on experiences with the five senses. Children with special needs are especially encouraged to attend.

As always, we will have our normal storytimes every Tuesday at 6 pm and every Thursday at 11:15 am. Come join us for Easter-themed stories and crafts this month as we look forward to that holiday.

One final note – Kids in grades 3-5 and 6-8 can vote on which book will win the William Allen White Award until April 15. So, if you have a child in one of these grades, see if you can get them to read one or more of the books on our William Allen White Awards shelf! The nominees can be found online at: http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/masterlists/list2015-16.html

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