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
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Check Out Our New Library App! Acorn Catalog
Check out our new library app!
Acorn Catalog
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.
Summer Reading 2025
Summer Reading: Color Our World!
June 1st – Aug. 14th
It’s Summer Reading time! Sign up anytime, open to all ages. All books read contribute to the Governor’s Reading Challenge. This year’s theme is Art – featuring plenty of craft projects and art-themed events! Drop in to see how reading can color your world!
Click here for Summer 2025 Happenings – June, July, August
Children’s Programs for July
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.
Check our all of our children’s programs on our main page happenings!
2025 Readers Dozen Challenge
2025 Reading Challenge!
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!
Page Turners Book Club: Summer Dates and Book Picks
Page Turners Fiction Book Club
Fiction Book Club – Meets the 2nd Thursday of the Month @ 6:00PM
Thursday, June 12th @ 6:00PM
Join us for a discussion about The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley. Stay for a Friends of the Library meeting after at 7:00PM!
Thursday, July 10th @ 6:00PM
Join us for a discussion about Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst. Stay for a Friends of the Library meeting after at 7:00PM!
Thursday, August 14th @ 6:00PM
Join us for a discussion about Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. Stay for a Friends of the Library meeting after at 7:00PM!
All Things Culinary – Summer Dates
All Things Culinary Club
3rd Thursday of the Month @ 6:00 PM
June: No meeting in June – closed Thursday June 19th
July 17th @ 6:00 PM
Summer Salads!
August 21st @ 6:00 PM
Ice Cream Social!
Breakfast Book Club – Summer Dates and Book Picks
Breakfast Book Club
Nonfiction Book Club – Last Wednesday of the Month @ 9:30AM
Wednesday, June 25th @ 9:30AM
We will be discussing Salt Marsh Diary by Mark Seth Lender
Wednesday, July 30th @ 9:30AM
We will be discussing Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Wednesday, August 27th @ 9:30AM
We will be discussing Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage by Jeff Benedict
