by Beth Cronk, Litchfield head librarian
What’s happening at the library this winter? The adult winter reading program, a craft
workshop for adults, teen programs, storytimes, and book clubs are available to
get you out of the house this season.
Our adult winter reading program has started and runs through
March 31st. Book Your Winter Getaway is a program for adults to read and review books and earn prizes for it. When you sign up at the front desk, you’ll
get a tote bag, a punch card, and some book review forms. Read books of your choice and fill out a
short review form for each. Audiobooks
and e-books count, too! When you bring
in a review, we’ll mark your punch card.
When you’ve completed three, you can choose a prize. When you’ve completed three more, we’ll put
your name in a drawing for gift certificates to local businesses, sponsored by
the Friends of the Litchfield Public Library.
The book reviews will be available at our front desk for anyone to read.
On Saturday, January 23nd, we’re offering a historical
craft workshop for adults at 1 p.m. The
Minnesota Historical Society is teaching a class on making historical and
modern valentines. The class is free to
attend since it is funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. You will need to sign up in advance; stop in
or call us at 693-2483 to put your name on the list. Space is limited.
For teens, we offer an activity on the second Saturday of
every month from 1:30-3:15. When there’s
a fifth Saturday in a month, like there is in January, we have a teen program
that afternoon, as well. Ages eleven to
eighteen are welcome to join us on January 30th for a Minecraft building
challenge: replicating the library building, something in the library, or a
picture in a library book.
Weekly storytimes have started up again after the holidays,
running through May 14th. On Wednesdays
at 10:15, we have Toddler Time for babies through age two. On Fridays, we have Preschool Storyhour at
10:00 for children age six and younger.
On the second Saturday of each month, we also have a storyhour at 10:00
- useful for families who can’t come on a weekday. Older siblings are always welcome at all of
the storytimes.
Book clubs happen at the library year-round, and you are
welcome to hop in at any time. The adult
book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at noon. The book for the February meeting is Frog Music by Emma Donoghue. Copies are on
hand at our library to check out; just ask at the desk.
Mystery Book Club meets the third Wednesday of each month at
7 p.m. The book for February is The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny.
These books we order individually for people who regularly attend book
club, so talk to Mary or Elisabeth if you’d like to get involved with that.
Book-to-Movie Club is for grades four through eight,
although younger kids are welcome to attend if accompanied by an adult or older
sibling. On the second Monday of the
month, they meet from 3:15 to 5:00 to talk about a book and watch a movie based
on that book. For February, they are
reading A Wrinkle in Time. Copies are
available to check out at the front desk.
Beginners’ Book Club is for kids in grades one through
three. They meet on the third Thursday
of the month from 3-4 p.m. The book for
the January 21st meeting is Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year by Bill Harley.
We also have Brickhead Lego building nights on the second
and fourth Thursdays of the month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and a book sale every
month on the third Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Beat your cabin fever and come out for something that
interests you at the library!
