Learning Resources – Stories, language, coding
Cultural Institutions – Zoos, Parks, Museums
Books and Storytelling – list from Waseca-LeSeur Library
Crafting – list from Waseca-LeSeur Library
Music – list from Waseca-LeSeur Library
Learning Resources – Stories, language, coding
Cultural Institutions – Zoos, Parks, Museums
Books and Storytelling – list from Waseca-LeSeur Library
Crafting – list from Waseca-LeSeur Library
Music – list from Waseca-LeSeur Library
Search “Acorn Catalog” in your App Store to access your library account! Check your due dates, place holds, see library hours and your digital library card! Stop in or call the library for more information; you’ll need your library ID number and password to get started.
Drop-in Weekly Children’s Programs (Morning Programs start at 10am)
Music in Motion for Toddlers –Wednesdays, ages 2-5 Move & sing with us!
Story Time & Craft – Thursdays, ages 2-6 A little bit of story, science, craft and play.
Our annual year-long reading challenge is here again! Each month, read a book with one of the corresponding monthly key words in the title. Enter your name each month to win a prize, and if you complete all 12 months, you may just take home the grand prize!
Monthly Key Word
Jan – Storm, Time, Know, Return, Break, Hour, Twist, Silence
Feb – Art, Golden, Dream, First, Club, Went, Stay, Live
Mar – Deep, Clever, Sand, Little, Happy, Date, Guest, Over
Apr – Rest, Days, Upstairs, Sing, Shell, Starlight, Life, Couple
May – Lost, City, Wind, Hide, Lie, Fan, Room, Clear
June – Great, Wander, Child, Mine, Book, Watch, Heart, Save
July – Sunrise, Deepen, Story, Sweet, Resort, Good, Left, Ever
Aug – Side, World, Sound, Trial, Word, Hotel, Now, Say
Sept – Borrow, Survive, Listen, Where, Sleeping, Crash, Please, Count
Oct – Bury, Ghost, Chain, Glass, Moon, Last, One, Street
Nov – Tale, Final, Feast, Bloom, Cliff, Wide, Memory, Always
Dec – Fable, Flirt, Truly, Shop, Winter, Yours, Warm, Love
*Audio books count! *Extra Credit! Borrow a book through a JCCL online resource (Hoopla or Palace Project) and have your name entered in that month’s drawing twice!
The annual contest is here! Call or sign up at the front desk to get your participation number.
Download your favorite walking app and keep track of your steps for the month of April. Report your total steps to the library by May 7th. The JCCL participant that has the most steps will receive a prize. Keep the Stinky Golden Sneaker Trophy in Franklin!
Our book sale is here! Don’t miss out!!
Star Wars Craft
Saturday, May 3rd from 9AM-12PM
May the 4th be with you! Gear up for Star Wars Day with some cosmic crafting! Don’t forget to snag a Star Wars book to join the galactic celebration too!
Join us for an engaging discussion with our local author sensation, Maura Casey, as she shares insights about her newly released memoir, “Saving Ellen.” Enjoy conversation, participate in a Q&A session, and take the opportunity to purchase and have your copy signed!
Let’s Get Local! Communities, organizations, and local groups throughout the years have created their own cookbooks of their favorite local flavors. Grab a unique local cookbook from us or use one of your own!
It’s the annual plant sale for the Garden Club! Stop by 5 Tyler Drive to pick up a beautiful addition to your garden or a great belated gift for Mom!
The CT State Library and Gov. Ned Lamont created the Everyone Learns Library Grant that was offered to 61 CT libraries and JCCL was one of the lucky to be chosen.
Library staff noticed how many people were sitting in their cars last summer using the WIFI and wanted to create a comfortable space for everyone to use the high-speed internet we had installed.
Other Grant improvements inside the library have been completed. Stop in and check them out!
Visitors can enjoy a reading a book, working on the internet or just enjoy the beautiful gardens this year at the Janet Carlson Calvert Library. A picnic table and completed flooring due this June.
calvertlibrary.org -or- call us at 860-642-6207 for more information